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        First World War
        November 2009

        Poverty, philanthropy and the state

        Charities and the working classes in London, 1918–79

        by Katharine Bradley

        This book looks at a number of charities in London between 1918 and 1979, and the ways in which they negotiated the growth of the welfare state and changes in the communities around them.These charities - the 'university settlements'- were founded in the 1880's and 1890's and brought young graduates such as William Beveridge & Clement Attlee to deprived areas of cities to undertake social work. It is of interest to those who wish to know more about the complexities of the relationships between charities, the welfare state and individuals in the course of the twentieth century. Bradley argues that whilst the settlements often had difficulties in sustaining their work with the vulnerable, they remained an important factor between the individual and the impacts of poverty. Aimed at scholars in the fields of history, social policy, sociology and criminology this book will also be of interest to practitioners in the voluntary sector and government.

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        March 2018

        Eden

        Thriller

        by Candice Fox, Thomas Wörtche, Anke Caroline Burger

        Heinrich Archer, genannt Hades, das kriminelle Mastermind von Sydney, wird bedroht. Er ›bittet‹ Detective Frank Bennett, den Kollegen seiner Tochter Eden, um diskrete Hilfe, denn die Spuren könnten tief in das faszinierende, gewaltsatte Vorleben von Hades führen.Gleichzeitig hat Eden, Top-Detective bei der Mordkommission mit dem seltenen Talent, Verbrecher aufzuspüren und zur Strecke zu bringen, einen extrem schwierigen Auftrag: Drei Mädchen sind verschwunden, und die Spur führt sie zu einer verlassenen Farm, auf der sich ein Serienkiller rumtreibt. Sie begibt sich dort undercover in eine Kommune, ein rabenschwarzes, gefährliches Paralleluniversum mit Mördern und Vergewaltigern. Sie muss all ihre erstaunlichen Fähigkeiten einsetzen, um zu überleben. Zudem ist ihre Beziehung zu ihrem Partner Bennett kompliziert, beide sind traumatisiert, und dass Bennett gerade auf Alkohol und Drogen ist, macht die Sache nicht einfacher. Aber die beiden sind auf Gedeih und Verderb aufeinander angewiesen. Eden ist ein düsterer, vielschichtiger Roman voller Geheimnisse. Wild, hart und ganz und gar ungewöhnlich.

      • Poetry
        July 1904

        Paradise Lost

        by John Milton

        Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men".

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        May 1996

        The Church of John F. Kennedy

        Roman

        by Thomas Meinecke

        Auf der Suche nach den transatlantischen Luftwurzeln der europäischen - und vor allem auch: der deutschen - Kultur in Amerika bewahrheitet sich dem Reisenden Wenzel Assmann die These, daß die USA zwar imstande sind, die ganze Welt über den Einheitskamm ihres »Way of Life« zu scheren, daß sie nach innen jedoch eine bis heute äußerst heterogene Kulturlandschaft voller weißer Flecken und schwarzer Löcher aufweisen. Jene Kadenzen, die von den einzelnen ethnischen Gruppierungen der Salatschüssel U.S.A. auf die europäische Nationalstaatlichkeit, der sie einst entflohen sind, angestimmt werden, erscheinen dabei als nach wie vor utopischer Vielklang, der in krassem Gegensatz zu den engstirnigen Bestrebungen des während seines sogenannten Einigungsprozesses in lärmende National- und wütende Kleinstaaterei zerfallenden Europas steht.

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        June 2005

        John F. Kennedy

        Ein unvollendetes Leben

        by Dallek, Robert

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        August 2018

        Ethical Tensions from New Technology

        The Case of Agricultural Biotechnology

        by Harvey S. James, Jr., Philipp Aerni, Rachel A. Ankeny, Bartosz Bartkowski, Heather J. Bray, Bradley Martin Jones, Deepthi E. Kolady, Jane Kolodinsky, Katie M. MacDonald, Kelly A. McKinley, Desmond Ng, Frauke Pirscher, Roberto Quiroz, Dane Scott, Shivendra Kumar Srivastava, Debra M. Strauss, Insa Theesfeld, Johannes Timaeus, Corrine Valdivia, Duane Windsor

        The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups. While ethical tensions resulting from the genetic modification of crops and plants and their supportive gene technologies have been apparent for decades, persistent challenges remain. This book explores the contemporary nature, type, extent and implications of ethical tensions resulting from agricultural biotechnology specifically and technology generally. There are four main arenas of ethical tensions: public opinion, policy and regulation, technology as solutions to problems, and older versus new technologies. Contributions focus on one or more of these arenas by identifying the ethical tensions technology creates and articulating emerging fault lines and, where possible, viable solutions. Key features include: Focusing on contemporary challenges created by new and emerging technologies, especially agricultural biotechnology. Identifying a unique perspective by considering the problem of ethical tensions created or enhanced by new technologies. Providing an interdisciplinary perspective by including perspectives from sociologists, economists, philosophers and other social scientists. This book will be of interest to academics in agricultural economics, sociology and philosophy and policymakers concerned with introducing new technology into agriculture.

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        January 1993

        John F. Kennedy - Wilde Jugend

        Leben und Tod eines amerikanischen Präsidenten. Band I

        by Hamilton, Nigel / Englisch Brumm, Walter

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        Fiction

        Walker

        by J.J. Rose

        During a Covid lockdown, “Walker. I”, an apparently normal man, mid-fifties, decides to become insane. He is unsure about what this means or even why he feels the need to do this. But, it is driven by his need to connect, emphasized by Covid isolation.  And, perhaps his relationship with “the author” has something to do with it.  He starts to walk. Somewhere. On his journey, we meet many people, both of Walker’s contemporary time and place and of others. Each is able to inform the protagonist’s narrative and his attempts to unravel the points of connection that exist between humans, other living beings and inanimate objects.   An important aspect of Walker’s mindset is what he calls his “Theory of Atomic Memory.” This idea draws broadly from the quantum theory concept of valency, the mysterious interconnectivity of the atoms from which all matter is built, including, of course, all living things, and the fact that atoms, depending on their type, can “live” long lives, perhaps many billions of years. Do they hold a memory of those lives, carrying them into other lives?  His progression into, and the evolution of, his theory provides not only a means of tracking Walker’s narrative, but is also channeled through his connections with the people he ‘meets’ both physically and along the invisible pathways of covalency.  The setting is during the COVID-19 shutdown, in Australia, over a 24 hour period. The narrative goes around the world, however, and crosses time and location.   The narrative, as much metaphysical as physical, moves with Walker as he himself undertakes his exploration.  The narrative structure is overlaid with an unsolved nineteenth century murder, which connects the dots and provides a thriller tone.  The structure is designed so that Walker’s ‘real time’ story, mapped out over a single day, is linked to the stories of those to whom, as we discover, he is ethereally – atomically - connected.  Connections are subtly, and sometimes unknowingly (to Walker) made, pulling Walker into contact with other lives and experiences beyond the constraints of his own time and place, including side journeys into Gnosticism, philosophy and quantum science.  The conclusion reaches a point where his thoughts become coherent and meaningful, perhaps giving him the missing sense of himself and a place he can call “home” for the first time.  He reaches a very sane outcome: we are all just trying to find our way home.  The novel explores themes such as connection, memory and identity and traces the inner narratives that compete to tell the stories of our respective lives, even as we live them.  The MS is currently at third draft stage, approx., 50,000 words.

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        Film, TV & radio
        July 2013

        Troy Kennedy Martin

        by Lez Cooke

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        February 2007

        Jackie Kennedy Onassis

        Ein leidenschaftliches Leben

        by Bradford, Sarah / Übersetzt von Dudas, Petra

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        1989

        Ich tötete Kennedy

        Eindrücke, Beobachtungen und Erinnerungen eines Leibwächters

        by Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel

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