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        April 2015

        Über die Toleranz

        by Voltaire, Laurent Joffrin

        Voltaires 1763 erschienenes Plädoyer für Toleranz zwischen den Religionen war nie so aktuell wie heute. Seit den Anschlägen auf die Redaktion der Satirezeitschrift Charlie Hebdo hat sich seine Kritik des religiösen Fanatismus wie ein Lauffeuer verbreitet, er selbst gilt als zentrales Symbol für die Freiheit des Geistes: Voltaire-Plakate, versehen mit dem Slogan »Je suis Charlie«, sind in ganz Paris zu sehen. Seine Streitschrift Über die Toleranz wird zusammen mit Kugelschreibern und Stiften als Mahnmal auf vielen Straßen Frankreichs platziert und ist zur Schullektüre avanciert. 250 Jahre nach ihrem Erscheinen ist Voltaires Kampfansage an den Fanatismus und den Aberglauben brisanter und dringlicher denn je. Höchste Zeit, sie zu lesen! Mit einem Vorwort von Laurent Joffrin (Chefredakteur "Libération")

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        April 2000

        Yves Saint Laurent

        Die Biographie

        by Rawsthorn, Alice

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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Images, imaginations et imaginaires (Images, imaginations and imaginaries)

        Invention et subversion des identités visuelles en Afrique (Invention and subversion of visual identities in Africa)

        by Jean-Bernard Ouédraogo

        African modernity is the result of original combinations that involve a figurative dimension. Hidden beneath the overt forms of domination, there is an ongoing, subtle war of signs. These symbolic conflicts manifest themselves in the stage of modernity as a means of creating ordinary social bonds. The competitive construction of this public space begins from the early moments of African incorporation into European imaginaries, with military campaigns serving as the realization of this soon-to-be colonizing imagination. Photographic space becomes a part of this silent process of inventing and/or subverting identities, contributing to the marking of social evolution. The photographs are studied here not to showcase exotic postures of indigenous people, characterized as clumsy and innocent, which underlie a certain primitivist aesthetics, but to facilitate a distancing that allows for the observation of the internal dynamics of contemporary African societies. This approach raises significant epistemological issues that challenge the heuristic function of images, imaginations, and imaginaries. Through the medium of images, this book sheds new light on the distinctions, frictions, and strategies of African modernity, which has been the subject of many misinterpretations.

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        Children's & YA
        February 2021

        Ridi Regrets His Mistakes

        by Ismaël Ouédraogo / Akira Junior

        Young Ridi obtained good results in school. As a reward, his parents offered him an invitation to spend  the holiday in the village with his grandma. The days spent in such a rural area were so wonderful, until several events unfolded!

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        March 2022

        When the Giraffe still had Admirers

        How Four Scientists Stumbled Across Their Discoveries

        by Michael Lichtwarck-Aschoff

        In “When The Giraffe Still Had Admirers” we get to know Claude Bernard and Louis Pasteur, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Lichtwarck-Aschoff takes their lives and discoveries – often resulting from serendipity – as the starting point for his stories. The enthralling read makes literature so eloquent, full of wit and powerful that this author is no longer just an insider tip.

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        April 2003

        Die Kriege der Familie Bush

        Die wahren Hintergründe des Irak-Konflikts

        by Laurent, Eric

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        September 2015

        Kiss me at the River!

        Astro-Quickie: Fische

        by Laurent, Aimee

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        May 2011

        Frühlingsstürme

        Erotische Phantasie

        by Laurent, Aimee

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        July 2011

        Wilde Obsession

        Erotischer Roman

        by Laurent, Aimee

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        August 2023

        Hund 51

        by Laurent Gaudé

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        April 2015

        Über die Toleranz

        by Voltaire, Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey

        Voltaires 1763 erschienenes Plädoyer für Toleranz zwischen den Religionen war nie so aktuell wie heute. Seit den Anschlägen auf die Redaktion der Satirezeitschrift Charlie Hebdo hat sich seine Kritik des religiösen Fanatismus wie ein Lauffeuer verbreitet, er selbst gilt als zentrales Symbol für die Freiheit des Geistes: Voltaire-Plakate, versehen mit dem Slogan »Je suis Charlie«, sind in ganz Paris zu sehen. Seine Streitschrift Über die Toleranz wird zusammen mit Kugelschreibern und Stiften als Mahnmal auf vielen Straßen Frankreichs platziert und ist zur Schullektüre avanciert. 250 Jahre nach ihrem Erscheinen ist Voltaires Kampfansage an den Fanatismus und den Aberglauben brisanter und dringlicher denn je. Höchste Zeit, sie zu lesen! Mit einem Vorwort von Laurent Joffrin (Chefredakteur "Libération")

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Postcolonial African cinema

        Ten directors

        by David Murphy, Patrick Williams

        This is the first introduction of its kind to an important cross-section of postcolonial African filmmakers from the 1950s to the present. Building on previous critical work in the field, this volume will bring together ideas from a range of disciplines - film studies, African cultural studies, and, in particular, postcolonial studies - in order to combine the in-depth analysis of individual films and bodies of work by individual directors with a sustained interrogation of these films in relation to important theoretical concepts. Structurally, the book is straightforward, though the aim is to incorporate diversity and complexity of approach within the overall simplicity of format. Chapters provide both an overview of the director's output to date, and the necessary background - personal or national, cultural or political - to enable readers to achieve a better understanding of the director's choice of subject matter, aesthetic or formal strategies, or ideological stance. They also offer a particular reading of one or more films, in which the authors aim to situate African cinema in relation to important critical and theoretical debates. This book thus constitutes a new departure in African film studies, recognising the maturity of the field, and the need for complex yet accessible approaches to it, which move beyond the purely descriptive while refusing to get bogged down in theoretical jargon. Consequently, the volume should be of interest not only to specialists but also to the general reader.

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        The Arts
        June 2011

        From Perversion to Purity

        The stardom of Catherine Deneuve

        by Lisa Downing, Sue Harris, author arranging

        Catherine Deneuve is indisputably one of the world's most celebrated actresses, both in her native France and throughout the world. Her career has spanned five decades during which she has worked with the most significant of French auteurs, as well as forging partnerships with international directors such as Buñuel and Polanski. The Deneuve star persona has attained such iconic status that it now symbolises the very essence of French womanhood and civic identity. In this wide-ranging and authoritative collection of essays by a selection of international film academics and writers, the Deneuve persona is scrutinised and illuminated. Beyond the glamorous iconographic status of Yves Saint Laurent's muse, and the epitome of sexual inviolability, Deneuve's status as actress is foregrounded. The book will be essential reading for students and lecturers in star studies. ;

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        September 2019

        Halt die Klappe, Kopf!

        Ein Selfcare-Buch für Tage, an denen Schokokuchen nicht reicht

        by Laurent, Lisa Sophie

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2025

        Cinematic Ethnography

        Experiencing cultures through some audiovisual practices

        by Laurent Van Lancker

        Cinematic ethnography proposes an interdisciplinary approach to theories and practices at the intersection of art, anthropology and cinema. The book proposes a model of collective aesthetics and collaborative filmmaking, going beyond the straightforward representation of reality that is so prevalent in visual anthropology and film studies. This book explores the practices of filmmakers who utilise sensory collaborative approaches to convey diversity of knowledge. It affirms that the more we allow cinema to infuse audio-visual transmissions of reality, the more we might be able to experience the evoked reality. The book proposes a dialogic journey, inviting the reader to pause during the reading of the book to watch some of the author's films, which exemplify the discussed theories and practices. This innovative work from a practising filmmaker and visual anthropologist invites us to rethink how our cinematic practices, rather than aiming at factual representation and description, might instead contribute to a collaborative understanding of intercultural dialogue and shared knowledge. For those interested in visual anthropology, documentary film or broader questions about the nature of art and representation, Cinematic ethnography is a thought-provoking invitation to see - and tell - things differently.

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