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Christine Heimannsberg

Gelobtes Land, die dystopische Climate Fiction Trilogie: Mit CO2 verbindet man den Klimawandel, schmelzende Gletscher und Überflutungen. Mittlerweile ist der Klimawandel auch in der Literatur angekommen. „Climate Fiction“ oder „Cli-fi“ lautet das Stichwort, das zuletzt verstärkt in den Feuilletons auftauchte. Die deutsche Autorin Christine Heimannsberg präsentiert mit ihrer Debüt-Trilogie „Gelobtes Land“ eine ungewöhnliche, spannende Dystopie, die ökologische wie humanistische Themen geschickt im neuen Genre zusammenführt.
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Humanities & Social Sciences

October 2020

Christmas in nineteenth-century England

by Neil Armstrong

Whether for reasons of family, food, shopping or religion, it's hard to imagine a British winter without Christmas, or to think of a more traditional national festival. But how and when did Christmas cards, pantomimes and advertising become part of that tradition? This book looks at how people in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries experienced Christmas and how today's priorities and rituals began and endured. It explores the origins of our deeply held notions around Christmas traditions and demonstrates how those ideas were in fact shaped by the fast-paced modernisation of English life. A fascinating account of the development of many things we now take for granted, the book touches on the history of childhood and the family, philanthropy and work, and the beginnings of consumerism that shaped the Christmas we know today.

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A Magical Christmas with the Snow Fairy

by Stefanie Dahle

Emmo would also like to celebrate Christmas for a change. He’s lucky that his best friend Gwendoline, the Snow Fairy, is there to help him with his preparations. A Christmas tree, presents, delicious biscuits, sweet-smelling baked apples, and of course glittering white snow - all in readiness for the most wonderful Christmas party the Silver Forest has ever seen. With Stefanie Dahle’s enchanting illustrations, this solid, read-aloud picture book will accompany big and little picture-book lovers through a wonderfully harmonious Advent and Christmas.

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Daisy Doormouse Discovers Christmas

by Anna Lott/Elisa Vavouri

Advent calendar book with detachable pages. Plonkety plonk! Daisy Dormouse is rudely awakened from her winter sleep. Outside her den is a present. It says on the wrapping: “To Sunny Bunny for Christmas”. What on earth is Christmas? And who is Sunny Bunny? Daisy quickly packs a few things and sets off to deliver the present. During her journey she makes many new friends and learns all about Advent garlands, Christmas carols, biscuits, sledging, and of course Christmas itself. By the end of her journey, Daisy is sure of one thing: she must never again miss this wonderful time, with all these beautiful customs and traditions! A story in 24 chapters.

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Tilda Appleseed. Christmas in the Winter Forest

by Andreas H. Schmachtl

There are 24 days to go until Christmas. In the mouse house there is a delicious smell of punch, and Tilda busily hunts through her pantry: she wants to do some baking. The best of all flavours is still Aunt Emily’s frost-hip jelly. Christmas can’t come without that. But what a shock! There are no frost hips left! And it’s so difficult to get fresh ones, because they only grow in the north. Without further ado, Tilda sets off on an exciting journey through the winter forest, and she has the most weird and wonderful Christmas adventures on the way…

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Children's & YA

The Little Christmas Engine

by Anna Ruhe/Igor Lange

It’s winter in the pleasure park. The Little Engine is dreaming of Christmas, as he does every year. It would be so nice to see a real Christmas for himself. Suddenly something terrible happens up in the sky: Father Christmas comes crashing down to earth with his overloaded sleigh. Fortunately, no one is hurt, but the sleigh is broken. This is the Little Engine’s chance. He makes Father Christmas a great offer – and so he saves this year’s Christmas.

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October 2007

Merry Christmas!

Die schönsten Weihnachtsgeschichten aus England

by Ria Blaicher, Günther Blaicher

Merry Christmas! Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, G.K. Chesterton, Dylan Thomas, Angus Wilson, Muriel Spark u.v.a. erzählen Weihnachtsgeschichten aus zwei Jahrhunderten. Da geht es um folgenreiche Geständnisse, geheimnisvolle Verwandlungen, mißglückte Einbrüche und heimliche Liebschaften. Mit angelsächsischem Humor und Feingefühl zeigen diese fünfzehn, zum Großteil erstmals ins Deutsche übersetzten Geschichten, wie selbst kleinere Widrigkeiten die Festtagsstimmung nicht zu trüben vermögen.

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The Arts

January 2019

Carol Reed

by Peter William Evans

Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration. This major study ranges over Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works. Evans avoids a simplistic auteurist approach, placing the films in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts and relating these to the analysis of Reed's art. The critical approach combines psychoanalysis, gender theory, and the analysis of form. Archival research is also relied on to clarify Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others. Films examined include Bank Holiday, A Girl Must Live, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, Night Train to Munich, The Way Ahead, Outcast of the Islands, Trapeze and Oliver!.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

September 2010

Christmas in nineteenth-century England

by Neil Armstrong, Jeffrey Richards

Despite its enduring popularity as a national festival, Christmas has been largely neglected by English historians. Neil Armstrong offers the first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book explores the origins of our deeply held notions of the traditional nature of Christmas and demonstrates how they were shaped by English modernity. A study of both continuity and change, Christmas in nineteenth-Ccntury England makes an important contribution to cultural and social history, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of childhood, the family, philanthropy, work and consumerism. Scholarly yet accessible, it will be enjoyed by academics, students and the general public alike. ;

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September 2021

Das Wunder in der Christmas Street

by Annie O’Neil, Christine Richter-Nilsson

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Humanities & Social Sciences

December 2008

The family tree detective

Tracing your ancestors in England and Wales

by Colin Rogers

The long-awaited fourth edition of this best-selling manual continues to offer up-to-date guidance both to newcomers and to the more experienced, on how to make best use of the labyrinth of genealogical sources in England and Wales. It takes into account recent, and even some future, changes to the civil registration system, and incorporates many of the vast sources newly available on the internet. There is also a substantial bibliography for those who discover that their ancestors migrated from other countries. New appendices provide research into underregistration of birth and death, and hitherto unpublished details from the 1915 and 1939 National Registers. The family tree detective remains an indispensible source of information on how to locate births, marriages and deaths, and alternative strategies if those searches fail. Dr Colin D. Rogers is a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists, a member of AGRA (the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives), and was for thirty years the Hon. General Editor of the Lancashire Parish Register Society. He runs a consultancy helping banks and solicitors to identify and locate beneficiaries. ;

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Children's & YA

Hohoho, Here Comes Father Christmas!

by Katja Richert/Denitza Gruber

Soon it’ll be Christmas! It’s time to load the sleigh with presents, thinks the reindeer. But Father Christmas wants to decorate his house first, and build a snowman, and have a nice cup of tea. Then suddenly it’s almost too late! All his friends must help, so that children can get their presents on time.

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December 1995

The Forbidden Tree

Englische Gedichte

by Ausländer, Rose

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March 2007

Moses Mendelssohn

by Tree, Stephen

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April 2021

Singularity

Roman

by Tree, Joshua

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November 2022

Der Tote am Apple Tree Cottage

Eve Mallow ermittelt

by Clare Chase

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Children's & YA

The 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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May 2006

Volume 23: Four Carbon-H. Tree Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds: Ketenes and Derivatives

by Danheiser, Rick L., Bellus, Daniel

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June 2005

Volume 22: Four Carbon-H. Tree Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds: Thio-, Seleno-, and Tel

by Charette, Andre B., Thomas, Eric Jim

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December 2005

Volume 24: Fuor Carbon-H. Tree Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds: Ketene Acetals and Yne-

by de Meijere, Armin, Schaumann, Ernst

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January 1980

Karma und Wiedergeburt

Die Schicksalsstufen des Menschen als Weg zu seiner Vollendung und Vollkommenheit

by Humphreys, Christmas

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Tracing your ancestors in England and Wales

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