Bücher von Michael Wood

This accessibly-written book provides lawyers, diplomats, scholars and students the tools to understand the law governing the powers of the UN Security Council, as conceived in the Charter and as they apply and evolve in practice, and explores the powers and limits of the Council within the international legal system.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps the most important landmark of the so-called 'Boom' in contemporary Latin American fiction. Published in 1967, the novel was an instant success, running to hundreds of editions, winning four international prizes, and being translated into 27 languages. In 1982, its author received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Michael Wood places the novel in the context of modern Colombia's violent history, and helps the reader to explore the rich and complex vision of the world which Garcia Marquez presents in it. Close reference is made to the text itself (in English translation), and there is a guide to further reading.

Cultures of all epochs have consulted oracles in times of need. This fascinating exploration of the enduring popularity of oracles examines how they are interpreted and why. Taking examples from literature and history, from the oracles at Delphi to those in Macbeth, and further still to the works of Kafka and Bob Dylan, and even in the film The Matrix, Wood combines storytelling and commentary to provide a lively account of humanity's persistent faith in signs, which continues to exert an important influence on the course of civilization.

A single-volume history told in a new way: mingling grand sweep narrative with deep-core, local, personal stories - all woven together with landscape history and the author's own travel journals.

What does literature know? Does it offer us knowledge of its own or does it only interrupt and question other forms of knowledge? This 2005 book seeks to answer and to prolong these questions through the close examination of individual works and the exploration of a broad array of examples. Chapters on Henry James, Kafka, and the form of the villanelle are interspersed with wider-ranging inquiries into forms of irony, indirection and the uses of fiction, with examples ranging from Auden to Proust and Rilke, and from Calvino to Jean Rhys and Yeats. Literature is a form of pretence. But every pretence could tilt us into the real, and many of them do. There is no safe place for the reader: no literalist's haven where fact is always fact; and no paradise of metaphor, where our poems, plays and novels have no truck at all with the harsh and shifting world.

Certified strength and conditioning specialist and nutrition coach Michael Wood offers readers an inside look at how he trains his private clients using his unique step-by-step approach that follows the same nutrition and exercise strategies that have made him a nationally recognized expert in the field.The TBC30 plan gives readers a game plan for teaching the same science-based approach that has worked for Michael and his clients for more than 30 years. His 6 step plan will help change your mindset and eventually your behavior. The TBC30 plan includes a high-quality exercise regime with nine nutritional strategies which are woven together with the use of today's technology. Empower yourself to reach your health and fitness goals with Michael's invaluable TBC30 plan.Advanced Praise for TBC30"Michael Wood rightly characterizes physical activity as an essential ingredient for health and vitality, and addresses it holistically in the context of other lifestyle practices. He provides detailed, expert guidance to build more fitness into your routine, and more vitality into your life." David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, Author, Cut Your Cholesterol"Getting fit is kind of like climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, as Michael Wood explains in TBC30. You don't just roll out of bed and do it-instead, you need to set goals, adjust your mindset, and follow a well-designed plan. Wood's wisdom and experience will provide you with the tools and motivation you need to improve your health and fitness." Alex Hutchinson, PhD, Journalist, @sweatscience, Best-selling Author, of Endure & Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?"Michael separates himself from other leading experts in health and fitness through his no-nonsense, easy to understand writing and communication style. This makes applying the information on exercise and nutrition in his book much more likely to stick. This practical and structured approach will support the goal of achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle."Dr. Kyle McInnis, Dean, Merrimack College School of Health Sciences"No one is more qualified than Michael Wood, a world-class trainer and fitness expert, to motivate and empower Americans to make positive changes. Michael shares decades of experience and wisdom in his step-by-step TBC30 plan!"JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DPH, Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor at Harvard Medical School"As an integrative medicine physician, looking at the whole person including diet, exercise and lifestyle is part of their prescription for achieving overall wellness. Michael's book, the TBC30 plan, fits the bill in terms of a solid exercise plan and methodology, I would recommend his book and services without hesitation." Erica Song, MD, Owner of Vibrant Life Medicine, Englewood, NJ"Michael is able to get inside your head to help you change your body."Sarah Bowen Shea, host of Another Mother Runner Podcast

Explores the blend of arrogance and mischief that makes Vladimir Nabokov such a fascinating and elusive master of fiction. This book argues that Nabokov is neither the aesthete he liked to pretend to be nor the heavy-handed moralist that critics make him.