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        June 1998

        Grundrechte-Report 1998

        Zur Lage der Bürger- und Menschenrechte in Deutschland. Ein Projekt der Humanistischen Union, der Gustav Heinemann-Initiative, des Komitees für Grundrechte und Demokratie und des Bundesarbeitskreises kritischer Juragruppen

        by Herausgegeben von Müller-Heidelberg, Till; Herausgegeben von Finckh, Ulrich; Herausgegeben von Narr, Wolf D

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        April 2002

        Verbot der NPD oder Mit Nationaldemokraten leben?

        Die Positionen

        by Claus Leggewie, Horst Meier, Claus Leggewie, Horst Meier, Arnim Pfahl-Traughber, Christoph Seils, Heiner Busch, Martin Morlok, Ingo Münch, Ralf Dreier, Kathrin Groh, Rudolf Wassermann, Ulrich K. Preuß, Karl-Heinz Ladeur, Wolf-Dieter Narr, Annelie Buntenbach, Bernhard Wagner, Dieter Grimm, Hans Mommsen, Karl Dietrich Bracher, Ernst Benda, Volker Neumann

        Im Frühjahr 2002 wird das Bundesverfassungsgericht die Anträge von Bundesregierung, Bundesrat und Bundestag prüfen, ob ein Verbot der NPD geboten ist. Muß man mit Nationaldemokraten leben, muß man sich NPD-Aufzüge gefallen lassen, soll die antisemitische Hetze eines Horst Mahler im Internet geduldet werden?Der Band enthält abwägende und kritische Beiträge von prominenten Verfassungsrechtlern, Historikern und Sozialwissenschaftlern zu dieser Frage, die in pointierten Beiträgen einer breiteren, interessierten öffentlichkeit zur Diskussion vorgelegt wird.Es überwiegen bei den Autoren die Zweifel, ob der Verbotsantrag das geeignete Mittel im »Kampf gegen rechts« ist bei einer Kleinstpartei, die weit davon entfernt ist, eine echte Gefahr für die freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung darzustellen. Weitere Beiträge begründen, warum eine andere Lage eingetreten ist, in welcher ein Verbot vielleicht doch gerechtfertigt sei.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2024

        Dog politics

        Species stories and the animal sciences

        by Mariam Motamedi Fraser

        Do dogs belong with humans? Scientific accounts of dogs' 'species story,' in which contemporary dog-human relations are naturalised with reference to dogs' evolutionary becoming, suggest that they do. Dog politics dissects this story. This book offers a rich empirical analysis and critique of the development and consolidation of dogs' species story in science, asking what evidence exists to support it, and what practical consequences, for dogs, follow from it. It explores how this story is woven into broader scientific shifts in understandings of species, animals, and animal behaviours, and how such shifts were informed by and informed transformative political events, including slavery and colonialism, the Second World War and its aftermath, and the emergence of anti-racist movements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book pays particular attention to how species-thinking bears on 'race,' racism, and individuals.

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        November 2016

        Coming to Terms with Life

        by Matthias Wengenroth

        Do you struggle with thoughts and feelings that make life difficult? Have you tried all sorts of ways of dealing with this without getting anywhere? Do you feel that life is passing you by? Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which this book describes in a clear and entertaining way, provides new and very enlightening insights into the causes of human suffering. At the same time, ACT shows how we can improve the way we handle the difficult aspects of being human, while also developing our abilities and strengths. This title shows how using the described simple but effective methods can lead you to a happier, better life.   Target Group: people who want to utilize their potential more fully, people interested in acceptance and commitment therapy, people practicing or interested in psychotherapy (psychologists, doctors, coaches, social workers)

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        June 2013

        Animal irrationale

        Eine kurze (Natur-)Geschichte der Unvernunft

        by Franz M. Wuketits

        Der Mensch ist das mit Vernunft begabte Lebewesen, das animal rationale. So will es die philosophische Überlieferung. Geschichte und Gegenwart des Menschen legen jedoch die Vermutung nahe, dass in seinem Denken und Handeln mehr Unvernunft steckt, als ihm selbst lieb sein kann. Zwei Weltkriege und unzählige andere (menschliche) Katastrophen sowie die massive Zerstörung seines Lebensraums lassen den Menschen als »animal irrationale« erscheinen. Der Evolutionstheoretiker Franz M. Wuketits spürt die (natur-)historischen Wurzeln der Unvernunft auf und kommt zu dem Schluss, dass jene Portion Irrationalität, die sich der Steinzeitmensch leisten durfte, seinen Nachfahren in unserer komplexen Welt immer wieder zum Verhängnis wird.

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        May 2023

        Homoeopathy for Cats and Dogs

        by Dr. Daniela Birkelbach

        Alternatives or supplements to conventional medicine for cats and dogs? Yes, homoeopathy provides holistic therapeutic approaches for our four-legged friends too! Whether they are suffering from anxiety, conjunctivitis, or a tick bite, this book describes the appropriate homoeopathic remedies. The author draws on her many years of experience as an animal healer and presents the most important symptoms and their treatment using homoeopathy.This handy paperback fits into a lab coat pocket and provides:- Basic information on homoeopathy for dogs and cats- Symptoms from A to Z- Characteristics of the most important single-remedy homoeopathic preparations

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        2024

        The second half of your life - a manual

        Tips and strategies for successful ageing

        by Dr. Petra Kiedaisch

        In the middle of our lives, the cards are reshuffled: marriages are divorced, careers are questioned, friendships are ended, questions of meaning are asked, bodies change - and not just hormonally. At the same time, children leave home and parents become carers. From the age of 45, the majority of our population is at the centre of a second upheaval that affects all facets of our lives and leaves us at a loss in many ways. Not only in our daily lives, but also when it comes to planning for our own old age. This guide is designed to help us find our way. It presents the most important information from all areas relevant to a good life after 45. Leading experts from the fields of medicine, nutrition, philosophy, theology, psychology, care, law and finance give recommendations on what to look out for and what tools are needed to get through these challenging years unscathed. Useful checklists round off the articles. The book shows us the unique opportunity to see these challenges not as a crisis but as a source of strength. Not only can we come through this period of our lives healthy and happy, but we can also shape it so that the next age threshold is no longer frightening. During the second phase of adolescence, we lay the foundations for whether and how we will grow older. Be it in terms of health or living together with family and friends. With contributions from: Prof. Dr. Martin Gessmann (philosophy), Dipl. Psych. Claudia Kühner (psychology), Dr Suso Lederle (medicine), Dr Petra Forster (nutrition), Christian Hald, Anja Heine (law), Prof Dr Philipp Schreiber (finance), Prof Dr Thomas Klie (nursing care insurance), Georg Eberhardt (religion).

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2020

        City of beasts

        by Thomas Almeroth-Williams

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        Children's & YA

        Owl Magic (13). The Mystery of the White Horse

        by Ina Brandt/Irene Mohr

        It’s just like a fairy tale. In the forest Flora stumbles on a little house with a garden that’s overgrown with roses. But the house is about to be sold. Not only that, but Flora learns from the owner’s daughter that a white horse has been living for a long time in the stable…but now he’s disappeared! Together with her magic owl Goldwing, Flora tries to find the terrified animal. Will the two of them manage to make their way through the jungle of roses and win the confidence of the white stallion?

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        July 2021

        My Life with Viruses

        A researcher’s history of the fascinating world of pathogens

        by Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker in association with Jeanne Rubner

        In times of the coronavirus pandemic many people have certainly condemned them, but Professor Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker has dedicated his life to researching them and is intrigued by viruses – even if sometimes he is keenly aware of their fatal effects. To mark his 80th birthday the biochemist describes the co-evolution and co-existence as well as the eternal ‘battle’ between humans and viruses. Winnacker takes up the cause of these ‘biological elements between animate and inanimate nature’ because they play an important role in fundamental research and genetic technology, and without them human beings would not be what they are.

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        April 2021

        On the Purposes of Life and Whether They Exist

        A philosophical fitting

        by Axel Braig

        The musician, doctor and philosopher Axel Braig considers philosophy a little like the weather: he looks for the right clothes for every situation. Braig is primarily concerned with practical, effective things from the two-and-a-half millennia fund of (Western) thinking, such as helpful approaches in existential crises. In this book, he introduces us to philosophical thinkers from Plato to Montaigne to Levinas and Feyerabend. Braig not only shares his own philosophical biography, but above all encourages us to philosophise ourselves.

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        2020

        How Animals Hammer, Drill and Strike

        Tool Use in the Animal Kingdom

        by Peter-René Becker

        From insects to fish as well as birds and primates: the use of tools is amazingly widespread in the animal kingdom. It’s a misnomer to presume that humans are distinguished by tool use and conscious capacity. So where is culture initiated? The biologist Peter-René Becker has evaluated numerous studies and cites plenty of evidence for the use of the hammer and anvil, lances, bait or sponges. Animals also use “tools as social implements”. Ultimately, the depth of man’s conscience singles him out from other animals.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        September 2023

        Romantic women's life writing

        by Susan Civale

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2021

        Civilised by beasts

        by Juliana Adelman

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        January 2021

        Bring dein Leben auf die Reihe!

        Die ultimative Anleitung für alles

        by Erin Zammett Ruddy

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