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April 2022Fritz, 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 2001Die 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 2023Rebellische 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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HistoriographyJune 2004Reconsidering Gallipoli
by Jenny Macleod
The British cultural history of the Gallipoli campaign has been overlooked until now - this is a significant book as it offers the first real opportunity for this important campaign to be included in undergraduate courses on WWI. The commemoration of war is a particularly vibrant area of study - Anzac Day, commemorating the landings that began the Gallipoli campaign, is central to Australian national consciousness and this book examines why. A crucial argument in the cultural history of the First World War was sparked by Paul Fussell's contention that the war signified a profound cultural rupture; in widening the debate from the Western Front, this book supports the counter argument that romantic modes of expression retained resonance and utility. In Australia, the renewal of the story of Gallipoli by historians and film-makers (notably Peter Weir's 1981 film starring Mel Gibson) has profoundly altered the national sense of identity and society's perceptions of the armed forces; the authors explains how the writing of this particular event has developed and achieved this central position. An essential volume for those interested in British military and Australian history, postcolonialism and nation building, from academics and students through to the general reader.
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Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologiesJuly 2013Between growth and security
by Jenny Andersson
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March 2017Der Teilbau nebst der Monographie eines Teilbaugroßbetriebs in Rußland aus der Zeit von 1891–1910.
(Staats- und sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungen 171).
by Jenny, Ernst
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 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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