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Amsterdam, 1705: Thea Brandt ist gerade achtzehn geworden und will endlich tun und lassen, was sie will. Sie liebt das Theater und nach den Vorstellungen besucht sie heimlich ihren Geliebten, Walter, den Kulissenmaler der Schouwburg. Doch als Tochter einer verarmten Kaufmannsfamilie, die nach und nach ihren Hausrat verkaufen muss, um sich über Wasser zu halten, wird von Thea erwartet, „eine gute Partie“ zu machen. Auf einem Ball stellt ihre Tante ihr Jacob van Loos vor, einen wohlhabenden Sohn aus gutem Hause. Eine Heirat mit ihm würde Thea nicht nur vor einem Leben in Armut bewahren, sondern ihr und ihrer Familie auch einen Platz in der feinen Gesellschaft sichern, der ihr bislang verwehrt war – Thea ist unehelich und hat auffallend dunkle Haut. Thea muss sich entscheiden: Rettet sie ihre Familie – oder folgt sie ihrem Herzen? In ihrem fulminanten neuen Roman führt Jessie Burton uns durchs Goldene Zeitalter Amsterdams und erzählt von einer leidenschaftlichen jungen Frau, die ihren Weg selbst bestimmen will.
Amsterdam, 1705: Thea Brandt ist gerade achtzehn geworden und will endlich tun und lassen, was sie will. Sie liebt das Theater und nach den Vorstellungen besucht sie heimlich ihren Geliebten, Walter, den Kulissenmaler der Schouwburg. Doch als Tochter einer verarmten Kaufmannsfamilie, die nach und nach ihren Hausrat verkaufen muss, um sich über Wasser zu halten, wird von Thea erwartet, „eine gute Partie“ zu machen. Auf einem Ball stellt ihre Tante ihr Jacob van Loos vor, einen wohlhabenden Sohn aus gutem Hause. Eine Heirat mit ihm würde Thea nicht nur vor einem Leben in Armut bewahren, sondern ihr und ihrer Familie auch einen Platz in der feinen Gesellschaft sichern, der ihr bislang verwehrt war – Thea ist unehelich und hat auffallend dunkle Haut. Thea muss sich entscheiden: Rettet sie ihre Familie – oder folgt sie ihrem Herzen? In ihrem fulminanten neuen Roman führt Jessie Burton uns durchs Goldene Zeitalter Amsterdams und erzählt von einer leidenschaftlichen jungen Frau, die ihren Weg selbst bestimmen will.
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Concepts of 'race' and racism are central to British history. They have shaped, and been shaped by, British identities, economies and societies for centuries, from colonialism and enslavement to the 'hostile environment' of the 2010s. Yet state and societal racism has always been met with resistance. This edited volume collects the latest research on anti-racist action in Britain, and makes the case for a multifaceted, historically contingent 'tradition' of British anti-racism shaped by local, national and transnational contexts, networks and movements. Ranging from Pan-Africanist activism in the 1890s to mutual aid women's groups in the 1970s, from anti-racist trade union marches in Scotland to West African student groups in North East England - this book explores the continuities and interruptions in British anti-racism from the nineteenth century to the present day.
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The novel aims to depict the social reality. Being deft at describing the underclass and social outcasts, He Dun, the author, continues to take the underclass people as the main roles in the novel. Compared to The Street of Huangniportraying the youth full of vigor and hope from urban underclass, the protagonists of the novel are a gang of young people from a small town. Ranging from 1950s till now, the novel has narrated the experience of those young people during “the Cultural Revolution” and Working in the Countryside and Mountainous Areas in a chronological way, and also told of their stories during the Reform and Opening-Up.
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A realistic novel that reflects modern society with a touching romance story. The story centers on Lin Youhong, a woman who quits her job as an executive at a foreign invested company to work as a community coordinator on Guixiang Street. The novel evidences Lin’s struggle between personal ambitions and her sense of social responsibility. Her selfless decision catalyzes a pursuit for meaning in life, one which seeps into both the quotidian and unusual aspects of Lin’s existence.
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The novel narrates the “possible” amour of Lady X, which arouses the discussion of local people. Every character has his own view towards this event which even acquires a more vital status than the event itself. The characteristic narration style of Can Xue has imbued the ordinary event with distinct aesthetic connotation.
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"Huang Ni Street" is Can Xue's debut novel. The work describes people on a street and many things on Huangni Street. Huangni Street is always dirty, even the rain is gray. Can Xue made a detailed description of this street, but this description is different from the description of ordinary writers, with a big jump in thinking and no consistent storyline. There are simple characters and simple stories. Can Xue's first novel constructed Can Xue's very significant writing characteristics later, and these rich images give readers a very special reading experience. Can Xue breaks the usual thinking and framework of traditional novels, and has the typical characteristics of Can Xue from the beginning.
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There is a prison operating in present-day Ukraine, where horrific torture techniques are being utilized. This prison is, in reality, a concentration camp, beyond whose fencing no laws reach. Life there is lived in humiliation, fear, and uncertainty. Wounds and burn marks cover bodies that are filled with pain from broken bones and, often too, broken wills. The principal tasks here are surviving after the desire to live has forsaken you and nothing in the world depends on you any longer, preserving your sanity as you teeter on the brink of madness, and remaining a human being in conditions so inhuman that faith, forgiveness, hate, and even a torturer locking eyes with his victim become laden with manifold meanings. The journalist Stanislav Aseyev, imprisoned in this torture camp on trumped-up charges of “espionage,” wrote this frank, emotional, and probing memoir in an attempt to both survive and recover from the hell he was cast into. He offers more questions than answers in this book, as testament to the fact that the lives of those released from the prison at 3 Paradise Street will forever remain divided into “pre-” and “post-.”
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Selling Points: The NO 8 Pedoffie Street is a novel created by Hungarian writer Pettifer Galguay for the beautiful Childhood International Children's Coming-of-age Novel series. Focusing on the lives of "left-behind children" in contemporary Hungary, the work depicts the difficult trade-off between parents going out to earn money and spending time with their children, who grow up alone in the face of competition, frustration and danger.The work is full of life atmosphere and the energy of The Times. The parent-child relationship is simple and warm. The display of Hungarian culture and pastoral style highlights the characteristics of foreign culture, which is suitable for children to read at present. Brief Introduction: The story takes place in Hungary after 2014. Anna lives in Budapest, Hungary, with her brother Simon. Anna's dream is to be a painter while Simon wants to be a racing driver.In order to earn more money, Anna's parents went to Germany to work, leaving the children with her aunt Clara.During this period, the children are in all kinds of trouble, feel lonely and helpless and are eager to be with their parents. The summer vacation comes, the children spend a happy summer at their grandparents' home. During getting along with the elderly, they find the answers to their puzzles, gradually understand how to understand the world, explore the inner strength, and learn how to work hard to realize their dreams.
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The introduction to this extraordinarily beautifully illustrated book gives a fascinating overview of the history and architectural heritage of Dar es Salaam, and an insight into the efforts of those seeking to preserve it. The book captures 'fragments of the atmosphere, the sun bleached charm and the dynamic energy' of Dar es Salaam. Generic class and concrete skyscrapers are replacing human sized old Dar, and the frenzy to modernise shows little sign of abating. The city's cultural and historic memory is being erased by property development and its profits for the few. Through her drawings, the artist has recorded the vanishing city centre. She gives portraits of its colourful and dynamic people: living, going about their business, worshipping and gathering in its age old restaurants and tea rooms to spend time as generations have done so before. An important part of the book is short pieces of prose and poetry by some of the best creative writers in Dar today. They are snapshots of Dar and its people: the privileged, the poor, those who walk the streets going to places or aimlessly ambling, those in love and those who passed through Dar and left a record of their sojourn.
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Das Rätsel des Tunnels in der Baselstraße – ein Krimi für junge Leser von Pnina Ophir Eine Gruppe von Schülern aus einem typischen älteren Teil von Tel Aviv, bemerkt eines Tages, wie sich ihr Viertel dramatisch zu verändern beginnt. Plötzlich rücken Planierraupen an und reißen Gebäude ein, um Raum für moderne Hochhäuser und einen großen gepflasterten Platz zu schaffen. Die Kinder entdecken, daß außer den Erdarbeiten für die Neubauten noch weitere Grabungen stattfinden. Ein Ganovenpärchen nutzt den Lärm und Aufruhr in der Gegend, um eine rätselhafte Schatzkiste auszugraben, die vor langer Zeit unter der Feuerwehrstation vergraben wurde. Mit List und Mut schaffen es die Kinder, die Ganoven um ihre Beute zu bringen und schließlich das Geheimnis des Schatzes zu lüften. Die Journalistin Pnina Ophir wurde 1947 in Haifa geboren und lebt in Tel Aviv. Sie veröffentlichte bereits zwei Gedichtsammlungen. Ein zweites Buch dieser Serie mit dem Arbeitstitel Der Zauberer aus der Motzkinstraße wird 2005 publiziert. Rechte in deutscher und anderen Sprachen noch erhältlich
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They live beside us. They need our help and attention to survive. Most of us accept their presence without questioning. Part of us ignore them entirely and part of us give them food and water. These are the street cats. What do we know about them? – very little. This book is ought to show the reader the special and interesting world of the street cats focusing on one community for about 14 years (of observation). Here you will read on the social life, on hierarchy that exists in their community, on their leaders and various social behavior. The reader will also meet the heroic acts of various cats, the wonderful friendship relations between them and their very special patterns of motherhood etc. At the end of reading the book the street cat who was for most readers just an anonymous animal spending a lot of time near garbage cases will become a familiar animal, interesting and liked. Raphaella Bilski has been a member of the Department of Political Science in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She specializes in modern political philosophy, welfare and social policy and in the subject of happiness. Her most known books are "Every Individual – A King, the Political and Social Thought of Zeev Jabotinsky" (Dvir, Tel Aviv and Bnai Brith, New York). For this book she got The Jabotinsky Price. Her second known book is "The Lure of Happiness" (Carmel, Jerusalem). She was the director at the Van Leer Foundation (1977-1980) and an advisor on social and welfare policy to the Israel prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres. From 1990-1992 she began taking care of street cats who constituted a community in her garden. This book is based on 14 years of observation. She continues to take care of street cats and is about to write a second book on this subject. An English-language eBook edition was published in late 2014 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc., CA. 242 pages , 15x 22.5 cm
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Popular Victorian women writers considers a diverse group of women writers within the Victorian literary marketplace. It looks at authors such as Ellen Wood, Mary Braddon, Rhoda Broughton and Charlotte Yonge as well as less well-known writers including Jessie Fothergill and Eliza Meteyard. Each essay sets the individual author within her biographical and literary context and provides refreshing insights into their work. Together they bring the work of largely unknown authors and new perspectives on known authors to critical and public attention. Accessible and informative, the book is ideal for students of Victorian literature and culture as well as tutors and scholars of the period. ;
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An extraordinary literary experiment influenced by Dream of the Red Chamber. Author’s personal favorite。 Shanghai Literature Award Best Novel. Jiang Yingbo, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family lives a life full of ups and downs. She had her age of innocence, but later gets fettered by the triviality of life; she used to be overwhelmed by passions, but becomes busy coping with various difficulties after marriage. Her brothers and sisters, each with distinct personalities and life choices, journey to their own destinations, some preserve idealism, while others bend their heads towards life. The Culture Revolution is still a key factor which influences those characters’ life. The archways on the old street is a symbol, representing all the vicissitudes the Jiang family experiences during 30 years.
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Richard Wagner revolutioniert nicht nur das Musikdrama; eine Naturgewalt ist er auch im Lieben wie im Leiden und, so nennt er sich selbst, »ein Verherrlicher der Frauen«. Eine Frau weist dem Sechzehnjährigen den künstlerischen Weg, eine Frau hält die Totenwache und festigt sein künstlerisches Erbe. Zweimal heiratet er; mit 23 Jahren als vagabundierender, verschuldeter Musikdirektor die hübsche Schauspielerin Minna Planer, mit 57 Jahren als berühmt gewordener Komponist die seinetwegen geschiedene Cosima von Bülow, mit der er zuvor drei Kinder gezeugt hat. Die Ehen gefährden stürmische Affären: mit der reichen Mäzenin Mathilde Wesendonck, die die Geduld ihres Ehemanns strapaziert, mit der Engländerin Jessie Laussot oder der schönen, 33 Jahre jüngeren begeisterten Wagnerianerin Judith Gautier. Die Lebensstürme dienen der Inspiration, die Ruhephasen der beharrlichen Arbeit.
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