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Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.

In this book, Emily O Brien positions Pius expansive autobiographical text within that century s contentious debate over ecclesiastical sovereignty. Presenting the Commentaries as Pius response to the crisis of authority, legitimacy, and relevance that was engulfing the Renaissance papacy, she shows how the Commentaries function as both an aggressive assault on the papal...

The same inimitable voice and dazzling insights that make Emily Dickinson's poems immortal can be found in the whimsical, humorous, and often deeply moving letters she wrote to her family and friends throughout her life. The selection of letters presented here provides a fuller picture of the eccentric recluse of legend, showing how immersed in life she was: we see her tending her garden; baking bread; marking the marriages, births, and deaths of those she loved; reaching out for intellectual...

Du wirst geliebt - so wie du bist!

In einer Welt, in der wir täglich mit vermeintlich perfekten Menschen konfrontiert werden, ist es wichtiger denn je, Kindern das Vertrauen zu geben, gewollt, geliebt und akzeptiert zu sein.

In ihrem warmherzig erzählten und farbenfroh illustrierten Buch feiern Emily Ley und Romina Galotta die Individualität eines jeden Kindes und erinnern daran: Gott hat uns alle wunderbar gemacht - vom Kopf bis zu den Zehenspitzen, mit allen Begabungen und Eigenheiten. Denn jedes Kind ist ein...

This manuscript sets out a process for estimating fatalities in collapsed buildings due to ground shaking in an earthquake. The aim of this research is to supplement current earthquake loss estimation with fatality rates (percentage of occupants killed) for use in models which are based on recent empirical information on deaths from earthquakes. This document specifically explores the lethality potential to occupants of collapsed structures. Whilst earthquake casualty modeling has admittedly suffered from a lack of post-earthquake collection of data and rigour in assessing these data,...