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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 2021The daring muse of the early Stuart funeral elegy
by James Doelman
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October 2012Muse des Exils
Das Leben der Malerin Eva Herrmann
by Manfred Flügge
Eine märchenhafte Schönheit, Freundin, Geliebte und Muse bedeutender Künstler ihrer Zeit, eine amerikanische Jüdin mit katholisch-bayerischer Erziehung, eine Nomadin zwischen Alter und Neuer Welt – das Leben der Malerin Eva Herrmann war ein Roman mit sehr widersprüchlichen Kapiteln. 1901 als Tochter eines amerikanischen Malers in München geboren, wuchs Eva Herrmann in Bayern auf. Im Alter von achtzehn Jahren kam sie erstmals in die USA und pendelte seitdem zwischen den Kontinenten, reiste in die Sowjetunion und verkehrte in den Exilanten- und Künstlerkreisen in Sanary-sur-Mer und Los Angeles. 1940 verließ sie Europa und lebte bis zu ihrem Tod 1978 in Kalifornien. Erfolg hatte sie mit ihren Schriftsteller-Karikaturen, als erste Frau auf diesem Gebiet. Sie hatte Liebschaften mit Johannes R. Becher, Aldous Huxley, Lion Feuchtwanger, pflegte Freundschaften mit Klaus Mann, Golo Mann, Sybille Bedford, Mercedes de Acosta, Ludwig Marcuse und vielen anderen. Thomas und Katia Mann nahmen sie wie eine Tochter auf. Ihre letzten Lebensjahre verbrachte sie in einer traumhaften Villa über der Bucht von Santa Barbara. Sie widmete sich zunehmend der Astrologie und parapsychologischen Phänomenen. Als Medium empfing sie Diktate von verstorbenen Persönlichkeiten, die sie ab 1976 unter dem Titel »Von drüben« veröffentlichte und in dem ein Post mortem-Nachwort von Thomas Mann abgedruckt ist. Der erfolgreiche Autor Manfred Flügge präsentiert die erste Biographie dieser faszinierenden Frau, die bislang weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben ist. Er hat dazu weltweit in Archiven geforscht, Gespräche mit Zeitzeugen geführt, zahlreiche unbekannte Briefe, Dokumente und Fotos gesichtet und gibt in dieser spannenden Lebensgeschichte auch einen neuen Blick auf andere Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts frei. - mit Abbildungen
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May 2026Consider the Choices
Das erste Romance-Gamebook in deutscher Übersetzung | Mit exklusivem Farbschnitt in der ersten Auflage
by Doris Webster, Mary Alden Hopkins, Annette Hahn
In Consider the Choices entscheiden die Leser:innen, was die Figuren tun – und mit wem sie am Ende zusammenkommen: Ein interaktiver Liebesroman aus den Dreißigerjahren, das erste Choose Your Own Adventure-Buch der Welt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Helen – jung, schön und voller Lust auf die große weite Welt – sowie zwei sehr unterschiedliche Verehrer: der wohlhabende, allseits bewunderte Jed Harringdale, der jedoch nicht zu arbeiten gedenkt und schon mehrfach verlobt war, und der fleißige, treue Saunders Mead, zuverlässig, aber auch ein wenig langweilig. Neben Helens Schicksal bestimmen die Leser:innen auch über die Wege und Wendungen von Jed und Saunders – und erleben dabei 43 verschiedene Enden. Mal romantisch, mal tragisch, mal überraschend modern zeigt dieser fast hundert Jahre alte Roman mit Witz und Realismus, wie unberechenbar das Leben und die Liebe verlaufen können.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2025Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left
by Scarlet Harris
Islamophobia is one of the most misunderstood and pernicious forms of racism in Britain. But how do those committed to challenging Islamophobia understand it? And what does this mean for their practices 'on the ground'? Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left combines first-hand accounts from activists and community workers across two British cities with sociological theory, critically interrogating Islamophobia's relationship to 'race', racial capitalism and other modalities of racism. Setting this discussion against some of the most pertinent political shifts in Britain in recent years - from the resurgence of left nationalism to Black Lives Matter - the book assesses the limits of recent attempts to think about and tackle Islamophobia, and considers the possibilities of an alternative approach from and for the anti-racist left.
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2022Formulation Plausibility Check
In accordance with § 7 German Ordinanceon the Operation of a Pharmacy
by Dr. Andreas S. Ziegler
The Ordinance on the Operation of a Pharmacy states that a plausibility check must be undertaken for each new formulation. The tabular compilations of this book help pharmacists to complete this task quickly and reliably. All the information required for the check is clearly laid out and easy to find. New in the 6th edition: Many new active substance – ointment base combinations with demonstrated compatibility | more than 50 new ointment bases | 30 new active substances Bonus: The information about standard doses for paediatric dermatology enables pharmacists to also prepare paediatric formulations. | References to the Ziegler Rezepturbibliothek® (Ziegler Formulation Library), where completely formulated manufacturing instructions for the named active substance – ointment base – combinations can be found. This makes it even easier to supply patients with tested standard preparations. The set includes 50-sheet pads of the complementary form Plausibility Check. The form makes documentation easier and enables rapid and reliable navigation through the tables. This allows both the prescriber’s treatment concept and also possible incompatibilities to be checked in less than no time.
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Children's & YAWild. They Hear You Thinking
by Ella Blix
They hear you thinking. But you can’t understand them. Not yet! After a terrifying experience on a school trip to the forest, Noomi isn’t the same anymore. Fragments of memories that are as thrilling as they are disturbing continually lead her back to this same day in the forest. Something has happened to her since then and she has to find out what went on there. Why can’t she remember? Why does she now feel so close to animals? One secret experiment. Four young offenders. Animals acting like humans in the forest. Evolution at a turning point - FEEL NATURE! Atmospheric, enigmatic and disturbing – the new novel from the prize-winning author duo Ella Blix, consisting of Antje Wagner and Tania Witte. 2019 literary awards: the Mannheim Feuergriffel (Fire Pen) for Tania Witte and the town of Wetzlar’s Fantasy Prize. Printed on recycled paper and certified with the Blue Angel.
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September 2023Being Able to Stop
Against the delusion of permanent growth
by Edited by Jean-Pierre Wils
We moderns were the inhabitants of an age of impetuous forward movement and voracious discontent. Our main virtue was to increase our reach. Increasing our having and accelerating our being were the signposts towards the future. We just could not get enough. Using the blinkers of ignorance and self-anaesthesia, however, we managed to forget the tremendous costs incurred by this intoxication. Now disillusionment has set in. We look to the future with anxiety. We know that we have long since crossed a line and that a revision of our lifestyle is imminent. We have a bad feeling, and doubts about progress often give way to anger and rebellion. Which stocks of the modern narrative should we defend; which would we do better to let go? How will we even "be able to stop"? The path to a different society needs an attractive goal, because without the prospect of a different, better life, we will not move forward. We should start practising immediately. There is no time to lose.
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Children's & YAHeart of Mist
by Katrin Lange
A girl torn between two brothers. Regardless of which one she falls in love with it will be disastrous for the other. Christopher and Adrian have sworn that no girl will ever come between them again, because there is a sleeping monster inside Adrian, just waiting to hurt his brother. But then Jessa comes to High Moor Grange… Jessa would do anything to find her sister Alice, who has been registered as missing for five years. High Moor Grange is the first clue she has been given after all this time – but apart from a ruin shrouded in mist, all she finds there are the owners of this dilapidated manor house. Jessa suspects that they both know more about Alice’s disappearance than they admit. Christopher wants nothing more than to be rid of her, and constantly gets on her nerves with his arrogance – and even his warm-hearted brother Adrian seems to be harbouring some secrets. Jessica knows that she ought to stay away from the twin brothers, because instead of finding answers at High Moor Grange, she finds herself in danger of losing her heart in a battle against a 200-year-old curse. Dark, irresistible and deeply romantic – a modern Beauty and the Beast story by the queen of emotions!
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2024Interaction Trainer
Over 100 cases with theory and practice
by Dr. E. Schindler and A. Lunzner
It‘s a match?! The interaction check plays a key role when it comes to drug therapy safety. These index cards offer a way of keeping track and familiarising yourself with a wide variety of active ingredient combinations. The standardised structure of the case studies helps you learn • to understand the mechanism of interaction, • to assess the clinical relevance, and • to implement any necessary measures. The 2nd edition has not only been updated, but also expanded to include new cases. Thanks to a handy booklet, users can refer quickly to the theoretical principles.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2018Shakespeare’s histories and counter-histories
by Dermot Cavanagh, Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Stephen Longstaffe
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2022Over-the-Counter Trainer
160 double-sided flashcards for learning and counselling
by Dr. Kirsten Lennecke, Kirsten Hagel and Claudia Rothermel
Working at the sales counter is never dull: Every day, people come to you with the widest possible variety of questions and expect good advice. It does not matter whether it is about self-medication for adults, pregnant women, children, about aids and appliances, vegan diets or alternative medicine: Whatever your customer’s concerns – you always offer well-founded counselling. Based on real-life counselling situations routinely encountered in a pharmacy, the authors – all pharmacists with experience of retail sales – provide important information for such conversations and suggest helpful questions to ask when patients seek advice. Become a sales counter expert in no time!
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2020Design Thinking Navigator
Kartenset zur kreativen Projektarbeit
by Mayer, Lena; Osann, Isabell; Szymanski, Caroline; Taheri, Mana
Design Thinking: Solve problems together, user-centered and iterative, develop innovations and have fun doing so! - Practical cards for innovation project work with change of perspective- Consistently customer-oriented and iterative- Targeted use of the maps in project planning and implementation with Design Thinking- Pragmatic, compact and wonderfully descriptive- Suitable for the most diverse questions or problems- With folding poster for targeted use of maps in project planning and decorative at the workplace- From the authors "Design Thinking Quick Start
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October 2022(Un)check Your Privilege
How the debate about privilegesprevents justice
by Jörg Scheller
There is a great deal of talk about privileges. At the head of the privileged in this narrative is the 'white man'. Today, the word 'privilege' is used as a term for advantages and favours. Jörg Scheller is clear: "Anyone who fights ideology in an ideological way is not doing himself any favours, and instead is doing his opponent a tremendous one." In his essay, Scheller returns the concept of privilege to its historicity, distinguishing between prerogatives and advantages. What exactly are privileges? When does the attribution 'privileged' make sense, and in which cases can it obscure our view of reality?
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2023An archaeology of innovation
Approaching social and technological change in human society
by Catherine J. Frieman
An archaeology of innovation is the first monograph-length investigation of innovation and the innovation process from an archaeological perspective. It interrogates the idea of innovation that permeates our popular media and our political and scientific discourse, setting this against the long-term perspective that only archaeology can offer. Case studies span the entire breadth of human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the contemporary world. The book argues that the present narrow focus on pushing the adoption of technical innovations ignores the complex interplay of social, technological and environmental systems that underlies truly innovative societies; the inherent connections between new technologies, technologists and social structure that give them meaning and make them valuable; and the significance and value of conservative social practices that lead to the frequent rejection of innovations.
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