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At the Periphery of a World War?

Urban Experiences of the First World War in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and South Europe

by Ana Paula Pires, Jan Schmidt, Luis Esteban Dalla Fontana, Agustín Desiderato, Carolina García Sanz, Karen Horn, Ma Jun, Karina Kriegesmann0, Stefan Manz1, Miguel Martorell Linares2, Sérgio Rezendes3, Anne Samson4, María Inés Tato5 ...

Series Book 43 - Eigene und Fremde Welten
The First World War and its aftermath were significant events with widespread consequences that impacted everyday people. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the various ways in which the Great War affected urban life, extending beyond the typically recognized regions such as the European Great powers, the USA, and its colonies and spheres of influence. It explores the impacts on ... Read more

$62.99 USD

The First World War and its aftermath were significant events with widespread consequences that impacted everyday people. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the various ways in which the Great War affected urban life, extending beyond the typically recognized regions such as the European Great powers, the USA, and its colonies and spheres of influence. It explores the impacts on
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Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions

1917 and its Aftermath from a Global Perspective

by Stefan Rinke, Michael Wildt, Birgit Aschmann, Jan Claas Behrends, Dietrich Beyrau, Robert Gerwarth, David Hopkins, Patrick J. Houlihan, Tomio Izao0, Abdulhamit Kirmizi1, Jörn Leonhard2, Ricardo Pérez Montfort3, Jan Schmidt4, María Inés Tato5, Adam Tooze6, Enric Ucelay-Da Cal7, Klaus Weinhauer8, Guoqi Xu9 ...

Series Book 34 - Eigene und Fremde Welten
1917 was an important year in world history and not just because of the United States' entry into the First World War and the Russian Revolution. It is rightly considered the turning point of the war and the foundational moment for determining structures of the short 20th century. Contemporaries realized these global connections yet in a historiography limited to the nation-state they did not gain ... Read more

$42.99 USD

1917 was an important year in world history and not just because of the United States' entry into the First World War and the Russian Revolution. It is rightly considered the turning point of the war and the foundational moment for determining structures of the short 20th century. Contemporaries realized these global connections yet in a historiography limited to the nation-state they did not gain
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Tourism and Animal Welfare

by Neil Carr, Donald Broom, Christopher Andrews, Lee Durrell, Janet Mann, Valeria Senigaglia, Ann-Marie Jacoby, Lars Bejder, Wilfred Chivell, Jane Goodall, Daniel Turner, Jan Schmidt-Burbach, Sara Dubois, Stephen Blakeway, Glen Cousquer, Darci Galati, Claire Jenkinson, Hugh Felton, John Sellar, Brent Lovelock ...

"This text is long overdue and timely. Carr and Broom have placed the issues firmly in the broader context of the relationship between our species and the others which share this planet with us...As they argue it is possible for tourists and the travel and tourism sector to take and exercise responsibility to drive change, Carr and Broom's text helps us to understand the issues and the context and ... Read more

$49.99 USD

"This text is long overdue and timely. Carr and Broom have placed the issues firmly in the broader context of the relationship between our species and the others which share this planet with us...As they argue it is possible for tourists and the travel and tourism sector to take and exercise responsibility to drive change, Carr and Broom's text helps us to understand the issues and the context and
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Wise Women

Reflections of Teachers at Mid-Life

by Phyllis Freeman, Jan Schmidt ...

Wise Women is a collection of autobiographical essays by important and renowned teachers at mid-life. The essays, which are deeply personal, will focus on how these women negotiate the psychological, physical, and social changes brought on by menopause and how the aging process affects their lives as professionals, feminists, writers, mentors, and instructors in the academy. The book addresses ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Wise Women is a collection of autobiographical essays by important and renowned teachers at mid-life. The essays, which are deeply personal, will focus on how these women negotiate the psychological, physical, and social changes brought on by menopause and how the aging process affects their lives as professionals, feminists, writers, mentors, and instructors in the academy. The book addresses
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Elephant Tourism Business, The

by Eric Laws, Professor Noel Scott, Professor Xavier Font, Professor John Koldowski, Ann Suwaree Ashton, Liv Baker, Sumanth Bindumadhav0, Sarah Blaine1, Eric Brymer2, Naphawan Chantradoan3, Saranphat Chotmanakul4, Qingming Cui5, Susanna Curtin6, Charlotte Day7, Nilakshi Galahitiyawe8, Vivek Gurusamy9, Nicole Hausler0, Jeffrey Dale Hobbs1, Claire Jenkinson2, Naut Kusters3, Shilpa Mahbubani4, Andrew McLean5, Mucha Mkono6, Somyot Ongkhluap7, Anja Pabel8, Piengpen Na Pattalung9, Clive Phillips0, Kannapa Pongponrat1, Bongkosh Rittichainuwat2, John Edward Roberts3, Andrea Saayman4, Melville Saayman5, Jan Schmidt-Burbach6, Alokparna Sengupta7, Vinathe Sharma-Brymer8, Ramona Strödecke9, Daminda Sumanapala0, Daniel Turner1, Marjorie Van Strein2, Rebecca Winkler3, Isabelle Wolf4, Honggang Xu5 ...

Elephant tourism is a growing activity in many countries across Asia and Africa and is popular with tourists from all parts of the world. Elephant tourism has grown rapidly, providing the only viable way for elephants and their owners to survive since the banning of logging. Old logging camps have been developed into sanctuaries for some elephants, but many other camps were established as ... Read more

$107.99 USD

Elephant tourism is a growing activity in many countries across Asia and Africa and is popular with tourists from all parts of the world. Elephant tourism has grown rapidly, providing the only viable way for elephants and their owners to survive since the banning of logging. Old logging camps have been developed into sanctuaries for some elephants, but many other camps were established as
... Read more
Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity

Studies in Science, Society and Sustainability

by Jan Cornelius Schmidt ...

Series series History and Philosophy of Technoscience
Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of contemporary knowledge production. This book introduces a Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity at the intersection of science, society and sustainability. In light of the ambivalence of the technosciences and the challenge of sustainable development in the Anthropocene, this engaged philosophy provides a novel critical perspective on interdisciplinarity in science ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of contemporary knowledge production. This book introduces a Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity at the intersection of science, society and sustainability. In light of the ambivalence of the technosciences and the challenge of sustainable development in the Anthropocene, this engaged philosophy provides a novel critical perspective on interdisciplinarity in science
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Spiritual Formation in Local Faith Communities

A Whole-Person, Prompt-Card Approach

by Neil Pembroke, Ewan Kelly, Theo Pleizier, William S. Schmidt, Jan-Albert van den Berg ...

Spiritual formation in our local churches is too often poorly done or it is virtually nonexistent. We developed this innovative approach to spiritual formation in the congregation because it is desperately needed. The prompt cards are used to spark deep reflection and shape potentially life-transforming conversations with a pastor around spiritual practices, spiritual character, personal and ... Read more

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Spiritual formation in our local churches is too often poorly done or it is virtually nonexistent. We developed this innovative approach to spiritual formation in the congregation because it is desperately needed. The prompt cards are used to spark deep reflection and shape potentially life-transforming conversations with a pastor around spiritual practices, spiritual character, personal and
... Read more
Tensor Analysis and Elementary Differential Geometry for Physicists and Engineers

by Hung Nguyen-Schäfer, Jan-Philip Schmidt ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Tensors and methods of differential geometry are very useful mathematical tools in many fields of modern physics and computational engineering including relativity physics, electrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), continuum mechanics, aero and vibroacoustics and cybernetics.This book comprehensively presents topics, such as bra-ket notation, tensor analysis and elementary differential ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Tensors and methods of differential geometry are very useful mathematical tools in many fields of modern physics and computational engineering including relativity physics, electrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), continuum mechanics, aero and vibroacoustics and cybernetics.This book comprehensively presents topics, such as bra-ket notation, tensor analysis and elementary differential
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Tensor Analysis and Elementary Differential Geometry for Physicists and Engineers

by Hung Nguyen-Schäfer, Jan-Philip Schmidt ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents tensors and differential geometry in a comprehensive and approachable manner, providing a bridge from the place where physics and engineering mathematics end, and the place where tensor analysis begins.Among the topics examined are tensor analysis, elementary differential geometry of moving surfaces, and k-differential forms. The book includes numerous examples with solutions ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book presents tensors and differential geometry in a comprehensive and approachable manner, providing a bridge from the place where physics and engineering mathematics end, and the place where tensor analysis begins.Among the topics examined are tensor analysis, elementary differential geometry of moving surfaces, and k-differential forms. The book includes numerous examples with solutions
... Read more
Comparative Succession Law

Volume IV: Administration of Estates

Edited by Kenneth G C Reid, Jan Peter Schmidt, Reinhard Zimmermann ...

This fourth volume in the Comparative Succession Law series provides a historical and comparative study of how and by whom the estates of deceased persons are administered, drawing upon the legal traditions of Europe and beyond. When a person dies, their assets (or their value) will transfer to those entitled to inherit them following the deceased's will or, in the absence of a will, according to ... Read more

$220.99 USD

This fourth volume in the Comparative Succession Law series provides a historical and comparative study of how and by whom the estates of deceased persons are administered, drawing upon the legal traditions of Europe and beyond. When a person dies, their assets (or their value) will transfer to those entitled to inherit them following the deceased's will or, in the absence of a will, according to
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Living, Loving, Longing Lisbon

LiLoLoLi, #3

by Marina Pacheco, Jen Nafziger, Nadia Lym, P.J. Town, Cristóvão Correia, Daniel van der Klei, Inna Novikova, Jan Lee, Michele Farinet, Sona Schmidt-Harris, Susanna Carlson ...

Series Book 3 - LiLoLoLi
Lisbon is a city of stories. They swirl like the Tagus tide, carrying whispered secrets through winding alleys and slip between the stones of forgotten ruins. In Living, Loving, Longing Lisbon, past and present blur, love and loss entwine, and the city comes alive. A one-night stand leads to a shocking transformation. A chance meeting on a train sparks a romance shadowed by history. A bitter ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Lisbon is a city of stories. They swirl like the Tagus tide, carrying whispered secrets through winding alleys and slip between the stones of forgotten ruins. In Living, Loving, Longing Lisbon, past and present blur, love and loss entwine, and the city comes alive. A one-night stand leads to a shocking transformation. A chance meeting on a train sparks a romance shadowed by history. A bitter
... Read more
The East Asian Dimension of the First World War

Global Entanglements and Japan, China and Korea, 1914-1919.

by Eugene Chiu, Gerhard Krebs, Yuji Kubota, Akira Kudo, Sepp Linhart, Eiichi Morohashi, Mahon Murphy, Sochi Naraoka, Sawako Ogawa, Yasuteru Ono, Atsushi Otsuru, Yuichiro Shimizu, Jun Suzuki, Lin-chun Wu, Shin'ichi Yamamuro, Yan Zhang ...

Series Book 35 - Eigene und Fremde Welten
Which role did East Asia play in the First World War? How did East Asian commentators see and interpret the »total(izing) war« in Europe and elsewhere? Which lessons did they draw from this experience for their own societies? How did economic networks shift? Which influence did the war have on East Asian visions of world order? This volume aims to introduce new scholarship, in many cases by ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Which role did East Asia play in the First World War? How did East Asian commentators see and interpret the »total(izing) war« in Europe and elsewhere? Which lessons did they draw from this experience for their own societies? How did economic networks shift? Which influence did the war have on East Asian visions of world order? This volume aims to introduce new scholarship, in many cases by
... Read more

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