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Business, Economics & LawMarch 1905The Path of the Law
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
In The Path of the Law, Holmes discusses his personal philosophy on legal practice. The Common Law is a series of lectures that established Holmes's reputation as a witty and articulate writer.
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1993Rokoko oder Das Experiment am lebenden Herzen
Galante Ideale und Lebenskrisen. (Kulturen und Ideen)
by Marcard, Micaela von
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The ArtsSeptember 2008Entertaining television
The BBC and popular television culture in the 1950s
by Su Holmes
Entertaining television challenges the idea that the BBC in the 1950s was elitist and 'staid', upholding Reithian values in a paternalistic, even patronising way. By focusing on a number of (often controversial) programme case studies - such as the soap opera, the quiz/ game show, the 'problem' show and programmes dealing with celebrity culture - Su Holmes demonstrates how BBC television surprisingly explored popular interests and desires. She also uncovers a number of remarkable connections with programmes and topics at the forefront of television today, ranging from talk shows, 'Reality TV', even to our contemporary obsession with celebrity. The book is iconclastic, percipient and grounded in archival research, and will be of use to anyone studying television history. ;
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2008Terrorism and democratic stability revisited
by Jennifer S. Holmes
Can terrorism and state violence cause democratic breakdown? Although the origins of violence have been studied, only rarely are its consequences examined. In this detailed comparative study of Uruguay, Spain, and Peru, Holmes claims that to understand the consequences of violence on democratic stability, terrorism and state responses to terrorism must be studied together. This extensively revised and expanded second edition takes advantage of new historical sources, an extended time span, and new theories that have emerged since the original publication. In addition to adding new data sources in the Peruvian and Spanish cases, the time period covered has been expanded from the late 1990s to early 2007, allowing a more comprehensive treatment of the consequences of state and non-state violence on democratic stability and the prospects for stability. The literature reviews have been significantly revised and updated and an entirely new chapter covers the special case of Spain, which faces both a domestic and an international threat. ;
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Children's & YACristina juega (Cristina plays)
by Micaela Chiriff, Paula Ortiz
Cristina plays starts from a double “game” with the reader: Cristina’s game with her toy (a rabbit) and the game of the play with the reader, whom she seeks to surprise at a time when the scene of Cristina’s game changes, and therefore, the whole perspective of what has been read changes because, from the image, the story is turned upside down and will leave more than one reader thinking. The space of the secret game is practically the center of this book, written in the key of poetry and illustrated with careful attention to each of the details of a dollhouse (one of the scenarios where the action takes place) and attending to a palette of vibrant colors that seek to take us to another time and another space: that of games and toys. This is how from the word and the image this book is a very original proposal.
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September 1992Ryder
by Djuna Barnes, Henriette Beese
Versteckt unter fünfzig harmlosen Kapitalüberschriften erzählt, nein erschauert dieser – großzügig autobiografische – Roman vor der zuchtlosen Prächtigkeit des Lebens: erzählt von der Lust jenes Wendell Ryder, sich ein Geschlecht seines Namens zu zeugen. Er verläßt das puritanische England zusammen mit seiner Frau Amelia, geht nach Amerika aufs Land, seine Mutter folgt, eine Zweitfrau erscheint bald danach, zahlreiche Kinder kommen zur Welt, andere Frauen im Umkreis werden geschwängert, bis Ryder schließlich die Sehnsucht nach dem Tode wie natürlich überkommt. »Ryder», Djuna Bernesʼ erster Roman, erscheint 1928 in New York und wurde rasch zu einem Skandal. Die »Saturday Review« nannte es »das erstaunlichste je von einer Frau geschriebene Buch«.
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Humanities & Social SciencesThe Gospel of Prosperity
Literary and critical perspectives about the science of getting right quick
by Luis Miguel Estrada
In 2020, amidst the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ideas from books about the science of becoming a millionaire returned to Luis Miguel Estrada whom, since he left a financial job, has dedicated himself fully to literature. In this book, he thinks some of the key questions raised by bestsellers from Napoleon Hill to Kiyosaki. Do we stop seeking money just because we pursue art? More importantly: regardless of what we do, how do we seek money? Why have narratives like positive thinking and the law of attraction become a universal language that gains strength during each economic crisis? Is there a link between bestsellers about the science of getting rich and great universal literature? This book attempts to answer these questions, beginning with the origins of books on becoming a millionaire, which delve into the agile 19th-century United States, transition through the fast-paced turn of the century, and explode in the years after the Great Depression. The journey continues with examples of wild successes (real-life fraudsters like Elizabeth Holmes or fictional criminals like Walter White from Breaking Bad) that prompt us to question the influence of success-at-any-cost ideas on popular culture, as well as their ethical limits. How can one reconcile readings, cultural products, and experiences that seem so distant? The broader reading audience responds more to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill than to "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Is there a way to read them alongside each other and emerge renewed from the experience? This book invites you on that adventure.
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November 2007Das Zeichen der Vier
Roman
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie Giger
Endlich ein neuer Fall für Sherlock Holmes! Sieben Jahre sind seit seinem Zusammentreffen mit Dr. Watson und ihrem ersten gemeinsamen Fall vergangen. In dieser Zeit schienen die Verbrechen zu pausieren. Doch nun erreicht Holmes das verzweifelte Hilfegesuch einer jungen Frau, und Watson knüpft amouröse Bande…
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November 2007Eine Studie in Scharlachrot
Roman
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gisbert Haefs
Eine Studie in Scharlachrot erzählt von der ersten Begegnung zwischen Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson sowie ihrem ersten gemeinsamen Fall. Auf der Suche nach einer Unterkunft in London trifft Dr. Watson den „Beratenden Detektiv“ Sherlock Holmes, und sie beziehen gemeinsam eine Wohnung. Holmes` exzentrische Art und seine geheimnisvolle Tätigkeit wecken Watsons Neugier. Kein Wunder also, daß er seinen neuen Freund bei dessen nächsten Auftrag begleitet: In einem verlassenen Haus wurde die unversehrte Leiche eines Amerikaners gefunden. An der Wand des Zimmers steht, mit Blut geschrieben, das deutsche Wort „Rache“. Trotz vieler Ungereimtheiten kommt Sherlock Holmes dem Mörder schon bald auf die Spur…
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The ArtsFebruary 2025Screening Sherlock
A cultural history of the Great Detective on film and television
by James Chapman
Screening Sherlock is the first book-length academic study of the film and television career of the most famous detective in fiction. Chapman explores the contexts, adaptation strategies and critical reception of Sherlock Holmes (and Dr Watson) on film and television in Britain and the United States. The book includes case studies of such famous Holmes impersonators as William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as charting a path through many lesser-known productions. From early cinema to the Hollywood studio system, and from heritage drama to contemporary postmodern television, Screening Sherlock is an indispensible work for all aficionados of Arthur Conan Doyle's consulting detective of Baker Street.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2012The Left and the European Constitution
From Laeken to Lisbon
by Michael Holmes, Knut Roder
This book examines how the Left is affected by European integration. It starts from the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands in 2005, in which left-wing parties played key roles. The book explores the level of pro- and anti-EU sentiment among left-wing parties. It discusses the left's reaction to the EU's neo-liberal policies such as Laval, the Lisbon Agenda and the Bolkestein Directive. It examines the extent to which parties are Europeanised or remain nationally-oriented. The book looks at parties from all three left-wing families -social democrats, left-socialists and left-greens. It contains case-studies of eleven EU member states, and also examines the left in the European Parliament. It provides a unique cross-national, cross-party evaluation of contemporary events. ;
