New Releases by Veronika

This new study reconciles cognitive metaphor theory with Critical Discourse Analysis to offer a fresh approach to the study of metaphor. In applying this framework to a substantial corpus of texts from business magazines, the author shows how metaphors of war, sports and evolutionary struggle are used to construct business as a masculinized social domain. In view of the subtle but pervasive socio-cognitive impact of these metaphors, the study raises the question of possible alternatives and the scope for change in business media discourse.

In A Rainbow Over the River the author tells her remarkable story, from her earliest glimpses of the Other Side to her most recent excursions ''over the river''. In the second part of the book she records an intensely moving diary of her mother''s passing, rich in love, care and a profound understanding of suffering. She describes how, despite the sadness of losing their mother, Veronika''s family see the death as a transition to a new existence, and ultimately as a great festival of life.

Chef Morgan, who has worked in the pastry arts for nearly 20 years, takes you through the basics of baking a gingerbread house from scratch. Close-up color photographs will make you feel as if he is standing by your side in the kitchen, helping you with each step. Try your hand at 17 charming, delectable houses that can be easily made by a beginner but won''t look like it. Book jacket.

It’s an absolutely unequalled photographic gallery: no other book has ever presented such a varied, captivating collection of contemporary ceramics based on the human form. The works range from representational to abstract, from artful realism to provocative surrealism, and many of them come from leaders in the field such as Judy Fox, Kurt Weiser, and Andy Nasisse. Kay Yourist has produced female forms that are smooth, minimalist vessels with only the slightest hint of breasts and belly. The simple, rounded features of Diane Lublinski’s black-and-white figures possess a fun, clown-like whimsy. Michael A. Prather’s mournful ceramic portraits have frowning faces and pointed dunce-like heads in a muted color palette. Many of the ceramics come with detail images and illuminating artist’s commentary.

Works from the collection of the History Museum, Tallinn, Estonia (Ajaloomuuseum) in collaboration with the State Museum of Ethnology, Munich, Germany, 7 July-23 December 2004. The Galleria Gottardo, continuing its collaboration with museums of ethnography, presents more than 150 original ethnographic pieces from the Russian possessions in the North Pacific which were administered by the Russian-American Company until 1867. These works from the History Museum in Tallinn are being shown for the first time in Western Europe and retrace a long forgotten passage in Russian history and of European colonial expansion. Until now these exhibition pieces were carefully stored in the repository of the Tallinn Museum, one of the most breathtaking Gothic buildings in Estonia''s capital city. Before the exhibition could be organised, the works were carefully cleaned and restored by the experts from the State Museum of Ethnology in Munich. The necessary works were completely financed by the Galleria Gottardo, a non-for-profit foundation of Banca del Gottardo for the promotion of cultural activities.

Highlighting concepts of brain ischemia, this book looks at the molecular mechanisms of its development leading to brain tissue changes and describes strategies of neuroprotective therapy. Coverage includes cellular reactions in response to acute focal brain ischemia, microglial activation and local inflammation in focal brain ischemia, programmed cell death, primary and secondary neuroprotection, gangliosides, and modern therapeutic approaches to acute focal brain ischemia. The authors are neurologists affiliated with the Russian State Medical University. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Veronika Grimm discusses early Christian texts dealing with food, eating and fasting. It will be of interest to all students of Early Christianity and to those searching for historical roots of modern attitudes.

An introduction to gardening that provides tips and information on choosing the right kind of plants, preparing the soil, caring for the plants, and other related topics.

First published in Germany in 1997 as ''Eine Kuh fur Hillary: Die Subsitenzperspective''. Provides an alternative to the current global free market industrial system, by calling for a new economics and politics based on a subsistence perspective. Explains subsistence as empowerment based on people''s strength and cooperation. Analyses recent feminist politics and argues that the fight for equality with men has failed to make an egaliltarian society. Includes case studies from Africa, Latin America and Europe, references and an index. Mies is professor of sociology at the Fachhochschule, Cologne. Bennholdt-Thomsen is director of the institute of the theory and praxis of subsistence, Bielefeld, Germany.

This study discusses texts, written between the first and fifth centuries AD, that address Christian conduct with respect to food, eating and fasting, by setting them into the historical and social contexts in which their authors lived. From Feasting to Fasting, the Evolution of a Sin traces the early history of conflicting attitudes to food. It will be of interest not only to historians of late antiquity, but also to those searching for historical roots of modern attitudes.