“…Relationality, intersubjectivity, aliveness, resilience, care of the self and also of others, adaptive flexibility, playfulness, shared attention, companionship, healing, and thriving seem, increasingly, to be the key watchwords and concerns of Fradenburg's work, and at the same time, the so-called "literary" mode is still central to these concerns, such that, as Fradenburg has written, "Interpretation and relationality depend on one another because all relationships are unending processes of interpretation and expression, listening and signifying. …”

“…The last couple of decades has not only witnessed an increased convergence between human rights and development but also a significant shift towards rights-based approaches to development, including especially responsiveness to the fact that development in itself is a human right guaranteed to be enjoyed by all peoples. This edited volume of peer-reviewed papers constitutes the first product resulting from the annual international conference series on the right to development, organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute at the University of South Africa. …”

“…The analysis demonstrates when States pay attention to international law, why they feel compelled to do so, when they choose not to, and why all that matters. This is an extremely timely and accessible book which should be useful to the legal academy and to practitioners.” …”

“…He identifies two major modes, the grotesque and the romantic, and focuses on key phases of the development of medievalism in Europe: the Reformation, the late eighteenth century, and above all the period between 1815 and 1850, which, he argues, represents the zenith of medievalist cultural production. …”

“…Since the move to an all-volunteer force, the U.S. military has increasingly provided an array of programs, services, and facilities to support military families, including programs to assist spouses in pursuing their educational and employment goals. …”

“…These volumes document all that could be learnt from the last speakers of the language in the last years of their lives by a linguist who was involved with other languages at the same time. …”

“…Collected for the first time in one volume, this reliable, empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day.Selected recommendations include:• Background checks: Establish a universal background check system for all persons purchasing a firearm from any seller. • High-risk individuals: Expand the set of conditions that disqualify an individual from legally purchasing a firearm. • Mental health: Focus federal restrictions on gun purchases by persons with serious mental illness on the dangerousness of the individual.• Trafficking and dealer licensing: Appoint a permanent director to ATF and provide the agency with the authority to develop a range of sanctions for gun dealers who violate gun sales or other laws. • Personalized guns: Provide financial incentives to states to mandate childproof or personalized guns. • Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Ban the future sale of assault weapons and the future sale and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines.• Research funds: Provide adequate federal funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and National Institute of Justice for research into the causes and solutions of gun violence.The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans—including gun owners—for stronger gun policies. …”

“…Bender seeks to dispel, once and for all, the notion that Hopkins was a naïf poet. He provides an analysis of classical Greek and Latin rhetoric relative to the classical background of Hopkins's style and the structure in his poetry. …”

“…He recreates a landscape littered with unfamiliar issues, intractable problems, unattractive choices, and partial solutions, all of which influenced congressional decisions on matters as prosaic as military logistics or as abstract as the definition of federalism…”

“…Nelle raccolte Storie naturali, Vizio di forma e Lilít e altri racconti, così come anche nelle storie scritte negli ultimi anni di vita, è evidente lintento di Levi di servirsi dei miti per dare forza alle proprie narrazioni: non solo ama giocare con i miti tradizionali, ne crea anche di alternativi, facendo convergere la tradizione greco-romana, quella ebraica e la fantascienza di cui era avido lettore. …”

“…Infine, nell’ultimo capitolo proponiamo una riflessione più generale sulla continuità del processo di marginalizzazione che vede come protagoniste, sia le agenzie del controllo penale, sia i servizi formalmente preposti all’inclusione sociale delle categorie più svantaggiate”. …”

“…Intorno a Jean-Luc Nancy è una sorta di volume filosofico interattivo: si trovano un saggio inedito del celebre autore francese, Che cos’è il collettivo, preparato per la Scuola di Alta Formazione Filosofica (SdAFF) di Torino, e gli scritti frutto della discussione seminariale intorno alle sue intuizioni. I saggi del volume attraversano l’ontologia e la filosofia politica di Nancy, ne discutono la filosofia della religione e la concezione della corporeità, mettendole a confronto con le argomentazioni di altri autori, e in particolare con Derrida. …”

“…This defense in turn required not only the destructive refutation, but also the appreciative understanding of those objections in all their strength. A major Galilean accomplishment was to elaborate such a reasoned, critical, and fair-minded defense of Copernicanism. …”

“…Moreover, each chapter ends with a section on further reading, in which all relevant literature is discussed in detail. …”

“…The book brings together a series of studies that all involve quantitative analyses of secondary data from censuses, surveys or administrative records. …”

“…The loess belt was chosen because it is a region with only one type of soil and climate as these are all-important factors where farming is concerned. …”

“…In the course of this long and exciting journey, a wide range of people face all sorts of risks and criminality, as well as various moral and ethical judgments. …”

“…It provides a basic understanding of how EU policy has evolved, the EU’s mandate, and above all, a concise and hands-on description of the most central crisis management arrangements. …”

“…To mark the 20th Anniversary of Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations the editor has compiled a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates in third sector scholarship, comprised of all original research by leaders in the field. This work offers a critical review of the central and innovative themes that have come to form the core of third sector debate and research with an international focus. …”

“…Forces, electricity, light, and basic astronomy are all examples of conceptual domains that come into this category. …”