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September 2019Save me from the Night
by Kira Mohn
After a terrible blow of fate throws her life into confusion, Seanna needs desperately to get away from it all. She’s come to the village of Castledunn in the hope of getting her life back in order. The wild countryside of Ireland’s west coast and the slow pace of rural life give her new energy. Her job behind the bar in the village’s only pub provides a comforting sense of routine. Then the pub changes hands, bought by the attractive, but stubborn Neall Kennan, who throws Seanna’s feelings into turmoil. Not only is she attracted to him, she’s also reminded of her own past. It’s more than Seanna can bear. 16+ years The second volume of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately! Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2024Ideas of poverty in the Age of Enlightenment
by Niall O’Flaherty, Robin Mills
This collection of essays examines the ways in which poverty was conceptualised in the social, political, and religious discourses of eighteenth-century Europe. It brings together experts with a wide range of expertise to offer pathbreaking discussions of how eighteenth-century thinkers thought about the poor. Because the theme of poverty played important roles in many critical issues in European history, it was central to some of the key debates in Enlightenment political thought throughout the period, including the controversies about sovereignty and representation, public and private charity, as well as questions relating to crime and punishment. The book examines some of the most important contributions to these debates, while also ranging beyond the canonical Enlightenment thinkers, to investigate how poverty was conceptualised in the wider intellectual culture, as politicians, administrators and pamphlet writers grappled with the issue.
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»Mit dem Vertrauen, daß wir einander nicht verloren gehen können«
Briefwechsel mit seinen Söhnen Bruno und Heiner. Herausgegeben von Michael Limberg in Zusammenarbeit mit Silver und Simon Hesse
by Hermann Hesse, Michael Limberg, Silver Hesse, Simon Hesse
Es ist nicht leicht, Sohn eines berühmten Vaters zu sein. Zumal wenn der Vater häufig abwesend ist und dann auch noch die Familie zerbricht. Wie es Hermann Hesse und seinen Söhnen Bruno und Heiner »trotz allem Schwierigen« gelungen ist, eine liebevolle, lebenslange Beziehung aufzubauen – davon erzählt dieser Briefwechsel, der fast 300, bislang unveröffentlichte Briefe enthält. Die hier wiedergegebene Korrespondenz setzt Anfang 1920 ein. Zwei Jahre zuvor hatte Hesses erste Frau und die Mutter seiner Kinder, Mia Hesse-Bernoulli, einen psychischen Zusammenbruch und wurde in eine Klinik eingewiesen. In der Folge sah er sich gezwungen, seine Söhne in Obhut zu geben: Der 14-jährige Bruno kam als Pflegesohn zu einem befreundeten Ehepaar, der vier Jahre jüngere Heiner erlebte eine Odyssee durch Kinderheime und Schulinternate. Hesse ist bemüht, trotz der räumlichen Trennung die Entwicklung seiner Söhne mit Rat und Tat zu begleiten. Er geht voller Verständnis auf die Probleme und Lebensentwürfe der beiden Heranwachsenden ein, immer individuell und auf Brunos und Heiners Temperament und Charakter zugeschnitten. In seinen Briefen bestärkt er sie, ihren eigenen Weg zu gehen, und ermuntert sie, die eigenen Anlagen, die sie in sich tragen, weiterzuentwickeln. Dass nicht nur er ihnen hilft, ihren Platz im Leben zu finden, sondern auch sie ihm über die Jahre helfen, sich in seiner Rolle als Vater zurechtzufinden, dokumentiert der Briefwechsel auf ebenso unterhaltsame wie erhellende Weise.
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September 2011Sagt die 0 zur 8: "Schicker Gürtel"
Mathematik für alle Lebenslagen
by Poskitt, Kjartan / Übersetzt von Kösling, Arnd
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April 2021Ukraine's fateful years 2013–2019
Vol. 1: The Maidan uprising in 2013/2014 Vol. 2: The annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbass
by Winfried Schneider-Deters
— Comprehensive and detailled analysis of the Euromaidan and the ongoing war in Ukraine — Brussels versus Moscow, Russian aggression and geopolitical interests — China's role in a new East-West conflict The years between 2013 and 2019 were almost as significant for Ukraine as the attainment of independence in 1991, as this very independence was in danger of being lost again after the Euromaidan. The nationwide popular uprising against the regime of President Yanukovych had led to a change of power: the former parliamentary opposition formed a new government, resulting in a loss of influence for Russia. Russian agents therefore tried to bring about a "Crimea scenario", another secession in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine. The resulting "Ukraine conflict", often called a civil war, is in fact a Russian war of attrition against Ukraine. President Putin intends to resolve it on his terms in the Minsk process: through a de facto "autonomous" part of the Donbass in the Ukrainian state, independent of Kiev, as a lever for Russian political influence. Winfried Schneider- Deters, a renowned expert on Ukraine, analyses narratively and in detail the events from 2013 to 2019 and places the Russian- Ukrainian conflict in the context of the dawning "Chinese century".
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July 2023Erste Bilder für Babyaugen. 0-3 Monate
Babys lieben Kontraste
by Alice Hoffmann, Alice Hoffmann
Weil die Augen kleiner Babys anders sehen. Wusstest du, dass die Augen eines Babys in den ersten drei Monaten Schwarz-Weiß-Kontraste am besten sehen können? Dieses Leporello zum Auffalten und Hinstellen ist perfekt, um deinem Baby die Bauchlage schmackhaft zu machen und dazu anzuregen, den Kopf zu heben. Die zehn kontrastreichen Schwarz-Weiß-Bilder sind auf die Sehfähigkeit von Babys in den ersten zwölf Lebenswochen abgestimmt. Das Pappbilderbuch im handlichen Format bietet Babys eine interessante Beschäftigung und lässt Eltern eindrucksvoll erleben, wie aufmerksam die Kleinsten ihre Umgebung wahrnehmen. Fünf Seiten zeigen grafische Muster und auf den anderen fünf Seiten sind stilisierte Tiere und vertraute Gegenstände zu sehen. Da findet ganz bestimmt jedes Baby ein Lieblingsmotiv. Ein Hingucker für Babys von 0 bis 3 Monate: kontrastreiche Schwarz-Weiß-Bilder. Zehn Illustrationen, die ans Sehvermögen von Neugeborenen angepasst sind. Sieh, wie die Bilder deinem Baby Freude machen und zugleich das Sehen trainieren. Statt Windeltorte und Schnuller: kreatives Geschenk für Baby Shower oder Gender Reveal Party. Bietet Eltern und Kind in den ersten Wochen viele anregende Kommunikationsanlässe für mehr Innigkeit. Empfohlen von Stiftung Lesen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2024Politicising and gendering care for older people
Multidisciplinary perspectives from Europe
by Anca Dohotariu, Ana Paula Gil, Lubica Volanská
This book offers a new critical framework for understanding the processes of politicising and gendering care for older people and their manifestations in several European contexts. It interrogates how care for older adults varies across time and place while searching for an in-depth comprehension of how it becomes an arena of political struggle and the object of public policy in different countries and at various societal and political levels. It brings together multidisciplinary contributions that examine the issue of care for older people as a political concern from many angles, such as problematising care needs, long-term care policies, home care services, institutional services and family care. The contributions reveal the diversity of situations in which the processes of politicising and gendering care for older adults overlap, contradict or reinforce each other while leading to increased gender (in)equalities on different levels.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017From Jack Tar to Union Jack
Representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870–1918
by Mary A. Conley
Jack Tar to Union Jack examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 1870 to 1918. Through analysis of sources that include courts-martial cases, sailors' own writings, and the HMS Pinafore, Conley charts new depictions of naval manhood during the Age of Empire, a period which witnessed the radical transformation of the navy, the intensification of imperial competition, the democratisation of British society, and the advent of mass culture. Jack Tar to Union Jack argues that popular representations of naval men increasingly reflected and informed imperial masculine ideals in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Conley shows how the British Bluejacket as both patriotic defender and dutiful husband and father stood in sharp contrast to the stereotypic image of the brave but bawdy tar of the Georgian navy. This book will be essential reading for students of British imperial history, naval and military history, and gender studies.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFrom Stone Age to Internet
by Lutz Jäncke
Is modern digital technology changing our social behavior, communication, and the way we see ourselves? How do we cope with the increasing flood of information pouring over us? Does this flood have an effect on our work and personal life? Based on the premise that in the course of evolution humans have developed into social beings for whom communication with group members is of paramount importance, the author demonstrates how not only our communication but also our entire social behavior is suffering as a result of modern digital technology. In the truest sense of the word, we are being inundated with information that we are no longer able to manage. The volume and constant availability of interesting and attention- sapping news and information overload our brains. Are our brains capable of adapting to the modern internet world? Are we already overloaded? How will the future pan out? For:• anyone who is interested in the digital world• wider audience
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MedicineApril 2021Leprosy and identity in the Middle Ages
From England to the Mediterranean
by Elma Brenner, François-Olivier Touati
For the first time, this volume explores the identities of leprosy sufferers and other people affected by the disease in medieval Europe. The chapters, including contributions by leading voices such as Luke Demaitre, Carole Rawcliffe and Charlotte Roberts, challenge the view that people with leprosy were uniformly excluded and stigmatised. Instead, they reveal the complexity of responses to this disease and the fine line between segregation and integration. Ranging across disciplines, from history to bioarchaeology, Leprosy and identity in the Middle Ages encompasses post-medieval perspectives as well as the attitudes and responses of contemporaries. Subjects include hospital care, diet, sanctity, miraculous healing, diagnosis, iconography and public health regulation. This richly illustrated collection presents previously unpublished archival and material sources from England to the Mediterranean.
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August 2016How to Survive the First Years of School
by Petra Jansen, Stefanie Richter
With a pinch of humor, the authors tell the story of Julia, her husband Peter, and their little whirlwind Alexander, who is starting elementary school. How do the three of them deal with this new stage in Alexander’s life? What problems do they encounter and what do they find stressful? The book sets out to help parents, uncles, aunts, and grandparents understand how children of elementary school age develop. Professionals who work with children of this age may also find it of interest. Petra Jansen and Stefanie Richter are both parents and psychologists. Through the fictional Julia they share their subjective experience as mothers, while also providing background information based on scientific studies. They demonstrate in a clear and entertaining way that some of the problems experienced by children of this age are not unexpected and are no cause for despair. Target Group: Parents of children in their early years at school.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2020Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France
by Alistair Cole
This book looks at the period 2015-18 in French politics, a turbulent time that witnessed the apparent collapse of the old party system, the taming of populist and left-wing challenges to the Republic and the emergence of a new political order centred on President Emmanuel Macron. The election of Macron was greeted with relief in European chancelleries and appeared to give a new impetus to European integration, even accomplishing the feat of making France attractive after a long period of French bashing and reflexive decline. But what is the real significance of the Macron presidency? Is it as transformative as it appears? Emmanuel Macron and the two years that changed France provides a balanced answer to this pressing question. It is written to appeal to a general readership with an interest in French and European politics, as well as to students and scholars of French politics.
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2013The Nine Years' War and the British army 1688–97
The operations in the low countries
by John Childs
Between 1689 and 1697 the British army fought as a member of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV. Despite the military and political significance of the European conflict, this book is the first historical investigation for over a century dealing with the operations of the principal campaigns in the Low Countries. John Childs begins his comprehensive study by exploring the diplomatic origins of the Nine Years' War. Leading on from this political background, the author then focuses on the detailed organisation of the British, Dutch and other allied armies and the conduct of the operations. The specific campaigns are also examined and in particular the author looks at the strategic and tactical role played by the British. This campaign and operational study of the British army will be of interest to both specialist and general military historians, as well as to political historians. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2025Slave trading in the Early Middle Ages
Long-distance connections in northern and east central Europe
by Janel M. Fontaine
This book examines slave trading in northern and eastern central Europe from the seventh century through the eleventh century, tracing its growth, climax, and decline. Demand from the Islamic world in the ninth and tenth centuries prompted changes in warfare, trade logistics, and administrative responses to slavery in the slaving zones centred on the British Isles and the Czech lands. This study establishes slave trading as a core driver of connectivity and presents a model for this practice in politically fragmented areas of Europe.
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September 1981Das Haus am Nil
by Herbert Achternbusch
Ein neues »Tage- & Logbuch«. Ein Buch aus Unruhe, Widerstand und Wünschen. Ein Tagebuch in 18 Kapiteln, deren Titel der Autor folgerichtig erst an das Ende eines jeden Kapitels setzt - denn erst am Ende eines jeden Kapitels steht fest, wohin der »ungewußte Traum«, dieses Suchen, Sehnen, Hassen, Lieben führt, nach Haus, nach Andechs, in die Kindheit, in den Mord, an den Nil. »Es ist finster, es ist Nacht, und ich weiß nicht, wie weit es zum Nil ist.« Dies aber sagt nicht der wohlbekannte, der redselige Mensch, dies sagt der Frosch, in den sich der Mensch verwandeln mußte, mit Schwimmhäuten und froschgrüner Farbe. Als Bauernkind hat er Frösche gekreuzigt. »Dem Herrgott macht es nichts aus, daß man ihn kreuzigt, und der Mensch hält es nicht aus, aber daß man Frösche quält!« Und der Frosch glänzt so sehr, daß sich aller Glanz dieser Erde seinen Glanz zum Vorbild nimmt: der Düsenjäger, die Cocacolaflasche des Stallknechts, das schwarze Dach der Kirche, die Schüssel des Hundes, die nackten Schultern der Arbeiter, das Sternenglitzern. »Ich bin der Glanz der Dinge. Der letzte Glanz.« Um die Wette singen der Vogel Ewigflug und das Insekt Immerdar: Verdammt bist, verdammt bist. Mit der Verwandlungskraft des Märchens wird hier die Straftat verfolgt, in der Hoffnung auf Rettung? Die Verwirklichung des utopischen Wünschens aber führt nicht in die Rettung. Wie auch die Liebe nicht rettet, die Susn, immer wieder Susn heißt. Auf dem Speicher daheim oder im Pharaonengrab. Unter einer der zahlreichen Fotografien (Jesus mit dem Kreuz und zwei Kriegsknechten) heißt es: Herrgott, du trägst dein Kreuz in die verkehrte Richtung. Der Herrgott antwortet dem Frosch: Was geht das dich an. - Jedes Wesen scheint in seiner Verzweiflung alleingelassen und verdammt zu sein, diese Verzweiflung so lange zu tragen, bis das Haus am Nil erreicht ist. »Der Held heißt Nil. Und seine Gedanken sind sein Haus. Monologisch selbst dort, wo der Monolog zum Dialog führt, beschwört der Autor alle»Stadien »traurigster Traurigkeit« und »grausamster Grausamkeit«, als Wiederverbindung zweier Welten: Wirklichkeit und Traum.
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 1998Shakespeare: the 'lost years'
by E Honigmann
This literary detective story throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. Bringing forward historic and documentary evidence, this text argues that Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably a Roman Catholic. Step by step, this story of patronage, recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family relationships. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2013Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages
by Anthony Musson, Edward Powell
This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 2025The Catholicism of literature in the age of the Book of Common Prayer
Poetry, plays, works, 1558-1689
by Thomas Rist
Offering a complete reading of English Literature throughout 1558-1689, this book demonstrates the continuity of Roman Catholicism in English Literature from the accession of Elizabeth I to the deposing of James II. Rist shows that poetry and plays promoted Roman Catholic ideas in a Biblicist age which established the Church of England through the Book of Common Prayer. From the very idea of literary works to chapters on the Eucharist, Purgatory, Christian worship and the Virgin Mary, Rist joins together major and minor authors of the era to present English Literature afresh. Important literary figures include William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, Queen Henrietta Maria, John Donne, John Dryden, Robert Herrick, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn.
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Humanities & Social SciencesPreparing Children for School Through Play
by Astrid Wirth, Efsun Birtwistle, Anna Mues, Frank Niklas
Playful learning is an excellent way to help children acquire skills from an early age. This book illustrates ways to promote the development of preschool- age children through play in everyday family and kindergarten life – entirely without expensive resources! Promotion of (written) language development and mathematical development forms a focus of this book, while preparing your child optimally for the two school subjects English and Mathematics. For:• parents and guardians• interested laypeople• educational specialists (such asteachers, childcare workers, socialworkers)
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Film theory & criticismDecember 2000100 years of European cinema
Entertainment or ideology?
by Diana Holmes, Alison Smith
Cinema provides entertainment, but it also communicates a set of values, a vision of the world or an ideology. From its beginnings more than a century ago, European cinema has dealt with the tension between these two functions in a variety of ways: at the extremes, dictatorial regimes have sweetened the pill of ideology with the sugar of entertainment. Meanwhile, spectators have persisted in seeking out, above all, the pleasure film can provide. Now available again in paperback, this book explores the complex relationship between entertainment, ideology and audiences in European film, through studies that range from the Stalinist musicals of the 1930s, to cinematic representations of masculinity under Franco, to recent French films and their Hollywood remakes. Diverse and entertaining, this study is addressed to students of film - especially French, German, Russian or Spanish - and to those readers and academics interested in both the history of cinema and in European culture.
