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      • Stanford University Press

        Founded in 1892, Stanford University Press publishes 130 books a year across the humanities, social sciences, law, and business. Our books inform scholarly debate, generate global and cross-cultural discussion, and bring timely, peer-reviewed scholarship to the wider reading public. Numerous recent accolades include the Hayek Book Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination, while our authors and their books frequently appear in impactful media outlets such as the New York Times and NPR as well as in leading academic journals. Readers can find SUP titles at physical and online retailers around the world. At the leading edge of both print and digital dissemination of innovative research, with more than 3,000 books currently in print, SUP is a publisher of ideas that matter, books that endure.

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        May 2020

        Die Klarheit

        Alkohol, Rausch und die Geschichten der Genesung

        by Leslie Jamison, Kirsten Riesselmann

        Von außen betrachtet mag das Trinken als willentliche Selbstzerstörung erscheinen – für den Alkoholiker ist es so unausweichlich wie der nächste Atemzug. Manchem Künstler, von Raymond Carver über Billie Holiday und David Foster Wallace bis Amy Winehouse, erschien es gar ein Quell der Inspiration. Und auch Leslie Jamison trank, weil sie ihre Mängel verbergen und um jeden Preis besonders sein wollte. Doch dann war das Ausmaß der Selbstzerstörung so groß, dass sie sich Hilfe suchen musste. Und sie erkannte, dass sie erst genesen würde, wenn sie nicht mehr auf ihrer Originalität beharrte. Mitreißend erzählt Leslie Jamison von ihrer Abhängigkeit und dem harten Weg hinaus. Davon, dass die Loslösung vom Alkohol bedeutet, sein Bild von der Welt und von sich selbst radikal zu hinterfragen und zu verändern. Die Klarheit ist eine persönliche und kollektive Geschichte des Trinkens und des nüchternen Lebens – klug, bewegend aufrichtig und von unverhoffter Schönheit.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        February 2010

        New D.H. Lawrence

        by Howard Booth

        New D.H. Lawrence uses current and emergent approaches in literary studies to explore one of Britain's major modernist writers. The collection features new work by the present generation of Lawrence scholars, who are brought together here for the first time. Chapters include: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of Sons and Lovers; Howard J. Booth on The Rainbow, Marxist criticism and colonialism; Holly A. Laird on ethics and suicide in Women in Love; Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis and war in Women in Love; Jeff Wallace on Lawrence, Deleuze and abstraction; Stefania Michelucci on myth and war in 'The Ladybird'; Bethan Jones on gender and comedy in the late short fiction; Fiona Becket on green cultural critique, Apocalypse and Birds, Beasts and Flowers; and Sean Matthews on class, Leavis and the trial of Lady Chatterley. New D.H. Lawrence will be of interest to all concerned with contemporary writing on Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures. ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        November 2001

        Les Murray

        by Steven Matthews, John Thieme

        Les Murray is amongst the most gifted poets writing today, his multi-faceted talents have received high praise both in his native Australia and beyond. But he has also proved a controversial figure, whose poetry strays across the boundaries of political and cultural debate. The only full critical study of Murray's work available, Steven Matthews provides a complete picture of his career to date, from its early parables of national emergence to the working man's epic encounter with the major events of the twentieth century, Fredy Neptune. Provides detailed readings of key poems, as well as literary and cultural contexts for the rapid shifts in style and subject matter Murray has made from collection to collection. Gives an overview of Murray's place within Australian literature and national thought. ;

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        September 2018

        A History of Pesticides

        by Graham A Matthews

        In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease. Prior to 1900 only a few chemicals had been employed as pesticides but in the early 1940s, as the Second World War raged, the insecticide DDT and the herbicide 2-4-D were developed. These changed everything. Since then, farmers have been using a growing list of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides to protect their crops. Their use has undoubtedly led to significant gains in agricultural production and reduction in disease transmission, but also to major problems: health concerns for both users of pesticides and the general public, the emergence of resistance in pest populations, and environmental problems. The book examines the development of legislation designed to control and restrict the use of pesticides, the emergence of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the use of biological control agents as part of policy to protect the environment and encourage the sustainable use of pesticides. Finally, the use of new technologies in pest control are discussed including the use of genetic modification, targeted pesticide application and use of drones, alongside basic requirements for IPM such as crop rotations, close seasons and adoption of plant varieties with resistance to pests and diseases.

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        August 2021

        Der Gin-Trailer

        Roman

        by Leslie Jamison, Kirsten Riesselmann

        Nach dem New-York-Times-Bestseller Die Klarheit schreibt Leslie Jamison einen großen Roman über Sucht und Ausweglosigkeit, über echte Verzweiflung und die flüchtigen hellen Augenblicke, die so schnell wieder verschwinden, wie sie gekommen sind. Als junge Frau läuft Tilly von zu Hause weg und landet in der schäbigen Unterwelt Nevadas, wo sie statt des großen Glücks nur Drogen, Alkohol und die falschen Männer findet. Eines Tages, nachdem Tilly beinahe dreißig Jahre lang keinen Kontakt zu ihrer Familie hatte und sich in einem Trailerpark in der Wüste fast zu Tode getrunken hat, steht ihre Nichte Stella vor der Tür ihres Wohnwagens und zwingt sie zu einem Neuanfang. Der Gin-Trailer erzählt die Geschichte der eigentümlichen Beziehung, die zwischen den beiden entsteht.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        November 2020

        Howard Jacobson

        by David Brauner, Daniel Lea

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        October 2019

        Schwarz Blau Blut

        Ein Cop über Rassismus und Polizeigewalt in den USA

        by Matthew Horace

        28 Jahre lang war er als schwarzer Polizist auf den Straßen der USA im Einsatz. Er kennt sie alle: die Helden, die Mörder, die Rassisten, die Dealer, die korrupten Kollegen und die Opfer. Und er kennt die Zusammenhänge. In Schwarz Blau Blut erzählt Matthew Horace von einem System, das außer Kontrolle geraten ist – actionreich und informativ. Ein Mann auf der Flucht, der mit acht Schüssen in den Rücken niedergestreckt wird, ein Obdachloser, den ein Streifenwagen erfasst, brennende Geschäfte in Ferguson, I can´t breathe, I can´t breathe … Solche Bilder aus den USA gehen mit erschreckender Regelmäßigkeit um die Welt, gefolgt von schockiertem Entsetzen. Doch die richtige Frage stellt im Anschluss niemand: Was verursacht die Gewalt? Schwarz Blau Blut gibt darauf eine Antwort. Ein heftiges Buch von der Front, von einem, der beide Seiten kennt. Für alle, die verstehen wollen, warum so viele schwarze Menschen unschuldig sterben.

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        November 2010

        Istanbul war ein Märchen

        Roman

        by Mario Levi, Barbara Yurtdas, Hüseyin Yurtdas

        Istanbul, die Stadt der tausend Seelen, der tausend Schicksale, der tausend Sprachen … Seit Jahrhunderten haben Menschen aus allen Teilen Vorderasiens hier eine neue Heimat gefunden. Mario Levi, selbst ein Kind dieser Stadt, führt uns durch verschlungene Gassen und Wege in die Hinterhöfe und kleinen Geschäfte der Menschen, die dort leben. Ausgehend von seiner eigenen Familie, erzählt er vom Miteinander der vielen Völker und Kulturen, von Juden, Griechen, Armeniern und Türken, und entwirft dabei ein großartiges Panorama dieser Perle am Bosporus.

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        October 2019

        Schwarz Blau Blut

        Ein Cop über Rassismus und Polizeigewalt in den USA

        by Matthew Horace, Volker Oldenburg, Ron Harris

        28 Jahre lang war er als schwarzer Polizist auf den Straßen der USA im Einsatz. Er kennt sie alle: die Helden, die Mörder, die Rassisten, die Dealer, die korrupten Kollegen und die Opfer. Und er kennt die Zusammenhänge. In Schwarz Blau Blut erzählt Matthew Horace von einem System, das außer Kontrolle geraten ist – actionreich und informativ. Ein Mann auf der Flucht, der mit acht Schüssen in den Rücken niedergestreckt wird, ein Obdachloser, den ein Streifenwagen erfasst, brennende Geschäfte in Ferguson, I can´t breathe, I can´t breathe … Solche Bilder aus den USA gehen mit erschreckender Regelmäßigkeit um die Welt, gefolgt von schockiertem Entsetzen. Doch die richtige Frage stellt im Anschluss niemand: Was verursacht die Gewalt? Schwarz Blau Blut gibt darauf eine Antwort. Ein heftiges Buch von der Front, von einem, der beide Seiten kennt. Für alle, die verstehen wollen, warum so viele schwarze Menschen unschuldig sterben.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2012

        The independent man

        Citizenship and gender politics in Georgian England

        by Matthew McCormack, Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams, Cordelia Beattie

        'Independence' was an important ideal for men in Georgian England. In this period, however, the word meant much more than simply the virtues of self-sufficiency and impartiality. Most people believed that obligations absolutely compromised freedom and conscience, whereas 'independence' was associated with manly virtue and physical vigour. Fundamentally, the political world was thought to consist of 'independent men', exercising their consciences and standing up for the general good. As such, Georgians thought about political action and masculine virtue very differently to the ways in which we do today. In study, newly available in paperback, Matthew McCormack establishes the links between the histories of masculinity and politics, highlighting the centrality of 'manly' ideals in the political world and - conversely - the role of politics in the operation of gender ideology. ;

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        Business, Economics & Law
        December 2017

        Tour Operators and Operations

        Development, Management and Responsibility

        by Jacqueline Holland, David Leslie

        With a focus on the creation and distribution of packaged holidays, this text covers the fundamentals of business and the relationship between tour operators and destinations. With particular reference to the sustainability of both parties, it reviews the impacts and influences of tour operations and practices on destinations within the overriding context of tour operator responsibility. It addresses the entirety of this key component of the tourism sector, and reflects the shift in recent years from traditional 'sun, sea and sand' holiday to more bespoke packages. Taking into account tour operators as a growing factor among the major emergent economies of the world, this book is: - The first textbook to provide such in-depth content of tour operators and operations. - Written by authors with industry, research and teaching experience. - A wealth of information regarding popular eco, nature and adventure trips, as well as myriad niche and special interest products. Full of international and highly topical case studies, exercises and discussion questions, Tour Operators and Operations: Development, Management and Responsibility is a fundamental text for students of tourism.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2010

        In Strange Countries: Middle English Literature and its Afterlife

        Essays in memory of J. J. Anderson

        by Anke Bernau, David Matthews

        These essays by senior scholars in medieval studies celebrate the career of J.J. Anderson, editor, critic, and co-founder of the Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture series, who taught in medieval studies at the University of Manchester for forty years. The essays are rooted in medieval literature but frequently range beyond the confines of the Middle Ages. They reflect the breadth of Anderson's own scholarly interests, especially in drama and Arthurian literature. There is a particular focus on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, poems which preoccupied him throughout his scholarly life. There are also new reconsiderations of La?amon's Brut, Mirk's Festial, the Passion plays, and the manuscripts of the Pore Caitif. Moving beyond the traditional purview of medieval literature, several contributors trace the afterlives of medieval themes in later literature. These essays include a consideration of the twinned trajectories of the medieval heroes Robin Hood and King Arthur from medieval literature to modern television, a comparison of La?amon's Brut and Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and a recreation of the Bishop Blase procession which took place in industrial Bradford. Contributors are Rosamund Allen, Ralph Elliott, Alexandra Johnston, Stephen Knight, Peter Meredith, Susan Powell, Gillian Rudd, Alan Shelston, and Kalpen Trivedi. ;

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        Children's & YA
        September 2020

        How Hope Became an Activist

        by George M. Johnson / Danielle Grandi

        What is an activist? Why do we need them? Join Hope as she discovers how to make positive change on issues that matter from clothes made in fair trade to refugee aid -and to have fun at the same time! Even if you are small you can still stand tall and help out to make the world a better place for all. How Hope Became an Activist is the first in a series on how kids from diverse backgrounds have joined with friends to take action on a range of issues from saving bees to helping in a food bank.

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        December 2007

        Perry Rhodan - Folge 17

        Kampf um den Speicher. Hörspiel. Hörspiel

        by Rhodan, Perry / Gelesen von Lechtenbrink, Volker

      • Trusted Partner
        September 2008

        Perry Rhodan - Folge 20

        Das Land unter dem Teich. Hörspiel.

        by Rhodan, Perry / Gelesen von Lechtenbrink, Volker

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        September 2008

        Perry Rhodan - Folge 19

        Operation Kristallsturm. Hörspiel.

        by Rhodan, Perry / Gelesen von Lechtenbrink, Volker

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        December 2007

        Perry Rhodan - Folge 18

        Die Mediale Schildwache. Hörspiel. Hörspiel

        by Rhodan, Perry / Gelesen von Lechtenbrink, Volker

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