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View Rights PortalHome to poetry slammers / stage poets and their stages-texts as well as novels / fictional works. What have all our authors in common? They can perform on stages what make every reading quite entertaining. When a stage-experienced actor and poetry slammer writes a dragon-novel for yound readers / listeners, then it's beatuful to read, listen and his readings are always fascinating. That way, the young dragon Fionrir, princess Quirina and their most unusual pack gained a intensely interacting fanbase. As the other stage-performers do.
View Rights PortalA world full of scents – and an adventure full of magic, racing hearts and dangers! Luzie Alvenstein can sense it right down to her fingertips: there is something wrong with the invitation she is holding in her hand. Her rival Elodie de Richemont has invited her to enter the “Contest of a thousand talents” – a competition for the world’s finest scent pharmacists. Of course the only thing Elodie is interested in is finding new talents to run her scent pharmacies. But Luzie has no choice. Together with Mats, Leon and Daan de Bruijn she goes to England in order to take part in the competition. What begins as a great game soon develops into a fight for survival – and this threatens to rob Luzie of everything she has ever loved… This is the fourth volume in the bestselling series of children’s books for boys and girls aged 10+. Written by the highly successful author Anna Ruhe and with atmospheric and beautifully detailed black-and-white illustrations by Claudia Carls.
Hans Carl Artmann, geboren 1921 in Wien und verstorben 2000 ebenfalls in Wien, geriet 1945 in amerikanische Kriegsgefangenschaft, wo er als Dolmetscher tätig war und zu schreiben begann.
The first book to share the untold story of this unique sport, from its origins in the Victorian era to the present day. Over the past two decades, mountain, ultra and trail running has experienced a massive boom in participation, media attention and corporate consumerism. Once little more than an oddball recreation for mountain athletics romantics, the sport has become a mass activity in ways that were previously unimaginable. In Dirtbag dreams, Carl Morris offers the first complete account of mountain, ultra and trail running in North America and Britain. Revealing the sport's eccentric Victorian origins, he traces its development through 200 years of history, travelling from the Sierra Nevada and the English Lake District to the streets of London and New York. Packed with gripping races and colourful characters, Dirtbag dreams is the essential companion for anyone who wants to understand this unique endurance sport.
Zu Carus gehen: so verabschiedet sich der Gynäkologe von den beiden Kindern, wenn er sich während der frühen Achtziger des 20. Jahrhunderts in Dresden auf den täglichen Weg zur Medizinischen Akademie Carl Gustav Carus macht. Der Namensgeber der Institution, 1869 in Dresden gestorben, kann als Prototyp der in der Romantik noch selbstverständlichen Doppelbegabung gelten: Naturwissenschaftler, Arzt wie Maler, Verfasser geisteswissenschaftlicher Studien (unter anderem über Goethe). Deshalb ist es nicht verwunderlich, wenn der Vater seine beiden Kinder zu Expeditionen in die unabhängige Kunstszene Dresdens und des Umlands verleitet – es sind die Carus-Sachen, die alle drei umtreiben, zu Versuchen eines Wiederanknüpfens an die ungeteilte Humanität anstiften.
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.
Carl Seeligs Aufzeichnungen seiner Wanderungen mit Robert Walser haben in der Literatur nicht ihresgleichen. Sie entwerfen das Porträt eines Verstummten, eines Dichters, der, wie Hölderlin, »taktvoll« genug war, dem Leben zu entsagen. Nach seinem 50.Geburtstag hörte Walser mit Schreiben auf und gab sich mit dem Leben eines Irrenhauspatienten zufrieden. Carl Seelig, der ihm und seinem zu scheinbarer Dauer-Erfolglosigkeit verurteilten Werk helfen möchte, besucht Walser in der Anstalt, zwanzig Jahre ist ihnen »beschieden, spazierenzugehen«.
Do we still need feminism in Europe? Equality or difference feminism? A new generation of feminists has now broken away from the feminism of the 1960s. The old white Cis man has been discredited, by the "#MeToo" movement at the latest. Sexualised violence against women has been outlawed, perpetrators taken to court. So everything’s good? No, of course not. Men still dominate public discourse; men are unchallenged in leadership positions in politics, society and business; male power still prevails in the domestic environment as well. The extent to which men fight back when they feel threatened by feminism is also evident in the revival of authoritarian nationalist politicians in Europe and around the world. The seven authors shed light on feminist struggles in different areas of life, and illustrate the range of feminism today.
This book provides an outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxon' adoption of the Roman alphabet to the present day. It shows the respective influences on modern usage of native French and Latin orthographies and attempts a definition of the manner in which spelling stabilised. A final chapter traces changing notions of correctness in spelling during the last four centuries, and also gives a summary of the principle movements for its reform in favour of a more consistent and phonetic system of notion. Students in higher education specialising in English or linguistics and also those studying other languages at an advanced level should find this a useful book. The general reader with an interest in the history of his language or the question of spelling will find it most readable ;
Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Diana Bürgel
A Vision of Battlements is the first novel by the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, who was born in Manchester in 1917. Set in Gibraltar during the Second World War, the book follows the fortunes of Richard Ennis, an army sergeant and incipient composer who dreams of composing great music and building a new cultural world after the end of the war. Following the example of his literary hero, James Joyce, Burgess takes the structure of his book from Virgil's Aeneid. The result is, like Joyce's Ulysses, a comic rewriting of a classical epic, whose critique of the Army and the postwar settlement is sharp and assured. The Irwell Edition is the first publication of Burgess's forgotten masterpiece since 1965. This new edition includes an introduction and notes by Andrew Biswell, author of a prize-winning biography of Anthony Burgess.
This is the first comprehensive textbook on the market to cover the A/S level politics syllabuses offered by the main examination boards.. Written in clear, accessible, easy to understand language, with checklists, bullet points, chapter summaries, boxes and charts, revision notes and sample examination questions, as well as further sources of information, in both written form and on the web, this is the perfect information source for students preparing for the A/S level politics examination.. The book starts by giving a basic introduction to politics including a definition of what politics is, the nature of government and the basic concepts of politics and political action.. It goes on to deal with popular participation, including democracy, elections, the electoral system and referendums, political parties including their role and functions, ideologies, theories and traditions of UK parties, the current state of the parties with regard to policy, and the work of parties at local, national and European level. ;
Ein Schatz wird gehoben: Die schönsten, bedeutendsten und überraschendsten Briefwechsel zwischen Carl Seelig und den Größen der deutschsprachigen Literatur sind hier zum ersten Mal versammelt. Sie zeigen Seelig als einsamen Studenten, der sich von Carl Spitteler Trost erhofft. Als begeisterten Leser, der im Ersten Weltkrieg Bücher an Hermann Hesse in die ›Bücherzentrale für deutsche Kriegsgefangene‹ schickt. Als beherzten Herausgeber, der von Stefan Zweig beraten wird und von Franz Kafka eine Abfuhr erhält. Als engagierten Förderer der Exilierten, der Nelly Sachs einen Verlag sucht, für Alfred Polgar Geld auftreibt und Thomas Mann zu dessen Erstaunen Hilfe anbietet, statt ihn um Hilfe zu bitten. Carl Seelig war ein außerordentlicher Netzwerker. Als Vermittler zwischen Schreibenden, Verlagen und Zeitungen half er denjenigen weiterzuarbeiten, die der Nationalsozialismus zum Schweigen bringen wollte. In seinen Briefwechseln wird er als Anwalt einer bedrohten Literatur erfahrbar.
This book, the world's first biography of Paul Watzlawick, written by his great-niece, describes the life of this philosopher, therapist, and best-selling author. Paul Watzlawick had a talent for languages and he led an adventurous life, from his childhood in Villach to studying in Venice after the war, to analyst training under C. G. Jung in Zurich, an attempt at establishing himself in India and then in El Salvador as a therapist, and finally to the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in the United States, headed by Don D. Jackson, a venerable scientist. This marked the beginning of the second half of his life, his amazing career as a communication researcher, a pioneer of systemic therapy, a radical constructivist, and a great thinker regarding the divisions between East and West. With many letters, lectures, interviews, and statements from contemporary witnesses and family members, this book makes Paul Watzlawick accessible as a human being and as a spiritually inspired, leading 20th century thinker. It includes a variety of unpublished material from Watzlawick, and introduces a comprehensive and exciting picture of the scientist and cosmopolitan person, Paul Watzlawick. Target Group: For people interest in Paul Watzlawick, communication sciences, systemic therapy, and constructivism.