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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2024Politicising and gendering care for older people
Multidisciplinary perspectives from Europe
by Anca Dohotariu, Ana Paula Gil, Lubica Volanská
This book offers a new critical framework for understanding the processes of politicising and gendering care for older people and their manifestations in several European contexts. It interrogates how care for older adults varies across time and place while searching for an in-depth comprehension of how it becomes an arena of political struggle and the object of public policy in different countries and at various societal and political levels. It brings together multidisciplinary contributions that examine the issue of care for older people as a political concern from many angles, such as problematising care needs, long-term care policies, home care services, institutional services and family care. The contributions reveal the diversity of situations in which the processes of politicising and gendering care for older adults overlap, contradict or reinforce each other while leading to increased gender (in)equalities on different levels.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2024Ideas of poverty in the Age of Enlightenment
by Niall O’Flaherty, Robin Mills
This collection of essays examines the ways in which poverty was conceptualised in the social, political, and religious discourses of eighteenth-century Europe. It brings together experts with a wide range of expertise to offer pathbreaking discussions of how eighteenth-century thinkers thought about the poor. Because the theme of poverty played important roles in many critical issues in European history, it was central to some of the key debates in Enlightenment political thought throughout the period, including the controversies about sovereignty and representation, public and private charity, as well as questions relating to crime and punishment. The book examines some of the most important contributions to these debates, while also ranging beyond the canonical Enlightenment thinkers, to investigate how poverty was conceptualised in the wider intellectual culture, as politicians, administrators and pamphlet writers grappled with the issue.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2013Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages
by Anthony Musson, Edward Powell
This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.
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August 2016How to Survive the First Years of School
by Petra Jansen, Stefanie Richter
With a pinch of humor, the authors tell the story of Julia, her husband Peter, and their little whirlwind Alexander, who is starting elementary school. How do the three of them deal with this new stage in Alexander’s life? What problems do they encounter and what do they find stressful? The book sets out to help parents, uncles, aunts, and grandparents understand how children of elementary school age develop. Professionals who work with children of this age may also find it of interest. Petra Jansen and Stefanie Richter are both parents and psychologists. Through the fictional Julia they share their subjective experience as mothers, while also providing background information based on scientific studies. They demonstrate in a clear and entertaining way that some of the problems experienced by children of this age are not unexpected and are no cause for despair. Target Group: Parents of children in their early years at school.
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MedicineApril 2021Leprosy and identity in the Middle Ages
From England to the Mediterranean
by Elma Brenner, François-Olivier Touati
For the first time, this volume explores the identities of leprosy sufferers and other people affected by the disease in medieval Europe. The chapters, including contributions by leading voices such as Luke Demaitre, Carole Rawcliffe and Charlotte Roberts, challenge the view that people with leprosy were uniformly excluded and stigmatised. Instead, they reveal the complexity of responses to this disease and the fine line between segregation and integration. Ranging across disciplines, from history to bioarchaeology, Leprosy and identity in the Middle Ages encompasses post-medieval perspectives as well as the attitudes and responses of contemporaries. Subjects include hospital care, diet, sanctity, miraculous healing, diagnosis, iconography and public health regulation. This richly illustrated collection presents previously unpublished archival and material sources from England to the Mediterranean.
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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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MedicineProtection in In-home Care for the Elderly
Preventing and Identifying Abusive Situations – Supporting Care Recipients and Caregivers
by Barbara Baumeister, Trudi Beck (editors)
Why and how are elderly people abused when they receive care in their own homes? How can this abuse be identified and prevented? The authors explains why the elderly are abused when they receive at-home care, differentiate between various forms of abuse, and demonstrate how it can be identified. They present interventions and provide tools for preventing and identifying abuse and for supporting care recipients and caregivers. Target Group: Geriatric nurses, social workers, geriatricians
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April 2021Ukraine's fateful years 2013–2019
Vol. 1: The Maidan uprising in 2013/2014 Vol. 2: The annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbass
by Winfried Schneider-Deters
— Comprehensive and detailled analysis of the Euromaidan and the ongoing war in Ukraine — Brussels versus Moscow, Russian aggression and geopolitical interests — China's role in a new East-West conflict The years between 2013 and 2019 were almost as significant for Ukraine as the attainment of independence in 1991, as this very independence was in danger of being lost again after the Euromaidan. The nationwide popular uprising against the regime of President Yanukovych had led to a change of power: the former parliamentary opposition formed a new government, resulting in a loss of influence for Russia. Russian agents therefore tried to bring about a "Crimea scenario", another secession in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine. The resulting "Ukraine conflict", often called a civil war, is in fact a Russian war of attrition against Ukraine. President Putin intends to resolve it on his terms in the Minsk process: through a de facto "autonomous" part of the Donbass in the Ukrainian state, independent of Kiev, as a lever for Russian political influence. Winfried Schneider- Deters, a renowned expert on Ukraine, analyses narratively and in detail the events from 2013 to 2019 and places the Russian- Ukrainian conflict in the context of the dawning "Chinese century".
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017From Jack Tar to Union Jack
Representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870–1918
by Mary A. Conley
Jack Tar to Union Jack examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 1870 to 1918. Through analysis of sources that include courts-martial cases, sailors' own writings, and the HMS Pinafore, Conley charts new depictions of naval manhood during the Age of Empire, a period which witnessed the radical transformation of the navy, the intensification of imperial competition, the democratisation of British society, and the advent of mass culture. Jack Tar to Union Jack argues that popular representations of naval men increasingly reflected and informed imperial masculine ideals in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Conley shows how the British Bluejacket as both patriotic defender and dutiful husband and father stood in sharp contrast to the stereotypic image of the brave but bawdy tar of the Georgian navy. This book will be essential reading for students of British imperial history, naval and military history, and gender studies.
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March 2014Olchi-Detektive 5. Die Monsterschwäne vom Hyde Park
by Barbara Iland-Olschewski, Erhard Dietl, Peter Weis, Patrick Bach, Pia Werfel, Wolff Frass, Stephanie Kirchberger, Eva Michaelis, Monty Arnold, Christian Stark, Peter Kirchberger, Kai-Henrik Möller, Lennardt Krüger, Jens Wendland, Markus Langer, CSC Studio, Erhard Dietl, Christoph Schöne, Frank Gustavus, Frank Gustavus
Im Hyde Park mutieren die königlichen Schwäne plötzlich zu angriffslustigen "Monsterschwänen". Steckt Firebomb Jack hinter dieser fiesen Attacke? Mr Paddock und Dumpy nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Band 5 von Erhard Dietls "Die Olchi-Detektive". Hörspiel mit den beliebten Olchi-Sprechern.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2020Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France
by Alistair Cole
This book looks at the period 2015-18 in French politics, a turbulent time that witnessed the apparent collapse of the old party system, the taming of populist and left-wing challenges to the Republic and the emergence of a new political order centred on President Emmanuel Macron. The election of Macron was greeted with relief in European chancelleries and appeared to give a new impetus to European integration, even accomplishing the feat of making France attractive after a long period of French bashing and reflexive decline. But what is the real significance of the Macron presidency? Is it as transformative as it appears? Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France provides a balanced answer to this pressing question. It is written to appeal to a general readership with an interest in French and European politics, as well as to students and scholars of French politics.
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January 2025Mein superstarker Schulanfangsblock. Buchstaben und Logikrätsel
80 Übungen und Rätselaufgaben ab 5
by Friederike Barnhusen, Christine Pätz, Sonia Dilg, Susanne Wechdorn
80 starke Lernübungen für Kinder ab 5 Jahren: So gelingt der Schulstart garantiert! Ich bin ein Schulkind! Mit Denkspielen, Bilderrätseln und Schwungübungen trainieren Kinder in diesem extradicken Block Buchstaben, Zahlen und Kombinationsgeschick. Die 80 spannenden Übungen unterstützen ideal beim Schulstart und stärken nebenbei Konzentration und Wahrnehmung. Die lustigen Illustrationen eignen sich dabei für alle knobelbegeisterten Mädchen und Jungen ab 5 Jahren. • Abwechslungsreiche Rätsel zu allen Buchstaben• Ideal zur Unterstützung für den Schulanfang• Extradick für noch mehr Rätselspaß
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January 2026Mein bunter Lern- und Übungsblock Schulanfang. Zählen und erstes Rechnen
40 bunte Lernspiele für Kinder ab 5 zur Übung und Beschäftigung
by Helen Seeberg, Heike Heimrich
Hurra, jetzt geht’s in die Schule! 40 bunte Lernspiele für Kinder ab 5 Jahren Wer hat mehr? Und welche Zahl kommt als nächstes? Mit Mengenrätseln und Zahlenspielen trainieren Kinder in diesem bunten Block erste Zahlen sowie Zählen und Rechnen. Die 40 spannenden Übungen unterstützen ideal beim Schulstart und stärken nebenbei Konzentration und Wahrnehmung. Perfekt für alle knobelbegeisterten Mädchen und Jungen ab 5 Jahren! 40 Lernspiele mit Zahlen, Zähl- und Rechenübungen Ideal für den Schulstart Mit ansteigendem Schwierigkeitsgrad
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June 2022Ruby Fairygale - Der verbotene Zauber (Band 5)
by Kira Gembri
Ruby Fairygale – The Forbidden Spell (Vol. 5) An exciting feel-good fantasy – come and enter Ruby's world! Ruby Fairygale lives with her grandma on a small stormy island near the coast of Ireland, where they look after animals. But they have a big secret: they know about the magical mythical creatures on the island and they help them whenever they are ill.What happens in Volume 5:Since Noah has been away at boarding school in California, Ruby misses him a lot. Patch Island just isn't the same without him. When Noah doesn't check in for a long time, Ruby is concerned that something has happened to him. The fairy Felicity helps her to use a secret spell to create portals to places outside Ireland. But the forbidden spell goes wrong and when they finally get to California, Noah no longer remembers who Ruby is. The night elf Nocturno put a spell on Noah to make him forget everything magical, because he wants to strictly separate the fairy and human worlds.Ruby tries to free Noah from the spell, but Nocturno attacks her. They are saved by the High Council, and it is decided that the portals will be sealed and Noah, who regains his memories, is allowed to return to Patch Island.• Trend location Ireland & fairies• Feel-good fantasy for kids• Strong female protagonist• Bestselling series, selected for "Shoot the Book" at Cannes Film Festival 2021
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January 2026Mein dickes Übungsbuch für die Vorschule
160 Rätsel und Übungen für Kinder ab 5 Jahren, Beschäftigung, Lernen, Kindergarten, Vorschule, Schulanfang
by Helen Seeberg, Meike Teichmann
Extradicker Lernspielspaß mit 160 Übungen für Kinder ab 5 Jahren Das ABC und 1x1 für die Vorschule! In diesem superdicken Übungsbuch trainieren Vorschulkinder erste Zahlen und Buchstaben und bereiten sich so spielerisch auf den Schulstart vor. Die 160 Aufgaben von Schwungübungen bis zu Malen nach Zahlen bereiten Kindern ab 5 Jahren Freude am ersten Lernen und fördern Feinmotorik, logisches Denken und Konzentration. Damit steht dem Schulstart nichts mehr im Weg! Der extradicker Lernspielspaß für die Vorschule Trainiert erste Zahlen und Buchstaben Fördert Feinmotorik und logisches Denken
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March 2022Escape School 5. Vampire im Schloss
by Anne Scheller, Timo Müller-Wegner, Stefanie Wegner
In "Escape School 5. Vampire im Schloss" von Anne Scheller verschlägt es eine Gruppe Vampire ins Internat Espenstein, nachdem ihre Gruft unerwartet überflutet wurde. Anfangs scheint das Zusammenleben zwischen den Internatsschülern und den nachtaktiven Neuankömmlingen überraschend gut zu funktionieren. Doch die Situation eskaliert schnell, als die Köchin sich versehentlich in den Finger schneidet und die Vampire dadurch nervös werden. Die Protagonisten Tom, Anni und Katta stehen vor der Herausforderung, das friedliche Miteinander zu bewahren und gleichzeitig eine Lösung für das Vampirproblem zu finden, bevor die Situation außer Kontrolle gerät. Dieser Band kombiniert eine fesselnde Escape-Geschichte mit einer Vielzahl von Rätseln, die nicht nur kleine, sondern auch größere Leser in ihren Bann ziehen. Mit dem Vampirthema, das gerade zur Halloween-Zeit besondere Faszination ausübt, bietet das Buch eine perfekte Mischung aus Grusel, Spannung und Spaß beim Lesen und Rätseln. "Vampire im Schloss" ist somit eine ideale Lektüre für junge Leser, die sowohl Gruselgeschichten als auch die Lösung kniffliger Aufgaben lieben. Spannendes Leseabenteuer mit Rätseln: Fördert spielerisch die Lesekompetenz und das logische Denken. Vampir-Abenteuer: Bietet eine aufregende Geschichte, die besonders für Halloween-Fans geeignet ist. Interaktives Leseerlebnis: Die Leser werden aktiv in die Geschichte eingebunden und können durch das Lösen von Rätseln das Abenteuer mitgestalten. Förderung des Lesespaßes: Die Mischung aus spannender Geschichte und Rätseln motiviert auch Lesemuffel zum Schmökern. Für Fans von Detektivgeschichten: Eine gelungene Alternative für Anhänger der „Drei ??? Kids“, angereichert mit einer Prise Fantasy durch das Vampirthema. Nominiert für den Deutschen Kinderbuchpreis.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 2025The Catholicism of literature in the age of the Book of Common Prayer
Poetry, plays, works, 1558-1689
by Thomas Rist
Offering a complete reading of English Literature throughout 1558-1689, this book demonstrates the continuity of Roman Catholicism in English Literature from the accession of Elizabeth I to the deposing of James II. Rist shows that poetry and plays promoted Roman Catholic ideas in a Biblicist age which established the Church of England through the Book of Common Prayer. From the very idea of literary works to chapters on the Eucharist, Purgatory, Christian worship and the Virgin Mary, Rist joins together major and minor authors of the era to present English Literature afresh. Important literary figures include William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, Queen Henrietta Maria, John Donne, John Dryden, Robert Herrick, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn.
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MedicineApril 2021Leprosy and identity in the Middle Ages
by Elma Brenner, François-Olivier Touati, David Cantor
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June 2008Tagebücher 5
1936-1941
by Woolf, Virginia / Herausgegeben von Reichert, Klaus; Englisch Wenner, Claudia
