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Environmental reform by governmental, intergovernmental agencies, private firms and industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a worldwide phenomenon. This definitive collection showcases an introduction to Ecological Modernisation Theory; state-of-the-art review essays by key international scholars and a selection of the key articles...

Das eindrucksvolle Bild einer Lebenserfahrung unter absoluter Herrschaft: Herta Müller, die bedeutende und sprachmächtige Autorin, wuchs auf im Rumänien unter der Diktatur Ceausescus. Hier erfuhr sie Sprache als Instrument der Unterdrückung, aber auch als Möglichkeit des Widerstands und der Selbstbehauptung gegenüber der totalitären Macht. Und...

It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie and their zealous leader Millicent at the ancient city of Kashgar to establish a mission. As they encounter resistance and calamity, Eva commences work on her Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar...In present-day London, Frieda opens her door to find a man sleeping on...

Home from Iraq, a lieutenant kills his commanding officer -- was it self-defence or pre-meditated murder? The McCarrans and the Gallaghers, two families with deep ties to the military, have been close for decades. Now, Lt. Brian McCarran returns from a harrowing tour in Iraq. Traumatized by war-time experiences he will not reveal, Brian depends on...

Guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat, Nesbř's latest thriller sees Detective Harry Hole tracking a professional hit man bent on destruction One freezing night in Oslo Christmas shoppers gather to listen to a Salvation Army street concert. An explosion cuts through the music, and a man in uniform falls to the ground, shot in the head at...

Waterfronts continue to be spaces over which global, regional and local forces engage in intense struggles that influence socio-cultural changes and spatial restructuring processes. The contributors to this volume develop new insights for understanding both historical and current cases of change on urban waterfronts, those special areas of cities...