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Charles Bernheimer described decadence as a "stimulant that bends thought out of shape, deforming traditional conceptual molds." In this posthumously published work, Bernheimer succeeds in making a critical concept out of this perennially fashionable, rarely understood term.Decadent Subjects is a coherent and moving picture of fin de sicle decadence. Mature, ironic, iconoclastic, and thoughtful, this remarkable collection of essays shows the c...

Stop singing, start swinging

This volume surveys Iberian international trade from the tenth to the fifteenth century, with particular emphasis on commerce in the Muslim period and on changes brought by Christian conquest of much of Muslim Spain in the thirteenth century. From the tenth to the thirteenth century, markets in the Iberian peninsula were closely linked to markets elsewhere in the Islamic world, and a strong east-west Mediterranean trading network linked Cairo ...

Zwar weiß ich viel, doch möcht ich alles wissen." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe war als Naturwissenschaftler ebenso erfolgreich wie als Dichter. So entdeckte der studierte Jurist die Existenz des Zwischenkieferknochens und entwickelte, im Gegensatz zu der rein mathematischen Lichtlehre Newtons, der im übrigen nicht nur für seinen hohen Intellekt, sondern auch für seine Heimtücke und Boshaftigkeit bekannt war, eine alternative Farbenlehre, in die...

Refiguring Critical Theory offers some thoughts about the nature of democracy and the possibilities of individual and collective self-determination. The text traces theories of the relationship between being and consciousness from Marx through Lukacs and the Frankfurt School to Habermas' recent work The Theory of Communicative Action.

The question "Who lost China?" has provoked political vituperation and academic controversy ever since the Chinese Communists drove the Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai-shek off the mainland in 1949. In this study based on a wide array of hitherto unused documentary sources, the author delves deeply into the inner workings of the Nationalist regime and concludes that the Nationalists collapsed largely as a result of their own failings. Most st...

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Das Buch zeigt die bisher nur unzureichend wissenschaftlich aufgearbeitete Verzahnung von Heinrich Himmlers "Schutzstaffel" (SS) mit dem Präsidium des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes zwischen 1937 und 1945. Als Ergebnis einer umfangreichen Quellenauswertung wird vom Autor dokumentiert, wer die führenden SS-Männer waren, die seit 1937 die Geschicke des DRK lenkten und wie sie es in den folgenden Jahren schafften, die wichtigsten Positionen in der Führu...

Neurosurgical Care of the Elderly is a comprehensive text which discusses the unique management of elderly patients. Although these problems occur in patients of all ages, their management in the geriatric population requires special consideration. Topics include: -The physiology of aging -Perioperative care -Cranial lesions and benign brain tumors -Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease -Occlusive cerebrovascular disease -Hemorrhagic vas...

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Return to Gull Haven" is about the life of Shelby Francis. Glimpses of tragedy in her past, a doomed romance, danger and kidnapping in the present, and a glimmer of hope for her future gives her the will to survive.

The ancient romance retold: An Archangel helps a blind man, taking his son, Tobias, to Media to seek his fortune and a wife, the beautiful but dangerous, Sarah. The Archangel defeats her demon, she marries Tobias, and the father is healed.

The Wisdom of Death" is a concise, systematic, and practical guide to understanding the loss process. Packed with wisdom, practical advice and a spiritual view, it is a must read for anyone who has lost a loved one through death.

In the tradition of "The Secret History" and "Lying Awake, The Divine Economy of Salvation" is a dark, powerful, and suspenseful story that captures the innocence and cruelty of adolescence and the mysteries of adulthood.

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The book is an epic poem in rhyming verse, a melodic version of the life of Jesus Christ. Every section of the four gospels has a rhyming counterpart which can be located by using the table for finding passages.

The book is an epic poem in rhyming verse, a melodic version of the life of Jesus Christ. Every section of the four gospels has a rhyming counterpart which can be located by using the table for finding passages.

This expose consists of true-to-life stories of discrimination in society against fine, smart, well cultured people. The qualities of these people, and of their assailants, are uniquely explored by the author, exposing a serious cultural problem.

The story of the Fighting 58th, one of 50 infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.