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GemmaMedia publishes cultural memoirs for young people and adults, literary fiction, and current affairs content with diversity at its heart.The Gemma Open Door for Literacy imprint offers engaging,unabridged works exploring sophisticated topics in simple language. High-interest, low-reading leveloriginalstories come from best-selling authors and important new voices. Named for the brightest star in the Northern Crown, Gemma explores the brilliance of our shared and diverse experience.
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June 2008Mrs. Fox will wieder heim
Wie ich die Amerikaner verstehen und die Deutschen lieben lernte
by Fox, Sabrina
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June 2018Mia, Leo und Fox. Drei Freunde auf heißer Spur
Der Bücherbär. Mein Abc-Lesestart. 1. Klasse
by Nahrgang, Frauke
Mia, Leo und ihr Hund Fox gehen spazieren. Plötzlich wird Leo von einem Mann umgerannt. Der treue Fox zerreißt dem Grobian die Hose. Das gibt bestimmt Ärger! Aber der Mann rennt einfach weiter. Wie seltsam. Als die Kinder dann noch ein hübsches Glitzerding am Straßenrand finden und erfahren, woher es stammt, wissen sie, was zu tun ist. Gemeinsam mit der Polizei suchen sie den Juwelendieb. Was für ein Abenteuer!
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2017Shustryk (The Spry Fox)
by Knyazevich Maryana
Mother Fox always warned little Shustryk: "Never, never leave the home alone, because in the forest, and especially beyond the forest, where the two-legged live, it is full of dangers..." But can a little fox, who was called Shustryk, sit at home when there is such beauty around? Inquisitive Shustrik, trying to give his mother a pleasant surprise, gets into a big trouble.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2019When I Was a Fox
by Tanya Postavna (Author), Mariya Foya (Illustrator)
Dive in to the magical world of childhood. A little girl with hair as red as those of a fox is growing up in an atmosphere of love under the care of her grandparents. In the book she tells about her daily witty adventures, her most cherished dreams, and the unbelievable miracles that happen to her. The book is about building bridges between children and adults and about the rapid changes in life. The fox represents the love of life, the belief that every day is a true miracle. When I Was A Fox is an important book about the perception of the world that could be read and discussed by all family members. From 6 to 9 years, 5414 words Rightsholders: n.miroshnyk@vivat.factor.ua
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2024The Legacy of John Polidori
The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny
by Sam George, Bill Hughes
John Polidori's novella The Vampyre (1819) is perhaps 'the most influential horror story of all time' (Frayling). Polidori's story transformed the shambling, mindless monster of folklore into a sophisticated, seductive aristocrat that stalked London society rather than being confined to the hinterlands of Eastern Europe. Polidori's Lord Ruthven was thus the ancestor of the vampire as we know it. This collection explores the genesis of Polidori's vampire. It then tracks his bloodsucking progeny across the centuries and maps his disquieting legacy. Texts discussed range from the Romantic period, including the fascinating and little-known The Black Vampyre (1819), through the melodramatic vampire theatricals in the 1820s, to contemporary vampire film, paranormal romance, and science fiction. They emphasise the background of colonial revolution and racial oppression in the early nineteenth century and the cultural shifts of postmodernity.
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PsychologyA Fox in Your Mind
A Book for Children with Social Anxiety
by Joan Schaaf, Wiebke Andersen, Meera Roth, Marie-Luise Salzmann
Lea sometimes is afraid to talk to other children and adults or speak in front of the class. She prefers to run to her toy kangaroo Pocci rather than face frightening situations. If Lea avoids her fears, she turns into a fox, which makes everything worse. She is not the courageous and cheerful girl she would like to be. But luckily Pocci can help her, and together they thoroughly straighten up Lea’s thoughts and free her from her fears. The aim of this book is to make it easier for affected children to understand their fears. They are taught that they are not alone and how to overcome their fears. The book provides parents, siblings, and therapists with important information about emotional isorders as well as practical tasks and exercises. For: • children of primary school age (between 6 and 12 years) who suffer from social anxiety • parents, relatives• therapists
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May 2015Abschied von Vater und Mutter
by Josef Winkler
Abschied von Vater und Mutter vereinigt die beiden Requiemtexte Roppongi – Requiem für einen Vater (2007) und Mutter und der Bleistift (2013). Als Josef Winkler sich im Jahre 2004 eine Zeitlang in Tokio im Stadtteil Roppongi aufhält, ereilt ihn die Nachricht vom Tod seines fast hundertjährigen Vaters. Noch ein Jahr zuvor hatte der Alte ihn beschworen, seinem Begräbnis fernzubleiben, weil der Sohn nicht müde geworden war, den seligen Frieden seines Kärntner Heimatdorfes mit seiner Schreibhand zu durchkreuzen. Eine Zeit danach erscheint die Erinnerungsgeschichte Roppongi – Requiem für einen Vater, die den Leser an Schauplätze in Japan, Kärnten und Indien führt. Das Requiem für Josef Winklers im Jahre 2011 verstorbene Mutter Mutter und der Bleistift, in dem die Mutter ihren am Küchentisch kritzelnden linkshändigen Sohn immer wieder auffordert, den Bleistift in die rechte Hand zu nehmen, entsteht in Südfrankreich, Indien und Kiew. „Reisen, um heimatlos zu werden“, heißt es bei Henri Michaux. Nach dem Tod von Vater und Mutter ist der Linkshänder, der mit der rechten Hand schreiben gelernt hat, seine Heimat losgeworden.
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Children's & YAJune 2016Fox Spirit Qing Feng
by Cai Gao
An ancient scholar surnamed Geng fell in love with a girl named Qing Feng, but he was blocked by Qing Feng’s father. Several months later, he met Qing Feng again by an occasional chance and learned that she was a fox spirit. But this man didn’t mind, he not only married Qing Feng but also saved her father. At last they lived happily together.
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 1999Volpone, or The Fox
Ben Johnson
by David Bevington, Brian Parker, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
This is the most thoroughly investigated edition of Volpone to date, based on a wider collation of the 1607 quarto and 1616 folio versions than was previously possible. It calls into question several accepted textual conclusions. The introduction sets Volpone in the context of Jonson's career at the time of writing and introduces new material on its relation to the Reynard beast epic and the commedia dell' arte. Ambiguities in the play are discussed with reference to two Renaissance perversions of the myth of the Golden Age. Particular attention is paid to the rhythmic effects of the play in performance, especially interweavings of the main plot and subplot. Fresh suggestions are made about the play's opening and its controversial conclusion in the light of experiments that have been made in performance since Volpone 's stage revival in 1921. The modernized text is accompanied by full commentary, notes and illustrations. The appendices include a discussion by John Cutts of the original music, passages translated from the original sources and analogues, and a full record of the play's modern stage history, its many adaptations, and its transformations into opera, musical comedy, film and television. ;
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Children's & YAMagic Owls in Featherland (1). Athenaria's Secret
by Ina Brandt/Irene Mohr
Flora is very excited: together with her magic owl Goldwing, she is to be part of a new team. The owl rulers of the Magical Kingdom have summoned them to Featherland, a hidden place in a mysterious monastery. There they meet the snowy owl Nordis, the spectacled owl Claro and, of course, Jona, who always tries to compete with Flora. How will they ever manage to make a team? It’s not long before they are given their first job: during the night of the next full moon they must help one another to awaken the magic of Featherland – and this proves to be more difficult than expected. Because suddenly Claro disappears from the face of the earth. And without him, no magic can ever succeed…
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Children's & YAThe Candy Guild (1). The Magic Pact
by Tanja Voosen/ Viktoria Gavrilenko
The most magical adventure since the discovery of chocolate! Do you believe in magic and miracles? Everyone in the little town of Belony takes magic and miracles for granted – everyone except Elina, who thinks it’s all a load of nonsense. That is, until her nervous neighbour Charlie happens to get hold of a bar of chocolate that has a very strange effect on her. Suddenly Elina is convinced that Charlie has fallen under a spell. Of all people, it’s shy Robin who comes to the girl’s rescue. He is a member of a Candy Guild family – people who have the ability to create magic sweets that will help others. This is how he knows that only the mysterious Candy Guild can lift the curse on Charlie. With a suitcase full of magic sweets, the three of them set out on a dangerous quest. Because not everyone keeps to the pact that magic sweets should only be used to do good… The Candy Guild. The Magic Pact is the first in a new series of magic-fantasy books for children of 9+ - as enchanting as chocolate and as wild as a Christmas cracker!
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2023Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 99/2
by Stephen Mossman, Cordelia Warr
The John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections span five millennia and cover a wide range of subjects, including art and archaeology; economic, social, political, religious and military history; literature, drama and music; science and medicine; theology and philosophy; travel and exploration. For over a century, the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library has published research that complements the Library's special collections. The editors invite the submission of articles in these fields and welcome discussion of in-progress projects.
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November 2019Der Stadtschreiber von Kalkutta
by Josef Winkler
»Am New Market stehen in einem Korb zwei weiße Hähne mit sichelförmigem Schwanz, rotgezackten, durchscheinenden, in die Höhe stehenden Kämmen, die bei jeder Bewegung gummiartig zur Seite kippen. Rundum sind die brennenden Glühbirnen mit Silberpapier ummantelt, damit das Licht konzentriert auf die aufgestapelten Papayas, Mangos und auf die Früchte der Ananas aus Kerala fällt.« So lautet eine der Kapitelüberschriften – und gleich sind wir mittendrin in der Überfülle der Beobachtungen und kleinsten Geschichten, die Josef Winkler notiert hat. Den Indienfahrer hat es diesmal nicht nach Varanasi zu den Einäscherungsstätten am heiligen Ganges, sondern nach Kalkutta verschlagen. Dort nimmt er uns mit auf seine Touren durch die Stadt – immer wieder hinein in das elektrisierende, bunt verwirrende Treiben auf einem großen Lebensmittelmarkt; leuchtendes Indien. Dann auch hier zum Einäscherungsort am heiligen Fluss (dem Hooghli) und schließlich zur herzzerreißenden Opferung vieler kleiner weißer Ziegen. Darunter die Lieblingstiere von Kindern, die diese in Begleitung der Eltern heranführen, damit im finsteren Tempel die Göttin Kali ihr Blut trinken kann; dunkles Indien.
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