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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2008Time and world politics
Thinking the present
by Kimberly Hutchings, Simon Tormey, Jon Simons
This book offers the first authoritative guide to assumptions about time in theories of contemporary world politics. It demonstrates how predominant theories of the international or global 'present' are affected by temporal assumptions, grounded in western political thought, that fundamentally shape what we can and cannot know about world politics today. The first part of the book traces the philosophical roots of assumptions about time in contemporary political theory. The second part examines contemporary theories of world politics, including liberal and realist International Relations theories and the work of Habermas, Hardt and Negri, Virilio and Agamben. In each case, it is argued, assumptions about political time ensure the identification of the particular temporality of western experience with the political temporality of the world as such and put the theorist in the unsustainable position of holding the key to the direction of world history. In the final chapter, the book draws on postcolonial and feminist thinking, and the philosophical accounts of political time in the work of Derrida and Deleuze, to develop a new 'untimely' way of thinking about time in world politics. ;
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January 2018Wer hat denn meinen Hut versteckt?
by Anne Steinwart, Christiane Hansen
"Wer hat meinen Hut versteckt" von Anne Steinwart ist ein interaktives Kinderbuch, das junge Leser auf eine aufregende Suche auf dem Bauernhof mitnimmt. Bauer Franz hat seinen Hut verloren, und alle Tiere des Hofes helfen bei der Suche. Kinder werden dazu eingeladen, mitzuraten, welches Tier als Nächstes erscheint, indem sie Hinweise wie einen rosa Rüssel, Hörner oder einen grauen Schwanz nutzen. Durch seitliche Schieber im Buch können die Kinder überprüfen, ob sie das richtige Tier erraten haben. Diese spielerische Suche fördert nicht nur die Aufmerksamkeit und das logische Denken, sondern bringt den Kindern auch die verschiedenen Bauernhoftiere näher. Die Neugierde, welches Tier den Hut versteckt hat, hält die Spannung bis zum Ende aufrecht. Die Geschichte verbindet auf liebevolle Weise Such- und Ratespaß mit einer Einführung in das Leben auf dem Bauernhof und fördert die Interaktion zwischen Vorlesenden und jungen Zuhörern. Das Buch besticht durch seine liebenswerten Illustrationen und die kreativen Schiebereffekte, die den Kindern ein interaktives Leseerlebnis bieten. Die Tiere sind humorvoll dargestellt, und die Geschichte ist einfach genug, um von kleinen Kindern verstanden zu werden, ohne an Unterhaltungswert zu verlieren. Die Kombination aus Suchspiel und Ratequiz macht "Wer hat meinen Hut versteckt" zu einem idealen Buch für Kinder, die Spaß am Entdecken haben. Die liebevolle Gestaltung und die eingängige Erzählweise laden zum immer wieder Lesen ein und machen das Buch zu einem festen Bestandteil der Kinderbuchsammlung. Interaktives Leseerlebnis: Mit seitlichen Schiebern zum Mitmachen und Erraten der Tiere. Fördert Aufmerksamkeit und logisches Denken: Kinder ab 2 Jahren lernen durch das Erraten der Tiere spielerisch. Liebevolle und humorvolle Illustrationen: Die Bauernhoftiere sind ansprechend und kindgerecht dargestellt. Ideal für junge Zuhörer ab 24 Monaten: Die Geschichte ist einfach und unterhaltsam, perfekt für Kinder ab dem Kleinkindalter. Bestseller-Erfolg: Über 40.000 verkaufte Exemplare sprechen für die andauernde Beliebtheit des Buches.
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The ArtsJune 2017Terence Fisher
by Peter Hutchings
Terence Fisher is best known as the director who made most of the classic Hammer horrors - including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Devil Rides Out. But there is more to Terence Fisher than Hammer horror. In a busy twenty-five-year career, he directed fifty films, not just horrors but also thrillers, comedies, melodramas and science-fiction. This book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history. Looking at Fisher's career as a whole not only underlines his importance as a film-maker but also casts a new, interesting light on the areas in which he worked - Gainsborough melodrama, the 1950s B film, 1960s science-fiction and, of course, Hammer, one of the most successful independent film companies in the history of British cinema.
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July 2024Die perfekte Mutter
Thriller
by McCreight, Kimberly
Aus dem Englischen von Kristina Lake-Zapp
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The ArtsDecember 2024Addressing the other woman
Textual correspondences in feminist art and writing
by Kimberly Lamm
This book analyses how three artists - Adrian Piper, Nancy Spero and Mary Kelly - worked with the visual dimensions of language in the 1960s and 1970s. These artists used text and images of writing to challenge female stereotypes, addressing viewers and asking them to participate in the project of imagining women beyond familiar words and images of subordination. The book explores this dimension of their work through the concept of 'the other woman', a utopian wish to reach women and correspond with them across similarities and differences. To make the artwork's aspirations more concrete, it places the artists in correspondence with three writers - Angela Davis, Valerie Solanas, and Laura Mulvey - who also addressed the limited range of images through which women are allowed to become visible.
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The ArtsFebruary 2012Transforming folk
Innovation and tradition in English folk-rock music
by Rob Burns
English folk-rock, a former progressive rock music style, remains a stimulus for further change in folk music and has enabled English folk-rock to become regarded as popular music by a new audience with diverse musical tastes. From musicological and historical perspectives, this book maintains that folk music performance continues to be influenced by rock and other popular music styles. From a cultural studies perspective, this book also demonstrates how the popularity of folk music presented at world music festivals has stimulated significant growth in folk music audiences since the mid-1990s and consequently the UK is experiencing a new phase of revivalism - the third folk revival. The book contains contributions from Martin Carthy (The Imagined Village), Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Ashley Hutchings (The Albion Band), Gerry Conway (Fairport Convention) and Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span). ;
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1999Als der Kalte Krieg zu Ende war
Ein Bericht aus dem Innern der Macht
by Hutchings, Robert L / Englisch Badal, Yvonne
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June 2010Im Kerker der Sehnsucht
Gemeinsam trotzten sie der Gefahr - und begannen ein Spiel mit dem Feuer
by Killion, Kimberly / Übersetzt von Schilasky, Sabine
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September 2017Entdecke deine Schönheit
Der revolutionäre Weg, gesünder und energievoller zu leben
by Chopra, Deepak; Snyder, Kimberly / Übersetzt von Kappen, Horst
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April 2021RNAi for Plant Improvement and Protection
by Bruno Mezzetti, Jeremy Sweet, Lorenzo Burgos
RNA interference (RNAi) has the potential to make major contributions towards sustainable crop production and protection with minimal environmental impacts compared to other technologies. RNAi is being developed and exploited both within plants (i.e. host-induced gene silencing, HIGS) and/or as topical applications (e.g. spray-induced gene silencing, SIGS) for targeting pest and pathogen genes and for manipulating endogenous gene expression in plants. Chapters by international experts review current knowledge on RNAi, methods for developing RNAi systems in GM plants and applications for crop improvement, crop production and crop protection. Chapters examine both endogenous systems in GM plants and exogenous systems where interfering RNAs are applied to target plants, pests and pathogens. The biosafety of these different systems is examined and methods for risk assessment for food, feed and environmental safety are discussed. Finally, aspects of the regulation of technologies exploiting RNAi and the socio-economic impacts of RNAi technologies are discussed. Chapter 1: Introduction to RNAi in Plant Production and Protection. Bruno Mezzetti, Jeremy Sweet and Lorenzo Burgos Chapter 2: Gene silencing to induce pathogen-derived resistance in plants. Zhen Liao, Elena Zuriaga, Ángela Polo and Maria L. Badenes Chapter 3: Exogenous application of small RNAs as a tool for gene function discovering. Barbara Molesini and Tiziana Pandolfini Chapter 4: The “Trojan Horse” approach for successful RNA interference in inscects. Dimitrios Kontogiannatos, Anna Kolliopoulou and Luc Swevers. Chapter 5: Biogenesis and functional RNAi in fruit-trees. Michel Ravelonandro and Pascal Briard Chapter 6: Gene silencing or gene editing: the pros and cons. Huw D Jones Chapter 7: Application of RNAi technology in Forest Trees. Matthias Fladung, Hely Haggman and S. Sutela Chapter 8: Host-induced gene silencing and spray-induced gene silencing for crop protection against viruses. Angela Ricci, Silvia Sabbadini, Laura Miozzi, Bruno Mezzetti and Emanuela Noris. Chapter 9: Small talk and large impact: the importance of small RNA molecules in the fight of plant diseases. Kristian Persson Hodén and Christina Dixelius Chapter 10: dsRNA stability during external applications – an overview. Ivelin Pantchev, Goritsa Rakleova and Atanas Atanassov Chapter 11: Boosting dsRNA delivery in plant and insect cells with peptide- and polymer-based carriers: cases-based current status and future perspectives. Kristof de Schutter, Olivier Christiaens, Clauvis Nji Tizi Taning and Guy Smagghe Chapter 12: Environmental safety assessment of RNAi plants for pest control. Salvatore Arpaia, Olivier Christiaens, Paul Henning Krogh, Kimberly Parker and Jeremy Sweet Chapter 13: Food and feed safety assessment of RNAi plants and products. Hanspeter Naegeli, Gijs Kleter and Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter Chapter 14: Regulatory aspects of RNAi in plant production. Werner Schenkel and Achim Gathmann Chapter 15: The Economics of RNAi technology in plant breeding: from the innovation landscape to consumer acceptance. Dario Frisio and Vera Ventura Chapter 16: Communication challenges of RNAi and selected communication messages from iPLANTA for dissemination. Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg
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