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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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      • Veronika Engler

        Best-selling author Veronika Engler was born in 1982 in the beautiful state capital of Munich. Even today she lives and works there with her husband and their son. As the daughter of an Oscar winner in film technology, she came into contact with the world of stories and entertainment at an early age. One day, her love of reading gave her the idea of ​​writing a novel according to her wishes. This is how her first love story came about in 2014, which was published that same year. Today she inspires a wide readership in all age groups 18+ with her romance novels from the genres of erotic, new adult and romantasy.

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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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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2021

        Post-everything

        An intellectual history of post-concepts

        by Herman Paul, Adriaan van Veldhuizen

        Postmodern, postcolonial and post-truth are broadly used terms. But where do they come from? When and why did the habit of interpreting the world in post-terms emerge? And who exactly were the 'post boys' responsible for this? Post-everything examines why post-Christian, post-industrial and post-bourgeois were terms that resonated, not only among academics, but also in the popular press. It delves into the historical roots of postmodern and poststructuralist, while also subjecting more recent post-constructions (posthumanist, postfeminist) to critical scrutiny. This study is the first to offer a comprehensive history of post-concepts. In tracing how these concepts found their way into a broad range of genres and disciplines, Post-everything contributes to a rapprochement between the history of the humanities and the history of the social sciences.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2005

        Graham Swift

        by Daniel Lea, Susan Williams

        This book offers an accessible critical introduction to the work of Graham Swift, one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. Through detailed readings of his novels and short stories from 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980) to 'The Light of Day' (2003), Daniel Lea lucidly addresses the key themes of history, loss, masculinity and ethical redemption, to present a fresh approach to Swift. This study proposes that one of the side-effects of modernity has been the destruction of traditional pathways of self and collective belief, leading to a loss of understanding between individuals about their duties to each other and to society. Swift's writing returns repeatedly to the question of what we can believe in when all the established markers of identity - family, community, gender, profession, history - have become destabilised. Lea suggests that Swift increasingly moves towards a notion of redemption through a lived ethical practice as the only means of finding solace in a world lacking a central symbolic authority. ;

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        January 2021

        Nichts als die Wahrheit

        Der Ex-FBI-Direktor über die Unterwanderung des amerikanischen Justizsystems (Der Trump-Kritiker Nummer eins über Recht und Gerechtigkeit in Amerika)

        by Comey, James

        Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Pieke Biermann, Elisabeth Liebl, Karl Heinz Siber, Karsten Singelmann, Hella Reese, Christiane Bernhardt, Gisela Fichtl, Stephan Kleiner und Monika Köpfer

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2023

        Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth

        A curious and enduring relationship

        by Christine Skelton

        Charles Dickens called his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth his 'best and truest friend'. Georgina saw Dickens as much more than a friend. They lived together for twenty-eight years, during which time their relationship constantly changed. The sister of his wife Catherine, the sharp and witty Georgina moved into the Dickens home aged fifteen. What began as a father-daughter relationship blossomed into a genuine rapport, but their easy relations were fractured when Dickens had a mid-life crisis and determined to rid himself of Catherine. Georgina's refusal to leave Dickens and his desire for her to remain in his household led to rumours of an affair and even illegitimate children. He left her the equivalent of almost £1 million and all his personal papers in his will. Georgina's commitment to Dickens was unwavering but it is far from clear what he did to deserve such loyalty. There were several occasions when he misused her in order to protect his public reputation. Why did Georgina betray her once much-loved sister? Why did she fall out with her family and risk her reputation in order to stay with Dickens? And why did the Dickenses' daughter Katey say it was 'the greatest mistake ever' to invite a sister-in-law to live with a family?

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        The Arts
        November 2025

        Queen Henrietta's Men and the Cockpit Repertory

        Drama on the Drury Lane Stage, 1626–36

        by Eleanor Collins

        This book offers the first extended study of Queen Henrietta's Men, one of Caroline London's most important professional playing companies. The drama that the company performed at the Cockpit between 1626 and 1636 includes many underexplored and neglected plays from the period alongside more celebrated works by dramatists including James Shirley and John Ford, and a number of Elizabethan and Jacobean revivals. Queen Henrietta's Men and the Cockpit Repertory explores the material and cultural conditions under which the company operated, and offers an account of the dynamics that held between new drama written for the company and the revivals staged alongside that fare. In doing so, this account illuminates the ways in which an appreciation of the work of Queen Henrietta's Men can offer new perspectives on theatre history and the categories of company and repertory that have shaped it.

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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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        April 1998

        Die Sonette

        by William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Kaußen, Friedmar Apel

        William Shakespeare, getauft am 26. April 1564 in Stratford- upon-Avon, ist am 23. April 1616 dort gestorben. Kein lyrisches Werk der Weltliteratur hat den Spürsinn von Dichtern, Literaturwissenschaftlern und Übersetzern so angeregt wie Shakespeares Sonett-Zyklus, und nirgendwo ist die Rätselhaftigkeit Shakespeares so zu erfahren wie in diesen 154 Gedichten. Vierhundert Jahre nach der ersten Erwähnung von Sontten Shakespeares durch Francis Meres nach zweihundert Jahren heftiger und oft genug indezenter Liebesmühe einer weltweiten Armada von Forschern und Enthusiasten, erstrahlt das Werk mehr denn ja in ästethischer Schadenfreude: Es hat nichts preisgegeben, was die gemeine Neugier befriedigt. Shakespeares Sonette stellen die Frage nach Wahrheit, sie stellen sie dar, richten sie auf, richten sich als sie auf: Doch Wahrheit und Geltung, Schönheit und Schönschein, Obsession und Treue, Sinn und Widersinn, Lieb und Liebe, Tag und Nacht - in paradoxalen Konfigurationen werden sie der Magie des großen "Durcheinanderwerfers" ausgeliefert, und es erscheint nicht sogleich ausgemacht, wer als wessen Schatten zu gelten habe.

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        The Arts
        August 2026

        Walking with the enemy

        The art of subversive mimicry in the post-truth era

        by Gediminas Gasparavicius, Maia Toteva, Tom Williams

        This book is about artists and activists who have embraced mimicry as a subversive tactic. Bringing together the contributions of seventeen writers, it addresses the ways in which artists have responded to power and ideology by imitating its outward forms. These contributors address in particular the current age of fantasy and political deception, and they consider the work of artists who have reacted by using dissimulation and make-believe themselves. Chapters include discussions of mimicry in reference to a number developments and debates: the post-truth era, the neoliberal consensus, the politics of race and gender, online subcultures, and the rise of the new right.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2026

        The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia

        by Alexandrina Vanke

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        September 2025

        Shakespeare the Reviser

        A Lover's Complaint

        by Marina Tarlinskaya

        The project researches the difference between a revision vs. a rewriting. The book explores the English poems and plays of the Early New English period, from the sixteenth to the beginning of seventeenth century, with over 50 entries examined. The main material is the poem A Lover's Complaint; the play Double Falsehood by Lewis Theobald; the revised and rewritten post-Restoration plays such as Richard II (revised by Lewis Theobald), and The Fatal Secret (rewritten Webster's The Duchess of Malfi) by Lewis Theobald. An example of authorial revision is Sonnets 2 and 138.

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        March 2021

        Meersalzküsse

        by Tanja Janz

        Dank einer Fünf in Englisch verbringt Emma die Sommerferien in St. Peter-Ording an der nordfriesischen Küste, um Englisch zu pauken und den Babysitter für ihre kleine Schwester zu spielen. Der Horror, findet Emma. Bis sie Jannis kennenlernt, einen Jungen aus ihrem Kurs. Doch Emma wird aus dem geheimnisvollen Musiker einfach nicht schlau, er ist so wechselhaft wie Ebbe und Flut. Mal sucht er ihre Nähe, dann stößt er sie wieder von sich. Es ist zum Verrücktwerden! Doch dann kommt Emma Jannis' tragischem Geheimnis auf die Spur, das alles in ein neues Licht taucht.

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        Der einsamste Eisbär

        Noras wahre Geschichte und die Gefahren einer sich erwärmenden Welt

        by Williams, Kale

        Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Lina Robertz und Annika Klapper

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        The Arts
        September 2024

        The renewal of post-war Manchester

        Planning, architecture and the state

        by Richard Brook

        A compelling account of the project to transform post-war Manchester, revealing the clash between utopian vision and compromised reality. Urban renewal in Britain was thrilling in its vision, yet partial and incomplete in its implementation. For the first time, this deep study of a renewal city reveals the complex networks of actors behind physical change and stagnation in post-war Britain. Using the nested scales of region, city and case-study sites, the book explores the relationships between Whitehall legislation, its interpretation by local government planning officers and the on-the-ground impact through urban architectural projects. Each chapter highlights the connections between policy goals, global narratives and the design and construction of cities. The Cold War, decolonialisation, rising consumerism and the oil crisis all feature in a richly illustrated account of architecture and planning in post-war Manchester.

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