Sie war eine der bewegendsten Frauen der Renaissance: Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), Tochter des sp teren Papstes Alexander VI., wurde bereits im Alter von 13 Jahren zum Spielball der grossen Politik und der Intrigen ihres Vaters und ihres Bruders. Bewundert und gef rchtet, beneidet und als Mitglied des ber chtigten Borgia-Clans zugleich belsten Verleumdungen ausgesetzt, wurde Lucrezia Borgia den Ruf einer Giftmischerin und Geliebten des eigenen Vaters bis in unsere Zeit nicht los. Das Buch von Mary Lavater-Sloman zeichnet ein facettenreiches Bild dieser aussergew hnlichen und beraus widerspr chlichen Frau. Durch die Verkn pfung sorgf ltig recherchierter Fakten mit einer fiktiven Erz hlfigur gelingt es der Autorin, das schillernde Wesen der Lucrezia Borgia aus n chster N he und doch so objektiv wie m glich darzustellen: als eine starke, intelligente Frau, die mit Beharrlichkeit und Lebenslust gegen die Hindernisse ihrer Herkunft und ihrer Zeit anzuk mpfen versuchte. Mit einem kommentierenden Essay von Professor Bernd Roeck, Lehrstuhl f r Neuere und Neueste Geschichte mit Schwerpunkt Fr he Neuzeit an der Universit t Z rich.

Lucrezia Borgia Und Ihr Schatten (German Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Lavater-Sloman, Mary

Genre Fiction

Ruffer & Rub Sachbuchverlag

Mary Ward (German Edition)

Nigg, Walter

Biographies & Memoirs

"A world with enough food for all, produced by healthy people in a healthy environment." That is the vision of Hans R. Herren and his foundation Biovision. The foundation is active in the development, dissemination and application of ecological methods in Africa, with a focus on preparing information. By passing on practical expertise and exchanging knowledge, Biovision increases the self-reliance of those living in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia and improves their understanding of the environment. Its grassroots projects, such as the prevention of malaria and income generation through the cultivation of medicinal plants, improve people`s lives and serve as demonstration and training projects. In 2013, Hans R. Herren and and his foundation Biovision were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize.

How to Nourish the World

Politics & Social Sciences

Herren, Hans R

Social Sciences

The Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo revolutionized reforestation in Africa with Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). His method is based on deploying tree stumps and roots that still grow even in degraded landscapes: thanks to the protection and care of the shoots, the original tree population can be regenerated without major financial costs. The method is now successfully applied in at least 24 African countries. Where the desert was still expanding 20 years ago, farmers reforest large areas with FMNR: in Niger alone seven million hectares of land were already restored in this way. Up to 700 million people will possibly be obliged to leave their homelands during the next three decades because of increasing desertification in the landscapes where they live. In the opinion of scientists, there is only one hope: to convince the local farmers of 'sustainable land management'. Tony Rinaudo believes that with FMNR he has found the appropriate method for such management - and just in time to stop, or even to be able to reverse the destruction of livelihoods.

Tony Rinaudo

Professionals & Academics

Für ein Alter, das noch was vorhat: Mitwirken an der Zukunft

Hasler, Ludwig

Patrick Hohmann: The organic cotton Pioneer

Müller, Nicole

"Human Security & Business" aims at giving an insight into the current debate about business and human rights and conflicts. It illustrates known as well as newly developed aspects of this debate by giving insights into the demands on business from different perspectives, by pointing out how business reacts to these demands and by showing some newer issues raised in the domain of business and human rights and conflicts as well as instruments in order to integrate the demands on business into daily business operations. The book is written for a wide range of interested business people as well as for other readers who have not dealt with such questions; it gives an overview over current demands, reactions and challenges. Readers, who are already working in this domain, will be able to pick up some recently developed trends.

Human Security & Business

Business & Money

Economics

Schaut mich ruhig an: Wie brandverletzte Kinder und Jugendliche ihr Leben meistern

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Unknown, Author

Medicine

»Die Schweizermacher« - Und was die Schweiz ausmacht

Humor & Entertainment

Ghezzi, Felix

Movies

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