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Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective
by Randy R. Gainey Michelle L. Inderbitzin Kristin A. BatesDeviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective provides a sociological examination of deviant behavior in society, with a significant focus on the major theories of deviance and society’s reaction to deviance. Authors Michelle Inderbitzin, Kristin A. Bates, and Randy R. Gainey use sociological theories to illuminate issues related to deviant behavior, offering clear overviews and perspectives in the field as well as introductions to classic and current research. A unique text/reader format combines substantial original chapters that clearly explain and outline the sociological perspectives on deviance with carefully selected articles from leading academic sources. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective
by Randy R. Gainey Michelle L. Inderbitzin Kristin A. BatesDeviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective provides a sociological examination of deviant behavior in society, with a significant focus on the major theories of deviance and society’s reaction to deviance. Authors Michelle Inderbitzin, Kristin A. Bates, and Randy R. Gainey use sociological theories to illuminate issues related to deviant behavior, offering clear overviews and perspectives in the field as well as introductions to classic and current research. A unique text/reader format combines substantial original chapters that clearly explain and outline the sociological perspectives on deviance with carefully selected articles from leading academic sources. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
Deviant Behavior
by John A. Humphrey Frank A. SchmallegerWhat makes behavior deviant, and who gets to decide what deviance is? Deviant Behavior seeks to answer these questions and more. This compelling new text covers the social forces that shape deviance, the motivations and consequences of deviant behaviors, and how our definition of deviance changes over time. Authors John A. Humphrey and Frank Schmalleger discuss a wide range of deviant behaviors—from criminal acts to extreme forms of everyday behavior—and provide students the necessary foundation to understand the impact of globalization on traditional and emerging forms of deviance. Readers will explore deviance in the modern world using a systematic application of social and criminological theories to a range of deviant behaviors to help them better understand themselves, others, and society. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
Deviant Behavior
by John A. Humphrey Frank A. SchmallegerWhat makes behavior deviant, and who gets to decide what deviance is? Deviant Behavior seeks to answer these questions and more. This compelling new text covers the social forces that shape deviance, the motivations and consequences of deviant behaviors, and how our definition of deviance changes over time. Authors John A. Humphrey and Frank Schmalleger discuss a wide range of deviant behaviors—from criminal acts to extreme forms of everyday behavior—and provide students the necessary foundation to understand the impact of globalization on traditional and emerging forms of deviance. Readers will explore deviance in the modern world using a systematic application of social and criminological theories to a range of deviant behaviors to help them better understand themselves, others, and society. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
The Devil and the Dairy Princess: Stories (Blue Light)
by Pedro PonceWhat happens when the stories we've been told fail us?In ten provocative and unsettling tales, Pedro Ponce grapples with the human instinct to create a narrative out of disparate experiences.The Devil and the Dairy Princess interrogates the power of stories to impact us for good or ill. We are all taught that love is destined to happen with our soul mate and that hard work eventually leads to success. But when faced with circumstances that no longer fit the chosen narrative, some protagonists cling to their outmoded stories with greater fervor, while others realize the old stories no longer suffice, so they choose to inhabit a new reality in stories yet to be told.Perfect for any reader who enjoys literary realism or speculative fiction, The Devil and the Dairy Princess reveals the episodic history of humanity's romance with narrative, from first love to breakup to hopeful reconciliation.
The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England
by Emerson W. BakerIn 1682, ten years before the infamous Salem witch trials, the town of Great Island, New Hampshire, was plagued by mysterious events: strange, demonic noises; unexplainable movement of objects; and hundreds of stones that rained upon a local tavern and appeared at random inside its walls. Town residents blamed what they called "Lithobolia" or "the stone-throwing devil." In this lively account, Emerson Baker shows how witchcraft hysteria overtook one town and spawned copycat incidents elsewhere in New England, prefiguring the horrors of Salem. In the process, he illuminates a cross-section of colonial society and overturns many popular assumptions about witchcraft in the seventeenth century.
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus And A World Out Of Balance
by Dan EganA New Yorker Best Book of the Year "Lively…and thought-provoking.” —Robert W. Howarth, Science The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world. Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major work of explanatory science and environmental journalism, Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Egan investigates the past, present, and future of what has been called “the oil of our time.” The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. First discovered in a seventeenth-century alchemy lab in Hamburg, it soon became a highly sought-after resource. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan harrowingly reports, our overreliance on this vital crop nutrient is today causing toxic algae blooms and “dead zones” in waterways from the coasts of Florida to the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes and beyond. Egan also explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide—which risks rising conflict and even war. With The Devil’s Element, Egan has written an essential and eye-opening account that urges us to pay attention to one of the most perilous but little-known environmental issues of our time.
The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!
by Joe EszterhasIn The Devil's Guide to Hollywood, bestselling author and legendary bad-boy screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells everything he knows about the industry, its players and screenwriting itself—from the first blank sheet of paper in the Olivetti to the size of the credit on the one-sheet. "There's just one hunk of funny anecdote after another, quotes from everyone who ever mattered in the movie biz, and the thing is jam-packed with screenwriterly advice. Plus it's hilariously funny, ribald, sexy and brilliant."—Liz SmithOften practical and always entertaining, The Devil's Guide to Hollywood distills everything one of Hollywood's most accomplished screenwriters knows about the business, from writing advice to negotiation tricks, from the wisdom of past players to the feuds of current ones. Eszterhas has selected his personal pantheon of the most loved and loathed players in the business and treats the reader to a treasure trove of stories, quotes and wisdom from those luminaries, who include William Goldman (loathes) and Zsa Zsa Gabor (loves). The Devil's Guide to Hollywood could only have been written by someone who loves the business as much as Eszterhas does—but who also has its number."Eszterhas delivers a dishy, catty mix of reminiscences and Hollywood trivia…his forte is skewering sycophants and phonies in this opinionated showcase of the underside of Hollywood life."—Publishers Weekly
The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War
by James B. ConroyWritten with &“a cinematic sense of urgency and realism&” (Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II.The Devils Will Get No Rest is a &“vivid and engaging&” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, an Anglo-American clash over military strategy that produced a winning plan when World War II could have gone either way. Churchill called it the most important Allied conclave of the war. Until now, it has never been explored in a full-length book. In a secret, no-holds-barred, ten-day debate in a Moroccan warzone, protected by British marines and elite American troops, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton Jr., Sir Alan Brooke, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sir Harold Alexander, and their military peers questioned each other&’s competence, doubted each other&’s visions, and argued their way through choices that could win or lose the war. You will be treated to a master class in strategy by the legendary statesmen, generals, and admirals who overcame their differences, transformed their alliance from a necessity to a bond, forged a war-winning plan, and glimpsed the postwar world.
DevOps for Data Science (Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series)
by Alex GoldData Scientists are experts at analyzing, modelling and visualizing data but, at one point or another, have all encountered difficulties in collaborating with or delivering their work to the people and systems that matter. Born out of the agile software movement, DevOps is a set of practices, principles and tools that help software engineers reliably deploy work to production. This book takes the lessons of DevOps and aplies them to creating and delivering production-grade data science projects in Python and R.This book’s first section explores how to build data science projects that deploy to production with no frills or fuss. Its second section covers the rudiments of administering a server, including Linux, application, and network administration before concluding with a demystification of the concerns of enterprise IT/Administration in its final section, making it possible for data scientists to communicate and collaborate with their organization’s security, networking, and administration teams.Key Features:• Start-to-finish labs take readers through creating projects that meet DevOps best practices and creating a server-based environment to work on and deploy them.• Provides an appendix of cheatsheets so that readers will never be without the reference they need to remember a Git, Docker, or Command Line command.• Distills what a data scientist needs to know about Docker, APIs, CI/CD, Linux, DNS, SSL, HTTP, Auth, and more.• Written specifically to address the concern of a data scientist who wants to take their Python or R work to production.There are countless books on creating data science work that is correct. This book, on the otherhand, aims to go beyond this, targeted at data scientists who want their work to be than merely accurate and deliver work that matters.
Devshakti Adbhut Divyastra: देवशक्ति अद्भुत दिव्यास्त्र
by Shivendra Suryavanshiशक्ति- एक ऐसा शब्द जिसे प्राप्त करने के लिये, मनुष्य, देवता, दैत्य ही नहीं अपितु अंतरिक्ष के जीव भी सदैव लालायित रहते हैं। शक्ति का पर्याय स्वामित्व से जुड़ता है, इसलिये ब्रह्मांड के सभी जीव शक्ति को प्राप्त कर, स्वयं को श्रेष्ठ दिखाना चाहते हैं। वन में मौजूद एक सिंह भी, अन्य वन्य प्राणियों के समक्ष अपनी शक्ति का प्रदर्शन करने से नहीं चूकता। ठीक उसी प्रकार कुछ देवता भी मनुष्यों के समक्ष, अपना शक्ति प्रदर्शन कर, उनमें भय की भावना उत्पन्न करते रहते हैं। जैसे देवराज इंद्र के द्वारा जलप्रलय लाना या सूर्यदेव के द्वारा सूखे की स्थिति उत्पन्न कर देना। यह सब भी शक्ति प्रदर्शन के अद्वितीय उदाहरण हैं। दैत्यों ने हमेशा त्रिदेवों से ही शक्ति प्राप्त कर, उनका प्रयोग देवताओं के ही विरुद्ध किया है। इन शक्तियों को प्राप्त करने के लिये, मनुष्यों ने भी घोर तप किये हैं। कुछ ऐसी ही देवशक्तियों को, पृथ्वी की सुरक्षा के लिये, देवताओं ने पृथ्वी के अलग-अलग भागों में छिपा दिया, जिससे समय आने पर कुछ दिव्य मानव, उन देव शक्तियों को धारण कर, पृथ्वी की सुरक्षा का भार उठा सकें। ऐसे ही देवशक्ति धारक कुछ विलक्षण मनुष्य बाद में ब्रह्मांड रक्षक कहलाये।
Devyuddh - Mahasangram Gatha
by Shivendra Suryavanshiजब ब्रह्मदेव ने महादेव से पृथ्वी का भविष्य जानने की इच्छा व्यक्त की, तो महादेव ने उन्हें क्षीरसागर में स्थित रुद्रासन के पास भेज दिया। ब्रह्मदेव जब रुद्रासन को ढूंढते हुए क्षीरसागर में पहुंचे, तो वहां उन्हें सप्तकणों से निर्मित सप्तपुस्तकें दिखाई दीं। उन सप्तपुस्तकों में अलग-अलग प्रकार से भविष्य को देखने की शक्तियां थीं। ब्रह्मदेव ने उन सप्तशक्तियों की सहायता से, पृथ्वी का भविष्य देखने की कामना व्यक्त की। परंतु पृथ्वी का भविष्य देखकर ब्रह्मदेव अत्यंत चिन्तित हो गये, क्योंकि पृथ्वी के भविष्य में एक देवयुद्ध छिपा था, जिसमें पृथ्वी का महाविनाश संलिप्त था। ब्रह्मदेव ने पृथ्वी को महाविनाश से बचाने के लिये, उन सभी सप्तपुस्तकों को पृथ्वी के 7 सबसे सुरक्षित स्थानों पर छिपा दिया। ब्रह्मदेव को विश्वास था कि जब भविष्य में ब्रह्मांड रक्षक इन पुस्तकों को प्राप्त कर लेंगे, तो देवयुद्ध से होने वाले महाविनाश को टाला जा सकेगा। इसके बाद शुरु हुई एक समयचक्र की एक ऐसी कथा श्रृंखला जिसमें देवता तो क्या ब्रह्मांड के कई ग्रह भी उलझ गए।
Dewey for Artists
by Mary Jane JacobJohn Dewey is known as a pragmatic philosopher and progressive architect of American educational reform, but some of his most important contributions came in his thinking about art. Dewey argued that there is strong social value to be found in art, and it is artists who often most challenge our preconceived notions. Dewey for Artists shows us how Dewey advocated for an “art of democracy.” Identifying the audience as co-creator of a work of art by virtue of their experience, he made space for public participation. Moreover, he believed that societies only become—and remain—truly democratic if its citizens embrace democracy itself as a creative act, and in this he advocated for the social participation of artists. Throughout the book, Mary Jane Jacob draws on the experiences of contemporary artists who have modeled Dewey’s principles within their practices. We see how their work springs from deeply held values. We see, too, how carefully considered curatorial practice can address the manifold ways in which aesthetic experience happens and, thus, enable viewers to find greater meaning and purpose. And it is this potential of art for self and social realization, Jacob helps us understand, that further ensures Dewey’s legacy—and the culture we live in.
Un día con los hombres lobo
by K. MatthewUna prueba de inteligencia, habilidad y fuerza. Una provocación poco seductora. Un viaje a lo desconocido. Taya Raveen se ve obligada a competir en las pruebas de jerarquía para determinar su rango en la manada. Su posición en las pruebas puede sorprenderla, así como el avance del hombre lobo al que le ha echado el ojo. Este es el tercer capítulo de un pack de seis.
Diabetes and Me: Living a Healthy and Empowered Life in the Face of Diabetes
by David Novak Wendy Louise Novak"Children with diabetes can live full, happy, productive lives. I hope my story can stand as proof of that fact."Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven, Wendy Louise Novak had to create her own path in a world defined by stigma, struggle, and hope.With little public awareness of her condition, Wendy's only role model was her fiercely independent father, who grew up in an era when diabetes meant a difficult, and often short, life. He taught her to "follow the rules" and stay self-reliant. That sense of independence carried Wendy through college to a successful career, globetrotting excitement, and a whirlwind romance with her husband, David.Wendy built a loving family as she navigated the highs and lows of a condition that was still widely misunderstood. Despite tough times, she learned to balance following the rules with following her passions, saying, "I never wanted to be the kind of person who stayed home and worried about whether or not I could take it, and so I didn't."Today, Wendy is the face of the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, which supports groundbreaking clinical services, education, and research to ensure young people with diabetes can thrive. In this honest but uplifting account of a life well lived, Wendy shares what she has learned, including practical tips for managing diabetes.With a foreword by the author's husband, businessman and philanthropist David Novak, Diabetes and Me shows patients and families that a diagnosis doesn't define your life."There are always ways to experience the joys in life, no matter what it throws at you."
Diagnosing Organizations: Methods, Models, and Processes (Applied Social Research Methods #8)
by Michael I. HarrisonClick ′Additional Materials′ for downloadable sample chapterMany managers and organizational leaders face shrinking budgets, growing competition, and changing organizational alliances and missions A bewildering array of new technologies and management techniques offer help in handling these challenges. To respond effectively and avoid wasting resources, decision makers need to diagnose organizational conditions, plan changes carefully, and apply appropriate technologies and management techniques. The Third Edition of the bestselling Diagnosing Organizations shows how consultants and applied researchers can help decision makers quickly and flexibly diagnose problems and challenges and decide how to deal with them. Key FeaturesModels for framing diagnostic problems, identifying underlying conditions, and providing feedback Methods for gathering and analyzing diagnostic data Processes for working on a diagnosis with clients and other members of an organizationThis thoroughly revised edition can help practitioners of diagnosis directly address concerns that are critical to clients, rather than just provide feedback on current conditions and operations. In an authoritative, yet readable fashion author Michael I. Harrison presents updated treatments of the uses of diagnosis, evaluating organizational effectiveness, improving team performance, planning organization redesign projects, and assessing organization-environment relations and competitive strategy. Also treated are the politics of change management, professional dilemmas, and ethical issues confronting practitioners. Professors of research methods across the social sciences will find Diagnosing Organizations, Third Edition an invaluable text for their courses. The second edition was widely adopted in departments of Management, Public Health, Nursing, Education, Public Administration, Psychology, Criminal Justice, and many others.
Diagnosing Organizations: Methods, Models, and Processes (Applied Social Research Methods #8)
by Michael I. HarrisonClick ′Additional Materials′ for downloadable sample chapterMany managers and organizational leaders face shrinking budgets, growing competition, and changing organizational alliances and missions A bewildering array of new technologies and management techniques offer help in handling these challenges. To respond effectively and avoid wasting resources, decision makers need to diagnose organizational conditions, plan changes carefully, and apply appropriate technologies and management techniques. The Third Edition of the bestselling Diagnosing Organizations shows how consultants and applied researchers can help decision makers quickly and flexibly diagnose problems and challenges and decide how to deal with them. Key FeaturesModels for framing diagnostic problems, identifying underlying conditions, and providing feedback Methods for gathering and analyzing diagnostic data Processes for working on a diagnosis with clients and other members of an organizationThis thoroughly revised edition can help practitioners of diagnosis directly address concerns that are critical to clients, rather than just provide feedback on current conditions and operations. In an authoritative, yet readable fashion author Michael I. Harrison presents updated treatments of the uses of diagnosis, evaluating organizational effectiveness, improving team performance, planning organization redesign projects, and assessing organization-environment relations and competitive strategy. Also treated are the politics of change management, professional dilemmas, and ethical issues confronting practitioners. Professors of research methods across the social sciences will find Diagnosing Organizations, Third Edition an invaluable text for their courses. The second edition was widely adopted in departments of Management, Public Health, Nursing, Education, Public Administration, Psychology, Criminal Justice, and many others.
Diagnosis and Management Guide for Anorectal Disease: A Clinical Reference
by Waqar QureshiMany gastroenterologists are presented with patients complaining of one or more of several anorectal symptoms. Patients expect that a gastroenterologist can treat their symptomatic hemorrhoids or anal fissures or diagnose accurately their rectal bleeding. Today the evaluation and treatment of these common ailments is not included within the core curriculum of most gastrointestinal fellowship training programs, and therefore has not been incorporated into a typical GI practice. Diagnosis and Management Guide for Anorectal Disease: A Clinical Reference looks to fill that void. Dr. Waqar Ahmed Qureshi states that most of these perianal and anorectal problems can be successfully treated non-surgically. Diagnosis and Management Guide for Anorectal Disease: A Clinical Reference reviews a number of diseases that gastroenterologists should be able to effectively manage in their office, which eliminates extra cost, inconvenience, and frustration for their patients.A few of the topics that can be found inside: Anatomy and Examination Anatomy and Physiology of the Pelvic Floor Benign Anorectal Conditions Hemorrhoids, Anal Fissures, and Anal Pruritus Benign Soft Tissue, Perianal, Perineal, and Complicated Conditions Pilonidal Disease, Aanorectal IBD Management, and Defecation Disorders Neoplasms Anal Carcinoma and screening high-risk groups The gastroenterologist occupies a unique position between conservative treatment offered by primary care physicians and the more invasive procedures offered by the surgeon. Diagnosis and Management Guide for Anorectal Disease: A Clinical Reference is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of anorectal diseases that they can manage and, therefore, improve the care of their patients in one comprehensive volume.
Diagnostic Essentials of Psychopathology: A Case-Based Approach
by Cheree F. HammondDiagnostic Essentials of Psychopathology: A Case-Based Approach by Cheree Hammond brings together dozens of fictional cases which represent a range of human experiences, featuring people of different ages, ethnicities, genders, ability levels, and religions. Each disorder has several cases associated with it to capture the truly unique nature of working with various client intersections, and half of the cases provide the correct "answers" or diagnosis to allow students to check their understanding of this process. Some cases focus on a diagnosis, others with analysis, and others let the student practice on their own as a way to further student reflection and learning. This casebook is specifically written for disciplines that are grounded in a humanistic approach (Counseling, Social Work, Counseling Psychology). The author provides a framework for using the medical model that is presented in the DSM-5.
Diagnostic Essentials of Psychopathology: A Case-Based Approach
by Cheree F. HammondDiagnostic Essentials of Psychopathology: A Case-Based Approach by Cheree Hammond brings together dozens of fictional cases which represent a range of human experiences, featuring people of different ages, ethnicities, genders, ability levels, and religions. Each disorder has several cases associated with it to capture the truly unique nature of working with various client intersections, and half of the cases provide the correct "answers" or diagnosis to allow students to check their understanding of this process. Some cases focus on a diagnosis, others with analysis, and others let the student practice on their own as a way to further student reflection and learning. This casebook is specifically written for disciplines that are grounded in a humanistic approach (Counseling, Social Work, Counseling Psychology). The author provides a framework for using the medical model that is presented in the DSM-5.
Diagnostic Report Writing In Speech-Language Pathology: A Guide to Effective Communication
by Steven BlausteinDesigned to improve the report writing skills of speech-language pathology students, communication sciences and disorders students, Clinical Fellows, and professionals alike, Diagnostic Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology: A Guide to Effective Communication is a one-of-a-kind text entirely dedicated to the production of an effective diagnostic speech and language evaluation.In today’s academic and health care climate, accurate and clear documentation has never been more important. Diagnostic Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology seeks to demystify and simplify the challenges many students and clinicians face while learning to write speech and language evaluations by combining the science and art of assessment with an effective presentation.Dr. Steven H. Blaustein uses his more than 50 years of experience as a clinician, consultant, and professor to logically guide the reader through the necessary steps involved in the documentation of a speech and language evaluation. From discussing the initial reason for the referral and case history to the final summary, impressions, and recommendations, each step of the writing process is clearly explained.Topics included in Diagnostic Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology: Speech sound production Oral peripheral examinations Issues of law, fairness, and ethics Critical information for the approval of services and third-party reimbursement Common report writing errors to avoid Images and tables to illustrate the process of documenting a speech and language evaluation There is no one-size-fits-all template for documenting an evaluation. Diagnostic Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology: A Guide to Effective Communication provides the reader with the skills and knowledge necessary to compile an effective professional report that meets the needs of patients, clients, students, and outside stakeholders.
Dialogische Bürgerinnen- und Bürgerbeteiligung in Baden-Württemberg (Politik gestalten - Kommunikation, Deliberation und Partizipation bei politisch relevanten Projekten)
by Angelika Vetter Uwe RemerMit dem Antritt der grün-roten, gefolgt von den beiden grün-schwarzen Landesregierungen haben dialogische Bürgerbeteiligungsformate in Baden-Württemberg an Bedeutung gewonnen. Sie werden mittlerweile auf allen politischen Ebenen genutzt. In diesem Band untersuchen die Autor*innen verschiedene Aspekte dialogischer Bürgerbeteiligung an Beispielen aus dem Bundesland, um die Wirkungspotenziale, aber auch die mit diesen Beteiligungsformaten verbunden Herausforderungen besser verstehen zu können. Darüber hinaus geht es um die Frage, wie sich ihr Einsatz im Zusammenspiel mit Formen repräsentativen oder direkt-demokratischen Entscheidens darstellt bzw. entwickelt werden kann.
Diana vs. Athena: Battle of the Goddesses (Mythology Matchups)
by Lydia LukidisIt’s a battle of the leader of gods versus the god of the sun. The Greek god Zeus controls the skies and can shape shift as he wishes. With his connection to the sun, the Egyptian god Ra provides life, warmth, and growth. If these to gods were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Zeus’s and Ra’s strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology Matchup.
Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
by Brad "Scarface" Jordan Benjamin Meadows-IngramOne of Rolling Stone’s Best Music Books of 2015From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include "On My Block," "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" and "Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta" (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he's collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as "Guess Who's Back" feat. Jay-Z and "Smile" feat. Tupac. But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS. In Diary of a Madman, Scarface shares how his world changed when he heard Run DMC for the first time; how he dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started selling crack; and how he began rapping as the new form of music made its way out of New York and across the country. It is the account of his rise to the heights of the rap world, as well as his battles with his own demons and depression. Passionately exploring and explaining the roots and influences of rap culture, Diary of a Madman is the story of hip-hop-the music, the business, the streets, and life on the south side Houston, Texas.
A Diary of St. Helena (1816, 1817) (1816, 1817) (1816, 1817) (1816, 1817): the Journal of Lady Malcolm:: Containing the Conversations of Napoleon with Sir Pulteney Malcolm
by Clementina E. MalcolmStep into a pivotal moment in history with Clementina E. Malcolm's A Diary of St. Helena (1816, 1817): The Journal of Lady Malcolm. This captivating journal offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the conversations and reflections of Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the remote island of St. Helena.Compiled from the meticulous notes of Lady Clementina Malcolm, the wife of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, who commanded the British naval squadron stationed at St. Helena, this diary provides an unparalleled perspective on the daily life and thoughts of the exiled emperor. Lady Malcolm's observations and detailed records of the interactions between Napoleon and her husband, Sir Pulteney Malcolm, reveal the complex character and enduring intellect of one of history's most enigmatic figures.The Diary of St. Helena covers the period from 1816 to 1817, a time when Napoleon was adjusting to his confinement and engaging in profound conversations about his past campaigns, political philosophies, and personal reflections. Through Lady Malcolm's insightful and sensitive portrayal, readers gain access to Napoleon's candid remarks and contemplations, offering a unique window into his mind during his final years.Clementina E. Malcolm's narrative captures the atmosphere of St. Helena, painting a vivid picture of the island's landscape, the daily routines of its inhabitants, and the interactions between the British officials and the French entourage. Her balanced and respectful approach to documenting these encounters ensures that both Napoleon's humanity and his strategic genius are brought to light.Join Clementina E. Malcolm in exploring the intimate and revealing moments of Napoleon's exile, and discover the profound insights contained within A Diary of St. Helena (1816, 1817): The Journal of Lady Malcolm. This diary is a timeless treasure that offers a deeply human perspective on one of history's most storied figures.