Peter Lang: 4879 books
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The Urban Chronotope in Peter Ackroyds Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
The book discusses the evolution of the urban chronotope in the selected novels by Peter Ackroyd, an acclaimed British author. The examined narratives illustrate the transformation from the postmodern tenets of historiographic metafiction into a unique urban mythopoetics by means of a semiotic analysis.
A Daring Venture
Rudolf Hess and the Ill-Fated Peace Mission of 1941
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
At the height of the Second World War, Hitler’s Deputy, Rudolf Hess, made a dramatic solo flight to the British Isles. His arrival there was sensational news – and it baffled everyone. Why had he come?
Hess claimed he had flown to Britain entirely of his own initiative and was on a personal mission...
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and Gods Kingdom
Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
For close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently...
Global Journalism
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Recent instances of global crisis reporting on climate change and the financial crisis are early embryos of a new form of journalism that is increasingly needed in global times: global journalism.
Instead of associating global journalism with national comparisons of media systems or defining it as...
House of Lords Reform: A History
Volume 2. 19431958: Hopes Rekindled
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Peter Raina’s House of Lords Reform recounts the long struggle to bring an ancient institution up to date. The first volume ended in 1937, as crisis overwhelmed Europe. Reform issues were not forgotten, however. This second volume continues the story, presenting a wealth of illuminating records,...
Naturlauf
Scholarly Journeys Toward Gustav Mahler Essays in Honour of Henry-Louis de La Grange for his 90th Birthday
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
This collection of essays forms the second Festschrift to honour the dean of Gustav Mahler research, Henry-Louis de La Grange, on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday. It includes vibrant, new historical, theoretical, and aesthetic research on the complex mind which produced among the best-loved...
Digitalisierung der Bildung
Warum und wie lernen wir ein Leben lang? Forschungsergebnisse zur Online-Weiterbildung im Tourismus. Bedeutung Erwartung Nutzung
Language: German
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Dieses Buch untersucht lebenslanges Lernen im Rahmen der zunehmenden digitalen Anreicherung unserer Lebensbereiche. Die Lern- und Arbeitswelten verändern sich und damit auch die Anforderungen an Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung. Immer mehr Wissen ist verfügbar, gleichzeitig schrumpft die Zeitspanne,...
Coachingbasiertes Training
Einsatzbereiche Methodik Sprechwissenschaftliche Studie zur Transferqualitaet
Language: German
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Wie können Verhaltenstrainings in Unternehmen so gestaltet werden, dass jeder einzelne Mitarbeiter genau das lernt, was er braucht, um nach dem Training sein Tagesgeschäft besser zu meistern? Der Autor dieses Buches hat sich dieser Frage zwölf Jahre lang als Forscher, Trainer und Coach gewidmet....
Arbeitnehmerweiterbildung
Gesetzlicher Rahmen und kollektive Gestaltungsmoeglichkeiten
Language: German
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Bildung ist Deutschlands wichtigste Ressource. Entgegen der einst landläufigen Meinung ist der Bildungsprozess nicht mit dem Abschluss einer Erstausbildung beendet, sondern begleitet Arbeitnehmer ein Leben lang. Aus «Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr!» ist «Man lernt nie aus!»...
Johannes V. Jensen
Daenischer Sprachbildner und Querdenker und seine Uebersetzerin Julia Koppel
Language: German
Release Date: September 8, 2014
In der Geschichte der Dänischen Literatur von Hanne Marie und Werner Svendsen wird Johannes V. Jensen (1873-1950) als tonangebende Gestalt des neuen Jahrhunderts gepriesen, ja geradezu dessen Dolmetsch. Seine Werke waren dreißig Jahre lang in Kopenhagen und Berlin sehr beliebter Lesestoff. Gegen...
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Language: German
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Diese Edition bringt wichtige, bisher nicht edierte Quellen zum Aktiengesetz von 1884 und ergänzt damit die von Peter Hommelhoff und Werner Schubert 1985 herausgegebene Materialiensammlung zum Aktiengesetz von 1884. Sie enthält den bisher nicht gedruckten Teil des Gutachtens des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts...
Gandhi and the Popes
From Pius XI to Francis
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Gandhi today is universally recognised as an international icon, but did his influence extend to the Vatican as well? The author unravels the answer by pursuing six research targets. The book opens with a historical inquiry into Gandhi’s unsuccessful attempt to meet Pius XI, and then goes on to...
Corporate Communication
Critical Business Asset for Strategic Global Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
The communication role in organizations has changed, just as the nature of organizations has changed in response to the explosion of new communication technologies as well as global networks within organizations. Communication is more complex, strategic, and vital to the health of the organization...
Transforming Education with New Media
Participatory Pedagogy, Interactive Learning, and Web 2.0
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The possibilities that online platforms and new media technologies provide, in terms of human connection and the dissemination of information, are seemingly endless. With Web 2.0 there is an exchange of messages, visions, facts, fictions, contemplations, and declarations buzzing around a network of...