Oskar: 82 books

The notion of 'the public sphere' has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity. The Idea...

The inner architecture of a material can have an astonishing effect on its overall properties and is vital to understand when designing new materials. Nature is a master at designing hierarchical structures and so researchers are looking at biological examples for inspiration, specifically to understand...

Poetry There are times when I despair of some poetry written, nice words knitted together for the sake of sounding pleasant the truth of life is made into a Hollywood romance, beautiful and we cry, misspent, sentimental tears over the irrelevant. My almond tree looks spindly like an oversized spiders...

This book is intended for those who want to take full advantage of separating services into module containers and connect them to form a complete platform. It will give you all the insights and knowledge needed to run your own PaaS.

Become an expert in the innovative containerization tool to unlock new opportunities in the way you use and deploy softwareAbout This BookHarness the power of Docker to create a robust and resilient environment in which you can generate portable, composable, scalable, and stable application containersLearn...

Are you looking to improve or to begin learning about freediving? Do you wish to be able to stay submerged longer and be able to go deeper? Well if you are this is the book for you. In "Freediving - the Essentials for reaching 65 feet in just two days" you will not only learn how to simply reach 65 feet...

A Viking tale of myth and magic. All is not well at the Viking court of Jelling. Home to the mysterious Yelling Stones (three witches turned into stone), it's always been a place of power and a haven for 'the old ways'. But troubling news has reached King Gorm's court - not that fourteen-year-old...

The “public sphere” is a key concept in political discourse, designating a space for political action. But is this a single authoritative and universal space in which various positions compete for recognition, or does it consist of multiple local spaces spread over diverse collectivities? In Kluge...

This study offers a radical reassessment of a crucial period of political and cultural history. By looking at some 400 songs, many of which are made available to hear, and at their writers, singers, and audiences, it questions both our relationship with song, and ordinary Britons' relationship with Napoleon, the war, and the idea of Britain itself.

First published in 1991, this book attempts to deal with Mill’s thought as a coherent system and tie some elements of his thoughts together. It seeks to show that he developed a set of ethical principles to underlie government intervention and provide a theory as to how it should intervene — which...

Das Amerika der Leichtsinnigen. Wenn Bruder Leichtfuß gar zu arg gehaust hat, und geplagte Familiengeduld reißt, so verfällt man in deutschen Landen häufig auf den bewunderungswürdig energischen und einfachen Ausweg: das schwarze Schaf der Familie nach Amerika zu schicken; nach den Vereinigten Staaten,...

An old Irish priest, dying in a hospital in Boston, meets a young Jewish man, a doctor in training. Although they dont know it yet, they have little in commonexcept for their painful pasts. Still, Dr. K (his Polish last name is unpronounceable to the nurses) agrees to sit vigil on what could be Father...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This pioneering modern treatise on the calculus of variations studies the evolution of the subject from Euler to Hilbert. The text addresses basic problems with sufficient generality and rigor to offer a sound introduction for serious study. It provides clear definitions of the fundamental concepts,...