Dieses Buch lädt ein, das Phänomen der Hoffnung in seinen verschiedensten Facetten zu entdecken und zu verstehen. Den wissenschaftlichen Rahmen bietet dabei die Positive Psychologie, flankiert von Theologie und Philosophie – ergänzt durch die Erkenntnisse der Autoren aus dem „Hoffnungsbarometer“, einer seit 2009 laufenden Untersuchung in Deutschland und der Schweiz zur Bedeutung und Erfahrung des Phänomens Hoffnung im Alltag der Menschen. Das Wesentliche, was die Forschung bisher über Hoff...

Negli ultimi mesi del 2021 i servizi d’intelligence di Stati Uniti e Regno Unito sapevano con certezza che la Russia avrebbe attaccato l’Ucraina. Ma i paesi europei, e soprattutto Kiev, non hanno preso sul serio i loro avvertimenti. In un’inchiesta basata su più di cento interviste a funzionari, politici e diplomatici, Shaun Walker racconta le settimane prima della guerra e indaga le ragioni di un drammatico errore di valutazione.

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise the slow lanes of the Pacific Coast Highway, ride in spinning teacups at Disneyland Resort, or hit the trails in Joshua Tree National Park -all with your trusted travel companion. Begin your journey now!...

Illicit cross-border flows, such as the smuggling of drugs, migrants, weapons, toxic waste, and dirty money, are proliferating on a global scale. This underexplored, clandestine side of globalization has emerged as an increasingly important source of conflict and cooperation among nation-states, state agents, nonstate actors, and international organizations. Contrary to scholars and policymakers who claim a general erosion of state power in the face of globalization, this pathbreaking volu...

50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Know presents a diverse series of studies that illustrate key issues in health systems and delivery, policy, ethics, bias, and social determinants of health. Selected not only for their content using a rigorous methodology, these studies were specifically chosen to represent research conducted in low- and middle-income countries by a global array of authors. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the result...

Early in 2020, naturist fiction author P. Z. Walker had the idea for a collection of mystery stories to be called "Murder in the Nudist Colony," deliberately using the antiquated term "nudist colony" for a slightly retro, humorous touch. On social media platforms, mostly Twitter, other folks associated with the fine network of naturist authors chimed in. Ted Bun put together the call for submissions, Robert Longpré set up the page to share documents as well as the ISBN, Fabien Barabé desig...

Bringing this best-selling textbook right up to date, the new edition uniquely integrates the theories and methods that drive the fields of biology, biotechnology and medicine, comprehensively covering both the techniques students will encounter in lab classes and those that underpin current key advances and discoveries. The contents have been updated to include both traditional and cutting-edge techniques most commonly used in current life science research. Emphasis is placed on understan...

The presidency of Barack Obama seeks a major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy. It also places the Obama presidency in historical perspective, noting the unusual circumstances of his election and the similarities and differences between presidential politics today and thos...

Globe Law and Business' journal Modern Lawyer is known for helping professionals navigate the changing legal services landscape, featuring insights from in-house counsel, legal tech specialists, law companies, law firms, and business leaders, who all bring a fresh perspective to legal services delivery. Essential Reads for the Modern Lawyer draws on the journal’s wealth of opinion pieces, interviews and thought leadership, which together comprise an invaluable and wide-ranging analysis of ...

Två livrädda flickor.En våldsam far.En överlevde för att berätta deras historia.Det här är den sanna historien om hur en man under sju fruktansvärda år förgrep sig på sin egen dotter. Det är också historien om hur den lilla flickan kämpade för rättvisa åt sin döda syster. Över trettio år efter att hemskheterna började fick Caryn Walker till slut se sin pappa i rätten, åtalad för tjugofyra fall av övergrepp mot henne. När han dömdes till sexton års fängelse, insåg Cary...

Ethnic conflict is the major form of mass political violence in the world today, and it has been since World War II. Dramatic acts of terrorism and calculated responses to them may distract the attention of policymakers and the public, but ethnic and nationalist conflict continues to pose the greatest challenge to peace and security across the globe. Causes of such conflict and ideas about how to address it are hotly debated in the literature that has emerged over the past fifteen years.

An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologistsThe increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evolutionary relationships among organisms and broadening the range of questions that researchers can test in a phylogenetic framework. Species Tree Inference brings together many of today’s leading scholars in the field to provide an incisive guide to the latest pr...