Sheikh Zayed Book Award
The SZBA is presented to writers, intellectuals and publishers whose writings and translations of humanities have enriched Arab cultural, literary and social life.
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Holland Park Press
Holland Park Press is a privately-owned independent company publishing and selling literary fiction: novels, novellas, short stories; and poetry. It was founded in 2009. It is run by brother and sister, Arnold and Bernadette Jansen op de Haar, who publish an author not just a book. Holland Park Press specialises in finding new literary talent by accepting unsolicited manuscripts from authors all year round and by running competitions. It has been successful in giving older authors a chance to make their debut and in raising the profile of Dutch authors in translation.
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The ArtsSeptember 2008Entertaining television
The BBC and popular television culture in the 1950s
by Su Holmes
Entertaining television challenges the idea that the BBC in the 1950s was elitist and 'staid', upholding Reithian values in a paternalistic, even patronising way. By focusing on a number of (often controversial) programme case studies - such as the soap opera, the quiz/ game show, the 'problem' show and programmes dealing with celebrity culture - Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC television surprisingly explored popular interests and desires. She also uncovers a number of remarkable connections with programmes and topics at the forefront of television today, ranging from talk shows, 'Reality TV', even to our contemporary obsession with celebrity. The book is iconclastic, percipient and grounded in archival research, and will be of use to anyone studying television history. ;
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2008Terrorism and democratic stability revisited
by Jennifer S. Holmes
Can terrorism and state violence cause democratic breakdown? Although the origins of violence have been studied, only rarely are its consequences examined. In this detailed comparative study of Uruguay, Spain, and Peru, Holmes claims that to understand the consequences of violence on democratic stability, terrorism and state responses to terrorism must be studied together. This extensively revised and expanded second edition takes advantage of new historical sources, an extended time span, and new theories that have emerged since the original publication. In addition to adding new data sources in the Peruvian and Spanish cases, the time period covered has been expanded from the late 1990s to early 2007, allowing a more comprehensive treatment of the consequences of state and non-state violence on democratic stability and the prospects for stability. The literature reviews have been significantly revised and updated and an entirely new chapter covers the special case of Spain, which faces both a domestic and an international threat. ;
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Children's & YASherlock Holmes, the Master Detective (3). The Invisble Seventh Man
by Oliver Pautsch/ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/ Dominik Rupp
What's going on in London? A mass breakout of prisoners, an attack on a hotel and a bank robbery - all that happens within a short while. Sherlock Holmes draws a rapid deduction: This cannot be an accident. He already has a theory what and most of all who is behind it. Remains to find out how his arch enemy managed to do that. But Sherlock is on his tracks because the thieves and their leader have left their fingerprints ...
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September 2006Das Zeichen der Vier
Krimiklassiker. Hörspiel
by Holmes, Sherlock / Produzent Titania Medien
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Business, Economics & LawMarch 1905The Path of the Law
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
In The Path of the Law, Holmes discusses his personal philosophy on legal practice. The Common Law is a series of lectures that established Holmes's reputation as a witty and articulate writer.
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December 2011Die neuen Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes
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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Die Verfilmung der Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes entwickelte sich 2009 zu einem sensationellen Kinoerfolg, der weltweit Millionen von Zuschauer in die Kinos lockte. 2012 kämpfen Sherlock Holmes und sein Freund Dr. Watson weiter gegen den skrupellosen Verbrecher Professor Moriarty. Unter der Regie von Guy Ritchie lassen sich Robert Downing Jr. und Jude Law als grandioses Ermittlergespann erneut auf halsbrecherische und gefährliche Abenteuer ein, um den Schuldigen zu finden …
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The ArtsAugust 2001Bertrand Blier
by Sue Harris, Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram
The most complete study of Blier's work to date, Harris traces the director's career from the early 1960s until the present. Outlines the forms, themes and style which dominate in Blier's work, and challenges the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself. Provides an original and controversial discussion of Blier's alleged 'misogyny', and invites the reader to understand the scatological and corporeal aspects of Blier's filmmaking in terms of long-established traditions of popular dramatic culture. Brings to light the comic mechanisms underpinning Blier's films and identifies strategies which navigate through one of the most entertaining and disconcerting bodies of work of recent years. The first book on Blier published in English. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2025Living with lodgers
Household economy and social relations in working-class Victorian England
by Vicky Holmes
For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone else's home was commonplace. Yet, despite their prevalence, lodgers and their householders have received little scholarly attention. Drawing on hundreds of coroners' inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses many domestic dwelling lodgings in England at this time, providing an extraordinary, intimate portrayal of the lives of the inhabitants therein.
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February 2018
Sherlock Holmes, der Meisterdetektiv (2). Das Rätsel um den schwarzen Hengst
Der Bücherbär. Klassiker für Erstleser:
by Pautsch, Oliver; Rupp, Dominik; Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Ein rätselhafter Brief erreicht Sherlock Holmes. Sein Inhalt bringt den Meisterdetektiv um den Schlaf und schürt seine Angst vor Pferden: Ein schwarzer Hengst wurde von der Rennbahn gestohlen. Der Absender des Briefes ist kein Geringerer als Professor Moriarty, Sherlocks Feind aus Kindertagen. Er hat das Rennpferd gestohlen, um sich an Sherlock zu rächen … Spannend erzählt von Oliver Pautsch
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The ArtsJuly 2012Negotiating the auteur
Dominique Cabrera, Noémie Lvovsky, Laetitia Masson and Marion Vernoux
by Julia Dobson, Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram
This book provides the first detailed analysis of the work of four important contemporary directors whose work falls between the reductive labels of 'auteur cinema' and 'popular cinema'. Their work is contextualised within this timely investigation into the shifting relationship between the privileged status of the auteur and questions of genre, gender and cinematic production in France today. This important contribution to understanding the shifting landscapes of contemporary French film identifies an essential intermediacy in the films of these directors, which works to undo a series of dominant oppositions, generic template and contestation, public collectivity and personal intimacy, to offer a new perspective on the location of the political in contemporary French cinema. The four chapters provide detailed critical analysis of films by Dominique Cabrera, Laetitia Masson, Noémie Lvovsky and Marion Vernoux, and present common thread including the possible construction of social intimacy, the political demystification of romance narratives and the role of nostalgia, to argue that their work uses popular genres in order to challenge dominant cultural representation that resonates beyond the immediate parameters of contemporary French cinema. This book will be of interest to researchers working in French and European cinema, to students of Film Studies and French and Francophone Studies, and to film enthusiasts. ;
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June 2020Sherlock Holmes, der Meisterdetektiv (3). Der Geisterhund im Nebelmoor
by Conan Doyle, Arthur; Pautsch, Oliver
Klassiker für starke Jungs Wieder einmal sind Sherlock Holmes und sein scharfer Verstand gefragt. Denn auf rätselhafte Weise ist der Onkel von Sherlocks Assistenten Bob verschwunden. Seine Spur führt mitten hinein in eine düstere Moorlandschaft. Ausgerechnet dort treibt ein unheimlicher Hund sein Unwesen. Der Meisterdetektiv lässt sich von diesem Hokuspokus natürlich nicht aus der Ruhe bringen … oder vielleicht doch? Abenteurer und Detektive - Klassiker einfach lesen Der Titel ist auf Antolin.de gelistet. Nach dem berühmten Roman von Arthur Conan Doyle - kindgerecht geschrieben und leicht zu lesen für Kinder ab 7/8 Jahren. Weitere Geschichten von Sherlock Holmes bei Arena 978-3-401- 70712-9 Sherlock Holmes, der Meisterdetektiv - Das Geheimnis des blauen Karfunkels 978-3-401-71718-0 Sherlock Holmes, der Meisterdetektiv - Das Rätsel um den schwarzen Hengst 978-3-401-71534-6 Sherlock Holmes, der Meisterdetektiv - Der unsichtbare siebte Mann
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The ArtsJanuary 2018Laurent Cantet
by Martin O'Shaughnessy, Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram
Laurent Cantet is of one France's leading contemporary directors. In a series of important films, including Human Resources, Time Out, Heading South, The Class and Foxfire, he takes stock of the modern world from the workplace, through the schoolroom and the oppressive small town to the world of international sex tourism. His films drive the hidden forces that weigh on individuals and groups into view but also show characters who are capable of reflection and reaction. If the films make their protagonists rethink their place in the world, they also challenge the positions of the viewer and the director. This is what makes them so worthy of study. Combining a fine eye for detail with broad contextual awareness, this book gives an account of all Cantet's works, from the early short films to the major works. Martin O'Shaughnessy is a leading international writer on French cinema, especially in film and politics.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2012The Left and the European Constitution
From Laeken to Lisbon
by Michael Holmes, Knut Roder
This book examines how the Left is affected by European integration. It starts from the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands in 2005, in which left-wing parties played key roles. The book explores the level of pro- and anti-EU sentiment among left-wing parties. It discusses the left's reaction to the EU's neo-liberal policies such as Laval, the Lisbon Agenda and the Bolkestein Directive. It examines the extent to which parties are Europeanised or remain nationally-oriented. The book looks at parties from all three left-wing families -social democrats, left-socialists and left-greens. It contains case-studies of eleven EU member states, and also examines the left in the European Parliament. It provides a unique cross-national, cross-party evaluation of contemporary events. ;
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Francois Truffaut
by Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram
First in a series designed to situate and explain the films of French directors. A concise, accessible and original reading of Truffaut's films. A timely evaluation of the films of a popular director whose work features on most A-level French syllabuses and on the majority of University French Studies programmes both in the UK and the USA .
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November 2007Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes
Erzählungen
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gisbert Haefs
Baker Street 221b: Geheimnisvolle Besucher erscheinen bei Sherlock Holmes und haben Merkwürdiges zu berichten… Erst die kriminalistische Präzision des Meisterdetektivs bringt Licht in zwölf verworrene Fälle.
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November 2007Die Rückkehr des Sherlock Holmes
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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Werner Schmitz
Drei Jahre sind seit dem vermeintlichen Tod von Sherlock Holmes vergangen – da steht der Detektiv plötzlich leibhaftig im Arbeitzimmer seines alten Freundes Dr. Watson. Neue rätselhafte Fälle warten auf ihn…
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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.
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November 2007Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes
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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Nikolaus Stingl
Unerwartete Ereignisse machen diese elf Geschichten um den berühmten Meisterdetektiv und seinen Helfer Dr. Watson zu einem besonderen Lesevergnügen. Sherlock Holmes berichtet von seinem ersten Fall und verwickelt sich in ein verhängnisvolles Kräftemessen mit dem Verbrechergenie Professor Moriarty.
