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        April 2022

        Fritz, the Gorilla

        Biography of a Fascinating Ape

        by Jenny von Sperber

        When Jenny von Sperber first met Fritz, the gorilla didn’t let her out of his sight. He was already over 50 years old then, but he was still extremely charismatic. One thing matters for the journalist: she wants to find out everything about Fritz’s life. Born in 1963, he was captured in the wild and came from Cameroon to Germany in 1966. At that time, apes were still regarded as a curiosity in zoos. When a ban was declared on the wild gorilla trade, Fritz was already a father of many youngsters. This fascinating gorilla-family saga not only recounts the eventful life of Fritz, but also shows the development in European zoos in handling wild animals. Nowadays, things have certainly improved. But there are still questions, for example, what does it do to us when we marvel at our closest relatives behind glass? And is it even still current to confine apes ... was it ever?

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        September 2001

        Die Handvoll Sand

        Gedichte aus dem Nachlaß

        by Karl Krolow, Charitas Jenny-Ebeling, Karl Krolow, Charitas Jenny-Ebeling

        »Als ginge es um eine Wette, / wie lange man noch vorhanden« – mit diesen Worten beschrieb Karl Krolow, was ihm gegen Ende seines Lebens geschah: Bis kurz vor seinem Tod am 21. Juni 1999 schrieb er oft mehrere Gedichte an einem Tag, über 700 in drei Jahren, 150 Gedichte allein in den letzten zwei Lebensmonaten. Die »tägliche Buchung«, wie er dieses Schreiben nannte, war ihm lebensnotwendig in einem ganz elementaren Sinn: es galt, sich der eigenen Existenz zu vergewissern und dem Tod – von Wort zu Wort und von Zeile zu Zeile – zu widerstehen. Es sind die Freuden des Lebens, die er, Abschied nehmend, noch einmal aufrief.

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        November 2023

        Rebellische Frauen - Women in Battle

        150 Jahre Kampf für Freiheit, Gleichheit, Schwesterlichkeit. Graphic Novel

        by Marta Breen, Jenny Jordahl, Nora Pröfrock

        Marta Breen, in ihrer Heimat Norwegen einer der profiliertesten Feministinnen, und Jenny Jordahl, preisgekrönte Illustratorin, geben mit befreiendem Humor und erfrischenden Illustrationen einen neuen Blick auf Frauen unserer Geschichte, darunter Rosa Luxemburg, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sojourner Truth, Margaret Sanger und Malala Yousafzai. Hier werden engagiert, leichtfüßig und pointiert die Geschichten all der furchtlosen Frauen erzählt, die seit über 150 Jahren und bis heute leidenschaftlich für die Rechte der Frauen auf der ganzen Welt kämpfen: Für das Recht, zu wählen. Für das Recht über den eigenen Körper zu bestimmen. Für das Recht, zu leben wie, und zu lieben, wen man will. Und für wirtschaftliche Unabhängigkeit, für Bildung und Beruf. Eine kraftvolle Hommage an den Mut und den Willen der Frauen, die für ihre Rechte kämpfen und gekämpft haben. Und ein Appell dafür, weiterhin zu kämpfen!

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2011

        Performance in a time of terror

        by Jenny Hughes

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2023

        International law in Europe, 700–1200

        by Jenny Benham

        Was there international law in the Middle Ages? Using treaties as its main source, this book examines the extent to which such a system of rules was known and followed in the period 700 to 1200. It considers how consistently international legal rules were obeyed, whether there was a reliance on justification of action and whether the system had the capacity to resolve disputed questions of fact and law. The book further sheds light on issues such as compliance, enforcement, deterrence, authority and jurisdiction, challenging traditional ideas over their role and function in the history of international law. International law in Europe, 700-1200 will appeal to students and scholars of medieval Europe, international law and its history, as well as those with a more general interest in warfare, diplomacy and international relations.

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        Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies
        July 2013

        Between growth and security

        by Jenny Andersson

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        Health & Personal Development
        July 2021

        Everything harder than everyone else

        by Jenny Valentish

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2020

        Gothic incest

        by Jenny DiPlacidi

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2019

        Change and the politics of certainty

        by Jenny Edkins

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        Politics & government
        September 2014

        Building a peace economy?

        by Jenny H. Peterson

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        November 2019

        Hotel Quadriga

        Die Geschichte einer Berliner Familiendynastie

        by Jenny Glanfield

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        November 2019

        Viktoria

        Die Geschichte einer Berliner Familiendynastie

        by Jenny Glanfield

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        January 2020

        Viktorias Erbe

        Die Geschichte einer Berliner Familiendynastie

        by Jenny Glanfield

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