Axel: 472 books

Every time the economy goes through a period of crisis, Keynes’ name is called upon by economists and politicians from diverse backgrounds. However, 70 years after the publication of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, specialists are still far—maybe everyday further—from reaching...

The field of Bioinorganic Chemistry has grown significantly in recent years; now one of the major sub-disciplines of Inorganic Chemistry, it has also pervaded other areas of the life sciences due to its highly interdisciplinary nature. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Elements in the Chemistry...

In a career spanning six decades, Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974) was perhaps unique among 20th-century American actresses in making her name in four entertainment media—radio, theater, film and television—after age 40. Focusing on 25 of her most representative performances, this retrospective analyzes...

Why has "America" - that is, the United States of America - become so much more than simply a place in the imagination of so many people around the world? In both Europe and Latin America, the United States has often been a site of multiple possible futures, a screen onto which could be...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Art - Architecture / History of Construction, grade: 2,0, University of California, Berkeley , 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Germany's biggest island Rügen offers beautiful landscapes with endless beaches and forests. Just...

The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations...

In Shambles … that was my life. I sat in a cell all day wondering what could have been. Thinking about it only made me feel worse. I was lost until someone left me this book about people just like me. People that made mistakes … people that tried to redeem themselves … people that failed. It...

La Guerra d’Algeria è stata una delle ultime guerre di liberazione contro gli imperi colonialisti. Rispetto a tutte le altre guerre d’indipendenza nazionale però ha rappresentato un unicum, tanto che in brevissimo tempo è divenuta un vero e proprio simbolo per tutte le nazioni...

Ho Chi Minh è stato senza dubbio uno dei personaggi centrali del ‘900. Tutti lo ricordano per aver guidato il Vietnam del Nord nell’incredibile vittoria militare contro gli Stati Uniti, ma la sua storia era iniziata molto prima di quella sporca guerra. Ho Chi Minh, al contrario...

Il Feldmaresciallo Erwin Rommel è stato molto probabilmente l'unico comandante tedesco ammirato e stimato anche dai suoi nemici durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Il suo coraggio, il suo senso dell'onore, le sue strategie rivoluzionarie e geniali lo trasformarono ben presto in un mito,...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Engineering - Civil Engineering, grade: A, University of California, Berkeley , 15 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In 1894 the British architect John Tavenor wrote an article about the remains of medieval architecture in the...

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject English - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of California, Berkeley , language: English, abstract: This essay observes Prora in the context of the architecture during the time of the national socialism. Its focus is on the architectural scale, the style mixture and the architectural-sociological aspect of Prora.

There was so much blood I wondered if he was dead, all because of a distorted love. I will never forget my 20th Birthday, and the hell I went through. I wish I could.

Le titre de cet essai est volontairement provocateur : en effet, en 2013, la France risque la récession et devrait atteindre les 11 % de chômage, selon l'OFCE. Néanmoins, le diagnostic de la crise est maintenant bien établi. Et, comme on dit en mathématiques, un problème bien posé est...