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Nadine Jansen, a flugelhornist and pianist, remembers a night in the 1940s when a man came out of the audience as she was playing both instruments. "I hate to see a woman do that", he explained as he hit the end of her horn, nearly chipping her tooth. Half a century later, a big band named Diva made its debut in New York on March 30, 1993, with Melissa Slocum on bass, Sue Terry on alto sax, Lolly Bienenfeld on trombone, Sherrie Maricle on drum...

Poetry and War" is an anthology of poetry and prose collected from both the First and Second World War. Simon Featherstone examines the poetry in its intellectual and historical contexts, stressing the continuities and revisions of pre- and inter-war writing and work. The anthology focusses on the importance of war poetry for an understanding of British culture rather than just the British experience of war. The selection of poets and writers-...

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Demonstrating the full range and diversity of the writing which came out of both world wars, this anthology includes selections from established and lesser-known poets, as well as prose extracts. The seven introductory chapters challenge the dominance of the English officer poets in the canon.

In most countries the economic structure and financial landscape are dominated by corporations. A critical examination of the various facets of the corporate economy is thus vitally important. In "Mangerial Finance in the Corporate Economy" the authors employ a dynamic theoretical apparatus and empirical evaluations to present such a study. The book, divided into five sections, brings together new research on major issues such as mutual and pe...

Based on current empirical and theoretical research in the field of occupational stress, this text is arranged in five parts, covering: theoretical approaches, model testing formats, occupational stress research and coping mechanisms, burnout, and interventions directed at stress reduction.

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Ion-Transfer Kinetics Principles and Applications Edited by James R. Sandifer The goal of this book is to give the reader an understanding of the fundamental principles of electrostatics and thermodynamics as they apply to the kinetics of ion transfer between phases and ion transport within phases. A grasp of these principles leads to a conceptual understanding of the unity that spans the diverse fields and applications of ion-transfer kinetic...

In der 1968 gegründeten Reihe erscheinen Monographien aus den Gebieten der Griechischen und Lateinischen Philologie sowie der Alten Geschichte. Die Bände weisen eine große Vielzahl von Themen auf: neben sprachlichen, textkritischen oder gattungsgeschichtlichen philologischen Untersuchungen stehen sozial-, politik-, finanz- und kulturgeschichtliche Arbeiten aus der Klassischen Antike und der Spätantike. Entscheidend für die Aufnahme ist die Qua...

Edited by Dore Ashton, and instigated by Komar & Melamid projects to salvage Russia's remaining monuments to totalitarianism, Monumental Propaganda mixes levity and seriousness, presenting 26 proposals by among others Arman, Ericson & Ziegler, Joseph Kosuth, Valery Aisenberg, Eidia, IRWIN, Ilia Kitup, Komar & Melamid, Alexander Zosimov and Mark Tansey.

A trade summit on Corellia brings Han Solo back to the home world he left many years before. Arriving on the distant planet with Leia, their children and Chewbacca, Han finds Corellia overrun with agents of the New Republic Intelligence and finds himself part of a deceptive plan whose aim not even he understands. One thing is clear: the five inhabited worlds of the sector are on the brink of civil war and the once peaceful coexistence of the t...

The authors put forward their own concept for the interpretation of international relations, describing how progress occurs not necessarily out of moral development, but by the desire of nation-states to redefine their national interests in terms of security, welfare and human rights.

Die Buchreihe Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte deckt das gesamte Spektrum der germanistischen Literaturforschung ab und umfasst Monographien und Sammelbände über einzelne Epochen vom ausgehenden Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Sie versammelt Beiträge zur Erklärung zentraler Begriffe der Literaturgeschichte, zu einzelnen Autoren und Werken.

Frontmatter -- Teil I. -- 1. Einladungsschriften zu den Schulactus am Elisabethgymnasium (Auswahl) -- Nr. 1 ¿(agister). G(eorgius). Seid(elius): Nova Tragicocomoedia. TYCHERMAEA seu STAMATUS. 1613. 8° Sig. 382562. (Fragm.). A(ndreas). F(rancke).: Eine Newe Tragico-Comaedia Tychermaea oder Stamatus genent. 1613. 8° Sig. 382563. (Titelblatt der dt. Übersetzung) -- Nr. 2 Thomas Sagittarius: Actus qvasi Comicus DE NATIVITATE IESULI NOSTRI exoptati...

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Designed for adolescent survivors of sexual abuse who are in group or individual counselling and written in a style appropriate for this age group, this excellent resource provides information on how survivors may have been affected by abuse. The Survivor's Guide will also be valuable to counsellors, psychotherapists and others helping survivors. The author helps readers to stop blaming themselves and to let go of the image that survivors oft...

This volume complements the publication of the second edition of 'The Cambridge Ancient History' Volumes V and VI, which cover the history of Greece and associated areas between the Persian Wars and the death of Alexander the Great - the Classical Period par excellence.

Charles Handy is an independent writer, broadcaster and teacher. He has been an oil executive, an economist, a professor at the London Business School, the Warden of St George's House in Windsor Castle and the Chairman of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce.He was born in Kildare in Ireland, the son of an Archdeacon, and educated in Ireland, England (Oxford University) and the USA (Massachusetts Institute ...

Reissue. Ties in with the Penguin Travel promotion.

Deep ecology, a term coined by noted Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, is a worldwide grassroots environmental movement that seeks to redress the shallow and piecemeal approache of technology-based ecology. Its followers share a profund respect for the earth's interrelated natural systems and a sense of urgency about the need to make profound cultural and social changes in order to respore and sustain the long-term health of the planet. This c...