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Promoted ContentJanuary 2015
Ein heißer Ritt
Erotische Cowboy-Storys
by Herausgegeben von Devlin, Delilah; Übersetzt von Arnold, Jacqueline
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The Little Owl Witch (2). Full Moon Magic at Midnight
by Katja Alves/ Marta Balmaseda
Exciting new adventures in the Enchanted Forest. The mighty tree witches send out invitations to take part in the great Witch Competition, which is only held once every hundred years. The prize is a superb extra magical power. Just the thing for a young owl witch like Petunia, think the seven litte owls, and so they secretly enter their witch for the competition. There is just one catch: whoever comes last in solving the extremely difficult magic problems must hand over her witch’s broomstick. Oh dear! The trouble is, all the other witches are very old and are real experts in the art of magic… Fortunately, and as always, Petunia can rely on her little owls!
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Trusted PartnerNovember 2011
Spiel's noch einmal
Roman
by Peter Knecht, Esi Edugyan
Hieronymus Falk ist ein junger und außergewöhnlich talentierter Jazztrompeter, der eine goldene Zukunft vor Augen hat. Zusammen mit den »Hot-Time Swingers« spielt er im Berlin der dreißiger Jahre in Kellerbars – heimlich, denn »schwarze Musik« ist nicht erlaubt. Seine Hautfarbe macht es nicht einfacher, die Gefahr, als Kind einer deutschen Mutter und eines afrikanischen Vaters von den Nazis verhaftet zu werden, steigt mit jedem Tag. Als jedoch die schöne Amerikanerin Delilah auftaucht, scheint nicht nur Hieros Traum wahr zu werden: Sie will die Band nach Paris holen – zu keinem Geringeren als Louis Armstrong, um mit ihm eine Schallplatte einzuspielen. Doch die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und reißen alle Beteiligten mit in eine ungewisse Zukunft …
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The Black Steed
by Zhang Chengzhi
This is a collection of works by writer Zhang Chengzhi. The Black Steed, Rivers of the North, and Golden Pastures included in this collection have already been translated into different languages. The Black Steed, through the life experience of a man leaving and returning to the countryside and through a beautiful but sad love story, reflects the choices of the Mongolian nationality in the conflict between old and new concepts and the struggle and outcry of the new generation of the grassland.
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Trusted PartnerBiography & True StoriesFebruary 2024
Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic since 1917
by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg, Alan Rice
Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. The volume introduces new perspectives on the intellectual trajectories of well-known figures and critical activists including C. L. R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell. This biographical approach brings a vivid and distinctive lens to bear on how racialised social and political worlds were negotiated and experienced by these revolutionary figures, and on historic black radical engagements with left political movements, in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
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Trusted PartnerHumanities & Social SciencesAugust 2021
The Red and the Black
The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic
by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was not just a world-historical event in its own right, but also struck powerful blows against racism and imperialism, and so inspired many black radicals internationally. This edited collection explores the implications of the creation of the Soviet Union and the Communist International for black and colonial liberation struggles across the African diaspora. It examines the critical intellectual influence of Marxism and Bolshevism on the current of revolutionary 'black internationalism' and analyses how 'Red October' was viewed within the contested articulations of different struggles against racism and colonialism. Challenging European-centred understandings of the Russian Revolution and the global left, The Red and the Black offers new insights on the relations between Communism, various lefts and anti-colonialisms across the Black Atlantic - including Garveyism and various other strands of Pan-Africanism. The volume makes a major and original intellectual contribution by making the relations between the Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic central to debates on questions relating to racism, resistance and social change.
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Trusted PartnerLiterature & Literary StudiesOctober 1999
The Witch of Edmonton
by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford
by Peter Corbin, David Bevington, Douglas Sedge
The Witch of Edmonton has received considerable attention recently both from scholars and critics interested in witchcraft practices and also from the directors in the theatre. The play, based on a sensational witchcraft trial of 1621, presents Mother Sawyer and her local community in the grip of a witch-mania reflecting popular belief and superstition of the time. This edition offers a thorough reconsideration of the text with a complete transcription of the original pamphlet by Henry Goodcole. This edition will be of particular interest not only to students of Renaissance Drama but also of the cultural history of the seventeenth century.. Open University adopted text (for their new Renaissance Drama module). ;
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Trusted PartnerHumanities & Social SciencesJune 2002
The Scottish witch-hunt in context
by Julian Goodare
A collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft and witch-hunting, which covers the whole period of the Scottish witch-hunt, from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth. Includes studies of particular witchcraft panics such as a reassessment of the role of King James VI. Covers a wide range of topics concerned with Scottish witch-hunting and places it in the context of other topics such as gender relations, folklore, magic and healing, and moral regulation by the church and state. Provides a comparative dimension of witch-hunting beyond Scotland - one on the global context, and one comparing Scotland with England. It is a showcase for the latest thinking on the subject and will be of interest to all scholars studying witchcraft in early modern Europe, as well as the general reader wanting to move beyond shallow and sensational accounts of a subject of compelling in. ;
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Trusted PartnerHumanities & Social SciencesOctober 2024
The Malleus Maleficarum
by Peter Maxwell-Stuart
A shocking glimpse into the mind of a medieval witch hunter. In 1487, the zealous Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Kramer wrote a treatise that would have a remarkable influence on European history. Blaming women for his own lust, and frustrated by official complacency before what he saw as a monstrous spiritual menace, Kramer penned a practical guide to aid law officers in the identification and prosecution of witches. Fusing theology, lurid anecdotes and advice for those engaged in combating sorcery, The Malleus Maleficarum transports the reader into the dark heart of medieval belief - where fear of the supernatural provokes a gripping struggle for understanding and control. Kramer's book led to the burning of numerous innocents and had a lasting impact on the popular image of witchcraft. It remains a sinister symbol of fanaticism and cruelty to this day.
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Trusted PartnerJanuary 1985
Lesebücher über Kulturfiguren und Sozialcharaktere des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts / Femme fatale - Blaustrumpf - Weibchen
Sexualität und Herrschaft
by Herausgegeben von Stein, Gerd
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Trusted PartnerHumanities & Social SciencesJune 2011
Fenians and Ribbonmen
the development of republican politics in East Tyrone, 1898–1918
by Fergal McCluskey
East Tyrone sits at the crossroads of Irish politics. This book commences with the struggle between Belfast's 'Wee Joe' Devlin, the coming man of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and the Irish Republican Brotherhood to gain mastery over the burgeoning Ancient Order of Hibernians and, with it, control of popular nationalist politics in Ulster. It then recounts the fascinating and often violent story of the relationship between local Fenians and Ribbonmen, across a seminal generation in Irish politics. The narrative centres on an established local Fenian tradition and its relationship with Devlinite Hibernianism, from co-operation, to overt confrontation, to a power struggle within the Irish Volunteer movement, to the Fenians' prominent role in Sinn Féin's meteoric rise in the aftermath of the Easter Rising. Fenians and Ribbonmen will be essential reading for those interested in Irish history and politics. ;
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Trusted PartnerPicture storybooksMarch 2017
Tina Tadole
Witch in Training
by Bourke, David
Tina is a different kind of witch, especially being green and all. Going to school has always seen Tina being the odd one out, and she doesn't mind one bit. But, that means choosing her pet isn't quite so easy as her classmates find it. Which magical beast will Tina choose? Tina Tadpole is a hilarious read with lots fun running from beginning to end. Prepare for nose snorting, hair pulling, belly aching, and eye watering laughs! Don't say we didn't warn you...
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Trusted PartnerSeptember 1996
Independence Day - Der Tag, an dem wir zurückschlagen
Der Roman zum Film
by Devlin, Dean; Emmerich, Roland; Molstad, Stephen