An exciting exploration into how Gaian science can help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the 'more-than-human' world.Written by ecologist Stephan Harding, Animate Earth argues that we need to establish the right relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are indissolubly embedded - and to which we are all accountable. Now in its second edition, this fascinating book includes a new chapter on fungi, contemplative exercises and an...

The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy-the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly articles, correspondence, TV interviews and unpublished exchanges. The book testifies to the skeptical and self-correcting aspects of Naess's vision, which has deepened and broadened to include...

Want to make money online? Then ignore social media at your own risk. Social media is vital if you want to your business to thrive, and though you can’t control the conversations, you can influence them. This book will teach you how.If mismanaged, social media can create more noise than signal. It can be a time and energy suck—for you and your audience. Or worse still, it can become an echo chamber for negative PR.If done well, guerrilla social media marketing can help you ...

Recent years have seen a growing emphasis upon the need for universities to contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the regions in which they are situated, and for closer links between the university and the region. This book brings together a cross-disciplinary and cross-national team of experts to consider the reasons for, and the implications of, the new relationship between universities and territorial development. Examining the complex interactions between t...

Der größte Politskandal unserer Zeit – die Trump-Putin-ConnectionDezember 2016. Der Guardian-Journalist Luke Harding trifft unauffällig den ehemaligen MI6-Agenten Christopher Steele in London, um mit ihm über die Russlandverbindungen des neu gewählten Präsidenten Donald Trump zu sprechen. Der Russlandexperte empfiehlt ihm, der Spur von Geld und Sex zu folgen. Kurz darauf tritt ein von Steele verfasstes Dossier zur Trump-Russland-Connection den wohl größten Politska...

This is the story of a Swiss businessman who thought he had fulfilled his dreams, but then realized that on the way, he had lost sight of his real goals. He let go of what he had achieved, sold his company and regained what he had lost: his freedom. His autobiography, which reads like a suspenseful novel, is a great success story with heart and soul. And he has found the recipe to happiness. - The man is Stephan Bosshard Although Stephan Bosshard was born (on August 6, 1960) and raised in ...

Stephan, qui pensait tout posséder, fait un jour le terrible constat que sa vie n'est que vide et tristesse. Plongé corps et âme dans la drogue, le sexe, et le hard rock, il devient également très vite esclave de l'argent, du matérialisme et du new âge. A la recherche de l'amour et de la liberté, c'est en criant vers Dieu, au pied d'un crucifix, qu'il voit sa vie basculer à tout jamais. Sa rencontre avec le Christ est décisive et sans retour. Il a vingt-sept ans. Après avoir tout donné pou...

Ohne Metal wäre das Leben ein Irrtum!Zur Einstimmung auf laute Tage und lange Nächte präsentiert Nico Rose vom »Ministerium für Schwermetall« erhellende Erkenntnisse rund um die Psychologie des Metalheads.In Hard, Heavy & Happy gehen wir der Frage auf den Grund, wie Metal das Leben bereichert und einfach glücklich macht – oder manchmal: etwas weniger unglücklich. Wir werfen einen meist heiteren, bisweilen aber auch melancholischen Blick auf die bes...

Because authoritarian regimes like North Korea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens, these regimes constitute "hard targets." Yet authoritarian regimes may also be immune—and even hostile—to economic inducements if such inducements imply reform and opening. This book captures the effects of sanctions and inducements on North Korea and provides a detailed reconstruction of the role of economic incentives in the bargaining around the country's nuclear program.Stephan H...

Wer möchte sich schon nicht gerne als HAPPY MILLIONÄR® fühlen! Ich glaube von mir behaupten zu können, das Rezept dazu gefunden zu haben. Diese Behauptung kommt natürlich nicht von ungefähr. Wer erfahren will, wie man zum HAPPY MILLIONÄR® wird der sollte unbedingt dieses Buch lesen. Mein Name ist Stephan Bosshard, auch bestens bekannt als der Schweizer BREZELKÖNIG. Im Jahr 2000, am Ziel meiner Träume angekommen, liess den umgesetzten Traum los und verkaufte mein Lebenswerk, um zurückzugewi...

The problem of prosecuting individuals complicit in the Nazi regime's "Final Solution" is almost insurmountably complex and has produced ever less satisfying results as time has passed. In Crimes of the Holocaust, Stephan Landsman provides detailed analysis of the International Military Tribunal prosecution at Nuremberg in 1945, the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961, the 1986 Demanjuk trial in Israel, and the 1990 prosecution of Imre Finta in Canada. Landsman presents each case and...

The problem of prosecuting individuals complicit in the Nazi regime's "Final Solution" is almost insurmountably complex and has produced ever less satisfying results as time has passed. In Crimes of the Holocaust, Stephan Landsman provides detailed analysis of the International Military Tribunal prosecution at Nuremberg in 1945, the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961, the 1986 Demanjuk trial in Israel, and the 1990 prosecution of Imre Finta in Canada. Landsman presents each case and...