In Harvard’s Quixotic Pursuit of a New Science, Patrick L. Schmidt tells the little-known story of how some of the most renowned social scientists of the twentieth century struggled to elevate their emerging disciplines of cultural anthropology, sociology, and social and clinical psychology. Scorned and marginalized in their respective departments in the 1930s for pursuing the controversial theories of Freud and Jung, they persuaded Harvard to establish a new department, promising...

An anthology celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Predator franchise, If It Bleeds includes seventeen brand new, never-before-seen stories—exclusive to this collection—featuring the Predators throughout space and time. Based entirely on the original films, novels, and comics, Predator: If It Bleeds (a quote from the original movie) reveals the Predators stalking prey in twelfth-century Japan, ninth-century Viking Norway, World War I, Vietnam, the Civil War, Hurric...

"A cornucopia of knowledge and insight on the biggest questions in the sociolegal tradition . . . an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers." —Michael McCann, Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship, University of WashingtonLaw and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. Decades of research shows how much the nature of communities, organiz...

Manchmal musst du den Heuhaufen abbrennen, um die Stecknadel zu finden…Manchmal erfordert es radikale Schritte, um die wahren Gefühle zu erkennen und zu verstehen, was man wirklich will. Wenn man sich seiner eigenen Wünsche nicht bewusst ist, kann das Leben unerwartete Wendungen nehmen – Wendungen, die keine Rückkehr erlauben und alles verändern.In diesem fesselnden Buch erleben die beiden Protagonisten genau diese Herausforderung. Beide ahnen nicht, wie tief ihre wahren Se...

Both in concept and in practice, policy has permeated the deepest recesses of civil society and has had particular impact on the lives of those who are actively connected to the educational process. For music teachers in particular, policy can evoke images of a forbidden environment beyond one's day-to-day duties and responsibilities. Nothing, however, could be farther from the truth. In this book, author Patrick Schmidt offers a variety of ways for K-12 music educators to engage with, ana...

Policy and the Political Life of Music Education is the first book of its kind in the field of Music Education. It offers a far-reaching and innovative outlook, bringing together expert voices who provide a multifaceted and global set of insights into a critical arena for action today: policy. On one hand, the book helps the novice to make sense of what policy is, how it functions, and how it is discussed in various parts of the world; while on the other, it offers the experienced...

Since its popularization in the mid 1990s, the Internet has impacted nearly every aspect of our cultural and personal lives. Over the course of two decades, the Internet remained an unregulated medium whose characteristic openness allowed numerous applications, services, and websites to flourish. By 2005, Internet Service Providers began to explore alternative methods of network management that would permit them to discriminate the quality and speed of access to online content as they saw ...

Organizations are the central entities of the business world, comprising multiple people pursuing a collective goal while being linked to an external environment. Both academics and practitioners have kept up a continuing interest in advancing their understanding of organizations. This is the first of two volumes dedicated to the state of the art of theories and practices of organizations. It is the outcome of contributions by alumni and alumnae of the ESB Business School at Reutlingen Uni...

The first comprehensive review of key advances in biostimulant researchCovers key groups of biostimulants: humic substances, seaweed extracts, protein hydrolysates, silicon, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)Discusses key advances in research and practical applications of biostimulants in the field

Première traduction en français d'un des plus grands maîtres tibétains du XXe siècleCet ouvrage est la traduction d'enseignements de l'école dzogchen du bouddhisme tibétain, donnés par l'éminent maître Tulkou Urgyen Rinpoche à une poignée de disciples.Tulkou Urgyen Rinpoche nous dévoile ici le cœur du bouddhisme, à savoir la voie de trekchöd, qui consiste à reconnaître directement la nature de l'esprit et à s'y stabiliser.En lisant ces transcriptions...

Der Kampf gegen die Hexe von Orms ist gewonnen – doch für Perchta, Hänsel und Melchior ist das Abenteuer noch lange nicht vorbei. Ihre Reise führt sie nach Lahnstein, wo eine eigenwillige Heilerin in einer Hütte voller Rätsel auf sie wartet. Vielleicht kennt sie das Geheimnis, um Gretels Fluch zu lösen. Doch der Weg dorthin ist gefährlich, denn ein eisiger Geselle ist auf ihren Spuren – und verfolgt einen finsteren Plan. Dark Woods - Eine Hörspielserie geschrieben von Ren Kühn. Basierend a...

Ce livre fait le point sur les différents troubles : insomnie, hypersomnie, troubles du rythme circadien, parasomnie, après avoir rappelé en détail les aspects neurobiologiques et physiologiques du sommeil normal chez l'enfant,l'adulte et le sujet âgé et exposé les différentes méthode d'exploration. Enfin, le dernier chapitre fait le lien entre les troubles du sommeil et les différentes spécialités médicales : neurologie, cardiologie, pneumologie, pédiatrie, psychiatrie, infectiologie, ORL...