Rabea Blue - Fantasyautorin
Rabea Blue is an author, writing fantasy, science-fiction and romance. She alreasy published short stories & novels.
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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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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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July 2021The World of the North
Between Ragnarok and welfare utopia: A cultural-historical deconstruction
by Bernd Henningsen
— Analysis of how we view Europe's North and how this image emerged — An outsider's perspective on Nordic societies and their self image — Serves as an introduction into Northern European culture and society Our image of Northern Europe has been shaped by projections and desires in the long history of encounters: berserkers and war atrocities, bad weather, beautiful nature, stable political systems, social welfare, equality and prosperity, peacefulness, low corruption, hygge and Bullerby – all this is part of the Nordic narrative. But what about the religious, linguistic and ethnic homogeneity, what about the muchvaunted Nordic cooperation? How do politics "work" in the North? Why are Northern Europeans the happiest people?
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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 2020Nordic Gothic
by Maria Holmgren Troy, Johan Hõglund, Yvonne Leffler, Sofia Wijkmark, Jerrold Hogle
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2026From Iceland to the Americas
Vinland and historical imagination
by Tim William Machan, Jón Karl Helgason
This volume investigates the reception of a small historical fact with wide-ranging social, cultural and imaginative consequences. Inspired by Leif Eiriksson's visit to Vinland in about the year 1000, novels, poetry, history, politics, arts and crafts, comics, films and video games have all come to reflect rising interest in the medieval Norse and their North American presence. Uniquely in reception studies, From Iceland to the Americas approaches this dynamic between Nordic history and its reception by bringing together international authorities on mythology, language, film and cultural studies, as well as on the literature that has dominated critical reception. Collectively, the chapters not only explore the connections among medieval Iceland and the modern Americas, but also probe why medieval contact has become a modern cultural touchstone.
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August 2004Nordic Walking
Ganzjahrestraining;Starke Muskeln; Gesunde Gelenke; Top Kondition; Super Figur
by Mittermaier, Rosi; Neureuther, Christian; Baur, Christof; Thurner, Bernd; Neureuther, Felix
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March 2006Nordic Walking Praxisbuch
So lernen Sie richtig mit der Nordic ALFA Technik; Für jeden geeignet und Rücken schonend
by Wilhelm, Andreas; Mittermaier, Rosi; Neureuther, Christian
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November 2004vital: Nordic Walking
Richtig fit und gesund - Mehr Energie und Ausdauer - Ideal für die Figur - Gut gelaunt durch sanfte Bewegung
by Burger, Doris / Illustriert von Flindt, Peter
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February 2007Power-Nordic-Walking
Technikcheck und Trainingspläne: Mehr Ausdauer, Kraft und Schnelligkeit (mit Basic- und Profi-Programm)
by Burger, Doris
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2025Saga emotions
by Gareth Lloyd Evans, Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir, Carolyne Larrington
Focusing particularly on historically oriented sagas, Saga emotions identifies and examines a range of emotions from across Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature. Each chapter begins with a discrete emotion term, such as reiði (anger), gleði (joy), or the peculiarly Old Norse víghugr (killing-mood), exploring its usages within the broad saga corpus, and focusing on its contextual meanings and narrative purposes. The contributions explore the specifics of the lexical terms used for different emotion states and offer in-depth case studies that consider how various emotions manifest within particular examples of saga literature. The book offers the emotional granularity lacking in current studies of Norse emotion and serves as an essential foundation for future research and study into emotional depiction in Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature.
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October 2006Gesunder Rücken mit Nordic Walking
Mit der Nordic ALFA Technik zu einer beweglichen Wirbelsäule Extra: Die besten Dehn- und Kräftigungsübungen
by Wilhelm, Andreas; Mittermaier, Rosi; Neureuther, Christian
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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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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 SciencesJanuary 2021When politics meets bureaucracy
by Christian Lo, Rod Rhodes
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2025Industrial memory in North East England
Negotiating northernness
by Victoria Allen
Industrial memory in North East England examines how the region's industrial myth and memory have been articulated in the renegotiation of northernness. The book offers a critical contextualisation of the concept of northernness and the English North, and an introduction to the concept of the PopCultural Portfolio, a mixed-methods approach to conjunctural analysis in cultural and memory studies. The book provides six richly illustrated case studies to demonstrate the practical application of cultural studies' expansive and inclusive understanding of texts, bringing together materials from North East football, folk, indie and exhibition culture to establish how the North East's industrial past continues to be remembered and functionalised as industrial memory. In turn, the conjunctural analysis demonstrates how industrial memory is articulated and mythologised as north(east)ernes in contemporary popular culture.
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2023German for Pharmaceutical Practice
Communicate, research, present
by Nadine Yvonne Sprecher, Annette Thomas, Annegret Lehmann and Anke Schichte. In collaboration with Christiane Schneider
In the pharmacy, the staff communicate with customers, colleagues, the medical profession, sales representatives and nursing home staff. Pharmacy employees produce written information based on well-chosen sources and represent the pharmacy to the outside world through presentations, on social media, or with the help of flyers, posters and other promotional materials. All this presupposes the confident use of language, and is best trained in advance. Part A of this work provides assistance for the most diverse communicative requirements in the pharmacy. A short theoretical explanation is always followed by several tasks so that you can immediately put what you have learned into practice and try it out. The „Brief overview of grammar and language knowledge“ boxes point out linguistic stumbling blocks. Those who are not yet sure of the technical terms can make themselves fit in Part B. Here one learns how to conduct a good counselling interview according to the BAC guideline. Extensive lists of technical terms and their explanations suitable for everyday use – all arranged according to organ systems – contain the most important vocabulary for everyday pharmacy work. A totally practical German lesson!
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August 2021Die Erben der Animox 1. Die Beute des Fuchses
by Aimée Carter, Peter Kaempfe, Die Erben der Animox, Animox
Der Kampf um die Welt der Animox geht weiter! Aimée Carter hat mit ihrem Fantasy-Abenteuer rund um die Animox einen Bestseller gelandet. Jetzt wird das super erfolgreiche Fantasy-Abenteuer in einer neuen Buch-Reihe fortgesetzt. Ein Jahr nach der finalen Schlacht der ersten Animox-Bände ist Simon Thorn 13 Jahre alt und leidet noch immer unter den Erinnerungen an den Kampf. Aus Angst, jemanden zu verletzen, schreckt er davor zurück, seine Fähigkeiten einzusetzen. Doch dann braucht ein Mädchen aus Europa dringend seine Hilfe: Ihre Schwester wurde von einer Rebellengruppe entführt. Und sie bleibt nicht die einzige … Hochspannung und packende Wendungen garantiert! Ein Kinderbuch für alle Mädchen und Jungen ab 10 Jahren.
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August 2024Karma Drama 1. Dämonische Prüfung
by Viktoria Etzel, Chantal Busse, Patrick Bach, Tonetage DAL GbR, Jonatan Frieden, Zero Media GmbH
Die geheimnisvolle Prüfung Livia scheint vom Pech verfolgt zu sein. Ihre Eltern haben sich scheiden lassen und ihre Schulnoten sind schlecht. Dann meldet sie ihre verhasste Mathelehrerin auch noch bei der Schulolympiade an, wo sie sich mit den anderen messen muss, um bessere Noten zu bekommen. Außerdem fühlt sie sich beobachtet und sieht an jeder Ecke einen kleinen schwarzen Frosch mit gelben Punkten. Als sie versucht, ihren mysteriösen Verfolger zu stellen, verwandelt sich der kleine Frosch vor ihren Augen in einen blonden Jungen. Er stellt sich als waschechter Dämon namens Kasimir vor. Kasimir treibt viel Unsinn, um Karma-Punkte für seine Dämonenprüfung zu sammeln. Die beiden schmieden einen Plan: Kasimir wird Livias Schulwettbewerb so manipulieren, dass sie gewinnt und er dafür jede Menge Karma-Punkte bekommt. Da merken sie, dass ein finsterer Dämon nicht nur hinter Kasimirs Karma-Punkten her ist, sondern einen bösen Plan ausheckt, der die gesamte Stadt gefährdet. Wird es Livia und Kasimir gelingen, den finsteren Plan des Oberdämons zu vereiteln? Teil 1 der Fantasy-Reihe entführt Kinder ab 10 Jahren in eine magische Dämonenwelt. Die kämpferische Livia und der gestaltwandlerische Kasimir decken eine finstere Verschwörung auf und gewinnen dabei ungeahnte Erkenntnisse über sich selbst. Eine fantastische Geschichte über Standhaftigkeit und den Glauben an das Gute, perfekt für junge Fantasy-Fans ab 10 Jahren! Karma Drama 1. Dämonische Prüfung: Ein magisches Fantasy-Abenteuer Eine Welt voller teuflischer Herausforderungen: Spannendes Abenteuer für Kinder ab 10 Jahren. Starke Hauptfiguren: Livia und Kasimir zeigen, dass Mut, Freundschaft und Selbstvertrauen die mächtigsten Waffen gegen das Böse sind. Magisch und spannend: Der packende Kampf gegen dunkle Mächte und die Suche nach der eigenen Stärke fesseln junge Fantasy-Fans bis zur letzten Minute. Dämonisches Hörfutter: Teil 2 der faszinierenden Gestaltwandler-Serie von Viktoria Etzel erscheint im Frühjahr 2025. "Karma Drama" entführt Kinder ab 10 Jahren in eine Welt voller Dämonen, die beliebig zwischen ihren beiden Gestalten wechseln und sogar einen Menschen vorübergehend in ihr Tier verwandeln können. Ein teuflischer Hörspaß für Fans von "Animox" und "Luzifer Junior".
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July 2021Wo das Dunkel schläft (Band 4)
Entdecke die spannende Mischung aus Fantasy, Romantik und Spannung - Fantasyroman ab 14 Jahren
by Maggie Stiefvater, Sandra Knuffinke, Jessika Komina
Träume, die zu Albträumen werden, eine verbotene Liebe und eine mysteriöse Dunkelheit, die das Leben der Raven Boys für immer verändern wird: Im vierten und abschließenden Band dieser einzigartigen Fantasy-Buchreihe zeigt New York Times-Bestsellerautorin Maggie Stiefvater noch einmal ihr meisterhaftes Können und verzaubert jugendliche und erwachsene Leser mit poetischer Erzählkunst und Spannung bis zur allerletzten Seite. Eine beängstigende Dunkelheit hat sich über die Ley-Linien gelegt und droht, den magischen Wald Cabeswater für immer zu zerstören. Für Blue und die Raven Boys beginnt damit ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit auf der Suche nach dem Grab des sagenumwobenen Königs Glendower. Denn wenn sie es nicht finden, wird Blues Kuss für Gansey tödlich sein. Und dieser Kuss wird für beide immer unausweichlicher ... Der Abschluss einer spannenden Fantasy-Reihe aus Romantik, Mysterie, Spannung und Fantasy .
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2006Democracy in Scandinavia
Consensual, majoritarian or mixed?
by David Arter, Bill Jones
This book is about the distinctive features of Scandinavian democracy, the state of Scandinavian democracy and the classification of the Scandinavian democracies. It breaks new ground in challenging the established status of the Scandinavian countries as 'consensus model democracies'. The book poses three main questions. First, what are the distinctive features of the five Scandinavian political systems when compared with the Westminster model of democracy? Next, how well does the evidence from recent commissions suggest that Scandinavian democracy is working in practice? Finally, is Scandinavian democracy consensual, majoritarian or mixed? The nature of legislative-executive relations is explored, with a particular focus on the role of the parliamentary opposition and its involvement in policy-making. The central conclusion is that all the Nordic states are majoritarian democracies, albeit with varying amounts of consensual legislative behaviour. ;
