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        Making home
        Literature & Literary Studies
        August 2014

        Making home

        Orphanhood, kinship and cultural memory in contemporary American novels

        by Maria Holmgren Troy, Sharon Monteith, Elizabeth Kella, Nahem Yousaf, Helena Wahlstrom

        Making home explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors Barbara Kingsolver, Linda Hogan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Safran Foer, John Irving, Kaye Gibbons, Octavia Butler, Jewelle Gomez and Toni Morrison. The orphan child is a continuous presence in US literature, not only in children's books and nineteenth-century texts, but also in a variety of genres of contemporary fiction for adults. Making home examines the meanings of this figure in the contexts of American literary history, social history and ideologies of family, race and nation. It argues that contemporary orphan characters function as links to literary history and national mythologies, even as they may also serve to critique the limits of literary history, as well as the limits of familial and national belonging.

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        The Protestant Orphan Society and its social significance in Ireland 1828–1940
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2014

        The Protestant Orphan Society and its social significance in Ireland 1828–1940

        by June Cooper

        The Protestant Orphan Society, founded in Dublin in 1828, managed a carefully-regulated boarding-out and apprenticeship scheme. This book examines its origins, its forward-thinking policies, and particularly its investment in children's health, the part women played in the charity, opposition to its work and the development of local Protestant Orphan Societies. It argues that by the 1860s the parent body in Dublin had become one of the most well-respected nineteenth-century Protestant charities and an authority in the field of boarding out. The author uses individual case histories to explore the ways in which the charity shaped the orphans' lives and assisted widows, including the sister of Sean O'Casey, the renowned playwright, and identifies the prominent figures who supported its work such as Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland. This book makes valuable contributions to the history of child welfare, foster care, the family and the study of Irish Protestantism. ;

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        Tobias Mayer
        February 2023

        Tobias Mayer

        or measuring the earth, sea and sky

        by Thomas Knubben

        —300th birthday of Tobias Mayer in February 2023 — The rediscovery of a great scientist — A chapter in the fascinating history of science The story of Tobias Mayer's life (1723 to 1762) is that of a child prodigy and orphan who became a pioneer of the Enlightenment as a cartographer, mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Having never been to university, at the age of 28 he was appointed a professor in Göttingen by the Elector of Hanover and King of England. He revolutionised cartography with his zeal and skill, helping sailors to find the right path across the seas and providing people with the firstever clear view of the moon. 17th February 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Tobias Mayer. High time to recall this prototype of a scientist.

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        Chetaah Summer
        Children's & YA

        Chetaah Summer

        by Katja Brandis

        When a travel adventure becomes a journey to yourself! For all readers who long to follow the wide world’s call to freedom. Especially for all the WOODWALKERS fans who have grown up. An unforgettable experience is waiting for Lily: she is off to work on a farm in Namibia where they work to protect endangered cheetahs. The German vet’s daughter will help care for injured big cats, raise orphaned young animals and assist with field research in the bush. A dream comes true for her! Lily’s trip goes well until she falls in love with Eric, the son of a neighbouring farmer. His strange family and their secrets plunge her life into chaos. Katja Brandis, whose WOODWALKERS series regularly conquers the bestseller lists by storm, is back with an environmental novel about the protection of cheetahs in Namibia. Authentic, sympathetic and completely devoid of kitsch sunset pathos.

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        Orphan texts
        Literature & Literary Studies
        September 2018

        Orphan texts

        by Laura Peters

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        Once upon a time in Italy
        Fiction
        October 2020

        Once upon a time in Italy

        by Fulvio, Luca Di

        Rome in 1860 - with the exciting age of the Risorgimento as an atmospheric backdropLuca Di Fulvio's new novel is a powerful emotional epic about solidarity, self-discovery, homeland, family, love, and life dreams. The story begins in 1860, with the plot set mainly in Rome during the last phase of the Italian unification movement, the Risorgimento. Luca Di Fulvio creates a highly emotional, mentally cinematic epic with strong, distinctive characters. An orphan boy who wants to use his camera to change the way people see the world. A circus girl with a burning interest in politics. A countess who gives the gift of freedom to others. Three people whom fate brings to Rome in 1870, the pulsating heart of Italy on its path to becoming a nation state. As their paths cross in the midst of this city of promise, their dreams seem to be interwoven with magical bands. But the dazzling city of Rome presents the three with unexpected challenges. One day, when a dramatic event shakes the Eternal City, they are threatened with losing everything they hold dear. A highly emotional epic about three unforgettable characters, and a visually stunning story about new beginnings, the power of love, and a great longing for security in a world where one person stands up for the other. Bursting with life, deeply moving, and full of hope - Luca Di Fulvio's stories are like journeys that you wish would never end Three people and their dream of a better world The new novel by SPIEGEL bestselling author Luca Di Fulvio Set in Rome in 1860 against the atmospheric backdrop of the Italian unification movement

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        Liebe Not

        Liebe Not

        Gedichte

        by Hans-Ulrich Treichel

        Hans-Ulrich Treichel erhielt den Leonce- und Lena-Preis des Darmstädter Literarischen März 1985. »Bei seiner Lesung ist sie gleich da, die inspirierte Präzison, diese verletzte, doch angriffige, hochgescheite Sensibilität, die ganz wenig Worte macht, wenn es mit ganz wenigen Worten zu machen ist. Gedrängt Abgekürztes, die düsteren Endzeitgefühle sind knapp, fast satirisch gefaßt: ›Noch hören wir uns husten‹ steht da als Lebenstrost, als momentane Lebensgarantie. Und dann hämmert mit ›Viel Glück‹ das bissige, kantig rhythmisierte Pathos, mit dem der Autor soviel körperlichen Raum schafft, daß das Publikum unwillig zu klatschen beginnt. Die Reime antworten sich unerwartet und scheinbar ungeordnet oft mitten in den Zeilen, sind jedoch satzmusikalisch mit bestem Gespür gesetzt. Auffällig: Dieser Lyriker hat Distanz, schaut auch von sich weg, gelegentlich von sich ab – hinaus in die weitere Gesellschaft und wie sie’s so treibt mit fanatisierter Freizeit-Körperkultur als Fluchtlauf weg von den ›sauren Gefilden‹, den ›schwarzen Gedanken‹ samt Gebrüll von ›Krieg und Untergang‹. Letzteres ein Hauptthema. Das andere: die Liebe, ihre Fast-Unmöglichkeit und trotzdem immer wieder ein Aufruf dazu: ›Wir fürchten uns ein Leben lang / Wir lieben uns nur einen Tag.‹« (Beatrice von Matt, Neue Züricher Zeitung) Immer reagieren Gedichte auf Not-Situationen, auf die Not, die war, die ist, die kommen wird. Es ist die Not, der man zu entkommen sucht – und der doch ein Großes zu verdanken ist: sie treibt immer aufs neue ins Gedicht.

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        Kazuo Ishiguro
        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2000

        Kazuo Ishiguro

        by Barry Lewis, John Thieme

        How Japanese is Ishiguro? What role does memory and unreliability play in his narratives? Why was The Unconsoled (1995) perceived to be such a radical break from the earlier novels?. The first complete study to consider all of Ishiguro's work from A pale view of the hills (1982) to When we were Orphans (2000), including his short stories and television plays. Explores the centrality of dignity and displacement in Ishiguro's vision, and teases out the connotations of home and homelessness in his fictions. Invaluable for students at all levels, especially as The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro is a set text at GCSE and A Level. ;

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        Fritz, the Gorilla
        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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        The Protestant Orphan Society and its social significance in Ireland 1828–1940
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2014

        The Protestant Orphan Society and its social significance in Ireland 1828–1940

        by June Cooper

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