This collection contains thirty excerpts from Martin Luther's Christmas sermons. In his unique and powerful voice, Luther portrays the human reality of God's birth on earth - Mary's distress at giving birth with no midwife or water, Joseph's misgivings, the Wise Men's perplexity, Herod's cunning. An[...]
A comprehensive study of Mark Wallinger's career that draws on extensive conversations with the artist, this book traces his development from early influences to winning the Turner Prize in 2007 and beyond. Over the past quarter-century Wallinger has become known as an artist who never repeats himse[...]
This text provides an account of the child's journey from the womb to young adulthood. The first half of the book, discussing normal patterns of growth and development, is cross-referenced to equivalent chapters in the second half, discussing atypical conditions.[...]
Leonhard Rickhard is an outstanding representative of Norwegian contemporary art. Owing to his unique vision and narrative techniques, he has revitalised painting as a means of artistic expression. In his conceptual paintings he portrays a fragmented and often enigmatic reality, inviting the viewer [...]
An illustrated abridgment of the most authoritative reference book on sign language, with well-written and easily understood instructions for the use of each sign. More than 5,000 signs and 8,000 illustrations. And now includes more than 500 new signs and 1,500 new illustrations.[...]
Mungo Thomson (born 1969) is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work explores mass culture and cosmology. Thomson's work addresses the small, everyday voids that exist within culture--the gaps, digressions and mistakes that are an inevitable part of institutions and everyday life. The artist's first c[...]
Durch die Politik der Erhohung schulischer Gestaltungsspielraume 'Schulautonomie' haben Schulen neue Moglichkeiten erhalten, spezifische Profile zu entwickeln, in denen sie sich von Nachbarschulen unterscheiden. Ob und wie sich durch solche Prozesse die Regelungs- und Koordinationsbeziehungen im Sch[...]
The Swedish SS Reconnaissance Platoon in the armour reconnaissance battalion in the SS PanzerGrenadier Division Nordland fought in varied battlefields; from Ingermanlands snow-clad hills, to the defence of the historic town of Narva. Then further over Latvias billowing landscape against the Soviet a[...]