“John George Nicolay played a pivotal role in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the preservation of his legacy. Whereas Lincoln’s other secretary, John Hay, has received extensive attention, Nicolay, until now, has remained somewhat hidden. In this important work, Allen Carden and Thomas J. Ebert bring Nicolay to life and examine the role he played in Lincoln’s administration and as coauthor with Hay of a massive Lincoln biography. The result is a work that should be read by all students of...

In Worlds of Gender ten prominent scholars consider the research on gender and archaeology that has been conducted around the world. The authors discuss the archaeological evidence for gender distinctions from Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Australia, Europe, Mesoamerica, North America, and South America. Although some regions of the world have only been studied sporadically, this volume brings together the totality of the evidence to make it possible to compare sexual roles and i...

The pursuit of gender in the archaeological record is explored in this exciting new collection of essays by renowned archaeologists and gender theorists. These essays place gender in the context of the past, by approaching the data in light of the previous decades of gender research. Issues such as tool-making, hunting, and evolution take on new meaning as the contributors examine the impact of gender worldwide. They do so in terms of the theories, methods, and ways of teaching and learnin...

Auf die Bedürfnisse der Praxis zugeschnitten:Kompakte Darstellung der zentralen Materien des Wirtschaftsstrafrechts (einschließlich der Ordnungswidrigkeiten) für einen schnellen Überblick in der PraxisAufzeigen der Zusammenhänge zwischen den Strafnormen und den Bezugsnormen des vorgelagerten Zivil- oder Verwaltungsrechts sowie der Bezüge zum EuroparechtVermittlung der Grundstruktur der unübersichtlichen Materie des WirtschaftsstrafrechtsBewusste ...

A guide to the handy kitchen appliance, plus a range of recipes, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning movie critic.In The Pot and How to Use It, Roger Ebert—Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic, admitted "competent cook," and long-time electric rice cooker enthusiast—gives readers a charming, practical guide to this handy and often-overlooked kitchen appliance.While The Pot and How to Use It contains numerous and surprisingly varied recipes for ele...

Lincoln's significance in the history of slavery and emancipation, the Union's preservation and the formation of a new national vision is crucial to comprehending the antebellum and Civil War periods in American history. This is a one-of-a-kind hybrid reference work that combines chronology with almost 400 primary source papers to contextualize Lincoln's life within his historical era.These written materials serve as the foundation upon which historians can construct a picture of L...

Unterleuten erwacht zum Leben: der Bestseller jetzt als HörspielManchmal kann die Idylle auch die Hölle sein. Wie das Dorf Unterleuten irgendwo in Brandenburg. Wer nur einen flüchtigen Blick darauf wirft, ist bezaubert von den schrulligen Originalen, die den Ort nach der Wende prägen, von der unberührten Natur mit den seltenen Vogelarten, von den kleinen Häusern, die sich Stadtflüchtige aus Berlin gerne kaufen. Doch als eine Investmentfirma einen Windpark in unmitte...