To the Lady AbneyMadam,Your Esteem and Friendship for the amiable Person who is the Subject of the following Poem, together with the many Obligations I am under to your Ladyship’s Favour, leave me no Room to doubt to whom it ought to be inscrib’d.Strangers may possibly be apt to pronounce that the Character I have drawn has rather the false Glare of Fiction upon it, than the genuine Lustre of Truth; but, when it seeks your Ladyship’s Patronage, it appeals to the Lig...

In the face of globalization and new media technologies, can policy makers and regulators withstand deregulatory pressures on the ‘cultural policy toolkit’ for television? This comparative study provides an interdisciplinary investigation of trends in audiovisual regulation, with the focus on television and new media. It considers pressures for deregulation and for policy in this field to prioritise market development and economic goals rather than traditional cultural and democratic objec...

Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement: Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism behind the evolving political structures in the Kurdish region. The collection evaluates practical green projects, including the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, Jinwar women’s eco-village, food sovereignty in a solidarity economy, environmental defenders in Iranian Kurdistan, and Make Rojava Green Again. Co...

Key social and emotional milestones during adolescence are often directly related to the abilities to initiate and maintain intimate relationships, maintain physically maturing bodies, and manage personal sexuality. Most adolescents with developmental disabilities have particular difficulty expressing sexuality in satisfying ways, consequently facing issues such as limited intimate relationships, low self-esteem, increased social isolation, deregulated emotional maintenance, reduced sexual...

This is the first book to explore the history of ancient Greek and Roman influences and reception in England’s North East, topics which have often transcended social boundaries dictated by working identity, class, religion, gender, and ethnicity.Together, the chapters cover a broad range of themes and topics from architecture, theatre, working-class education, poetry, post-war novels and Hadrian's Wall. Each section, taken as a whole, views the specific topic from complementary soc...

People with disabilities have traditionally been denied access to sexuality education or the free expression of sexuality. Through a disability studies lens, this book considers the historical, legal, and ethical implications of sexuality education for people with disabilities. Editors Gibbon, Monaco, and Bateman and their contributors discuss the roles of family, culture, entertainment, education, and social media as they relate to sexuality education and explore contextual concepts such ...

Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce.Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public ...

Different voices and driving forces alternate in each human being.Frequently, we suddenly find ourselves doing and saying things that are different from what we would have liked to do or say. This book teaches us to recognize the multiplicity contained in each of us, the different drives and needs that bring different approaches to our daily life, so we can begin to consider them as precious resources and no longer as obstacles. Understanding the complex relationships within us will...

E-artnow präsentiert Ihnen die bedeutendsten Geschichtsbücher der Weltliteratur – Klassiker, die die Geschichte der Zivilisation vom 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. bis ins 20. Jahrhundert beleuchten: Historien (Herodot) Der Peloponnesische Krieg (Thukydides) Hellenika (Xenophon) Anabasis (Xenophon) Der Alexanderzug (Arrian) Ab urbe condita (Titus Livius) Die Germania (Tacitus) Historien (Tacitus) Annalen (Tacitus) Der Bürgerkrieg (Gaius Iulius Caesar) Gallischer Krieg (Gaius Iulius Caesar) ...

E-artnow präsentiert Ihnen die bedeutendsten Geschichtsbücher, die jeder Mensch in seiner Bibliothek haben sollte. Diese Kollektion zelebriert die herausragendsten Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft und würdigt die kunstvolle Darstellung, mit der die Schriftsteller Konflikte, Machenschaften, Umwälzungen, bedeutsame Begebenheiten und außergewöhnliche Charaktere ihrer Epoche zum Leben erweckt haben. Diese Klassiker beleuchten die Geschichte der Zivilisation vom 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr....

I exist not because a poet has told my story, but because I am living here and now. Am I more or less true than the mythological heroes?Do I contribute to the world's history more or less than they do?Myth is the ream of the purest values, and it is a real, practical realm, which not only nurtures our imagination, but directs our behaviors towardsa specific path. Every myth is curated and lives within us. The myth represents the most comprehensive wa...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...