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This newest addition to the Pamphlet Architecture series, long admired for its willingness to propose architectural solutions to challenging problems addresses the issue of rising sea levels with an interrogation of the concept of floating cities, a field of inquiry gaining increasing relevance and urgency with the impending reality of climate change. The authors explore notions of buoyancy and the amphibious through a typology based on human response and adaptation, to one of the hosting pressing issues of our day.

"Literature to Go is the long-trusted anthology, The Bedford Introduction to Literature, sized and priced to go...[it] is a brief and inexpensive collection of stories, poems, and plays supported by class-tested, reliable pedagogy and unique features, that bring literature to life for students"--Pref.

This book is designed as an introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and gives an overview of the various theories and methods associated with this sociolinguistic approach. It also introduces the reader to the leading figures in CDA and the methods to which they are most closely related. The text aims to provide a comprehensive description of the individual methods, an understanding of the theories to which methods refer and a comparative treatment of each of these methods so that students may be able to determine which is the most appropriate to select for their particular research question. Given the balance between theory and application, plus the intended audience - no previous knowledge of CDA is assumed - Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis should be useful reading for both students and researchers in the fields of linguistics, sociology, social psychology and the social sciences in general.

Michale Meyer is widely regarded as the leading authority on Ibsen and as one of the leading authorities on Strindberg. The three short plays in this volume provide intriguing insights into the personalities and often contratsing views of these two formidable figures. Includes: Lunatic and Lover, A Meeting in Rome and The Summer in Gossensass.

The author recounts his life as a student, medical corpsman, physican, and scientist, and discusses the philosophical and research concerns of his life.

''Makes the case for Annie Besant as a truly eminent Victorian, as brilliant and fearless as she was beautiful'' The Times _________ London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence. Annie Besant and her confidant Charles Bradlaugh are on trial for the crime of publishing a birth control pamphlet. Remarkably, Annie is defending herself against obscenity charges 45 years before women can practice law in England. At a time when women were expected to be obedient, Annie''s fearless voice was a sensation and spotlighted issues of sex, censorship and morality. A Dirty, Filthy Book tells the gripping story of a little-known pioneer who refused to accept the role that the establishment assigned her, and chose instead to resist.

Vordiplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich BWL - Rechnungswesen, Bilanzierung, Steuern, Note: sehr gut, Universität Zürich (Institut für Rechnungswesen und Controlling), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In den vergangenen Jahren wurden Mitarbeiter und vor allem das obere Management immer häufiger mittels Optionen und anderen Eigenkapitalinstrumenten vergütet. Ein Grund für die Beliebtheit dieser Form der Vergütung ist eine an die Interessen der Aktionäre ausgerichtete Unternehmensführung. Denn durch die anteilsbasierte Entlohnung soll das Management in eine eignerähnliche Position versetzt werden und somit dem Unternehmen im Sinne der Shareholder-Value Ausrichtung Mehrwert verschaffen. Die Höhe der Vergütungen durch Aktienoptionsprogramme nahmen in den vergangenen Jahren jedoch Ausmasse an, die nicht mit den Aktionärinteressen zu vereinbaren sind. Vor allem die Transparenz litt unter diesem Umstand, da das IASB bis anhin keine Regelungen bezüglich der bilanziellen Erfassung von anteilsmässigen Vergütungen aufwies. Erst im Jahr 2001 widmete sich das IASB dem Thema der anteilsmässigen Vergütung, als sie im Jahresbericht der IOSCO dazu aufgefordert wurde. Im Februar 2004 wurde dann der IFRS 2 Standard publiziert. Nach IFRS bilanzierende Unternehmen haben für Rechnungslegungsperioden, beginnend mit dem 1.1.2005, IFRS 2 anzuwenden. Künftig sollen alle anteilsmässigen Vergütungen zu ihrem Fair Value erfolgswirksam erfasst werden. Dies betrifft jedoch nicht nur Transaktionen mit Mitarbeitern, sondern auch Geschäftsvorfälle mit anderen Parteien, bei denen Güter oder Dienstleistungen gegen Ausgabe von Eigenkapitalinstrumenten erhalten werden. Somit kommt das IASB der Forderung nach mehr Transparenz und einer erfolgswirksamen Erfassung anteilsmässiger Vergütungen nach. Der IFRS 2 Standard ist für nach IFRS bilanzierende Unternehmen für Rechnungsperioden ab dem 1.1.2005 anzuwenden. Anteilsbasierte Entlohnungen für den Erhalt von Gütern oder Dienstleistungen sind erfolgswir

One of Germany''s leading environmental thinkers explains his holistic alternative to the “incomplete Enlightenment” of the dominant western world view—to join together as global citizens and consumers, treating all purchasing choices as ethical, and withdrawing our spending from an economic system which threatens the very foundations of life on earth. Revolution for Nature combines a provocative historical and philosophical analysis with practical recommendations both for the lifestyle changes of reformed consumers, and for the political constitution of the Nature State of the future.

A biography of Henrik Ibsen who is credited with being one of the first to write about ordinary people in prose, abandoning traditional theatrical effects in favour of a new style of performance. The author is an authority on Ibsen and has translated many of Ibsen''s plays.

Michael Meyer''s translations of Strindberg and Ibsen have often been described as definitive, as have his biographies of both writers. His Strindberg translations made him the first Englishman to receive the Gold Medal of the Swedish Academy, and his life of Ibsen won the Whitbread Biography prize. He has now turned his attention to his own life and his friendships with some of this century''s most famous literary and theatrical names.