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The ArtsJanuary 2019The 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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Literary studies: classical, early & medievalNovember 2015Annotated Chaucer bibliography
1997–2010
by Mark Allen, Stephanie Amsel
Author of The Canterbury Tales and foundation of the English literary tradition, Geoffrey Chaucer has been popular with readers, writers and scholars for over 600 years. More than 4600 books, essays, poems, stories, recordings and websites pertaining to Chaucer were published between 1997 and 2010, and this bibliography identifies each of them separately, providing publication information and a descriptive summary of contents. The bibliography also offers several useful discovery aids to enable users to locate individual items of interest, whether it be a study of the Wife of Bath's love life, a video about Chaucer's language, advice on how to teach a particular poem by Chaucer, or a murder mystery that features Chaucer as detective. Useful for scholars, teachers and students alike, this volume is a must for academic libraries.
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September 2009Mit dem Sternenhimmel die Schöpfung verstehen
Ein Arbeitsbuch für Gemeinden
by Block, Detlev
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2025The Jewish pedlar
An untold criminal history
by Tony Kushner
An imaginative investigation into a historical crime that sheds new light on Jewish history. In 1734 a pedlar turned smuggler named Jacob Harris slit the throats of three people in a pub in Sussex. This triple-murder, for which he was hanged and gibbeted, remains the most violent crime ever committed by a British Jew. Yet today it is all but forgotten. In The Jewish pedlar, Tony Kushner goes in search of the enigmatic Harris. Digging into a remarkable range of sources, from law records and newspaper reports to ballads and folktales, he follows the traces of Harris's legend across three hundred years of British history. In doing so, he reconstructs the world of Jewish pedlars and criminals across many continents. The lives these figures eked out at the margins of society paint a picture of persistent antisemitism - but also of remarkable integration. Intellectually bold and deeply humane, The Jewish pedlar takes a new, grassroots approach to the history of Jews in the modern world, shedding light on everyday lives from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust and beyond.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2024Off white
Central and Eastern Europe and the global history of race
by Catherine Baker, Bogdan C. Iacob, Anikó Imre, James Mark
This volume foregrounds racial difference as a key to an alternative history of the Central and Eastern European region, which revolves around the role of whiteness as the unacknowledged foundation of semi-peripheral nation-states and national identities, and of the region's current status as a global stronghold of unapologetic white, Christian nationalisms. Contributions address the pivotal role of whiteness in international diplomacy, geographical exploration, media cultures, music, intellectual discourses, academic theories, everyday language and banal nationalism's many avenues of expressions. The book offers new paradigms for understanding the relationships among racial capitalism, populism, economic peripherality and race.
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October 2022My Father's Secret
The BND, my family and I
by Corinna von Bassewitz
For a long time, Corinna von Bassewitz believed her father was a soldier, later on that he was a diplomat. Then, at the age of 16, she learnt something unbelievable: he had been a secret agent for the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND, Germany's Federal Intelligence Service). Once the secret had been at least partly uncovered, she became something of a spy herself and eventually found some confidential documents in her parents' attic. Later, she realised that her father had been living as a double agent for the FRG and the GDR. So what effect does it have on a girl if her father conceals his true identity and eventually disappears without trace? Along with her family history, the author provides multi-layered and exciting insights into the historical context of the Cold War. A very personal book, intriguingly told and emotionally touching.
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The ArtsSeptember 2020Science in performance
Theatre and the politics of engagement
by Simon Parry
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change. The book covers a wide range of performance forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Somali drama to grime videos. It features work by pioneering companies including Gob Squad, Headlong Theatre and Theatre of Debate as well as offering fresh analysis of global blockbusters such as Wicked and Urinetown. The book offers detailed description and analysis of theatre and performance practices as well as broader commentary on the politics of theatre as public engagement with science. Science in performance is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners working between science and the arts within fields such as theatre and performance studies, science communication, interdisciplinary arts and health humanities.
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September 2017Die Wege der Tiere
Ihre Wanderungen an Land, zu Wasser und in der Luft – in 50 Karten
by Cheshire, James; Uberti, Oliver / Übersetzt von Block, Claudia
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July 2024Die Superpfoten 1. Ein Hund mit Pups-Power
Aufregende Leseabenteuer mit Oetinger SPLASH
by Mark Tatulli, Mark Tatulli, Matthias Wieland
Ein Superheld auf vier Pfoten Bosco führt ein gemütliches Hundeleben. Als zwei Einbrecher in sein geliebtes Heim eindringen, schlägt er sie mit seinen superdehnbaren Beinen, seinem Hundeatmen und seinen mächtigen Hundepupsen in die Flucht. Da kommt ein Roboter angeflogen und entführt Bosco in das geheime Hauptquartier der Superpfoten. Dort soll Bosco zum Superhelden ausgebildet werden. Bosco und ein anstrengender Job? Nein, danke! Doch dann erfährt er, dass überall auf der Welt niedliche kleine Kätzchen ins Weltall entführt werden… Dieser Comic-Roman für Kinder ab 8 Jahren bietet ein ganz besonderes Lesevergnügen: Leicht verständliche Texte, lustige Illustrationen und eine rasante Geschichte machen es auch leseschwächeren Kindern leicht, den Spaß am Lesen für sich zu entdecken. Die perfekte Kombination aus tierischen Superhelden und spannendem Weltraumabenteuer verpackt in eine herrlich verrückte Bildergeschichte – zum Pupsen lustig! Die Superpfoten 1. Ein Hund mit Pups-Power: Bosco rettet die Kätzchen Ein tierischer Superheld: Witziger und leicht lesbarer Comic-Roman für Kinder ab 8 Jahren. Ideal für Leseanfänger: Die leicht verständliche Geschichte ist ein unterhaltsamer Einstieg in das selbstständige Lesen. Geniale Kombination: Lieblingsthemen wie Hunde, Pupsen, Superhelden und Weltall – verpackt in einem lebhaften Comic. Witzig und spannend: Die lustige Geschichte rund um Freundschaft, Mut und Abenteuer macht Spaß und weckt die Lust am Lesen. Die Superpfoten bereitet Kindern ab 8 Jahren einen einfachen und lustigen Einstieg in die Welt des Lesens. Eine wunderbare, leicht lesbare Lektüre im Comic-Stil für Fans von tierischen Abenteuern wie Paw Patrol und Dog Man.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2025The four dimensions of power
Understanding domination, empowerment and democracy
by Mark Haugaard
In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment. Building upon the perspectives of Steven Lukes, Michel Foucault, Amy Allen, Hannah Arendt, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu and others, he offers a clear theoretical framework, delineating power in four interrelated dimensions. The first and second dimensions of power entail two different types of social conflict. The third dimension concerns tacit knowledge, uses of truth and reification. Drawing upon genealogical theory and accounts of slavery as social death, the fourth dimension of power concerns the power to create social subjects. The book concludes with an original normative pragmatist power-based account of democracy. Offering lucid and entertaining illustrations of complex theoretical perspectives, this book is essential reading for scholars and activists.
