St. Bridget's School is the true story of a journey taken by an eleven-year-old Austrian immigrant to the United States and settling into an inner-city neighborhood, in nineteen fifties Rochester, NY. Carrying with him a deep loneliness, in a world turned upside down from all that he had known, he was faced with the overwhelming task of finding his way in a new, very foreign place. Good fortune had placed him in a neighborhood full of diverse people, of different nationalities who were ver...

Undici conversazioni tratte da altrettanti numeri di “Fata Morgana”. Undici conversazioni che sintetizzano il progetto intorno al quale è nata nella primavera del 2006 la rivista. Allora non abbiamo voluto accompagnare la nascita del quadrimestrale con un editoriale, convinti che se avesse funzionato si sarebbe presentato da solo. Ma qualcosa ora è giusto dire. Una rivista è in primo luogo un gesto (collettivo), tracciando il quale si viene a determinare un campo. Il gesto tracciato da “Fa...

Eleven conversations taken from as many issues of Fata Morgana. Eleven conversations which synthesize the project behind the journal which was born in spring 2006. At the time it was decided against having an editorial comment because of the conviction that if the journal was going to succeed it would speak for itself. However, the time has come to say a few words. A journal is first and foremost a collective gesture whose outline creates a field. The gesture made by Fata Morgana, which at...

24 conversazioni apparse su Fata Morgana con grandi figure della contemporaneità, studiosi e artisti che parlano del cinema facendone un luogo del pensiero e una forma di vita. Un viaggio in cui il cinema e l’immagine, più di ogni altra forma d’arte, si riscoprono indissolubilmente legati alla complessità del nostro presente. Per la prima volta riunite e tradotte in inglese in un’unica pubblicazione, queste conversazioni offrono al lettore una costellazione unica di autori e temi per pensa...

24 conversazioni apparse su Fata Morgana con grandi figure della contemporaneità, studiosi e artisti che parlano del cinema facendone un luogo del pensiero e una forma di vita. Un viaggio in cui il cinema e l’immagine, più di ogni altra forma d’arte, si riscoprono indissolubilmente legati alla complessità del nostro presente. Per la prima volta riunite e tradotte in inglese in un’unica pubblicazione, queste conversazioni offrono al lettore una costellazione unica di autori e temi per pensa...

This volume focuses on the relational aspect of Jean-Luc Nancy’s thinking. As Nancy himself showed, thinking might be a solitary activity but it is never singular in its dimension. Building on or breaking away from other thoughts, especially those by thinkers who had come before, thinking is always plural, relational. This “singular plural” dimension of thought in Nancy’s philosophical writings demands explication.In this book, some of today’s leading scholars in the theoretical hu...

Mit Beiträgen von Elisabeth Förg, Christoph Gütermann, Georges Hallermayer, Ishraga Mustafa Hamid, Günther Lanier, Birgit Mayerhofer, Tobias Orischnig, Werner Ruf, Markus Schauta, Franz Schmidjell, Mariam Wagialla und Charlotte Wiedemann. "Sahel" bedeutet auf Arabisch "Ufer" oder "Küste" – gemeint ist das Südufer der Sahara, des großen Sand- und Steinmeeres. Dieses Sahara-"Ufer" erstreckt sich vom Atlantik im Westen bis zum Roten Meer im Osten. Anteil am Sahel haben die Staaten Senegal, Ma...

Neue Erkenntnisse in der Neuro- und Molekularbiologie, der Epigenetik und Entwicklungspsychologie sowie der Psychotherapie- und der Stressforschung haben zu einem weitreichenden Paradigmenwechsel in der Psychosomatischen Medizin geführt. Dieses Lehr- und Handbuch bietet in 100 Kapiteln zunächst eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme der wissenschaftlich gesicherten bio-psycho-sozialen Grundlagen dieser neuen Psychosomatik, um darauf aufbauend die Diagnostik und Therapie der wichtigsten psychosomat...

In 18 Beiträgen reflektieren die Autorinnen und Autoren über die Wirkung der Migrationsforschung der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte auf die Migrationspolitik Europas und der Schweiz. Selbstkritisch gehen sie der Frage nach, ob das Ziel der Stiftung für Bevölkerung, Migration und Umwelt erreicht wurde: durch Forschung zu einer differenzierten und sachlichen Diskussion über Migration beizutragen. Angesprochen werden das Phänomen der Flucht in Zeiten von Klimawandel und Katastrophen, aber auch Fakto...

With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, this collection serves horror that gets under your skin—and stays there.What's on the menu tonight? Something unexpected. Something forbidden.Twelve deliciously disturbing tales await your consumption in this horror anthology where dinner becomes deadly and appetite turns sinister. From Victorian steam tunnels harboring unspeakable entities to futuristic alien feasts with humanity on the...

Werner Heisenberg, German atomic physicist and Nobel prize laureate: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Das Handbuch zum ESG-ControllingDie Bewältigung des Klimawandels ist eine globale Schlüsselherausforderung in Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Politik. Unternehmen müssen Strategien entwickeln, um Umweltziele zu erreichen und soziale Standards in ihrer Wertschöpfungskette zu gewährleisten. Seit 2025 unterliegt eine Vielzahl von Unternehmen Berichtspflichten nach ESRS und EU-Taxonomie, die auch für Controlling und Reporting neue Herausforderungen mit sich bringen.Dieses Handbuch...