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March 2022Love in the Big City
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by Sang Young Park, Jan Henrik Dirks
Young flippert zwischen Bude, Hörsaal und den Betten seiner letzten Tinder-Matches hin und her. Er studiert in Seoul, zusammen mit Jaehee, seiner BFF und Mitbewohnerin, zieht er durch die glitzernden Bars und queeren Clubs der Stadt. Mit noch einem Glas Soju in der Hand und eisgekühlten Marlboro Reds zwischen den Lippen beschwören sie die Euphorie, jede Nacht. Gegen die Ängste, gegen die Liebe, gegen die Ansprüche der Familie und die Not mit dem Geld. Doch als auch Jaehee endlich ankommen will, bleibt Young allein zurück im Partymodus. Mit seiner altgewordenen Mutter, mit dutzenden Liebhabern, von denen kaum einer seinen Namen kennt, mit der Leidenschaft fürs Schreiben und einer Frage: Ist in diesem Land für einen wie mich überhaupt eine Zukunft vorgesehen? Kann ich sie erreichen? Love in the Big City ist eine Heldengeschichte von gewaltiger Zärtlichkeit und Lässigkeit. Sang Young Park erzählt von Chaos, Freude, Leichtigkeit des Jungseins, und seinen schmerzhaften Grenzen, in einer Gesellschaft, deren Vergangenheit trotz allem Blitzen, Blinken, Träumen seltsam mächtig bleibt … Das Kultbuch aus Südkorea, Porträt einer Generation, Psychogramm eines faszinierenden Landes.
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August 2018Wenn Worte meine Waffe wären
by Kristina Aamand, Sune Ehlers, Frauke Schneider, Ulrike Brauns
In "Wenn Worte meine Waffe wären" entführt uns Kristina Aamand in die Welt der jungen Sheherazade, einer Muslima, die nach ihrer Flucht nach Dänemark versucht, ihren Platz in einer Gesellschaft zu finden, die ihr fremd ist und sie gleichzeitig herausfordert. Inmitten familiärer Erwartungen, der Last des Kriegstraumas ihres Vaters und der Suche nach ihrer eigenen Identität entdeckt Sheherazade die Macht der Worte und der Poesie als Mittel zum Ausdruck ihrer Gedanken und Gefühle. Dieser hochaktuelle Coming-of-Age-Roman verwebt auf brillante Weise die Themen Migration, Identität, Liebe und den Kampf gegen Vorurteile, angereichert mit collagehaften Bildern, die Sheherazades innere Welt visuell untermalen. Kristina Aamands "Wenn Worte meine Waffe wären" ist nicht nur ein Roman, sondern ein Fenster zu den Herausforderungen und Träumen junger Menschen heute, die zwischen verschiedenen Welten leben. Tiefgründige Coming-of-Age-Geschichte: Ein bewegender Roman, der die inneren Konflikte und die Selbstfindung einer jungen Muslima in der westlichen Welt thematisiert. Aktuelle Themen: Behandelt wichtige und zeitgemäße Fragen wie Migration, Integration, Rassismus, und die Suche nach Identität in einer globalisierten Welt. Einzigartige Erzählweise: Die Kombination aus narrativem Text und visuellen Collagen bietet ein immersives Leseerlebnis, das die Gefühle und Gedanken der Protagonistin greifbar macht. Inspiration und Hoffnung: Zeigt auf, wie junge Menschen mit Mut, Kreativität und der Kraft der Worte die Welt verändern können. Förderung von Empathie und Verständnis: Ein wichtiges Buch für junge Leser, das zum Nachdenken anregt und Brücken zwischen verschiedenen Kulturen baut. Wichtige Botschaften: Vermittelt Werte wie Toleranz, Selbstbewusstsein, Mut und die Bedeutung von Freundschaft und erster Liebe. Für junge Erwachsene und darüber hinaus: Ansprechend für ein breites Publikum von Young-Adult-Lesern bis hin zu Erwachsenen, die tiefer in die Themen des modernen Lebens eintauchen möchten. Von einer Expertin geschrieben: Als Sozialberaterin für ethnische Minderheiten bringt Kristina Aamand authentische Einblicke und eine tiefe Verständnis für die behandelten Themen.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 1905Alaska Days with John Muir
by Samuel Hall Young
Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In "Alaska Days With John Muir" he describes this 1879 meeting: "A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings." This book, first published in 1915, describes two journeys of discovery taken in company with Muir in 1879 and 1880. Despite the pleas of his missionary colleagues that he not risk life and limb with "that wild Muir," Young accompanied Muir in the exploration of Glacier Bay. Upon Muir's return to Alaska in 1880, they traveled together and mapped the inside route to Sitka. Young describes Muir's ability to "slide" up glaciers, the broad Scotch he used when he was enjoying himself, and his natural affinity for Indian wisdom and theistic religion. From the gripping account of their near-disastrous ascent of Glenora Peak to Young's perspective on Muir's famous dog story "Stickeen," Alaska Days is an engaging record of a friendship grounded in the shared wonders of Alaska's wild landscapes.
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Political partiesSeptember 2008The Labour governments 1964–1970 volume 2
International policy
by John W. Young
This book is the second in the three volume set The Labour governments 1964-1970 and concentrates on Britain's international policy under the Labour governments in the 1960s and is available for the first time in paperback. The coverage ranges from defence policy and the government machine to European integration, NATO and the Vietnam war. Harold Wilson and his ministers have often been accused of betraying the sense of promise that greeted their victory in 1964. Using recently released archival evidence, John Young argues that a more balanced view of the government will recognise the real difficulties that surrounded decision-making, not only on Vietnam, but also on Aden, the Nigerian civil war and Rhodesia. Economic weakness, waning military strength, Cold War tensions and the need to placate allies all placed limits on what a once-great but now clearly declining power could achieve. Furthermore the government proved of pivotal importance in the history of Britain's international role, in that it presided over a major shift from positions East of Suez to a focus on European concerns, a focus that has remained until the present day. The book will be of vital importance to students of British history and international relations during this exciting period. Together with the other books in the series, on domestic policy and economic policy, it provides a complete picture of the development of Britain under the premiership of Harold Wilson.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2018Adapting Frankenstein
The monster's eternal lives in popular culture
by Dennis R. Cutchins, Dennis R. Perry
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most popular novels in western literature. It has been adapted and re-assembled in countless forms, from Hammer Horror films to young-adult books and bandes dessinées. Beginning with the idea of the 'Frankenstein Complex', this edited collection provides a series of creative readings that explore the elaborate intertextual networks that make up the novel's remarkable afterlife. It broadens the scope of research on Frankenstein while deepening our understanding of a text that, 200 years after its original publication, continues to intrigue and terrify us in new and unexpected ways.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 1997The new woman
by Sally Ledger
Sexually transgressive, politically astute and determined to claim educational and employment rights equal to those enjoyed by men, the new woman took centre stage in the cultural landscape of late-Victorian Britain. By comparing the fictional representations with the lived experience of the new woman, Ledger's book makes a major contribution to an understanding of the 'woman question' at the fin de siecle. She alights on such disparate figures as Eleanor Marx, Gertrude Dix, Dracula, Oscar Wilde, Olive Schreiner and Radclyffe Hall. Focusing mainly on the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the book's later chapters project forward into the twentieth century, considering the relationship between new woman fiction and early modernism as well as the socio-sexual inheritance of the 'second generation' new woman writers. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2024Youth and sustainable peacebuilding
by Helen Berents, Catherine Bolten, Siobhan McEvoy-Levy
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022A new naval history
by Quintin Colville, James Davey, Katherine Parker, Elaine Chalus, Evan Wilson, Barbara Korte, Cicely Robinson, Cindy McCreery, Ellie Miles, Mary A. Conley, Jonathan Rayner, Daniel Spence, Emma Hanna, Ulrike Zimmerman, Max Jones, Jan Rüger
A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history. The last few decades have witnessed a transformation in how this field is researched and understood and this volume captures the state of a field that continues to develop apace. It examines - through the prism of naval affairs - issues of nationhood and imperialism; the legacy of Nelson; the socio-cultural realities of life in ships and naval bases; and the processes of commemoration, journalism and stage-managed pageantry that plotted the interrelationship of ship and shore. This bold and original publication will be essential for undergraduate and postgraduate students of naval and maritime history. Beyond that, though, it marks an important intervention into wider historiographies that will be read by scholars from across the spectrum of social history, cultural studies and the analysis of national identity.
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FictionAND THE WORLD WAS YOUNG (Vol. I)
by Carmen Korn
January 1st, 1950: in Cologne, Hamburg and San Remo, people ring in the new decade. The one before left deep scars in the cities and in people’s minds and hearts. Gerda and Heinrich Aldenhoven’s house in Cologne is bursting at the seams. Heinrich’s art gallery is not making enough money to feed all the hungry mouths. In contrast, Gerda’s friends Elisabeth and her husband Kurt in Hamburg don’t have money worries. As press officer of the savings bank, Kurt can provide a modest existence for his family. But they also yearn for a little more lightness in their lives. Their son-in-law Joachim still hasn’t returned from the war. And Margarethe Aldenhoven has ended up in San Remo. Her life at her Italian husband’s side seems carefree, but she is tortured by her dependency on her mother-in-law. As differently as they all spent New Year’s Eve – out and about in Cologne, quietly at home in Hamburg, classily in San Remo – the questions on New Year’s Day are the same: will the wounds finally heal? What will the future bring?
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August 2013Das Buch der von Neil Young Getöteten
by Navid Kermani
»Das Buch der von Neil Young Getöteten« ist mehr als nur das schönste, klügste, verrückteste Buch, das je über Rockmusik geschrieben wurde – es ist eine Hymne auf das Leben. Mit den berüchtigten Dreimonatskoliken fängt es an – Abend für Abend windet sich die neugeborene Tochter des Erzählers in Krämpfen. Das einzige wirksame Gegenmittel: die Songs von Neil Young. Für Vater und Tochter beginnt eine Reise durch den Kosmos des kanadischen Musikers hin zu den verlorenen Illusionen und flüchtigen Augenblicken des Glücks. Mit leichter Hand verwebt Navid Kermani den Alltag einer jungen Familie mit den großen Lebensfragen, und wie nebenbei wird klar, wo noch Splitter vom Paradies zu finden wären: nicht nur in der Musik.
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September 2020It 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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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2018Flight MH17, Ukraine and the new Cold War
by Kees van der Pijl, Radhika Desai, Alan Freeman
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March 2026Love Goes Viral
Ein Romance-Buch für alle Fans von Jenny Han! Mit Farbschnitt in der ersten Auflage. Enthält die Lieblings-Tropes der Community: slow burn, strangers to lovers, small town romance
by Alexander Berman, Camille Stochitch, Estelle Laure, Sabine Schilasky
Liebe lässt sich nicht in Likes berechnen – oder doch? Über Nacht geht ein TikTok der Schülerin Love Thompson viral. Ihre Followerzahl steigt stündlich und ihre neugewonnene Agentin stellt sie dem einflussreichen TikToker Damian vor, mit dem sie eine vermeintlich perfekte Beziehung eingeht. Als Influencer-Pärchen sind sie unschlagbar. Bis er einen Unfall baut und Love dafür geradesteht. Weg sind ihre Follower, weg sind ihre Sponsorendeals, weg ist ihr Freund. Um ihr Image aufzupolieren, greift sie zu einer Notlösung: eine Fake-Beziehung mit Austin Grey, dem jungen, unscheinbaren Typ, der das Diner seines verstorbenen Vaters retten möchte. Seit Love ihm bei einem Event wortwörtlich in die Arme gefallen ist, geht er ihr nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Die Fake-Beziehung wäre auch kein Problem, wenn keine echten Gefühle unter der Oberfläche brodeln würden … Mit Farbschnitt in der ersten Auflage!
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January 2006forever young: Das Muskelbuch
Stimulieren Sie Power-Hormone und bleiben Sie jung, fit & attraktiv: Bodystyling - Fatburner-Workout - Problemzonen-Training
by Strunz, Ulrich / Illustriert von Hosch, Andreas; Illustriert von Seidensticker, Detlef
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Health & Personal DevelopmentCharlie´s Crazy new beginning
Mastering the Transition to Secondary School
by Jasmin Lohoff, Lea Mohr, Mathilda Ziemer
Charlie’s fi rst day at her new school is total chaos – but shefi nds her way through it! This lively story helps childrenface the big step to secondary school with less fear andmore confi dence. With exercises and tips, it supports kidsin understanding and managing their worries about change. • Eases fears about switching schools• Encourages confi dence through storytelling• Includes exercises for kids and professionals
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2009The works of Richard Edwards
Politics, poetry and performance in sixteenth century England
by Paul Edmondson, Rosalind King, Martin White
The heart of this book is its fully annotated, critical editions of the surviving work of Richard Edwards, one of the most influential poets and dramatists writing in England before Shakespeare. Ros King's extensive introduction, identifying the holes in the documentary evidence that might accommodate this important but now little known writer, rewrites the history of pre-Shakespearean drama, illustrates new approaches to sixteenth-century prosody and to the modernisation of dramatic poetry, and re-evaluates the public role of theatre and poetry during a particularly turbulent period in English history. While it will be essential reading for specialist scholars, it will also be of much wider interest. The introduction is highly accessible which makes it an appropriate text-book for students in a field where few textbooks are available. It will appeal to the current appetite among the reading public for biography, while the play, poems and songs are themselves very appealing. ;
