“…Reading films from East, West, and post-unification Germany together, Baer argues that contemporary German cinema is characterized most strongly by its origins in and responses to advanced capitalism. …”

“…Focusing on the 20th century as a starting point, the book explores the display of transnational architectural practices resulting in different notions of locality, cosmopolitanism, and modernity. …”

“…In April 1909 Charlie Chaplin sued the treasurer of a seaman's mission in West Hartlepool County Court, North East England, for £ 14 and 10 shillings for failing to pay him the agreed wages and rent for a cinematographer and films. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preliminary Material / Introduction / A Survey of Images from the Chinese Medical Classics / Picturing the Body in Chinese Medical and Daoist Texts from the Song to the Qing Period (10th to 19th Centuries) / Imagining Practice: Sense and Sensuality in Early Chinese Medical Illustration / The Iconography of Time: What the Visualisation of Efficacious Movement (Shi 勢) Tells Us about the Composition of the Yijin Jing 易筋經 (Canon for Supple Sinews) / Nurturing the Foetus in Medieval China: Illustrating the 10 Months of Pregnancy in the Ishimpō 醫心方 / The Gendered Medical Iconography of the Golden Mirror, Yuzuan Yizong Jinjian 御纂醫宗金鑑, 1742 / The Limits of Illustration: Animalia and Pharmacopeia from Guo Pu to Bencao Gangmu 本草綱目 / Observational Drawing and Fine Art in Chinese Materia Medica Illustration / Reading Visual Imagery and Written Sources on Acupuncture and Moxibustion / The Fine Art of the Tongue / Diagnostic Images of the Tongue: Aetiology and Pathology Made Visible / A Brief Introduction to Illustration in the Literature of Surgery and Traumatology in Chinese Medicine / Polychrome Illustrations in the Ming Bencao Literature / Illustrations of Drug Collection and Preparation in Buyi Lei Gong Paozhi Bianlan 補遺雷公炮製便覽 / The Relationship between Chinese Erotic Art and the Art of the Bedchamber: A Preliminary Survey / The Vital Role of Illustration in the Literature of Childhood Smallpox / Picturing Medicine in Daily life: Court and Commoner Perspectives in Song Era Paintings / Images of Healing, Hygiene and the Cultivation of the Body in the Dunhuang Cave Murals / Travelling Light: Sino-Tibetan Moxa-Cautery from Dunhuang / Chasing the Vermilion Bird: Late Medieval Alchemical Transformations in The Treasure Book of Ilkhan on Chinese Science and Techniques / Fanciful Images from Abroad: Picturing the Other in Bencao Pinhui Jingyao 本草品彙精要 / Chinese Horse Medicine: Texts and Illustrations / Korean Anatomical Charts in the Context of the East Asian Medical Tradition / Imagining Acupuncture: Images and the Early Westernisation of Asian Medical Expertise / The Body of Laozi and the Course of a Taoist Journey Through the Heavens / Clinical Medicine Texts: The Earliest Stone Medical Inscription / Embodying Animal Spirits in the Vital Organs: Daoist Alchemy in Chinese Medicine / A Phoenix Amid the Flames: Mount Emei Big Dipper Finger-Point Method, Daoyin and Qigong / Moving towards Perfection: Physical Culture in Dzogchen as Revealed in Tibet’s Lukhang Murals…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Protocol to the Convention, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of East African Region Concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the East African Region, 1985 (The East African Protocol) -- Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, 1979 (The Berne Convention) -- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas, 1982 (The Mediterranean Protocol) -- Protocol to the Convention ad Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife, 1990 (Caribbean Protocol) -- Weaknesses of the Earlier Agreements -- Other Sectoral Agreements -- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Water Foul Habitat, 1971 (The Ramsar Convention) -- Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972 (The World Heritage Convention) -- Chapter 7: Background to the Signing of the Convention on Biodiversity -- Advantages of and Need for Biodiversity -- Declaration of Brasila 1989 -- Langkawi Declaration -- Beijing Declaration -- Kuala Lumpur Declaration -- Different Points of View of the Participants -- Report of the Executive Director to Rationalize International Agreements -- United Nations Mandate -- Meetings of the Group of Experts -- Group of Experts Converted Into Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee (INC) -- Differences Between Developed and Developing Countries on IPRs and the Like -- Final Compromises by Both Sides Leading to the Signing of CBD -- Chapter 8: Convention on Biodiversity -- Objectives -- Sustainable Use -- Article 3-Principles -- General Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use -- Concept of Sustainable Use -- Identification and Monitoring -- In Situ - Ex Situ Conservation…”

“…The authors show four points of view about one theme: silvicultures. Wood pasture systems of South East England and Northern Italy, Spanish pollard forests, and Portuguese montado are great examples of European ancient forests. …”

“…Tim Winter highlights how many countries-including Iran, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and others-are revisiting their histories to find points of diplomatic and cultural connection. Through the revived Silk Roads, China becomes the new author of Eurasian history and the architect of the bridge between East and West. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Value of net-exports positive in Americas, Oceania and East Europe; Table 1.1. The largest trade deficits in volume terms in 2023 will occur in Asia and Africa…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Show Play Lists and SchedulesTime Code; Supervisory Controls and Monitoring; Logging Show Operations; Piracy Protection and Security; Content Delivery; Putting A Point To It; Chapter 11 An International Perspective; Europe; Local Initiatives; Europewide Sponsored Projects; Asia; Latin America; Africa & Middle East; Appendix The DC28 Standard; Contributor Biographies; Index…”

“…He has worked for over 25 years in some 30 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific and Africa…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Enjeux sociétaux -- Introduction -- 1. Points d'accès publics, télécottages et telecentres -- Introduction -- a) Politiques nationales en matière de points d'accès publics -- b) Questions fondamentales concer nant les points d'accès publics -- c) Perspectives concer nant les points d'accès publics -- 2. …”