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Mit dieser Entscheidungssammlung wird die Rechtsprechung der beteiligten Landesverfassungsgerichte übersichtlich und geschlossen zugänglich gemacht. In den Entscheidungen der Landesverfassungsgerichte spiegelt sich das Wechselspiel zwischen Grundgesetz und bundesrechtlicher Ordnung auf der einen und Länderverfassungen auf der anderen Seite. Sie dokumentieren einen wesentlichen Aspekt des deutschen Föderalismus.

Mit dieser Entscheidungssammlung wird die Rechtsprechung der beteiligten Landesverfassungsgerichte übersichtlich und geschlossen zugänglich gemacht. In den Entscheidungen der Landesverfassungsgerichte spiegelt sich das Wechselspiel zwischen Grundgesetz und bundesrechtlicher Ordnung auf der einen und Länderverfassungen auf der anderen Seite wider. Sie dokumentieren einen wesentlichen Aspekt des deutschen Föderalismus.

Mit dieser Entscheidungssammlung wird die Rechtsprechung der beteiligten Landesverfassungsgerichte übersichtlich und geschlossen zugänglich gemacht. In den Entscheidungen der Landesverfassungsgerichte spiegelt sich das Wechselspiel zwischen Grundgesetz und bundesrechtlicher Ordnung auf der einen und Länderverfassungen auf der anderen Seite wider. Sie dokumentieren einen wesentlichen Aspekt des deutschen Föderalismus.

Die Entscheidungssammlung ist darauf ausgerichtet, die Rechtsprechung der in großer Anzahl beteiligten Landesverfassungsgerichte übersichtlich und geschlossen zugänglich zu machen. Die Entscheidungen der Landesverfassungsgerichte, von zunehmender Bedeutung für das öffentliche Leben und den Rechtsschutz der Bürger und Kommunen in den jeweiligen Bundesländern, verdienen auch deshalb besondere Aufmerksamkeit, weil sich in ihnen das Wechselspiel zwischen Grundgesetz und bundesrechtlicher Ordnung auf der einen und Länderverfassungen auf der anderen Seite widerspiegelt. Insofern dokumentieren sie einen wesentlichen Aspekt des deutschen Föderalismus. Die Entscheidungssammlung gewährt in einzigartiger Weise einen Gesamtüberblick über die Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit der Länder und ist damit unverzichtbare Grundlage des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses, ohne den eine lebendige Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit nicht denkbar ist.

Die Bände sind jeweils unterteilt in Länderblocks und umfassen in zeitlicher Reihenfolge die wichtigsten und mit Leitsätzen versehenen Entscheidungen eines Kalenderjahres. Jeder Band enthält ein ausführliches Gesetzes- und Sachwortverzeichnis. Die Sammlung ist für weitere Landesverfassungsgerichte offen. Sie führt die Abkürzung LVerfGE und ist damit als Parallele zu BVerfGE - der Amtlichen Sammlung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts - angelegt.

World famous at twenty-four, brilliant and reckless, hard-living and scandalous, Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage before he ever experienced war first-hand.

So true was his portrait of a young man who runs from his first confrontation with battle that Civil War veterans argued about whose regiment Crane had been in. Considered by H.G. Wells as “beyond dispute, the best writer of our generation,” Crane was also famous in his time as an unforgettable personality, an Adonis with tawny hair and gray-blue eyes that Willa Cather described as “full of luster and changing lights.” A lover of women and truth at any cost, Crane, in his short life, paid dearly for both. He alienated the New York police when he testified against a policeman on behalf of a prostitute falsely accused of soliciting, forcing him to live the rest of his short life as an expatriate in England. Reporting on the Spanish American War, Crane described the Rough Riders blundering into a trap after arriving in Cuba, infuriating Roosevelt. He died tragically young, leaving behind a handful of fine short stories, including The Open Boat and The Blue Hotel, along with war reporting, novels, and poetry.

World famous at twenty-four, brilliant and reckless, hard-living and scandalous, Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage before he ever experienced war first-hand.

So true was his portrait of a young man who runs from his first confrontation with battle that Civil War veterans argued about whose regiment Crane had been in. Considered by H.G. Wells as “beyond dispute, the best writer of our generation,” Crane was also famous in his time as an unforgettable personality, an Adonis with tawny hair and gray-blue eyes that Willa Cather described as “full of luster and changing lights.” A lover of women and truth at any cost, Crane, in his short life, paid dearly for both. He alienated the New York police when he testified against a policeman on behalf of a prostitute falsely accused of soliciting, forcing him to live the rest of his short life as an expatriate in England. Reporting on the Spanish American War, Crane described the Rough Riders blundering into a trap after arriving in Cuba, infuriating Roosevelt. He died tragically young, leaving behind a handful of fine short stories, including The Open Boat and The Blue Hotel, along with war reporting, novels, and poetry.

An accessible introduction to Badiou's key ideas

In this short and accessible book, the French philosopher Alain Badiou provides readers with a unique introduction to his system of thought, summed up in the trilogy of Being and Event, Logics of Worlds, and The Immanence of Truths. Taking the form of an interview and two talks and keeping in mind a broad audience without any prior knowledge of his work, the book touches upon the central concepts and major preoccupations of Badiou's philosophy: fundamental ontology, mathematics, politics, poetry, and love. Well-chosen examples illuminate his thinking in regards to being and universality, worlds and singularity, and the infinite and the absolute, among other topics.

A veritable tour de force of pedagogical clarity, this new student-friendly work is perhaps the single best general introduction to the work of this prolific and committed thinker. If, for Badiou, the task of philosophy consists in thinking through the truths of our time, the texts collected in this small volume could not be timelier.

An accessible introduction to Badiou's key ideas

In this short and accessible book, the French philosopher Alain Badiou provides readers with a unique introduction to his system of thought, summed up in the trilogy of Being and Event, Logics of Worlds, and The Immanence of Truths. Taking the form of an interview and two talks and keeping in mind a broad audience without any prior knowledge of his work, the book touches upon the central concepts and major preoccupations of Badiou's philosophy: fundamental ontology, mathematics, politics, poetry, and love. Well-chosen examples illuminate his thinking in regards to being and universality, worlds and singularity, and the infinite and the absolute, among other topics.

A veritable tour de force of pedagogical clarity, this new student-friendly work is perhaps the single best general introduction to the work of this prolific and committed thinker. If, for Badiou, the task of philosophy consists in thinking through the truths of our time, the texts collected in this small volume could not be timelier.

The Badisches Wörterbuch [dictionary of the Baden dialect] documents the vernacular vocabulary of the area that constituted the former Grand Duchy of Baden, extending from Lake Constance over the Black Forest and the east bank of the Rhine to the Odenwald and the river Main near Wertheim. Apart from the vocabulary of the living dialects, historical expressions and names are also taken into account, albeit to a lesser extent.

Das Badische Wörterbuch dokumentiert den mundartlichen Wortschatz im Gebiet des ehemaligen Großherzogtums Baden, vom Bodensee über den Schwarzwald und die rechtsrheinische Rheinebene bis an den Odenwald und den Main bei Wertheim. Neben dem Wortschatz der lebenden Mundarten werden in geringerem Umfang historisches Wortgut und Namen berücksichtigt.

From bra burning and body hair to Beyoncé and body positivity, feminism has come a long way.

The illustrated story of the women's movement, Badly Behaved Women is a compelling and entertaining journey through the four waves of feminism and beyond. Featuring rare photographs and paraphernalia, reading lists, playlists and timelines, Anna-Marie Crowhurst's new history of an ongoing battle captures the pop culture and politics that have shaped modern feminism, and where the fight for equal rights will take us next.

Personal testimony essays from: Alice Coffin; Juno Dawson; Diana Evans; Nadia Ghulam; Susie Orbach; Helen Pankhurst; Gisela Pérez de Acha; Laura Perlongo; Emeli Sandé; Anne Wafula Strike; Hibo Wardere; Harriet Wistrich; Rosie Wolfenden.

Badly Behaved Women is the illustrated story of the past 100 years of the women's movement, from suffrage, alleged bra burning and the politics of hair to Beyoncé, body positivity and #MeToo.

In the early twentieth century, through ceaseless dedication and fearless campaigning, the women's movement achieved what had previously been unimaginable: a woman's right to vote. Four waves of feminism and a century on, the rich cultural history of this movement is truly worthy of celebration.

Accompanied by stunning photographs, personal testimony essays from key figures and archive material from sources around the world, Anna-Marie Crowhurst's compelling and entertaining retelling of this multi-stranded, global and ongoing story also examines the flaws of the movement and the future of feminism.

Personal testimony essays from: Alice Coffin; Juno Dawson; Diana Evans; Nadian Ghulam; Susie Orbach; Helen Pankhurst; Gisela Pérez de Acha; Laura Perlongo; Emeli Sandé; Anne Wafula Strike; Hibo Wardere; Harriet Wistrich; Rosie Wolfenden.

This collection of satirical sketches takes readers on a sometimes cynical, sometimes hilarious trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa

The seed of this collection was sown in 2007 when South Africa won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The debate about huge amounts of public funds being spent on a 'vanity project' instead of being used to improve the lives of the majority of the country’s citizens inspired Mike van Graan, one of South Africa's leading contemporary political playwrights, to use sport as an entry point for satirical commentary. Van Graan follows this with piercing attention towards matters of the state. With themes ranging from the World Cup to the political football of land, from the violent abuse of women to state capture, this selection of satirical sketches takes readers on a rollercoaster trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa. The sketches come from six one-person revues, Bafana Republic (2007), Bafana Republic: Extra Time (2008), Bafana Republic: Penalty Shootout (2009), Pay Back the Curry (2016), State Fracture (2017) and Land Acts (2018). Van Graan uses a potent mix of comedy, poetry and drama to make points that hit hard at core issues which 21st-century South Africans are struggling with. Readers will laugh and cringe and sometimes cry, but one thing they will not be able to do is remain unaffected.

This collection of satirical sketches takes readers on a sometimes cynical, sometimes hilarious trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa

The seed of this collection was sown in 2007 when South Africa won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The debate about huge amounts of public funds being spent on a 'vanity project' instead of being used to improve the lives of the majority of the country’s citizens inspired Mike van Graan, one of South Africa's leading contemporary political playwrights, to use sport as an entry point for satirical commentary. Van Graan follows this with piercing attention towards matters of the state. With themes ranging from the World Cup to the political football of land, from the violent abuse of women to state capture, this selection of satirical sketches takes readers on a rollercoaster trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa. The sketches come from six one-person revues, Bafana Republic (2007), Bafana Republic: Extra Time (2008), Bafana Republic: Penalty Shootout (2009), Pay Back the Curry (2016), State Fracture (2017) and Land Acts (2018). Van Graan uses a potent mix of comedy, poetry and drama to make points that hit hard at core issues which 21st-century South Africans are struggling with. Readers will laugh and cringe and sometimes cry, but one thing they will not be able to do is remain unaffected.

The longtime CEO of Coach shares stories and strategies behind the company's stunning growth from a $6 million business to a $5 billion global brand.

Lew Frankfort knew nothing about fashion when he became assistant to the founder of Coach. By the time he left, Frankfort had spent 29 years as CEO, growing Coach from a scrappy maker of leather bags with a small cult following to a beloved lifestyle brand. Along the way, Coach created a new market segment—accessible luxury—that redefined an industry. In Bag Man, Frankfort explains how the son of a Bronx policeman, after working in city government, built a business that challenged conventions, grew it 1000%, and became recognized as one of the world's best CEOs.

Bag Man offers lessons from both achievements and missteps as Coach reinvented itself over decades. Throughout, Frankfort considers a more personal aspect of leadership—how the double-edged sword of fear and drive can lead to success but also take a toll. He shares his struggles with a haunting fear of failure, including how it drove an obsession with consumer insights that made Coach unique in the industry.

Summing up Coach's philosophy in three words—"magic plus logic"—Bag Man shows how blending creativity and data-driven discipline can produce sustainable, profitable growth, helping to:

• Design and market products people love
• Build a roster of talent and a performance-driven culture
• Drive strategies that pair a brand's unique value with the right market opportunities
• Scale the business to achieve next-level organic growth
• Operate as a respected public company

A riveting, candid business memoir, Bag Man traces an extraordinary leadership journey that built a legacy brand.

The longtime CEO of Coach shares stories and strategies behind the company's stunning growth from a $6 million business to a $5 billion global brand.

Lew Frankfort knew nothing about fashion when he became assistant to the founder of Coach. By the time he left, Frankfort had spent 29 years as CEO, growing Coach from a scrappy maker of leather bags with a small cult following to a beloved lifestyle brand. Along the way, Coach created a new market segment—accessible luxury—that redefined an industry. In Bag Man, Frankfort explains how the son of a Bronx policeman, after working in city government, built a business that challenged conventions, grew it 1000%, and became recognized as one of the world's best CEOs.

Bag Man offers lessons from both achievements and missteps as Coach reinvented itself over decades. Throughout, Frankfort considers a more personal aspect of leadership—how the double-edged sword of fear and drive can lead to success but also take a toll. He shares his struggles with a haunting fear of failure, including how it drove an obsession with consumer insights that made Coach unique in the industry.

Summing up Coach's philosophy in three words—"magic plus logic"—Bag Man shows how blending creativity and data-driven discipline can produce sustainable, profitable growth, helping to:

• Design and market products people love
• Build a roster of talent and a performance-driven culture
• Drive strategies that pair a brand's unique value with the right market opportunities
• Scale the business to achieve next-level organic growth
• Operate as a respected public company

A riveting, candid business memoir, Bag Man traces an extraordinary leadership journey that built a legacy brand.

Despite dictatorship, international sanctions, and the ravages of war, Baghdad endures with a surprisingly exceptional modern architectural heritage. This beautifully illustrated study reveals the splendors of early twentieth-century architecture that still stand on the streets of Iraq’s capital.
Caecilia Pieri’s documentation foregrounds the physical reality of modern Baghdad, very different from the image that we normally receive from the media. She draws on a number of unpublished sources and documents to present Baghdad’s architecture in a historical perspective, and her striking photographs taken between 2003 and 2006 document the residential areas of the twentieth-century city, providing an unprecedented resource for historians, urban planners, and general readers interested in discovering a new face of a world capital. With essays by Rifat Chadirji, Ihsan Fethi, and Naïm Kattan.

Baghdad Central is a noir debut novel set in Baghdad in September 2003. Now a major TV series on HULU. The WSJ said: ‘Baghdad Central,” the impossible-to-stop-watching six-part series on Hulu, is a Middle Eastern western in the “High Noon” tradition, though that hardly does it justice. Yes, there’s a solitary hero with the cards stacked against him. High-stakes gambling. Even a saloon. But the setting is Baghdad during the Iraq War.The US occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales of hubris and reality-denial abound, culminating in Washington hailing the mess a glorious "mission accomplished."

Inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji is a mid-level Iraqi cop who deserted his post back in April. Khafaji has lived long enough in pre- and post-Saddam Iraq to know that clinging on to anything but poetry and his daughter, Mrouj, is asking for trouble. Nabbed by the Americans and imprisoned in Abu Ghraib, Khafaji is offered one way out—work for the CPA to rebuild the Iraqi Police Services. But it's only after United States forces take Mrouj that he figures out a way to make his collaboration palatable, and even rewarding. Soon, he is investigating the disappearance of young women translators working for the US Army. The bloody trail leads Khafaji through battles, bars, and brothels then finally back to the Green Zone, where it all began.

This is a first novel by Elliott Colla , an American writer totally immersed in Middle Eastern affairs. He is a professor of Arabic literature at Georgetown University, and a well-known translator from the Arabic of local fiction and poetry. He divides his time between Washington, DC, and the Middle East.

Meet Charlie McCandlewick, who sweeps the bogle creatures of the night out from under your bed, in this charming and humorous Scottish picture book.

Charlie McCandlewick is a nightsweep. But he doesn't sweep chimneys – oh no. While children are tucked up safely in their beds, Charlie takes care of the bogle creatures of the night: the Nippers and Nabbers who hide under your bed, the Croakies who flap about in closets and the Whigmaleeries who wail at windows. But once they've been safely captured in his thistle-cloth bag, what does Charlie do with all the beasties?

This brilliant story from author–illustrator Tim Archbold will become a firm favorite with children and parents alike. Narrated in a hilarious, quirky style, with wonderfully illustrated beasties and bogles waiting to jump off each page, it will captivate readers until the final surprise twist.

A complete training guide for beginners and advanced practitioners of Baguazhang.

This revised edition includes a complete redesign with an emphasis on reader usability and modern Chinese typography.

Packed with over nine hundred photographs, this comprehensive text offers theory, martial applications, sequences, Qigong exercises, weapon training, and is an indispensable resource for those serious about Chinese martial arts.

• Translation of ancient Baguazhang documents
• Baguazhang Qigong
• Basic Training
• Body Conditioning
• Eight Palms sequence and fighting set
• Swimming Body sequence and martial applications
• Bagua Deer Hook Sword sequence and martial applications

Der Bahnhofsbuchhandel muss sich gegenwärtig neuen Herausforderungen stellen: dem möglichen Fortfall des Ladenschlussgesetzes, der Verlagerung des Presseabsatzes zu Non-Press-Outlets und vor allem der Konzentration des Buch- und Presseverkaufs bei großen Medien- und Handelskonzernen.

Vor dem Hintergrund der historischen Entwicklung analysiert Peter Brummund die Besonderheiten dieser Sparte des Buch- und Pressevertriebs. Er ist Autor mehrerer wichtiger Untersuchungen zu diesem Thema und seit Jahrzehnten im Pressevertrieb, in Verlagen sowie zuletzt in seinem eigenen Nationalvertriebs- und Import-Unternehmen tätig.

Die einmalige Branchen-Dokumentation bietet erstmals kompaktes Handbuchwissen zu dem in der Literatur bisher stark vernachlässigten Thema Bahnhofsbuchhandel. Er zeigt Ideen und Strategien auf, wie sich die Branche auch unter schwierigen Marktbedingungen weiter entwickeln und ihre Zukunft sichern kann.

Read the amazing true story of an injured bear cub’s rescue, recovery, and return to nature—and learn about animal hospitals.

Bailey the bear cub loves living in the forest and exploring with her mama. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. When she gets too close to a road near the forest, Bailey is struck by a car! She is severely injured, and her jaw is broken. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center (or animal hospital)—and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her jaw? Can Bailey learn to use it again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she is healed and able to survive on her own.

Bailey the Bear Needs Help! is a true story told with gorgeous photographs and heartwarming text by award-winning author Christy Gove. Through Bailey’s journey, readers learn about bears and wildlife rehabilitation centers.

• See the inside of a wildlife hospital.
• Learn how veterinarians help animals to get better.
• Find out about bear diets, dens, and families.

Bailey the Bear Needs Help! is both entertaining and educational, helping to instill in children an appreciation of animals and nature.

Read the amazing true story of an injured bear cub’s rescue, recovery, and return to nature—and learn about animal hospitals.

Bailey the bear cub loves living in the forest and exploring with her mama. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. When she gets too close to a road near the forest, Bailey is struck by a car! She is severely injured, and her jaw is broken. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center (or animal hospital)—and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her jaw? Can Bailey learn to use it again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she is healed and able to survive on her own.

Bailey the Bear Needs Help! is a true story told with gorgeous photographs and heartwarming text by award-winning author Christy Gove. Through Bailey’s journey, readers learn about bears and wildlife rehabilitation centers.

• See the inside of a wildlife hospital.
• Learn how veterinarians help animals to get better.
• Find out about bear diets, dens, and families.

Bailey the Bear Needs Help! is both entertaining and educational, helping to instill in children an appreciation of animals and nature.

Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation. Are such massive bailouts really called for? Can they succeed?

Robert E. Wright and his colleagues provide an unbiased history of government bailouts and a frank assessment of their effectiveness. Their book recounts colonial America's struggle to rectify the first dangerous real estate bubble and the British government's counterproductive response. It explains how Alexander Hamilton allowed central banks and other lenders to bail out distressed but sound businesses without rewarding or encouraging the risky ones. And it shows how, in the second half of the twentieth century, governments began to bail out distressed companies, industries, and even entire economies in ways that subsidized risk takers while failing to reinvigorate the economy. By peering into the historical uses of public money to save private profit, this volume suggests better ways to control risk in the future.

Additional Columbia / SSRC books on the privatization of risk and its implications for Americans:

Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--and How to Heal ItEdited by Jacob S. Hacker

Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment InsecurityEdited by Katherine S. Newman

Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of RiskEdited by Mitchell A. Orenstein

Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation. Are such massive bailouts really called for? Can they succeed?

Robert E. Wright and his colleagues provide an unbiased history of government bailouts and a frank assessment of their effectiveness. Their book recounts colonial America's struggle to rectify the first dangerous real estate bubble and the British government's counterproductive response. It explains how Alexander Hamilton allowed central banks and other lenders to bail out distressed but sound businesses without rewarding or encouraging the risky ones. And it shows how, in the second half of the twentieth century, governments began to bail out distressed companies, industries, and even entire economies in ways that subsidized risk takers while failing to reinvigorate the economy. By peering into the historical uses of public money to save private profit, this volume suggests better ways to control risk in the future.

Additional Columbia / SSRC books on the privatization of risk and its implications for Americans:

Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--and How to Heal ItEdited by Jacob S. Hacker

Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment InsecurityEdited by Katherine S. Newman

Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of RiskEdited by Mitchell A. Orenstein

Roughly once a year, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, the US treasury secretary and in some cases the finance ministers of other G-7 countries will get a call from the finance minister of a large emerging market economy. The emerging market finance minister will indicate that the country is rapidly running out of foreign reserves, that it has lost access to international capital markets and, perhaps, that is has lost the confidence of its own citizens. Without a rescue loan, it will be forced to devalue its currency and default either on its government debt or on loans to the country's banks that the government has guaranteed.

This book looks at these situations and the options available to alleviate the problem. It argues for a policy that recognizes that every crisis is different and that different cases need to be handled within a framework that provides consistency and predictability to borrowing countries as well as those who invest in their debt.

Introducing Bait, the little toad with a big personality. 

Bait the toad loves the camera, and the camera certainly loves him! From his river-bed roots to TikTok stardom, Bait has never found a pose he couldn’t slay, or a hat he couldn’t style.

In this side-splitting photo book, Bait is ready to prove that there’s more to amphibians than meets the eye. Whether it’s striking confident poses in the garden, sporting sassy homemade hats, or hanging out with his furry friends, this tiny toad has a lot to teach us all about being comfortable in our own skin.

Brighten up your day or make a loved one laugh with Bait and his pals, the perfect gift for any age.

Cuando Wallace Price se ve asistiendo a su propio funeral, descubre que está muerto.

Pero Wallace no está preparado para abandonar este mundo que apenas ha sabido disfrutar en vida. De modo que, cuando le conceden una semana para dar el salto al Más Allá, decide vivir plenamente esos siete días que le quedan. Comenzará entonces un extraordinario viaje en el que, con la ayuda de Hugo, dueño de una pintoresca tetería escondida entre las montañas y el barquero que ayuda a las almas a cruzar «al otro lado», aprenderá a disfrutar de la belleza de los detalles y podrá compensar todo aquello que se perdió.

Conmovedora e hilarante en partes iguales, Bajo la puerta de los susurros es una historia sobre cómo exprimir la vida con la calidez, la chispa y la extraordinaria empatía características de TJ Klune.

Un episodio olvidado por la Historia: una infancia que conoció la crueldad, pero también el heroísmo y la esperanza.

Acabada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, las mujeres y los niños alemanes de Prusia Oriental quedaron abandonados a su suerte ante el avance victorioso del Ejército Rojo. En medio de aquel terrible invierno, las mujeres trataron de ayudarse entre sí, mientras algunos niños se atrevieron a cruzar los bosques y la frontera para alcanzar Lituania y, una vez allí, pedir comida o trabajo a los granjeros y traer de vuelta lo que consiguieran. Esos niños conocieron la crueldad, la violencia, pero también la amabilidad y solidaridad, incluso el heroísmo. A esos niños los llamaron «los niños-lobo».

Que el hombre debería tener dominio «sobre toda la tierra y sobre todo reptil que se arrastra sobre ella» es una profecía convertida en realidad. Tan generalizado es el impacto de los humanos en el planeta que hemos categorizado la época en que vivimos como una nueva época geológica: el Antropoceno.

Elizabeth Kolbert se ha convertido en una de las escritoras más influyentes sobre el medio ambiente. Ahora investiga los inmensos desafíos que enfrenta la humanidad mientras luchamos por revertir, en cuestión de décadas, los efectos que hemos ocasionado en la atmósfera, los océanos, los bosques, los ríos y en la topografía misma del globo. En Bajo un cielo blanco Elizabeth Kolbert analiza detenidamente el nuevo mundo que estamos creando y, en el camino, se encuentra con biólogos que están tratando de preservar el pez más raro del mundo, que vive en una pequeña piscina en medio del desierto de Mojave; ingenieros que están convirtiendo las emisiones de carbono en piedra en Islandia; investigadores australianos que están tratando de desarrollar un súper coral que pueda sobrevivir en un globo más caliente; y físicos que están contemplando la posibilidad de lanzar pequeños diamantes a la estratosfera para enfriar la tierra, cambiando el color del cielo de azul a blanco.

Si en La sexta extinción exploró las formas en que nuestra capacidad de destrucción ha remodelado el mundo natural, ahora examina cómo el mismo tipo de intervenciones que han puesto en peligro nuestro planeta pueden ser la única esperanza de salvación. A la vez inspirador y aterrador, Bajo un cielo blanco es un examen completamente original de los desafíos a los que nos enfrentamos, ahora como creadores de una nueva naturaleza.

Bake Me I’m Yours… Sweet Bitesize Bakes:
Over 25 big ideas for pretty little cakes and pastries, from Maison Cupcake founder Sarah Trivuncic.

With this gorgeous little book you will learn how to bake miniature versions of your best-loved desserts, confections, patisserie and sweet treats with easy to follow recipes and expert instruction for essential cake decorating techniques. Discover how to embellish pastries, cupcakes and cookies with sugarcraft embellishments and fondant icing for stunning results, and how to whip up tasty fillings and toppings, from buttercream and chocolate ganache to marshmallow fluff, lemon curd and crème patissière.

The compact size and gorgeous photography will make it really easy for you to choose a pastry or cake design and get baking and decorating straight away, whether you are an experienced cake decorator or a complete beginner!

Inside Bake Me I’m Yours… Sweet Bitesize Bakes:

Delicious recipes and treats for every occasion . . .
Banana Whoopie Pies
Choux Pastry
Fondant Fancies
French Macarons
Gingerbread Cookies
Cupcakes
Madeleines
Mini Meringues
Mini Pavlovas
Red Velvet Cakes
Sweet Pastry
Vanilla Sponge Cakes . . . and many more!

Bake Me I'm Yours...Cupcake Fun: Over 25 sugarcraft character designs for fun family baking, from top cake decorating author Carolyn White. Discover how to bake perfect cupcakes every time with easy-to-follow recipes and clever tips for professional results. You will also learn essential cake decorating techniques, including buttercream piping and creating character features with sugarpaste and rolled fondant icing – perfect for making unique cupcake designs! Enjoy making fun cupcake characters, from barnyard animals, nurses and firemen, to pirates, mermaids and space aliens! Inside Bake Me I'm Yours...Cupcake Fun: With delicious cupcake recipes for every occasion: * Banana and Macadamia * Blueberry and Almond * Chocolate Brownie * Classic Vanilla * Double Chocolate * Strawberry Jam Surprise * And loads more ideas for tasty cupcake recipes!

This is a delicious collection of fun cake pop treats for every occasion. Over 40 colorful projects, from cute animals and romantic wedding rings, to creepy Halloween creatures and festive Christmas characters. The simple step-by-step instructions are perfect for beginners, while the gorgeous designs provide inspiration for the more experienced sugarcrafter.

Over 100 irresistible ways to bake, frost, decorate, display, and indulge in cupcakes

Treat...
Yourself to a piece of cupcake heaven, with divine designs that are devilishly simple

Tempt...
Everyone with a look they'll love, from sweet and stylish to fun and fashionable

Transform...
The traditional party cake into a tower of enticing treats to impress the guests

The little cake with big ideas...
Weddings, Birthdays, Valentine's Day, Engagements, Anniversaries, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Mother's Day, Christenings, Thanksgiving, New Year, Tea Parties, Picnics, and more