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...

"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...

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 ...

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...

This collection, marking the centenary of Avery Dulles’s birth, makes an entirely distinctive contribution to contemporary theological discourse as we approach the second century of the cardinal’s influence, and the twenty-first of Christian witness in the world. Moving beyond a festschrift, the volume offers both historical analyses of Dulles’s contributions and applications of his insights and methodologies to current issues like immigration, exclusion, and digital culture. It i...

Wundervoll sanfte Reisen in den Schlaf - Autogenes Einschlafen für Kinder und Jugendliche Einfühlsam und sympathisch begleitet der dreifache Familienvater und Bestseller-Autor Patrick Lynen Ihre Kinder in den Schlaf. Bewährte Komponenten aus Einschlafgeschichten, Autogenem Training und Atementspannung machen dieses Hörbuch (für Kinder und Jugendliche von 5-12 Jahren) zum perfekten Ausklang aus einem turbulenten Tag. Die wunderschöne Stimme von Jana Schmidt, harmonische Naturgeräusche und b...

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

In recent decades, American universities have begun to tout the “diversity” of their faculty and student bodies. But what kinds of diversity are being championed in their admissions and hiring practices, and what kinds are being neglected? Is diversity enough to solve the structural inequalities that plague our universities? And how might we articulate the value of diversity in the first place?Transforming the Academy begins to answer these questions by bringing together a...

Wundervolle Traumreisen, Fantasiereisen und Einschlafgeschichten für Kinder ab 4 Jahren Tauche ein in eine Welt voller Magie, Fantasie und wohltuender Geborgenheit! Dieses zauberhafte Hörbuch entführt Kinder im Alter von 4 bis 11 Jahren auf sieben unvergessliche, liebevoll erzählte Traumreisen, die kleine Herzen berühren und die kindliche Vorstellungskraft zum Leuchten bringen. ***** Magische Geschichten, die verzaubern ***** Jede der sieben Traumreisen wurde mit viel Hingabe und Kreativit...