While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman’s Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls takes into view the depiction of the villains and their lives, arguing that they often function as proxies for larger societal and philosophical themes. Approaching Gotham’s villains from a number of disciplinary backgrounds, the essays in this collection highlight how the villains’ multifaceted backgrounds, experie...

The latest scholarship on the role of hymns in American evangelicalismMusic and song are important parts of worship, and hymns have long played a central role in Protestant cultural history. This book explores the ways in which Protestants have used and continue to use hymns to clarify their identity and define their relationship with America and to Christianity. Representing seven groups—Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Mennonites, Holiness, Hispanics,...

Harvard Business Review är världens mest inflytelserika tidskrift inom management. Den vänder sig till beslutsfattare över hela världen och ges ut av Harvard University i Boston.I den här boken har de samlat de tio mest betydelsefulla artiklarna om ledarskap, skrivna av ledande och hyllade experter och forskare som Daniel Goleman, John P. Kotter, Peter F. Drucker, Jim Collins och Peter M. Senge.OM LEDARSKAP ger chefer kunskap och inspiration att reflektera över och förfina ...

En parfaite cohérence avec le programme de DFASM et les ECNi, cet ouvrage rassemble les connaissances fondamentales en Rhumatologie. Il aborde tous les items relevant de cette spécialité avec des objectifs pédagogiques clairement définis. Il comporte deux parties : • une partie Connaissances composée de 31 chapitres consacrés chacun à un item. Chaque chapitre commence systématiquement par un rappel des objectifs pédagogiques puis développe la thématique. Le contenu, clair et didactique, es...

Why not take seriously the claim that Harry Potter's world intertwines with our own? In this timely yet otherworldly volume, more than a dozen scholars of international relations join hands to demonstrate how this well-loved artifact of popular culture reflects and shapes our own lifeworld. A wide range of historical and sociological sources shows how Harry's world contains aspects of our own. Practices such as quidditch dovetail quite clearly with "muggle" sports, and the very Br...

Alexis de Tocqueville once described the national character of Americans as one question insistently asked: "How much money will it bring in?" G.K. Chesterton, a century later, described America as a "nation with a soul of a church." At first glance, the two observations might appear to be diametrically opposed, but this volume shows the ways in which American religion and American business overlap and interact with one another, defining the US in terms of religion, and religion in terms o...

En parfaite conformité avec le programme de DFASM (Diplôme de formation approfondie en sciences médicales) et avec les Épreuves classantes nationales (ECNi), cet ouvrage rassemble les connaissances fondamentales en rhumatologie. Il comprend deux parties : - une partie «_Connaissances_» qui traite les items des UE relevant de la spécialité de rhumatologie. Chaque item fait l'objet d'un chapitre comprenant chacun un rappel des objectifs pédagogiques et nationaux, un plan systématique et un e...