Once considered Sigmund Freud's designated heir, Otto Rank was an interdisciplinary thinker and prodigious author of twenty-two books. After being expelled from Freud's inner circle in 1926--due to Freud's opposition to the pre-Oedipal thesis of The Trauma of Birth (1924)--Rank had a highly productive life as a teacher, psychotherapist, and writer. In this book, noted Rank scholar Robert Kramer argues that Rank, not Freud, created modern psychotherapy, which focuses on the therapi...

Tales from the Autumn Bard is the first book in an ongoing series, in which a poet tells stories. These stories do not typicaly connect and may be of any genre. This book contains stories of love, distress, horror, mystery, adventure, and even a few inspirational and character building poems. Complete with hand drawn, artistic, illustrations form the author.

The last battle has been fought, and the victors are leaving the field.What happens to the remaining dragons now?In the End of Dragons, seventeen new voices show our young readers fantastical worlds where dragons and magic were real.

The definitive portrait of independent filmmaker Robert Kramer that traces the revolutionary dreams of the Left from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century.Robert Kramer (1939–99) was the emblematic filmmaker of the late-1960s New Left in the United States. Yet because most of his three dozen films have been out of circulation for decades, he has long been neglected by film historians and the Left. Kramer was the cofounder of the leftist documentary col...

Sudan split into two countries in 2011, with the secession of South Sudan. This volume covers the history of the region, starting in 5,000 BCE and continuing up to 2025. Historical Dictionary of North Sudan contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book...

Robert Kramer (1939-1999) formó parte de una generación de militantes por los derechos civiles y contra la guerra de Vietnam. Nacido en Nueva York, estudió Filosofía e Historia de Europa Occidental, y fue co-fundador del colectivo Newsreel. Tras abandonarlo realizó numerosos trabajos cinematográficos, entre el documental y la ficción, en Estados Unidos y en Francia, donde se exilió durante veinte años por las consecuencias del reaganismo. En este país también ejerció como profesor durante ...

The Republic of the Sudan was long the largest country in Africa and, according to the general consensus, also one of the least successful in many ways. This was not entirely its fault since it lay along the fault line between Muslim and Christian Africa and between the Nile Valley civilizations and African Sudanic cultures. This partly explains the long and bloody warfare waged by the Southerners to achieve independence, which they did in July 2011. So this hefty book actually covers not ...

Move past the ESG culture wars and make better choices for your business.Embracing ESG—environmental, social, and governance goals—isn't just the right thing to do. It's good business. Companies that don't address their material long-term risks may save a few dollars today, but they're putting themselves, their stakeholders, and their investors in jeopardy.ESG: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you move past the noise and...

The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe examines how the neutral European countries and the Soviet Union interacted after World War II. Amid the Cold War division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs, several long-time neutral countries abandoned neutrality and joined NATO. Other countries remained neutral but were still perceived as a threat to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Based on extensive archival research, this volume offers state-of...

**The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One.**"These veteran narrators keep the plot moving and the narration fresh" — AudioFile Magazine

The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to explicate its legacy. But instead of relying on preconceived formulas to project past developments, taking a historical perspective to explain their causes and consequences allows one to better understand trends and their long-term significance. The present book takes such perspective, focusing on t...

Kann sich Leistung heute noch lohnen?Wir strampeln im Hamsterrad immerzu dem Wunsch einer gesicherten Zukunft hinterher und vertrauen stur auf das Mantra, der Markt werde unsere harte Arbeit schon belohnen. Wer sich anstrengt, kommt ans Ziel. Aber stimmt das noch?Erfolg und Leistung haben sich heute voneinander entkoppelt. Nicht selten entscheidet die Herkunft, eine Erbschaft oder der Zufall über den eigenen Platz in der Gesellschaft. Doch während wir die Chancengleichheit s...