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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2016Empire careers
by Catherine Ladds, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie
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MedicineMay 2024Creative approaches to wellbeing
The pandemic and beyond
by Victoria Tischler, Karen Gray
A compilation of case studies illustrating the use of arts, culture and other community assets individuals and communities used to cope and develop resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrating valuable lessons that might help us develop resilience in similar future crises.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2020Creativity and resistance in a hostile world
by Sarita Malik, Churnjeet Mahn, Michael Pierse, Ben Rogaly
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Handbook of Life Design
From Practice to Theory and from Theory to Practice
by Laura Nota, Jérôme Rossier
People’s lives and careers are becoming ever more unpredictable. The “life-design paradigm” described in detail in this handbook helps counselors and others meet people’s increasing need to develop and manage their own lives and careers. Life-design interventions, suited to a wide variety of cultural settings, help individuals become actors in their own lives and careers by activating, stimulating, and developing their personal resources. This handbook first addresses life-design theory, then shows how to apply life designing to different age groups and with more at-risk people, and looks at how to train life-design counselors. Target Group: Counsellors, coaches, career and vocational advisors.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2010Towards a regional political class?
Professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland
by Klaus Stolz
Focussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland. The study deals with two different yet closely related sets of questions: Firstly, how do professional politicians pursue their careers in the regional context. And secondly, how do they shape and reshape the political institutions in which they pursue these careers. The monograph is based on extensive empirical research including a comprehensive data set on the careers of Catalan and Scottish parliamentarians, systematic surveys of regional representatives as well as in-depth interviews of a wide range of politicians and experts in both regions. Exploring the effects of political professionalisation on regional democracy, Stolz goes way beyond traditional studies of regionalism and decentralization, while his focus on the regional career arena introduces a much needed territorial dimension to the study of political careers. Rich original data, innovative theoretical concepts and a strictly comparative approach are the basis for a study that considerably deepens and enhances our understanding of the tremendous political changes both Catalonia and Scotland are undergoing. Thus, the book is of interest to the still growing number of scholars concerned with devolution in the UK, the Spanish autonomous communities as well as to those interested in regional politics and regionalisation in general. Furthermore, its theoretical focus makes it highly relevant for scholars working on political careers, political professionalisation and democratic theory. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2026Future perfect
An imaginative ethnography of Mediterranean illegalised migration
by Alexandra D'Onofrio
The present volume emerges from a practice-based research that focuses on experiences of migration and border crossing during what are perceived as existential 'turning points' by the protagonists themselves. It recognizes the fundamental role that imagination plays in people's perceptions of reality, in their decisions and actions, and finally in the way they narrate their experiences. As a consequence, it makes a stance for ethnographic practice to include more creative and collaborative methodologies in order to explore such intangible and unstructured realms of existence. In particular, this ethnography developed theoretically and methodologically in close collaboration with a group of Egyptian men who crossed the Mediterranean Sea in search of better living opportunities in Italy, by engaging them through a range of the co-creative processes such as theatre improvisations, storytelling practices, collaborative filmmaking and participatory animation.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceOctober 2025Into being
The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform
by Lily Dunn
The acclaimed author of Sins of My Father shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir. Into being is an essential guide to writing memoir in a radical and empowering way. Drawing on her experience as a memoirist and a teacher of creative writing, Lily Dunn presents the ground-breaking idea that the craft of memoir itself can offer a form of transformation. Dunn demystifies the memoirist's art, helping readers to find meaning in raw experience and elevate the personal to the universal. She considers intriguing questions, from why our memories give greater significance to certain events to how we can write honestly without intruding too far into the lives of our loved ones. She also explores how writers are extending the memoir form to create something hybrid, playful and subversive. In an age of social media, filled with confessions, re-inventions and distortions of the self, the question of what it means to be an individual is more urgent than ever. Into being shows readers how to turn writing memoir into a journey of discovery - one that can be shared with the whole world.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Jack Clayton
by Neil Sinyard
In François Truffaut's opinion The Innocents was 'the best English film after Hitchcock goes to America'. Tennessee Williams said of The Great Gatsby: 'a film whose artistry even surpassed the original novel'. The maker of both films was Jack Clayton, one of the finest English directors of the post-war era and perhaps best remembered for the trail-blazing Room at the Top which brought a new sexual frankness and social realism to the British screen. This is the first full-length critical study of Clayton's work. The author has been able to consult and quote from the director's own private papers which illuminate Clayton's creative practices and artistic intentions. In addition to fresh analyses of the individual films, the book contains new material on Clayton's many unrealised projects and valuably includes his previously unpublished short story 'The Enchantment' - as poignant and revealing as the films themselves. This is a personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director that should appeal to students and film enthusiasts.
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November 2021The Metropolitan Age
The decisive force in the Anthropocene
by German Environmental Foundation (Ed.)
Three quarters of the world’s population live in cities. One in eight people lives in a metropolitan area. Megacities swallow up land, energy and resources – and at the same time are particularly hard hit by the current climate crisis that they fuel. However, in the metropolises of the overcrowded world plenty of committed people have heard the warning signals and establish networks to use the potential of cities to reorganize the participative and social-ecological activity that is urgently needed. The contributions to this Yearbook for Ecology focus on the present and future of cities from wide-ranging viewpoints and highlight perspectives for their creative transformation towards liveable sustainability.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2023An archaeology of innovation
Approaching social and technological change in human society
by Catherine J. Frieman
An archaeology of innovation is the first monograph-length investigation of innovation and the innovation process from an archaeological perspective. It interrogates the idea of innovation that permeates our popular media and our political and scientific discourse, setting this against the long-term perspective that only archaeology can offer. Case studies span the entire breadth of human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the contemporary world. The book argues that the present narrow focus on pushing the adoption of technical innovations ignores the complex interplay of social, technological and environmental systems that underlies truly innovative societies; the inherent connections between new technologies, technologists and social structure that give them meaning and make them valuable; and the significance and value of conservative social practices that lead to the frequent rejection of innovations.
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January 2006Die Olchis sind da
Hörspiel
by Erhard Dietl, Rainer Schmitt, Stephanie Kirchberger, Maritna Mank, Eva Michaelis, Robert Missler, Erhard Dietl, Dieter Faber, CSC creative sound conception, CSC creative sound conception, Frank Gustavus, Erhard Dietl
Frech und lustig - einfach olchig! Das sind die Olchis! Grün, mit Hörhörnern und Knubbelnasen, stinkefaul und mit einem unbändigen Appetit auf Müll. Vor lauter Nichtstun kommen sie auf die verrücktesten Ideen! Der erste Band der Kultserie als Hörspiel mit den beliebten Olchi-Sprechern.
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January 2006Die Olchis werden Fußballmeister
Hörspiel
by Erhard Dietl, Rainer Schmitt, Stephanie Kirchberger, Maritna Mank, Eva Michaelis, Robert Missler, Erhard Dietl, Dieter Faber, CSC creative sound conception, CSC creative sound conception, Frank Gustavus, Erhard Dietl
Olchis vor, noch ein Tor! Was ist denn das? Als die Olchi-Kinder auf dem Müllberg einen alten Fußball finden, wissen sie nicht, was sie damit anfangen sollen. Vielleicht mit einer leckeren Soße verspeisen? Nur der Olchi-Opa kennt sich aus und weiß, wofür so ein Ball gut ist. Schließlich war er früher selbst mal Fußballspieler! Er schlägt den Olchis ein Freundschaftsspiel gegen den 1.FC Schmuddelfing vor. Aber haben die Olchis überhaupt eine Chance gegen diese Profis? Ein Hörspiel mit den beliebten Olchi-Sprechern
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January 2007Die Olchis ziehen um
Hörspiel
by Erhard Dietl, Rainer Schmitt, Stephanie Kirchberger, Maritna Mank, Eva Michaelis, Robert Missler, Erhard Dietl, Dieter Faber, Frank Oberpichler, CSC creative sound conception, CSC creative sound conception, Frank Gustavus, Erhard Dietl
Wo stinkt es am meisten? Auf der Suche nach einem neuen Zuhause Umziehen? Die Olchis sind entsetzt, als ihre geliebte Müllkippe vom Amt für Umweltschutz auf einen Lastwagen verladen wird und verschwindet. Wo sollen die Olchis denn nun leben? Aber da hat Olchi-Papa eine gute Idee - und einen guten Riecher dazu! Hörspiel mit den bliebten Olchi-Sprechern.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Michael Winterbottom
by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema.
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November 2023Fates & Furies 1-3. Die Göttlich-Reihe
by Josephine Angelini, Tanja Geke, Simone Wiemken, CSC creative sound conception, Frank Gustavus, Antje Seibel
Erlebe die ersten drei Teile der erfolgreichen Fates & Furies-Reihe von Josephine Angelinis – als Bundle für dich zusammengestellt. Dieses Bundle enthält die Lesungen "Starcrossed. Göttlich verdammt", "Torn. Göttlich verloren" und "Unleashed. Göttlich verliebt". Die 16-jährige Helen lebt bei ihrem Vater auf Nantucket und langweilt sich. Ihre Freundin Claire hofft, dass nach den Ferien endlich etwas Aufregendes passiert. Und tatsächlich: Als die Familie Delos auf die Insel zieht, sind alle hin und weg von den extrem attraktiven Neuankömmlingen. Nur Helen verspürt von Anfang an Misstrauen. Zugleich plagen sie düstere Albträume, in denen drei unheimliche Frauen Rache nehmen wollen. Es scheint eine Verbindung zwischen ihnen und Lucas Delos zu geben. Nach und nach entdeckt Helen, was dahintersteckt: Lucas und sie stammen von Halbgöttern ab und sind verdammt, einen erbitterten Kampf auszulösen – indem sie sich ineinander verlieben. Gelesen von Tanja Geke.
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February 2013Die Olchis und der blaue Nachbar
Hörspiel
by Erhard Dietl, Rainer Schmitt, Stephanie Kirchberger, Maritna Mank, Eva Michaelis, Robert Missler, Jens Wendland, Erhard Dietl, Dieter Faber, CSC creative sound conception, CSC creative sound conception, Frank Gustavus, Frank Gustavus, Erhard Dietl
Schleime-Schlamm-und-Käsefuß: Die Olchis ziehen um. Die Olchis, die sich am liebsten von dem ernähren, was andere wegwerfen, sind schon wieder umgezogen. Diesmal auf eine ganz besondere Müllhalde. Da gibt es alles, was das Olchi-Herz begehrt: leere Bierdosen, gammelige Matratzen, rostige Schirmgestelle und ausrangierte Badewannen. Was es da aber am allermeisten gibt, das ist der blaue Nachbar. Der ist auch ein Olchi, aber schrecklich ordentlich. Nichts für Sauberkeitsfanatiker: Hörspiel mit den beliebten Olchi-Sprechern.
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May 2024Number 10 2. Denn sie werden dich verraten
by C.J. Daugherty, Leonie Landa, Rita Gravert, CSC creative sound conception, Andrea Barth, Guter Punkt GmbH
Mörderische Machtspiele im Elite-Internat. Back to "Night School" Wenn du an einen der sichersten Orte der Welt gebracht wirst und sie dich trotzdem finden… Gray, die Tochter der Premierministerin, wird zu ihrem Schutz nach Cimmeria, einem Eliteinternat, gebracht. Es dauert jedoch nicht lange, bis ihre Feinde sie aufgespürt haben. Wird Gray fliehen oder sich der Gefahr stellen? Ungekürzt gelesen von Leonie Landa
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January 2024Storm & Partner 3. Die tödliche Stille
by Roxann Hill, Viola Müller, Speak Low Verlag und Medienproduktion, CSC creative sound conception, Alexios Saskalidis
Hüte dich vor der Stille, denn ihr folgt der Tod Ein verblichenes Foto – mehr hat der krebskranke Lukas Pohl nicht von seinem leiblichen Vater. Verzweifelt sucht er nach ihm, er braucht dessen Rückenmarkspende. Ex-Profikillerin Helena Groß und Anwalt Maximilian Storm übernehmen den tragischen Fall. Kaum finden sie erste Spuren, beschleicht Helena das Gefühl, beschattet zu werden. Spielt ihr Mandant ein falsches Spiel mit ihnen? Als Zeugen, die sie befragen wollten, brutal ermordet werden, wird ihnen klar: Es geht nicht allein um das Aufspüren eines Mannes. Es geht um verschollen geglaubte Diamanten und um einen Täter, der sein böses Geheimnis mit allen Mitteln bewahren will. Gleichzeitig wird Helena von ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit eingeholt. Sie sieht sich gezwungen zu handeln, und die Situation eskaliert. Der Killer schlägt erneut zu. Und alles, was er zurücklässt, ist tödliche Stille… Der dritte Band der Thrillerserie rund um die ebenso geheimnisvolle wie tödliche Helena Groß und den ehemaligen Staranwalt Maximilian Storm. Ungekürzt gelesen von Viola Müller.
