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      • Smart English Company Limited

        Smart English Company Limited is committed to developing a line of fun and educational products, which currently includes Inspirational English and Robin Education, to help young learners acquire the four skills in the English language. With 'Baby Animals', 'Dinosaurs in my Garden', and 'Mirabelle and Milo', Robin Education aims to develop young learners’ ability to use authentic English language in line with the Cambridge English Qualifications syllabus, as they explore the fascinating stories in each series.

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        October 2009

        Werktage I

        Arbeitsbuch 1977-1989

        by Volker Braun

        Unbekanntes, hoch Wichtiges ist zu vermelden. Volker Braun hat, beginnend im Januar 1977, bis in die Gegenwart ein Werktagebuch geführt. Dessen erster Band, teils kurze, teils längere Notate, erlaubt nicht allein den erhellenden Einblick in die Werkstatt des »lauteren, spielwütigen Autors«. Solche Mitschriften des täglichen Lebens machen erfahrbar, wie Volker Braun sich und seine Arbeit, die Kollegen und die politische Situation – in Ost und West – sieht. Und seine Beobachtungen, mal giftig, mal ironisch, Reflexionen und Erzählungen zeigen erneut die Kunst dieses Dramatikers, Lyrikers und Prosaisten: Mit jedem Satz von ihm steigert er humoristisch-traurig die Einsicht in die Verbesserungswürdigkeit und Verbesserungsnotwendigkeit unserer Lage. In diesem Lebens-, Lese- und Arbeitsbuch ist also zu erfahren, wie Volker Braun nach der Publikation der Unvollendeten Geschichte – 1975 in der DDR, 1977 in der BRD – seine Dramen zum Druck befördert und auf die Bühne bringt, wie er listig den Hinze-und Kunze-Roman zuerst in Frankfurt und dann in Halle veröffentlicht, was die im Westen so alles mit ihm anstellen, warum er 1988 das Stück Lenins Tod schreibt, und im Jahr 1989 der erste Band seiner Werkausgabe erscheint.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2026

        David, Donne, and Thirsty Deer

        Selected Essays of Anne Lake Prescott

        by Anne Lake Prescott, Roger Kuin, William A. Oram

        For nearly half a century Anne Lake Prescott has been a force and an inspiration in Renaissance studies. A force, because of her unique blend of learning and wit and an inspiration through her tireless encouragement of younger scholars and students. Her passion has always been the invisible bridge across the Channel: the complex of relations, literary and political, between Britain and France. The essays in this long-awaited collection range from Edmund Spenser to John Donne, from Clément Marot to Pierre de Ronsard. Prescott has a particular fondness for King David, who appears several times; and the reader will encounter chessmen, bishops, male lesbian voices and Roman whores. Always Prescott's immense erudition is accompanied by a sly and gentle wit that invites readers to share her amusement. Reading her is a joyful education.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        May 2024

        David, Donne and Thirsty Deer

        Selected Essays of Anne Lake Prescott

        by Anne Lake Prescott, Roger Kuin, William A. Oram

        For nearly half a century Anne Lake Prescott has been a force and an inspiration in Renaissance studies. A force, because of her unique blend of learning and wit and an inspiration through her tireless encouragement of younger scholars and students. Her passion has always been the invisible bridge across the Channel: the complex of relations, literary and political, between Britain and France. The essays in this long-awaited collection range from Edmund Spenser to John Donne, from Clément Marot to Pierre de Ronsard. Prescott has a particular fondness for King David, who appears several times; and the reader will encounter chessmen, bishops, male lesbian voices and Roman whores. Always Prescott's immense erudition is accompanied by a sly and gentle wit that invites readers to share her amusement. Reading her is a joyful education.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Carol Reed

        by Peter William Evans

        Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration. This major study ranges over Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works. Evans avoids a simplistic auteurist approach, placing the films in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts and relating these to the analysis of Reed's art. The critical approach combines psychoanalysis, gender theory, and the analysis of form. Archival research is also relied on to clarify Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others. Films examined include Bank Holiday, A Girl Must Live, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, Night Train to Munich, The Way Ahead, Outcast of the Islands, Trapeze and Oliver!.

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        The Arts
        August 2014

        David Lean

        by Melanie Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard

        'A rule of mine is this', said William Goldman in 1983, 'there are always three hot directors and one of them is always David Lean.' One of the best known and most admired of British film makers, David Lean had a directorial career that spanned five decades and encompassed everything from the intimate black-and-white romance of Brief Encounter (1945) to the spectacular Technicolor epic of Lawrence of Arabia (1962). This book offers comprehensive coverage of every feature film directed by Lean, yielding new insights on the established classics of his career as well as its lesser-known treasures. Its analysis prioritises questions of gender and emphasises the often-overlooked but highly significant recurrence of female-centred narratives throughout Lean's career. Drawing extensively on archival historical materials while also presenting nuanced close readings of individual films, David Lean offers a fascinating and original account of the work of a remarkable British film maker. ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2020

        Interweaving myths in Shakespeare and his contemporaries

        by Janice Valls-Russell, Agnès Lafont, Charlotte Coffin

        This volume proposes new insights into the uses of classical mythology by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on interweaving processes in early modern appropriations of myth. Its 11 essays show how early modern writing intertwines diverse myths and plays with variant versions of individual myths that derive from multiple classical sources, as well as medieval, Tudor and early modern retellings and translations. Works discussed include poems and plays by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others. Essays concentrate on specific plays including The Merchant of Venice and Dido Queen of Carthage, tracing interactions between myths, chronicles, the Bible and contemporary genres. Mythological figures are considered to demonstrate how the weaving together of sources deconstructs gendered representations. New meanings emerge from these readings, which open up methodological perspectives on multi-textuality, artistic appropriation and cultural hybridity.

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        The Arts
        January 2026

        David Simon's American City

        by Mikkel Jensen

        This book examines the television serials created by influential showrunner David Simon. The book argues that Simon's main theme is the state of the contemporary American city and that all of his serials (barring one about the Iraq War) explore different facets of the metropolis. Each series offers distinctly different visions of the American city, but taken together they represent a sustained and intricate exploration of urban problems in modern America. From deindustrialisation in The Wire and residential segregation in Show Me a Hero to post-Katrina New Orleans in Treme and the transformation of the urban core in The Deuce, David Simon's American city traces the urban through-line in Simon's body of work. Based on sustained analysis of these serials and their engagement with contemporary politics and culture, David Simon's American city offers a compelling examination of one of television's most arresting voices.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        May 2018

        David and Bathsheba

        By George Peele

        by Mathew R. Martin, David Bevington

        David and Bathsheba presents a modernised edition of George Peele's explosive biblical drama about the tangled lives, deadly liaisons, and twisted histories of Ancient Israel's royal family. Martin's critical edition is the first modern single-volume edition of the play since 1912 and opens up this unduly neglected gem of English Renaissance drama to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the play's treatment of its biblical and poetic sources, its engagement with Elizabethan politics, and its forceful representations of religious fanaticism, genocide, and sexual violence. Its commentary notes clarify the text's meaning and staging, guide the reader through the play's dramatisation of the turbulent Davidic period of Ancient Israel's history, and place the play in its broader cultural and artistic milieu. Martin's edition aims to encourage new contemporary critical study of Peele's powerful and disturbing drama.

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        March 2026

        Racing Legends (Band 1) - Lewis Hamilton

        101 Fakten über die Formel 1

        by Maurice Hamilton, Cat Sims, Kanut Kirches

        Komm mit in die Welt der schnellen Champions! Sieben Weltmeistertitel und über 100 Grand Prix‘ Siege – kein anderer Fahrer hat so viele Rekorde gebrochen wie er: Lewis Hamilton! Schon als Junge wollte er ganz nach vorn und mit Talent, Mut und harter Arbeit hat er es bis an die Spitze der Formel 1 geschafft.In dieser Reihe tauchen Kinder ab 8 Jahren in die aufregende Welt des Motorsports ein. Jeder Band erzählt den Werdegang einer berühmten Rennsportlegende – von den ersten Schritten im Kart bis zum großen Durchbruch in der Formel 1. Fundiert erzählt von Rennsportexperte Maurice Hamilton und damit ein Muss für alle kleinen Fans des Motorsports! Lewis Hamilton hautnah: Mehr als Rekorde und Siege – das Buch erzählt von den Träumen, Herausforderungen und der persönlichen Geschichte des Formel-1-Stars. Spannende Rennsport-Fakten: Zusätzlich wird spannendes Wissen über den Rennsport vermittelt: Technik, Boxenstopps, berühmte Strecken, die Arbeit der Teams und vieles mehr – ein perfekter Einstieg in die faszinierende Welt der Formel 1. Aktueller Trend: Formel 1 erlebt weltweit einen großen Boom – und Racing Legends richtet sich direkt an die jüngsten Motorsport-Fans. Coole Illustrationen: Die Geschichte wird durch viele Schwarz-Weiß-Illustrationen im Comic-Stil aufgelockert. Perfekt für Leseanfänger*innen: Kurze Kapitel, einfache Sätze und viele Illustrationen – ideal für den Lesestart! Experten-Wissen: Der Formel 1-Experte und Journalist Maurice Hamilton hat in seiner Karriere über 500 Grand-Prix-Rennen besucht – und gibt sein Wissen in Racing Legends weiter. Leseförderung mit Antolin: Der Titel ist bei Antolin gelistet und fördert spielerisch die Lesekompetenz.

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        November 2018

        Spielarten der Bezugnahme

        by Gareth Evans, John McDowell, Joachim Schulte, Catrin Misselhorn, Ulrike Ramming

        Gareth Evans, einer der brillantesten Philosophen seiner Generation, starb 1980 im Alter von nur 34 Jahren. In seinem unvollendeten Meisterwerk Die Vielfalt der Referenz entwickelt Evans im Ausgang von Frege und Russell eine Theorie des Bezugs und der Bezugnahme im Rahmen einer umfassenderen Theorie des Verstehens und Denkens. John McDowell hat das Manuskript nach Evans' Tod für die Publikation vorbereitet und mit einem Vorwort versehen. Nun ist es erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung zu entdecken: ein Meilenstein der jüngeren Philosophiegeschichte!

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        Teaching, Language & Reference
        May 2025

        US diplomacy and the Good Friday Agreement in post-conflict Northern Ireland

        by Richard Hargy

        Richard Haass and Mitchell Reiss, as autonomous diplomats in the George W. Bush State Department, were able to alter US intervention in Northern Ireland and play critical roles in the post-1998 peace process. Their contributions have not been fully appreciated or understood. The restoration of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government in 2007 was made possible by State Department-led intervention in the peace process. There are few references to Northern Ireland in work examining the foreign policy legacy of the George W. Bush presidency. Moreover, the ability to control US foreign policy towards the region brought one of George W. Bush's Northern Ireland special envoys into direct diplomatic conflict with the most senior actors inside the British government. This book will uncover the extent of this fall-out and provide original accounts on how diplomatic relations between these old allies became so fraught.

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        March 1995

        Lawrence von Arabien

        Leben und Werk

        by Werner Koch

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        The Arts
        June 2005

        Carol Reed

        by Peter William Evans, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard

        Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration. This major study ranges over Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works. Evans avoids a simplistic auteurist approach, placing the films in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts and relating these to the analysis of Reed's art. The critical approach combines psychoanalysis, gender theory, and the analysis of form. Archival research is also relied on to clarify Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others. Films examined include Bank Holiday, A Girl Must Live, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, Night Train to Munich, The Way Ahead, Outcast of the Islands, Trapeze and Oliver!. ;

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        April 2014

        Dmitri/Die Übergangsgesellschaft/Nibelungen/Transit Europa/Limes. Mark Aurel/Was wollt ihr denn

        by Volker Braun

        Dieser Band versammelt eine Auswahl von sechs Theaterstücken von Volker Braun, die seit Beginn der achtziger Jahre entstanden sind. Volker Braun, 1939 in Dresden geboren, Lyriker, Dramatiker und Prosaautor, Büchner-Preisträger des Jahres 2000, zeigt sich in seinen Stücken als gleichermaßen scharfsinniger wie sprachmächtiger Analytiker von gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen. Brauns Stoffe und Szenerien sind welthistorisch, die Problemstellungen seiner Stücke sind heutig und von globaler Brisanz.

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