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Every story describes a wish that Tyler makes, the steps he takes to obtain it, and the reason why he gladly grants it to a dear one. In "Tyler's Promised Gift" Tyler works hard to obey his mother's commands in anticipation of receiving his promised 'little red car". At his birthday party he offers the car to a younger, sad, and crying guest. In "Tyler's Baby Sister" Tyler tries to get his mother to focus her attention again on him instead of on his baby sister, Tia. Tyler finally realizes that helping his mother to give more care to Tia gave him the most satisfaction. In "Tyler's Acting Practice" Tyler spends hours perfecting his aim when using a slingshot. When he was finally ready to play the part of David in the school play "David and Goliath", he noticed that his friend Joel, who was new to the school this year, was being bullied and excluded from all games because he was missing the net whenever he tried to shoot a basketball. Heroically, Tyler offers the role of David to Joel when he learns that Joel excels at aiming pebbles with his slingshot. His plan to reverse the students' disrespect towards Joel succeeded when everyone in the school auditorium cheered Joel for his perfect aim at the helmet of Goliath. In "Tyler's Lunchbox Treat", Tyler could hardly wait for lunch break to bite into the krispy marshmallow treat his mother had baked for him. When Tyler discovers that the sandwich of his lunch companion was missing, and that he couldn't share his peanut butter sandwich with him because his companion was allergic to peanuts, Tyler gives him his krispy marshmallow square. Tyler always feels like a winner at the end, and not at all a loser. Children and parents are happy to arrive at the ending of each story.
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September 1986Ritual, Tabu und Körpersymbolik
Sozialanthropologische Studien in Industriegesellschaft und Stammeskultur
by Douglas, Mary
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September 1986»Seien Sie nicht zu undankbar, mir zu antworten«. Bernard Shaw – Lord Alfred Douglas. Briefwechsel
by George Bernard Shaw, Lord Alfred Douglas, Mary Hyde, Ursula Michels-Wenz
George Bernard Shaw wurde am 26. Juli 1856 als Sohn eines Beamten in Dublin geboren. 1876 zog er nach London, wo er sich als einer der führenden Musik- und Theaterkritiker etablieren konnte. Shaw betätigte sich auch auf politischer Bühne und wurde u.a. Mitglied der Fabian Society. Seine schriftstellerische Laufbahn begann er mit fünf erfolglosen Romanen, wandte sich dann dem Schreiben von Dramen – darunter vielen Komödien – zu, die sich durch die Verbindung von Ironie, Satire und Kritik an gesellschaftlichen und politischen Mißständen auszeichnen. Shaws Gesamtwerk umfaßt über 60 Dramen. 1925 wurde er mit dem Literaturnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Er starb am 2. November 1950 in Ayot Saint Lawrence.
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Biography & True StoriesNovember 2024Walking in the dark
James Baldwin, my father and I
by Douglas Field
A moving exploration of the life and work of the celebrated American writer, blending biography and memoir with literary criticism. Since James Baldwin's death in 1987, his writing - including The Fire Next Time, one of the manifestoes of the Civil Rights Movement, and Giovanni's Room, a pioneering work of gay fiction - has only grown in relevance. Douglas Field was introduced to Baldwin's essays and novels by his father, who witnessed the writer's debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University in 1965. In Walking in the dark, he embarks on a journey to unravel his life-long fascination and to understand why Baldwin continues to enthral us decades after his death. Tracing Baldwin's footsteps in France, the US and Switzerland, and digging into archives, Field paints an intimate portrait of the writer's life and influence. At the same time, he offers a poignant account of coming to terms with his father's Alzheimer's disease. Interweaving Baldwin's writings on family, illness, memory and place, Walking in the dark is an eloquent testament to the enduring power of great literature to illuminate our paths.
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June 1988Reinheit und Gefährdung
Eine Studie zu Vorstellungen von Verunreinigung und Tabu. Übersetzt von Brigitte Luchesi
by Mary Douglas
»Reinheit und Gefährdung« ist eine der anregendsten und wichtigsten Publikationen der neueren Religionssoziologie und Ethnologie. Anhand anschaulicher Beispiele aus der jüdisch-christlichen Vergangenheit und aus zeitgenössischen außereuropäischen Stammesgesellschaften weist die Autorin nach, daß die Reinheitsrituale und Tabuvorstellungen anderer Völker, die unserer moderner Welt- und Lebensauffassung fremd zu sein scheinen, einen Grundgedanken enthalten, der auch unseren profanen Maßnahmen gegen Schmutz und Unordnung zugrunde liegt: sie sollen die soziale Umgebung organisieren helfen und eine einheitliche, geordnete Erfahrung ermöglichen.
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January 1974
Ritual, Tabu und Körpersymbolik
Sozialanthropologische Studien in Industriegesellschaft und Stammeskultur
by Douglas, Mary / Englisch Bubser, Eberhard
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May 1981
Ritual, Tabu und Körpersymbolik
Sozialanthropologische Studien in Industriegesellschaft und Stammeskultur. Übersetzt von Eberhard Bubser
by Mary Douglas, Eberhard Bubser
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February 2019Staatssicherheit und KSZE-Prozess
MfS zwischen SED und KGB (1972–1989)
by Douglas Selvage
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