An expert, concise guide on the pathophysiology and treatment of foot and ankle disordersFoot and ankle problems can be quite complex and constitute a large percentage of orthopaedic conditions, including congenital and acquired deformities, arthritis, tumors, heel pain, nerve damage, trauma, and more. Synopsis of Foot and Ankle Surgery, edited by renowned foot and ankle surgeons and educators Simon Lee and Christopher E. Gross, is an easy-to-read resource...

How did the academy react to the rise, dominance, and ultimate fall of Germany's Third Reich? Did German professors of the humanities have to tell themselves lies about their regime's activities or its victims to sleep at night? Did they endorse the regime? Or did they look the other way, whether out of deliberate denial or out of fear for their own personal safety? The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich is a collection of groundbreaking essays that ...

Michael 'Air' Jordan: Dein Weg zur Basketball-Legende Tauche ein in die faszinierende Geschichte eines Mannes, der den Basketballsport revolutionierte und als "His Airness" in die Annalen des Sports einging. Begleite mich auf dieser unvergesslichen Reise durch das Leben und die Karriere des größten Basketballspielers aller Zeiten. Von unseren bescheidenen Anfängen bis hin zu unseren atemberaubenden Erfolgen auf und abseits des Spielfelds verschaffe ich Dir einen umfassenden Blick auf das b...

Mit Beiträgen von Hans Thirring (Abdruck seines Friedensplans); Erwin Bader, Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic, Leo Gabriel, Heinz Gärtner, Erik Gornik, Günther Greindl, Andreas Gross, Marko Hren, Karin Liebhart, Rosa Logar, Christoph Matznetter, Gerhard Oberkofler, Christine Schweitzer und Werner Wintersteiner. Dieses Buch diskutiert den sogenannten Thirring-Plan von 1963 zur einseitigen Abrüstung Österreichs aus aktueller Perspektive. Der Vorschlag des Wiener Physikers und Friedensaktivisten Hans Thirr...

This book introduces educational practitioners, students, and scholars to the people, concepts, questions, and concerns that make up the field of critical social theory. It guides readers into a lively conversation about how education can and does contribute to reinforcing or challenging relations of domination in the modern era. Written by a group of experienced educators and scholars, in an engaging style, Critical Social Theories and Education introduces and explains the preeminent thin...

This “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twenty-two internationally bestselling writers in “a must-read for fans of the thriller genre” (The Real Book Spy).The incredible follow-up to FaceOff features twenty-two of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers pairing their series characters in...

Originally published in 1898, Gabriel Tarde's essay "Opinion and Conversation" can be read as a series of propositions about the interaction of press, conversation, opinion and action, anticipating today's "deliberative democracy." Exploring these themes in a hyper-text "dialogue" with Tarde, Elihu Katz, Christopher Ali, and Joohan Kim ask what we know better or different 100 years later in this book. The aim is not only to reawaken attention to Tarde's text, but to assess the progress of ...

The National Association of Enrolled Agents’ (NAEA) Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Lessons Learned provides tax professionals with guidance so they can prepare for the upcoming tax season and position their businesses for success.The second filing season under the TCJA will pose new challenges for tax professionals and their clients. Taxpayers will rely on you to advise and guide them in this era of tax reform since more regulations and legislation were enacted after the 2019 tax season at...

Das benigne Prostatasyndrom (BPS) betrifft mehr als die Hälfte aller Männer jenseits des 50. Lebensjahres. Es wird gerne über längere Zeit verdrängt, insbesondere weil entsprechende Untersuchungen gescheut werden. Die Therapie ist vielfältig, und es kamen viele Behandlungsmöglichkeiten in den letzten Jahren hinzu, die zu einer Verbesserung der Symptome beitragen können. Diese Optionen werben vor allen Dingen damit, dass sie die gefürchteten Nebenwirkungen einer Operation vermeiden sollen: ...

Meyer Kayserling (1829 - 1905) was a leading Jewish scholar in the 19th Century. His studies of Jewry in the Iberian Peninsula were largely based on original manuscripts found in archives, libraries and private collections in Europe. His scholarship caught the eye of the Spanish government, wwhich asked Kayserling to produce a work in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. "Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries...

Open your mind it’s beautiful inside.”Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in desired ways. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. Certain psychotherapies are considered evidence-based for treating some diagnosed mental disorders.This...

This book examines the costs and benefits of ending the fighting in a range of conflicts, and probes the reasons why negotiators provide, or fail to provide, resolutions that go beyond just "stopping the shooting." What is the desired and achievable mix between negotiation strategies that look backward to end current hostilities and those that look ahead to prevent their recurrence?To answer that question, a wide range of case studies is marshaled to explore relevant peacemaking si...