The central theme of this book is the relationship between the reflections about and the realization of a musical composition. In his essay "Words about Music, or Analysis versus Performance," Nicholas Cook states that words and music can never be aligned exactly with one another. He embarks on a quest for models of the relationship between analytical conception and performance that are more challenging than those in general currency. Peter Johnson's essay, "Performance and the Listening Experience: Bach's 'Erbarme dich'" shows that a performance is an element within the intentionality of the work itself. He looks for scientific methods capable of proving the artisticity of a performance. And the composer Hans Zender, in his "A Road Map for Orpheus?," states that a composer must be capable of questioning obvious basic principles (such as equal temperament) and finding creative solutions.

Shakespeare and Faulkner: Selves and Others explores the moral and ethical dilemmas that characters face inside themselves and in their interactions with others in the works of these two famed authors. Karl F. Zender's characterological study offers insightful, critically rigorous, and at times quite personal analyses of the complicated figures who inhabit several major Shakespeare plays and Faulkner novels. The two parts of this book-the first of which focuses on the English playwright, the second on the Mississippi novelist-share a common methodology in that they originate in Zender's history as a teacher of and writer on the two authors, who until now he generally approached separately. He emphasizes the evolving insights gleaned from reading these authors over several decades, situating their texts in relation to shifting trends in criticism and highlighting the contemporary relevance of their works. The final chapter, an extended discussion of Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust, attempts something unusual in Zender's critical practice: It relies less on the close textual analysis that characterizes his previous work and instead explores the intersections between events depicted in the novel and his own life, both as a child and as an adult. Shakespeare and Faulkner speaks to the power of literature as a form of pleasure and of consolation. With this work of engaged and thoughtful scholarly criticism, Zender reveals the centrality of storytelling to human beings' efforts to make sense both of their journey through life and of the circumstances in which they live.

This is the first book to offer comprehensive, evidence-based information on how to overcome the physical and emotional traumas sustained in auto accidents. An insightful guide for both survivors and their caregivers to successfully navigate through injury recovery and rebuild their lives.

Spatial analysis is the archaeology of space and place and is concerned with the creation of a cultural landscape focusing on archaeoastronomy, geoarchaeology, and ancient landscapes. Incorporating emerging technology such as GPS positioning and new forms of diagnostic imaging, spatial analysis can enable scientists to study the wider landscape of ancient human settlements. The ability to peer through time and clearly view the distribution of settlements and particular landforms and to determine resource areas provides researchers with invaluable information regarding the social relations, economy, and ecology of any community in the distant past.

These papers were selected from the 34th annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference held at the University of Calgary and are designed to examine human interaction with the environment, both physically and cognitively.

Today's tea aficionado is looking to imbibe tea within a meaningful space, be it at home or in a tea shop. Customers of tea shops enjoy the idea of "tea" as being "an experience", inclusive of art, cultural themes, and strong design aesthetics. Better still if these motifs are found within a tea-shop that aligns with the shop's branding and is able to mix modern tea products with new interior design styles, further increasing the customer's sense of enjoyment of the entire shopping experience. Coupled with tea consumption needs across the world gradually increasing and the tea market expanding at higher rates than previously, the tea industry's retail environment faces fierce competition. There's a strong trend toward marrying a better awareness of the importance of effective interior design of a tea shop while striving to express a complete brand image and providing efficient service. In this magnificently illustrated book, a lead designer and tea brand consultant analyses the new design trends and brand management styles of a carefully selected group of tea shops from around the world. This book explores close to fifty fashionable tea shops that are successful in the experimentation of mixing brand-new products with unique space experiences and providing excellent customer-focused interior designs. An excellent volume for those looking to enrich the retail environment of this diverse and fast-evolving industry.

In diesem essential beschreiben Hans-Werner Grunow und Christoph Zender den Grundgedanken und die Entwicklung von Green Finance und dessen Einsatzmoeglichkeiten in der Unternehmensfinanzierung. Die Autoren skizzieren die Entstehung von Green Finance und zeigen Unterschiede zu konventionellen Finanzierungen auf. Es wird beschrieben, in welchen Fallen Green Finance eingesetzt wird, welche Instrumente in Frage kommen und welche Prozesse durchlaufen werden. Behandelt werden ausserdem die Green-Finance-Plane der Europaischen Union.

In diesem essential beschreiben Hans-Werner Grunow und Christoph Zender die Konstruktion und Funktionsweise des Schuldscheins und skizzieren die relevanten Investorengruppen. Die Autoren geben eine UEbersicht zum Schuldscheinmarkt und zu gegenwartigen Trends sowie zu den Spezifika von Schuldscheinen. Strukturen und Prozesse einer Schuldscheintransaktion erschliessen sich dem Aussenstehenden nicht auf den ersten Blick. Doch fur die Transaktionsbeteiligten zeigt der Schuldschein ein hohes Mass an Transparenz und Kalkulierbarkeit.

Migrantinnen und Migranten sind im organisierten Sport in Deutschland unterreprasentiert. Welche Faktoren definieren den Zugang zum Sport im Allgemeinen und zum Sportverein im Besonderen mit: Werte, Sprache, Religion, Herkunftsfamilie? Welche Rolle spielen dabei die Sportvereine? Wie lassen sich die erheblichen Geschlechterunterschiede in den Sportengagements erklaren? Dieses Buch verkleinert unter einer sozialisationstheoretischen Perspektive bestehende Forschungslucken, indem die Sportbeteiligung von jungen Migrantinnen und Migranten sowohl quantitativ als auch qualitativ beleuchtet und mit einzelnen "Facetten" von Kultur in Zusammenhang gebracht wird.

With this study Karl F. Zender offers fresh readings of individual novels, themes, and motifs while also assessing the impact of recent politicized interpretations on our understanding of Faulkner's achievement. Sympathetically acknowledging the need to decenter the canon, Zender's searching interrogation of current theory clears a breathing space for Faulkner and his readers between the fustier remnants of New Criticism and the excesses of post-structuralism. Each chapter opens with a balanced presentation of the genuine gifts contemporary theory has bestowed on our comprehension of a particular novel or problem in Faulkner criticism and then proceeds with a groundbreaking reading. "The Politics of Incest" challenges older psychoanalytic interpretations of Faulkner's use of the incest motif, and "Faulkner's Privacy" defends the novelist's difficulty or "reticence" as an aesthetic resistance against the rude candor of deregionalized and depersonalized culture. Subsequent chapters take up the volatile issues of Faulkner's representations of women and of African Americans, and a close reading of the classic "Barn Burning" critiques the current tendency to blur the concepts of patriarchy and paternity. The elegiac final chapter, "Where is Yoknapatawpha County?" draws on a comparison with John Updike's Pennsylvania fiction and a reading of Joan Williams's The Wintering to explore Faulkner's disinclination to represent the quotidian realities of southern life in his later novels. Zender shows that Faulkner's stylistic withdrawal attempts to "transform into beauty" his alienation from the postwar world and his fear of aging. That Faulkner and the Politics of Reading itself recovers and gives new luster to Faulkner's beauty will surely please, in the author's words, "those readers . . . for whom literature is less a mechanism of social change than a source of pleasure." The originality of its critical vision will inspire Faulkner scholars, students of American literature, and general readers.

Your most important business asset is already within you - realize it and capitalize on it

Spirituality is the basis for all successful organizations and the most important asset you have in elevating you and your business to a new level of performance. The most successful individuals and firms in the world are changing the way they do business, in order to access a vast resevoir of untapped energy. You too can join the revolution, because the tools these people are utilizing are found inside each and every one of us. Tom Zender, President Emeritus of Unity - a spiritual organization serving over three million individuals - and veteran corporate executive, reveals simple ways that you can use to find yourself suddenly on the inside edge.

"God Goes to Work" lays out how the world rediscovered the essence of the most effective transactions and how you can implement these methods into the way you do business. This groundbreaking text gives you practical steps on how, no matter what you believe, you can learn to use your spiritual assets in business to achieve better things with greater ease. You'll discover
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The world is finally ready to discover that spirituality is the very basis of all our most profitable business transactions. "God Goes to Work" gives you the practical roadmap to utilize this amazing, untapped resource for breakthrough business results.

Ursula Zender untersucht, weshalb turkisch-muslimische Migrantinnen im organisierten Sport in Deutschland so stark unterreprasentiert sind. Sie geht der Frage nach, welche Faktoren den Zugang zum Sport im Allgemeinen und zum Sportverein im Besonderen bestimmen und fokussiert dabei Kultur, Religion, traditionelle Geschlechterrollen, die Herkunftsfamilie und die Offenheit der Sportvereine. Ihre Arbeit ist sozialisationstheoretisch ausgerichtet und beleuchtet mithilfe der Dokumentarischen Methode die Bedeutung von Sportengagements im Lebenslauf turkisch-muslimischer Migrantinnen.