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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2025Speculative endeavors
Cultures of knowledge and capital in the long nineteenth century
by Selina Foltinek, Karin Hoepker, Katrin Horn
Speculative endeavours contributes to an emerging field of scholarship that focuses on alternative forms of knowledge production and speculation in nineteenth century US-American society. It sheds light on unofficial knowledges such as insider information, rumour, gossip, slander, emphasising how knowledges excluded by institutional discourses and authorities form a core part of the developing market economy. Ranging from the Early Republic to the Gilded Age, contributions analyse entanglements of financial, cultural, and social capital. They focus on social actors who differ from the newly minted ideal of the (free, white, male) entrepreneurial individual. The speculative endeavours discussed include illicit communications located in slave quarters and domestic spaces, communal interventions into a commercialised print market, debates on immigrant fiduciary and legal competency, and disciplinary techniques of pecuniary pedagogy. Taken together they offer unprecedented interdisciplinary insights into an emerging age of capital.
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700September 2014News and rumour in Jacobean England
by David Coast
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2016News and rumour in Jacobean England
by David Coast, Peter Lake, Anthony Milton, Jason Peacey, Alexandra Gajda
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2006Political culture in later medieval England
Essays by Simon Walker
by Mike Braddick
This is an important collection of pioneering essays penned by the late Simon Walker, a highly respected historian of late medieval England. One of the finest scholars of his generation, Walker's writing is lucid, inspirational, and has permanently enriched our understanding of the period. The eleven essays featured here examine themes such as kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity. There are specific studies on subjects such as the changing fortunes of the family of Sir Richard Abberbury; Yorkshire's Justices of the Peace; the service of medieval man-at-arms, Janico Dartasso; Richard II's views on kingship, political saints, and an investigation of rumour, sedition and popular protest in the reign of Henry IV. An introduction by G.L. Harriss looks back across Walker's career, and discusses the historiographical context of his work. Both the new and previously published pieces here will be essential reading for those working on the late medieval period. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2020Political culture in later medieval England
Essays by Simon Walker
by Michael J. Braddick
This is an important collection of pioneering essays penned by the late Simon Walker, a highly respected historian of late medieval England. One of the finest scholars of his generation, Walker's writing is lucid, inspirational, and has permanently enriched our understanding of the period. The eleven essays featured here examine themes such as kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity. There are specific studies on subjects such as the changing fortunes of the family of Sir Richard Abberbury; Yorkshire's Justices of the Peace; the service of medieval man-at-arms, Janico Dartasso; Richard II's views on kingship, political saints, and an investigation of rumour, sedition and popular protest in the reign of Henry IV. An introduction by G.L. Harriss looks back across Walker's career, and discusses the historiographical context of his work. Both the new and previously published pieces here will be essential reading for those working on the late medieval period.
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2019At Night, Everyone is an Enemy
True stories
by Bruno Schrep
One wrong word, one perceived insult – a small matter may begin a chain of events resulting in tragedy. This was the case with Anothai S., who died in a brawl in Hamburg in September 2014. A quote from the circumstances of this death, reconstructed by Bruno Schrep for the SPIEGEL magazine, has given this book its title. “At Night, Everyone is an Enemy” compiles true stories of people who have been torn from their normal lives and plunged into despair from one moment to the next. In one case, it is a rumour that destroys all plans – the accusation of having abused children. Likewise, the information that your father and mother, who raised you, are not your biological parents, can turn your life upside down. And many an accident destroys not only the life of the victim, but also that of the person who caused the accident. As an accurate observer, Bruno Schrep describes human tragedies with empathy, but also with a keen eye for structural problems.
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Children's & YASeawalkers (3). Wild Waves
by Katja Brandis/Claudia Carls
The students and teachers at Blue Reef High are worried sick. It’s not just because recently there’s been an influx of reptile and python shapeshifters who are causing chaos. Now there’s a powerful hurricane building up off the coast of Florida. Tiago, the shark shapeshifter, the dolphin girl Shari and all their friends decide to escape by swimming out to the open sea. But will they really be safe there? And will Blue Reef High still be standing when they return? Quite apart from the hurricane, Tiago has heard some unpleasant rumours – that some unscrupulous business people are going to organize fights between divers and sharks. Is this true, and if so, will the Seawalker friends be able to defend themselves?
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Children's & YAThe Candy Guild (2). The Lost Recipe
by Tanja Voosen/ Viktoria Gavrilenko
Magical sweets and real miracles? Elina has experienced them both in Belony, and now she can hardly wait to dip deeper into the world of the candy crafters. But it’s not long before a new problem arises, because just before Robin’s first candy crafting examination, his magic tool goes bust. Old Mr Snotty knows where they can get help, and he takes Elina and her friends to Bittersweet Avenue. It quickly becomes clear, though, that not all candy crafters are well disposed towards “ungifted” people. There are also rumours about the return of the mysterious Otherwise Society, which has tried once before to bring down the mighty Candy Guild. When Mr Snotty suddenly disappears without a trace, it’s up to Elina, Charlie and Robin to follow the clues he has left behind for them. They soon realize that there is a reason for his disappearance, because the Otherwise Society is looking for something in particular – and Elina, Charlie and Robin have the key to this something in their hands…
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November 2010Spione
Roman
by Marcel Beyer
Zu Spionen in ihren Familien werden Carl, Nora, Pauline und ihr Cousin. Wo andere in Fotoalben blättern, deren Bilder an die Eltern und Großeltern erinnern und Familiengeschichte erzählen, stoßen sie auf Geheimnisse, auf Verschwiegenes und Verborgenes. Die Liebesgeschichte um den Großvater, z.B., der sich im November 1936 von seiner Verlobten verabschiedete, um sich der „Legion Condor“, dem Geheimeinsatz der Deutschen Luftwaffe während des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs anzuschließen. Der Rumor um die Großmutter, die Opernsängerin mit den Italiener-Augen. Die Kinder versuchen sich ein Bild zu machen, erfinden ihre Version der Familiengeschichte. Wie schon in seinen Romanen Flughunde und Kaltenburg macht sich Marcel Beyer auf literarische Spurensuche in der deutschen Geschichte. „Marcel Beyer erweist sich in Spione als gerissener Erzähler. In knappen Andeutungen und sinnlich ausgemalten Skizzen entwerfen die Kinder-Agenten die Geschichte der Großeltern.“ Wolfgang Höbel, Der Spiegel
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Clinical psychologySubstance Use Problems
by Mitch Earleywine
The literature on diagnosis and treatment of drug and substance abuse is filled with successful, empirically based approaches, but also with controversy and hearsay. Health professionals in a range of settings are bound to meet clients with troubles related to drugs – and this text helps them separate the myths from the facts. It provides trainees and professionals with a handy, concise guide for helping problem drug users build enjoyable, multifaceted lives using approaches based on decades of research. Readers will improve their intuitions and clinical skills by adding an overarching understanding of drug use and the development of problems that translates into appropriate techniques for encouraging clients to change behavior themselves. This highly readable text explains not only what to do, but when and how to do it. Seasoned experts and those new to the field will welcome the chance to review the latest developments in guiding self-change for this intriguing, prevalent set of problems. Target Group: clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counselors, students.
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Le mystérieux tunnel de la rue Basel
by Pnina Ophir
Le mystérieux tunnel de la rue Basel, par Pnina Ophir Cette fascinante histoire se déroule dans un vieux quartier typique du centre de Tel-Aviv. Il y avait depuis bien longtemps une station de pompiers, des ambulances de la croix rouge, ainsi qu’un marché coloré. Un jour, la nature de la rue changea complètement. Des bulldozers commencèrent à détruire les immeubles du quartier, pour les remplacer par deux tours modernes d’habitation et un jardin public. Des enfants de 6ème habitant le quartier découvrent alors, qu’un plus des excavations de la société de construction, d’autres excavations privées se préparent. Deux criminels décidèrent de profiter du bruit et du tumulte dans le quartier pour chercher le mystérieux trésor qui avait été enterré il y a bien longtemps sous la station de pompiers. La curiosité et le courage des enfants permirent finalement de prendre les criminels sur le fait, et d’éclaircir ainsi tout le mystère.
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Animal stories (Children's/YA)2022The Case of the Prowling Panther
by Vaishnavi Ram Mohan
Book 4 in SUDEF Wildlife Detective series - In this book, Lemunyatta hoped to see a fabled black panther during a visit to its forest home. But rumours are rife saying the black panther is an evil curse. She and her friends have to separete facts, from fiction and find the truth about the evil going on in the forest and in the surrounding community.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2018The New Girl Code
by Niki Smit
Tumi Letsatsi is a 13-year old melanin kween living in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Her favourite colour is yellow, she's still trying to figure out how not to dent her afro on the bus, and how one goes about (ahem!) “french kissing”. She’s a little awkward and a lot uncertain about her future, friendships and how to put together a cool outfit! But then she stumbles across the magic of coding and creates an app called “Project Prep” that goes viral and rockets her and her friends to fame. Then everything starts to fall apart, as she deals with a catfish who befriends her and steals her code, nasty rumours at school and the newfound attention of a crush. The New Girl Code (by Niki Smit, locally edited by Buhle Ngaba) is about the wonders of working in tech, aimed at girls and young women aged 9-15. The project is an initiative of Inspiring Fifty and based on an idea by Janneke Niessen.
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June 2017The Yellow Earth against the Blue Sky
by Jia Xing’an
The novel has uncovered the far-reaching change in current politics, economy and social life as well as the brutal bureaucratic struggle. Baipo Town, known as “the shabby Town”, is inundated with lawsuits, bully, poverty and outdated thinking. Both the Town secretary of the Party Committee and the township head were caught because of peeping at women peeing and getting caught adultery in the act by his wife, respectively. In order to thoroughly alter the mess, Wang Tiansheng, the legendary rural cadre with both skill and dash, was designated by the county Party committee as both the Town secretary of the Party Committee and the township head of Baipo Town. Appointed under such difficult circumstance, Wang Tiansheng carried out drastic reforms to combat corruption and deal with the chaos. However, local pressure groups and corrupt officials crazily pounced on Wang, and rumors were swirling. The Joint Investigation Group from both the provincial and municipal level came to Baipo Town. Secretary of provincial Party Committee tried to rehabilitate Wang, while the municipal party secretary, together with members from relevant departments from the municipal and county level, came to persuade Wang in person......
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FictionLa hermandad de la Casa Grande (The brotherhood of the Big House)
Una novela negra sobre el juicio del Estado a los brujos de Chiloé (A detective novel about the state's trial of the witches of Chiloé)
by Eduardo Pérez Arroyo
It's 1879. To the north, Chile defends foreign investment in the Pacific War. To the south, beyond the already invaded Araucania, from a large, almost unexplored island, rumors of violence, superstition and a state incapable of enforcing its law spread. The elite would be at ease if some “elements” that are not occupied at the border with Peru penetrated Chiloé. They need evidence to condemn those criminals who terrorize the population with old indigenous beliefs. They call themselves witches. They are organized as La Recta Provincia or La Hermandad de la Casa Grande. They lie to scare and change the names of the cities on the island –Achao, Dalcahue or Quicaví–, confusing them with others: Buenos Aires, Villarrica, Salamanca. If they were only myths, it would be enough for the government to forget that secret place. But the one who calls himself the Greatest Liar in the World claims to have escaped the sorcerers and travels the north glimpsing the aliens: he talks to them of malice, monsters and murders; of the bloody clans' struggles to become a decaying reign. For these lies, or to secure an unstable national pride, coronels and tenants decide to put an end to things that a mortal has no power to finish.
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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2023Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth
A curious and enduring relationship
by Christine Skelton
Charles Dickens called his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth his 'best and truest friend'. Georgina saw Dickens as much more than a friend. They lived together for twenty-eight years, during which time their relationship constantly changed. The sister of his wife Catherine, the sharp and witty Georgina moved into the Dickens home aged fifteen. What began as a father-daughter relationship blossomed into a genuine rapport, but their easy relations were fractured when Dickens had a mid-life crisis and determined to rid himself of Catherine. Georgina's refusal to leave Dickens and his desire for her to remain in his household led to rumours of an affair and even illegitimate children. He left her the equivalent of almost £1 million and all his personal papers in his will. Georgina's commitment to Dickens was unwavering but it is far from clear what he did to deserve such loyalty. There were several occasions when he misused her in order to protect his public reputation. Why did Georgina betray her once much-loved sister? Why did she fall out with her family and risk her reputation in order to stay with Dickens? And why did the Dickenses' daughter Katey say it was 'the greatest mistake ever' to invite a sister-in-law to live with a family?
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Children's & YAJuly 2022StoryWorld - Amulett der Tausend Wasser (Band 1)
by Sabrina Kirschner
StoryWorld – Amulet of a Thousand Waters (Vol. 1) A theme park like you've never seen before ... This is where stories come true! • Gripping adventure quests and a tribute to reading and storytelling• Westworld for children: Attractive setting in an amusement park, a new adventurous theme world in each volume• Realistically anchored in children's lives – with a fantastic twist• Opulent b/w illustrationsWhat happens in Volume 1:Apart from their love of books and their pets, arch-enemies Sascha and Chloe have nothing in common - Sascha, the unappreciated loner, and Chloe, idolized by her classmates. Of all people, these two rivals win the main prize at the reading competition: a ticket to the brand-new adventure park StoryWorld.The park is surrounded by all sorts of rumors, and no one really knows what awaits visitors there. Their journey takes Sascha and Chloe by seaplane to a secluded island. At the heart of the park is a huge library, from which the girls can look down on seven fantastic theme worlds. The library is filled with spotless white books, each of which stands for a story to be experienced in the worlds - that's the only way to fill the pages.Sascha and Chloe choose The Realm of Thousand Waters and are to have their own adventure there under the spell of the sea dragon. This park has nothing in common with an ordinary amusement park - in this park, between fantasy and reality, a dark secret is guarded, which is to be explored in the further volumes.
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A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN KILINSKI PARK
by Arieh Stav
There were rumors; a smell of fear in the air. And yet, it all happened with incredible suddenness. The Soviets were abandoning the city; the Germans were at the gates. Mera Stollar grabbed her baby and ran for her life. From that day on, her life became an odyssey of flight and survival. Thanks to her son’s Aryan appearance (as long as he did not lower his pants…), her resourcefulness and wisdom, they escaped from the city after the murder of its Jewish inhabitants. Without documents, the mother and child wandered among the back lanes of Occupied Poland under the guise of Polish refugees, until they reached Warsaw. On the way, they endured the ever present fear of capture, hunger, cold, illness and the cruelty and indifference of people; but there are also instances of compassion and mercy. Their flight is accompanied by many dangers and threats. They are thrown into the street by a Christian family for having crossed themselves left-handed; a Ukrainian informer turns them in to the police – meaning transport to Treblinka; the convoy is bombed and on the first day of the Liberation, Mera is found guilty of collaborating with the German enemy, a sin carrying a sentence of execution. A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN KILINSKI PARK also tells the stories of Rocheleh, thrown into prison over a pair of boots; Stiepan the Ukrainian policeman whose love for Vera does not prevent him from murdering her entire family; of Lieber, protected by his father’s corpse in the Susenki killing pits; Sonia the convert, who was not saved by the crucifix she wore on her throat; Granny Jadzia, the Pole who was prepared to sacrifice her life for Libi, whom she loved like a grandchild; Alex and Irena, the two Ukrainian circus artists who, ironically, come under Mera’s protection; and Rudolph, the German paratrooper whose courtship and love for Mera lead to disillusion. Arieh Stav was born in 1939 in Rovno, Poland at that time, Ukraine today. In 1951, he made aliyah with his mother. He was educated at Kibbutz Givat Haim, served in the IDF as a paratrooper and was a member of the Kibbutz until 1963, when he left and moved to Tel Aviv. He studied psychology, philosophy and drama at Tel Aviv University. Arieh Stav is the Director of the Ariel Center for Policy Research, a non-partisan organization devoted to inclusive research and discussion of political and strategic issues concerning Israel and the Jewish people. Stav is the editor of Nativ, a bi-monthly periodical on politics and the arts, author and editor of numerous books and research studies. He has translated (to Hebrew) and published numerous volumes of epic poems which were written throughout the ages and in a myriad of languages.
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Migraines
by Dr. Peter Hermes
Migraines : Un nouveau traitement pour un ancien fléau. Un petit trou dans le cœur peut être à l’origine du terrible syndrome migraineux ? par Dr. Peter Hermes (Originalement écrit en français) Les migraines touchent à peu près 15% de la population générale du monde dit « civilisé ». La moitié des « migraineux » ne sont pas diagnostiqués de façon correcte et seulement 50% parmi ceux qui ont reçu un diagnostic correct reçoivent des traitements appropriés. Donc à peu près 75% des « migraineux » vivent un enfer au quotidien, isolés dans des chambres obscures, loin des bruits et des gens, atterrés par un mal de tête violent et brutal, en proie à des vomissements, et essayant chaque nouveau médicament miraculeux qui vient de sortir sur le marché. Est-ce possible qu’un tout petit trou dans la paroi cardiaque soit a l'origine de toutes ces misères ? L'auteur vous fait voyager à travers ce processus qui mène à la découverte du PFO, et de son diagnostic moderne, et vous explique sa relation avec les divers types de migraine et met en évidence sa grande fréquence chez les patients (à peu près 40-50 % des migraineux sont porteurs d'un PFO). Un chapitre entier est dédié à la description des nouvelles prothèses cardiaques dont l’implantation demande seulement une nuit d'hospitalisation et se fait sous anesthésie locale dans des centres spécialisés, et cela en moins d'une heure ! Lisez la suite du livre qui vous apportera des réponses, et peut être un soulagement au grand problème de la migraine, qui hante le monde « civilisé » depuis bien longtemps ! Le Dr. Hermès diplômé de la faculté de médecine de Paris (La Sorbonne) est un neurologue spécialisé dans le traitement des migraines et des troubles cardiaques liés à la migraine. Il a travaillé dans des centres hospitaliers en France, en Italie, aux États Unis et en Israël. En collaboration avec ses collègues Italiens, Dr. Anzola, Dr. Onorato et Dr. Santorro, il a focalisé son travail sur la relation entre PFO (« le trou du coeur ») et les migraines et a publié de nouveaux et passionnants résultats. Grand voyageur, il a soigné des pauvres et des malades en Inde, des riches et des célèbres sur Park Avenue à New York , des bédouins de Vadi Naaman en Israël et des « migraineux » de Tel Aviv. Il partage son temps entre ses malades à Tel Aviv et en Italie où il dirige un festival de musique à grand succès.
