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      • Editorial Leonard Levy

        Venezuelan gastronomic literature.

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      • Leopold - Ploegsma - Condor

        Leopold was founded in 1923 and evolved into a children's-and young-adult publishing house in the 1950's. Leopoldestablishes a lot of collaborations with museums, different organizations and the government. The first children's book ever published is still in print: Johan Fabricius'Java Ho! The Adventures of Four Boys Amid Fire, Storm, and Shipwreck. Leopold hosts a lot of famous Dutch authors, for example the classic works of Tonke Dragt (The Letter for the King, The Secrets of the Wild Wood).Several popular brands are also published by Leopold, likeFrog(Max Velthuijs) andAlfie the Werewolf(Paul van Loon). The beautiful Leopold picture books by renowned illustrators like Annemarie van Haeringen, Wouter van Reek and Ingrid Godon are taking a flight due to the fantastic teamwork with museums. Not only classic authors and popular brands are a big part of Leopold. A younger generation of authors and illustrators is building a vast oeuvre. Books like Zeb.(Gideon Samson, Joren Joshua) andFright Night(Maren Stoffels) shake up the world of children's literature. Ploegsma has been part of the Dutch publishing scene for well over a hundred years. The publishing house was founded in 1905 by Johannes Ploegsma and has been specialising in children's books since the 1960's: adventurous and humorous fiction and non-fiction books for children of all ages. These include many classic titles, such as the books by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) and Arnold Lobel (Frog and Toad), as well as books by contemporary and very popular authors like Mirjam Oldenhave(Mister Twister), Marjon Hoffman (Flora), Yvon Jaspers (Tess and Tommy), Reggie Naus (The Pirates Next Door), Vivian den Hollander, Janny van der Molen and Caja Cazemier. Many of these authors have been translated. Even though a lot has changed the past hundred years, Ploegsma's love for beautiful books is still going strong.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2009

        Emigration from Scotland between the wars

        by Marjory Harper, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie

        Emigration from Scotland has always been very high. However, emigration from Scotland between the wars surpassed all records; more people emigrated than were born, leading to an overall population decline. Why was it so many people left? Marjory Harper, whose knowledge is grounded in a deep understanding of the local records, maps out the many factors which worked together to cause this massive diaspora. After an opening section where the author sets the Scottish experience within the context of the rest of the British Isles, the book then divides the country geographically, starting with the Highlands, then coastal Scotland, and the urban Lowland highlighting in turn the factors that particularly influenced each of these areas. Harper then discusses the organised religious and political movements that encouraged emigration. By interweaving personal stories with statistical evidence Harper brings to life the reality behind the dramatic historical migration. ;

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        January 2012

        Éanna

        Verheißenes Land

        by Harper, Leonie Britt

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        September 2020

        Der kleine Buchsalon am anderen Ende der Welt

        Roman | Eine verschwundene Schwester, eine geheimnisvolle Kette und ein kleiner schwedischer Strandort

        by Frida Skybäck

        Patricias Schwester ist während eines Praktikums in Schweden spurlos verschwunden. Jetzt, dreißig Jahre später, erhält sie einen anonymen Brief mit Madeleines Kette darin. Kurzentschlossen verlässt Patricia ihre Farm in Amerika und reist nach Schweden.Im kleinen Strandort angekommen, mietet sie sich in einer gemütlichen Pension ein. Bald lernt sie auch die Frauen eines Buchsalons kennen, die die begeisterte Leserin prompt in ihren Kreis aufnehmen. Bei Kaffee und Kuchen, bei Gesprächen über Literatur, Liebe und alltägliche Probleme fühlt Patricia sich rundum wohl. Doch einige Frauen scheinen mehr über ihre Schwester zu wissen, als sie zugeben – und um Frieden zu finden, ist Patricia entschlossen, die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Frida Skybäck erzählt charmant, mit Humor und Hoffnung von begeisterten Leserinnen, von alten Wunden und neuen Anfängen.

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        September 2020

        Der kleine Buchsalon am anderen Ende der Welt

        Roman

        by Frida Skybäck, Karoline Hippe, Nora Pröfrock

        Patricias Schwester ist während eines Praktikums in Schweden spurlos verschwunden. Jetzt, dreißig Jahre später, erhält sie einen anonymen Brief mit Madeleines Kette darin. Kurzentschlossen verlässt Patricia ihre Farm in Amerika und reist nach Schweden.Im kleinen Strandort angekommen, mietet sie sich in einer gemütlichen Pension ein. Bald lernt sie auch die Frauen eines Buchsalons kennen, die die begeisterte Leserin prompt in ihren Kreis aufnehmen. Bei Kaffee und Kuchen, bei Gesprächen über Literatur, Liebe und alltägliche Probleme fühlt Patricia sich rundum wohl. Doch einige Frauen scheinen mehr über ihre Schwester zu wissen, als sie zugeben – und um Frieden zu finden, ist Patricia entschlossen, die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Frida Skybäck erzählt charmant, mit Humor und Hoffnung von begeisterten Leserinnen, von alten Wunden und neuen Anfängen.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        September 2014

        A concordance to the rhymes of The Faerie Queene

        by Richard Brown, J. B. Lethbridge, J. B. Lethbridge

        This book is the first ever concordance to the rhymes of Spenser's epic. It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas. As well as the main concordance to the rhymes, the volume features a wealth of ancillary materials, which will be of value to both professional Spenserians and students, including distribution lists and an alphabetical listing of all the words in The Faerie Queene. The volume breaks new ground by including two studies by Richard Danson Brown and J. B. Lethbridge, so that the reader is given provocative analyses alongside the raw data about Spenser as a rhymer. Brown considers the reception of rhyme, theoretical models and how Spenser's rhymes may be reading for meaning. Lethbridge in contrast discusses the formulaic and rhetorical character of the rhymes. ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2021

        A concordance to the rhymes of The Faerie Queene

        by Richard Danson Brown, J. B. Lethbridge, J. B. Lethbridge

        This book is the first ever concordance to the rhymes of Spenser's epic. It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas. As well as the main concordance to the rhymes, the volume features a wealth of ancillary materials, which will be of value to both professional Spenserians and students, including distribution lists and an alphabetical listing of all the words in The Faerie Queene. The volume breaks new ground by including two studies by Richard Danson Brown and J. B. Lethbridge, so that the reader is given provocative analyses alongside the raw data about Spenser as a rhymer. Brown considers the reception of rhyme, theoretical models and how Spenser's rhymes may be reading for meaning. Lethbridge in contrast discusses the formulaic and rhetorical character of the rhymes.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2023

        A culture of curiosity

        by Leonie Hannan

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        2020

        Vitamin 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 Studies
        June 2015

        A Supplement of the Faery Queene

        By Ralph Knevet

        by J. B. Lethbridge

        Ralph Knevet's Supplement of the Faery Queene (1635) is a narrative and allegorical work, which weaves together a complex collection of tales and episodes, featuring knights, ladies, sorcerers, monsters, vertiginous fortresses and deadly battles - a chivalric romp in Spenser's cod medieval style. The poem shadows recent English history, and the major military and political events of the Thirty Years War. But the Supplement is also an ambitiously intertextual poem, weaving together materials from mythic, literary, historical, scientific, theological, and many other kinds of written sources. Its encyclopaedic ambitions combine with Knevet's historical focus to produce an allegorical epic poem of considerable interest and power. This new edition of Knevet's Supplement, the first scholarly text of the poem ever published, situates it in its literary, historical, biographical, and intellectual contexts. An extensive introduction and copious critical commentary, positioned at the back of the book, will enable students and scholars alike to access Knevet's complicated and enigmatic meanings, structures, and allusions. ;

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        March 2012

        A-B-Zebra

        Der Doppelwörter-Spaß

        by Pin, Isabel / Illustriert von Pin, Isabel

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