This book traces the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) from its inception in 2013 to its re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, emphasising the party’s nature as a “populist issue entrepreneur” and covering the three major crises that have shaken European party politics – the Eurozone crisis, the so-called refugee crisis and the COVID pandemic. Currently, books on the AfD are largely limited to historical accounts and surface-level analyses of the party. This volume is bot...

Thoroughly revised, the eighth edition of this accessible and highly respected text provides a rigorous yet digestible introduction to the European Union. It authoritatively explains developments that continue to bring challenges to this powerful institution in times of great political change.Key features include:Clearly covers the history, governing institutions, and policies of the EU.Thorough reflection on destabilizing issues such as immigration and the ...

Reflecting the increasing recognition of the importance of the spiritual in healing, Spirituality and Art Therapy is an exciting exploration of the different ways in which the spiritual forms an essential, life-enhancing component of a well-rounded therapeutic approach. The contributors are leading art therapists who write from diverse perspectives, including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and shamanic. They explain how their own spiritual and creative influences interact, finding expression ...

The Age of Ignorance is a sequel to my book The Message. After leaving Communism, I had to deal with another life defining philosophical question: what is life? How should I understand and approach it beyond work and eating? Common explanations did not satisfy my mind. After painstakingly examining my choices, I came with this book that answers my needs and, hopefully yours. Everything encountered in life has to make sense, be understood or it is a waste. Please, take this book seriously. ...

Work can benefit workers' health and well-being by offering a sense of meaning, social connections and a source of income. Yet an increasing number of workers report experiencing stress in their jobs, caused by job insecurity, working long hours, excessive workload, and the like, with significant implications for both mental and physical health. Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Sustainable Interventions in Organizations offers a systematic approach to fostering worker health...

In the 1970s, when most people thought about curling they thought it was just a game, something that could never be a real sport. Warren Hansen, a top curler in the seventies, felt curling wasn’t viewed fairly by the sports world. That needed to change.Hansen joined forces with Ray Kingsmith in the late 1970s to change this, setting out to get curling into the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary as a demonstration sport. They succeeded, but then it seemed like curling would never go be...

The book Silver Grace demonstrates the significance of grace with the ultimate outcome of having an incredible relationship with our amazing Heavenly Father. Silver Grace also shows us the incredible power grace has on a person’s life and journey. Grace enables us to enter into his promises, his plans, his nature, and his word. Imagine connecting with him as you never have before, this is only achieved through his grace. Silver Grace provides the opportunity to know the power of his grace ...

Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the ethical and scientific fundamentals of biotechnology. Engaging the ethics and the science side by side, the text addresses pressing questions in agricultural, food, and animal biotechnology; human genetics; gene therapy; human cloning; and stem cell research.A gener...

In a world shaped by silence, faith, and fracture, these poems descend into the sacred spaces we are taught not to question. Moving through shadow, memory, and reckoning, this collection explores spiritual disillusionment, survival, and the slow reclamation of self.Graveyards, cathedrals, ravens, and winter landscapes become symbols of endurance rather than despair. What appears ruined is not empty; what feels abandoned still speaks. Each poem confronts inherited belief, loss, and ...

This comprehensive introduction to the principles of functional programming using F# shows how to apply basic theoretical concepts to produce succinct and elegant programs. It demonstrates the role of functional programming in a wide spectrum of applications including databases and systems. Coverage also includes advanced features in the .NET library, the imperative features of F# and topics such as text processing, sequences, computation expressions and asynchronous computation. With a br...

God’s Field Hospital offers treatment by the greatest physician of all, God the healer, for those hurt, wounded or ill, and all those who find themselves in the dark, nursing a cold heart, or holding on to a failing life. And, as with any field hospital, the church should be open on all sides, to all who feel excluded.

The Message is a birds eye view of the origin of Marxism, how it came to be a political system, what kind of a society it is, its daily life, all woven around my personal experience."The remarkable power of his "message" derives not from rhetorical device but from the searing authenticity of his early life experience.""Without exception, the most potent critiques Soviet Communism have been written by those who have had first-hand experience of it."...