“…This handbook is based on the project "Österreichische Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorinnen" (Austrian Women Writers of children's literature), which was defined as part of the project "biografiA. datenbank und lexikon österreichischer frauen" (database of austrian women, http://www.biografia.at), localised on the Institute for Science and Art in Vienna. In the years 1999 to 2002 more than 800 women writers could be described biographically. …”

“…It contains twenty-one essays by an interdisciplinary group of international authors examining various aspects of Eckhel’s biography and scholarly activities: his Jesuit background, his formative study trip to Italy in 1773, his work as director of the imperial collection of ancient coins and professor of numismatics at the university of Vienna (from 1774), and especially his most important publications on ancient coins as well as on gems and cameos. …”

“…Emperor Franz Joseph intended it, and everyone in Vienna expected it. How the war began and how Austria-Hungary managed to avoid capitulation only weeks later with the help of German troops reads like a thriller. …”

“…Many documents regarding those negotiations are preserved in the Habsburg "Hausarchiv", now the "Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv" in Vienna. Documents only up to the year 1469 have been published in the "Regesta Imperii - Regesten Friedrichs III." so far. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Desmond, Ann Powers --United Nation Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses / Ludovica Chiussi -- Convention On The Protection And Use Of Transboundary Watercourses And International Lakes 1992 (The UNECE Helsinki Convention) / Cristina Contartese -- Agreements On The Protection Of The Rivers Meuse Scheldt 1994 / Cristina Contartese -- Convention On Cooperation For The Protection And Sustainable Use Of The Danube River 1994 / Ludovica Chiussi, Felix Zaharia -- Rotterdam Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine 1998 / Cristina Contartese -- Finnish-Russian agreement concerning frontier watercourses / Irina Krasnova -- The Guarani Aquifer Agreement 2010 / Francesco Sindico / Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer 1985 (Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) / Francesca Romanin Jacur -- The Basel Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal 1989 / Juliette Voinov Kohler -- Rotterdam Convention On The Prior Informed Consent Procedure For Certain Hazardous Chemicals And Pesticides In International Trade 1998 / Tarcísio Hardman Reis -- Stockholm Convention On Persistent Organic Pollutants 2001 (UNECE) (POPs) / Tarcísio Hardman Reis -- Bamako Convention On The Ban Of The Import Into Africa And The Control Of Transboundary Movement And Management Of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa (1994) / Juliette Voinov Kohler -- United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change 1992 / Panos Merkouris -- Espoo Convention On Environmental Impact Assessment In A Transboundary Context 1991 / Angeliki Papantoniou -- Aarhus Convention On Access To Information, Public Participation And Access To Justice In Environmental Matters 1998 / Elena Fasoli -- Energy Charter Treaty 1994 / Silke Goldberg, Krishna Kakkaiyadi -- The Antarctic Treaty 1959: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991) / Rebecca Bates…”

“…The volume present the results of in-depth comparative research from the Visions of Community project in Vienna, and of a dialogue with guests, offering new and exciting perspectives on the emerging field of comparative medieval history. …”

“…After the failed Siege of Vienna of 1683, the Ottoman Empire gradually withdrew from Europe. …”

“…Nadia Seremetakis journeys from Greece to Vienna, Edinburgh, Albania, Ireland, and beyond. Social crisis is seen through its transnational multiplication of borders, thresholds and margins, divisions, and localities as linguistic, bodily, sensory, and performative sites of the quotidian in process. …”