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Masters of Warfare
In Masters of Warfare, Eric G. L. Pinzelli presents a selection of fifty commanders whose military achievements, skill or historical impact he believes to be underrated by modern opinion. He specifically does not include the household names (the "Gods of War" as he calls them) such as Alexander, Julius Caesar, Wellington, Napoléon, Rommel or Patton that have been covered in countless biographies. Those chosen come from every period of recorded military history from the sixth century BC to the Vietnam War. The selection rectifies the European/US bias of many such surveys with Asian entries such as Bai Qi (Chinese), Attila (Hunnic), Subotai (Mongol), Ieyasu Tokugawa (Japanese) and Võ Nguyên Giáp (Vietnamese). Naval commanders are also represented by the likes of Khayr al-Din Barbarossa, Francis Drake and Michiel de Ruyter. These 50 "Masters of War" are presented in a chronological order easy to follow, with a concise overview of their life and career. Altogether they present a fascinating survey of the developments and continuities in the art of command, but most importantly their contribution to the evolution of weaponry, tactic and strategy through the ages.
Hunger
Die vorliegende Ausgabe von Nebulosa setzt sich mit dem Thema Hunger auseinander. Hunger lässt sich als biologisches und als soziales Phänomen begreifen, das für den einzelnen Menschen als Aspekt seines Körpers eine lebenswichtige Rolle spielt, allerdings aufgrund der sozialen und historischen Verhältnisse, in denen er/sie lebt, ganz unterschiedliche Formen annehmen kann. Hunger ist ein Begleiter des Menschen durch die Geschichte in zahlreichen historischen und künstlerischen Darstellungen, eine Folge von Katastrophen, eine Waffe im Krieg und in der Gegenwart zu einem chronischen und konstitutiven Bestandteil der kapitalistischen Weltverhältnisse geworden. In den Beiträgen der aktuellen Ausgabe von Nebulosa wird nach dem Motiv des Hungers in der Praxis von NGOs gefragt. Es wird das Erleben von Hunger in der Anorexie betrachtet und das Verhältnis von Hunger, Not und Armut in der Habsburger Monarchie analysiert. Ferner fokussieren die Beiträge u. a. die ikonische Repräsentation des Hungers auf dem Live Aid Festival 1985, Hunger als literarische Figur bei Goethe und Diktonius sowie die filmische Inszenierung von Hunger in The Walking Dead.
Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning
A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins reflects on the ways that aesthetics aids people experiencing loss. Some practices related to bereavement, such as funerals, are scripted, but many others are recursive, improvisational, mundane—telling stories, listening to music, and reflecting on art or literature. Higgins shows how these grounding, aesthetic practices can ease the disorienting effects of loss, shedding new light on the importance of aesthetics for personal and communal flourishing.
Documenting Socialism
More than 30 years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic, its cinema continues to attract scholarly attention. Documenting Socialism moves beyond the traditionally analyzed "feature film production" and places East Germany's documentary cinema at the center of history behind the Iron Curtain. Between questions of gender, race and sexuality and the complexities of diversity under the political and cultural environments of socialism, the specialist contributions in this volume cohere into an introductory milestone on documentary film production in the GDR.
Knocking in Gasoline Engines
The book includes the papers presented at the conference discussing approaches to prevent or reliably control knocking and other irregular combustion events. The majority of today’s highly efficient gasoline engines utilize downsizing. High mean pressures produce increased knocking, which frequently results in a reduction in the compression ratio at high specific powers. Beyond this, the phenomenon of pre-ignition has been linked to the rise in specific power in gasoline engines for many years. Charge-diluted concepts with high compression cause extreme knocking, potentially leading to catastrophic failure. The introduction of RDE legislation this year will further grow the requirements for combustion process development, as residual gas scavenging and enrichment to improve the knock limit will be legally restricted despite no relaxation of the need to reach the main center of heat release as early as possible. New solutions in thermodynamics and control engineering are urgently needed to further increase the efficiency of gasoline engines.
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Nutrition and Human Needs
Examines extent of hunger and malnutrition problem in U.S.
The Rose Demon
A haunted, misunderstood outcast... or a murderer? Paul Doherty writes an epic, spine-chilling story of terror, mystery and black magic set in the Middle Ages in his spellbinding novel, The Rose Demon. Perfect for fans of Michael Jecks and Robin Hobb. Matthias Fitzosbert is the illegitimate son of the parish priest of the village of Sutton Courteny. Despite the recent spate of murders, each day he braves the dark woods to visit his friend, a mysterious hermit who shows him many strange and beautiful things. Though enthralled, the boy is always puzzled by his lessons with the hermit - never more so than the night the villagers hunt the hermit down, and burn him, believing him to be responsibl...
