1) For academic researchers, human rights practitioners, musicians and all artists 2) Addresses a valiant and highly relevant and timely need: to fostering a culture of humanism in support of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related goals set forth by the UN 3) Promotes global conversations about the role of the arts to empower citizenry and enhance human rights awareness. 4) Inspires new trajectories in interdisciplinary research, most notably linking music with studies in health, environment, gender and forced displacement. 5) Facilitated by a wide range of experts from the human rights sector-academics, human rights defenders, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and individual practitioners-and from a variety of musical fields, both academic and performing

The important and groundbreaking volume, The Professional Identity of the Human Rights Field Officer, completes the study of human rights field work begun in the earlier The Human Rights Field Operation: Law Theory and Practice (2007: Ashgate). Building on the critique of the field's historical development and current situation featured in the earlier volume, O'Flaherty, Ulrich and their fellow contributors focus on the specific responsibilities of the individual human rights officer, and concentrate on vital issues of professionalism beyond the confines of any specific organization. Their expansion of the analysis in the case studies section of the first volume has resulted in an up to date global edition of significant academic interest to anyone within the field of human rights law.

Scream down the Dare-Devil Coaster and whirl around in the Twin Spin cars! Join in the carnival fun as 11 friends divide up to fit on the 2-to-a-seat roller coaster and the 4-to-a-cup teacups ride. Making new friends and practicing predivision skills have never been so exciting!

Called the "Great Pathfinder," Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America's pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid reader although he never attended school. Sydelle Kramer skillfully recounts Boone's many adventures such as the day he rescued his own daughter from kidnappers.

Left fielder Barry McGee enjoys being the Peach Street Mudders' hit-away batter. In fact, he likes being a hero so much that he tends to bend the rules a little. His sister's constant nagging about his cheating is forgotten when Barry meets up with Alec Frost, a pitcher for a rival team. Alec steals something from Barry's family and then challenges him to win it back by hitting two homeruns off him in the unpcoming game. Now Barry wants to win more than ever. Will he play fair and risk losing his pride as well as the stolen object?

The important and groundbreaking volume, The Professional Identity of the Human Rights Field Officer, completes the study of human rights field work begun in the earlier The Human Rights Field Operation: Law Theory and Practice (2007: Ashgate). Building on the critique of the field's historical development and current situation featured in the earlier volume, O'Flaherty, Ulrich and their fellow contributors focus on the specific responsibilities of the individual human rights officer, and concentrate on vital issues of professionalism beyond the confines of any specific organization. Their expansion of the analysis in the case studies section of the first volume has resulted in an up to date global edition of significant academic interest to anyone within the field of human rights law.

Do human rights offer real protection when disadvantaged groups invoke them at the local level in an attempt to improve their living conditions? If so, how can we make sure that the experiences of those invoking human rights at the local level have an impact on the further development of human rights (at national and other levels) so that the local relevance of human rights increases? Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948, numerous international documents have reaffirmed human rights as global norms. This book examines what factors determine whether appeals to human rights that emanate from the local level are successful, and whether the UDHR adequately responds to threats as currently defined by relevant groups or whether a revision of some of the ideas included in the UDHR is needed in order to increase its contemporary relevance.

Confessions (denominations) are public, communal statements by a religious group about their central beliefs. They serve to form denominational identities and have a normative claim. Based on the Dordrecht Synod (1618/1619), the volume asks about the many debates surrounding the confession in Europe since the 16th century. Along with the debates about the content and validity claims of Reformed denominations, questions about liturgy and ordination went hand in hand, as examples from Reformed Switzerland show, where freedom of religion was implemented in the 19th century. The question of the validity and relevance of creeds remains of central theological importance in the 20th and 21st centuries in view of the growing sacularity.

Eine Geschichte des reformierten Protestantismus in Deutschland im 20. Jahrhunderts ist bisher nicht erschienen. Sie ist ein dringendes Desiderat, da die Reformierten in der Erforschung der neueren Kirchengeschichte wenig Beachtung finden, obwohl sie immer wieder besondere Facetten und Nuancen innerhalb des Protestantismus darstellten. Dass Reformierte sich als Minderheitenkonfession zumeist marginalisiert empfunden und ein entsprechendes SelbstverstAndnis gera-dezu habituell gepflegt haben, ist ein mitlaufender Untersuchungsgegenstand der BeitrAge dieses Bandes. Sie behandeln reprAsentative Personen (Theologen, KirchenfunktionAre, aber auch eine Gemeindeschwester), Regionen und Milieus, charakteristische Themen, Zeitabschnitte wie den Ersten Weltkrieg und den Kirchenkampf, herausragende Jahre wie auch JubilAen, in denen sich das SelbstverstAndnis der Reformierten manifestierte. Diese Studien zur Kirchlichen Zeitgeschichte wollen ergAnzende BeitrAge fA"r die Kirchengeschichtsschreibung sein sowie innerhalb des reformierten Protestantismus zum selbstkritischen RA"ckblick verhelfen. Sie sind der Versuch einer Konfessionsgeschichte, die nicht einengt, sondern ergAnzt und vertieft. Sie sind aus einer affirmativen Perspektive verfasst, sind aber weder apologetisch noch polemisch, sondern kritisch und dekonstruierend intendiert, sie sind wissenschaftlich zu verantworten und stellen gleichzeitig einen Beitrag zur konfessionellen Erinnerungskultur dar.

"The Victory Garden Kids' Book" is a clear, step-by-step introduction to gardening for youngsters. Based on the experiences of seven young gardeners ages 3 to 13 during a whole season of gardening, this comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide teaches kids the basics of gardening from digging in the spring to harvesting in the fall. Illustrated with 75 color photos of kids working in the garden and 70 how-to drawings, the book is filled with practical tips on how to make gardening easy, fun and fruitful.