Sean Blaise Ducker is as experimental in the literary realm as he is in the hallucinogenic world he so vividly recreates. Each story is uniquely structured to transport the reader into the mindset of his characters, and the social milieu they inhabit. Mixing the ethereal beauty of the imagination with a good dose of wry humor, reading MOMENT GATHERERS is a mind-expanding experience.

This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.

Leading interventional cardiologists, including Patrick Serruys, Eric Topol, David Holmes, Thomas Luscher and others provide the gold-standard reference on the treatment of restenosis (coronary artery blockage) for interventional cardiologists. Dr. Serruys, who pioneered the use of drug-eluting stents, and other pioneers in the field cover everything from non-invasive imaging, to eluting stents, to brachytherapy through to the latest molecular biology-based treatments including antisense, stem cells and gene therapy, making this an essential reference for all interventional cardiologists.

'Christy Ducker's poems are intriguing, skilful and musically alert. With a light touch she performs the difficult feat of writing convincingly and unsentimentally about happiness. After this collection so rich in pleasures, we should be hearing more of Christy Ducker.' - Sean O'Brien

Das mittelalterliche Europa war keine christliche Einheitskultur, sondern gepragt von vielfaltigen Prozessen des Kontakts und der Abgrenzung zwischen Kulturen, bei denen die drei monotheistischen Religionen Christentum, Judentum und Islam eine herausragende Rolle spielten. Seit 2005 erforscht das DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm "Integration und Desintegration der Kulturen im europaischen Mittelalter" die Geschichte Europas als Geschichte kultureller Differenzen. Der Band dokumentiert die Dynamiken und Ertrage eines wissenschaftsorganisatorischen Experiments: Gegliedert in facherubergreifende Arbeitsgruppen, erforschten 24 Einzelprojekte aus 14 Disziplinen Integrations- und Desintegrationsprozesse von Skandinavien bis Agypten, von der Iberischen Halbinsel bis zu den Steppen Zentralasiens in komparativem Zugriff; sie prasentieren ihre Ergebnisse nun in Beitragen, die von mehreren Autorinnen und Autoren gemeinsam verfasst worden sind. Dabei werden Begriffe wie "Kultur" problematisiert und schon eingefuhrte Konzepte wie "Integration/Desintegration," "Inklusion/Exklusion," "Hybridisierung" und "Transfer" als Instrumente transkultureller Mediavistik auf den Prufstand gestellt. Das Ende der Laufzeit des Schwerpunktprogramms gibt zugleich Anlass, methodisch-theoretische Einsichten der gemeinsamen Forschung wie auch praktische Erfahrungen bei der transdisziplinaren Zusammenarbeit zu bilanzieren."

Leading interventional cardiologists, including Patrick Serruys, provide the gold-standard reference on the treatment of restenosis for interventional cardiologists. Dr. Serruys, who pioneered the use of drug-eluting stents, and other pioneers in the field, cover everything from non-invasive imaging, to eluting stents, to brachytherapy through to the latest molecular biology-based treatments including antisense, stem cells and gene therapy.

This book presents a photographic record of the service of a distinguished county regiment whose origins go back to the Seven Years' War, in the middle of the eighteenth century. Formed in 1881, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the KSLI, formerly the 53rd and 85th Regiments, did tours of duty around the world in the days of the Empire - serving in India, the Far East, the West Indies, and the Mediterranean. This book also shows the KSLI on active service which took them to Egypt in 1882, the Sudan in 1885, and South Africa during the Boer War. Much expanded, the KSLI rendered outstanding service during the First World War. The eight battalions that went overseas served on the Western Front (notably in the Ypres Salient, on the Somme, and in the great offensives of 1918), in Palestine and in Salonika. During the Second World War, the KSLI played a major part in engagements in France in 1940, in Tunisia, in Italy and in North West Europe. Post-war campaigning took them back to Palestine, to Korea, and to Kenya, with peaceful interludes in Germany and Malaysia. The regiment ceased to exist as a distinct unit in 1968, when it was absorbed into the new Light Infantry as the 3rd Battalion. This fascinating book presents a vivid picture of the life of the regiment in times of peace and war through photographs from the regimental archives, the majority of which have never before been published.

This book surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military service around the world and in two world wars. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field for collectors, since the majority of British awards were officially named, thus making it possible to research the military career of an individual or regiment. This second edition has been extended to include the operations of the British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century.

Im Fokus der Beitrage steht der Lyriker Christian Wagner (1835-1918), Vertreter der literarischen Moderne um 1900. Sein oft provokatives Engagement in Literatur und Essays fur Pazifismus, Minderheiten, oekologische Landwirtschaft, Tierschutz und Vegetarismus trug ihm oeffentliche Aufmerksamkeit und Anerkennung ein. Vertreter der Lebensreformbewegung, des Friedrichshagener Kreises, Intellektuelle und Schriftsteller nahmen Kontakt mit ihm auf. Er pragte nachhaltig den Begriff Freitod und verteidigte das Recht darauf. Die Beitrage einschlagiger Spezialisten stellen unveroeffentlichte Texte vor und ermoeglichen uberraschende Begegnungen mit einem der Vordenker der Gegenwart.

Die Beitrage geben einen Uberblick uber die aktuellen wirtschafts- und rechtspolitischen Entwicklungen, insbesondere uber die Auswirkungen der Finanzmarktkrise und des BilMoG auf die Besteuerung, Rechnungslegung und Prufung der Unternehmen."