Viral Gastroenteritis: Molecular Epidemiology and Pathogenesis provides a comprehensive review of research on viruses causing acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children, including coverage of rotaviruses, human caliciviruses, astroviruses, enteric adenoviruses, and viruses causing gastroenteritis more rarely. Includes general chapters on gastrointestinal physiology and pathophysiology, gastrointestinal immune mechanisms, immunodeficiencies and host genetics influencing susceptibility to viral gastroenteritis, and therapeutic and preventative approaches. The book also includes special sections on virus particle structures, replication cycles, pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology, and preventative measures. This book covers both basic science and translational applications and is an appropriate resource for virologists, molecular biologists, epidemiologists, gastroenterologists, vaccinologists, and those with an interest in public health.

Viral Gastroenteritis: Molecular Epidemiology and Pathogenesis

Science & Math

Svensson, Lennart

Desselberger, Ulrich

Estes, Mary K

Greenberg, Harry B

Biological Sciences

Academic Press

Intellectuals, Universities, and the State in Western Modern Societies

Politics & Social Sciences

Eyerman, Ron

Social Sciences

Univ. Of California Pr.

In Rigorism: The Influence of Willpower Upon History, Lennart Svensson presents a unique interpretation of rigor that allows us to examine some of the gray areas in history. Svensson's concept of rigorism is derived from the Latin word rigor, which means hardness and discipline. This theory covers instances of willpower in history, such as acting decisively in a crisis and demonstrating responsibility with authority. It is an area of history that has been largely ignored until now, even though all historical figures have to rely on their willpower in times of crisis.\nRigorism: The Influence of Willpower Upon History examines regimes in Sparta, Macedonia, the Diadochi, the late Republic, and Imperial Rome. This is followed by studies of Faustian Era figures like Napoleon, Boulanger, and de Gaulle.\nIn addition, Svensson also presents other historical topics, such as cycles of war, the artistic interests of rulers, the role of temples, heroes of aviation, the Shogan, and Kautilya's Arthashastra.

Rigorism: The Influence of Willpower Upon History

History

Ancient Civilizations

Manticore Press

Ernst Jünger - A Portrait is a book about Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), Germany's greatest author since Goethe. This is a popular Jünger biography for the English speaking world, a personal portrait painted by an avid Jünger reader. The book starts out with a thorough biography of Jünger's life. Then the author examines the controversial aspects of the man, and discusses Jünger's role as an outsider, mentioning  the reception of his works in the modern post-war era. After examining Jünger's books on war, the author proceeds to describe Jünger's other literary works such as The Adventurous Heart, On the Marble Cliffs, Heliopolis, and Eumeswil. Moreover, there are chapters on Jünger's perception of art, history, and philosophy. There are also sections on Jünger as a Science Fiction author, and comparisons between Jünger and other authors, both dead and living. In the introduction to Ernst Jünger - A Portrait the author states that:  "My aim in this study has been to look at what Jünger represents rather than at what he is, in this respect striving to highlight the fruitful aspects of his work, the neglected sides such as the esotericism and the idealism, the vitalism and the life-affirming traits. At the same time I don't deny that Jünger in the 20s was a radical nationalist dealing with fire; I have chapters covering that too. Wishing to write a book that's simple and hands-on I sport "simple but not facile" as my ideal."  About the Author: Born in the north of Sweden in 1965, Lennart Svensson took a BA in Indology in Uppsala 1998. While working as a freelance writer he published the novels Antropolis and Camouflage. Ernst Jünger - A Portrait is his debut in English.

Ernst Jünger - A Portrait

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Following his English language literary debut Ernst Jünger - A Portrait, author Lennart Svensson concentrates his focus on another controversial character, Richard Wagner. In Richard Wagner - A Portrait Svensson offers a well-rounded biography of Richard Wagner's life and work. As a long-term admirer of Wagner's music, Svensson is also unafraid to look at the controversial aspects of the composer's life - including his relations with Friedrich Nietzsche and the influence his music would come to have in German Nationalist circles and in the work of the Italian poet d'Annunzio. In addition to relating the personal history of Wagner in the biography, Svensson also examines the compositions themselves, such as:  The Fairies Rienzi The Flying Dutchman Tannhauser Lohengrin Wieland the Smith Tristan and Isolde The Master-Singers of Nuremberg The Ring of the Nibelung Parsifal  Svennson's new biography on Wagner also provides an in-depth analysis of the themes that Wagner chose to work with in his compositions; forbidden love, Teutonic mythology, the Grail saga, and tragedy. Lennart Svensson holds a BA in Indology and his previous works include Antropolis and Camouflage. Ernst Jünger - A Portrait was his debut in English.

Richard Wagner - A Portrait

Humor & Entertainment

Borderline: A Traditionalist Outlook for Modern Man is an ambitious attempt to create a synthesis of everything. Borderline aims to unite Man with God, Action with Being, East with West, and Mind with Matter. Borderline successfully fuses ethics with ontology, the detail with the whole, body with soul, and reason with intuition. It is the integration of the traditional with the modern, the active with the inactive, and the spirit with the symbol. In Borderline author Lennart Svensson shapes the Traditionalist and Perennial world-view into a form which is suitable for contemporary living, fusing together the cultural spheres of art/religion and science, into a holistic and spiritual philosophy. Borderline tries to rectify the rift between the famed "two cultures" of C. P. Snow which have constructed a false dichotomy between the technological-scientific and the humanistic-philosophical fields of research. Borderline also contains chapters on Plotinus and symbolism, a criticism of scientific reductionism, and a look into "the metaphysics of physics". The book also features essays on the integral world-view of Jung and Nietzsche, along with Rudolf Steiner's Christology and notes on "an ethics based on ontology". The study also presents some conceptual aspects of artists like T. S. Eliot, Caspar David Friedrich, and Edith Södergran - the Finnish-Swedish poet who was "more Nietzschean than Nietzsche himself".

Borderline: A Traditionalist Outlook for Modern Man

Philosophy

Science Fiction Seen from the Right takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the political dimensions of both the science fiction and fantasy genres, exploring aspects which have been ignored in mainstream and popular literary analysis. The book takes a profound look at 20th-century science fiction and fantasy, focusing on works which have a discernible relation to eternal values such as faith, responsibility, duty, honor, courage and self-restraint. Lennart Svensson reveals a deep knowledge of both science fiction and fantasy works. No matter how the reader feels about the political Right, they will certainly appreciate the depth and research the author has poured into this lengthy book and his erudite insights into the political questions surrounding their work. Svensson offers an interesting and unique perspective on popular science fiction and fantasy works that places them in a different contextual meaning for the reader, which will be of value and interest to any fan of the genre. Svensson includes some of the most well-known authors in Science Fiction Seen from the Right and examines them from the perspective of the Conservative and Traditionalist Right, including: <ul>
<li>Robert A. Heinlein</li> <li>Frank Herbert</li> <li>C. S. Lewis</li> <li>J. R. R. Tolkien</li> <li>George Orwell</li> <li>Aldous Huxley</li> <li>Ernst Junger</li> <li>Michael Moorcock</li> <li>Arthur C. Clarke</li> <li>J. G. Ballard</li> <li>Robert E. Howard</li> <li>H. P. Lovecraft</li> <li>Edgar Rice Burroughs</li> <li>Jorge Luis Borges</li> <li>Carlos Castaneda</li> <li>Ayn Rand</li> <li>Ray Bradbury</li> <li>Philip K. Dick</li> <li>H. R. Giger</li> <li>Star Wars</li> </ul>

Science Fiction Seen From the Right

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

We all have to act. There is no choice between an active and an inactive life, a “vita activa” versus a “vita contemplativa”. We all have to sustain our body functions, we at least have to breathe – therefore, everybody has to act. Thus, everybody needs a book on “how to act” – Actionism – How to Become a Responsible Man. Written by renowned author Lennart Svensson, Actionism is footed in perennial metaphysics. Essential reality is immaterial, eternal ideas and patterns rest in the causal sphere where they affect the material world and material man, all “incarnated souls” in the confluence of samsâra. This kind of ontological background makes this into a refined selfhelp guide, the statements and assertions forming the core of the book being founded in the esoteric thought of western and eastern tradition. As intimated, a prominent place in the book is occupied by responsibility.  The basic of all reality, of God, is will, thought and passion, and the individual human being, having a spark of the divine light, is a being of will, thought and passion. And from will is derived the value of responsibility, a much neglected virtue in the mindless emotionalism of today. Thus the subtitle of the book: “How to Become a Responsible Man”. Along with will there’s a conceptualization of thought and passion, Actionism thus forming a valid ethic for the mindful operator of today. This is about eternal values, operational in your everyday. This is a serious essay in popular form, a “tight but loose” deliberation on the deathless issue of, How Shall I Act. The first seven chapters of the book lay the foundation, explaining the Actionist way of life with references to Nietzsche, Castaneda, the Bhagavad-Gîtâ and the Bible, introducing concepts like “action as being” and “movement as a state,” and the need for mental calm and a memento mori mindset. After a look into the role of art – the passion of compassion – the study takes a look at operators like d’Annunzio, Evola and T. H. Lawrence from an Actionist viewpoint. Then Svensson deliberates on operations – how to operate as a hiker, a soldier, a trained chef and such, all within the framework of Actionist ethics. This is an operational pro spilling the beans about “how to act,” not some philosophy professor making abstract examples. The mid part of the study discusses how contemporary society might be conceived of in Actionist terms. We here read of things like “declining war trend,” “the nature of decadence” and “the society of the future,” Svensson in the latter case giving a structural outlook on how to arrange and re-arrange a modern society. Finally, part three of the study again focuses on the microcosm, on individual man as an ethical operator, by referencing greats like Poe, Kierkegaard and Neale Donald Walsch. It all results in a veritable “hymn to the active life” – since, as you know by now, we all have to act. In 2015 author Lennart Svensson published his metaphysical essay Borderline – A Traditional Outlook for Modern Man, a study focusing on holistic metaphysics and epistemology, a perennially footed conceptualization of everything. Now, in Actionism, we finally have Svensson’s magnum opus study of prescriptive ethics and morals, an arousing vision of an active, mindful lifestyle – a clarion call to live the responsible life, to become the first ever Responsible Men in the history of mankind.

Actionism - How to Become a Responsible Man

Self-Help

Project work, driven by competent project leaders drives positive outcomes. Unfortunately these optimistic initial results are often short-sighted with few evaluations of their long-term impact. The research contained in Managing Sustainable Development Programmes reveals an extraordinary level of failure in the durability of large change programmes and projects in both the private and public sectors. In this book the authors question whether sustainable development be achieved within the framework of large publicly financed programmes. This strong critique of traditional programme implementation overturns much of our current thinking about project delivery and governance. The authors focus instead on sustainable change and development. They show how active ownership and collaboration between different actors and the dynamics of developmental learning can be used to create programmes and projects that contribute to innovation, employment and growth in a way that favours companies, employees, customers and society in a broader sense. The message at its heart is 'don't blame the project leader' but rather look for dynamic possession of projects, joint knowledge management and sharing with external stakeholders that will secure long-term effects.

Managing Sustainable Development Programmes: A Learning Approach to Change

Business & Money

Brulin, Gran

Economics

Routledge

Carl Griffensteen, a captain in the Russian Army of 1917, is sent with his trusted striker to recce a Romanian castle for his troops. But once there he finds himself at a nexus of parallel worlds, charged by the angel Pelagion to undertake an epic quest in astral lands on behalf of the spiritual hierarchy. The ultimate goal is to find and offer redemption to no less than Lucifer himself, thus healing the world of its ills. The pair travel through many strange and diverse landscapes that mirror their own inner minds, making allies but also dark enemies intent on preventing them reaching their goal. Their many struggles finally culminate in the huge, cosmic and decisive Battle of Gnipaheden. This is a classic, exciting adventure story for all ages of the battle between Light and Dark, told with unique imagination and acute historical detail.

Redeeming Lucifer: A spiritual adventure

Genre Fiction

Local Legend Publishing

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