Healthcare professionals, including doctors, pharmacists and nurses, are often confronted with patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) herbal medicinal products and food supplements. While taking responsibility for one’s own health and treatment options is encouraged, many patients use these products based on limited (and sometimes inaccurate) information from non-scientific sources, such as the popular press and internet. There is a clear need to offer balanced, well-informed advice to patients, yet a number of studies have shown that, generally, conventionally trained health practitioners consider their knowledge about herbal medicinal products and supplements to be weak. Phytopharmacy fills this knowledge gap, and is intended for use by the busy pharmacist, nurse, or doctor, as well as the ‘expert patient’ and students of pharmacy and herbal medicine. It presents clear, practical and concise monographs on over a hundred popular herbal medicines and plant-based food supplements. Information provided in each monograph includes: • Indications • Summary and appraisal of clinical and pre-clinical evidence • Potential interactions • Contraindications • Possible adverse effects An overview of the current regulatory framework is also outlined, notably the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. This stipulates that only licensed products or registered traditional herbal medicinal products (THRs), which have assured quality and safety, can now legally be sold OTC. Monographs are included of most of the major herbal ingredients found in THRs, and also some plant-based food supplements, which while not strictly medicines, may also have the potential to exert a physiological effect.

Phytopharmacy: An Evidence-Based Guide to Herbal Medicinal Products

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Heinrich, Michael

Edwards, Sarah E.

Williamson, Elizabeth M.

da Costa Rocha, Ines

Alternative Medicine

Wiley/Blackwell

An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital

The global economic crisis and recession that began in 2008 had at least one unexpected outcome: a surge in sales of Karl Marx's Capital. Although mainstream economists and commentators once dismissed Marx's work as outmoded and flawed, some are begrudgingly acknowledging an analysis that sees capitalism as inherently unstable. And of course, there are those, like Michael Heinrich, who have seen the value of Marx all along, and are in a unique position to explain the intricacies of Marx's thought. Heinrich's modern interpretation of Capital is now available to English-speaking readers for the first time. It has gone through nine editions in Germany, is the standard work for Marxist study groups, and is used widely in German universities. The author systematically covers all three volumes of Capital and explains all the basic aspects of Marx's critique of capitalism in a way that is clear and concise. He provides background information on the intellectual and political milieu in which Marx worked, and looks at crucial issues beyond the scope of Capital, such as class struggle, the relationship between capital and the state, accusations of historical determinism, and Marx's understanding of communism. Uniquely, Heinrich emphasizes the monetary character of Marx's work, in addition to the traditional emphasis on the labor theory of value, this highlighting the relevance of Capital to the age of financial explosions and implosions.

Business & Money

Economics

Monthly Review+press

The global economic crisis and recession that began in 2008 had at least one unexpected outcome: a surge in sales of Karl Marx's Capital. Although mainstream economists and commentators once dismissed Marx's work as outmoded and flawed, some are begrudgingly acknowledging an analysis that sees capitalism as inherently unstable. And of course, there are those, like Michael Heinrich, who have seen the value of Marx all along, and are in a unique position to explain the intricacies of Marx's thought. Heinrich's modern interpretation of Capital is now available to English-speaking readers for the first time. It has gone through nine editions in Germany, is the standard work for Marxist study groups, and is used widely in German universities. The author systematically covers all three volumes of Capital and explains all the basic aspects of Marx's critique of capitalism in a way that is clear and concise. He provides background information on the intellectual and political milieu in which Marx worked, and looks at crucial issues beyond the scope of Capital, such as class struggle, the relationship between capital and the state, accusations of historical determinism, and Marx's understanding of communism. Uniquely, Heinrich emphasizes the monetary character of Marx's work, in addition to the traditional emphasis on the labor theory of value, this highlighting the relevance of Capital to the age of financial explosions and implosions.

For over a century, Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises have made it imperative for us to comprehend and actualize Marx’s ideas. But without a knowledge of Karl Marx’s life as he lived it, neither Marx nor his works can be fully understood. There are more than twenty-five comprehensive biographies of Marx, but none of them consider his life and work in equal, corresponding measure. This biography, planned for three volumes, aims to include what most biographies have reduced to mere background: the contemporary conflicts, struggles, and disputes that engaged Marx at the time of his writings, alongside his complex relationships with a varied assortment of friends and opponents. 
This first volume will deal extensively with Marx’s youth in Trier and his studies in Bonn and Berlin. It will also examine the function of poetry in his intellectual development and his first occupation with Hegelian philosophy and with the so-called “young Hegelians” in his 1841 Dissertation. Already during this period, there were crises as well as breaks in Marx’s intellectual development that prompted Marx to give up projects and re-conceptualize his critical enterprise. This volume is the beginning of an astoundingly dimensional look at Karl Marx – a study of a complex life and body of work through the neglected issues, events, and people that helped comprise both. It is destined to become a classic.

Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

How to Read Marx's Capital: Commentary and Explanations on the Beginning Chapters

An accessible companion to Karl Marx's essential Capital With the recent revival of Karl Marx's theory, a general interest in reading Capital has also increased. But Capital--Marx's foundational nineteenth-century work on political economy--is by no means considered an easily understood text. Central concepts, such as abstract labor, the value-form, or the fetishism of commodities, can seem opaque to us as first-time readers, and the prospect of comprehending Marx's thought can be truly daunting. Until, that is, we pick up Michael Heinrich's How to Read Marx's Capital. Paragraph by paragraph, Heinrich provides extensive commentary and lucid explanations of questions and quandaries that arise when encountering Marx's original text. Suddenly, such seemingly gnarly chapters as "The Labor Process and the Valorization Process" and "Money or the Circulation of Capital" become refreshingly clear, as Heinrich explains just what we need to keep in mind when reading such a complex text. Deploying multiple appendices referring to other pertinent writings by Marx, Heinrich reveals what is relevant about Capital, and why we need to engage with it today. How to Read Marx's Capital provides an illuminating and indispensable guide to sorting through cultural detritus of a world whose political and economic systems are simultaneously imploding and exploding.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Ce qu'est Le Capital de Marx

Bouffard, Alix

Feron, Alexandre

Fondu, Guillaume

SOCIALES

Architekturstudenten sind zu Beginn des Studiums mit einer Fülle von visuellen Darstellungsmöglichkeiten ihrer Entwürfe konfrontiert. Der Ausdruck von Ideen in Zeichnung und Modell wird zu Studienbeginn meist vorausgesetzt: „Learning-by-doing“ ist der einzige Weg der Studierenden, um sich schnell ein Repertoire für ihre Entwurfsarbeit zu erarbeiten. 
Doch beim Schritt von der räumlichen Vorstellung zur zwei- oder dreidimensionalen Zeichnung oder gar dem haptischen Modell müssen wichtige Fragen beantwortet werden: Wie baue ich eine perspektivische Freihandzeichnung auf? Welche Planzeichnungen sind für die Darstellung des Entwurfs notwendig? In welchem Maßstab und mit welchen Materialien baue ich mein Modell? Basics Architekturdarstellung vereint die überaus erfolgreichen Einzelbände Technisches Zeichnen, Detailzeichnen, Freihandzeichnen, CAD, Modellbau und Architekturfotografie der Studentenreihe BASICS in einem Band. 
Schritt für Schritt vermittelt es so die Darstellung von Architekturprojekten in allen Projektphasen: von der Freihandzeichnung, die besonders in der Entwurfsphase wichtig ist, über die Planzeichnung und den Modellbau bis hin zur Architekturfotografie werden die Grundlagen der Architekturdarstellung didaktisch und praxisnah vermittelt. Der werdende Architekt erlernt so das notwendige Handwerkszeug zur Präsentation seiner Arbeiten, unterstützt durch viele anschauliche Beispiele und praktische Tipps, die das Gelernte unmittelbar anwendbar machen.

Basics Architekturdarstellung (German Edition)

Arts & Photography

Bielefeld, Bert

Skiba, Isabella

Schilling, Alexander

Krebs, Jan

Afflerbach, Florian

Architecture

Birkhauser

Architekturstudenten sind zu Beginn des Studiums mit einer Fülle von visuellen Darstellungsmöglichkeiten ihrer Entwürfe konfrontiert. Der Ausdruck von Ideen in Zeichnung und Modell wird zu Studienbeginn meist vorausgesetzt: „learning-by-doing“ ist der einzige Weg der Studierenden, um sich schnell ein Repertoire für ihre Entwurfsarbeit zu erarbeiten. 
Doch beim Schritt von der räumlichen Vorstellung zur zwei- oder dreidimensionalen Zeichnung oder gar dem haptischen Modell müssen wichtige Fragen beantwortet werden: Wie baue ich eine perspektivische Freihandzeichnung auf? Welche Planzeichnungen sind für die Darstellung des Entwurfs notwendig? In welchem Maßstab und mit welchen Materialien baue ich mein Modell? 
Basics Architekturdarstellung vereint die überaus erfolgreichen Einzelbände Technisches Zeichnen, CAD, Modellbau und Architekturfotografie der Studentenreihe BASICS in einem Buch, das um den neuen, bislang nicht erschienenen Band Freihandzeichnen ergänzt ist. Schritt für Schritt vermittelt es so die Darstellung von Architekturprojekten in allen Projektphasen: von der Freihandzeichnung, die besonders in der Entwurfsphase wichtig ist, über die Planzeichnung und den Modellbau bis hin zur Architekturfotografie werden die Grundlagen der Architekturdarstellung didaktisch und praxisnah vermittelt. Der werdende Architekt erlernt so das notwendige Handwerkszeug zur Präsentation seiner Arbeiten, unterstützt durch viele anschauliche Beispiele und praktische Tipps, die das Gelernte unmittelbar anwendbar machen.

Basics Architectural Presentation

At the beginning of their studies students of architecture are confronted with a wealth of different ways in which to visually present their designs. Expressing ideas in the form of drawings and models is usually required in the early stages of studying: ”learning by doing“ is the only way for students to quickly develop a repertoire for their design work. However, there are important issues to consider between the phases of devising the spatial concept and recreating it in a two- or three-dimensional drawing or physical model: How to construct a perspective freehand drawing? What plan drawings are necessary to present my design? What scale should my model be and what materials should I use to construct it? Basics Architectural Presentation combines the highly successful single volumesTechnical Drawing, CAD, Modelbuilding, and Architectural Photography from the series BASICS with a yet to be published volume entitled Freehand Drawing. Step-by-step, it conveys possible ways to present architectural projects throughout the various project phases. In an informative and practical approach, the publication discusses the basics of architectural representation from freehand drawing, which is especially important in the design phase, to the plan drawing, model, and architecture photography. The student architect learns the tools necessary for presenting his or her work, supported by many concrete examples and practical tips that are directly applicable.

Arts & Literature

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