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September 2019Conga Line on the Amazon
by David Myles Robinson
David Myles Robinson was eight years old when he first got hooked on travel. Since then, he’s seen most of the world—all its continents plus, he laments, “far too many places where travel is now off-limits.”After a lifetime of visiting near and far, in heat and in cold, in comfort and in danger, Robinson has put it all together now in this unique collection of the varied travel adventures he’s found—and the lessons he’s learned from them. A Fellini-esque view of the Amazon, a Mercedes caravan to Istanbul, Jane Goodall's amazing chimps—just part of a travel trunk full of experiences guaranteed to keep you seesawing from “Boy, I'd love to do that" to “Sure glad it was him, not me.”In Conga Line on the Amazon, Robinson brings to his first travel book the same gift for intriguing narrative and sharp characterization that has won praise for his six highly successful novels. Some of his tales may be for the strong of heart, but they’re all for the reader with a yen to be entertained by one intrepid man’s adventures and misadventures exploring the strange and wonderful world we live in.
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March 2002Prometheus auf seinem Felsen
Zweisprachige Ausgabe
by Ted Hughes, Eva Clemens, Jutta Kaußen, Jutta Kaußen
Zu den Geschichten, die sich als Mythos tief ins menschliche Gedächtnis eingeprägt haben und die immer noch gegenwärtig sind, gehört die von Prometheus: seinen Taten, seinem Leiden, seinem Nicht-sterben-Können. Als Suchbegriff im Internet eingegeben, finden sich unter ›Prometheus‹ weltweit 66.275 Seiten. Durch die Jahrhunderte haben sich vor allem die Künstler dieser Figur immer wieder angenommen – oder war es andersherum? Hat sich Prometheus der Künstler angenommen und ihnen die Möglichkeit gegeben, sich über ihn und seine Geschichte mitzuteilen? Die einundzwanzig Gedichte von Ted Hughes aus Prometheus auf seinem Felsen zeigen den Protagonisten bewegungsunfähig, festgehalten in einer ausweglosen, todesgleichen Situation – bis er verstanden hat, was ihm geschieht, und er das Unausweichliche annimmt. Nun erst kann er sich lösen, ist wiedergeboren und geheilt. In einer englisch-deutschen Ausgabe, mit den Übertragungen von Jutta Kaußen und einem eigens für diesen Band gemalten Bilderzyklus von Eva Clemens, wird der Prometheus des großen englischen Lyrikers, 1973 in einer limitierten und raren Ausgabe erschienen, nun auch dem deutschen Publikum zugänglich.
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Biography & True StoriesJune 2010Alison Uttley: Spinner of Tales
The authorised biography of the creator of Little Grey Rabbit
by Denis Judd
Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig are just two of the inspired characters created by Alison Uttley, loved by millions and still very popular today. But who was the real woman spinning enchanting tales of country life and lore, magic and friendship? Alison Uttley gathered much of the inspiration for her stories from the fond memories of her Derbyshire childhood and her love of the countryside. A talented and prolific writer, she was still producing stories in her late eighties. Yet she was often plagued by self-doubt, and extremely possessive over her close friends, family and work. Tragically, Alison's husband committed suicide before her writing successes. She soon developed a smothering relationship with her only child John, even convincing him to jilt his first fiancée and escape to Scotland - the honeymoon destination. With exclusive and unrestricted access to her personal diaries and private letters, Denis Judd paints an intriguing portrait of one of the most successful, creative and troubled children's authors of modern times. ;
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October 2007Geliebte Jane
Die Geschichte der Jane Austen
by Jon Spence, Ursula Gräfe
Bis heute begeistert Jane Austen die Welt mit ihren Werken, ihrem Witz und ihrer Weisheit. Inspiriert von der Begegnung zwischen der jungen Jane Austen und dem Iren Tom Lefroy, erzählt Geliebte Jane einfühlsam, wie aus einer jungen Lady die berühmte Schriftstellerin Jane Austen wurde.
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February 1988Anne Elliot
by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, Margarete Rauchenberger
Ein Jahr nach ihrem Tod im Jahre 1817 erschien Jane Austens letzter Roman Persuasion. Anne Elliot, die Hauptfigur, wird in einem sozialen Umfeld dargestellt, das auch Jane Austen bekannt war und das in der Beschreibung für ihre übrigen Romane typisch ist.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017
Air power and colonial control
by David Omissi
Air policing was used in many colonial possessions, but its most effective incidence occurred in the crescent of territory from north-eastern Africa, through South-West Arabia, to North West Frontier of India. This book talks about air policing and its role in offering a cheaper means of 'pacification' in the inter-war years. It illuminates the potentialities and limitations of the new aerial technology, and makes important contributions to the history of colonial resistance and its suppression. Air policing was employed in the campaign against Mohammed bin Abdulla Hassan and his Dervish following in Somaliland in early 1920. The book discusses the relationships between air control and the survival of Royal Air Force in Iraq and between air power and indirect imperialism in the Hashemite kingdoms. It discusses Hugh Trenchard's plans to substitute air for naval or coastal forces, and assesses the extent to which barriers of climate and geography continued to limit the exercise of air power. Indigenous responses include being terrified at the mere sight of aircraft to the successful adaptation to air power, which was hardly foreseen by either the opponents or the supporters of air policing. The book examines the ethical debates which were a continuous undercurrent to the stream of argument about repressive air power methods from a political and operational perspective. It compares air policing as practised by other European powers by highlighting the Rif war in Morocco, the Druze revolt in Syria, and Italy's war of reconquest in Libya.
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800September 2007Authorship and authority: the writings of James VI and I
by Jane Rickard
James VI of Scotland and I of England participated in the burgeoning literary culture of the Renaissance, not only as a monarch and patron, but as an author in his own right, publishing extensively in a number of different genres over four decades. As the first monograph devoted to James as an author, this book offers a fresh perspective on his reigns in Scotland and England, and also on the inter-relationship of authorship and authority, literature and politics in the Renaissance. Beginning with the poetry he wrote in Scotland in the 1580s, it moves through a wide range of his writings, including scriptural exegeses, political, social and theological treatises and printed speeches, concluding with his manuscript poetry of the early 1620s. The book combines extensive primary research into the preparation, material form and circulation of these varied writings, with theoretically informed consideration of the relationship between authors, texts and readers. The discussion thus explores James's responses to, and interventions in, a range of literary, political and religious debates, and reveals the development of his aims and concerns as an author.
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July 1986Die Abtei von Northanger
by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, Margarete Rauchenberger
Der satirische Blick auf die gesellschaftlichen Zustände und der parodistische Blick auf den Schauerroman geben diesem frühen Werk der Jane Austen einen besonderen Reiz.
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May 1993Mansfield Park
Roman
by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, Angelika Beck
In der Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die den passenden Partner fürs Leben sucht, nimmt Jane Austen die Verhaltensmuster der Eheschließung aufs Korn, die Vereinnahmung der Frau in der Ehe durch die männlich geprägte Umwelt.
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December 1984
Stolz und Vorurteil
by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, Margarete Rauchenberger, Norbert Kohl
In Stolz und Vorurteil erzählt Jane Austen mit viel Ironie von den Anstrengungen einer Familie, fünf Töchter standesgemäß unter die Haube zu bringen.
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September 1980
Emma
Roman
by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, Charlotte Gräfin Klinckowstroem
Mit der Ehe hat Emma, die Titelheldin in Jane Austens viertem großen Roman, erklärtermaßen nichts im Sinn. Doch andere zu verkuppeln ist geradezu ihr Steckenpferd, das sie bravourös zu beherrschen glaubt. So greift sie in das Leben der 17jährigen Harriet Smith ein, will sie mit dem allseits begehrten Mr. Elton verheiraten und verkennt darüber deren wirkliche Gefühle – sowie ihre eigenen. Emma ist eine satirische »Komödie der Irrungen«, die ein realistisches Bild des englischen Landadels um 1800 zeichnet.
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April 2017Jane Austen über die Liebe
by Jane Austen, Angelika Beck, Margarete Rauchenberger, Felicitas Lovenberg, Felicitas Lovenberg
Jane Austens schönste Gedanken zum größten aller Gefühle, das doch immer ein ewiges und unergründliches Mysterium bleibt: die Liebe. Ausgewählt von Felicitas von Lovenberg. So modern und zeitlos, emanzipiert und klug, gewitzt und humorvoll, unverstellt und mit Raison hat in den letzten 200 Jahren über die Angelegenheiten des Herzens kaum eine geschrieben wie Jane Austen – von prickelnder Erwartung über besinnungslose Verliebtheit und erste Enttäuschung hin zu Eheglück und Ehezwist. Jane Austen wirbt dabei für eine gesunde Mischung von Gefühl, Vernunft, Geld, Schönheit und Geist. Doch bleibt die Liebe stets an erster Stelle. »Einmal im Leben sollte jede das Recht haben, aus Liebe zu heiraten.« Jane Austen
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Business, Economics & LawApril 2017Rural Tourism and Enterprise
Management, Marketing and Sustainability
by Ade Oriade, Peter Robinson
Marketing and management processes across industries can be very similar, but contexts vary where political intervention, public interest and local sustainability are involved. The rural business setting is especially intricate due to the assortment of different business opportunities, ranging from traditional agriculture, to tourism enterprise and even high-tech business. This important new textbook on the subject: - Examines key issues affecting rural enterprise and tourism - Explores the breadth of rural enterprise management and marketing across both developed and developing economies - Discusses strategies for business growth within a rural setting, such as knowledge development, proper planning and innovation - Uses a mix of case studies and theoretical content specifically selected to appeal to both student and practitioner readers Including pedagogical features and full colour throughout, this new textbook provides an engaging and thought-provoking resource for students and practitioners of tourism, rural business and related industries. ; Marketing and management processes are especially intricate for the rural business setting due to the assortment of different business opportunities. This important new textbook examines key issues, discusses strategies for growth and uses a mix of case studies and theoretical content across developed and developing countries. ; Introduction: (Ade Oriade and Peter Robinson) Part 1: Management and marketing rural tourism and enterprise in developed economies 1: Rural enterprise business development: the developed world context (Peter Robinson & Alison Murray) 2: Selling to consumers (Sammy Li, Roya Rahimi & Nikolaos Stylos) 3: Sustainability, CSR and Ethics: Developed economies perspective (Caroline Wiscombe) 4: Community engagement and rural tourism enterprise (Peter Wiltshier) 5: Social enterprise and the rural landscape (Caroline Wiscombe, Liz Heyworth, Sandy Ryder, Lucy Maynard & Charles Dobson) Part 2: Management and marketing rural tourism and enterprise: developing world context 6: The rural business environment in developing economies (Solomon Olorunfemi Olubiyo & Ade Oriade) 7: Marketing and Communications and Rural Business in developing countries (Abiodun Elijah Obayelu & Nikolaos Stylos) 8: Consumers and Rural Tourism in developing Economies (Vivienne Saverimuttu and Maria Estela Varua) 9: Sustainability and Ethics in rural business and tourism in the Developing World (Weng Marc Lim and Sine Heitman) 10: Community engagement, rural institutions and rural tourism business in developing countries (Anahita Malek, Fabio Carbone & Asia Alder) Part 3: Strategies for rural business management and growth 11: Challenges and Strategies for rural business operations in developed and developing Economies (Ade Oriade and Peter Robinson) 12: Developing and Growing Knowledge within rural tourism enterprises (Tony Greenwood and Jo Tate) 13: Collaborate to Innovate: Challenges and Strategies for rural business to innovate (Ainurul Rosli, Jane Chang and Maria L. Granados) 14: Strategies for rural business growth (Crispin Dale, Neil Robinson and Mike Evans) 15: Opportunities for growth: The rural tourism policy and planning perspective (Caroline Wiscombe and Steve Gelder) Conclusion: (Ade Oriade and Peter Robinson)
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Business, Economics & LawApril 2017Rural Tourism and Enterprise
Management, Marketing and Sustainability
by Ade Oriade, Peter Robinson, Sammy Li, Caroline Wiscombe, Peter Wiltshier, Solomon Olorunfemi Olubiyo, Abiodun Elijah Obayelu, Vivienne Saverimuttu, Weng Marc Lim, Sine Heitmann, Anahita Malek, Tony Greenwood, Ainurul Rosli, Crispin Dale, Steve Gelder, Neil Robinson, Michael Evans, Roya Rahimi, Nikolaos Stylos, Elizabeth Heyworth-Thomas, Sandy Ryder, Lucy Maynard, Maria Estela Varua, Fabio Carbone, Asia Alder, Maria Granados, Jane Chang, Charles Dobson
Marketing and management processes across industries can be very similar, but contexts vary where political intervention, public interest and local sustainability are involved. The rural business setting is especially intricate due to the assortment of different business opportunities, ranging from traditional agriculture, to tourism enterprise and even high-tech business. This important new textbook on the subject: - Examines key issues affecting rural enterprise and tourism - Explores the breadth of rural enterprise management and marketing across both developed and developing economies - Discusses strategies for business growth within a rural setting, such as knowledge development, proper planning and innovation - Uses a mix of case studies and theoretical content specifically selected to appeal to both student and practitioner readers Including pedagogical features and full colour throughout, this new textbook provides an engaging and thought-provoking resource for students and practitioners of tourism, rural business and related industries. ; Marketing and management processes are especially intricate for the rural business setting due to the assortment of different business opportunities. This important new textbook examines key issues, discusses strategies for growth and uses a mix of case studies and theoretical content across developed and developing countries. ; Introduction: (Ade Oriade and Peter Robinson)Part 1: Management and marketing rural tourism and enterprise in developed economies1: Rural enterprise business development: the developed world context (Peter Robinson & Alison Murray)2: Selling to consumers (Sammy Li, Roya Rahimi & Nikolaos Stylos)3: Sustainability, CSR and Ethics: Developed economies perspective (Caroline Wiscombe)4: Community engagement and rural tourism enterprise (Peter Wiltshier)5: Social enterprise and the rural landscape (Caroline Wiscombe, Liz Heyworth, Sandy Ryder, Lucy Maynard & Charles Dobson)Part 2: Management and marketing rural tourism and enterprise: developing world context6: The rural business environment in developing economies (Solomon Olorunfemi Olubiyo & Ade Oriade)7: Marketing and Communications and Rural Business in developing countries (Abiodun Elijah Obayelu & Nikolaos Stylos)8: Consumers and Rural Tourism in developing Economies (Vivienne Saverimuttu and Maria Estela Varua)9: Sustainability and Ethics in rural business and tourism in the Developing World (Weng Marc Lim and Sine Heitman)10: Community engagement, rural institutions and rural tourism business in developing countries (Anahita Malek, Fabio Carbone & Asia Alder)Part 3: Strategies for rural business management and growth11: Challenges and Strategies for rural business operations in developed and developing Economies (Ade Oriade and Peter Robinson)12: Developing and Growing Knowledge within rural tourism enterprises (Tony Greenwood and Jo Tate)13: Collaborate to Innovate: Challenges and Strategies for rural business to innovate (Ainurul Rosli, Jane Chang and Maria L. Granados)14: Strategies for rural business growth (Crispin Dale, Neil Robinson and Mike Evans)15: Opportunities for growth: The rural tourism policy and planning perspective (Caroline Wiscombe and Steve Gelder)Conclusion: (Ade Oriade and Peter Robinson)
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February 2008
Liebesgedichte
Englisch und deutsch
by Wystan Hugh Auden, Rüdiger Görner
Wystan Hugh Auden wurde am 21. Februar 1907 in York, England geboren. Er ist vor allem für seine Lyrik bekannt. Nach dem Studium in Oxford verbrachte er einige Zeit in Deutschland, u.a. lebte er mit seinem damaligen Freund Christopher Isherwood einige Monate in Berlin. Auden interessierte sich sehr für das politische Geschehen seiner Zeit und kämpfte im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg. 1935 heiratete er Thomas Manns Tochter Erika, um ihr die Ausreise aus dem nationalsozialistischen Deutschland zu ermöglichen. Er selbst siedelte 1939 in die USA über, nahm später die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft an und lehrte an verschiedenen Universitäten. Neben seiner bekannten und viel zitierten Lyrik verfaßte er auch einige Dramen, Kritiken und Essays, und schrieb Libretti für verschiedene Komponisten, wie Igor Strawinsky, Hans Werner Henze und Nicholas Nabokov. 1948 wurde Auden für Zeitalter der Angst (The Age of Anxiety) von 1947 mit dem Pulitzerpreis gewürdigt. Inspiriert von diesem Werk komponierte Leonard Bernstein seine gleichnamige Sinfonie. W. H. Auden starb am 29. September 1973 in Wien. Rüdiger Görner, geb. 1957, Studium der Germanistik, Geschichte, Anglistik und Philosophie an der Universität Tübingen und am University College, University of London; lebt als Literaturwissenschaftler, Schriftsteller und Kritiker seit 1981 in London. 1997-2004 Professur für German Literature an der Aston University in Birmingham sowie von 1999-2004 Director des Institute of Germanic Studies und Gründer des Ingeborg-Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature, University of London. Seit 2004 Professor für neuere deutsche Literatur und Gründungsdirektor des Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations am Queen Mary College, University of London. Zahlreiche Publikationen zu Literatur und Musik, u.a. zu Thomas Mann, Rilke, Nietzsche und Mozart.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2024Unfit
The COVID-19 crisis and the future of the NHS
by Hugh Pym
Reporting from the front lines of the pandemic, celebrated BBC journalist Hugh Pym takes readers on a gripping journey to the heart of the UK's COVID-19 crisis. He unearths shocking revelations about the failings of the British state and the Whitehall machine, shedding light on the consequences of woeful unpreparedness and misguided policies. This hard-hitting exposé draws on untold stories from the corridors of power, providing an insider's perspective on the drama, personalities and critical decision-making processes. Going beyond individual accounts, it presents a comprehensive assessment of the UK's preparedness, lockdown measures and response strategies. A tale of resilience and devastating consequences, Unfit challenges the very foundations of the UK's response to the pandemic, leaving no stone unturned in its quest for truth. Finally, it looks ahead to ask what is in store for the future of the NHS.
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January 1984Jane Fondas Schwangerschaftsbuch
Ein umfassendes Begleitbuch für Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Rückbildungszeit. Mit einem einfühlsamen Fitnessprogramm zur Kräftigung, Beweglichkeit und Entspannung des Körpers
by Fonda, Jane
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June 2009Mit Jane Austen durch England
by Elsemarie Maletzke, Markus Kirchgessner
Elsemarie Maletzke ist den biographischen und literarischen Spuren Jane Austens durch England gefolgt und entführt uns in die wunderbare Welt der Schriftstellerin und ihrer Romane. Jane Austen reiste gern. Sie erkundete Südengland von Devon bis Kent; sie fuhr nach London, an die See und nach Bath. Was sie sah, gefiel ihr ausgezeichnet, und als gute Patriotin konnte sie sich nicht vorstellen, daß es anderswo schöner sein könnte. Mit ihren Augen und durch ihre Romane sehen wir noch immer die klassischen Straßen von Bath – heute Weltkulturerbe –, das Cottage in Chawton, wo sie schrieb, die Salons, in denen sie tanzte, und die geschwungene Kaimauer von Lyme Regis, von der im Roman Anne Elliot oder die Kunst der Überredung Louisa Musgrove in Kapitän Wentworths Arme springen will und auf dem Pflaster landet.
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