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        Literature & Literary Studies
        September 2017

        Reading Robin Hood

        Content, form and reception in the outlaw myth

        by Anke Bernau, Stephen Knight

        Reading Robin Hood explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw, who from the Middle Ages to the present stands up for the values of natural law and true justice. This analysis of the whole sequence of Robin Hood adventures begins with the medieval tradition, from early poems into the long-surviving sung ballads, and goes on to look at two variant Robins: the Scottish version, here named Rabbie Hood, and gentrified Robin, the exiled Earl of Huntington, now partnered by Lady Marian. The nineteenth century re-imagined medieval Robin as modern, a lover of nature, Marian, England and the rights of the ordinary man. In novels and especially films he has developed into an international figure of freedom, while Marian's role has grown in a modern feminist context. Even to this day, the Robin Hood myth continues to reproduce itself, constantly discovering new forms and new meanings.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        March 2017

        Arctic Tourism Experiences

        Production, Consumption and Sustainability

        by Young-Sook Lee, David Weaver, Nina K Prebensen

        An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. Part 1 investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. Chapters examine the essence of diverse peak experiences and delve into the factors that give rise to these experiences. Part 2 considers the links between these core experiences and the tourism industry that seeks to sustain itself by facilitating such satisfying outcomes. ; The book focuses on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences. It concentrates on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. ; PART I: INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES: TOURIST EXPERIENCES OF THE ARCTIC AND CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES.Chapter 1: Arctic Destinations and Attractions as Evolving Peripheral Settings for the Production and Consumption of Peak Tourism ExperiencesChapter 2: Experiencing the Arctic in the Past: French Visitors to Finnmark in the Late 1700s and Early 1800sChapter 3: Roles of Adventure Guides in Balancing Perceptions of Risk and SafetyChapter 4: The Central Role of Identity in the Arctic PeripheryChapter 5: Tourists and Narration in the Arctic: The Changing Experience of MuseumsChapter 6: World Heritage List = Tourism Attractiveness?PART II: CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTICChapter 7: Degrees of Peripherality in the Production and Consumption of Leisure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 8: Northern Lights Experiences in the Arctic Dark: Old Imaginaries and New Tourism NarrativesChapter 9: Exploring the Extreme Iditarod Trail in AlaskaChapter 10: The Arctic Tourism Experience from an Evolving Chinese PerspectiveChapter 11: Tourists’ Interpretations of a “Feelgood In Lapland” Holiday- A Case StudyChapter 12: Negotiating Sami Place and Identity: Do Scottish Traditions Help Sami to be More Sami?Chapter 13: Emergence of Experience Production Systems for Mass Tourism Participation in Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Arctic ScandinaviaChapter 14: Factors of Peripherality: Whale Watching in Northern NorwayChapter 15: Responsible Fishing Tourism in the ArcticChapter 16: Long way up: Powered Two-Wheeled Journeys in Northern PeripheriesChapter 17: Experiences of Marine Adventurers in the Canadian ArcticChapter 18: Arctic Tourism in Russia: Attractions, Experiences, Challenges and PotentialsChapter 19: Tourism Experiences of Post-Soviet Arctic BorderlandsChapter 20: Arctic Tourism Experiences: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Research Directions for a Changing Periphery

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2023

        No masters but God

        Portraits of anarcho-Judaism

        by Hayyim Rothman

        The forgotten legacy of religious Jewish anarchism, and the adventures and ideas of its key figures, finally comes to light in this book. Set in the decades surrounding both world wars, No masters but God identifies a loosely connected group of rabbis and traditionalist thinkers who explicitly appealed to anarchist ideas in articulating the meaning of the Torah, traditional practice, Jewish life and the mission of modern Jewry. Full of archival discoveries and first translations from Yiddish and Hebrew, it explores anarcho-Judaism in its variety through the works of Yaakov Meir Zalkind, Yitshak Nahman Steinberg, Yehudah Leyb Don-Yahiya, Avraham Yehudah Heyn, Natan Hofshi, Shmuel Alexandrov, Yehudah Ashlag and Aaron Shmuel Tamaret. With this ground-breaking account, Hayyim Rothman traces a complicated story about the modern entanglement of religion and anarchism, pacifism and Zionism, prophetic anti-authoritarianism and mystical antinomianism.

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        January 2018

        Robin Cat. Die echt katzenstarke Rettung der Minigiraffen

        by Seltmann, Christian

        Auch wenn Robin Cat am liebsten gemütlich mit seiner Gitarre am Lagerfeuer sitzt, steckt in ihm doch ein echter Abenteurer. Das beweist er seiner besten Maus - ähm, Freundin - Marie nur zu gern! Dazu hat er die allerbeste Gelegenheit, als Fanny, die Minigiraffe, seine Hilfe braucht. Robin zögert keinen Augenblick und bricht gleich auf zu einer echt katzenstarken Rettungsaktion.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        July 2015

        Reading Robin Hood

        Content, form and reception in the outlaw myth

        by Stephen Knight, Anke Bernau

        Reading Robin Hood explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw, who from the middle ages to the present stands up for the values of natural law and true justice. This analysis of the whole sequence of the adventures of Robin Hood first explores the medieval tradition from early poems into the long-surviving sung ballads, and also two variant Robins: the Scottish version, here named Rabbie Hood, and gentrified Robin, the exiled Earl of Huntington, now partnered by Lady Marian. The nineteenth century re-imagined medieval Robin as modern - he loved nature, Marian, England, and the rights of the ordinary man - and in novels and especially films he has developed further, into an international figure of freedom, just as Marian's role has grown in a modern feminist context. The vigour of the Robin Hood myth still reproduces itself, constantly with new forms and new meanings. ;

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        Business, Economics & Law
        April 2022

        Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa

        Hard Work and Hazard

        by James Sumberg, Jordan Chamberlin, Barbara Crossouard, Máiréad Dunne, Justin Flynn, Marjoke Oosterom, Carolina Szyp, Dorte Thorsen, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Thomas Yeboah

        This book brings together recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy, imagine their futures and how development policies and interventions find traction (or not) with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, it provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. It is organised around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas; have no interest in agriculture; cannot access land; are stuck in permanent waithood; that the rural economy provides (or can provide) a wealth of opportunity; and that they can be the engine of rural transformation. It draws from existing literature and new analysis arising from several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is a major contribution to current debates and development policy about youth, agriculture and employment in rural Africa.

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        May 2023

        Wundervolle Welt der Tiere

        by Ben Hoare, Eva Sixt, Benjamin Ritter, Vanida Karun, Stefan Kaminski, Simon Jäger, Robin Brosch, Nora Jokhosha, Benjamin Ritter, Elle Ward, Francesca Young

        Dieses Hörbuch präsentiert eine eindrucksvolle Sammlung von Tierstimmen und informativen Geschichten, die Hörer aller Altersgruppen in die vielfältige Welt der Fauna entführt. Von der tiefen See bis zum dichten Dschungel werden die Zuhörer durch die Stimmen von Tieren wie dem majestätischen Buckelwal, der farbenfrohen Pfauenspinne und dem trickreichen Chamäleon geführt. Jedes Kapitel bietet fesselnde Einblicke und detaillierte Beschreibungen über das Verhalten und die Lebensräume von Säugetieren, Reptilien, Fischen und Amphibien. Bekannte Sprecher wie Stefan Kaminski und Vanida Karun verleihen den Geschichten mit ihrer Kunstfertigkeit eine zusätzliche Dimension, was dieses Hörbuch zu einem idealen Bildungstool für Natur- und Tierliebhaber macht. Umfangreiche Sammlung von Tierklängen: Erlebt authentische Geräusche von über 50 verschiedenen Tierarten. Pädagogisch wertvoll: Bietet Kindern und Erwachsenen gleichermaßen faszinierende Lerneinheiten über Tiere und ihre Ökosysteme. Erzählt von Experten: Professionelle Sprecher geben den Tiergeschichten Tiefe und Lebendigkeit. Ideal für Tier- und Naturfreunde: Erweitert das Wissen über Tierverhalten, Schutzgebiete und biologische Vielfalt. Interaktives Lernerlebnis: Fördert aktives Zuhören und regt die Vorstellungskraft an, ideal für Schulprojekte und Freizeitgestaltung.

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        June 2019

        Robin Cat (2). Wilde Fahrt ins Abenteuer

        by Seltmann, Christian

        Wie gut, dass Robin Cat auf der Insel Mumpitz als echter Abenteurer und größter Superheld aller Zeiten bekannt ist. Denn dort gibt es immer jemanden, der Hilfe benötigt. Zum Beispiel der kleine Seewolf, der eines Tages mutterseelenallein am Strand auftaucht. Oder die Wüstenbewohner, die nicht mehr schlafen können, weil eine geheimnisvolle Felssäule schnarchende Geräusche von sich gibt. Und selbst einen Ausflug in das schaurige Tropfsteinhöhlen-Labyrinth meistern Robin Cat und seine Freunde mit unglaublichem Heldenmut. Zur Belohnung gibt’s nach jedem Abenteuer ein Lagerfeuer mit Gitarrenmusik und Gesang: katzenstark und urgemütlich!

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        Children's & YA

        Three Pieces of Young Ginger

        by Chang Xin’gang

        Three Pieces of Young Ginger is a novel about growing up. It tells stories of three boys of the same age, Xijia Kangrui, a fan of animals, Wan Juan, who enjoys fantasying, and Meng Da, a football fan. Like three pieces of spicy young ginger, they express their dissatisfaction with life, taste their respective sadness, and grow up in the way they like. Though look alike, when you get closer, you realize they are as different as you can never find one identical piece of ginger.   Three Pieces of Young Ginger is one of the typical growing up fiction books of Chang Xin'gang, reflecting the realistic home-school life of contemporary children. Through these painful, hopeful growing up stories, the author conveys his profound thought on the education system and family relationship and calls for more spaces for children to express, to make choices, and to try and fail.

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        July 2021

        International Division of the Young Communist Party 2·Young Heros

        by Zhou Fei,Song Chunhua

        International Division of the Young Communist Party is a long novel about young people's growth created against the historical background of the establishment and development of the Young Communist International Division of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army during the Second Domestic Revolutionary War. The work is in four volumes, using a combination of reality and fiction, with the growth of fictional teenage heroes such as Yin Jie as the main line, interspersed with Chen Guang, Xiao Hua and other typical characters of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, to tell the glorious revolutionary history of this period. These teenage heroes were enthusiastic, resourceful, brave, decisive and righteous, and made outstanding contributions to the cause of national and ethnic liberation.

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      • Biography & True Stories
        March 1905

        Alaska Days with John Muir

        by Samuel Hall Young

        Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In "Alaska Days With John Muir" he describes this 1879 meeting: "A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings." This book, first published in 1915, describes two journeys of discovery taken in company with Muir in 1879 and 1880. Despite the pleas of his missionary colleagues that he not risk life and limb with "that wild Muir," Young accompanied Muir in the exploration of Glacier Bay. Upon Muir's return to Alaska in 1880, they traveled together and mapped the inside route to Sitka. Young describes Muir's ability to "slide" up glaciers, the broad Scotch he used when he was enjoying himself, and his natural affinity for Indian wisdom and theistic religion. From the gripping account of their near-disastrous ascent of Glenora Peak to Young's perspective on Muir's famous dog story "Stickeen," Alaska Days is an engaging record of a friendship grounded in the shared wonders of Alaska's wild landscapes.

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        July 2021

        International Division of the Young Communist Party 1·Iron Fists

        by Zhou Fei,Song Chunhua

        International Division of the Young Communist Party is a long novel about young people's growth created against the historical background of the establishment and development of the Young Communist International Division of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army during the Second Domestic Revolutionary War. The work is in four volumes, using a combination of reality and fiction, with the growth of fictional teenage heroes such as Yin Jie as the main line, interspersed with Chen Guang, Xiao Hua and other typical characters of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, to tell the glorious revolutionary history of this period. These teenage heroes were enthusiastic, resourceful, brave, decisive and righteous, and made outstanding contributions to the cause of national and ethnic liberation.

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        July 2021

        International Division of the Young Communist Party 4·The Road to Glory

        by Zhou Fei,Song Chunhua

        International Division of the Young Communist Party is a long novel about young people's growth created against the historical background of the establishment and development of the Young Communist International Division of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army during the Second Domestic Revolutionary War. The work is in four volumes, using a combination of reality and fiction, with the growth of fictional teenage heroes such as Yin Jie as the main line, interspersed with Chen Guang, Xiao Hua and other typical characters of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, to tell the glorious revolutionary history of this period. These teenage heroes were enthusiastic, resourceful, brave, decisive and righteous, and made outstanding contributions to the cause of national and ethnic liberation.

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        July 2021

        International Division of the Young Communist Party 3·Turning Iron to Steel

        by Zhou Fei,Song Chunhua

        International Division of the Young Communist Party is a long novel about young people's growth created against the historical background of the establishment and development of the Young Communist International Division of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army during the Second Domestic Revolutionary War. The work is in four volumes, using a combination of reality and fiction, with the growth of fictional teenage heroes such as Yin Jie as the main line, interspersed with Chen Guang, Xiao Hua and other typical characters of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, to tell the glorious revolutionary history of this period. These teenage heroes were enthusiastic, resourceful, brave, decisive and righteous, and made outstanding contributions to the cause of national and ethnic liberation.

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        March 2016

        Klassiker zum Vorlesen. Robin Hood

        by Angie Westhoff, Stephan Pricken

        "Robin Hood" von Angie Westhoff verzaubert junge Leser*innen ab 4 Jahren mit den heldenhaften Taten des berühmten Gesetzlosen aus dem Sherwood Forest, der in einer Welt voller Ungerechtigkeit für das Gute kämpft. In diesem Kinderbuch werden die klassischen Geschichten von Robin Hood und seinen treuen Gefährten, wie dem mutigen Kampf gegen den Sheriff von Nottingham und ihren listigen Plänen zur Unterstützung der Armen, neu erzählt. Durch Westhoffs geschickte Adaption bleiben der Zauber und die Spannung der Originalerzählungen vollständig erhalten, während die Inhalte humorvoll und kindgerecht präsentiert werden. Die detailreichen Illustrationen im Buch fangen die mittelalterliche Atmosphäre Englands ein und verleihen den Charakteren Lebendigkeit. Dies lädt junge Leser und Zuhörer dazu ein, tief in die abenteuerliche Welt des Sherwood Forest einzutauchen. Die für Kinder optimierte Sprache und die Gliederung in kurze, fesselnde Kapitel sorgen für ein ideales Leseerlebnis, das zum gemeinsamen Entdecken einlädt. "Robin Hood" ist nicht nur ein Buch voller Abenteuer und Heldentum, sondern vermittelt auch essenzielle Werte wie Gerechtigkeit, Hilfsbereitschaft und den Stellenwert von Freundschaft und Gemeinschaft. Kindgerechte Adaption der Robin-Hood-Legende: Ein lehrreiches Abenteuer, das junge Zuhörer*innen ab 4 Jahren fasziniert und unterhält. Vermittlung wichtiger Werte: Die Geschichten rund um Robin Hood inspirieren zu Gerechtigkeit, Mut und Zusammenhalt. Visuelles Leseerlebnis: Farbenprächtige Illustrationen begleiten die erzählten Abenteuer und stimulieren die Fantasie. Ideal für Vorlesemomente: Dank kurzer Kapitel perfekt geeignet, um die Konzentration und Begeisterung der Kinder beim abendlichen Vorlesen zu wecken. Anregung der Vorstellungskraft: Fördert das Interesse an geschichtlichen Erzählungen und legendären Helden. Hochwertige Buchgestaltung: Mit atmosphärischen Bildern, die die unvergesslichen Geschichten von Robin Hood und seinen Gefährten eindrucksvoll zum Leben erwecken.

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        January 2020

        Die Olchis feiern Geburtstag und eine andere Geschichte

        by Erhard Dietl, Robin Brosch, Robert Missler, Kay Poppe, Ohrwürmchen, Erhard Dietl

        Die Olchis feiern Geburtstag: Der blaue Olchi möchte seinen Geburtstag unbedingt auf dem Schmuddelfinger Müllberg feiern. Müssen die Olchis jetzt etwa eine grätzig-langweilige, ordentliche Geburtstagsfeier organisieren? Muffelfurzteufel, das können die Olchis gar nicht. Und so wird es am Ende eine schleimeschlammschöne Olchi-Party. Die Olchis auf dem Schulfest: Angetrieben von Energie, die aus Olchi-Mamas Stinkerkuchen gewonnen wurde, fliegen die Olchis über Schmuddelfing. Als ihnen der Treibstoff ausgeht, landen sie direkt auf dem Schulhof der Grundschule, wo gerade ein Fest gefeiert wird. Hurra, da sind sie dabei! Gelesen von Robin Brosch und Robert Missler, untermalt mit vielen Geräuschen und Musik.

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