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        February 2025

        Der wohltemperierte Garten

        Das unverzichtbare Standardwerk für alle Gartenliebhaber | In hochwertiger Ausstattung

        by Christopher Lloyd, Ursula Wulfekamp, Claudia Amor, Isabelle Groeningen

        Christopher Lloyd ist einer der bekanntesten Gärtner und Pflanzenspezialisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er gilt als der Begründer der »mixed borders«, der gemischten ganzjährigen blühenden Rabatten, die für Cottage-Gärten typisch sind. Und sein Anwesen Great Dixter in East Sussex ist weit über England hinaus berühmt und ein Magnet für Besucher aus aller Welt. Der wohltemperierte Garten ist sein berühmtestes und erfolgreichstes Buch. Erstmals 1971 erschienen, erlebte es unzählige Auflagen und gilt in Gärtner- und Gartenliebhaberkreisen als unverzichtbarer Klassiker. Das Handbuch versammelt praktische Anleitungen und Tipps zu Anlage und Pflege des Gartens, zur Kombination von Pflanzen, zum alljährlichen Rückschnitt, zu saisonalen Besonderheiten und zu verschiedenen Gartentypen bis hin zum Obstgarten. Christopher Lloyd erzählt anschaulich und unterhaltsam von Erfolgen und Fehlschlägen beim Gärtnern, von Überraschungen, die dem Hobbygärtner blühen können. Angereichert mit vielen Geschichten aus seinem eigenen Gärtnerleben und Erlebnissen im Freundeskreis erfahren Sie hier alles, was Sie zum Thema Garten wissen möchten …

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        February 2025

        Der wohltemperierte Garten

        Das unverzichtbare Standardwerk für alle Gartenliebhaber | In hochwertiger Ausstattung

        by Christopher Lloyd, Ursula Wulfekamp, Claudia Amor, Isabelle Van Groeningen

        Christopher Lloyd ist einer der bekanntesten Gärtner und Pflanzenspezialisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er gilt als der Begründer der »mixed borders«, der gemischten ganzjährigen blühenden Rabatten, die für Cottage-Gärten typisch sind. Und sein Anwesen Great Dixter in East Sussex ist weit über England hinaus berühmt und ein Magnet für Besucher aus aller Welt. Der wohltemperierte Garten ist sein berühmtestes und erfolgreichstes Buch. Erstmals 1971 erschienen, erlebte es unzählige Auflagen und gilt in Gärtner- und Gartenliebhaberkreisen als unverzichtbarer Klassiker. Das Handbuch versammelt praktische Anleitungen und Tipps zu Anlage und Pflege des Gartens, zur Kombination von Pflanzen, zum alljährlichen Rückschnitt, zu saisonalen Besonderheiten und zu verschiedenen Gartentypen bis hin zum Obstgarten. Christopher Lloyd erzählt anschaulich und unterhaltsam von Erfolgen und Fehlschlägen beim Gärtnern, von Überraschungen, die dem Hobbygärtner blühen können. Angereichert mit vielen Geschichten aus seinem eigenen Gärtnerleben und Erlebnissen im Freundeskreis erfahren Sie hier alles, was Sie zum Thema Garten wissen möchten …

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        The Arts
        February 2009

        The secret life of romantic comedy

        by Celestino Deleyto

        The secret life of romantic comedy offers a new approach to one of the most popular and resilient genres in the history of Hollywood. Steering away from the rigidity and ideological determinism of traditional accounts of the genre, this book advocates a more flexible theory, which allows the student to explore the presence of the genre in unexpected places, extending the concept to encompass films that are not usually considered romantic comedies. Combining theory with detailed analyses of a selection of films, including To Be or Not to Be (1942), Rear Window (1954), Kiss Me Stupid (1964), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Before Sunset (2004), the book aims to provide a practical framework for the exploration of a key area of contemporary experience - intimate matters - through one of its most powerful filmic representations: the genre of romantic comedy. Original and entertaining, The secret life of romantic comedy is perfect for students and academics of film and film genre. ;

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        The Arts
        September 2025

        Picturing the Romantic

        New perspectives on European Romanticism(s) in the visual arts

        by Elisabeth Ansel, Johannes Grave, Christin Neubauer, Mira Claire Zadrozny

        European Romanticism in the visual arts has always been defined by transnational transfer processes. It is surprising that international aspects of Romantic movements have been, in contrast to literary studies, a gap in art historical research. Picturing the Romantic addresses this issue and reveals new perspectives on European Romanticism(s) in the visual arts by reconsidering the phenomenon's traditional canon, geographical dimensions and terminology and analysing various examples of the complex and heterogeneous works of Romantic painting. In sixteen original essays, renowned and early career researchers examine the question of whether to speak of several independently considered Romanticisms or one European Romanticism. They adopt a transnational perspective on Romantic art in and beyond Europe, focusing on the interconnections between the countries.

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        The Arts
        July 2006

        Hollywood romantic comedy

        States of Union, 1934–1965

        by Kathrina Glitre

        This book explores the changing representation of the couple, focusing on themes of marriage, equality and desire. Kathrina Glitre moves beyond the usual screwball territory to consider cycles of production from 1934-65. The central concern with the representation of the couple is distinctive and includes discussion of three star couples: Myrna Loy and William Powell, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, and Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Glitre offers explanations of genre, as well as detailed analysis of screwball comedy, career woman comedy and sex comedy. Each cycle is placed into context to analyse cultural discourses around heterosexuality, gender, romance and love. This structure also enables a more sophisticated understanding of such conventions as masquerade, gender inversion and the happy ending. The book will appeal to university students and academics working on genre, gender, culture and representation, and anyone with a keen interest in Hollywood romantic comedy. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2022

        Chinese dreams in Romantic England

        by Edward Weech

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2026

        Playing politics

        Restoration drama and innovation, 1670-71

        by Jennie Challinor

        This study focuses on the 1670-71 season in the Restoration playhouses, an exciting and formative moment in theatrical and political history. The year proved to be difficult and damaging to King Charles II, as political, religious, and personal matters provoked controversy and disquiet, and the country teetered on the brink of major constitutional problems. My research sets drama against this backdrop. Theatrical records for this period are patchy and, for the most part, frustratingly incomplete: this book does not attempt to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the playhouses, but rather it uses the available evidence of the extant new and revived plays we know (or believe) to have been performed in the 1670-71 theatrical season, and argues that this was the period in which serious and far-reaching political and dramatic questions began to be seriously asked and (tentatively) answered.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2024

        How to be multiple

        The philosophy of twins

        by Helena de Bres, Julia de Bres

        In How to be multiple, Helena de Bres - a twin herself - argues that twinhood is a unique lens for examining our place in the world and how we relate to other people. The way we think about twins offers remarkable insights into some of the deepest questions of our existence, from what is a person? to how should we treat one another? Deftly weaving together literary and cultural history, philosophical enquiry and personal experience, de Bres examines such thorny issues as binary thinking, objectification, romantic love and friendship, revealing the limits of our individualistic perspectives. In this illuminating, entertaining book, wittily illustrated by her twin sister, de Bres ultimately suggests that to consider twinhood is to imagine the possibility of a more interconnected, capacious human future.

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        April 2019

        Lyophilia

        by Ann Cotten

        Ann Cotten ist erwachsen geworden, was uns ein Stück weit in die Zukunft katapultiert. Sie behauptet, nur mehr konstruktiv am Funktionieren eines vernünftigen Lebens für möglichst alle interessiert zu sein. Ganz der menschenfreundliche Roboter, quasi. Aber ihre seltsam labyrinthische, allzu respektvolle Art, mit Problemen umzugehen, zeugt noch von den Erfahrungen, die sie als junge Lyrikerin sammeln konnte. In Proteus wird der ewigjugendliche Protagonist zusammen mit seiner Geliebten, einer slowenischen Erfolgspolitikerin mit zwei Kindern, in ein Paralleluniversum exportiert, in dem jede Überlegung Realität wird. Indessen halten sich die alternden Bewohnernnnie des kurz nach Eröffnung bankrott erklärten Siedlungsasteroiden Amore (KAFUN) an Klischees und Running Gags fest, um einen Halt gegen die Trauer zu finden, die eine größere Gefahr darstellt als Internetlosigkeit, kosmische Strahlung und humanitäre Instantnudeln zusammen. Eine antigoneische Mission rettet die Helden vor der Versumpfung im eigenen Überleben. Eine Sammlung von Erzählungen wie ein Schuss ins Knie. Was Ann Cotten die letzten Jahre etwas hochstaplerisch als »Science Fiction auf Hegelbasis« angekündigt hat, ist jetzt gekommen. Lyophilia erinnert an Tarkowskijs Special Effects: eine Formulierung, vor eine Wirklichkeit gehalten, und plötzlich wird präzise, was sonst in der Form eines dumpfen Ahnens herumvegetiert. Und wo der mögliche Realismus aufhört, fließt heiß und pochend Emotion heraus.

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        February 2026

        A Lesson in Murder

        Das fesselnde Romantic Suspense-Debüt von BookTokerin Celine Leonora alias afterhourbookclub! Mit Farbschnitt und Charakterkarte in der 1. Auflage. Rivals to lovers, forced proximity, love triangle

        by Celine Leonora

        Das fesselnde Romantic Suspense-Debüt von BookTokerin Celine Leonora alias afterhourbookclub! Lügen, Intrigen und Mord stehen an dieser Schule plötzlich auf der Tagesordnung. Astoria Blairwood liebt das Verbrechen – was leider nicht auf Gegenseitigkeit beruht. Und das, obwohl sie an der Eliteschule St. Moriarty ein kriminologisches Superhirn ist! Denn als eine Mitschülerin tot aufgefunden wird, steht schnell die Tatverdächtige fest: Astoria. Schlimmer könnte das Abschlussjahr wohl kaum laufen. Des Mordes angeklagt, versucht sie mit allen Mitteln herauszufinden, wer die Schülerin tatsächlich ermordet hat. Dafür greift sie sogar auf ihre akademischen Rivalen zurück, die ihr bei den Ermittlungen helfen sollen: Isaac, der unausstehliche Sohn des Premierministers, und Theodore, der mysteriöse Einzelgänger der Schule. Die Hilfe der beiden braucht sie dringend, denn der Mörder scheint Astoria unbedingt hinter Gitter sehen zu wollen. Obwohl sie sich auf andere Dinge konzentrieren sollte, fühlt sie sich immer mehr zu Isaac und Theodore hingezogen. Doch kann sie den beiden voll und ganz vertrauen oder haben sie ihre Finger in diesem perfiden Spiel? Und kann Astoria rechtzeitig den richtigen Mörder finden, bevor es zu spät ist? Tropes: rivals to lovers, love triangle, dark academia, forced proximity Mit Farbschnitt und Charakterkarte in der 1. Auflage!

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2007

        Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada

        by Dominic Moran, Catherine Davies

        Pablo Neruda's Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (1924) is the most widely read and best loved book of poetry ever written in Spanish. Its verses can be recited by heart by millions of Latin Americans from every background and walk of life, and it has become almost a bible for young lovers. Yet despite, or perhaps because of this immense popular success, it has received scant attention from scholars, often being studied out of context and in relatively superficial fashion. This new critical edition - the first to include critical notes in English - argues that the book constitutes a critical juncture in the young Neruda's development as a poet, and that the poems are as much painstakingly wrought experiments in style, language and form as they are outpourings of youthful passion. A detailed introduction in English demonstrates that the Viente poemas represent the culmination of complex and sometimes fraught poetic apprenticeship, significant traces of which can be found in the poems themselves. This is followed by a series of commentaries which offer close readings of all twenty-one poems, an extensive bibliography, a selected vocabulary, and a list of key rhetorical and metrical terms. ;

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        September 2020

        It 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! 175,000 copies of vol. 1 + 2 were sold since June 2020!

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        Children's & YA

        Royal Horses (1). Crown Heart

        by Jana Hoch

        His world is that of the Royals – full of scandals and secrets. Falling in love with him was never part of her plan. Their paths cross at the royal stud farm... Greta just wants to get away: away from her school and away from the friends who have so endlessly disappointed her. The holiday job at the royal stud farm comes at just the right time for her. She might not have any interest in horses – and even less in princes and princesses – but the royal family’s palace still makes her heart beat faster. But on the very first day she quarrels with Edward, the horse trainer. He guesses that she is hiding a secret and wants to do whatever it takes to bring it out in the open. When, shortly afterwards, Prince Tristan appears at the stud farm, Greta’s life is completely turned upside down. She notices all too late that she is in the process of falling in love – and specifically with the boy that she actually wants to stay away from. Humorous and romantic, glamorous and exciting: ‘Royal Horses’ is the perfect love story for all readers from 12 to 99 years-old. Greta and Edward‘s story continues! Volume 2, ‘Crown Dream’ will be out in autumn 2020.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2025

        The nineteenth-century present

        Literature, print culture and historicity

        by Koenraad Claes, Elizabeth Ludlow

        The Nineteenth-Century Present explores the multiple ways in which history was understood, structured, and reassessed in literary, theological, and political contexts across the nineteenth century. While the scope of the book is wide, ranging from the representations of geological time and ancient history to the writing of the recent past, and covering the work of writers from Walter Scott to G.K. Chesterton, each chapter reveals how present concerns intrude on and shape every view of history. Ultimately, the collection emphasises that issues raised regarding historicity in recent methodological debates were already concerns in the nineteenth century.

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        Children's & YA

        Heart of Mist

        by Katrin Lange

        A girl torn between two brothers. Regardless of which one she falls in love with it will be disastrous for the other. Christopher and Adrian have sworn that no girl will ever come between them again, because there is a sleeping monster inside Adrian, just waiting to hurt his brother. But then Jessa comes to High Moor Grange… Jessa would do anything to find her sister Alice, who has been registered as missing for five years. High Moor Grange is the first clue she has been given after all this time – but apart from a ruin shrouded in mist, all she finds there are the owners of this dilapidated manor house. Jessa suspects that they both know more about Alice’s disappearance than they admit. Christopher wants nothing more than to be rid of her, and constantly gets on her nerves with his arrogance – and even his warm-hearted brother Adrian seems to be harbouring some secrets. Jessica knows that she ought to stay away from the twin brothers, because instead of finding answers at High Moor Grange, she finds herself in danger of losing her heart in a battle against a 200-year-old curse. Dark, irresistible and deeply romantic – a modern Beauty and the Beast story by the queen of emotions!

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