John Hodgson Bücher

This study of the work of the European choreographer and pioneer of dance notation, Rudolf Laban (1879-1958), examines the many strands of his thinking and its application. The book attempts to convey the full implications of his ideas about movement, for like Picasso in painting, and Stravinsky in music, Laban has been a seminal influence and innovator who altered the whole course of modern dance and movement. His mark can be detected in works as diverse as that of the German dancers and choreographers Mary Wigman, Kurt Joos and Pina Bausch, and British theatre practitioners Joan Littlewood, William Gaskell and Joan Plowright.

'Nutshells' are a series of books presenting the essentials of law in clear, straightforward language. They aim to offer concise, up-to-date accounts of the law - especially those topics favoured by examiners. This text covers the law of tort.

Ein Spiegelkabinett aus Begierde und Verrat, eine Liebe, die über den Tod hinausgeht, eine Welt aus Verhören und mitgeschnittenen Telefonaten – Ismail Kadares Roman »Die Verbannte« kann keine Figur verlassen, ohne Schuld auf sich zu laden. Auf der Premierenfeier seines neuesten Stücks wird der Autor Rudian Stefa von einer jungen Frau um eine Widmung gebeten. Ihre Freundin könne leider nicht kommen, sei aber eine große Bewundererin. Der Dramatiker kommt der Bitte nach, kurz darauf treffen sie sich wieder, sie beginnen eine Affäre. Einen kurzen, heftigen Streit später ist es die Ermittlungskommission, die ihn treffen möchte. Nach und nach erkennt Rudian Stefa das politische Ausmaß seiner Widmung und die tragische Reichweite seiner Affäre. Ismail Kadare ist einer der größten europäischen Erzähler unserer Zeit. In seinem Roman zeigt er eindrucksvoll auf, wie autoritäre Herrschaft alle zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen deformiert: tiefgreifend, substantiell, bis über den Tod hinaus. Liebe und Schuld, Begierde und Verrat gehen so unweigerlich eine grausame Verbindung ein.

Why did the taxi crash on the autobahn in Vienna?Who exactly were Besfort Y and Rovena, the mysterious couple who died after being flung from the back seat?How was Besfort connected to the war in the Balkans? And why was his affair with Rovena clouded in jealousy and mistrust?Who wanted them dead?This is the story of the last forty weeks of their lives - a fever dream where love and obsession collide.

This book contains 28 chapters with emphasis on the interactive nature of the relationships between the soil, plant, animal and environmental components of grassland systems, both natural and managed. It analyses the present knowledge and the future trends of research for combining the classical view of grasslands, as a resource for secure feeding of an increasing human population, with the more recent perspective of the contribution of grasslands to the mitigation of environmental impacts and biodiversity erosion as consequences of human society activities. The chapters are organized within five sections dealing with the different functions and the main ecosystem services expected from grasslands: (i) domestic herbivore feeding and animal production; (ii) the regulation of biogeochemical cycles and its consequences for the environment; (iii) dynamics of biodiversity hosted by grasslands; (iv) integration of grasslands within sustainable animal production systems; and (v) interactions of grassland areas with other land use systems at the landscape level.