Books by Michael Stein

Aliens are coming for you! For the first time ever, read how aliens have invaded pop culture in all its guises and forms in this definitive history spanning over 100 years. See how depictions of aliens have evolved over the years in popular and pulp magazines, comics, on TV, and in movies!Readers will meet aliens with eyes on stalks, robot aliens (as in H.G. Wells'' The War of the Worlds), barrel chested aliens (as per Frank R. Paul''s Martian of the 1930s), blob-like B-movie aliens of the 1950s, "realistic" aliens as featured in the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind (supposedly based on the real alien found at Roswell), monstrous aliens such as H.R. Giger''s creature in Ridley Scott''s 1979 movie Alien, the friendly alien (a thin creature with hands and a tortoise-like head) that''s the "hero" of Spielberg''s 1982 movie, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, aerial predator aliens with giant wings (as created by Wayne Barlow for his book Expedition, in 1990)--and many more.Whether friendly visitor or fearsome invader, we learn that both the motive for, and method of, invasion has often been influenced by the social mood and politics of the era in which the magazine, comic, or movie was published or released. As for aliens'' chosen method of invasion... not all aliens use ray guns to invade. Instead they employ "seed pods," mind control, and body transference--just a few of the alternative methods used by aliens to invade the minds and bodies of humans, thus bending them to their submission.Visualized through the prism of pop culture in this thoroughly engaging 176-page book, which features more than 200 full-color illustrations, all of which are accompanied by extensive captions. Beginning with an overview of the Alien Invasion genre and continuing through nine chapters filled with the most insightful nuggets of information and eye-popping graphics this side of the Van Allen radiation belt.

In this age of shortened office visits, doctors take care of their patients' immediate needs and often elide their own personal histories. But as reflected in Broke, Michael Stein takes the time to listen to the experiences of his patients whose financial challenges complicate every decision in life they make.

Diese Arbeit legt im Einzelnen dar,weshalb die Entscheidung desBFH vom 24.10.2017, VIII R 13/15mit den Grundsätzen methodengerechterGesetzesauslegung nicht mehrzu vereinbaren ist.(Rechtsansicht des Verfassers)

In der Praxis ergeben sich häufig Auseinandersetzungen mit der Finanzverwaltung bezüglich steuerrechtlicher Liebhaberei bei der Vermietung von Immobilien. Mit diesem Praxisleitfaden wird ein verlässlicher Ratgeber zu der für die Praxis sehr wichtigen Abgrenzungsproblematik vorgelegt.

A title that arises from the International Spring School "Advances and Challenges in Space-Time modelling of Natural Events," which took place March 2010. It details developments, methods and applications in spatial statistics and related areas.