Der Rattenfänger von Czernoc ist wieder da!Um Abstand von ihrer Nahtoderfahrung und den Manipulationen der Schatten zu gewinnen, flüchtet sich die Nebelwandlerin Alexis in die Slums. Dort verbringt sie viel Zeit mit Ryuk, der ihr dabei hilft, ihre Fähigkeiten zu trainieren, und die beiden kommen sich näher. Doch eine fremde Macht hat sich in die Slums geschlichen, die die Bewohner zu ihrem seelenlosen Gefolge macht und den Ewigen nicht unbekannt ist: der Rattenfänger von Czernoc.Während Ry...

Everyone inside the zoo loves Harry, except not everyone loves him outside the zoo. There is quite a bit of monkey business going on around town on Harry's day out. But it's all in a day's adventure. He is naughty and has no manners, but Harry is completely lovable!

Ianvara. Seltsam, wie ein schlichter Name ein ganzes Land bewegen kann, vom einfachen Bauern bis zum König selbst. Dabei waren die Ianvara lange Zeit nichts weiter als ein unbedeutendes Landgrafengeschlecht, dessen einziger Verdienst es war, fähige Ritter hervorzubringen. Bis Valentine Ianvara, der Erste Ritter des Königs, zum Helden des Reiches aufsteigt - nur um kurz darauf all seine Eide zu brechen. Um ein Geheimnis von größter Bedeutung zu schützen, flieht er ausgerechnet zu jenen, die...

Breaking the Bronze Ceiling uncovers a glaring omission in our global memorial landscape—the conspicuous absence of women. Exploring this neglected narrative, the book emerges as the foremost guide to women's memorialization across diverse cultures and ages. As global memorials come under intense examination, with metropolises vying for a more inclusive recognition of female contributions, this book stands at the forefront of contemporary discussion.The book’s thought-prov...

As part of his effort to make the Bible an effective instrument of reform in society, church, and everyday life, Erasmus composed the Paraphrases. In these series of texts, the Holy Scripture provides the core of a work that is vastly expanded to embrace the reforming "philosophy of Christ" in all of its forms. This volume contains two sets of Paraphrases, one on the Corinthian letters (circa. 1519), and the other on the group of letters from the Ephesians to the Thessalonians (circa. 1520...

Chester is enrolled in Captain Grey-Fogg's pirate school and, by hook or crook, is determined to become a pirate! After picking out a first mate, Chester begins week-long classes in the art of piracy. Things don't always (or ever) seem to go right for Chester in any of his pirate classes. But, at the end of the week, he gets an unexpected surprise when one of his mishaps changes everything. Pirate-lovers of all ages arrrrgh sure to enjoy reading about Chester's misadventures!

The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as settings of breathtaking beauty, as venues of scientific inquiry, as destinations for much-needed...

Lautlos bewegt sich der Meisterdieb Robin durch die dunklen Gassen von New Port.Die Welt befindet sich im Wandel:Die Magie verschwindet. Gleichzeitig erwacht der neue Kult der Mechanisten, die mit Hilfe der Dampftechnik die Welt erobern. Im Auftrag einer unbekannten Frau stiehlt Robin einen magischen Kristall und setzt dabei eine Kette von Ereignissen in Kraft, die die Welt für immer verändert.Seine Geliebte wird ermordet, und Robin gerät immer tiefer in ein Netzwerk von Intrigen, die von ...

In this key text in the history of art and aesthetics, Karl Rosenkranz shows ugliness to be the negation of beauty without being reducible to evil, materiality, or other negative terms used it's conventional condemnation. This insistence on the specificity of ugliness, and on its dynamic status as a process afflicting aesthetic canons, reflects Rosenkranz's interest in the metropolis - like Walter Benjamin, he wrote on Paris and Berlin - and his voracious collecting of caricature and popul...

Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis. The book shows how artists address these issues, from Chicago and Berlin to Oslo, Bucharest and Hong Kong, in media ranging from marble and glass to postcards, graffiti and re-enactment. A multidirectional theory of site does justice to specific places but also to how far-away audiences see t...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) refers to the consistent and continuous use of digital information throughout the entire lifecycle of a built facility, including its design, construction and operation. In order to exploit BIM methods to their full potential, a fundamental grasp of their key principles and applications is essential. Accordingly, this book combines discussions of theoretical foundations with reports from the industry on currently applied best practices.The book’s...

The focal point of Pope Francis’ Church is mercy: in the dialogue between human fragility and God’s mercy the Church has to welcome and help everyone to find the ‘good news’ of Christian hope. As part of his revolutionary new vision for the Church, Francis calls on all believers to be ‘full-time Christians’ and not ‘living-room Christians’, and to struggle against the trappings of power, and the worship of money and careerism. Francis has spoken and written widely on these themes during hi...