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March 2026Wer in meinem Herzen wohnt
by Emily Dickinson, Sonia Maria Luce Possentini, Mirko Bonné
Die stimmungsvollen Illustrationen von Sonia Maria Luce Possentini entführen in eine Welt voller Poesie und leiser Kraft. Begleitet von einem Gedicht der amerikanischen Dichterin Emily Dickinson eröffnet es eine Welt der inneren Ruhe und Reflexion und schärft das Gespür für das Unsichtbare, Verborgene und Verbindende. Es lädt dazu ein, der leisen Kraft der Stille zu begegnen und die eigenen Gefühle zu erkunden. Ein Buch für alle, die inmitten des Trubels einen Moment für sich selbst brauchen und die Stille in ihrem Inneren entdecken möchten.
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September 2025Das Geschenk der Natur
Eine Einladung, hinzuhören
by Alberto Casiraghy, Sonia Maria Luce Possentini, Gabriel Pacheco
Der Stimme der Natur lauschen Mit sanften Illustrationen und einfühlsamen Texten lädt dieses wunderbare Bilderbuch dazu ein, die Geheimnisse der Natur zu entdecken und ihre Lehren für das eigene Leben anzunehmen. Inspiriert von den vier Elementen, regt der Text zum Nachdenken an und zeigt, wie tief unsere Wurzeln mit der Welt verbunden sind. Ein Buch für all jene, die inmitten des Alltags die Nähe zur Natur suchen, Inspiration finden und sich mit der Welt um sie herum verbunden fühlen möchten. Das Geschenk der Natur. Eine Einladung, hinzuhören: Die Geheimnisse der Natur entdecken Den Herzschlag der Erde spüren: Ein poetisches Bilderbuch für Erwachsene über die Weisheiten der Natur. Achtsamkeit in der Natur: Anhand der vier Elemente beschreibt das hochwertige Geschenkbuch, wie tief die Menschen mit der Natur verbunden sind. Kraftvolle Botschaften: Die einfühlsamen Texte von Alberto Casiraghy regen zum Nachdenken über das eigene Leben an. Zauberhafte Bilder: Die sanften Illustrationen von Sonia Maria Luce Possentini und Gabriel Pacheco laden zum Entdecken, Fühlen und Staunen ein. Naturverbundenheit verschenken: Das Bilderbuch ist ein inspirierendes Geschenk für Erwachsene, die im Alltag die Nähe zur Natur suchen und sich mit ihr verbunden fühlen möchten. Die Schönheit des Lebens feiern mit DRESSLERillustro!DRESSLERillustro steht für sorgfältig kuratierte Geschenkbücher mit einzigartigen Bildern und Texten. Die reich illustrierten Bilderbücher für Erwachsene von namhaften Autor*innen und Illustrator*innen begeistern durch ihre hohe inhaltliche und optische Qualität. Bei DRESSLERillustro dreht sich alles um die großen Themen unserer Zeit: Liebe, Hoffnung, Sehnsucht, Naturverbundenheit, Selbstfürsorge. Jedes Buch ist ein kleines Kunstwerk und ein wertvolles Geschenk für einen lieben Menschen oder für sich selbst. Für kleine Auszeiten und Momente des Innehaltens und Reflektierens.
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Business, Economics & LawMarch 2026Humanitarianism in Civil War
The Biafra crisis, 1967-1970
by Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps
May 1967, in Nigeria, the Republic of Biafra declared its independence. Soon, civil war and famine ravaged the region and gradually entered the European and American media. Photographs of the conflict arouse considerable emotion in the West. The secessionist enclave and the areas taken over by the Nigerian army then became the scene of major relief operations, developed and financed by multiple organizations and governments. Part of a historiography of humanitarianism in full renewal, this book tells the story of the war, its metamorphosis into an international crisis and the responses that were provided. Based on a large body of sources from French, British, Swiss, Nigerian and American archives, it offers an insight into the world of humanitarian work at the end of the 1960s. It shows the reconfigurations taking place there. in the postcolonial era by proposing complementary scales of observation - international, national and local. The work also revisits some of the controversies which developed around the conflict regarding the instrumentalization of aid, its links with politics, the reception of relief operations on the ground or even the birth of borderlessness and testimony. It thus returns to the place occupied by the Biafran crisis in the history of humanitarian aid.
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September 1991Ethik der sexuellen Differenz
Aus dem Französischen von Xenia Rajewsky
by Luce Irigaray, Xenia Rajewsky
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013The Papal Reform of the Eleventh Century
Lives of Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII
by I. Robinson
The eleventh-century papal reform transformed western European Church and society and permanently altered the relations of Church and State in the west. The reform was inaugurated by Pope Leo IX (1048-54) and given a controversial change of direction by Pope Gregory VII (1073-85). This book contains the earliest biographies of both popes, presented here for the first time in English translation with detailed commentaries. The biographers of Leo IX were inspired by his universally acknowledged sanctity, whereas the biographers of Gregory VII wrote to defend his reputation against the hostility generated by his reforming methods and his conflict with King Henry IV. Also included is a translation of Book to a Friend, written by Bishop Bonizo of Sutri soon after the death of Gregory VII, as well as an extract from the violently anti-Gregorian polemic of Bishop Benzo of Alba (1085) and the short biography of Leo IX composed in the papal curia in the 1090s by Bishop Bruno of Segni. These fascinating narrative sources bear witness to the startling impact of the papal reform and of the 'Investiture Contest', the conflict of empire and papacy that was one of its consequences. An essential collection of translated texts for students of medieval history.
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Business, Economics & LawJuly 2025Medical care, humanitarianism and intimacy in the long Second World War, 1931-1953
by Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, Laure Humbert, Bertrand Taithe, Raphaële Balu
This book offers a micro-global history of humanitarianism and medical care during the 'long' Second World War, which challenges the traditional and Eurocentric chronological boundaries of 1939/1945. It takes as its starting point the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, which led to the progressive dislocation of the League of Nations, with the Japanese, German and Soviet departures in the 1930s. It ends with the termination of the Korean War in 1953, and the subsequent dismantlement of the first United Coalition and UN Peace enforcement operation. It considers the slow, messy and ambivalent transformation of humanitarian actors' relations to the suffering of distant others through a study of humanitarian encounters, practices, spaces and affects. Paying close attention to a variety of actors, such as French colonial doctors, Swiss ICRC delegates, Egyptian relief workers, Chinese-style physicians, Peruvian and Ecuadorian nurses or American member of the Unitarian Service Committee, the book provides a more holistic story of humanitarianism.
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The ArtsJune 2025
Counterpractice
Psychoanalysis, politics and the art of French feminism
by Rakhee Balaram
Counterpractice highlights a generation of women who used art to define a culture of experimental thought and practice during the period of the French women's movement or Mouvement de Libération des Femmes (1970-81). It considers women's art in relation to some of the most exciting thinkers to have emerged from the French literature and philosophy of the 1970s - Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva - forcing a timely reconsideration of the full spectrum of revolutionary practices by women in the years following the events of May '68. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 images, the book also features an illuminating foreword by art historian Griselda Pollock.
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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 2010New D.H. Lawrence
by Howard Booth
New D.H. Lawrence uses current and emergent approaches in literary studies to explore one of Britain's major modernist writers. The collection features new work by the present generation of Lawrence scholars, who are brought together here for the first time. Chapters include: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of Sons and Lovers; Howard J. Booth on The Rainbow, Marxist criticism and colonialism; Holly A. Laird on ethics and suicide in Women in Love; Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis and war in Women in Love; Jeff Wallace on Lawrence, Deleuze and abstraction; Stefania Michelucci on myth and war in 'The Ladybird'; Bethan Jones on gender and comedy in the late short fiction; Fiona Becket on green cultural critique, Apocalypse and Birds, Beasts and Flowers; and Sean Matthews on class, Leavis and the trial of Lady Chatterley. New D.H. Lawrence will be of interest to all concerned with contemporary writing on Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures. ;
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September 1975The Best of H. C. Artmann
by H. C. Artmann, Klaus Reichert
Von allen deutschen Autoren, die nach 1945 zu schreiben begannen, ist Artmann ohne jeden Zweifel der vielseitigste, originellste und erfinderischste. So wie Artmann in fast allen Gattungen gearbeitet hat, auch den angeblich antiquierten, und ohne sich um die Tagesparolen der mal reine Dichtung betreibenden, mal engagierten, mal die Literatur totsagenden Kollegen zu kümmern, so hat er seine Quellen, seine Herkunft überall: in der Artusepik, in barocker Schäferpoesie, in den Wörterbüchern und Grammatiken von gut zwei Dutzend Sprachen, in Irland und im England des Sherlock Holmes, bei Villon und dem Wiener Vorstadtdialekt, Lorca, Gomez de la Serna, den Surrealisten und Dadaisten, in den Detektivheftchen der 20er Jahre und den Comic strips von damals bis heute. Unsere Auswahl versucht, nicht nur einen repräsentativen Querschnitt durch das Werk Artmanns zu geben, sondern gleichzeitig Verstreutes, an entlegensten Orten Publiziertes zu sammeln.
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September 1980Robinson Crusoe
Oder kleine, für die Jugend äußerst anziehende und nützliche Auszüge aus dessen merkwürdigen Reisen mit 24 kolorierten Bildern
by Friedrich C. Heller
»Defoe hat mit seinem Robinson eines der schönsten Bücher der Welt geschrieben.« Hermann Hesse Illustrierte Ausgabe mit gekürzten Auszügen aus Daniel Defoes weltberühmtem Roman über einen Schiffbrüchigen, der sich auf einer Insel gegen die Natur behaupten muss.
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2020Vitamin D
The healing power of the sunshine vitamin
by Uwe Gröber and Prof. Dr. Michael F. Holick
Vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem that puts the quality of life and life expectancy of more than a billion children and adults at risk worldwide. Many lifestyle diseases may be associated with vitamin D deficiency: myocardial infarction, infections, cancer, neurological diseases, stroke, type 2 diabetes, to name just a few. This 4th updated edition incorporates numerous new insights into the therapeutic effect of vitamin D, including its importance for a healthy pregnancy, prenatal imprinting, optimum sporting performance, diabetes mellitus and autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or multiple sclerosis. Since the metabolism and the effect of vitamin D are supported by a complex network of micronutrients – for example, magnesium, vitamin A or vitamin K – a specific chapter is devoted to this network. Here, the reader can discover how vitamin D successfully protects against diseases, improves the quality of life and optimises medication and treatment!
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013Eleventh-century Germany
The Swabian chronicles
by I. Robinson
Three of the most important chronicles of eleventh-century Germany were composed in the south-western duchy of Swabia. The chronicles reveal how between 1049 and 1100 the centripetal attraction of the reform papacy became the dominant fact of intellectual life in German reformed monastic circles. In the abbey of Reichenau Herman 'the Lame' composed a chronicle of the reign of Emperor Henry III (1039-56). His pupil, Berthold of Reichenau, continued his master's work, composing a detailed account of 1076-1079 in Germany. Bernold, a clergyman of Constance, continued the work of Herman and Berthold in a text containing the fullest extant account of 1080-1100. Herman's waning enthusiasm for the monarchy and growing interest in the newly reformed papacy were intensified in Berthold's chronicle, and writing in the new context of the reformed monasteries of south-western Germany, Bernold preached total obedience to the Gregorian papacy. The Swabian chronicles are an indispensable resource to the student of the changing loyalties and conflicts of eleventh-century Germany.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2025Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2
Imaging Heritage Science Initiatives at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library
by Stefan Hanß, James Robinson
The John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections span five millennia, have a global reach and cover a wide range of subjects, including art and archaeology; economic, social, political, religious and military history; literature, drama and music; science and medicine; theology and philosophy; travel and exploration. For over a century, the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library has published research that complements the Library's special collections. An electronic edition of this issue is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2020A global history of white nationalism
by Daniel Geary, Camilla Schofield, Jennifer Sutton, John Solomos, Satnam Virdee, Aaron Winter
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2016The annals of Lampert of Hersfeld
by I. Robinson
This is a translation of the eleventh-century Latin Annals of Lampert, monk of Hersfeld, with detailed commentary and introduction. No translation has hitherto been published in English, despite the fact that it is one of the best known of all the narrative sources of the Middle Ages, constantly mentioned in the English secondary literature. Lampert produced the most detailed account of the events of 1056-77 (the minority of Henry IV of Germany and the first decade of his personal rule), a period of crisis and rebellion culminating in the conflict between the king and Pope Gregory VII. He is widely regarded as 'the unrivalled master among medieval historians' and 'a superb story-teller', noted for his vivid characterisation and narrative. An English translation of this work is of the greatest value to teachers and students of medieval history and also of interest to the general reader of European literature.
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December 1978ein lilienweißer brief aus lincolnshire. gedichte aus 21 jahren
herausgegeben und mit einem nachwort von gerald bisinger. mit einem porträt h.c. artmanns von konrad bayer
by H. C. Artmann, Gerald Bisinger, Gerald Bisinger
Dieser umfangreiche Band vereinigt über 450 Gedichte von Artmann und bringt zudem in einem Anhang die Gedichte, die Hannes Schneider aufgefunden hat, nachdem diese Sammlung 1969 erschienen war. Er enthält wohl seine sämtlichen Gedichte von den ersten, 1945, unter dem Pseudonym Ib Hansen geschriebenen, bis zum Zyklus ›Landschaften‹ – mit Ausnahme der reinen Dialektgedichte. Artmanns Gedichte sind zumeist spontan entstanden und dennoch von höchster formaler Artistik. Es gibt kaum methodische Versuche, die Artmann nicht unternommen hätte. In seinen Gedichten haben die konsequenten Sprachversuche der ›Wiener Gruppe‹ eine sehr individuelle Realisation gefunden. Artmann schreibt keine Bekenntnisgedichte, sein lyrisches Ich versteckt sich in hundertfacher Verkleidung. Mit unverkrampfter Leichtigkeit verfügt er über die formalen Möglichkeiten der Weltliteratur (oder jenes abseitigen Teils davon, den er als Tradition betrachtet), er erfindet Wörter, ganze Sprachen. Die Jahrhunderte sind in seinen Gedichten gleichzeitig vertreten, Robinson Crusoe steht neben Donald Duck, barocke Sprache neben Wiener Slang. »Wir haben meines Wissens zur Zeit im deutschen Sprachraum keinen Verwandlungskünstler ähnlichen Ausmaßes und verwandter Gescheitheit wie H. C. Artmann. …Er geht – mit Rilke zu reden – in der Tat ›in der Verwandlung aus und ein‹, … dies ist sein Geheimnis, seine eigentliche Gabe, das Singuläre seines Talentes.«
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2000Henry V
by James Loehlin
This study examines the profound changes that twentieth-century performance has wrought on Shakespeare's complex drama of war and politics. What was accepted at the turn of the century as a patriotic celebration of a national hero has emerged in the modern theatre as a dark and troubling analysis of the causes and costs of war. The book details the theatrical innovations and political insights that have turned one of Shakespeare's most traditional-bound plays into one of his most popular and provocative. Henry V gives details analyses of several important modern productions. Beginning with a consideration of the play's political significance in Elizabethan London, the book goes on the reveal its subsequent reinvention, both as patriotic pageant and anti-war manifesto. Individual chapters consider important productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and other British and North American companies, as well as the landmark film versions. A compelling account of the theatrical revolution that has transformed one of Shakespeare's most challenging plays. ;
