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        Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing is the children’s division of the largest independent publisher in Australia.

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      • Trusted Partner
        October 2016

        Louise sucht das Weite

        Wie ich loszog, Cowboy zu werden, und zu mir selbst fand

        by Jacobs, Louise

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        August 1985

        Kiss Daddy Goodnight

        Aussprache über Inzest

        by Louise Armstrong, Helga Herborth, Alice Miller

        Louise Armstrong, als Kind selbst Opfer sexueller Mißhandlungen, hat Gespräche mit fast 200 Frauen geführt, die ebenfalls im Kindesalter sexuell mißbraucht worden waren. Im vorliegenden Buch sind die Erfahrungen von 16 dieser Frauen und der Autorin selbst dargestellt. Dabei wird deutlich, was es mit den vielen Mythen um das wohlbehütete Geheimnis des Inzests in Wahrheit auf sich hat. Mythos: Inzest ist »tabu«. – Verschiedenen Schätzungen zufolge sind in Amerika mehr als 120 Millionen Frauen im Kindesalter sexuell mißbraucht worden. Kein anderes Tabu ist mit soviel Gewalt verbunden wie dieses. Louise Armstrong kommt zu dem Schluß, daß in Wahrheit nicht der Inzest das Tabu ist, sondern das »Sprechen« über den Inzest. Mythos: Bei den Mädchen handelt es sich um »verführerische« Jugendliche. – Tatsächlich waren die meisten Frauen, mit denen Louise Armstrong gesprochen hat, gerade drei, vier, fünf oder sechs Jahre alt, als der Mißbrauch begann. Mythos: Die Mädchen »laden dazu ein« und genießen es. – Die Berichte der Frauen zeigen, daß sie schreckliche Angst hatten und in extreme Verwirrung gestürzt wurden. Mythos: Die Mütter wissen es immer; oder sie glauben den Mädchen niemals. – Tatsächlich wissen die Mütter es oft, verschweigen es aber aus Angst vor den sozialen Folgen.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2021

        Passing into the present

        Contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing

        by Sinead Moynihan

        This book is the first full-length study of contemporary American fiction of passing. Its takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990s in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction. The book accounts for the return of tropes of passing in fiction by Phillip Roth, Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich, Danzy Senna, Jeffrey Eugenides and Paul Beatty, by arguing meta-critical and meta-fictional tool. These writers are attracted to the trope of passing because passing narratives have always foregrounded the notion of textuality in relation to the (il)legibility of "black" subjects passing as white. The central argument of this book, then, is that contemporary narratives of passing are concerned with articulating and unpacking an analogy between passing and authorship. The title promises to inaugurate dialogue on the relationships between passing, postmodernism and authorship in contemporary American fiction.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2020

        The end of the small party?

        Change UK and the challenges of parliamentary politics

        by Louise Thompson

        For a brief moment in 2019 Britain's politics looked like it might be transformed. Just when it seemed that the divisions within and across British political parties over Brexit could not get any more intense, 7 Labour and 3 Conservative MPs broke away to form The Independent Group (TIG) - later Change UK. This is the first book to explore the meteoric lifespan of that party, within the wider context of the experiences of other small political groupings in the House of Commons. Ultimately, it shows why the party failed and disbanded after just a few months. Timely and thoroughly researched, Louise Thompson's book takes us deep inside the struggles facing MPs who leave behind the comforts of the large political parties. Drawing on interviews with current and former politicians, it explores the practicalities of being a small party MP in the Commons. What challenges face you? Who can you turn to? And just how can you make an impact? Crisply written for the non-specialist reader, this fascinating book opens a window onto the perilous world of parliamentary politics.

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        Children's & YA
        July 2022

        Das Buch der Seelen

        by Mechthild Gläser

        The Book of Souls A "Dorian Gray" story about the power of imagesFor generations, Elsie's family has owned a photography studio. Elsie loves the old cameras and the historic photographs; she is particularly taken with the portrait of the young lord Aidan Storm. Every now and then, she even tells the picture about her worries. What she doesn't know is that he can actually hear her. When Aidan's photo disappears from the album one day, Elsie is inconsolable. But then the young lord suddenly reappears. On Instagram, of all places - and then she meets him in real life.Aidan Storm was born in 1873 and there is a centuries-old curse on his family. With every newborn, a new ghost is born into the world. Aidan sets out to break the curse and recapture the spirits, using the new technology of photography to help him. Until Aidan himself gets captured in a photo that is found 120 years later by John's great-great-granddaughter Elsie. But who has summoned Aidan and the other ghosts that suddenly haunt modern Edinburgh back to reality? And why?Told in two time levels, the story alternates between the perspective of Elsie in modern-day Edinburgh and Aidan at the end of the 19th century. Like in Emma and the Forgotten Book, Mechthild Gläser takes inspiration from a 19th-century classic and brings the portrait of a young man quickly to life, in a modern-day story about the power of images. • Urban fantasy story combined with a tender, humorous love story• The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children• Set in picturesque Edinburgh • By internationally successful Mechthild Gläser (SERAPH Fantasy Award), who has been published in 14 languages

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        Diets & dieting
        October 2008

        Nutrition Promotion

        Theories and methods, Systems and Settings

        by Tony Worsley

        With the media highlighting the growing obesity epidemic in western society, dieticians, nutritionists, and other health professionals increasingly have to promote healthy eating to the general public. Although nutrition education has been established for decades, health promotion and media communication are now part of the toolkit needed to solve wide ranging nutritional issues that cause major health problems. Nutrition Promotion sets nutrition education firmly in a public health context and provides practical applications in a variety of settings and age groups. It draws on international research and theory, and includes international case studies and examples.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2019

        Bess of Hardwick

        by Lisa Hopkins

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2000

        Contemporary British poetry and the city

        by Peter Barry, Kim Latham

        Though poets have always written about cities, the commonest critical categories (pastoral poetry, nature poetry, Romantic poetry, Georgian poetry, etc.) have usually stressed the rural, so that poetry can seem irrelevant to a predominantly urban populati. Explores a range of contemporary poets who visit the 'mean streets' of the contemporary urban scene, seeking the often cacophonous music of what happens here. Poets discussed include: Ken Smith, Iain Sinclair, Roy Fisher, Edwin Morgan, Sean O'Brien, Ciaran Carson, Peter Reading, Matt Simpson, Douglas Houston, Deryn Rees-Jones, Denise Riley, Ken Edwards, Levi Tafari, Aidan Hun, and Robert Hampson. Approaches contemporary poetry within a broad spectrum of personal, social, literary, and cultural concerns. Includes 'loco-specific' chapters, on cities including Hull, Liverpool, London, and Birmingham, with an additional chapter on 'post-industrial' cities such as Belfast, Glasgow and Dundee. ;

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        January 2011

        Spuren

        Roman

        by Louise Erdrich, Barbara Bechtolsheim, Helga Pfetsch

        Argus, North Dakota zwischen 1912 und 1924. Die Pillagers, Kashpaws, Lazarres, Nachkommen der Chippewa-Indianer, versuchen zu verteidigen, was ihnen an Land noch geblieben ist. Zu lange haben sie zugeschaut, wie die Regierung ihnen den Boden schrittweise unter den Füßen weggezogen hat. Was übrig bleibt sind Spielsucht, Alkohol, Heimatlosigkeit und Tod. „Unser Sterben begann vor dem Schneefall, und wie der Schnee fielen wir immer weiter. Es war erstaunlich, dass noch so viele übrig waren zum Sterben.“ Eine, die es überlebt hat, ist die schöne, zaubermächtige Fleur Pillager, von den Männern geliebt, von den Frauen eifersüchtig verfolgt. Ob ihre Kräfte reichen, um den Wald, Ort der Lebenden und der Toten, vor der Rodung zu bewahren? Wie schon in "Liebeszauber" und "Die Rübenkönigin": Louise Erdrich entfaltet ein vielstimmiges Generationenporträt und erzählt vom Wandel der Zeit in Argus, North Dakota. »So kann, so muß es gewesen sein, als eine fremde, magische Welt zugrunde ging.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung »Die interessanteste amerikanische Erzählerin seit langem.« Philip Roth

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        March 2006

        Die Welt wird niemals enden

        Geschichten der Dakota

        by Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Michael Schlottner, Michael Schlottner

        Mary Louise Defender Wilson wurde 1930 geboren im Klan der »Tiefgezogenen Mützen« (der seinen Namen von einem Ahnen ableitet, dem Blitze aus den Augen sprangen. Deshalb habe er sie mit einer tief ins Gesicht gezogenen Kopfbedeckung verborgen). Durch ihre Mutter gehört Wagmuhawin, wie ihr indianischer Name lautet, zu den Dakota. Sie lebt auf der Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, ist offizielle Sprecherin der Dakota-Indianer und wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet. Michael Schlottner, geboren 1956, ist Ethnologe und arbeitet in mehreren Forschungsprojekten an der Universität Frankfurt. Seit 1987 beteiligt an Feldforschungen in den USA, Kanada und Ghana. Michael Schlottner, geboren 1956, ist Ethnologe und arbeitet in mehreren Forschungsprojekten an der Universität Frankfurt. Seit 1987 beteiligt an Feldforschungen in den USA, Kanada und Ghana.

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        Colonialism & imperialism
        January 2015

        An Anglican British world

        by Joseph Hardwick

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        1978

        Ende und neues Beginnen.

        Das Haus am Eaton Place, 6. Folge.

        by Hardwick, Michael

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        1977

        Dornen im Siegerkranz.

        Das Haus am Eaton Place, 5. Folge.

        by Hardwick, Michael

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2021

        Prayer, providence and empire

        by Joseph Hardwick

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        1973

        Die Posaune wird erschallen.

        "Cargo"-Kulte in Melanesien.

        by Peter Worsley, Monika Kind

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2020

        Bog bodies

        Face to face with the past

        by Melanie Giles

        The 'bog bodies' of north-western Europe have captured the imaginations of poets and archaeologists alike, allowing us to come face-to-face with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation permits us to examine minute details of their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly on our own mortality. But, as this book argues, the bodies must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change. Reinterpreting the latest continental research and new discoveries, and featuring a ground-breaking 'cold case' forensic study of Worsley Man, Manchester Museum's 'bog head', it brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. The book also argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but also philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if - and how - they should be displayed.

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        Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
        July 2012

        Louise Erdrich

        by David Stirrup

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