Alexander V: 87 books
Mao
Die Biographie
Language: German
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Tyrann, "Held der Armen", Despot und Poet – die maßgebliche Biographie Mao ZedongsEr lebte und agierte wie der letzte Kaiser von China: Mao Zedong, der "Große Vorsitzende" der Volksrepublik China. Es gibt zahlreiche Mythen und Propagandabilder, die sein Leben nachzeichnen....
Moderne Pharmakokinetik
Transport durch Membranen
Language: German
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Wie werden Arzneimittel im Korper verteilt? Wie gelangen sie an den Wirkort und docken an die richtigen Bindungsstellen an? Wie werden sie im Korper metabolisiert und schlie?lich wieder ausgeschieden? Welches sind die Mechanismen, die diesen Transportprozessen zu Grunde liegen? All dies sind essentielle...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
Post-Ethical Society
The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013
We’ve all seen the images from Abu Ghraib: stress positions, US soldiers kneeling on the heads of prisoners, and dehumanizing pyramids formed from black-hooded bodies. We have watched officials elected to our highest offices defend enhanced interrogation in terms of efficacy and justify drone strikes...
by V.S. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined—one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler’s dictatorship . . .
In early 1943, Magda Ritter’s parents send her to...
by V.S. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
From the acclaimed author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster comes a powerful, unforgettable novel of strength and resilience, set against the backdrop of the Irish famine.
Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige, County Mayo, with its sloping...
Russian/Soviet Studies in the United States, Amerikanistika in Russia
Mutual Representations in Academic Projects
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
The contributors in this interdisciplinary collection address the problem of interconnection between the study of the “Other,” either Russian or American, and the shaping of national identities in the two countries at different stages of US–Russian relations. The focus of research interests...
by Philip K. Dick, Milton Lesser, Edmond Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Imagination' was one of the most successful science fiction magazines of its time. While many of it contemporaries tried to push literary boundaries, 'Imagination' focused on adventure and space opera, assuring its financial success. Here are some of the finest stories ever to appear in its pages....
by David V. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Alphie Bates has a special way of dealing with the rude yet colourful figures called the “Number Nine Clan.” Although this number gang tries to bully Alphie, he responds by telling brief stories. Some are sad, some scary, but each carries a thoughtful message. As a result, new friends are made...
Finding Our Way
Love and Law in The United Methodist Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Questions and conflict about homosexual practice and the church abound. We encounter media reports of same-gender unions and clergy trials. This leads to talk in congregations and district preacher's meetings, in the hallways at district, conference and general church gatherings, and in the deliberations...
Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin
International Research Cooperation for an Ecoregion of Global Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The water resources of the Selenga River/Lake Baikal system are of fundamental importance for the ecosystems and socio-economic development of the region. In this large-scale river and lake basin, there are strong contrasts between regions of relatively pristine nature and massive anthropogenic impacts...
by Christopher V. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Jon has spent ten years silently enduring an abusive marriage to a woman he never loved. But when Jon is the only witness to a vicious attack in his suburban neighborhood, he must decide whether to bear the burden of continued silence or to bare his fangs and finally say “enough”.
Jon’s...
Sociologia n.2/2017
Rivista quadrimestrale di Scienze Storiche e Sociali
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 2, 2017
La società e la storia NICOLA ANTONETTI Prefazione. “Sociologia” una cultura per la democrazia ANDREA BIXIO Introduzione Sturzo e la tradizione storica LUIGI STURZO La Sociologia GABRIELE DE ROSA Il tempo e l'opera di Luigi Sturzo PIETRO SCOPPOLA Intellettuali in una società in trasformazione:...
Flexoelectricity in Solids
From Theory to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
This unique compendium is devoted to flexoelectricity — the response of polarization to a strain gradient. The effect is analogous to piezoelectricity which is the response of polarization to strain itself. In contrast to piezoelectricity, which appears only in non-centrosymmetric materials, flexoelectric...