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Baukultur
Vor dem Hintergrund wechselnder Wertorientierungen und Qualitätsmaßstäbe der Baukultur sind die Themen, Orte und Formen nationaler Selbstdarstellung von besonderem Interesse. Die Gestaltung der Hauptstadt, die Beteiligung an Weltausstellungen und die Projekte Internationaler Bauausstellungen bilden zentrale Themenbereiche, in denen die Autoren Suchbewegungen und Entscheidungsprozesse nachzeichnen. Über ein Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart werden Stationen und Tendenzen der Architektur und Stadtplanung untersucht, in erweiterter Perspektive: Vom Wachstum und Umbau der Städte bis hin zu den Wohnformen, Lebensentwürfen und Leitbildern für eine vermeintlich bessere Zukunft werden Diskurse und Kontroversen, Positionen und Projekte zur Gestaltung der räumlichen Umwelt anschaulich geschildert.
Realities and Fantasies of German Female Leadership
The Western tradition of excluding women from leadership and disparaging their ability to lead has persisted for centuries, not least in Germany. Even today, resistance to women holding power is embedded in literary, cultural, and historical values that presume a fundamental opposition between the adjective "female" and the substantive "leader." Women who do achieve positions of leadership are faced with a panoply of prejudicial misconceptions: either considered incapable of leadership (conceived of as alpha-male behavior), or pigeonholed as suited only to particular forms of leadership (nurturing, cooperative, egalitarian, communicative, etc.). Focusing on the German-speaking countries, thi...
Art and Commerce in the British Short Story, 1880–1950
The short story was a commercial phenomenon which took off in the late nineteenth century and lasted through to the rise of television and film. Baldwin uses a wide variety of sources to show how economic factors helped to dictate how and what a wide variety of authors wrote.
Tales from the Veld
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Catching the Impossible
Angling with a rod and line is a gift as old as history itself. Regardless of how we perceive it, angling takes us to another world. This book tells the story of just such a journey through angling beautiful places, amazing fish, the highs and lows, the triumphs and disasters, the friendships and wildlife, the best bite and the longest fight.
Themba’s Excursions
Set in contemporary South Africa, the story unfolds as we witness through the eyes of a boy the discovery of a world he did not know existed outside the boundaries of his little village and modest home. Fretted unspeakably and suddenly by his mother to flee away with an apparent trusted stranger with no given destination and forced by design to an escapist adventure full of wonders, young teenager Themba takes us on a journey permeated by mystery, secrets, beauty, possibilities, unmissable chances, danger, harsh realities and lucky moments aided by favorably unforeseen twists and turns of events, and fairytale-like reunions. The novel is compelling and engaging. The characters Themba encount...
Many Inventions
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Roman Art
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