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Založba Malinc
At Malinc Publishing House we have been publishing quality children's literature since 2012 and have strived for bigger literary diversity throughout. We are concentrated on publishing authors from the Spanish speaking countries and minority literatures' representatives connected with the Spanish culture such as Basque, Catalan and Galician writers. Books of less known literatures from Europe and elsewhere have also been published by Malinc Publishing House. Through the reading promotion projects we put academic knowledge into practice. Besides, we carry out courses for the mentors of reading and organize literary readings and visits of foreign authors. It is in this way that we raise general reading literacy, intercultural and linguistic competences and include vulnerable groups, especially people with dyslexia.
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The ArtsJune 2021Genre and performance: film and television
by Christine Cornea
Looking at contemporary film and television, this book explores how popular genres frame our understanding of on-screen performance. Previous studies of screen performance have tended to fix upon star actors, directors, or programme makers, or they have concentrated upon particular training and acting styles. Moving outside of these confines, this book provides a truly interdisciplinary account of performance in film and television and examines a much neglected area in our understanding of how popular genres and performance intersect on screen. Each chapter concentrates upon a particular genre or draws upon generic case studies in examining the significance of screen performance. Individual chapters examine contemporary film noir, horror, the biopic, drama-documentary, the western, science fiction, comedy performance in 'spoof news' programmes and the television 'sit com' and popular Bollywood films.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 1998Pulp
Reading popular fiction
by Scott McCracken
Pulp brings together in one volume chapters on the best seller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. It combines a lucid and accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction with detailed readings of Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Colin Dexter, William Gibson, Stephen King, Iain Banks, Terry McMillan and Walter Mosley. Scott Mc Cracken argues that popular fiction serves a vital function: it provides us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face of the disorientating pressures of modernity. ;
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March 2012Der Klang der Sehnsucht
Roman
by Manisha Amin, Ursula Gräfe, Manisha Jolie Amin
Die Straßen von Hastinapur sind Kalus Zuhause. Der Junge arbeitet hart für ein paar Rupien und einen einfachen Schlafplatz auf dem Boden eines Tabakladens. Dennoch ist er glücklich: Wenn er Zeit mit seinen Freunden verbringt oder er sich in die schattigen Äste des großen Banyanbaumes am Fluß zurückzieht, um den Sonnenuntergang zu beobachten – und um Flöte zu spielen. Seine Melodien verzaubern die Welt und lassen ihn alles vergessen … Als sich Kalu eines Tages die Chance seines Lebens bietet, muß er Hastinapur verlassen – und damit auch seine geliebte Freundin Malti. Er verspricht, zu ihr zurückzukommen. Doch kann es eine gemeinsame Zukunft geben? »Der Klang der Sehnsucht« ist ein ergreifender Roman über die Macht der Musik und die alles überdauernde Kraft der Freundschaft.
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March 2012Der Klang der Sehnsucht
Roman
by Manisha Amin, Ursula Gräfe
Die Straßen von Hastinapur sind Kalus Zuhause. Der Junge arbeitet hart für ein paar Rupien und einen einfachen Schlafplatz auf dem Boden eines Tabakladens. Dennoch ist er glücklich: Wenn er Zeit mit seinen Freunden verbringt oder er sich in die schattigen Äste des großen Banyanbaumes am Fluß zurückzieht, um den Sonnenuntergang zu beobachten – und um Flöte zu spielen. Seine Melodien verzaubern die Welt und lassen ihn alles vergessen Als sich Kalu eines Tages die Chance seines Lebens bietet, muß er Hastinapur verlassen – und damit auch seine geliebte Freundin Malti. Er verspricht, zu ihr zurückzukommen. Doch kann es eine gemeinsame Zukunft geben? 'Der Klang der Sehnsucht' ist ein ergreifender Roman über die Macht der Musik und die alles überdauernde Kraft der Freundschaft.
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March 2012Der Klang der Sehnsucht
Roman
by Manisha Jolie Amin, Ursula Gräfe
Die Straßen von Hastinapur sind Kalus Zuhause. Der Junge arbeitet hart für ein paar Rupien und einen einfachen Schlafplatz auf dem Boden eines Tabakladens. Dennoch ist er glücklich: Wenn er Zeit mit seinen Freunden verbringt oder er sich in die schattigen Äste des großen Banyanbaumes am Fluß zurückzieht, um den Sonnenuntergang zu beobachten – und um Flöte zu spielen. Seine Melodien verzaubern die Welt und lassen ihn alles vergessen … Als sich Kalu eines Tages die Chance seines Lebens bietet, muß er Hastinapur verlassen – und damit auch seine geliebte Freundin Malti. Er verspricht, zu ihr zurückzukommen. Doch kann es eine gemeinsame Zukunft geben? »Der Klang der Sehnsucht« ist ein ergreifender Roman über die Macht der Musik und die alles überdauernde Kraft der Freundschaft.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2024Dog politics
Species stories and the animal sciences
by Mariam Motamedi Fraser
Do dogs belong with humans? Scientific accounts of dogs' 'species story,' in which contemporary dog-human relations are naturalised with reference to dogs' evolutionary becoming, suggest that they do. Dog politics dissects this story. This book offers a rich empirical analysis and critique of the development and consolidation of dogs' species story in science, asking what evidence exists to support it, and what practical consequences, for dogs, follow from it. It explores how this story is woven into broader scientific shifts in understandings of species, animals, and animal behaviours, and how such shifts were informed by and informed transformative political events, including slavery and colonialism, the Second World War and its aftermath, and the emergence of anti-racist movements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book pays particular attention to how species-thinking bears on 'race,' racism, and individuals.
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Biography & True StoriesMay 2026Caroline Aherne
Rebel in disguise
by David Scott
A thoughtful exploration of the work of this unique comedian and writer. Caroline Aherne was one of the most influential and beloved of British comedians. In this book David Scott explores Aherne's comedic artistry and creative legacy, focusing on her iconic characters and ground-breaking TV shows. Scott dives into Aherne's most beloved creations, from the sharp-tongued Mrs Merton to the quietly revolutionary The Royle Family. Drawing on the tales of collaborators and telling behind-the-scenes stories, he provides an intimate glimpse into the creative processes that brought these iconic works to life. At the same time, he examines the social and cultural influences that shaped Aherne's work, from the rich traditions of Northern working-class humour to the experiences of Irish migrants. Aherne's work is celebrated for its sharp wit, warmth and ability to find comedy in adversity. This book offers an exploration and celebration of one of comedy's most inventive minds, revealing how she reshaped the British comedy landscape.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2022Nordic Gothic
by Maria Holmgren Troy, Johan Hõglund, Yvonne Leffler, Sofia Wijkmark
Nordic Gothic traces Gothic fiction in the Nordic region from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, with a main focus on the development of Gothic from the 1990s onwards in literature, film, TV and new media. The volume gives an overview of Nordic Gothic fiction in relation to transnational developments and provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It creates an understanding of this under-researched cultural phenomenon by showing how the narratives make visible cultural anxieties haunting the Nordic countries, their welfare systems, identities and ideologies. Nordic Gothic examines how figures from Nordic folklore function as metaphorical expressions of Gothic themes and Nordic settings are explored from perspectives such as ecocriticism and postcolonialism. The book will be of interest to researchers and post- and- undergraduate students in various fields within the Humanities.
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March 2020The German Channel
A Mythology from the FRG
by Frank Uekötter
A historic big infrastructure project in the nexus of federal government policy planning From Berlin Airport to Stuttgart 21 – public building projects seem to get out of hand with growing frequency. Frank Uekötter follows the example of the Elbe Lateral Canal, which was opened in 1976, to show that institutional failure is not a new phenomenon. The virtually forgotten story of the Elbe Lateral Canal represents an inglorious episode of German federal policy planning. The benefit of the 115 km long waterway, which connects the Mittelland Canal with the River Elbe, was completely out of proportion to the level of investment. Despite this, the project was soon unstoppable in the nexus of corporate interests, political aims and the policy for growth. A dam ruptured at Lüneburg only weeks after its opening. Uekötter argues for a social rethink based on the clear chronology of these “organized irresponsibilities”.
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October 2017Zerbrochene Länder
Wie die arabische Welt aus den Fugen geriet
by Scott Anderson, Paolo Pellegrin, Laura Su Bischoff
»So ist also die Frage beantwortet, ob man das aktuelle Chaos in der arabischen Welt in einem einzigen journalistischen Stück erfassen kann. Man kann. Scott Anderson kann es sogar grandios.« Die Zeit »Die hellsichtigste, kraftvollste und menschlichste Erklärung dessen, was in der Region passiert ist, die Sie jemals lesen werden.« The New York Times Magazine »Manchmal fließt die Geschichte der Menschheit bedächtig vor sich hin, manchmal bewegt sie sich sehr schnell.« Diesen Satz formulierte Muammar al-Gaddafi 2002 gegenüber Scott Anderson. Tatsächlich hat sich die Geschichte im Nahen Osten überschlagen, seit die USA 2003 im Irak einmarschiert sind: 2011 weckte der Arabische Frühling Hoffnungen, doch bald versanken Länder wie Syrien und der Irak im Chaos, von dem wiederum der Islamische Staat profitierte. Millionen Menschen flohen aus Syrien in Nachbarstaaten und nach Europa. Anhand der Erlebnisse von sechs Menschen schildert Anderson die Geschichte einer zerbrechenden Region. Er begleitet den jungen Iraker Wakaz, der sich vorübergehend dem IS anschließt, Laila, die Witwe eines prominenten ägyptischen Menschenrechtsanwalts, deren Sohn innerhalb kurzer Zeit von drei Regimes inhaftiert wird, und Majd, den seine Flucht von Homs über das Mittelmeer bis nach Dresden führt. Illustriert wird Andersons Großreportage mit Aufnahmen des renommierten Fotografen Paolo Pellegrin. Ein einmaliges zeitgeschichtliches Dokument.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2025Contemporary Slavic horror across media
Cursed zones
by Agnieszka Jezyk
In the Western cultural production that puts individual or collective fear at its center, East/Central Europe has been portrayed as an othered space of horror - lawless, frightening zones where anything can happen. Incorporating articles on literature, film, visual arts, video games, music videos, and music festivals, Contemporary Slavic horror across media: Cursed zones is a pioneering anthology of academic essays devoted to Slavic horror fiction. The book focuses on works from the mid-20th century through the present, particularly the post-Soviet period. Assessing current trends in Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and East/Central European horror media, the book looks at similarities and idiosyncrasies of the genre in its Slavic variant. With this anthology we hope to tame 'the Easterner Other' and start exorcising 'monstrous' East/Central Europe.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2026Globalising the Nordic Model
From exceptionalism to entanglement
by Mary Hilson
The five Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - frequently attract attention as examples of a 'Nordic model'. The meanings of the term vary, but especially since the global financial crisis of 2008-9 the Nordic countries have often been portrayed positively, as examples of economic dynamism, innovation and social equality. Studies of these images of the Nordic countries and Nordic region and their international circulations are now a well-established field of research. This volume explores how the Nordic model has been shaped by global entanglements, in exchange not only with Western Europe and North America, but also with the Global South. Drawing on selected case studies, the volume offers new perspectives on the meanings of the Nordic model and Nordic exceptionalism in a global context during the half century since c. 1970.
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October 2020Die Mühlen der Zivilisation
Eine Tiefengeschichte der frühesten Staaten
by James C. Scott, Horst Brühmann
Wie selbstverständlich gehen wir davon aus, dass die neolithische Revolution, in deren Verlauf Nomaden zu Ackerbauern und Viehzüchtern wurden, ein bedeutender zivilisatorischer Fortschritt war. James C. Scott entwickelt in seinem provokanten Buch eine ganz andere These: Die ersten Staaten entstanden aus der Kontrolle über die Reproduktion und errichteten ein hartes Regime der Domestizierung und Unterwerfung, das Epidemien, Ungleichheiten und Kriege mit sich brachte. Einzig die »Barbaren« – die heimlichen Helden dieses Buches – haben sich der Sesshaftigkeit sowie den neuen Besteuerungssystemen verweigert und sich damit gegen die Mühlen der Zivilisation gestemmt.
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2020History of the German Language
A textbook for German studies; Part 1: Introduction, prehistory and history; Part 2: Old High German, Middle High German and Early New High German
by Wilhelm Schmidt, Edited by Dr. Elisabeth Berner and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Norbert Richard Wolf
The 12th revised and updated version of the History of the German language – long regarded as an indispensable standard work for German Studies, has just been published. From now on, this comprehensive textbook on the history of the language is divided into two volumes. In addition to introducing questions about historical linguistics, the first volume provides a detailed account of the prehistory and history of German right up to the present day. Based on extensive source analyses, the focus is on aspects of culture and social history; only the chapters on the Indo-Germanic and Germanic language include key information about structural history. The second part contains concise, but readily understandable accounts of Old, Middle and Early New High German in terms of phonology, graphemics, morphology and syntax. Not only are synchronous descriptions given of the particular language period, but also the development of German language construction at all structural levels is explained. The association of grammatical synchrony and structural diachrony is a particular characteristic of this second part of Schmidt’s work on the history of language.
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The ArtsJune 2017Terence Fisher
by Peter Hutchings
Terence Fisher is best known as the director who made most of the classic Hammer horrors - including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Devil Rides Out. But there is more to Terence Fisher than Hammer horror. In a busy twenty-five-year career, he directed fifty films, not just horrors but also thrillers, comedies, melodramas and science-fiction. This book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history. Looking at Fisher's career as a whole not only underlines his importance as a film-maker but also casts a new, interesting light on the areas in which he worked - Gainsborough melodrama, the 1950s B film, 1960s science-fiction and, of course, Hammer, one of the most successful independent film companies in the history of British cinema.
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Terrorism, armed struggleFebruary 2009German politics today
Second edition
by Geoffrey K. Roberts
This revised and updated edition provides the reader with a comprehensive description and analysis of the institutions of the German political system. The historical development of German politics is surveyed, and special attention is given to the causes, course and consequences of German reunification. Where more detailed explanations of special topics are required, such as surplus seats in the electoral system, or the political career of Chancellor Merkel, these are provided in boxes set within the relevant chapters. Some information is provided in tabular form, such as the list of federal chancellors and federal presidents, the membership of trade unions, or election results. Appendices contain examples of important constitutional court cases, plus a survey of the political features of the sixteen Länder which make up the federal structure of the state. Each chapter offers suggestions for further reading. Accessibly written, with suggestions for further reading, this book offers a sound basis for all undergraduate courses focused on, or including, study of the German political system. The author's familiarity with all aspects of the German political system is evident from the authority with which he explains the structures and processes which form the basis of German politics.
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