The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-83) has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George III, his trademark features included bald lawns, clumped trees, lakes and enclosing belts of woodland on the estate's perimeter, setting a park formula that lasted well into the next century. Laura Mayer presents a concise and colourful introduction to Brown and other leading landscape gardeners of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, such as William Kent, Richard Payne Knight and Humphry Repton. She explores how competing ideas in garden design were shaped both by changes in prevailing fashion and by the innovations of particular designers, and why Brown's designs are currently considered to be the epitome of landscape gardening in this period.

Humphry Repton (1752-1818) ambitiously styled himself Capability Brown's successor: the century's next great improver of landed property. With his rare combination of skills - he was a talented topographical sketcher with a unique ability to judge the shifting needs of his patrons - over thirty years Repton amassed an incredible four hundred commissions; his famous Red Books, illustrated to help clients visualise the potential of their properties, did much to encourage the appreciation of landscape aesthetics, especially among the rising middle classes. With colourful illustrations and detailed site investigations, this book traces Repton's landscape designs from Picturesque wildernesses like Blaise Castle to the progressive Gardenesque style of Endsleigh in Devon. It is both a perfect visitor's guide to the gardens and an introduction to the theory of Repton's work.

Searching for the meaning of life's experiences? Your soul purpose? "Unlocking the Invisible Child: A Journey from Heartbreak to Bliss" reveals the key to self-healing of body and mind, through the grace and gratitude of the heart and soul, via the all-knowing, compassionate invisible child within.

In "Unlocking the Invisible Child: A Journey from Heartbreak to Bliss," Laura Mayer shares her remarkable journey. It began with the discovery of a crippling and supposedly fatal disease at age fourteen. She chronicles the forty-year course of the disease, along with her multistage self-healing process, and suggests that anyone can take a similar journey to heal their own life. Mayer knows that all the medicine in the world could not have healed her, had she not gone deeper and unlocked the invisible child inside her.

"Over the past five years, Mayer has witnessed a total transformation in body, mind, and spirit. Aware that if she could mend her heart, her body would heal, she started to trust in the universe and listen to its messages. "

"There are as many paths toward healing as there are individuals in need of healing. This means there is no formula, no sure-fire, cookie-cutter method that applies to everyone. "Unlocking the Invisible Child" is the amazing account of Laura Mayer's remarkable journey. She reveals to us a truth-that healing is and has always been the unique journey of the soul. Mayer writes from the heart. Her courageous account will inspire and encourage anyone who wants to be more than they are at present."
- Larry Dossey, M.D.
author of "The Power of Premonitions, Healing Words, and Reinventing Medicine"

Searching for the meaning of life's experiences? Your soul purpose? "Unlocking the Invisible Child: A Journey from Heartbreak to Bliss" reveals the key to self-healing of body and mind, through the grace and gratitude of the heart and soul, via the all-knowing, compassionate invisible child within.

In "Unlocking the Invisible Child: A Journey from Heartbreak to Bliss," Laura Mayer shares her remarkable journey. It began with the discovery of a crippling and supposedly fatal disease at age fourteen. She chronicles the forty-year course of the disease, along with her multistage self-healing process, and suggests that anyone can take a similar journey to heal their own life. Mayer knows that all the medicine in the world could not have healed her, had she not gone deeper and unlocked the invisible child inside her.

"Over the past five years, Mayer has witnessed a total transformation in body, mind, and spirit. Aware that if she could mend her heart, her body would heal, she started to trust in the universe and listen to its messages. "

"There are as many paths toward healing as there are individuals in need of healing. This means there is no formula, no sure-fire, cookie-cutter method that applies to everyone. "Unlocking the Invisible Child" is the amazing account of Laura Mayer's remarkable journey. She reveals to us a truth-that healing is and has always been the unique journey of the soul. Mayer writes from the heart. Her courageous account will inspire and encourage anyone who wants to be more than they are at present."
- Larry Dossey, M.D.
author of "The Power of Premonitions, Healing Words, and Reinventing Medicine"

A collection of stories from the cats in the Mayer household, allowing the reader a glimpse into the feline soul.

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Bevolkerungsgeographie, Stadt- u. Raumplanung, Note: 2,3, Universitat Bremen (Institut fur Geographie), Veranstaltung: Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Fur Stadte ist Stadtmarketing inzwischen zu einem festen Bestandteil der Stadtentwicklung geworden. Sie befinden sich aufgrund der voranschreitenden Globalisierung und des gesellschaftlichen Wandels in einer immer grosser werdenden Konkurrenz um Bewohner, Touristen und Wirtschaft, weshalb die Kommunikation eines positiven Stadtimages einen bedeutenden Teilbereich des Stadtmarketings darstellt. Neue Moglichkeiten und Chancen bieten dafur die noch relativ neuen sozialen Medien, da dort eine grosse und bisher unerreichte junge Zielgruppe auf eine ganz neue Art und Weise direkt angesprochen und umworben werden kann. In Zusammenarbeit mit der WFB Wirtschaftsforderung Bremen GmbH, die zurzeit eine umfassende Social Media-Strategie fur das Standortmarketing (Stadtgemeinde und Bundesland) entwickelt, soll deswegen im Rahmen dieser Arbeit geklart werden, welche Bedeutung die sozialen Medien fur das Stadtmarketing haben und wie sie am besten zu nutzen sind. Durch die Entstehung des Web 2.0 und der sozialen Medien ist das Internet in den letzten Jahren zu einem interaktiven Substrat geworden, in dem die Nutzer im Mittelpunkt stehen und nicht mehr nur unbekannte Rezipienten von Informationen sind. Informationen werden nicht langer von wenigen Anbietern gesammelt und bereitgestellt, sondern durch die Nutzer selbst erzeugt. Die Internetnutzer kaufen, verkaufen, informieren sich und andere, tauschen sich aus, kommentieren, netzwerken, vergleichen, schreiben, posten, bewerten, bloggen, spielen und chatten auf unterschiedlichsten Plattformen. Auch Unternehmen nutzen die sozialen Medien wegen ihrer hohen Beliebtheit, der grossen Anzahl an Nutzern und ihrer erheblichen Marketingpotenziale inzwischen als Werbemedium. Im Gegensatz zu