Rabea Blue - Fantasyautorin
Rabea Blue is an author, writing fantasy, science-fiction and romance. She alreasy published short stories & novels.
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April 2014Die Illusion des Getrenntseins
by Claudia Feldmann, Simon Van Booy
Eine kleine Bäckerei in Paris, mitten in den Wirren des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Ein unbekannter Soldat übergibt einer jungen Frau ein Neugeborenes ohne Namen und verschwindet. Mit sieben Jahren erfährt Martin von seinen Zieheltern, dass er ihnen in den Unruhen des Krieges von einem Fremden anvertraut wurde. Von nun an lässt ihn die Frage nach seiner Herkunft nicht mehr los. Er braucht Jahre, um sein Schicksal zu begreifen – und er braucht sein ganzes Leben, um dem Mann zu begegnen, der ihn einst gerettet hat. In einer wunderbar zarten, eleganten Prosa erzählt Simon Van Booy davon, wie unsere Leben untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Davon, dass die Welt nur scheinbar ein fremder Ort ist und die Menschen darin uns näher sind, als wir ahnen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2018Flight MH17, Ukraine and the new Cold War
by Kees van der Pijl, Radhika Desai, Alan Freeman
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Children's & YAThe Candy Guild (1). The Magic Pact
by Tanja Voosen/ Viktoria Gavrilenko
The most magical adventure since the discovery of chocolate! Do you believe in magic and miracles? Everyone in the little town of Belony takes magic and miracles for granted – everyone except Elina, who thinks it’s all a load of nonsense. That is, until her nervous neighbour Charlie happens to get hold of a bar of chocolate that has a very strange effect on her. Suddenly Elina is convinced that Charlie has fallen under a spell. Of all people, it’s shy Robin who comes to the girl’s rescue. He is a member of a Candy Guild family – people who have the ability to create magic sweets that will help others. This is how he knows that only the mysterious Candy Guild can lift the curse on Charlie. With a suitcase full of magic sweets, the three of them set out on a dangerous quest. Because not everyone keeps to the pact that magic sweets should only be used to do good… The Candy Guild. The Magic Pact is the first in a new series of magic-fantasy books for children of 9+ - as enchanting as chocolate and as wild as a Christmas cracker!
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2023Fantasies of music in nostalgic medievalism
by Helen Dell
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2006Socio-ideological fantasy and the Northern Ireland conflict
The Other side
by Adrian Millar, Peter Lawler, Emmanuel Pierre Guittet
Conducting a Lacanian-inspired psychoanalysis of some of the most candid interview materials ever gathered from former IRA members and loyalists, the author demonstrates through a careful examination of their slips of the tongue, jokes, rationalisations and contradictions, that it is the unconscious dynamics of socio-ideological fantasy, i.e. the unconscious pleasure people find in suffering, domination, submission, ignorance, failure and rivalry over jouissance, that lead to the reproduction of antagonism between the Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland. In the light of this, he concludes that traditional approaches to conflict resolution which overlook the unconscious are doomed to failure and that a Lacanian psychoanalytic understanding of socio-ideological fantasy has great potential for informing the way we understand and study all inter-religious and ethnic conflicts. Whether you find yourself agreeing with the arguments in this book or not, you are sure to find it a welcome change from both the existing, mainly conservative, analyses of the Northern Ireland conflict and traditional approaches to conflict resolution.
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Children's & YAMagic Owls in Featherland (1). Athenaria's Secret
by Ina Brandt/Irene Mohr
Flora is very excited: together with her magic owl Goldwing, she is to be part of a new team. The owl rulers of the Magical Kingdom have summoned them to Featherland, a hidden place in a mysterious monastery. There they meet the snowy owl Nordis, the spectacled owl Claro and, of course, Jona, who always tries to compete with Flora. How will they ever manage to make a team? It’s not long before they are given their first job: during the night of the next full moon they must help one another to awaken the magic of Featherland – and this proves to be more difficult than expected. Because suddenly Claro disappears from the face of the earth. And without him, no magic can ever succeed…
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November 2016Die Wiederkehr der Illusion
Der Film und die Kunst der Gegenwart
by Gertrud Koch
Die Ästhetik der Illusion wird zwar gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts verabschiedet, aber zur selben Zeit lässt der Film sie über die Hintertür wieder hinein. Von dort werden die ästhetischen Verfahren der Illusion in die anderen Künste reimportiert: auf Opern- und Theaterbühnen, in Galerien und Museen wird mit neuen Formen der Einbindung von Film und Video experimentiert. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser zeitgenössischen ästhetischen Praxis der Entgrenzung legt Gertrud Kochs filmtheoretische Studie die grundlegende Rolle des Films in der Illusionsästhetik frei und analysiert deren Verfahren anhand konkreter Beispiele unter anderem aus dem Bereich des zeitgenössischen (Musik-)Theaters (u.a. Heiner Goebbels und René Pollesch) und der Bildenden Kunst.
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The ArtsJune 2017Terry Gilliam
by Peter Marks
Terry Gilliam presents a sustained examination of one of cinema's most challenging and lauded auteurs, proposing fresh ways of seeing Gilliam that go beyond reductive readings of him as a gifted but manic fantasist. Analysing Gilliam's work over nearly four decades, from the brilliant anarchy of his Monty Python animations through the nightmarish masterpiece Brazil to the provocative Gothic horror of Tideland, it critically examines the variety and richness of Gilliam's sometimes troubled but always provocative output. The book situates Gilliam within the competing cultural contexts of the British, European and American film industries, examining his regular struggles against aesthetic and commercial pressures. He emerges as a passionate, immensely creative director, whose work encompasses a dizzying array of material: anarchic satire, childhood and adult fantasy, dystopia, romantic comedy, surrealism, road movie, fairy tale and the Gothic. The book charts how Gilliam interweaves these genres and forms to create magical interfaces between reality and the illuminating, frightening but liberating worlds of the imagination. Scrutinising the neglected importance of literature and adaptation in Gilliam's career, this study also observes him through the lenses of auteurism, genre, performance, design and national culture, explaining how someone born in Minnesota and raised in California came to be one of British television and film's most compelling figures.
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Children's & YAThe Little Owl Witch (2). Full Moon Magic at Midnight
by Katja Alves/ Marta Balmaseda
Exciting new adventures in the Enchanted Forest. The mighty tree witches send out invitations to take part in the great Witch Competition, which is only held once every hundred years. The prize is a superb extra magical power. Just the thing for a young owl witch like Petunia, think the seven litte owls, and so they secretly enter their witch for the competition. There is just one catch: whoever comes last in solving the extremely difficult magic problems must hand over her witch’s broomstick. Oh dear! The trouble is, all the other witches are very old and are real experts in the art of magic… Fortunately, and as always, Petunia can rely on her little owls!
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July 2022Nevermoor 3. Leere Schatten
by Jessica Townsend, Franca Fritz, Heinrich Koop, Jim Madsen
Das erste Schuljahr ist vorbei, aber feiern kann Morrigan Crow trotzdem nicht. Eine seltsame und hochgefährliche Epidemie, die Hohlpocken, bricht über Nevermoor herein und niemand ist vor ihr sicher. Morrigan und ihre Freunde, stolze Gelehrte der elitären Wundersamen Gesellschaft, haben bereits große Abenteuer bestanden, aber nun liegt es allein an Morrigan, ein Heilmittel zu finden. Doch dafür muss sie ihre Wunderschmied-Kräfte unter Kontrolle halten, sonst könnte sie ganz Nevermoor ins Verderben stürzen. Von einer New York Times-Bestsellerautorin: Diese fesselnde und herzzerreißende Geschichte stellt Morrigan Crow vor eine neue, aufregende Herausforderung. Während eine beängstigende Krankheit Nevermoor heimsucht und infizierte Wundertiere in bösartige Undertiere verwandelt, wächst die Panik in der Stadt. Morrigan muss die geheimnisvollen Wundersam-Künste meistern und die Macht kontrollieren, die sie zu verschlingen droht. Begleite Morrigan Crow auf ihrem mutigen Weg, die Hohlpocken zu besiegen und Nevermoor zu retten. Diese magische Fantasy-Reihe für Mädchen und Jungen ab 10 Jahren, oft verglichen mit J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter, zieht Leserinnen und Leser in ihren Bann. Wirst du mit Morrigan die Dunkelheit besiegen? Fesselnde Handlung: „Leere Schatten“ bietet eine packende Geschichte voller Magie, Spannung und Abenteuer. Leserinnen und Leser werden von der fesselnden Handlung und den unerwarteten Wendungen in den Bann gezogen. Starke Heldin: Die Protagonistin Morrigan Crow ist eine inspirierende Heldin, die Mut und Entschlossenheit zeigt, während sie sich großen Herausforderungen stellt. Ihre Reise ist nicht nur spannend, sondern vermittelt auch wichtige Werte wie Freundschaft, Loyalität und Selbstbeherrschung. Beliebte Bestsellerautorin: Jessica Townsend, die New York Times-Bestsellerautorin, begeistert erneut mit ihrem meisterhaften Erzähltalent. Ihre magische Welt von Nevermoor wird oft mit J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter verglichen, was die Qualität und den Zauber ihrer Bücher unterstreicht. Magische Welt: Nevermoor ist eine faszinierende und detailreich gestaltete Welt, die Leserinnen und Leser aller Altersgruppen in ihren Bann zieht. Die kreativen und einzigartigen Elemente dieser Welt machen das Buch zu einem unvergesslichen Leseerlebnis. Für alle Altersgruppen geeignet: Die „Nevermoor“-Reihe ist ideal für Mädchen und Jungen ab 10 Jahren, aber auch Erwachsene werden die tiefgründigen Charaktere und die spannende Handlung zu schätzen wissen. Es ist ein perfektes Geschenk für junge Leser und Fantasy-Fans jeden Alters. Hervorragende Rezensionen: „Leere Schatten“ hat bereits zahlreiche positive Bewertungen von begeisterten Lesern erhalten. Die Leser loben die lebendigen Charaktere, die spannende Handlung und die magische Atmosphäre des Buches. Erweiterung einer geliebten Reihe: Als Fortsetzung der beliebten „Nevermoor“-Reihe ist „Leere Schatten“ ein Muss für alle Fans. Leser*innen werden es genießen, in die vertraute Welt zurückzukehren und Morrigans neueste Abenteuer zu verfolgen. Lern- und Wachstumschancen: Durch Morrigans Kampf gegen die Hohlpocken und ihre Bemühungen, ihre Fähigkeiten zu meistern, werden Themen wie persönliches Wachstum, Verantwortung und der Umgang mit Herausforderungen auf eine einfühlsame und zugängliche Weise behandelt.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2023The illusion of the Burgundian state
by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin, Christopher Fletcher
On 25 January 1474, Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, appeared before his subjects in Dijon. Robed in silk, gold and precious jewels and wearing a headpiece that gave the illusion of a crown, he made a speech in which he cryptically expressed his desire to become a king. Three years later, Charles was killed at the battle of Nancy, an event that plunged the Great Principality of Burgundy into chaos. This book, innovative and essential, not only explores Burgundian history and historiography but offers a complete synthesis about the nature of politics in this region, considered both from the north and the south. Focusing on political ideologies, a number of important issues are raised relating to the medieval state, the signification of the nation under the 'Ancien Regime', the role of warfare in the creation of political power and the impact of political loyalties in the exercise of government. In doing so, the book challenges a number of existing ideas about the Burgundian state.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2023
New Zealand's empire
by Katie Pickles, Catharine Coleborne
This edited collection investigates New Zealand's history as an imperial power, and its evolving place within the British Empire. It revises and expands the history of empire within, to and from New Zealand by looking at the country's spheres of internal imperialism, its relationship with Australia, its Pacific empire and its outreach to Antarctica. The book critically revises our understanding of the range of ways that New Zealand has played a role as an imperial power, including the cultural histories of New Zealand inside the British Empire, engagements with imperial practices and notions of imperialism, the special significance of New Zealand in the Pacific region, and the circulation of ideas of empire both through and inside New Zealand over time. The essays in this volume span social, cultural, political and economic history, and in testing the concept of New Zealand's empire, the contributors take new directions in both historiographical and empirical research.
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2018Clive Barker
Dark imaginer
by Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
Clive Barker: Dark imaginer explores the diverse literary, film and visionary creations of the polymathic and influential British artist Clive Barker. In this necessary and timely collection, innovative essays by leading scholars in the fields of literature, film and popular culture explore Barker's contribution to gothic, fantasy and horror studies, interrogating his creative legacy. The volume consists of an extensive introduction and twelve groundbreaking essays that critically reevaluate Barker's oeuvre. These include in-depth analyses of his celebrated and lesser known novels, short stories, theme park designs, screen and comic book adaptations, film direction and production, sketches and book illustrations, as well as responses to his material from critics and fan communities. Clive Barker: Dark imaginer reveals the breadth and depth of Barker's distinctive dark vision, which continues to fascinate and flourish.
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2024Brave new city
Smart Cities - a survaillance-nightmare?
by Peter Schaar
The dream of the ideal city is as old as the city itself. Since real cities often develop chaotically, the idea of perfecting them, even tearing them down if necessary, and rebuilding them according to the prevailing patterns of thought is an obvious one. The latest manifestation of this utopia is the smart city - the intelligent city, packed with the latest technology and extensively digitised. But will air taxis and hyperloops, ubiquitous sensors, access control systems and data-driven management really make the city of the future a better place to live? Are they the answer to the enormous challenges facing today's fast-growing metropolises? Or will the supposed administrative paradise ultimately mutate into a digital juggernaut?
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October 2023Witches of New London 1. Sunblessed
by Isabel Clivia, Moon Notes
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Detective Witch: Romantasy-Crime in London. „Jack the Ripper ist zurück“ – so lautet die Schlagzeile, wegen der ganz London den Atem anhält. Vor allem die junge Hexe Reva, denn sie kennt die Wahrheit: Der Mörder stammt aus ihren Reihen. Als Detektivin im Dienste der Hexen-Geheimgesellschaft ist es ihre Pflicht, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen. Eine Spur führt sie nach New London, ihre einstige Heimatstadt, die hinter einem magischen Schleier verborgen liegt. Dort benötigt sie ausgerechnet die Hilfe des charismatischen Hexers Gabriel. Auf das verbotene Herzklopfen, das er in ihr auslöst, würde sie lieber verzichten. Aber um die finsteren Verbrechen aufzuklären, muss sie notgedrungen mit ihm zusammenarbeiten. Schon bald steht weit mehr auf dem Spiel als nur ihr Herz … Witches of New London 1. Sunblessed: Magische Romeo-und-Julia-Story zwischen Sherlock und Jack the Ripper. Witchcraft und WitchTok: der Social-Media-Trend jetzt mit coolen Crime-Elementen. Komm mit nach New London, wenn du magische Powerfrauen und Portale in andere Welten liebst. Zwei Liebende, die nicht zusammen sein können, aber zusammen arbeiten müssen. Deine Lieblings-Tropes „Forbidden Love“ und „Second Chance“: Verbotene Gefühle sind oft die stärksten. Band 1 der New Adult Fantasy Reihe ab 16 Jahren, Band 2 erscheint im Frühjahr 2024
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The ArtsJune 2021The new pornographies
Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
by Victoria Best, Martin Crowley
The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this study of a very significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019The new pornographies
Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
by Victoria Best, Martin Crowley
The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this, the first study of this significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.
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Children's & YAThings. My 200 Picture Book
by Magdalena Skala
The very smallest children can identify and name objects from their homes in this award-winning, large-format board book. Magdalena Skala’s fantastic illustrations use bright colours and clear forms to depict the most important objects from the nursery, kitchen, garden, lounge, bathroom – in short from children’s everyday worlds: a great start into the world of words – and books! Magdalena Skala was awarded the 2019 Meefisch Prize and the Marktheidenfeld Prize for picture book illustration for THINGS. MY 200-PICTURE BOOK.
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August 2016Body Image and Body Image Disturbances
by Andreas Uschok
Nurses encounter patients whose body image reality has been changed by disease, injuries or traumas on a daily basis. In a world where a flawless body is so highly valued, these patients may struggle to adapt to and accept these changes which can lead to body image disturbances. This handbook provides all those professionals caring for people with amputations, skin disorders, stoma, breast cancer and other diseases with information on the concept of body image and how to assess it, as well as describe possible symptoms and causes of body image disturbances and offers interventions to improve patients’ body image. Target Group: health scientists, geographers, doctors (epidemiologists).
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 1997The new woman
by Sally Ledger
Sexually transgressive, politically astute and determined to claim educational and employment rights equal to those enjoyed by men, the new woman took centre stage in the cultural landscape of late-Victorian Britain. By comparing the fictional representations with the lived experience of the new woman, Ledger's book makes a major contribution to an understanding of the 'woman question' at the fin de siecle. She alights on such disparate figures as Eleanor Marx, Gertrude Dix, Dracula, Oscar Wilde, Olive Schreiner and Radclyffe Hall. Focusing mainly on the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the book's later chapters project forward into the twentieth century, considering the relationship between new woman fiction and early modernism as well as the socio-sexual inheritance of the 'second generation' new woman writers. ;
