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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2024

        Instruments of international order

        Internationalism and diplomacy, 1900-50

        by Thomas W. Bottelier, Jan Stöckmann

        During the first half of the twentieth century, world politics was reshaped in pursuit of a new international order. The ideological foundations of the 'new diplomacy' (and its fate during the interwar period) are well known. This book instead examines the practices of internationalism and diplomacy from the First Hague Conference of 1899 to the aftermath of the Second World War. By focusing on these practices, such as disarmament regimes or public diplomacy, and their use as instruments to build international order(s), it emphasises the constructed, contested, and experimental character of what subsequently became a standard repertoire of international politics. Essays from a range of interdisciplinary scholars address well-established principles such as self-determination, and also less prominent practices such as small arms control or parliamentary inquiry. The book makes a major contribution to the growing historiography on twentieth-century internationalism.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2025

        Hand of the prince

        How diplomacy writes subjects, territory, time, and norms

        by Pablo de Orellana

        This book is dedicated to how diplomacy makes, develops, and trades in knowledge. It proposes an approach to examine how diplomatic knowledge production describes what diplomats see, how these descriptions develop, and whether they were convincing to one's own policymakers or even those of other actors. These descriptions are vital: actors can be inserted into global categories Communism or Terrorism that beget significant security, relational and policy consequences. Diplomacy and policy constitute the world we inhabit based on what policymakers made of descriptions, assessments, and analysis. Such is the power of knowing who we and the others are.

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        Children's & YA
        August 2022

        T wie Tessa - Geheime Geschäfte (Band 3)

        by Frauke Scheunemann

        T for Tessa – Secret Business (Vol. 3) Fast fashion with a clear conscience? - Tessa and the Fashion MafiaChaos Queen Tessa's comfortable life has finally come to an end since she became a secret agent (by mistake) of the internationally operating secret service R.I.N.G. Now she's out to put a stop to the masterminds of organized crime.Cool, stylish, and exciting, T for Tessa combines classic chick-lit elements with trendy agent plotting. In each volume, there is a new thrilling case to keep readers on their toes.What happens in Volume 3:Tessa joins the school newspaper because she wants to prove to her crush Timo, the editor-in-chief, that she is a damn cool eighth grader. Wouldn't it be laughable if Tessa didn't make a top investigative journalist with her newly acquired agent skills? She wants to research how well recycling clothes works: Customers can return their used clothing, and stores like Fashionista refurbish the clothes and donate them to neighborhood projects. With the help of a GPS tracker sewn into a used sweater, they track the sweater to the Suez Canal ... but this does not fit the promises of Fashionista at all. The problem of old clothes imports seems to be even bigger than Tessa suspects. And then Tessa and the Girl Group receive a tip that calls for RING's intervention ...• Chick-lit with trendy agent plot in international settings: Charlie's Angels meets Austin Powers• Exciting and humorous entertainment for readers aged 11 and up, unmistakably humorous and entertaining à la Frauke Scheunemann• Special topic: fast fashion & greenwashing, narrated with coolness, humor and a touch of romance

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        Business, Economics & Law
        November 2016

        The law of international organisations

        Third edition

        by Iain Scobbie, Jean D'Aspremont, Dominic McGoldrick, Nigel White

        This book provides a concise account of the principles and norms of international law applicable to the main-type of international organisation - the inter-governmental organisation (IGO). That law consists of principles and rules found in the founding documents of IGOs along with applicable principles and rules of international law. The book also identifies and analyses the law produced by IGOs, applied by them and, occasionally, enforced by them. There is a concentration upon the United Nations, as the paradigmatic IGO, not only upon the UN organisation headquartered in New York, but on other IGOs in the UN system (the specialised agencies such as the World Health Organisation).

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        International law
        August 2005

        The law of international organisations

        Second edition

        by Nigel D. White

        This new edition considers the unifying legal attributes that span vastly differing inter-governmental organisations, from the UN to the EU. A law of international organisations has become established in certain areas, such as legal personality, powers, membership, finance, and decision-making. In other, newer, areas - accountability, responsibility and democracy - politics is still much rawer, and has not yet been fully converted into legal concepts and principles. As with the first edition, there are plenty of examples of organisations given in the text. Individual organisations dealing with issues such as security, health, civil aviation, finance and trade are scrutinised by way of example, to illustrate how different they can be, but also to show how it is possible to debate a set of legal principles that transcend each institution. This new edition of an established text will appeal to students and academics as well as individuals seeking a legal and political insight into international organisations.

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        March 2023

        Mutter schaf(f)t das schon

        Von den alltäglichen Abenteuern eine Mama zu sein

        by Holtmann, Teresa

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        October 2007

        Don`t worry, be fifty - der Ratgeber

        Genießen Sie neue Freiheiten und gönnen Sie sich nur das Beste

        by Schönberger, Margit

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        March 2006

        Nachdenken über Christa T.

        Roman

        by Christa Wolf, Sonja Hilzinger

        Die Erzählerin in diesem Roman denkt über die widersprüchliche Persönlichkeit und den schwierigen Lebensweg ihrer jung gestorbenen Freundin Christa T. nach. Sensibel für die Nichtübereinstimmung, die Diskrepanz zwischen dem Faktischen und dem utopischen Anspruch des Sozialismus, suchte Christa T. nach Wegen, das, was ist, und das, was werden soll, zusammenzubringen – und machte dabei die schmerzhafte Erfahrung, daß der Riß der Zeit durch sie selbst geht. Aus den nachgelassenen Aufzeichnungen der Christa T., der eigenen Erinnerung und Erfindungen entwirft die Erzählerin ein vielschichtiges, beunruhigendes und faszinierendes Bild der Freundin: »… Daß die Zweifel verstummen und man sie sieht. Wann, wenn nicht jetzt?« Nachdenken über Christa T., erschienen 1968, gehört zu den modernen Klassikern der deutschen Literatur. Dieser Roman begründete Christa Wolfs Weltruhm.

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        October 2007

        Nachdenken über Christa T.

        by Christa Wolf

        Nachdenken über Christa T. begründete den Weltruhm Christa Wolfs und gehört zu den wichtigsten Werken der deutschsprachigen Nachkriegsliteratur. Mit nur 36 Jahren stirbt Christa T. an Leukämie. Ihre ehemalige Schulkameradin und Studienfreundin erinnert sich an sie: an eine Frau, die der Forderung nach Anpassung ihre Phantasie, ihr Gewissen und vor allem ihre Sehnsucht nach Selbstverwirklichung entgegensetzt.

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        July 2024

        Knacks! 1 Ein T-Rex schlüpft aus

        by Claudia Scharf, Barbara Fisinger

        Lustiges und temporeiches Abenteuer für alle Dino-Fans! In Toms Schule legen die Schulhühner plötzlich seltsame Eier. Als aus einem Ei ein kleiner T-Rex schlüpft, muss Tom sich um das ungewöhnliche Küken kümmern. Das T-Rex-Mädchen Rexi ist zwar weniger gefährlich, als es aussieht, aber es ist gar nicht so einfach, ein Zuhause für Rexi zu finden. Vielleicht im Zoo? Kann Tom dem übereifrigen Zoodirektor vertrauen? Das lustige Kinderbuch zum Lesen lernen für Kinder ab 7 Jahren erzählt eine rasante Geschichte über ein seltsames Ei, aus dem ein freches Dino-Mädchen schlüpft. Mit einfachen Sätzen, kurzen Kapiteln und vielen witzigen Illustrationen ist es perfekt für Leseanfänger*innen und Lesemuffel geeignet. Ein leicht zu lesendes Dino-Abenteuer mit hohem Suchtfaktor! Knacks! 1 Ein T-Rex schlüpft aus: Tierischer Lesespaß für Leseanfänger*innen Einfach, rasant, witzig: Eine leicht lesbare Abenteuergeschichte mit einem frechen kleinen T-Rex für Kinder ab 7 Jahren. Perfekt für leseungeübte Kinder: Humorvoll und einfach geschrieben, mit kurzen Kapiteln und überschaubarer Textmenge. Kunterbunter Lesespaß: Die vielen lustigen Illustrationen lassen die Kinder auch visuell in die Geschichte eintauchen. Zwei tolle Themen in einem: Das Lieblingsthema Dinosaurier kombiniert mit einer witzigen Freundschaftsgeschichte. Mit kurzen Texten, vielen lustigen Bildern und einer rasanten Handlung ist die neue KNACKS!-Reihe der perfekte Leseeinstieg für Kinder ab 7 Jahren. Eine leicht lesbare Kinderbuch-Reihe, deren Fans schon sehnsüchtig auf das nächste Abenteuer warten! Denn, die Schulhühner legen auf einmal seltsame Eier – und Tom hat ein Riesenproblem.

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