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The Publishing House and its History Established in St. Petersburg in 1792, today Gerstenberg is one of Germany’s oldest publishing houses. A family business, the publishing house moved to new headquarters in Hildesheim in 1796 and to this day occupies the same address in the old city marketplace as it did then. The most important branch of the publishing business, however, was the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, which, incidentally, is the oldest daily newspaper still in existence in Germany. Today, the name of Gerstenberg is synonymous with delightful, innovative books of aesthetic design and high-quality content for children and young adults that compete very successfully also on the international market. An adult range comprising illustrated books, non-fiction and cookery books also forms part of the Gerstenberg portfolio. Program Gerstenberg publishes board picture books, picture books, children’s and young adult narrative literature and non-fiction. With Eric Carle’s »The Very Hungry Caterpillar« (»Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt«) and Rotraut Susanne Berner’s ›discovery picture books‹ (›Wimmelbücher‹), Gerstenberg became one of the best-known children’s book publishers. In 1999, the anthology of poetry »Dunkel war’s, der Mond schien helle«, came out as the first in Gerstenberg’s series of household compendiums, a segment that has since developed into a main pillar of the program. The publishing house has brought out some highly respected developments of its own in the children’s knowledge-book series ›Abenteuer! Maja Nielsen erzählt‹.
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The fifteen groundbreaking essays contained in this book address the concept of adaptation in relation to horror cinema. Adaptation is not only a key cultural practice and strategy for filmmakers, but it is also a theme of major importance within horror cinema as a hole. The history of the genre is full of adaptations that have drawn from fiction or folklore, or that have assumed the shape of remakes of pre-existing films. The horror genre itself also abounds with its own myriad transformations and transmutations. The essays within this volume engage with an impressive range of horror texts, from the earliest silent horror films by Thomas Edison and Jean Epstein through to important contemporary phenomena, such as the western appropriation of Japanese horror motifs. Classic works by Alfred Hitchcock, David Cronenberg and Abel Ferrara receive cutting-edge re-examination, as do unjustly neglected works by Mario Bava, Guillermo del Toro and Stan Brakhage.
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El castigo sin venganza (1631) is Lope de Vega's greatest tragedy. The play dramatises the story of the adulterous relationship between the beautiful Casandra, Duchess of Ferrara, and her step-son, Federico, and the reaction of her husband, the Duke, himself a flawed and ambiguous figure. The dramatist, at the height of his powers, re-works an earlier Italian short story to explore the complexities of human desire and the grim consequences of giving in to temptation. Aimed principally at undergraduates who are new to Spanish Golden Age drama, this edition includes a substantial commentary on the text, explanatory footnotes and a selected vocabulary. The introduction sets the play in its contexts - historical and dramatic - and focuses too on elements of the genre with which new readers might be unfamiliar: performance norms, the poetry of the play and the linguistic differences in Golden Age Spanish. It is informed by up-to-date scholarship on the play from Spain and the Anglophone world. ;
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The fifteen groundbreaking essays contained in this book address the concept of adaptation in relation to horror cinema. Adaptation is not only a key cultural practice and strategy for filmmakers, but it is also a theme of major importance within horror cinema as a hole. The history of the genre is full of adaptations that have drawn from fiction or folklore, or that have assumed the shape of remakes of pre-existing films. The horror genre itself also abounds with its own myriad transformations and transmutations. The essays within this volume engage with an impressive range of horror texts, from the earliest silent horror films by Thomas Edison and Jean Epstein through to important contemporary phenomena, such as the western appropriation of Japanese horror motifs. Classic works by Alfred Hitchcock, David Cronenberg and Abel Ferrara receive cutting-edge re-examination, as do unjustly neglected works by Mario Bava, Guillermo del Toro and Stan Brakhage.
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Mit ihren Erinnerungen an die unbeschwerten Tage der Jugend und ihrer Leidenschaft für klassische Literatur lebt Alma lieber in der Vergangenheit als in der Gegenwart. Als ihre Tochter Antonia schwanger ist, weiht sie sie ein in ein wohl gehütetes Familiengeheimnis: das spurlose Verschwinden ihres Bruders. Antonia beschließt, nach Ferrara zu reisen und sich auf eine Suche zu machen, für die ihre Mutter nie genug Kraft hatte. Doch bei ihren Streifzügen durch die mysteriös anmutende Stadt, die mit ihren mittelalterlichen Gemäuern und den schmalen Gassen die perfekte Kulisse für Heimlichkeiten und Gerüchte bietet, kommt Antonia nicht nur der Geschichte ihrer verschlossenen Mutter und dem Verschwinden ihres Onkels auf die Spur, sondern enthüllt auch eine familiäre Tragödie, die sehr viel weiter reicht, als sie jemals hätte ahnen können. So glücklich wir waren erzählt ebenso fesselnd wie ergreifend von lebenslanger Reue und der fragilen Nähe zwischen Müttern und Töchtern. In ihrem aufwühlenden Roman stellt Daria Bignardi die alles entscheidende Frage, wie genau wir die Menschen kennen, die uns am nächsten stehen.
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Mit ihren Erinnerungen an die unbeschwerten Tage der Jugend und ihrer Leidenschaft für klassische Literatur lebt Alma lieber in der Vergangenheit als in der Gegenwart. Als ihre Tochter Antonia schwanger ist, weiht sie sie ein in ein wohl gehütetes Familiengeheimnis: das spurlose Verschwinden ihres Bruders. Antonia beschließt, nach Ferrara zu reisen und sich auf eine Suche zu machen, für die ihre Mutter nie genug Kraft hatte. Doch bei ihren Streifzügen durch die mysteriös anmutende Stadt, die mit ihren mittelalterlichen Gemäuern und den schmalen Gassen die perfekte Kulisse für Heimlichkeiten und Gerüchte bietet, kommt Antonia nicht nur der Geschichte ihrer verschlossenen Mutter und dem Verschwinden ihres Onkels auf die Spur, sondern enthüllt auch eine familiäre Tragödie, die sehr viel weiter reicht, als sie jemals hätte ahnen können. So glücklich wir waren erzählt ebenso fesselnd wie ergreifend von lebenslanger Reue und der fragilen Nähe zwischen Müttern und Töchtern. In ihrem aufwühlenden Roman stellt Daria Bignardi die alles entscheidende Frage, wie genau wir die Menschen kennen, die uns am nächsten stehen.
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Lulu Lamartine steckt eines Tages das Fahndungsfoto ihres Sohnes Gerry in einen Bilderrahmen und schickt es ihrem Enkel Lipsha Morrisey, der sich in Fargo herumtreibt. Er soll nicht enden wie sein Vater, sondern nach Hause zurückkehren, ins Reservat der Chippewas. Dort hat Lipshas Onkel das Sagen. Ein reicher Unternehmer, der nicht davor zurückschreckt, auf heiligem Boden, am Ufer des Sees Matchimanito, ein großes Kasino zu errichten, den Bingo-Palast. In Lipsha findet er einen Partner, der seine Leidenschaft für große Geschäfte teilt – und für Shawnee Ray Toose, deren Hochzeit mit dem Onkel erst verschoben, dann abgesagt wird.
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English folk-rock, a former progressive rock music style, remains a stimulus for further change in folk music and has enabled English folk-rock to become regarded as popular music by a new audience with diverse musical tastes. From musicological and historical perspectives, this book maintains that folk music performance continues to be influenced by rock and other popular music styles. From a cultural studies perspective, this book also demonstrates how the popularity of folk music presented at world music festivals has stimulated significant growth in folk music audiences since the mid-1990s and consequently the UK is experiencing a new phase of revivalism - the third folk revival. The book contains contributions from Martin Carthy (The Imagined Village), Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention), Ashley Hutchings (The Albion Band), Gerry Conway (Fairport Convention) and Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span). ;
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Where do we go when Nowhere is the only destination left? Kerrybrook is Jana‘s favourite virtual escape. An idyllic fishing village with beautiful nature and, every now and then, a breeze of fresh air from the nearby sea. Jana, is this world‘s designer and person in power, she’s satisfied with her masterpiece. Best job so far. Until one day, a dead body is found, in both, ’Virtual Reality‘ and the real world. In times of climate change, VR is the only safe place for humankind. That‘s why Jana needs to solve the crime, she’s responsible for stopping the destruction. • CliFi Thriller (Climate Fiction): Climate change & virtual reality • For fans of Black Mirror (Netflix) • All age readers • Strong, female protagonist • Highly relevant topic WHITE RAVENS recommendation (2021): "In the not too distant future, the world is an inhospitable place: droughts, storms, floods. That’s why world designers construct »alternative realities«, such as landscapes populated by dinosaurs, life at court in the Middle Ages, and surfing and chilling out on a beach. People can switch between these worlds at will and, when they die there, they are not truly dead; instead, they merely return to the »real world« – same as at night when they sleep. Then they are reunited with their body, which is lying inside a capsule. In »Cryptos«, Ursula Poznanski pulls out all the stops of storytelling: She embeds numerous references to human and intellectual history in an action-packed and extremely suspenseful thriller plot. In the process, she raises central existential and ontological questions that result from the interplay between the real and the virtual worlds. This complex dystopian novel is narrated in such an enjoyable way that readers will hardly notice their brains going into overdrive as they devour it."
Behind the scenes at Scottish League One side, Ayr United - in the manager's office, on the team bus and into the dressing rooms of every club they visit. Player pranks, dressing-room bust-ups, flaring tempers and flying missiles encapsulate the range of emotions as the lads aim for promotion. Team talks, motivational speeches and post-mortems are all part of the matchday experience in a rollercoaster season. Illegal betting charges against striker Michael Moffat and the outrageous behaviour of kit man Alan Kerr are just two of the season's sideshows - while manager Mark Roberts provides a wonderful insight into the loneliest job in football. Tension mounts as the business end of the season approaches. Will the Honest Men pull it off and experience the glory that comes with promotion? Or will the campaign end in failure, consigning the club to yet another season in the lower reaches of Scottish football?
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