Robert Clarkes literaire bijdragen richten zich op de toegankelijke verkenning van wetenschappelijke wonderen en de complexiteit van het menselijk bestaan. Door zijn schrijfwerk en omroepwerk tracht hij complexe wetenschappelijke concepten te demystificeren, waardoor ze begrijpelijk en boeiend worden voor een breed publiek. Clarkes hoofddoel is het bevorderen van nieuwsgierigheid en het verdiepen van de waardering van lezers en kijkers voor het universum en onze plaats daarin. Zijn aanpak wordt gekenmerkt door een duidelijke, informatieve stijl die bedoeld is om te verlichten en te inspireren.
A military historian examines four military leaders--Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, George Marshall, and Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower--who exhibited unparalleled military leadership that led the U.S. victoriously through two World Wars.
Marijuana Botany presents the scientific knowledge and propagation techniques used to preserve and multiply vanishing Cannabis strains. Also included is information concerning Cannabis genetics and breeding used to begin plant improvement programs. The book presents scientific and horticultural principles, along with their practical applications, necessary for the breeding and propagation of Cannabis and in particular, marijuana. It will appeal not only to the professional researcher, but to the marijuana enthusiast or anyone with an eye to the future of Cannabis products.
This volume offers a selection of important contemporary criticism on two of Jane Austen's most popular and widely-studied novels, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. The volume includes recent essays from Alastair Duckworth, Marilyn Butler, D.A. Miller, Isobel Armstrong and Karen Newman.
Seven Years with Banksy is an illuminating memoir of the world's most celebrated graffiti artist, offering an insight into his life and work through the experiences that he and the author Robert Clarke shared together during Banksy's formative years. Clarke takes us through his first encounters with Banksy, which took place in a hotel in New York in the 1990s, and candidly describes how his friendship with this young English artist developed. Along the way, readers will discover more about the ever-mysterious Banksy - what makes him tick, why he does what he does, and why he ultimately rejects fame in favour of anonymity, setting him apart from many other popular artists of our time. This is the perfect read for any Banksy or modern-art fan.
This looseleaf service ensures you are fully up-to-date with design and copyright law in Ireland. Irish Copyright and Design Law is the first Irish text focussing on the Copyright & Related Rights Act 2000. The Act implemented three Community Directives (on rental and lending rights, on satellite broadcasting and cable transmission, and on the legal protection of databases) and has radically transformed and expanded Irish copyright law. There are two updating issues each year, charged for on publication. Each issue will reflect, analyse, and clearly present everything that you need to know - new and amended legislation, key cases, significant judgments, offences, plus much more.
Navigating Shifting Tides at the European Court of Human Rights
The ‘Conscience of Europe?’ examines the European Court of Human Rights’ sometimes unpredictable jurisprudence in the increasingly controversial areas of marriage, family, sanctity of human life, and religious freedom. With a palpable concern for human rights and religious freedom, the contributors provide an objective critique of the Court’s role, while exploring the changes recent years have brought to the complex legal landscape of Europe. “This manual provides useful keys for unlocking the important, but complex, jurisprudence of Europe’s highest human rights court.” - Judge Borrego Borrego, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
A partir des plus récentes découvertes de la paléontologie et de la préhistoire, voici l'histoire, admirable et souvent émouvante, du développement de l'humanité. L'émergence du langage, l'invention d'outils, la création de cultures fondent ce développement scandé par l'apparition du feu, de l'art, de l'agriculture, de la métallurgie, de l'architecture et de l'écriture. "Nous devons tout à ces hommes d'avant l'histoire. Une même solidarité nous lie à tous les peuples de la terre, ceux qui vivent aujourd'hui comme ceux qui ont disparu."
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Der kompetenteste und umfassendste Führer zu Haschisch. Er gibt einen profunden Einblick in die Geschichte, beschreibt die Inhaltsstoffe, die Biochemie der psychoaktiven Substanzen und deren Wirkung auf den menschlichen Körper. Mit Informationen für den Kauf und Konsum bis hin zu Techniken des Rauchens und Kochrezepten. Mit detaillierter Anleitung zur Herstellung von Haschisch.
