Product Description: This revised and extended second edition focuses on current and emerging topics in drug development, their molecular mechanisms of action as well as regulatory issues. In addition, in-depth insights into clinical drug research and trial methodology are presented on the basis of concrete case studies...read more

Product Description: German text: Henri Matisse created an oeuvre whose radiance and originality are incomparable. His brilliantly colorful pictures are a pure avowal of joie-de-vivre, lightness of being and sensitivity. With its well-researched texts and numerous illustrations, this volume provides fascinating insights into the life and artistic development of Henri Matisse, one of the most important forerunners of modern art...read more

Product Description: Camille Pissarro. With the Eyes of an Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) was considered by his artist-friends to be “the first Impressionist.” His graphic art translates the ideas of these painters on the cusp of Modernism into sensitive and richly varied compositions...read more

Product Description: A vast number of diagnostic and therapeutic decisions are based on measuring blood concentrations of molecules, yet most biochemical and pharmacological events actually take place in the tissues. Microdialysis is a key semi-invasive sampling technique to measure in vivo drug penetration to the target site in humans, the method being feasible in virtually every organ...read more

Product Description: One of the most important sculptors of his generation, Basque artist Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) created monumental public sculptures that adorn buildings and public places worldwide. From Eulogy to the Horizon to Toleranceby Dialogue to the eighty-ton weathered steel work De Musica, which stands in front of the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Chillida’s work has enjoyed wide critical acclaim for its ability to convey tensions in space...read more

Product Description: In search of the true faces of art, this collection of Eddy Novarro’s portrait photography ventures from Picasso to Warhol, illustrating the photographer’s travels around the world in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The catalog presents 80 of the greatest painters and sculptors of their time, showcasing everybody who was anybody in the international art scene...read more

Product Description: Ingeborg Schwenzer, Full Professor (Ordinaria) of Private Law at the University of Basel, celebrated her 60th birthday in October 2011. For this occasion, friends, colleagues, and students dedicated this commemorative festschrift in her honor...read more

Product Description: Bildungsadministrative Prozesse der Verantwortungsverlagerung von der Ebene der Schulaufsichtsbehörden auf die Ebene der einzelnen Schulen führen dazu, dass Schulleitungen im Bereich des Personalmanagements auch Personalauswahlentscheidungen in eigener Verantwortung treffen...read more

Product Description: Joe Coleman, who spends months and even years working on a single painting, has described his process as an “internal dig.” His complex, obsessive excavations, which dive into the often violent histories and biographies of subjects like Osama Bin Laden or Joan Collins, certainly create an idiosyncratic and dense experience for the viewer...read more

Product Description: Picasso met Françoise Gilot, the young French student who was to become his muse and favorite model, while waiting out the war years in Paris. She appeared again and again in his works of the 1940s and 50s, often with her face stylized to recall the sun or a plant...read more

Product Description: In honor of "Food", the restaurant which Gordon Matta-Clark established in Soho, New York, this publication is presented in the form of a restaurant menu, and documents the artist's varied and imaginative work, including sculptures, film stills, and photos.