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Von B wie Blutstreiflinge, Breschdlingsgsälz und Buebespitzle bis Z wie Zwiebelrostbraten – 24 Krimiautoren servieren deftige schwäbische Spezialitäten in skurril-heiteren, schwarzhumorigen und mörderisch spannenden Geschichten. Von der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart bis zur Schwäbischen Alb und den Nordschwarzwald dampfen Töpfe mit Flädlesupp‘ und Maultaschen, und aus schwäbischen Backöfen zieht ein tödlicher Duft nach Käsespätzle und Nonnenfürzle durchs Land. Mit dabei sind: Dorothea Böhme, Gitta Edelmann, Toni Feller, Bettina Hellwig, Barbara Saladin, Regina Schleheck, Ursula Schmid-Spreer, Christian Sußner, Bernd Storz, Michael und Ulrike Wanner, Peter Wark, Gudrun Weitbrecht, Ingrid Werner. An Guada!
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Zeit für Wunder ... Rosanna hat keinen guten Tag. Genauer gesagt: kein gutes Jahr. Doch als sie einen Unfall unversehrt übersteht, erwacht neuer Lebenswille in ihr. Denn sie ist fest davon überzeugt, dass sie gerettet wurde, weil sie jemanden glücklich machen soll, und zwar den Mann, der sie wiederbelebt hat. Nur dumm, dass Lukas davon gar nichts hält, denn er als Journalist glaubt nicht ans Schicksal, sondern an harte Fakten. Da hat Rosanna einiges an Überzeugungsarbeit zu leisten. Doch gerade als Lukas anfängt, mehr in ihr zu sehen als eine eigenwillige Träumerin, passiert etwas, das alles auf den Kopf stellt ...
The first of the Yugoslav successor states to successfully build a democratic system and to enter the European Union, Slovenia stands as a model for democratic transition. This ground-breaking volume analyzes the challenges confronting the post-Communist government and evaluates the strategies adopted in refashioning its value system. Sabrina P. Ramet and Danica Fink-Hafner have assembled a team of outstanding specialists to analyze various aspects of the country's transformation from socialism to democracy. The editors note that while a great deal has been written on political and economic questions, relatively little attention has been paid to the transformation and transmission of values ...
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Semantic Systems, SEMANTiCS 2020, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in September 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change and Biodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses. Edited by distinguished conservationist Thomas E. Lovejoy and climate change biologist Lee Hannah, this comprehensive volume includes the latest research and explores emerging topics. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this volume captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere. An authoritative, up-to-date reference, this is the new benchmark synthesis for climate change scientists, conservationists, managers, policymakers, and educators.
The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is substantially different. Unlike the rather narrow focus of earlier studies of civic priests, the papers presented here examine a wider range of religious professionals, their dynamic interaction with established religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the late Hellenistic period through to Late Antiquity, from...