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January 1993Radio-Nostalgie
Vom Detektor zum Transistor - "Zeit der Röhrenradios"
by Abele, Günter F
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May 2010Köln
Eine Lese-Verführung
by Herausgegeben von Abele, Bernd; Herausgegeben von Behrends, Sabine
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Children's & YAThe Nest of Magpies
by Hai Fei
This is a very realistic original picture book. The author turns his attention to the northwest of China, where strong winds and sands dominate the sky, and tells a touching story that depicts the scene that "when the sand advances, humans retreat; when humans advance, the sand retreats." The hero of the book is a boy called Shawa, who is good friends with the magpies on a white poplar. He has been curious about the magpies' nest and wanted to know what it looks like inside, but he has never had a chance. Finally, his curiosity is satisfied after the white poplar is destroyed by a sandstorm and then falls. Surprisingly, there is water, the source of life, inside the nest where magpies fly away and their eggs are broken. Nature gives Shawa a life lesson with its double face of tenderness and grimness. The book, with its concise and powerful narrative and liberal painting style, integrates paintings with texts, in which the scenery of the northwest, the mighty power of nature, and the simplicity and warmth of personal relationships have all been vividly expressed. It makes readers consider the relationship between humanity and nature from a small but large perspective: humans are both small and great in a harsh natural environment. Only by respecting nature and learning to live in harmony with nature can we have a peaceful and happy life. This book is a beautiful hymn to nature and humanity.
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2016Silviculture of Trees Used in British Forestry
by Peter S Savill, Peter S Savill
Fully updated throughout, this new edition describes the silvicultural characteristics of trees commonly grown in the UK, including all important native species and a selection of some of the most significant exotics. With details of climatic zones, soils, productivity, pests and diseases, this book provides concise but detailed information regarding the establishment and management of forests. Detailed drawings of leaves and fruits are also provided to aid with identification, making this a useful resource for students and forestry professionals. ; This new edition describes the silvicultural characteristics of trees common to the UK, including all important native species and a selection of the most significant exotics. With details of climatic zones, soils, productivity, pests and diseases, this book provides concise but detailed information on the establishment and management of forests. ; 1: Abies alba2: Abies grandis3: Abies procera4: Acer campestre5: Acer platanoides6: Acer pseudoplatanus7: Alnus cordata8: Alnus glutinosa9: Alnus incana10: Alnus rubra11: Aria nivea12: Betula pendula13: Betula pubescens14: Buxus sempervirens15: Carpinus betulus16: Castanea sativa17: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana18: Corylus avellana19: Cryptomeria japonica20: x Cuprocyparis leylandii21: Eucalyptus22: Fagus sylvatica23: Fraxinus excelsior24: Ilex aquifolium25: Juglans regia26: Larix decidua27: Larix kaempferi28: Larix x marschlinsii29: Malus sylvestris30: Nothofagus alpina31: Nothofagus obliqua32: Picea abies33: Picea sitchensis34: Pinus contorta35: Pinus muricata36: Pinus nigra37: Pinus nigra ssp. nigra38: Pinus nigra ssp. salzmannii39: Pinus peuce40: Pinus radiata41: Pinus strobus42: Pinus sylvestris43: Populus hybrids44: Populus nigra45: Populus tremula46: Prunus avium47: Pseudotsuga menziesii48: Quercus cerris49: Quercus petraea50: Quercus robur51: Quercus rubra52: Robinia pseudoacacia53: Salix54: Sequoia sempervirens55: Sequoiadendron giganteum56: Sorbus aucuparia57: Taxus baccata58: Thuja plicata59: Tilia cordata60: Tilia platyphyllos61: Torminaria torminalis62: Tsuga heterophylla63: Ulmus
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HistoryAspen
The History of a Silver Mining Town, 1879 - 1893
by Malcolm J Rohrbough
All those who delight in modern Aspen as a ski resort and cultural center, as well as those who enjoy reading about all the old Wild West, will be charmed by this book. In its heyday as a mining town, Aspen rivaled the camps of the California Gold Rush, Virginia City in Nevada's Comstock Lode, and Leadville in Colorado, and from 1887 to 1893 it was the riches silver-mining center in America. Aspen's story begins in 1879 with seven prospectors camped in tents by the intersection of the Roaring Fork River and Castle Creek at the foot of Aspen and Smuggler Mountains. The first great spurt of growth came in 1883, when Jerome B. Wheeler, a partner in Macy's Department Store, bought several claims and built roads and a smelter. The arrival of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1887 transformed Aspen into a major metropolis by the standards of the day, with some 12,000 inhabitants and services that included six newspapers, two banks, an opera house, electric lights and telephones, a street car system, a waterworks, and schools and churches. The city became home to colorful personalities like B. Clark Wheeler, grandiose promoter and editor of the Aspen Times, and Davis H. Waite, his father-in-law and a local reformer who was elected governor of Colorado in 1892. Rohrbough brings to life the dynamic entrepreneurs such as David M. Hyman and Henry B. Gillespie who made the town and profited from it, the vicious court fights that resulted from mining disputes, and most effectively of all, the atmosphere of a booming mining community. In July 1893 the price of silver dropped sharply and within a week, all the mines in Aspen closed. By 1930, Aspen was virtually a ghost town, with a population of 705. But then a new generation of entrepreneurs discovered another natural resource in this former mining camp. It was snow.
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Reconnection: A Third Visit to The Café on The Edge of The World
by John P Strelecky
The latest title in this best selling series from John P Strelecky author of over 3 million books sold which have now been translated into 33 languages. His first book The Cafe on The Edge of The World (aka The Why Cafe) was first published in 2003 and remains at No 1on the Spiegel Taschenbucher bestseller list and has remained in that position throughout 2018, 2019 and 2020. and where he has three other titles in the top 10 books.
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MemoirsMarch 2017Escape Home
Rebuilding Life After the Anschluss, A Family Memoir
by Charles Paterson and Carrie Paterson
The riveting family memoir of a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice and his resourceful father begins in Nazi-occupied Europe and journeys “home” to American modernism amid the snowy mountains of Colorado. Charles Paterson (1929–2018) was nine years old when the Nazis invaded Vienna in March, 1938. Fleeing Austria for Czechoslovakia just months later, only to witness the invasion of Hitler for a second time in Prague, the author and his sister escaped to Paris to rejoin their refugee father Stefan before being adopted in Australia. Meanwhile, Stefan’s daring three-month-long escape through France by foot and bicycle, told in a detailed letter to his children from Lisbon, is a story unto itself.
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The Arts: General IssuesThe Romance of Commerce and Culture
Capitalism, Modernism, and the Chicago-Aspen Crusade for Cultural Reform
by James Sloan Allan
A lively and provocative history of how art and intellect formed an alliance with consumer capitalism in the mid-twentieth century and put Aspen, Colorado, on the map.
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Travel & holiday guidesThe Geezers' Guide to Colorado Hikes
by Stuart A Schneck , Ida I Nakashima
Written by two self-proclaimed 'geezers' who have shared forty-six years of hiking together, THE GEEZERS' GUIDE TO COLORADO HIKES is the first book aimed at hikers over the age of sixty -- as well as not-yet-acclimatised visitors to Colorado -- who want a glorious outdoor experience with minimal accompanying pain. Fifty-six hikes are described that fit, in a graded fashion, the physical capabilities of most older hikers. While the majority of hikes listed are in the Denver / Boulder area and the nearby foothills, the authors have detailed several routes in Rocky Mountain National Park, Aspen, and Vail that will entice more ambitious readers up into the high Colorado Rockies.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)July 2015The Bookshop Hotel
by A. K. Klemm
"The Bookshop Hotel took a deep breath... For so long, the building had longed for heavy hearts to grow light and for weary souls to find laughter."Returning to her hometown of Lily Hollow, AJ Rhys sets out to fulfill her childhood dream of restoring the old hotel on Aspen Court. With nothing but the legacy of her great-grandfather and the help of two dedicated strangers, she begins transforming the once-grand hotel into her ideal refuge.Only after the renovations are in full swing does it become clear that the hotel is having an effect on the town and everyone in it. Memories still haunt both AJ and Lily Hollow, but they begin to release their grip as the hotel binds its patrons together.The first book in a series, The Bookshop Hotel is a story of family, tragedy, forgiveness and the power of books. Join AJ and the residents of a small town where the past is never far away and secrets remain just below the surface.
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May 2013Social Media
Legal Risk and Corporate Policy
by Adam I. Cohen
Lawyers and jurists, corporate policymakers, and government regulatory agencies have only just begun to address the practical business and legal risk issues raised by the proliferation of social media channels and content. Social Media: Legal Risk and Corporate Policy explores the implications suggested by the precursors of a forthcoming tidal wave of social media-related civil litigation, the spectrum of potential corporate policy approaches to reducing the risks inherent in social media use, and the social media service privacy policy minefield that all social media participants, corporate and individual, will have to navigate if they want to optimize what little control they have over information shared by using social media. Highlights of the book include: The practical litigation implications of social media cases likely to be of relevance to business enterprises are examined The issue of attorney ethics in a social media context Civil cases that have involved social media are discussed and classified by type The reasons for having a corporate social media policy A discussion of the fundamental areas generally covered by social media policies A policy creation "toolkit" that organizes and provides sample provisions with which to build a social media policy are included. These provisions are classified by topic and represent a range of potential ways to communicate and document corporate policy on social media Exploration of class action litigation that has been filed against social media services disputing certain practices related to their use of personally identifiable information The privacy policies provisions of five major social media service providers are classified and identified Social Media: Legal Risk andamp; Corporate Policy is intended for professionals in various roles within the business enterprise that include responsibility for social media, or for those who seek to understand the subject matter for other reasons. Lawyers can learn about social media in litigation; corporate policymakers can identify social media risks and learn how to craft policy in response to these risks; and social media specialists within the business enterprise can understand what information is at stake in their forays into social media and what risks can threaten the opportunities that abound online. Corporate executives with overarching responsibility for steering the enterprise should also have an understanding of these issues, because social media is only going to become a more important influence in the success of their businesses.
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May 2016International Trade Law
by Joost Pauwelyn, Andrew Guzman, Jennifer A. Hillman
Written by a team of leading scholar/practitioners including a former Appellate Body member, PhD economist and former WTO Secretariat Lawyer, International Trade Law covers all aspects of WTO law. andnbsp;Appropriate for a two- to three-hour international trade course, the third edition covers trade in goods, services, and intellectual property, in 22 succinct chapters of around 30 pages, carefully excerpting leading cases, providing basic introductions, probing questions and real life problems. This book balances positive and normative perspectives, mixing legal texts and panel/Appellate Body decisions with analysis of economic and policy challenges faced by the international trading system.andnbsp; The Third Edition has been updated to include recent political and economic events, issues and policy debates, and supplements new developments in case law with additional questions and a revised Teacherandrsquo;s Manual. andnbsp; Hallmark features of International Trade Law: andbull; Prepared by three leading WTO scholars andndash; providing a balanced international and methodological perspective andbull; Up-to-date, discriminating case selection presents both classic cases and recent doctrine andbull; Contextualizes international trade issues with insights into key economic factors at work andbull; Key WTO cases are edited and presented to illustrate and teach central concepts and doctrine andbull; Illuminating introductory and explanatory material throughout andbull; Helpful summaries of key teaching points are included in each chapter andbull; Well-crafted questions stimulate class discussion on policy issues andbull; Manageable length for two- and three-credit courses andbull; Adaptable to graduate-level courses in international trade andbull; Comprehensive Teachers Manual with answers to questions as well as teaching suggestions, tips, and supplementary material appropriate for class discussion andbull; Complemented by a thorough and up-to-date documents supplement The Third Edition has been revised to include: andbull; Third author added: Jennifer Hillman, former member of the WTO Appellate Body and the US International Trade Commission, now Professor at Georgetown Law andbull; Major revision of trade remedy chapters (dumping, subsidies, safeguards) with new hands-on practical problems andbull; Completely revised chapter on technical barriers to trade (TBT) taking account of new jurisprudence post-2012 (US andndash; Clove Cigarettes, US - Tuna II, US andndash; COOL, EC andndash; Seal) andbull; New text on post-2008 trade collapse, global value chains andbull; Updated statistics on WTO dispute settlement, free trade agreements, developing countries andbull; Discussion of 2015 US Trade Promotion Authority, mega-regionals including TPP and TTIP, 2014 Trade Facilitation Agreement andbull; Includes summaries of new, major cases such as Canada andndash; Feed-in Tariff, EC andndash; Seal, Peru andndash; Agricultural Products, China andndash; Rare Earthsandnbsp;
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August 2015An Introduction to the American Legal System, Government, and Constitutional Law
by Diane S. Kaplan
This new coursebook introduces students to the relationship among the American constitutional, governmental, and legal systems. With a clear and concise presentation, this book explores historical and contemporary events, judicial opinions, and constitutional provisions that demonstrate how the three systems accommodate social progress in an ever-changing and highly diverse nation. Perfect for LLM courses or even undergraduate classes, this book aims to teach students how to understand constitutional doctrines, brief judicial opinions, and how American history affects contemporary legal issues.Features: Clear and concise presentation and logical organization of material making it an excellent introductory book to the American legal systemInclusion of modern cases on relevant topics, such as same-sex marriage, legalization of marijuana, and homicidal laws affecting juvenilesChapter questions that facilitate basic legal analysis through hypotheticals, opinion briefing, and application of constitutional provisionsInclusion of important historical and political events, such as lawsuits brought against Presidents, congressional impeachment powers, the Electoral College System, the Supreme Court s resolution of voting issues, the Civil War and post Civil War constitutional amendments, the Civil Rights movement, presidential and congressional war powers, and Supreme Court opinions about Guantanamo Bay detainees
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December 2001
The New Wigmore
A Treatise on Evidence
by David P. Leonard, Edward J. Imwinkelried, David H. Kaye, David E. Bernstein
The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence is an authoritative guide with answers to evolving questions in civil and criminal litigation . The five volume series presents the same quality of research, thought, and analysis as the original Wigmore , creating a genuine present-day counterpart to the seminal evidence treatise. Volume 1: Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility, by David Leonard, provides a sophisticated framework for lawyers and judges to understand and apply the rules that exclude evidence for policy reasons. Included are extensive discussions of: The latest amendments to Federal Rule 408 Party-oriented limited admissibility in criminal cases The types of agreements that qualify as and#8220;Mary Carterand#8221; agreements Evidence of nolo contendere pleas when the party who entered the plea brings a civil action based on the same event Admissibility of evidence of investigations conducted by a party Remedial measures taken before the event giving rise to the action or taken by a third party, or required by a government authority The use of limiting instructions and proper timing The use the doctrine of and#8220;detrimental relianceand#8221; to enforce a plea agreement the government seeks to abolish The admissibility of settlement agreements that, if not disclosed, might lead to distorted fact-finding The propriety of informing the jury that there has been a settlement of claims involving a part Volume 2: Evidentiary Privileges, by Edward J. Imwinkelried, offers unique analysis of recent evidentiary problems including application of the attorney-client privilege to government agencies and corporate entities, and the difficulty of determining exactly who holds the privilege. In these two volumes, youand#8217;ll find also a practical framework for evaluating the existence or scope of new privileges, as well as coverage of issues like these: The common interest or joint defense privilege Skirmishes over the DOJand#8217;s policies regarding corporate waiver of attorney-client privilege Privilege for mediation proceedings Burns v. Commonwealth, where the Virginia Supreme Court sharply limited the protection for confidential spousal communications The latest cases recognizing a constitutional right to informational privacy Protections for journalists and who qualifies The governmental attorney-client privilege The First Circuit decision holding that in certain circumstances, even when an individual corporate officer has a personal attorney-client privilege with corporate counsel, the corporation may unilaterally waive the privilege The latest cases on the waiver consequences of inadvertent production during pretrial discovery Volume 3: Expert Evidence, by David H. Kaye, David E. Bernstein and Jennifer L. Mnookin, provides in depth coverage of the topics that lawyers and judges must know when dealing with expert testimony about medicine, engineering, psychology, economics, and forensic science, among other areas. It covers the topics common to all such testimony and focuses on scientific and statistical evidence, providing sophisticated and up-to-date explanations and analyses of: The principles and policies underlying all the approaches to admitting scientific evidence, from the traditional relevance standard to the most restrictive interpretations of the Supreme Court's watershed opinion in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. An in-depth look at the continuing importance and practical operation of the Frye standard. Qualifications for expert witnesses. Permissible subject matter and al
