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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2024

        Sexual politics in revolutionary England

        by Sam Fullerton

        Sexual politics in revolutionary England recounts a dramatic transformation in English sexual polemic that unfolded during the kingdom's mid-seventeenth-century civil wars. In early Stuart England, explicit sexual language was largely confined to manuscript and oral forms by the combined regulatory pressures of ecclesiastical press licensing and powerful cultural notions of civility and decorum. During the early 1640s, however, graphic sex-talk exploded into polemical print for the first time in English history. Over the next two decades, sexual politics evolved into a vital component of public discourse, as contemporaries utilized sexual satire to reframe the English Revolution as a battle between licentious Stuart tyrants and their lecherous puritan enemies. By the time that Charles II regained the throne in 1660, this book argues, sex was already a routine element of English political culture.

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        The Arts
        June 2017

        Terry Gilliam

        by Peter Marks

        Terry Gilliam presents a sustained examination of one of cinema's most challenging and lauded auteurs, proposing fresh ways of seeing Gilliam that go beyond reductive readings of him as a gifted but manic fantasist. Analysing Gilliam's work over nearly four decades, from the brilliant anarchy of his Monty Python animations through the nightmarish masterpiece Brazil to the provocative Gothic horror of Tideland, it critically examines the variety and richness of Gilliam's sometimes troubled but always provocative output. The book situates Gilliam within the competing cultural contexts of the British, European and American film industries, examining his regular struggles against aesthetic and commercial pressures. He emerges as a passionate, immensely creative director, whose work encompasses a dizzying array of material: anarchic satire, childhood and adult fantasy, dystopia, romantic comedy, surrealism, road movie, fairy tale and the Gothic. The book charts how Gilliam interweaves these genres and forms to create magical interfaces between reality and the illuminating, frightening but liberating worlds of the imagination. Scrutinising the neglected importance of literature and adaptation in Gilliam's career, this study also observes him through the lenses of auteurism, genre, performance, design and national culture, explaining how someone born in Minnesota and raised in California came to be one of British television and film's most compelling figures.

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        2022

        Micronutrient Depleters: Acid Blockers

        Things to know about medicines and micronutrients

        by Uwe Gröber and Prof. Dr. Klaus Kisters

        This guide provides patients with important medical information about interactions of their drug products with vitamins and minerals. These interactions are not always listed in the accompanying package inserts. Those who take acid blockers such as omeprazole or pantoprazole may not only develop disorders relating to calcium, magnesium, vitamin D and bone metabolism in the long term, but above all become deficient in vitamin B12. This way, patients can improve their treatment, reduce the side effects of their medication and increase their quality of life!

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        1986

        Scherz, Satire, Ironie

        Lustspiel in drei Akten

        by Christian D Grabbe

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        November 2016

        "Le sel antique": Epigramme, satire, théâtre et polémique / Das "Salz" der Antike: Epigramm, Satire, Theater, Polemik

        Leur Réception chez les humanistes dans les sources imprimées et manuscrites du Rhin Supérieur / Ihre Rezeption bei den Humanisten: Drucke und Handschriften am Oberrhein

        by Herausgegeben von Freyburger-Galland, Marie-Laure; Herausgegeben von Harich-Schwarzbauer, Henriette

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        August 2010

        Nationalsozialistische Satire und "Deutscher Humor"

        Politische Bedeutung und Öffentlichkeit populärer Unterhaltung 1931-1945

        by Merziger, Patrick

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        February 2015

        Die Performativität der Satire bei Karl Kraus.

        Zu seiner »geschriebenen Schauspielkunst«.

        by Kouno, Eiji

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        June 1998

        Strafrecht und Satire im Werk von Karl Kraus

        by Reinhard Merkel

        »Das Lebenswerk von Karl Kraus in den 37 Jahrgängen der Zeitschrift »Die Fackel« gilt heute als das klassische Beispiel einer kritisch-literarischen Begleitung der Zeitläufe, jener Zeitläufe, in denen sich das Unheil des 20. Jahrhunderts, Weltkriege und Faschismus, anbahnte. Bisher kaum berührt ist dabei, daß sich durch dieses Werk eine Auseinandersetzung mit rechtspolitischen, rechtsdogmatischen und prozessualen Strafrechtsproblemen als ununterbrochene Linie hindurchzieht. Merkel hat als rechtsphilosophisch und -theoretisch gebildeter Jurist, als Essayist und Journalist die doppelte Vorbildung, um diesen ›weißen Fleck‹ zwischen Literatur und Recht zu bearbeiten; er hat auch das zu diesem Thema und dem Gegenstand angemessene Engagement, um ein den Leser durch Klarheit der Linienführung, kritische Durchblicke und, natürlich, eine reflektierte und elegante Sprache fesselndes Werk zu schreiben. Den in mehreren Richtungen entfalteten Grundlegungen folgt ein Durchgang durch die von Karl Klaus behandelten strafrechtlichen Probleme und Deliktbereiche. Das geht vom Sittlichkeitsstrafrecht (in vielen Varianten) zum Wirtschafts- und Pressestrafrecht, zur Kindesmißhandlung und zum Strafverfahren. Hier entfaltet sich fast eine Chronik der Zeitgeschichte; viele Wertvorstellungen haben sich gewandelt, die menschlichen Grundkonstellationen (Gesellschaft, Polizei und Justiz) weit weniger.« (Gerhard Dilcher, »Neue Juristische Wochenschrift«)

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        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2018

        Super Agent 000. The Mystery of the Golden Kangaroo

        by Lesia Voronyna

        As any superhero, the invincible Super Agent 000 untangles the most mysterious crimes, defeats the most cunning enemies and saves the world from the otherwise inevitable destruction. The ironic detective story by the modern Ukrainian writer Lesya Voronyna has gone legendary. Full of jokes, irony and funny clues, the adventures of Hryts Mamay will be appealing to not only children and teenagers, but also their parents, if they happened to miss the first, now rare, editions of the book.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2025

        Through the fiction of Phebe Gibbes (1764–90)

        Women, alienation, and prodigality in the long eighteenth century

        by Kathryn Freeman

        Through the Fiction of Phebe Gibbes places this prolific, newly recovered English writer at the centre of the revolutionary period. Gibbes's novels mark the struggles of women for agency in an expanding British empire, from the Seven Years' War to revolutions in American, Haiti and France. With Gibbes as a nexus in a lineage of women writers from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen, Kathryn S. Freeman offers a valuable perspective on the 'long eighteenth century', with Gibbes' own evolution mirroring that of the larger period. The study traces the development of Gibbes' authorial voice from satire to irony through a range of female characters subverting patriarchal oppression. Freeman guides the reader through patterns of narrative voice, concerns with gender and sexuality, and elements of wordplay through detailed discussion of five novels representing Gibbes' evolving representation of a subversive female subjectivity.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2015

        More or Less

        by Oleksandr Boichenko

        The role of the intellectual in Ukraine and the world, the sense of irony, the Nazi and communist totalitarian regimes depicted by Tadeusz Borowski and Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski. Taras Shevchenko depicted through the eyes of Hryhoriy Hrabovych. Ivan Franko depicted through the eyes of Yaroslav Hrytsak. Lesya Ukrainka depicted through the eyes of Oksana Zabuzhko. Yuri Andruhovych depicted through the eyes of Karl-Josef Zumbrunnen. The Maidan and post-revolutionary confusion, reconciliation with Poland and the war with Russia, Crimea and Donbas. This is an incomplete list of topics covered more or less in this collection of essays.

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        November 1991

        Kontingenz, Ironie und Solidarität

        by Richard Rorty, Christa Krüger

        Dieses Buch versucht zu zeigen, wie es aussieht, wenn wir die Forderung nach einer Theorie, die das Öffentliche und das Private vereint, aufgeben und uns damit abfinden, die Forderung nach Selbsterschaffung und nach Solidarität als gleichwertig, aber inkommensurabel zu betrachten.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        April 2017

        The Lime

        Botany, Production and Uses

        by M. Mumtaz Khan,, Rashid Al-Yahyai, Fahad Al-Said

        This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource covering the botany, production and uses of limes. The lime is an important fruit crop throughout citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits, culture and marketplace, but producers face issues affecting successful cultivation and production. The Lime: Botany, Production and Uses contains detailed information on: · Breeding, genetics and biodiversity of limes · Orchard establishment, management and precision agriculture · Pests and diseases, including the latest knowledge regarding current threats such as Witches' Broom Disease and Citrus Greening · Harvesting and postharvest management · Traditional and commercial uses of limes Authored by an international team of experts and presented in full colour throughout, this book is an essential resource for academic researchers and specialist extension workers, in addition to growers and producers involved in the citrus industry. ; This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource covering the botany, production and uses of limes. The lime is an important fruit crop throughout citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits, culture and marketplace, in addition to issues affecting successful cultivation and production ; Chapter 1: Introduction and overview of lime productionChapter 2: Systematic classification distribution and botanyChapter 3: Advances in lime breeding and geneticsChapter 4: Plant growth, development and reproductive PhysiologyChapter 5: Propagation and nursery certificationChapter 6: Planning and orchard establishmentChapter 7: Irrigation managementChapter 8: Cultural practicesChapter 9: Precision agriculture in limeChapter 10: Plant protectionChapter 11: Innovative production technologiesChapter 12: Harvesting and post-harvest managementChapter 13: Traditional/commercial uses and future dynamics

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        March 1992

        Zabawa

        Satire in lustloser Zeit

        by Sławomir Mrożek, Karl Dedecius, Ludwig Zimmerer, Henryk Bereska, Karl Dedecius, Friedrich Griese, M. C. A. Molnar, Klaus Staemmler, Mechthild Stoer, Andrzej Wirth, Sławomir Mrożek, Andrzej Wirth

        Karl Dedecius, 1921 in Lodz geboren, galt als bedeutendster Mittler polnischer Literatur und Kultur in Deutschland. Als Übersetzer hunderter Bücher, Autor zahlloser Reden und Aufsätze, Herausgeber der Polnischen Bibliothek, Gründer des Deutschen Polen-Instituts in Darmstadt wurde er vielfach gewürdigt und ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1990), dem Orden des Weißen Adlers (1999) in Polen und dem Deutschen Nationalpreis (2010). Karl Dedecius starb am 26. Februar 2016 im Alter von 94 Jahren in Frankfurt am Main. Karl Dedecius, 1921 in Lodz geboren, galt als bedeutendster Mittler polnischer Literatur und Kultur in Deutschland. Als Übersetzer hunderter Bücher, Autor zahlloser Reden und Aufsätze, Herausgeber der Polnischen Bibliothek, Gründer des Deutschen Polen-Instituts in Darmstadt wurde er vielfach gewürdigt und ausgezeichnet, u.a. mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1990), dem Orden des Weißen Adlers (1999) in Polen und dem Deutschen Nationalpreis (2010). Karl Dedecius starb am 26. Februar 2016 im Alter von 94 Jahren in Frankfurt am Main. Friedrich Griese studierte Philosophie und Soziologie. Später übersetzte er Sachbücher aus dem Englischen, Französischen, Polnischen und Italienischen ins Deutsche. Friedrich Griese verstarb am 20. Juni 2012.

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