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May 1997

Supervision des Staates

by Helmut Willke

"Nach den Büchern Entzauberung des Staates und Ironie des Staates führt die Supervision des Staates mit Blick auf das bevorstehende nächste Jahrhundert, mit Blick auf die Konstituierung einer Wissensgesellschaft und mit Blick auf eine Exterritorialisierung der Gesellschaft durch Globalisierung, Digitalisierung und Vernetzung das Geschäft der Entzauberung des Staates weiter. Allerdings hat sich die Stoßrichtung des Arguments verändert. Die These einer Entzauberung des Staates braucht nicht mehr verteidigt zu werden; sie ist in Theorie und Praxis weitgehend Allgemeingut geworden. Jetzt geht es darum, Möglichkeiten und Restriktionen gemischt öffentlich-privater Steuerungsregimes vorzudenken, die überhaupt noch fähig sind, gegenüber der vorherrschenden Dynamik von Entstaatlichung und Deregulierung und gegenüber der wachsenden Fähigkeit lateraler Weltsysteme zur Selbststeuerung Momente eines territorial definierten Gemeinwohls ins Spiel zu bringen. Ziel der Analyse ist die Begründung eines Steuerungsregimes komplexer wissensbasierter Gesellschaften."

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April 1997

Supervision als Medium kommunikativer Sozialforschung

Die Integration von Selbsterfahrung und distanzierter Betrachtung in Beratung und Wissenschaft

by Michael Giesecke, Kornelia Rappe-Giesecke

Die Supervision untersucht die Psychodynamik der Interaktionsbeziehungen entweder zwischen Professionals und deren Klienten oder in der betrieblichen Hierarchie und deckt das Gegen- und Miteinander von psychischen und institutionellen Strukturen auf. Die Methoden einer kommunikativen Sozialforschung stellt das Buch im Zuge der Mikroanalyse von mehrjährigen Supervisionsprozessen dar. Zugleich wird die Entwicklung von der Heil- über die Teamsupervision hin zu komplexen Formen der Organisationsentwicklung in den letzten fünfzehn Jahren nachgezeichnet, und es werden die Konsequenzen für ein zeitgemäßes Supervisionskonzept gezogen.

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Food & Drink

Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food

by Lam Chua

Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food involves Mr. Chua's travel notes and random thoughts on his trip for savoring food. He experiences around the world from Moscow to Buenos Aires, feasting your eyes on European and American styles and customs; he travels around China from Dalian of Liaoning to Sheung Wan of Hong Kong, savoring local culture and cuisines; he talks about food from cup noodles and sauce to fish roes and curry, airing opinions and making comments in passionate language. Besides, the book is illustrated by the Hong Kong talented artist as well as Mr. Chua's dedicated illustrator Ms. Meilo So. Her loose, flowing, and easily recognizable style add more appeal and interest to the book.

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Conservation of the environment

October 2006

Conservation of Cultural Landscape

by Edited by Mauro Agnoletti

Landscape today is no longer just a cultural aspect, intended as an elitist phenomenon, but emerges as an essential element in the definition and the application of a modern approach in sustainable development. Historical locally adapted distinctive and ingenious combinations of management practices have contributed and continue to contribute tremendously to the biodiversity of the world, resulting not only in outstanding aesthetic beauty, but, in the sustained provision of multiple goods and services, food and livelihood security and quality of life. The development of policies to preserve and manage landscape resources, has to face both the degradation of cultural landscape due to socio-economic development and the need to develop appropriate methods and approaches. This book presents different methodologies developed to analyse, manage and plan landscape resources. It reports recent research findings and case studies from Europe and North America, suggesting also the revision of some orientations and views of the current policies concerning forestry, rural development and nature conservation, often contributing to degrade cultural landscapes.

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Limnology (freshwater)

February 2005

Irrigation and River Basin Management

Options for Governance and Institutions

by Edited by Mark Svendsen

With increasing water scarcity, pressure to re-allocate water from agriculture to other uses mounts, along with a need to put in place institutional arrangements to promote 'higher value' uses of water. Many developing countries are now experimenting with establishing new institutional arrangements for managing water at the river basin level.This book, based on research by IWMI and others, reviews basin management in six developed and developing countries. It describes and applies a functional theory of river basin management, based on the idea that there is a minimum set of functions required to manage basins effectively and a set of basic conditions that enable effective management institutions to emerge. The book examines the experiences of both developed and developing countries in order to see what lessons can be learned and to identify what constitutes the core of a 'theory of river basin management'. It concludes that although it is difficult for developing countries to adopt approaches and institutional designs directly from developed countries, basic principles and lessons are transferable.

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Soil science, sedimentology

October 2007

Irrigation Water Pricing

The Gap Between Theory and Practice

by Edited by François Molle, Jeremy Berkoff

Much hope has been vested in pricing as a means of helping to regulate and rationalize water management, notably in the irrigation sector. The pricing of water has often been applied universally, using general and ideological policies, and not considering regional environmental and economic differences. Almost fifteen years after the emphasis laid at the Dublin and Rio conferences on treating water as an economic good, a comprehensive review of how such policies have helped manage water resources an irrigation use is necessary.The case-studies presented here offer a re-assessment of current policies by evaluating their objectives and constraints and often demonstrating their failure by not considering the regional context. They will therefore contribute to avoiding costly and misplaced reforms and help design water policies that are based on a deeper understanding of the factors which eventually dictate their effectiveness.

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December 2018

The Complete Collection of Modern Chinese Prints by Lu Xun

by Editorial Board of the Complete Works of Modern Chinese Prints Collected by Lu Xun

This series contains about 1,800 modern prints collected by Lu Xun at that time, which authored by nearly 200 domestic printmakers and currently in the Lu Xun Memorial Hall in Shanghai and the Lu Xun Museum in Beijing. It is showcasing the glorious history of modern Chinese woodcut art: In the 1920s and 1930s, in order to guide the artistic direction of Chinese literary youth, smashed the KMT’s counter-revolutionary cultural " encirclement and suppression", Mr. Lu Xun held a "woodcut workshop" in Shanghai, and cultivated a group of emerging woodcut backbone. These backbones led young artists in various regions of the country to create a large number of realistic works reflecting the suffering and tragic fate of the people at the bottom of the society at that time. They cruelly lashed the dark reality of society and called for national salvation and survival. These young woodcutters sent their woodcut works to Lu Xun, who not only guided their creation personally, but also spared no effort to collect, publicize and promote them to the public. With the active advocacy and support of Mr. Lu Xun, the emerging woodcut movement in China has developed vigorously, driving the modernization of Chinese art and leaving an indelible glorious footprint in the history of Chinese modern culture and art. This complete collection is a companion to the The Complete Collection of Foreign Prints by Lu Xun published in 2014.

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Agriculture & related industries

November 2007

Community-Based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

by B van Koppen, Mark Giordano. Edited by J Butterworth.

The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented and provide incentives for collective action but they can also be hierarchal, enforcing power and gender inequalities. This book shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in user participation and the formalized legal systems of the public sector, water management regimes will be more able to reach their goals.

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Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food 2

by Lam Chua

Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food 2 is a sequel to Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food, involving Mr. Chua's travel notes and random thoughts on his trip for savoring food, especially his new articles as well as his Weibo post about delicacies, anecdotes and scenery during 2018 to 2020. What Mr. Chua delivers to us in this book goes beyond just travelling and food, but more of his refreshing insight into life's ups and downs.

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Insecticide & herbicide technology

January 2007

Ecologically-Based Integrated Pest Management

by Edited by Opender Koul, Gerrit W Cuperus

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means in order to minimize economic and environmental injury caused by such pests. Any comprehensive IPM programme requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book presents a series of review chapters on ecologically-based IPM. Topics covered range from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.

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July 2016

The Last Love

by Can Xue

This novel by Can Xue presents a whole range of characters with strong personality, such as Joe, Maria, Vincent, Lisa, Reagan and Ida. They are full of vitality and are accordingly unsatisfied with their present status. They actively explore unknown field of life and firmly embark on the journey of spiritual exploration. The novel focuses the complicated and intertwining relationship between husbands, wives and lovers to uncover the hidden inner desire of each character. Boiling wild nature and advanced civilization collide with each other before they finally become one unity. For the readers, entering the world of these characters is like entering their own inner world.

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2022

Talking to Customersin Pharmacies

A conversation guidefor newcomers and old hands

by Dr Kirsten Lennecke, Illustrated by Barbara Kohm

The basis for successful advice is having a sound knowledge of the effect and application of medicines, but also an instinct for the individual needs and characteristics of the person asking for your help. This skill can be trained! Entertaining explanations and numerous case examples taken from everyday pharmacy practice help with this. They show how pharmacy staff can react empathetically, avoid misunderstandings, and manage delicate situations with confidence. The 5th edition has become more colourful! This applies not only to the illustrations, but also to the team and customers of our model pharmacy. A personality model with distinctive colours representing the different characters promises exciting insights. Good communication creates satisfied customers who want to come back again and again!

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Non-graphic art forms

May 2012

The 'do-it-yourself' artwork

Participation from Fluxus to New Media

by Edited by Anna Dezeuze

Viewers of contemporary art are often invited to involve themselves actively in artworks, by entering installations, touching objects, performing instructions or clicking on interactive websites. Why have artists sought to engage spectators in these new forms of participation? In what ways does active participation affect the viewer's experience and the status of the artwork? Spanning a range of practices including kinetic art, happenings, environments, performance, installations, relational and new media art from the 1950s to the present, this critical anthology sheds light on the history and specificity of artworks that only come to life when you - the viewer - are invited to 'do it yourself.' Rather than a specialist topic in the history of twentieth- and twenty-first century art, the 'do-it-yourself' artwork raises broader issues concerning the role of the viewer in art, the status of the artwork and the socio-political relations between art and its contexts.

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Organic farming

July 1997

Biodiversity Information

Needs and Operations

by David L Hawksworth. Edited by Paul M Kirk, Stella Dextre Clarke

Biodiversity has been identified as a key issue in the general debate about the sustainable use of the world’s natural resources. Major international efforts are now underway to assess and maintain biodiversity. However, there is an urgent need to collect, manage and disseminate information related to biodiversity in an efficient and effective way. The purpose of this book is to review the needs and opportunities for information and efficient information flows in support of world priorities in biodiversity. It is based on papers presented at a workshop held in London in July 1996, organized by CAB International with the support of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), IUCN — The World Conservation Union and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Contributors include leading players from organizations concerned with conserving and managing biodiversity, based in Europe and the USA as well as developing countries.

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June 2018

Die allerbeste Prinzessin

by Poznanski, Ursula / Illustrated by Büchner, SaBine

An innovative & different princess story! • The three princesses love to quarrel • Original and incredibly witty • Written by Ursula Poznanski and stunning illustrations by Sabine Büchner • Translation Grant! Bianca, Violetta and Rosalind are three adorable princesses. But they share a tiny quirk: they love to argue! One day a visitor asks for entrance into the castle. Prince Waldomir doesn’t enjoy hunting dragons anymore and rather prefers to get married know. Of course each princess is convinced to be the best choice and the prince’s one and only. So a rat race is launched before they have even met the puny prince for the first time…

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International law

June 2017

The Acquisition of Territory in International Law with a New Introduction by Marcelo G. Kohen

by R.Y. Jennings (deceased). Series edited by Jean D'Aspremont, Iain Scobbie

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March 2020

Monitor Lu Zhisheng

by Qin Wenjun

This book focuses on the joy and trouble, frustration and success of Lu Zhisheng, a clever boy who is in the same class as Jia Li, on their second year of Junior High. Lu Zhisheng, the class monitor, became the head of the class, secretly collected the students' opinions on their parents, and bombarded the parents with "bombs" at the parents’ meeting. The novel emphasizes the psychological course of a teenager, inheriting the humorous style of “Boy Jia Li”. But try to expand the diverse social aspects, enhance creativity, strengthen the power of morality, the power of faith, and reflect the state of life as a single child who faces the unique rapidly changing modern society.

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Limnology (freshwater)

November 2001

Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture

Closing the Rural-Urban Nutrient Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Edited by Pay Drechsel, Dagmar Kunze

Rapid urbanization has created a major challenge with regard to waste management and environmental protection. However, the problem can be ameliorated by turning organic waste into compost for use as an agricultural fertilizer in peri-urban areas. This is especially significant in less developed countries, where food security is also a key issue. This book addresses these subjects and is based on papers presented at a workshop held in Ghana by the International Board for Soil Research and Management (IBSRAM, now part of the International Water Management Institute) and FAO. Special reference is given to Sub-Saharan Africa, with acknowledgement to experiences from other parts of the world. Contributing authors are from several European, as well as African, countries.

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Photography & photographs

2019

I feel guilty when I throw away food. Grandma used to tell me about Holodomor (Famine of 1933)

by Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, introduction by Serhiy Zhadan

Post-photographic research, which explores traces of a traumatic historical event in everyday practices and in contemporary landscape and tests the limits of photography as a medium in trauma representation. The starting point of this project was the personal sense of guilt which accompanies the acts of throwing food away. This feeling is common in contemporary Ukrainian culture and originates in our postmemory - it was imprinted into our generation’s behavioral patterns by the stories of our grandparents - survivors of the man-made famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine called the Holodomor, which killed millions. The ink prints document the thrown-away food while fragments of found black-and-white photographs of unrecognisable landscapes demonstrate the lack of the famine’s traces in the landscape – unlike many collective traumas which have exact geographic locations and present in the landscape in the form of ‘places of memory’.

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2023

Inhalativa

Standardised extended instruction in the correct use of medicines and practicing the inhalation technique

by Edited by Dr. Robert Jaeschke and Dr. Thomas Spindler. By Dr. Eric Martin, Dr. Wolfgang Kircher and Dr. Constanze Schäfer

Only the correct use of inhalation devices guarantees an optimal effect. The editors and authors are experienced experts in supervising inhaled therapies for children and adults. They have different focuses and illuminate the topic from different perspectives: ■ administrative regulations and legal framework for providing the pharmaceutical service with advice on documentation and invoicing ■ current standards in the therapy of asthma and COPD as well as disease-specific features ■ physical-technical basics of inhalation ■ special features of inhalation devices in terms of technology and application ■ guidance on the practical implementation of the services offered in a pharmacy with SOP ■ assistance on the setting and communication for high-quality counselling and instruction Helpful working materials, such as device-specific leaflets to give to patients, and separate monitoring sheets or checklists for each device round off the package. These are available for download at www.Online-PlusBase.de.

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by Helmut Willke

Die Integration von Selbsterfahrung und distanzierter Betrachtung in Beratung und Wissenschaft

by Michael Giesecke, Kornelia Rappe-Giesecke

by Lam Chua

by Edited by Mauro Agnoletti

Options for Governance and Institutions

by Edited by Mark Svendsen

The Gap Between Theory and Practice

by Edited by François Molle, Jeremy Berkoff

by Editorial Board of the Complete Works of Modern Chinese Prints Collected by Lu Xun

by B van Koppen, Mark Giordano. Edited by J Butterworth.

by Lam Chua

by Edited by Opender Koul, Gerrit W Cuperus

by Can Xue

A conversation guidefor newcomers and old hands

by Dr Kirsten Lennecke, Illustrated by Barbara Kohm

Participation from Fluxus to New Media

by Edited by Anna Dezeuze

Needs and Operations

by David L Hawksworth. Edited by Paul M Kirk, Stella Dextre Clarke

by Poznanski, Ursula / Illustrated by Büchner, SaBine

by R.Y. Jennings (deceased). Series edited by Jean D'Aspremont, Iain Scobbie

by Qin Wenjun

Closing the Rural-Urban Nutrient Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Edited by Pay Drechsel, Dagmar Kunze

by Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, introduction by Serhiy Zhadan

Standardised extended instruction in the correct use of medicines and practicing the inhalation technique

by Edited by Dr. Robert Jaeschke and Dr. Thomas Spindler. By Dr. Eric Martin, Dr. Wolfgang Kircher and Dr. Constanze Schäfer

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