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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The main theme of the volume is the exploration and identification of the fundamental principles involved in constructing and understanding the microstructures found within etymological references. The authors offer an in-depth examination of designing etymological dictionaries, focusing on the prin…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The study, based on the principles of genre analysis, speech act theory applied to legal discourse and thick description of legal texts, was carried out on a corpus of ninety EU regulations on subjects (e.g. customs union, competition rules) that fall under the exclusive competence of the European U…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many societies are strongly divided, especially in ethnic, religious, racial, and ideological terms. Such divisions are usually related to the existence of divergent interests that may lead to serious conflicts between groups and/or between them and state authorities. In order to limit them, partici…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - These Books of Rates list - for the use of English customs officials - the official values of hundreds of products commonly traded overseas in the sixteenth century. What goods needed to be listed and what their official valuations were held to be, had been the subject of wary negotiations be…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Adel den Hartog shows how complex the food choices of humans have been for millenia. Those who wonder why we eat what we eat, will find out practicalities, such as availability of products, transportation and costs, but also physiological, cultural, geological, and psychological factors matte…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The meaning of being Muslim has undergone enormous changes in the aftermath of the bombings in New York in 2001. The initial reaction of Western media outlets was to portray Muslims as a global threat. In social, cultural and political contexts, Muslims were thought to be unable to fit into W…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a comprehensive, informative overview of the history, contemporary state, and future direction of Korean dialectological research. It covers the pre-modern attestation of awareness about linguistic variation on the Korean Peninsula, traditional dialectology in 20th century…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dive into the future of language education with our guide, blending innovation with practical application. Unlock the power of gamification, digital storytelling, and AI to make learning more engaging and effective. Transform classes into dynamic, interactive experiences that captivate studen…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Mongols' Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran offers a collection of academic articles that investigate different aspects of Mongol rule in 13th- and 14th-century Iran. Sometimes treated only as part of the larger Mongol Empire, the volume focuses on the Ilkhanate (…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Ps 119:105).' An avid Bible-reader reflects, 'As the Lord leads, the lamp illuminates my path, step by step.' Such small step makes sense when connected to another inspirational moment, marked by her deeply moved heart. 'The movement of t…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics. The musk trade thus illuminates the natur…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Just as Harvard University is a place 'where world-class professors, innovative research, and a dynamic student community come together to advance education and foster change in the world', Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), founded in 1920, grants students and visiting scholars who…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - All creative work operates under constraints. Yet, despite an overall increase in attention over the past decade, the matter of constraints has received much less attention than has creativity, in general. This book represents an effort by the editors to integrate diverse perspectives on cons…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) reached out to the world beyond her native Sweden. Her promotion of women's emancipation was celebrated and pursued by Sophie Adlersparre (1823-1895), Rosalie Olivecrona (1823-1898), and Alma Åkermark (1853-1933). From dreams to projects involving collaboration wit…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Illicit financial flows (IFFs) associated with commodity trade erode the tax base of resource-rich developing countries. Efforts to curb IFFs and reform taxation stumble over enhanced North-South tensions but remain crucial to helping poorer countries mobilise domestic resources for developme…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What type of exchanges occurred between West and East Asia in the first millennium CE What sort of connections existed between Persia and China What did the Chinese know of early Islam This study offers an overview of the cultural, diplomatic, commercial, and religious relationships that flourished…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Step into the lives of extraordinary women leaders in this groundbreaking volume. This compelling collection presents autoethnographies of twenty-five women leaders in English Language Teaching (ELT) from around the world. Grounded in key leadership theories and ELT research, these narratives…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since the translation of the Septuagint in the 3rd century BCE, scholars have attempted to identify the stones that populate the biblical text. This study rejects the long-standing reliance on ancient translations for identifying biblical stones. Despite the evident contradictions and historical inc…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 17th-century French haberdasher invented the Black Mass. An 18th-century English Cabinet Minister administered the Eucharist to a baboon. High-ranking Catholic authorities in the 19th century believed that Satan appeared in Masonic lodges in the shape of a crocodile and played the piano the…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In what ways did Qing gentry women's concern for gender and social propriety shape their assertions of female subjectivity and agency How did they exploit the state promotion of female virtue and Confucian morality for self-fulfillment With a focus on three of the most widely acclaimed mid-Qing wome…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book emerges at a time when critical race studies, postcolonial thought, and decolonial theory are under enormous pressure as part of a global conservative backlash. However, this is also an exciting moment, where new horizons of knowledge appear and new epistemic practices (e.g. symmetry, coll…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Third Edition of Brill's Encyclopaedia of Islam is an entirely new work, with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. It appears in substantial segments each year, both online and in print. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why Sesostris Why does the classical antiquity tell stories about this Egyptian hero king of the second millennium BC On which basis The contributions of this conference volume try to systematically answer the question how these narratives come into being and grow. It is not a single historical king…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book captures key moments in the critical and creative dialogue of literary scholars, poets and artists with poet, author, documentary film-maker and literary scholar Stephanos Stephanides. Employing a polyphonic and cross-disciplinary perspective, the twenty-three essays and creative pieces flo…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Despite Aristotle's family background and his undeniable impact on ancient Greek medicine, the influence of medicine on Aristotle's philosophy is controversial and far from universally acknowledged. The aim of this volume is to re-examine the influence of medical knowledge and literature on Aristotl…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Using an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of the self, this study focuses on a gap left by previous philosophers. This shortcoming is related to the nature of the self to commit errors that become part of the identity of the self. These errors stain the self and make 'I' what it is. This st…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book argues for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project. It interrogates the history of encounters between Marxism and music studies -- both within and without the Soviet sphere -- before staging the missed encounter between classica…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Racial passing has fascinated thousands of American readers since the end of the nineteenth century. However, the phenomenon of Jews passing as gentiles has been all but overlooked. This book examines forgotten novels depicting Jewish Americans masquerading as gentiles. Exploring two 'waves' of publ…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The meaning of being Muslim has undergone enormous changes in the aftermath of the bombings in New York in 2001. The initial reaction of Western media outlets was to portray Muslims as a global threat. In social, cultural and political contexts, Muslims were thought to be unable to fit into Western…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This translated volume is based on the publication Green Book of Population and Labor (No. 20), originally published in Chinese by the Social Science Academic Press (SASS). The focus of this volume is high-quality employment in China. The topics covered include China's labor market during the Fourte…