This analysis of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (HRtWS) uncovers why some groups around the world are still excluded from these rights. Léo Heller, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, draws on his own research in nine countries and reviews the theoretical, legal, and political issues involved. The first part presents the origins of the HRtWS, their legal and normative meanings and the debates surrounding them. Part I...

Levar ao público uma visão ampliada da água e do saneamento a partir da lente dos direitos humanos. É esse o intuito da obra, que busca, em suas mais de 600 páginas, explicar e decodificar o significado da água e do saneamento como direitos fundamentais, articulando diferentes campos do conhecimento, como o campo do direito, o campo da saúde coletiva e o campo das políticas públicas. O volume é organizado em 13 capítulos, que compõem quatro partes. A primeira é mais focada nos fundamentos ...

The Death of Thera is Volume II of the saga, Earth: The Salvage Game. In Volume I, we were introduced to the characters in this saga, and how they evolved into a group with a common goal. In this volume, we discover that the one-body/one-life theory no longer holds water, as our protagonist relates his recollections of past lives, and why he is drawn to participate in this group.......a group hell-bent on saving the human race from itself.

When Charles, a 72 year old retired truck driver arrives in Farmington to try to find his son, who had been committed to the local mental institution 40 years ago, he runs into a strange meth addict who promises to help him find his son, dead or alive. He finds himself in graveyards late at night and in abandoned lead mines, but the truth emerges when he enters a log cabin inhabited by an old man with no tongue, an old man who despises his new-found friend. When he discovers a strange grou...

Der durchgeknallte Frankfurter Detektiv Jürgen McBride wird beauftragt, ein geheimes Kochrezept zu finden. Dieses keltische Gericht verspricht fünfzig Jahre lang Jugend und Schönheit. Die Suche führt McBride in die Abgründe eines esoterisch gestimmten Frankfurts. Dabei bekommt er es mit einem sprechenden Blumenkohl, einem exekutierten Ernährungscoach und zwei eiskalten Mafiakillern zu tun. Aber das sind alles nur Peanuts für einen harten Kerl wie McBride.

Der bekannteste Berliner Polizeireporter Der Schriftsteller und Reporter Leo Heller tauchte in den 1920er-Jahren tief in die Berliner Unterwelt ein. Jeder Ringbruder, jeder Kneipenwirt, jedes "leichte Mädchen" kannte Heller, der in seinen Reportagen seine Leserinnen und Leser mitnimmt auf seine nächtlichen Streifzüge. Seine beeindruckenden Milieustudien wurden von der Autorin Bettina Müller wieder entdeckt, die einen biografischen Essay zu Leo Heller anfügt.

Kinder der Nacht erzählt von den düsteren Seiten der goldenen 1920er Jahre, anhand von Geschichten aus dem wahren Verbrecherleben. Die Erzählungen stammen von Ernst Engelbrecht, einem Kriminalkommissar der Berliner Polizei, und Leo Heller, einem Redakteur beim Berliner 8-Uhr-Abendblatt, der auch als Chronist der Unterwelt bekannt wurde. Heller liefert eine lebendige Darstellung des Verbrechermilieus in Berlin. In diesem Band, der heute unzensiert und in normaler Schrift statt in Fraktur vo...

Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.

Dans un petit village de France occupé par l'armée allemande, trois enfants refusent de se soumettre à l'ennemi. Mais comment s'opposer à un si puissant adversaire quand on n'a que treize ans ?Une adaptation audio immersive, enrichie de musiques, de bruitages et d'archives radio d'époque.

Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search for improved organization and delivery of these essential services. It presents a historical analysis of the development of water and sanitation services in both developed and developing countrie...

Grâce à l'impact de leurs actions, François, Eusèbe et Lisa ne sont plus les seuls à se rebeller contre l'occupant allemand : des adultes commencent à présent à agir ! Tout en gardant leur anonymat, les jeunes résistants font à nouveau preuve d'un culot extraordinaire en poursuivant leurs actions. En parallèle, les Allemands renforcent leur surveillance. Dans une France de plus en plus divisée, de petits grains de sable isolés parviendront-ils à enrayer la machine nazie ?Une adaptation aud...

Dans un petit village de France occupé par l'armée allemande, trois enfants refusent de se soumettre à l'ennemi. Mais comment s'opposer à un si puissant adversaire quand on n'a que treize ans ?Plongez dans les deux premiers tomes de cette histoire. Une adaptation audio immersive, enrichie de musiques, de bruitages et d'archives radio d'époque.