Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

The book deals with the integration of temporal information in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The main purpose of a historical or time-integrative GIS is to reproduce spatio-temporal processes or sequences of events of the real world in a model in such a way as to make them accessible for spatial query, analysis and visualisation. The volume reflects theoretical thoughts on the interrelations of space and time and includes practical examples taken from various fields of application (spatial/environmental analysis, demographics, history, business data warehousing).

This book is the provisional result of more than 10 years of continued discussion with friends and colleagues from neighbouring disciplines. Although only a small minority ofthe millions of GIS users on this planet are geographers, it seems that somehow, geographers are a kind ofnatural contact persons for historians, archae- ologists, economists, social scientists or others who are looking for appropriate ways ofworking with spatial data. We received constant encouragements and many valuable suggestions from our colleagues. Particularly we wish to thank the members ofthe GIS Study Group of the German Association of Geography (AK GIS) as well as the participants of a workshop in June 2000 on "Mapping Europe's historic boundaries and borders" which was generously sponsored by the European Science Foundation. Among the individuals we owe special appreciation are Humphrey Southall and Ian Gregory (The Great Britain Historical GIS Programme, University ofPortsmouth), Michael Goerke (European University Institute, Florence), Konrad Pierau (Center for His- torical Social Research, University of Cologne), Bernhard Holfter (Forderverein Historische Grundkarte, Leipzig) and Stephan Riediger (Department of History, University of Mannheim).

In the Roman republic, pamphlets were pieces of fictional propaganda that had a considerable impact. This studyargues that Cicero composed the Second Philippic as a political pamphlet and followed specific genre criteria . The Second Philippic was probably distributed as a pamphlet and may well have cost Cicero his life.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich BWL - Investition und Finanzierung, Note: 1,7, Business and Information Technology School - Die Unternehmer Hochschule Iserlohn, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Nach herrschender Meinung in Wissenschaft und Praxis handelt es sich im Rahmen eines Unternehmenskaufes bei der Due Diligence um eine Obliegenheit des Kaufers. Nur eine sorgfaltige Prufung des zu akquirierenden Objektes durch den Kaufer bildet die Grundlage fur eventuelle spatere Inanspruchnahme vertraglicher Garantien und Gewahrleistungsrechte. Um eine kostenadaquate Prufung zu erreichen stellt sich in der Praxis die Frage nach Intensitat und Umfang einer solchen Due Diligence. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird in der vorliegenden Bachelor Thesis die Bedeutung der Financial Due Diligence als Instrument des Risikomanagements erortert. Besondere Beachtung findet dabei die Strukturierung und Minderung etwaiger Akquisitionsrisiken fur den potentiellen Kaufer. Zur Erreichung der Zielstellung werden zunachst die Standards des heutigen Risikomanagements anhand ihrer Zielsetzung, des Risikomanagementprozess sowie der unterschiedlichen Risikoarten charakterisiert. Dies bildet die Basis fur die anschliessende Einordnung der Financial Due Diligence als Teilbereich einer vollstandigen Due Diligence. Insbesondere der Prozess der Kaufpreisbildung sowie die Analyse der Vermogens-, Finanz- und Ertragslage findet besondere Beachtung. Abschliessend wird im 4. Kapitel die Rolle der Financial Due Diligence mit den Standards des Risikomanagements abgeglichen und bewertet. Im Mittelpunkt dabei steht die Erorterung welche Risiken berucksichtigt und welche tendenziell eher vernachlassigt werde