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September 2019Save me from the Night
by Kira Mohn
After a terrible blow of fate throws her life into confusion, Seanna needs desperately to get away from it all. She’s come to the village of Castledunn in the hope of getting her life back in order. The wild countryside of Ireland’s west coast and the slow pace of rural life give her new energy. Her job behind the bar in the village’s only pub provides a comforting sense of routine. Then the pub changes hands, bought by the attractive, but stubborn Neall Kennan, who throws Seanna’s feelings into turmoil. Not only is she attracted to him, she’s also reminded of her own past. It’s more than Seanna can bear. 16+ years The second volume of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately! Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!
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November 2019Find me in the Storm
by Kira Mohn
Not a single soul as far as the eye can see. Just sea, cliffs and the beach. And a lighthouse. It’s a wondrously beautiful place – not that Airin has a chance to enjoy it. The lighthouse has been converted into a cosy living space available for rent, and 24-year-old Airin has to look after the property while at the same time running her own bed and breakfast in Castledunn. It’s a lot of work for one person, but normally everything runs smoothly. Until Joshua, the nephew of the lighthouse owner, moves in. Arrogant and priggish, he complains ceaselessly about everything. Airin feels like strangling him. Or kissing him. Who cares, just as long as he stops talking! 16+ years The third volume of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately! Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!
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July 2019Show me the Stars
by Kira Mohn
Take Some Time Out! The headline grabs Liv’s attention as she browses, depressed, through the job ads. Although she’s only 22 and just starting out in journalism, a recent disastrous interview cost her a new job. The ad sounds like a dream come true: someone needs a house-sitter to mind a lighthouse on the Irish coast for six months! Taking time out is exactly what Liv needs to clear her head and recharge her batteries. She sends off her application and a few weeks later finds herself standing in front of her new home. Next to a good-looking Irishman who makes her heart beat faster. She doesn’t know it yet, but he’ll break her heart, too… 16+ years The beginning of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately. Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!
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September 2020It was always love
by Hotel, Nikola
She’s had enough of men, but he can’t get enough of her... Away. Just get out of here. That's all Aubree thinks about when she gets kicked out of college after a party. She buys an incredibly old car, throws the few things she owns into the trunk and flees to her best friend Ivy in New Hampshire. There, all she wants is to pull the blanket over her head and think of nothing else. Not about that night. Not about the party. And most of all, not that picture that's been circulating on the Internet ever since. But it doesn't work. Because instead of her friend, she meets Noah, Ivy's stepbrother. With his impulsive but surprisingly sensitive nature, Noah evokes feelings in her that she doesn't need right now. And which, nevertheless, sweep her away like a storm... Second volume of a romantic and exciting dilogy with 20 lavishly illustrated hand-lettered pages by Carolin Magunia. Including a playlist that can be found on Spotify and contains songs which match perfectly with the story! It was always you (Vol. 1) entered the Spiegel bestseller list immediately after its publication. Both titles can be read separately. For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Kelly Moran! 30.000 copies of vol. 1 + 2 were sold since June 2020!
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September 1975Das Sauspiel
Szenen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert von Martin Walser
by Martin Walser
Szenen aus dem Nürnberg des 16. Jahrhunderts. Kurz nach dem Sieg über die aufrührerischen Bauern. Aber die Unruhe ist in die Städte übergesprungen. Überall regen sich die Wiedertäufer. Eine wichtige Rolle spielen in diesen Kämpfen die Intellektuellen. Sie liefern das, was die Herrschaft von ihnen erwartet: Kritik und Legitimation. Der Volkssänger Jörg Graf stellt sich inmitten dieser Auseinandersetzungen blind. Er hofft, als blinder Künstler besser zu verdienen. Das mißlingt gründlich. Die Wiedertäufer werden ausgerottet. Ruhe kehrt ein. Es herrscht wieder Ordnung: in Nürnberg. Denn da man an der Herrschaft ist, soll alles so bleiben wie es ist.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2024Ideas of poverty in the Age of Enlightenment
by Niall O’Flaherty, Robin Mills
This collection of essays examines the ways in which poverty was conceptualised in the social, political, and religious discourses of eighteenth-century Europe. It brings together experts with a wide range of expertise to offer pathbreaking discussions of how eighteenth-century thinkers thought about the poor. Because the theme of poverty played important roles in many critical issues in European history, it was central to some of the key debates in Enlightenment political thought throughout the period, including the controversies about sovereignty and representation, public and private charity, as well as questions relating to crime and punishment. The book examines some of the most important contributions to these debates, while also ranging beyond the canonical Enlightenment thinkers, to investigate how poverty was conceptualised in the wider intellectual culture, as politicians, administrators and pamphlet writers grappled with the issue.
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August 2016How to Survive the First Years of School
by Petra Jansen, Stefanie Richter
With a pinch of humor, the authors tell the story of Julia, her husband Peter, and their little whirlwind Alexander, who is starting elementary school. How do the three of them deal with this new stage in Alexander’s life? What problems do they encounter and what do they find stressful? The book sets out to help parents, uncles, aunts, and grandparents understand how children of elementary school age develop. Professionals who work with children of this age may also find it of interest. Petra Jansen and Stefanie Richter are both parents and psychologists. Through the fictional Julia they share their subjective experience as mothers, while also providing background information based on scientific studies. They demonstrate in a clear and entertaining way that some of the problems experienced by children of this age are not unexpected and are no cause for despair. Target Group: Parents of children in their early years at school.
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 1998Shakespeare: the 'lost years'
by E Honigmann
This literary detective story throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. Bringing forward historic and documentary evidence, this text argues that Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably a Roman Catholic. Step by step, this story of patronage, recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family relationships. ;
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April 2021Ukraine's fateful years 2013–2019
Vol. 1: The Maidan uprising in 2013/2014 Vol. 2: The annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbass
by Winfried Schneider-Deters
— Comprehensive and detailled analysis of the Euromaidan and the ongoing war in Ukraine — Brussels versus Moscow, Russian aggression and geopolitical interests — China's role in a new East-West conflict The years between 2013 and 2019 were almost as significant for Ukraine as the attainment of independence in 1991, as this very independence was in danger of being lost again after the Euromaidan. The nationwide popular uprising against the regime of President Yanukovych had led to a change of power: the former parliamentary opposition formed a new government, resulting in a loss of influence for Russia. Russian agents therefore tried to bring about a "Crimea scenario", another secession in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine. The resulting "Ukraine conflict", often called a civil war, is in fact a Russian war of attrition against Ukraine. President Putin intends to resolve it on his terms in the Minsk process: through a de facto "autonomous" part of the Donbass in the Ukrainian state, independent of Kiev, as a lever for Russian political influence. Winfried Schneider- Deters, a renowned expert on Ukraine, analyses narratively and in detail the events from 2013 to 2019 and places the Russian- Ukrainian conflict in the context of the dawning "Chinese century".
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March 2019Ich habe es satt!
Wie uns Ernährungsgurus krank machen
by Nils Binnberg
„Ich leide an Orthorexia Nervosa. Den Begriff kenne ich selbst erst seit kurzem, er beschreibt den Zwang, gesund zu essen. Klingt doch gut, meinen Sie? Ist es aber nicht. Ich folge zwanghaft jeder neuen Gesundheitslehre. Beim Verzehr alltäglicher Nahrungsmittel fühle ich mich mittlerweile wie ein Selbstmörder. Ich bin übrigens nur einer von einer Millionen Betroffenen in Deutschland. Beim Mittagessen können wir uns ganz ungezwungen über Fesselsex wie in »Fifty Shades Of Grey« unterhalten. Aber wir verkrampfen, wenn ein Brotkorb herumgereicht wird. Wann hat unsere Dauer-Diät begonnen? Was versuchen wir zu kontrollieren? Ist es wirklich nur der Wunsch nach grenzenloser Jugend und überirdischer Schönheit? Oder brauchen wir eine Ersatzreligion, weil wir sonst nichts mehr haben, woran wir glauben können? Ich suche Antworten auf diese Fragen und fange bei mir an. Weil mein Leben, wie ich mir eingestehen muss, gerade den Bach runtergeht. . . “
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February 1990Gesammelte Werke
Vierter Band: Las Casas vor Karl V. Szenen aus der Konquistadorenzeit
by Reinhold Schneider, Edwin Maria Landau, Edwin Maria Landau
Reinhold Schneider hat in seinen Arbeitsnotizen vom »Gewissen des Abendlandes« gesprochen, dessen »Sprecher Las Casas« sei. Las Casas (1474-1566), der leidenschaftliche Streiter für die Gleichberechtigung der Indios in den amerikanischen Kolonien gegen die mit seinem Missionsauftrag unvereinbare Ausbeutung und den Völkermord durch die spanischen Eroberer, schifft sich nach Spanien ein, wo er den Kaiser für einen grundsätzlichen Wandel in der Kolonialpolitik gewinnen will. Sein Reisegefährte Bernadino de Lares, der heimkehrende Konquistador, bestärkt Las Casas darin, die Zustände in den Kolonien zu bekämpfen. In der großen, historisch belegten Disputation vor Karl V. tritt Bernardino, seelisch und körperlich gebrochen, als Zeuge für Las Casas auf. In seinem triumphlosen Sieg erreicht Las Casas, daß der Kaiser die »Neuen Gesetze« verkündet, und nimmt die schwere Mission an, sie als Bischof in Mexiko zu verbreiten.
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September 1993Am Ende des Baconschen Zeitalters
Studien zur Wissenschaftsentwicklung
by Gernot Böhme
Unter dem Titel »Am Ende des Baconschen Zeitalters« legt Gernot Böhme Studien vor, die von seiner zwanzigjährigen Bemühung, »mit der Wissenschaft fertig zu werden«, zeugen. Die neuzeitliche Wissenschaft, wie sie von Francis Bacon propagiert wurde, insbesondere die Naturwissenschaft, ist heute als herrschender Denktyp nicht nur für fast alle Problemlösungen, sondern bereits für die Formulierung von Problemen maßgeblich; sie bestimmt über die mit ihr verbundenen Technik das Leben in den fortgeschrittenen Industrienationen bis hinein in den Alltag. Bacons Programm, Wissenschaft zu einer bedeutenden gesellschaftlichen Instanz zu machen und als kollektiven Prozeß der Erzeugung nützlichen Wissens zu organisieren, ist im 20. Jahrhundert endgültig realisiert worden – die von Bacon damit verbundenen Hoffnungen haben sich jedoch nicht erfüllt. Wir sind heute weit entfernt von dem Glauben, daß wissenschaftlich-technischer Fortschritt eo ipso gesellschaftlicher und humaner Fortschritt sei. Am Ende des Baconschen Zeitalters, das ist Böhmes These, kann Wissenschaft und Technik nicht mehr als ein Instrument humanen Fortschritts betrachtet werden, sondern muß als Bedingung gesellschaftlichen Lebens angesehen werden, unter der neu zu bestimmen ist, was heute Humanität heißt: das ist die Situation der technischen Zivilisation.
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January 202216 x zum Himmel und zurück
by Marlies Slegers, Christiane Fürtges, Andrea Kluitmann
In "16 x zum Himmel und zurück" von Marlies Slegers erlebt der zwölfjährige Pelle nach dem Tod seines Vaters ein Jahr voller Herausforderungen und Entdeckungen. Von seiner Mutter erhält er einen Schuhkarton, gefüllt mit 16 Briefen seines verstorbenen Vaters, jeder Brief mit einer speziellen Aufgabe für Pelle. Diese Aufgaben, von gemeinsamen Essen mit seiner Mutter über die Adoption eines Hundes bis zum Bau eines Baumhauses, führen Pelle durch kleine Abenteuer, die ihm und seiner Mutter helfen, Schritt für Schritt zurück ins Leben zu finden. Marlies Slegers webt eine authentische, herzerwärmende Geschichte, die nicht nur Trauer und Verlust thematisiert, sondern auch die Bedeutung von Familie, Freundschaft und den Mut, weiterzumachen. Das Buch, hoch gelobt für seinen ehrlichen Umgang mit schwierigen Themen, bietet jungen Lesern tiefe Einblicke in die Komplexität des Lebens und die Kraft der Liebe. Ehrliche Auseinandersetzung mit Trauer: "16 x zum Himmel und zurück" spricht offen über Verlust und Trauer, macht diese Themen für junge Leser greifbar und bietet zugleich Trost und Hoffnung. Lehrreich und inspirierend: Durch die vom Vater hinterlassenen Aufgaben lernen Kinder wichtige Lebenslektionen über Familie, Freundschaft, und den Umgang mit Herausforderungen. Fesselnde Charakterentwicklung: Pelle ist ein tiefgründig ausgearbeiteter Charakter, dessen Reise die Leser fesselt und emotional berührt. Vielschichtig und lebensbejahend: Die Geschichte zeigt auf authentische Weise, dass das Leben trotz Trauer und Verlust weitergeht und immer Raum für Glück und neue Anfänge bietet. Für junge Leser*innen ab 10 Jahren: Mit einer zielgruppengerechten Sprache und sensibler Themenbehandlung eignet sich das Buch ideal für Leser*innen zwischen 10 und 12 Jahren. Von der Kritik gefeiert: Die positive Resonanz und die Empfehlungen von Kritikern unterstreichen die Qualität und Relevanz des Buches für junge Leser*innen.
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MedicineManual Trigger Point Therapy and Dry Needling for Chronic Pain
Myofascial medicine as an approach to an unresolved challenge
by Beat Dejung
Medicine for the relief of pain has made little progress in the last 50 years. 16% of our population claim to suffer from chronic pain, for which no lasting help can be found, despite years of treatment by different doctors. Trigger point therapy experts have integrated myofascial techniques into their everyday therapy in recent decades and through this they have achieved good results even with complex and chronic problems. In this book, instructors from the Interest Group for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy (IMTT) in Switzerland present 33 complex cases of patients with chronic pain, whose pain they were able to relieve permanently with manual trigger point therapy and dry needling. Using these case studies, doublepage spreads with an educational, uniform layout clearly present the diagnosis, pathophysiology and chronifcation of myofascial pain syndromes and, in conclusion, describe encouraging and surprising successes despite previous therapy resistance.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2024Politicising and gendering care for older people
Multidisciplinary perspectives from Europe
by Anca Dohotariu, Ana Paula Gil, Lubica Volanská
This book offers a new critical framework for understanding the processes of politicising and gendering care for older people and their manifestations in several European contexts. It interrogates how care for older adults varies across time and place while searching for an in-depth comprehension of how it becomes an arena of political struggle and the object of public policy in different countries and at various societal and political levels. It brings together multidisciplinary contributions that examine the issue of care for older people as a political concern from many angles, such as problematising care needs, long-term care policies, home care services, institutional services and family care. The contributions reveal the diversity of situations in which the processes of politicising and gendering care for older adults overlap, contradict or reinforce each other while leading to increased gender (in)equalities on different levels.
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February 2016Olchi-Detektive 16. Gefährliche Träume
by Erhard Dietl, Barbara Iland-Olschewski, Peter Weis, Wolf Fraass, Patrick Bach, Christine Pappert, Eva Michalis, Stephanie Kirchberger, Peter Kirchberger, Monty Arnold, Lotta Doll, Christian Stark, Konstantin Graudus, Jürgen Thormann, Marianne Bernhardt, Markus Langer, CSC Studio, Erhard Dietl, Christoph Schöne, Frank Gustavus, Frank Gustavus
Süße Träume? Von wegen! Ein mysteriöser Unbekannter versetzt Londons Autofahrer in Schrecken. Er klopft bei den Wagen, die vor einer roten Ampel halten, an die Seitenscheibe und pustet ins offene Fenster Schlafstaub, der die Fahrer sofort in Tiefschlaf fallen lässt. Und wenn sie wieder erwachen, ist ihr Geld weg. Stattdessen finden sie eine Visitenkarte: "Weg mit der Kohle! Lale Lu wünscht süße Träume" Was hat es damit auf sich? Wer ist Lale Lu? Die Olchi-Detektive folgen der Spur. Band 16 von Erhard Dietls "Die Olchi-Detektive". Hörspiel mit den beliebten Olchi-Sprechern.
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Benedict XVI - A Life
by Peter Seewald
- Peter Seewald presents exclusive material from new research and interviews with Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI.- The interview books by Peter Seewald and Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI were international best-sellers When Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope in April 2005, it was the event of the century: a German on the Chair of St. Peter. For the chosen one, it is the highlight of an unparalleled career. As a professor, as an archbishop, as leader of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and then finally as Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger has been in the public eye for more than five decades - a life that reflects the drama and disruption of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Peter Seewald has accompanied him for over 25 years as a journalist and book author. He has the insider knowledge that makes for precision of detail and sound judgement. And so Seewald succeeds in drawing a vivid image of the Pope emeritus that shows the people Joseph Ratzinger in a new light. Rights to 40 4/c photos, including cover, cleared.The biography can be published in two volumes.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2020Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France
by Alistair Cole
This book looks at the period 2015-18 in French politics, a turbulent time that witnessed the apparent collapse of the old party system, the taming of populist and left-wing challenges to the Republic and the emergence of a new political order centred on President Emmanuel Macron. The election of Macron was greeted with relief in European chancelleries and appeared to give a new impetus to European integration, even accomplishing the feat of making France attractive after a long period of French bashing and reflexive decline. But what is the real significance of the Macron presidency? Is it as transformative as it appears? Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France provides a balanced answer to this pressing question. It is written to appeal to a general readership with an interest in French and European politics, as well as to students and scholars of French politics.
