The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.The stories, poems, and essays that comprise this staff-edited issue of Ploughshares are diverse and timely. Visit a South African laundromat in Laurie Baker’s short story, Here I Am, Laughing with Boers;...

Mit Vehemenz und Sprachwitz – Unbekannte Glanzstücke von Charles Dickens // „Zwischen uns beiden sei’s gesagt: bewunderungswürdig!“, frohlockt Charles Dickens in einem Brief an einen Freund und kann sich in dieser Äußerung der Begeisterung über einen eigenen Text, den er gerade für seine Zeitschrift „Household Words“ geschrieben hat, nicht enthalten. Dickens war zeitlebens ein journalistischer Schriftsteller, verdankte seinen frühen Erfolg den Skizzen und Erzählungen, die er in Zeitungen v...

How often do you hear a doctor saying doctors need to be more accountable, Medicare needs more support and family medicine deserves more respect? Dissident Doctor bristles with refreshingly frank criticisms from inside the health sector, and its author is not just any doctor but a distinguished scientific researcher, veteran medical administrator, Professor Emeritus, recipient of the Order of Canada and lifelong gadfly.In Dissident Doctor, Michael C. Klein intersp...

In einem Brief an seine Geliebte, die fern in Rom weilt, gesteht ein vermeintlich wohlhabender Geschäftsmann, dass er vor dem Nichts steht und dass er nur noch einen Ausweg sieht: Selbstmord. Er beginnt, die Umstände eines begangenen Verbrechens zu beschreiben, gerät in Bekenntnisse, lässt Lebenslügen durchscheinen, gibt immer mehr von sich preis, kommt buchstäblich auf Gott, die Welt und den Sinn zu sprechen. Aber was in seinen Bekenntnissen ist echt und was lediglich Pose? Und warum verz...

Jeff Klein's work is one of his greatest sources of joy, and he's made it his vocation to help others find ways to bring real consciousness to the jobs they do every day. He tells fascinating stories of successful entrepreneurs, who bring a rare brand of connection to their businesses, and suggestions for how you can deepen the mindfulness you bring to your own workday.

A French philosopher and teacher of Advaita Vedanta, the late Jean Klein is said to have attained realization. Klein spent several years in India where he met his guru, who eventually sent him back to Europe to teach Vedanta. Espousing a non-dualistic view of life, Klein speaks of a direct approach instead of a progressive one, beyond the rational mind, but inclusive of it.

A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers.Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees.Klein and...

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of identity-based brand management based on current research. The authors focus on the design of the brand identity, which covers the internal perspective of brand management, and the resulting external brand image perceived by consumers and other audiences. The book covers topics such as brand positioning, the design of the brand architecture and brand elements, the management of brand touchpoints and the customer journey, as well as multi-s...

Completely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. Despite the industry growing rapidly, there is a substantial gap in the related literature, and this book addresses the key issues for researchers, students and industry professionals. This second edition: - Reviews the fundamental principles of the industry, the cru...

Departing from the traditional German school of music theorists, Michael Klein injects a unique French critical theory perspective into the framework of music and meaning. Using primarily Lacanian notions of the symptom, that unnamable jouissance located in the unconscious, and the registers of subjectivity (the Imaginary, the Symbolic Order, and the Real), Klein explores how we understand music as both an artistic form created by "the subject" and an artistic expression of a culture that ...

This revised and expanded second edition guides users through the many complex issues and controversies surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and its growing impact on business, technology, medicine, and everyday activities in America and around the world.This resource explains theories and innovations driving AI research and debate; presents criticisms and defenses of the development, regulation, and real-world implications of AI technology in its many forms; a...

This authoritative reference work will provide readers with a complete overview of artificial intelligence (AI), including its historic development and current status, existing and projected AI applications, and present and potential future impact on the United States and the world.Some people believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize modern life in ways that improve human existence. Others say that the promise of AI is overblown. Still others co...