Bertrams print on demand jan 2007 (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Manual of Zen Buddhism, written by author and essayist Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, is a work that was instrumental and spreading far eastern philosophy to the west. As stated by the author, the object of this book, is to inform the reader of the various literary materials relating to the monastery life. Foreign students often express their desire to know about what the Zen monk reads before the Buddha in his daily service, where his thoughts move in his leisure hours, and what objects of worship he has in the different quarters of his institution. This work will satisfy their desire.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Enuma Elish is one of the most important sources which provides an understanding of the Babylonian worldview. The Babylonian worldview is centered on the supremacy of Marduk, and contributes the belief that mankind exists to service god. This Babylonian creation epic was first discovered by modern scholars in the ruins of an early library in Mosul, Iraq and its seven translated clay tablets are provided to you here in the form of a paperback book.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jaime Saenz is arguably the greatest Bolivian writer of the twentieth century. His poetry is apocalyptic, transcendent, hallucinatory, brilliant--and, until recently, available only in Spanish. Forrest Gander and Kent Johnson's translations of Saenz's work have garnered much-deserved attention and acclaim. Here for the first time in English they give us his masterpiece, The Night, Saenz's most famous poem and the last he wrote before his death in 1986.An unusual man, Saenz lived his whole life in La Paz, Bolivia, seldom venturing far from the city and its indigenous culture that feature so prominently in his writings. He sought God in unlikely places: slum taverns, alcoholic excess, the street. Saenz was nocturnal. He once stole a leg from a cadaver and hid it under his bed. On his wedding night he brought home a panther.In this epic poem, Saenz explores the singular themes that possessed him: alcoholism, death, nightmares, identity, otherness, and his love for La Paz. The poem's four movements culminate in some of the most profoundly mystical, beautiful, and disturbing passages of modern Latin American poetry. They are presented here in this faithful and inspired English translation of the Spanish original.Complete with an introduction by the translators that paints a vivid picture of the poet's life, and an afterword by Luis H. Antezana, a notable Bolivian literary critic and close friend of Saenz, this bilingual edition is the essential introduction to one of the most visionary and enigmatic poets of the Hispanic world.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Warren Commission Report is the official government report released by the President's committee to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This report looks into President Kennedy's assassination, the murder of the President's killer Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby, and other important and interesting aspects of one of the most documented and investigated crimes of the last century. This edition of the Warren Commission Report is available in both paperback and hardcover editions.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Anaerobic Reactors is the fourth volume in the Biological Wastewater Treatment series. The fundamentals of anaerobic treatment are presented in detail, including its applicability, microbiology, biochemistry and main reactor configurations. Two reactor types are analysed in more detail, namely anaerobic filters and especially UASB (upflow anaerobic sludge blanket) reactors. Particular attention is also devoted to the post-treatment of the effluents from the anaerobic reactors. The book presents in a clear and didactic way the main concepts, working principles, expected removal efficiencies, design criteria, design examples, construction aspects, and operational guidelines for anaerobic reactors. The Biological Wastewater Treatment series is based on the book Biological Wastewater Treatment in Warm Climate Regions and on a highly acclaimed set of best selling textbooks. This international version is comprised by six textbooks giving a state-of-the-art presentation of the science and technology of biological wastewater treatment. Other books in the Biological Wastewater Treatment series: Volume 1: Wastewater characteristics, treatment and disposal Volume 2: Basic principles of wastewater treatment Volume 3: Waste stabilisation ponds Volume 5: Activated sludge and aerobic biofilm reactors Volume 6: Sludge treatment and disposal.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Durch eine dumme Wette muss ein 45-jähriger Arbeitsloser die Alpen von Deutschland nach Italien in nur acht Tagen zu Fuß überqueren. Widerwillig und sehr naiv geht er an die Sache heran. Schnell macht er die ersten Erfahrungen und lernt die unterschiedlichsten Menschen kennen. Aber das Wichtigste ist: Er lernt auf dieser Tour viel über sich selbst und gesteht sich endlich sein wahres Problem ein. Das Wandern über Berg und Tal wird somit zu einer Art Therapie mit: Einsicht - Besserung - Rückfall - Wille zum Erfolg - Neuanfang. Obwohl viele Details des Weges beschrieben sind, und wertvolle Tipps für Einsteiger gegeben werden, ist es kein Wanderbuch. Vielmehr will der Autor eine wichtige Erkenntnis weitergeben: Beim Wandern über Berg und Tal. besonders beim Fernwandern, besinnt man sich auf das Wesentliche im Leben. Die eigenen Probleme werden erkannt und scheinen, in der gewaltigen Natur der Berge, immer kleiner zu werden.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume is an analytical summary and a critical synthesis of research at the International Water Management Institute over the past decade under its evolving research paradigm known popularly as 'more crop per drop'. The research synthesized here covers the full range of issues falling in the larger canvas of water-food-health-environment interface. Besides its immediate role in sharing knowledge with the research, donor, and policy communities, this volume also has a larger purpose of promoting a new way of looking at the water issues within the broader development context of food, livelihood, health and environmental challenges. More crop per drop: Revisiting a research paradigm contrasts the acquired wisdom and fresh thinking on some of the most challenging water issues of our times. It describes new tools, approaches, and methodologies and also illustrates them with practical application both from a global perspective and within the local and regional contexts of Asia and Africa. Since this volume brings together all major research works of IWMI, including an almost exhaustive list of citations, in one single set of pages, it is very valuable not only as a reference material for researchers and students but also as a policy tool for decision-makers and development agencies.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Schlurfs' waren Arbeiterjugendliche, die zur Zeit der NS-Herrschaft in Wien ihren eigenen subkulturellen, an angloamerikanischer Mode orientierten Stil entwickelten und gerne zu Swing tanzten. Sie gerieten dadurch in Gegensatz zur Hitlerjugend, lieferten sich mit dieser zuweilen harte Auseinandersetzungen und wurden von den nationalsozialistischen Behörden verfolgt. Bei dem vorliegenden Buch handelt es sich um die 1993 verfasste Diplomarbeit von Anton Tantner, die versucht, die Jugendsubkultur der 'Schlurfs' in den Gesamtzusammenhang der europäischen Jazz-Subkulturen einzuordnen: Ähnlich wie die Hamburger 'Swings' und 'Swingheinies', die Pariser 'Zazous', die Prager 'potápki' und die Wiener bürgerlichen 'Swings' entwickelten 'Schlurfs' aus den Angeboten der Kulturindustrie ihren eigenen Stil, der im Widerspruch zum Nationalsozialismus stand.…