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2019Why ADHD is Not a Disease
A polemic
by Amrei Wittwer
In some European countries, one in four children is now diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) due to their socially disruptive behaviour. The treatment usually consists of suppressing the symptoms with psychostimulants such as Ritalin. This treatment does not improve school performance, but it curbs the children’s creativity and may stigmatise them for their entire lives. Taking an opposing viewpoint, ADHD expert Dr. Amrei Wittwer focuses on the physical and psychological well-being of the affected children. Because almost all “ADHD patients“ are facing difficulties in relationships with adults, she considers that a solution begins with the children’s domestic and school environments, instruction of parents and teachers, and by using therapeutic approaches rather than simply sedating the children. “Children are our future”, is a common theme in Sunday speeches. Anyone who takes this point seriously, whether or not they themselves are immediately affected, should think about this important topic.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2009Food, risk and politics
Scare, scandal and crisis - insights into the risk politics of food safety
by Ed Randall
This is a book about the risk politics of food safety. Food-related risks regularly grab the headlines in ways that threaten reasoned debate and obstruct sensible policy making. In this book, Ed Randall explains why this is the case. He goes on to make the case for a properly informed and fully open public debate about food safety issues. He argues that this is the true antidote to the politics of scare, scandal and crisis. The book skilfully weaves together the many different threads of food safety and risk politics and offers a particularly rewarding read for academics and students in the fields of politics and media studies. It will also appeal to scholars from other disciplines, particularly social psychology and the food sciences. The book is a lively and exceptionally readable account of food safety and risk politics that will engage policy makers and the general reader. It promises to help us all manage food safety issues more intelligently and successfully. ;
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Health & Personal DevelopmentJune 2016Studying Successfully with ADHD
A Pratical Guide for Parents
by Stefanie Rietzler, Fabian Grolimund
For children with ADHD and their parents, the school years are often difficult. Children may avoid homework they dislike, involve their parents in endless discussions of the point or pointlessness of particular exercises, dawdle and daydream their time away, or explode with frustration if they get something wrong or cannot do something. This book provides parents with concrete and practical help. It shows you how you can: • improve your child’s concentration and stamina• increase your child’s motivation to learn and study• reduce frustration, arguments, and tears over homework• control chaos and forgetfulness• help your child succeed by using smart learning methods• develop your child’s strengths• help your child cope with failure and maintain self-confidence• establish a good relationship with the school. For: • parents / relatives of children with ADHD• therapists• learning coaches• teachers
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March 2024Today Is a Good Day to Abolish the Patriarchy
by Bettina Schulte (ed.)
Do we still need feminism in Europe? Equality or difference feminism? A new generation of feminists has now broken away from the feminism of the 1960s. The old white Cis man has been discredited, by the "#MeToo" movement at the latest. Sexualised violence against women has been outlawed, perpetrators taken to court. So everything’s good? No, of course not. Men still dominate public discourse; men are unchallenged in leadership positions in politics, society and business; male power still prevails in the domestic environment as well. The extent to which men fight back when they feel threatened by feminism is also evident in the revival of authoritarian nationalist politicians in Europe and around the world. The seven authors shed light on feminist struggles in different areas of life, and illustrate the range of feminism today.
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October 2019Das Los, das man zieht
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Im Mai 1937 erhält Falcó einen neuen Auftrag: nach Paris reisen, Picassos Vertrauen gewinnen, dabei die Fertigstellung seines bedeutendsten Bildes sabotieren. Eine gefährliche Mission. Denn in Paris sind die, die weltvergessen feiern, die Künstler, Sammler, Tänzerinnen, nicht zu unterscheiden von denen, die bereit sind, für ihre Überzeugungen zu sterben … Im großen Finale seiner Spionagetrilogie erzählt Arturo Pérez-Reverte meisterhaft vom Einsturz der alten Welt, von Helden und Agenten und von ihrem erbitterten Kampf am Vorabend der großen Katastrophe. Über einen Mittelsmann wird Falcó in Paris eingeführt, als vermögender Sammler bei einem Abendessen. Sein Gegenüber, Leo Bayard, seines Zeichens Intellektueller, berühmter Kampfpilot und glühender Kommunist, hofft auf finanzielle Unterstützung seines Propagandafilms und verschafft Falcó Zugang. Zu den Galerien, zu den Ausschweifungen in Bars und Varietés, zum Atelier des großen Picasso und zum Gemälde Guernica. Wären da nur nicht die hübsche Frau an Bayards Seite, die Störfeuer von Stalins Agenten und die grobschlächtigen französischen Faschisten, die Falcós Pläne immer wieder durchkreuzen … Packende Spionageunterhaltung eines brillanten Erzählers.
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February 2016Königin des Südens
Thriller
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Angelica Ammar
Pérez-Revertes Welterfolg über den mexikanischen Drogenkrieg Als das Telefon klingelt, ist ihr klar, dass man sie töten will. Bis zu dem Moment lebte Teresa Mendoza das leichte Leben in der Sonne von Culiacán, immer an der Seite ihres Freundes, der fürs Juárez-Kartell Koks über die Grenze fliegt. Doch der ist jetzt tot, und Teresa muss mit dem, was sie von ihrem alten Leben in eine Tasche stopfen kann, verschwinden. Sonst liegt sie schon morgen neben anderen Leichen in der mexikanischen Wüste. Eine jahrelange Flucht beginnt, und Teresa verwandelt sich von der unschuldigen Schönheit aus der Provinz in eine Frau, die jeder fürchtet … Königin des Südens ist ein temporeicher Thriller über den Aufstieg einer kompromisslosen Frau. Auf überwältigende Weise lässt Arturo Pérez-Reverte die dunkle Wirklichkeit Mexikos lebendig werden. Und am Ende steht ein Pageturner über Gewalt, Sehnsucht und Verrat am gefährlichsten Ort der Welt.
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2021General Pharmacy
A textbook for pharmacy interns, continuing professional development and pharmacy practice
by Patrick Schäfer (ed.)
Guide for pharmacy interns First-hand knowledge makes preparation for the 3rd State Examination easier. Each chapter ends with tips for pharmacy interns and – if appropriate – links to the worksheets of the BAK (Federal Chamber of Pharmacists) guidelines for practical training. Requirement for continuing professional development In-depth content supports those undertaking CPD in the area of general pharmacy. Each chapter contains additional proposals, such as participation in suitable seminars organised by the Chambers of Pharmacists, topics for the practical tasks or the project work. All-round talent for routine pharmacy practice Case examples link theoretical knowledge with actual patient counselling situations. Tips for practice, drug profiles and various boxes promote rapid and easy reference. New: The 2nd edition expands the proven, practical concept by chapters such as vaccination, hyperlipidaemia or dealing with adverse drug reactions.
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September 2022The Great Deception
How we put our future at risk and sleep through the necessary transformation
by Deutsche Umweltstiftung (ed.)
More and more companies are becoming sustainable. More and more products are being produced sustainably. But things that are called climate-neutral or sustainable today often are not. Then there are the catchy phrases like 'electric mobility belongs to the future' or 'there's enough food on the planet for everyone'. These statements are not true, and are referred to in science as 'frames'. This book provides a guide that enables us to free ourselves from these ecological frames, to see through them. Because only a policy that understands the connections is able to develop perspectives. Numerous experts uncover the biggest lies about the future in this book, refute them and explain what we need to change. Because we can lie to ourselves, but we cannot lie to nature.
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February 2023We're Staying!
Why women won't be driven out of the Catholic Church
by Elisabeth Zoll (ed.)
— The book beyond the synodal path — Leaving is not an option for the authors of this book — 17 credible examples of consistency and daring Can the Catholic Church still be saved? There have been huge numbers of resignations; the reasons for them are well known. And yet! Committed Catholics from the worlds of politics, business, culture and society oppose this. They share how, despite their disappointments, even their anger, they are still able to find their way in the Church, walking tall and with inner freedom. These are encouraging examples of decidedly critical women who assert themselves – and who are not going anywhere: "Now, more than ever before, we need women – and men – who are prepared to confess their faith with confidence." Not out of nostalgia or any diffuse incense feelings, but out of conviction, because their faith means a lot to them.
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October 2019Das Los, das man zieht
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Petra Zickmann
Im Mai 1937 erhält Falcó einen neuen Auftrag: nach Paris reisen, Picassos Vertrauen gewinnen, dabei die Fertigstellung seines bedeutendsten Bildes sabotieren. Eine gefährliche Mission. Denn in Paris sind die, die weltvergessen feiern, die Künstler, Sammler, Tänzerinnen, nicht zu unterscheiden von denen, die bereit sind, für ihre Überzeugungen zu sterben … Im großen Finale seiner Spionagetrilogie erzählt Arturo Pérez-Reverte meisterhaft vom Einsturz der alten Welt, von Helden und Agenten und von ihrem erbitterten Kampf am Vorabend der großen Katastrophe. Über einen Mittelsmann wird Falcó in Paris eingeführt, als vermögender Sammler bei einem Abendessen. Sein Gegenüber, Leo Bayard, seines Zeichens Intellektueller, berühmter Kampfpilot und glühender Kommunist, hofft auf finanzielle Unterstützung seines Propagandafilms und verschafft Falcó Zugang. Zu den Galerien, zu den Ausschweifungen in Bars und Varietés, zum Atelier des großen Picasso und zum Gemälde Guernica. Wären da nur nicht die hübsche Frau an Bayards Seite, die Störfeuer von Stalins Agenten und die grobschlächtigen französischen Faschisten, die Falcós Pläne immer wieder durchkreuzen … Packende Spionageunterhaltung eines brillanten Erzählers.
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FictionFebruary 2021Basuras (Rubbish)
by Miguel Ángel Vallejo
A hard-boiled story set in Bogota, the capital city of Colombia where a homeless man becomes a hero for his community.
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September 2022Identity or Not?
by Jean-Pierre Wils (ed.)
Questions of identity trigger controversial and highly emotional discussions in the political and social debate. The positions range from radically emancipatory perspectives to authoritarian and restorative efforts on the far right wing of politics. Liberal democracies are now opening up – slowly – as identity- and gender-sensitive forums. Opposite them are the 'new ethics' of illiberal democracies and totalitarian states that are aimed at ethnic homogeneity and gender uniformity. But that's not to say that there is unity in the liberal settings on the necessary degree of identity politics. Both language and gender politics are deeply controversial. Do we need an 'identity' and, if so, which one or how many? Can the identity debate be extended by means of other concepts?
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Humanities & Social SciencesA Childhood with ADHD
by Daniela Chirici
“Your child is out of control: they do whatever they want to you!” or “ADHD? There’s no such thing! You’re just not raising your child properly. The problem is you, not the child.” Do these phrases sound familiar to you? Are you questioning whether you are a good mother or father, since your child is not the way society demands and expects? Daniela Chirici is familiar with both the attacks and with the self-doubt. Her oldest son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at an early age. For ten years, until her son reached the age of 19, she regularly wrote for the Swiss ADHD organization. In her texts, she describes how it is to be out and about with a child affected by ADHD and what it means for the whole family. For:• parents, grandparents, and other relatives of childrenaffected by ADHD• teachers• therapists• anyone who wants to find out more about ADHD
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2021Nutritional Practice Elderly People
Concise advisory knowledge
by Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich (ed.)
The physiology and living conditions of people change as they grow old, whereas it is often more difficult to adapt eating habits to the new requirements. Psychological aspects come to the fore. The challenge for giving specific nutritional advice is therefore particularly great. This volume in the book series Nutritional Practice provides all the information needed for the competent care of elderly people. It deals with general aspects of nutrition in old age, as well as specific nutritional situations such as poor diet, dehydration, chewing and swallowing problems, dementia, mobility, oral and food hygiene or nutrition at the end of life. A further section is concerned with communal catering.
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Biography & True StoriesWenn es aufklart
Werkausgabe Band 3. Gedichte, Erzählungen, Briefe
by Boris Pasternak / Christine Fischer (ed.)
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January 2020Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Second Edition
by M. Foster Olive, Ph.D.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the name of a group of attention-related symptoms that are often found together, especially in children and young adults. ADHD often starts to become apparent in the middle elementary school years, and symptoms can last into adulthood. Symptoms include inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. It is estimated that ADHD affects approximately 2 million children in the United States. This comprehensive book explores the nature of ADHD, its history, how it is diagnosed and treated, and its possible causes. Chapters include: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Different Types of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Neurobiology of Attention and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Conditions and Causes That Are Incorrectly Correlated with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Genes and Environment in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Medications Methods for Managing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Outlook for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceNovember 2010El Camino by Miguel Delibes
by Catherine Davies, Jeremy Squires
Upon entering the Royal Spanish Academy in 1975, Miguel Delibes delivered an address which reclaimed El camino (1950) for the emerging Green movement. With a blend of hilarity, satire, pathos and tragedy, Delibes artfully explores the process of crossing boundaries in pursuit of maturity and social advancement, whilst also implying that real education is the unfolding of the human heart among friends and sweethearts within a shared social and natural space. This new annotated version of the text comprises an introductory essay discussing green issues, attitudes towards the Spanish peasantry under Franco, and the function of the novel's subtly orchestrated comedy. It also contains explanatory notes on the text, discussion topics and an extensive Spanish-English glossary. This edition is intended primarily for English-speaking students of Spanish literature and culture at school and university. ;
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January 2016Niemandssprache
Itzik Manger – ein europäischer Dichter
by Efrat Gal-Ed
Die Biographie eines der größten Dichter jiddischer Sprache (weltweit die erste umfassende überhaupt) ist nach Inhalt und Form außergewöhnlich. Die Lebensgeschichte des Itzik Manger (1901 – 1969) wird verschränkt mit einer lebendigen Schilderung der jiddisch-säkularen Kultur Osteuropas zwischen den Weltkriegen. Und passend orientiert sich die Texteinrichtung durch die Autorin an der Seitengestaltung des Talmud: mit erzählendem Haupttext, Abbildungen und erläuternden Seitentexten. „In Mangers Lebens- und Schaffensgeschichte verkörpern sich Entwicklung und Reichtum der jiddischen Kultur bis 1939, ihre Zerstörung und der tragische Bruch, den die Shoah hinterlassen hat. Mangers Werk entspringt dem jüdischen Osteuropa mit seinen rumänischen, galizischen, polnischen und baltischen Landschaften, in denen seit der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts eine jiddisch-säkulare Kultur sich rasch entfaltete … Itzik Manger zog es, wie die meisten seiner Kollegen, nach Warschau, weil man dort auf unterschiedlichste Weise jiddisch denken, leben und schöpferisch tätig sein konnte. Sie dachten Europa jenseits des Gegensatzes von Eigenkultur und Fremdkultur … Im zunehmend nationalistischen und antisemitischen Polen war das jiddische Europa ein kosmopolitischer Entwurf, ein imaginierter, herbeigeschriebener Ort, an dem jiddisches Leben beheimatet war.“
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Humanities & Social SciencesThe Gospel of Prosperity
Literary and critical perspectives about the science of getting right quick
by Luis Miguel Estrada
In 2020, amidst the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ideas from books about the science of becoming a millionaire returned to Luis Miguel Estrada whom, since he left a financial job, has dedicated himself fully to literature. In this book, he thinks some of the key questions raised by bestsellers from Napoleon Hill to Kiyosaki. Do we stop seeking money just because we pursue art? More importantly: regardless of what we do, how do we seek money? Why have narratives like positive thinking and the law of attraction become a universal language that gains strength during each economic crisis? Is there a link between bestsellers about the science of getting rich and great universal literature? This book attempts to answer these questions, beginning with the origins of books on becoming a millionaire, which delve into the agile 19th-century United States, transition through the fast-paced turn of the century, and explode in the years after the Great Depression. The journey continues with examples of wild successes (real-life fraudsters like Elizabeth Holmes or fictional criminals like Walter White from Breaking Bad) that prompt us to question the influence of success-at-any-cost ideas on popular culture, as well as their ethical limits. How can one reconcile readings, cultural products, and experiences that seem so distant? The broader reading audience responds more to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill than to "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Is there a way to read them alongside each other and emerge renewed from the experience? This book invites you on that adventure.
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February 1999Der Cimarrón
Die Lebensgeschichte eines entflohenen Sklaven aus Cuba, von ihm selbst erzählt
by Miguel Barnet, Miguel Barnet, Hildegard Baumgart, Lisa Grüneisen, Heinz Rudolf Sonntag, Alfredo Chacón, Miguel Barnet
Miguel Barnet und eine Gruppe von Ethnologen besuchten den hundertdreijährigen Esteban Montejo. Sie begegneten einem hochintelligenten, eigensinnigen Mann voller Erinnerungen an längst Vergessenes, Erinnerungen aus dem Leben der Sklaven, aus der Zeit der Abschaffung der Sklaverei auf Cuba und des Befreiungskrieges gegen die spanischen Kolonialisten. Montejo ist ein Cimarrón, ein entlaufener Sklave, der lange Jahre in absoluter Einsamkeit in den Bergen gelebt hat. Später schloß er sich den Aufständischen an, die gegen die Invasion Cubas durch die Amerikaner kämpften. Der Cimarrón entstand nach Tonbandaufnahmen von Gesprächen, die Miguel Barnet über Wochen und Monate mit Esteban Montejo geführt hat. Das überraschendste daran ist die bilderreiche Sprache dieses ehemaligen Sklaven. Von unseren Augen vollzieht sich die lebendige Vermischung von afrikanischen Mythen mit dem Katholizismus zu einer der afro-cubanischen Religionen, wie sie Barnet in seinem Buch Cultos afro-cubanos beschreibt. Esteban Montejo schildert alles von seinem persönlichen Standpunkt aus: das Leben als Sklave auf der Zuckerrohrplantage, das Leben in den Bergen, den Krieg, die Zeit, als die Spanier wohl vertrieben, aber durch die Nordamerikaner ersetzt waren. »Dieses Buch«, schrieb Lévi-Strauss, »eröffnet eine völlig neue Gattung der ethnologischen Literatur. Ihr Kennzeichen: eine Vertrautheit mit der Wirklichkeit der untersuchten Ethnie, die weit über alles früher Versuchte hinausgeht«. Die Lebensgeschichte von Esteban Montejo wurde 1971 unter dem Titel El Cimarrón von Hans Werner Henze vertont.
