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In the fall of 1915, Lublin became the capital of the General Military Governorate, which resulted in an influx of military and civilians from C.K. Monarchy and Galicia. Free time from work was filled with visits to theaters, cinemas, as well as restaurants and confectioneries, which resulted in the flourishing of the cultural sphere, and also the catering, hotel and service industries. Local entrepreneurs, wanting to gain the favor of the occupation authorities, tried to meet their needs and expectations, which was not easy in the face of requisitioning goods, high prices and speculation, and difficult communication. Nevertheless, during the entire period of the occupation, new forms and places of entertainment appeared, the purpose of which was to entertain and temporarily forget from everyday worries. They were used by both officers and civilians, but at that time also two posts were created for military personnel.

Prostate diseases not only cause bothersome symptoms but also weaken patients’ quality of life significantly. With various breakthrough medications and techniques appearing, the management strategies for prostate disorders have swiftly advanced in the past years. The book aims to provide readers with important, up-to-date information in this field. The book caters to diverse readers. It offers clinicians precise treatment strategies, equips patients with essential background knowledge for communicating with doctors, and provides researchers with valuable research insights.

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Shows how English responses to the Black Death were hidden in plain sight—as seen in the Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poems.

Henry James, Fiction, Literary Criticism

Since August 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair looms large when recounting the history and impact of the baby boom generation and the societal upheavals of the Sixties. Scholars study the sociological, political, musical, and artistic impact of the event and use it as a cultural touchstone when exploring alternative perspectives or seeking clarity. This interdisciplinary annotated bibliography records the details of over 400 English-language resources on the Festival, including books, chapters, articles, websites, transcriptions and videos. Divided into six main subsections-Culture & Society, History, Biography, Music, Film, Arts & Literature-for ease of consultation Woodstock Scholarship sheds light on all facets of a key happening in our collective history. Throughout the 1960s, popular music became increasingly reflective and suggestive of the rising political and social consciousness of the youth culture. Examples can be seen in the development of the protest song genre within the folk music boom of the early Sixties and the marriage of lifestyle to music with fashion, followed by psychedelic music with the emerging drug culture. Woodstock was also where numerous facets of America during the turbulent Sixties coalesced, such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights and hippie movements. Thus Woodstock scholarship does not stand alone as field of study, but it is at the cross-road of a number of disciplines-music history, cultural studies, sociology, arts and literature, media studies, politics and economics. Providing full bibliographical details and concise, informative annotation for each entry, this book is an essential tool for students, scholars, teachers, and librarians in all these areas, as well as for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of both the Woodstock Music and Art Fair phenomenon and of the confluence of music, commerce and politics.

Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt (1685–1735), a physician from Danzig, was sent to Siberia in 1718 by Tsar Peter I, primarily to research the medicinal plants of this vast territory. On his own initiative, Messerschmidt went far beyond this framework and in the course of his expedition of several years (1720–1727), largely on his own, realized a research program that included the disciplines of botany, ornithology, zoology, meteorology, archaeology, linguistics, ethnology. His extremely extensive scientific legacy, including the summary work “Sibiria perlustrata”, has remained unpublished to this day, with a few exceptions. In this monograph, Messerschmidt’s life and work are presented comprehensively for the first time ever. The most important basis of the presentation is the handwritten estate of the explorer, preserved in the St. Petersburg Academy Archives, the components of which are presented in detail. Although this legacy has remained largely unpublished, the research results achieved by Messerschmidt, particularly in the fields of botany and zoology, already had a considerable impact in the 18th century, which is described in more detail in the book.

Tanzen erweckt Dinge zum Leben - Tanzen ist verkörpertes Leben in Beziehung zu vielen anderen Lebensformen, Materialien und Substanzen, die sich in einem animierten Kosmos bewegen und transformieren. Dieses Buch untersucht die transformativen Choreographien von Wesen, Elementen und Körpern, die in Atmosphären des Werdens schweben. Es vereint die Perspektiven von Künstler_innen und Forscher_innen auf die Welt der Materialien - organisch und künstlich, menschlich und nicht-menschlich. Ihre Essays und Kunstwerke richten den Fokus auf die Eigenschaften von Materialien, auf die Wahrnehmung dessen, was sich bewegt und bewegt werden kann, auf den Fluss der Beziehungen von Körpern und Dingen, auf Verstrickungen mit unserer Umwelt.

Lifelong learning and education is a key concept for the development of adult education as an area of practice and theoretical consideration. In recent decades, meanwhile, the idea of lifelong education and learning has been central to the guidance of various international organisations of many countries.

Contrary to a common conviction, original sin is one of the fundamental Patristic issues, because it is the starting point of Patristic anthropology and sets the stage for the need for salvation.The Church Fathers before Augustine did not used the term original sin, but described its reality, having the greatest possible feeling for the mystical unity of mankind with its first ancestor. As regards the issue of the unity of human nature in Adam, the East and the West speak with one voice, which is first to be found in Irenaeus’ works.

This open access book is an efficient and economic approach for mitigating the seismic damage of low-rise buildings. This book presents various aspects of SB structures, including their fundamentals, dynamic analysis procedures, seismic response characteristics, design methods, and practical applications. It contains a comprehensive study on the influence of various structural and ground motion characteristics on the responses of SB structures, which is particularly helpful for the readers to fully understand the behavior of SB structures. Researchers and engineers in the field of structural engineering and earthquake engineering will benefit from this book.

Depuis plusieurs générations, des femmes ont fait preuve d'ingéniosité et de persévérance pour évoluer dans le monde des affaires. Elles ont démontré leur force et leur solidarité. Grâce à elles, les entrepreneures d'aujourd'hui peuvent laisser libre cours à leur créativité et développer leurs talents. Au Québec, l'entrepreneuriat féminin ne cesse de croître, à tel point que le marché du travail doit désormais compter sur la présence des femmes dans tous les secteurs d'activité. Cet ouvrage vient témoigner non seulement de l'ampleur du phénomène, mais aussi du chemin parcouru par les femmes. Tout en traitant des thèmes courants de l'entrepreneuriat – le démarrage d'entreprise, le financement, etc. –, on aborde pour la première fois ce qui singularise les femmes dans l'exercice de leur fonction : la conciliation famille-travail, les styles de gestion, l'importance de la qualité de vie, etc. Les dix cas présentés ici mettent en évidence les stratégies d'affaire des femmes entrepreneures selon leur âge, leur lieu d'origine, leurs ambitions et la forme d'entrepreneuriat qu'elles préconisent. Qu'elles choisissent d'innover dans un secteur traditionnel, d'assumer la relève de l'entreprise familiale ou de partir à la conquête du monde, toutes ces femmes empruntent des trajectoires professionnelles inspirantes pour celles qui souhaitent se lancer en affaires. Les étudiants en entrepreneuriat y trouveront certainement des bases solides pour enrichir les connaissances sur le phénomène de l'entrepreneuriat en général.

This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after most U.S. forces depart Afghanistan in 2016. Iran has substantial economic, political, cultural, and religious leverage in Afghanistan. Although Iran will attempt to shape a post-2014 Afghanistan, Iran and the United States share core interests: to prevent the country from again becoming dominated by the Taliban and a safe haven for al Qaeda.

Before the publication of this book, Alaine Polcz was widely recognized as a psychologist ministering to the needs of disturbed and incurably ill children and their families, as the author of numerous articles and several books on thanatology, and as the founder of the hospice movement in Hungary. The autobiographic account of the experiences of a woman, then 19-20, in the closing months of the Second World War. When it was first published, in 1991, the book was a revelation of past horrors ...

La pluralité et la diversité culturelle des sociétés contemporaines sont abordées classiquement à partir de la thématique de la migration et de la régulation étatique. En contrepoids à cette approche, le présent ouvrage décrit les enjeux de reconnaissance autour de la diversité religieuse en termes relationnels, d’espace public urbain, de débat public, de visibilité publique et de reconnaissance sociale et juridique.Après une première partie consacrée à l’éclaircissement de notions telles que pluralisme, reconnaissance, diversité, « superdiversité », sécularisation, « raison sensible », cet ouvrage discute les transformations légales et normatives des sociétés actuelles face à la diversité religieuse. S’ajoutent à cela plusieurs études de cas examinant les aptitudes pratiques de reconnaissance mutuelle et institutionnelle de différents acteurs locaux.Cet ouvrage incite à penser la situation contemporaine des sociétés plurielles à la croisée de l’empirique et du normatif. Il revient aux fondements de l’approche de la régulation, posés par la philosophie de la tolérance, pour investiguer la réflexion en termes de reconnaissance.