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MedicineJune 2025Head in the game
Sociocultural analyses of brain trauma in sport
by Stephen Townsend, Murray G. Phillips, Gary Osmond, Rebecca Olive
Head in the game brings together international scholars from multiple humanities, social science, and scientific disciplines to critically examine one of the most vexing issues in global sport: concussion. It argues that science and medicine alone cannot solve the concussion crisis: sociocultural factors must also be considered. This edited collection draws attention to the ways that social, cultural, historical, political, literary, philosophical, and legal factors have shaped the concussion crisis in sport. Head in the game is essential reading for those who want to understand how the concussion crisis came to be, and provides guidance for developing ethical and evidence-based solutions in the future.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2023Eternal light and earthly concerns
Belief and the shaping of medieval society
by Paul Fouracre
In early Christianity it was established that every church should have a light burning on the altar at all times. In this unique study, Eternal light and earthly concerns, looks at the material and social consequences of maintaining these 'eternal' lights. It investigates how the cost of lighting was met across western Europe throughout the whole of the Middle Ages, revealing the social organisation that was built up around maintaining the lights in the belief that burning them reduced the time spent in Purgatory. When that belief collapsed in the Reformation the eternal lights were summarily extinguished. The history of the lights thus offers not only a new account of change in medieval Europe, but also a sustained examination of the relationship between materiality and belief.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2021Eternal light and earthly concerns
by Paul Fouracre, Stephen Mossman, C. E. Beneš, T. J. H. McCarthy, Jochen Schenk
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July 2025Couple Goals und der Alltag dazwischen
Eine humorvolle Wohlfühl-Liebesgeschichte über den Alltag eines verheirateten Paares und die kleinen Dinge in einer Beziehung
by Debbie Tung, Debbie Tung, Katharina Hartwell
Leises Mädchen – große Liebe Seit sechs Jahren sind Debbie und Jason ein Paar. In dieser liebevollen Graphic Novel erzählt Debbie von den Couple Goals ihrer Beziehung. Dabei geht es nicht nur um die großen Meilensteine wie die Jahrestage, das erste gemeinsame Haus und den romantischen Antrag, den Jason am Hochzeitstag einfach wiederholt, sondern auch um die kleinen alltäglichen Rituale: zusammen den Lieblingsfilm anschauen, einander Tee kochen, wenn jemand krank ist, oder einfach die kleinen und größeren Macken des jeweils anderen auszuhalten. Couple Goals ist ein wunderschönes Geschenkbuch für alle Verliebten und für alle Fans von Quiet Girl und Book Love.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022The European Left and the financial crisis
by Michael Holmes, Knut Roder
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Business, Economics & LawMay 2023
Oil and the political economy in the Middle East
by Martin Beck, Thomas Richter
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2022Omega-3
The healing power of marine fatty acids
by Uwe Gröber and Prof. Dr. Klaus Kisters
This guide gives patients up-to-date information based on solid medical and scientific facts. It teaches them how they can use omega-3 oil to - improve health and successfully prevent disease, - increase physical and mental performance, - make the most of their medication and therapy, and - improve quality of life and increase vitality. Small changes can make a surprising improvement in health!
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June 2004Olive
Der heilige Baum. Geschichten und Gedichte
by Andrea Schellinger, Andrea Schellinger
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February 2026Die Legende der Steinkrieger 03
Fesselndes Fantasy-Epos über Verrat, Macht und eine sagenumwobene Kriegerin aus Stein - Actiongeladener Manga in historischem Setting
by Iroha Kohinata, Iroha Kohinata, Costa Caspary
Game of Thrones meets Avatar – Der Herr der Elemente in diesem fesselnden Fantasy-Epos Die Legende der Steinkrieger entführt die Leser*innen in eine historisch inspirierte Fantasywelt voll epischer Schlachten und nicht weniger aufregenden Intrigen . Mit dramatischen Wendungen , mutigen Protagonist*innen und einem wunderschönen Zeichenstil fasziniert dieses Actionspektakel Fantasy-Fans, die eine tiefgründige Geschichte mit Spannung und Herz suchen. Für Fans von Dr. Stone , Akame ga KILL! und Blue Exorcist . Fesselndes Fantasy-Epos im Stil von Avatar – Der Herr der Elemente : Die Legende der Steinkrieger zieht Jugendliche ab 14 Jahren mit einer mitreißenden Heldengeschichte in seinen Bann, die neben spannenden Intrigen auch große Gefühle bereithält. Inspirierende und vielschichtige Charaktere : Neben zwei tapferen Brüdern, die alles für ihr Königreich tun würden, mischen auch starke weibliche Hauptfiguren ordentlich mit. Gemeinsam stellen sie sich den Herausforderungen wie Verlust, Liebe und der Bedeutung von Familie. Einzigartige Themenmischung : Hier kommen nicht nur Action- und Drama-Fans ganz auf ihre Kosten, sondern auch Leser*innen, die epische Geschichten voller Mut, Freundschaft und Selbstfindung lieben.
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October 2025Die Legende der Steinkrieger 01
Fesselndes Fantasy-Epos über Verrat, Macht und eine sagenumwobene Kriegerin aus Stein - Actiongeladener Manga in historischem Setting
by Iroha Kohinata, Iroha Kohinata, Costa Caspary
Krieg der Steine Die Hochzeit von Prinz Saku ist den rivalisierenden Fürsten ein Dorn im Auge. Sie akzeptieren den achtzehnjährigen Knaben nicht als ihren neuen Herrn und planen einen heimtückischen Verrat. Was als Freudentag geplant war, verwandelt sich in ein blutiges Massaker. Als alles verloren scheint, stößt Sakus Bruder auf ein mysteriöses Wesen, das angeblich nur in Märchen existiert. Doch wird der Bund mit diesem Monster ein Segen oder ein Fluch sein? Game of Thrones meets Avatar – Der Herr der Elemente in diesem fesselnden Fantasy-Epos Die Legende der Steinkrieger entführt die Leser*innen in eine historisch inspirierte Fantasywelt voll epischer Schlachten und nicht weniger aufregenden Intrigen . Mit dramatischen Wendungen , mutigen Protagonist*innen und einem wunderschönen Zeichenstil fasziniert dieses Actionspektakel Fantasy-Fans, die eine tiefgründige Geschichte mit Spannung und Herz suchen. Für Fans von Dr. Stone , Akame ga KILL! und Blue Exorcist . Fesselndes Fantasy-Epos im Stil von Avatar – Der Herr der Elemente : Die Legende der Steinkrieger zieht Jugendliche ab 14 Jahren mit einer mitreißenden Heldengeschichte in seinen Bann, die neben spannenden Intrigen auch große Gefühle bereithält. Inspirierende und vielschichtige Charaktere : Neben zwei tapferen Brüdern, die alles für ihr Königreich tun würden, mischen auch starke weibliche Hauptfiguren ordentlich mit. Gemeinsam stellen sie sich den Herausforderungen wie Verlust, Liebe und der Bedeutung von Familie. Einzigartige Themenmischung : Hier kommen nicht nur Action- und Drama-Fans ganz auf ihre Kosten, sondern auch Leser*innen, die epische Geschichten voller Mut, Freundschaft und Selbstfindung lieben.
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June 1992
Olive, Wein und Feige
Kulturhistorische Skizzen
by Victor Hehn, Klaus von See, Gabriele Seidel-Leimbach
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Children's & YALilo of Dark Castle. No Magic Allowed! (3). Party at Highhorror Castle
by Anna Lott/ Sabine Sauter
The Dark Castle family receives an invitation to a party at Highhorror Castle. Lilo and Miss Rüdiger are immediately eager to go. And of course Luisa should go with them. But humans are strictly forbidden to set foot in Castle Highhorror. “Who cares?”, say Lilo and Luisa, and at first everything seems fine: Luisa gets in as a perfect witch. But then the girls learn about a protective magic spell which covers the whole of the castle: unauthorized beings will be turned for ever into stone… Only a secret book of magic spells can save Luisa now!
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2021Ireland and the European Union
Economic, political and social crises
by Michael Holmes, Kathryn Simpson, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson, Paul Tobin
This book examines how Ireland's relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The financial crisis, the Brexit crisis and the migration crisis were not of equal significance on the island of Ireland. The financial crisis was a huge issue for the Republic but not Northern Ireland, Brexit had a major impact in both polities, the migration and populism issues were less controversial, while foreign policy challenges had a minimal impact. The book provides a summary of the main features of each of the crises to be considered, from both the EU and the Irish perspective. Ireland and the European Union is the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis on British-Irish relations in the context of Brexit. It assesses the Withdrawal Agreement and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the devolution settlement and the 1998 Agreement, as well as the European dimension to Northern Ireland's peace process. The contributors explore a number of policy areas that are central to the understanding of each of the crises and the impact of each for Ireland. Chapters examine issues such as security, migration and taxation as well as protest politics, political parties, the media, public opinion and the economic impact of each of these crises on Ireland's relationship with the EU.
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Business, Economics & LawJune 2026Power plants
Bioenergy, vegetal labour and the politics of productivity
by James Palmer
Power Plants offers an unflinching assessment of society's underappreciated but growing addiction to the industrial burning of crops and trees for energy. As vehicles increasingly run on fuels made from sugarcane and oil-palm, wood pellets replace coal, and scientists rush to engineer crops to produce renewable jet fuel, this book blows apart bioenergy's reputation as a simple, benign substitute for fossil fuels. Scrutinising modern bioenergy systems in the UK, Europe and United States, Power Plants shows how vegetal lifeforms are being enrolled to reinforce energy cultures centred around logics of efficiency, productivity and economic growth at all costs. Nonetheless, the book insists that a closer attention to plants could yet provoke a rethink of the social and economic purposes of all kinds of energy, with radical implications for ideas about growth, waste, prosperity and even pleasure.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2021The EU and crisis response
by Roger Mac Ginty, Sandra Pogodda, Oliver P. Richmond
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2023
Towards a just Europe
A theory of distributive justice for the European Union
by João Labareda
This highly original book constitutes one of the first attempts to examine the problem of distributive justice in the European Union in a systematic manner. João Labareda argues that the set of shared political institutions at EU level, including the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the EU, generate democratic duties of redistribution among EU citizens. Furthermore, the economic structure of the EU, comprising a common market, a common currency and a free-movement area, triggers duties of reciprocity among member states. The responsibilities to fulfil these duties, Labareda argues, should be shared by the local, national and supranational levels of government. Not only should the EU act as a safety net to the national welfare systems, applying the principle of subsidiarity, but common market and Eurozone regulations should balance their efficiency targets with fair cooperation terms. The concrete policy proposals presented in this book include a threshold of basic goods for all EU citizens, an EU labour code, a minimum EU corporate tax rate and an EU fund for competitiveness. Labarada argues that his proposals match the political culture of the member states, are economically feasible, can be translated into functioning institutions and policies and are consistent with the limited degree of social solidarity in Europe. This book is a major contribution to the understanding of what a just Europe would look like and what it might take to get us there. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10, Reduced inequalities
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The ArtsSeptember 2012Julio Medem
by Robert Stone, Nuria Triana-Toribio, Andy Willis
This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red Squirrel), Tierra, Los amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle), Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía), La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra (Basque Ball) and Caótica Ana (Chaotic Ana), Initial chapters explore Medem's childhood, adolescence and education and examine his earliest short films and critical writings against a background of a dramatically changing Spain. Later chapters provide accounts of the genesis, production and release of Medem's challenging and sensual films, which feed into complex but lucid analyses of their meanings, both political and personal, in which Stone draws on traditions and innovations in Basque art, Spanish cinema and European philosophy to create a complete and provocative portrait of Medem and his work. ;
