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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2023

        Political ethics in illiberal regimes

        by Zoltán Gábor Szucs

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2021

        Understanding Political Islam

        by François Burgat

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        February 2021

        Layers

        by Poznanski, U.

        Can You Believe Your Eyes?   Dorian has been living on the streets since running away from home, and has always managed to fend for himself pretty well. But when he wakes up one morning beside a dead homeless man who has evidently been murdered, Dorian panics – he can’t remember anything of what happened the previous night. Is he responsible for the man’s murder? Then a stranger appears with an unexpected offer of help, and Dorian seizes the opportunity with both hands – this is his chance to hide from the police. The stranger works with young people in need, and he takes Dorian to a villa where he is given food, new clothes and even schooling.But Dorian soon learns that you get nothing for free in this life. In return for being looked after at the villa, Dorian is expected to distribute mysterious free gifts – gifts which are very carefully sealed. And when an unexpected turn of events results in him keeping one of the gifts, he finds himself being hunted by merciless pursuers.   After the international YA-bestseller Erebos, Saeculum and The Eleria-Trilogy Ursula Poznanski now presents her new thriller: Layers   Awarded with the Hans-Jörg-Martin Prize 2016 for the best YA-Thriller! More information also available under: www.layers-buch.de

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2005

        Political marketing

        A comparative perspective

        by Darren Lilleker, Jennifer Lees-Marshment

        Political marketing has become a global phenomenon as parties try to copy the market-oriented approach employed by Tony Blair to win power for New Labour in 1997. Increasingly voters choose parties like consumers choose products, and this study looks at how some political parties, such as Sinn Fein, have been able to capitalise on this to gain support. It raises fresh perspectives on the more established political marketing practices in the UK and US, such as how to incorporate political leadership within the market-oriented framework and the democratic implications when faced with the actually business of governing. This book also highlights how the market-oriented party approach has spread around the world, including Europe and the new democracies of Brazil and Peru. The chapters, in demonstrating this convergence in practices, also question whether this strategy is appropriate for political systems based on proportional representation and coalition governments such as those in Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, and devolved systems in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The collection also introduces the debate on whether such practices enhance or undermine democracy, raising important questions on the future of political marketing. This book should become an established essential text for students and academics of political science and marketing. ;

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        Political parties
        May 2005

        Political marketing

        A comparative perspective

        by Edited by Darren Lilleker and Jennifer Lees-Marshment

        Political marketing has become a global phenomenon as parties try to copy the market-oriented approach employed by Tony Blair to win power for New Labour in 1997. Increasingly voters choose parties like consumers choose products, and this study looks at how some political parties, such as Sinn Fein, have been able to capitalise on this to gain support. It raises fresh perspectives on the more established political marketing practices in the UK and US, such as how to incorporate political leadership within the market-oriented framework and the democratic implications when faced with the actually business of governing. This book also highlights how the market-oriented party approach has spread around the world, including Europe and the new democracies of Brazil and Peru. The chapters, in demonstrating this convergence in practices, also question whether this strategy is appropriate for political systems based on proportional representation and coalition governments such as those in Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, and devolved systems in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The collection also introduces the debate on whether such practices enhance or undermine democracy, raising important questions on the future of political marketing. This book should become an established essential text for students and academics of political science and marketing.

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        September 2018

        Der Märchenerzähler

        by Antonia Michaelis, Ulrike C. Tscharre

        Geliebter Mörder? Abel Tannatek ist ein Außenseiter, ein Schulschwänzer und Drogendealer. Wider besseres Wissen verliebt Anna sich rettungslos in ihn. Denn es gibt noch einen anderen Abel: den sanften, traurigen Jungen, der für seine Schwester sorgt und der ein Märchen erzählt, das Anna tief berührt. Doch die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fantasie verschwimmen. Was, wenn das Märchen gar kein Märchen ist, sondern grausame Wirklichkeit? Was, wenn Annas schlimmste Befürchtungen wahr werden? Ein temporeicher Thriller und eine zu Herzen gehende Liebesgeschichte, die nicht mehr los lassen! Ein temporeicher Thriller und ein zu Herzen gehende Liebesgeschichte - lässt nicht los! Eindrucksvoll, begeisternd und abwechslungsreich - eine ganz neue Antonia Michaelis.

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        May 2012

        Manhattan Karma

        Ein Leonid-McGill-Roman

        by Walter Mosley, Kristian Lutze

        Leonid McGill, Privatdetektiv mit dunkler Vergangenheit und Familienvater mit Herz, ermittelt in einem scheinbar harmlosen Fall. Als er dabei auf die Abschußliste eines Killers gerät, muß er auf seine alten Kontakte zur New Yorker Unterwelt zurückgreifen. Von dort aus ist es nicht weit zu den angesehensten Kreisen von Manhattan ... Schon als Waisenjunge hat Leonid McGill gelernt, daß man einstecken können muß, um in New York zu überleben – besonders wenn man schwarz ist und einen seltsamen Namen hat. Leonid wurde Boxer. Aber er war für den Sport nicht gemacht. Also versuchte er sein Glück auf der Straße, arbeitete jahrelang als Schnüffler für den Mob. Heute ist er Anfang Fünfzig, lebt mit einer Frau zusammen, die er nicht liebt, um für seine Kinder dazusein, die er – mit einer Ausnahme – nicht gezeugt hat, und versucht, sein Geld endlich auf legale Weise zu verdienen. Doch auch wenn Amerika im Wandel ist und ein schwarzer Präsident das Land regiert – für einen wie McGill ist es nicht leicht, von der schiefen Bahn abzukommen, denn seine Vergangenheit holt ihn immer wieder ein.

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        April 2024

        Maror

        Thriller

        by Lavie Tidhar, Thomas Wörtche, Conny Lösch

        Israel, 1974-2008. Zwei Polizisten führen uns durch fast vier Jahrzehnte israelischer Geschichte. Cohen, der Strippenzieher im Hintergrund, und Avi Sagi, der den korrumpierenden Versuchungen seines Jobs nicht widerstehen kann. Diese Geschichte ist die dunkle Geschichte Israels. Der Patriot Cohen kennt nur eine Aufgabe – seinen Staat zu beschützen, auch wenn er dafür die bittersten Realitäten akzeptieren muss und gnadenlos danach handelt. Cohen und Sagi haben es mit jüdischen, arabischen und türkischen Gangstern, mit der CIA und dem KGB, mit den Contras und den Kartellen, mit militanten Orthodoxen und anderen Playern mehr zu tun. Cohen versucht, »die Dinge in der Balance zu halten«, und kennt dabei keine Grenzen. Tidhar entwirft ein gewaltiges, kaleidoskopisches Panorama aus politischen Skandalen, Korruption, Mord und Verbrechen auf staatlicher und privater Ebene, das sich auch auf die weltweiten Aktivitäten Israels bezieht. Ein Epos, das zu Recht mit Balzac und Dickens verglichen wurde. Ein Epos auch über Moral und Realpolitik, eine Art Chronique scandaleuse Israels und ein grimmiges, schwarz-humoriges Plädoyer für dessen Existenzrecht. Maror eben, wie die bitteren Kräuter auf dem Sederteller: »Mit bitteren Kräutern sollen sie es essen.« (Exodus, 12:8)

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        January 2021

        Hüte deine Zunge

        Roman

        by Hallie Ephron

        Gerade erst hat Emily zwei lukrative Aufträge an Land gezogen, als die professionelle Aufräumerin plötzlich des Mordes verdächtigt wird: Denn der Tote ist der Ehemann einer ihrer neuen Kundinnen und der Tatort ein Lagerraum, den Emily entrümpeln sollte. Alles Zufall? Nein, Emily findet sich in einem fein gesponnenen Netz von Intrigen und Indizien wieder, das sich immer mehr zuzieht … Hüte deine Zunge ist der neueste Thriller der New-Times-Bestseller-Autorin – spannend, überraschend und höchst unterhaltsam.

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        January 2021

        Hüte deine Zunge

        Roman

        by Hallie Ephron, Michaela Meßner

        Gerade erst hat Emily zwei lukrative Aufträge an Land gezogen, als die professionelle Aufräumerin plötzlich des Mordes verdächtigt wird: Denn der Tote ist der Ehemann einer ihrer neuen Kundinnen und der Tatort ein Lagerraum, den Emily entrümpeln sollte. Alles Zufall? Nein, Emily findet sich in einem fein gesponnenen Netz von Intrigen und Indizien wieder, das sich immer mehr zuzieht … Hüte deine Zunge ist der neueste Thriller der New-Times-Bestseller-Autorin – spannend, überraschend und höchst unterhaltsam.

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        Children's & YA
        August 2020

        Cryptos

        by Poznanski, Ursula

        Where do we go when Nowhere is the only destination left?   Kerrybrook is Jana‘s favourite virtual escape. An idyllic fishing village with beautiful nature and, every now and then, a breeze of fresh air from the nearby sea. Jana, is this world‘s designer and person in power, she’s satisfied with her masterpiece. Best job so far. Until one day, a dead body is found, in both, ’Virtual Reality‘ and the real world. In times of climate change, VR is the only safe place for humankind. That‘s why Jana needs to solve the crime, she’s responsible for stopping the destruction.   • CliFi Thriller (Climate Fiction): Climate change & virtual reality • For fans of Black Mirror (Netflix) • All age readers • Strong, female protagonist • Highly relevant topic   WHITE RAVENS recommendation (2021):   "In the not too distant future, the world is an inhospitable place: droughts, storms, floods. That’s why world designers construct »alternative realities«, such as landscapes populated by dinosaurs, life at court in the Middle Ages, and surfing and chilling out on a beach. People can switch between these worlds at will and, when they die there, they are not truly dead; instead, they merely return to the »real world« – same as at night when they sleep. Then they are reunited with their body, which is lying inside a capsule.   In »Cryptos«, Ursula Poznanski pulls out all the stops of storytelling: She embeds numerous references to human and intellectual history in an action-packed and extremely suspenseful thriller plot. In the process, she raises central existential and ontological questions that result from the interplay between the real and the virtual worlds. This complex dystopian novel is narrated in such an enjoyable way that readers will hardly notice their brains going into overdrive as they devour it."

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        Political organization of Brazilian agribusinees

        by Caio Pompeia

        What is agriculture? In this essential book for understanding contemporary Brazil, Caio Pompeia scrutinizes the political intricacies of the self-proclaimed most important sector of the national economy. From the origins of the concept of agribusiness at Harvard University in the 1950s - soon used as a front for imperialist expansion by the United States - to the first years of the Jair Bolsonaro government, through to the internal disputes between entities that represent Brazilian agribusiness on and off the farms, the author explains in detail, naming the oxen, how agribusiness entered the state and imposed its agenda on the country, with successive attempts to run the tractor over agrarian reform, indigenous rights, environmental preservation and the will of the ballot box.

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        May 2020

        Sieben

        by Bennett, M.A.

        Wer willst du sein? Opfer oder Täter? Nach jahrelangem, heftigem Mobbing an der Schule hofft Link, dass sie alle tot sind. Dass sie umgekommen sind bei dem Flugzeugabsturz, den er wie durch ein Wunder überlebt hat. Aber sein Hochgefühl währt nur kurz. Denn Links Mitschüler sind alle noch da - sie sind mit ihm auf einer tropischen Insel gestrandet und mehr als bereit, ihn weiter zu erniedrigen. Ziemlich schnell jedoch ist klar: Hier in der Wildnis steht die Schulhierarchie auf dem Kopf. Das Recht des körperlich Stärkeren ist außer Kraft gesetzt und einzig Link als Nerd verfügt über das Wissen zum Überleben. *** Sie haben dich gedemütigt, bis du am Boden lagst. Was würdest du tun, wenn endlich DU am Drücker wärst? Wie schlimm wäre deine Rache? Jetzt machst DU die Regeln. Jetzt wird das Opfer zum Täter. Provokant und schillernd böse: Dieser Thriller der Extraklasse ist bis zur letzten Seite ein packender Kampf ums Überleben! Für alle Thriller- und Krimi-Leser ab 14.

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        The Politics of Insanity

        by Hugo N. Gerstl

        America's friends and our enemies alike are scratching their collective heads and thinking, "If you turned the world on its side all of the loose nuts would end up in the United States." The Theater of the Absurd has come to life on every television set, smart phone, and social media outlet around the world. A megawealthy upraised carnival barker, who has systematically alienated every segment of society in the United States, stands poised to become the next president! Candidates deny the signs of global climate change—never mind, God will protect us, and since he's a Christian God, he will help us get rid of the Muslims in the process! Can anyone imagine two serious candidates for the highest office in the United States arguing over the size of their genitals? ("You know what they say about men with small hands...").  Welcome to The Politics of Insanity, a serious look at the newest form of the bizarre "reality TV." Where thoughtful, serious contenders eke out 2% of the vote at best. Where it's acceptable to say, "Would you want to have a president with a face like that?" Where a semi-nude photo of a candidate's gorgeous wife is splashed across a TV ad? But believe it or not, Ecclesiastes 1:9 is accurate: "There is nothing new under the sun." Political insanity did not start in the United States, and even in America we've been down this road before. Hugo N. Gerstl, author of The Politics of Hate (2012), slices into the "American Pie" of 2016 politics with a clear-eyed analytical scalpel, and, despite what appears to be an impenetrable tragicomic maze of craziness, he optimistically concludes, in the words of a former president whose wife is the frontrunner in the race for the White House, "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right with America." An English-language eBook edition was published in fall 2016 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc., CA. 250 Pages, 15X22.5 cm

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2023

        The illusion of the Burgundian state

        by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin, Christopher Fletcher

        On 25 January 1474, Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, appeared before his subjects in Dijon. Robed in silk, gold and precious jewels and wearing a headpiece that gave the illusion of a crown, he made a speech in which he cryptically expressed his desire to become a king. Three years later, Charles was killed at the battle of Nancy, an event that plunged the Great Principality of Burgundy into chaos. This book, innovative and essential, not only explores Burgundian history and historiography but offers a complete synthesis about the nature of politics in this region, considered both from the north and the south. Focusing on political ideologies, a number of important issues are raised relating to the medieval state, the signification of the nation under the 'Ancien Regime', the role of warfare in the creation of political power and the impact of political loyalties in the exercise of government. In doing so, the book challenges a number of existing ideas about the Burgundian state.

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