Mindfulness is a wonderful technique to restore tranquillity. There is a growing body of evidence to show that mindfulness has substantial benefits in reducing stress and improving learning retention in the school and university environment.The Misted Mirror is one of few books that provides readers with not only an insight into the nature of mindfulness in the context of psychotherapy, but also takes the practice and philosophy of mindfulness into the learning environment...

Mini Karten – maxi Wissen!Kurz, knapp und kompakt: Relevantes Wissen für den Sanitätsdienst auf einen BlickOb Wachdienst, Großveranstaltung oder ungewohnte Einsatzlage – im Sanitätsdienst zählt schnelles und sicheres Handeln. Taschenwissen Sanitätsdienst fasst das wichtigste Praxiswissen für alle typischen Situationen übersichtlich zusammen: von Ursachen und Leitsymptomen über mögliche Gefahren bis hin zu konkreten Sofortmaßnahmen.Klar strukturiert, leicht nachzuschlagen und auf das Wesent...

This book aims to help readers interpret, and reflect on, their reading more effectively. It presents doctrines of ancient and renaissance rhetoric (an education in how to write well) as questions or categories for interpreting one’s reading. The first chapter presents the questions. Later chapters use rhetorical theory to bring out the implications of, and suggest possible answers to, the questions: about occasion and audience (chapter 2), structure and disposition (3), narrative (4), arg...

AYANA CHERRY & THE TABERNACLE GLORIOUS Includes Rev. Mathias Lovejoys sermon, Satans Whisper *** Ayana Cherrys education in the power of seduction will be put to the test when she is taken in by Rev. Mathias Lovejoy and given a place to live and work at The Tabernacle Glorious. Her stride of seduction is on full display as she navigates the inner sanctum of a church that is rife with blackmail, sex, secrets and lies, all pitted against a reverend who has plans to build a grand cathedral to...

A wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from Chaucer to the presentIn literary and cultural studies, "tradition" is a word everyone uses but few address critically. In Reading Old Books, Peter Mack offers a wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from the middle ages to the twenty-first century, revealing in new ways how it helps writers and readers make new works and meanings.Readin...

This book is an account of a healing and spiritual journey which a doctor herself took, so as to find meaning in her life while under the guidance of another senior doctor. The tools of meditation and regression therapy were used for healing. What makes this book unique and intriguing is that while most medical professionals are trained in healing physical wounds, the two doctor-authors in this book have taken on the roles of the "patient" and the "therapist" in healing emotional and spiri...

Für die Aus- und Fortbildung, aber auch für den Einsatz werden wichtige Sachverhalte oft in komprimierter Form als Abkürzung, Akronym oder Merkregel zusammengefasst. Die Abkürzungen umfassen Fahrzeug- und Funktionsbezeichnungen ebenso wie die erforderlichen Einsatzmittel und müssen verstanden werden. Die Autoren haben im Buch die wichtigsten Merkregeln übersichtlich, nach Themengebiet sortiert und um ein alphabetisches Register ergänzt, aufbereitet. Zudem wird die Abkürzungs-Tabelle, mit m...

Das Buch zu Jahreslosung 2022: Abgewiesen. Ausgestoßen. Links liegen gelassen. Gemobbt. Wer solche Erfahrungen schon einmal gemacht hat, wird sich bei der Jahreslosung 2022 wiederfinden. Über 40 bekannte Persönlichkeiten aus Kirche und Gesellschaft erzählen von ihren Erfahrungen mit dem Text der Jahreslosung 2022, "Jesus Christus spricht: Wer zu mir kommt, den werde ich nicht abweisen" (Joh 6,37). Sie berichten von eigenen Erfahrungen, (nicht) abgewiesen worden zu sein, aber auch davon, wi...

The past few decades have been witness to a number of important developments with respect to the global intellectual property (IP) system, including shifts in focus between multilateralism and bilateralism/regionalism; growing recognition of the various ways in which IP intersects with and impacts areas including human rights, development, trade, and social justice; broad acknowledgement of the economic value of many IP rights; and important theoretical interventions that have challenged t...

Die digitale Transformation eröffnet Chancen in Wirtschaft, Staat, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft: neue Produkte, Dienstleistungen und Geschäftsmodelle, wirtschaftliches Wachstum, Bildung und die Lösung gesellschaftlicher und ökologischer Herausforderungen. Zunehmende Komplexität und Vernetzung beschleunigen aber auch globale Risiken, krisenhafte Entwicklungen, Machtmissbrauch, Manipulation und Kriminalität. Die Informationsflut digitaler Netzwerke schwächt die Orientierung und Urteilskraft...

Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II.New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampire fight for the Canadians in Holland? Did the US drop the second atomic bomb on a k...

The Reformation transformed Europe and left an indelible mark on the modern world. But what actually was the Reformation and how should it be defined? Historians have long wrangled over whether it represented a force leading to progress, liberty, and modernity, or to conflict, division, and repression. What is certain is that the relationships between Church and State, between subjects and rulers, between men and women, between parents and children, and between Europe and the rest of the w...