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      • Jacoby & Stuart

        Jacoby & Stuart is a publishing house of richly illustrated and well-written children’s books, picture books, fiction and non-fiction. For adults we publish graphic novels, lovingly designed gift books, richly illustrated and informative non-fiction as well as inventive and exquisite cookbooks.

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        Thieme Group

        Thieme is an award-winning international medical and science publisher serving health professionals and students for more than 125 years.

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        Teaching, Language & Reference
        October 2018

        Rwanda’s Land Tenure Reform

        Non-existent to Best Practice

        by Thierry Hoza Ngoga

        Rwanda's Land Tenure Reform: Non-existent to Best Practice provides a detailed account of how Rwanda managed to systematically demarcate and register all land, comprising over 10 million parcels within five years. This book: - Provides a detailed account of how Rwanda built a land administration system which is now internationally viewed as a model of success for implementing a complex land reform programme in the developing world. - Considers the ways in which land tenure reform has contributed to the country's development beyond the land sector. - Discusses how Rwanda's example can be followed by other countries wishing to embark on similar programmes of designing and implementing a nationwide land tenure regularisation programme. - Provides key strategic orientation to achieve a sustainable land administration programme. Offering a comprehensive narrative of the land tenure reform programme from inception to implementation, this book will be important reading for policy makers, land administration professionals, academics and development partners working in land administration and land tenure programmes in developing countries. Thierry Hoza Ngoga is a land development professional with special focus on land administration, land tenure and land use planning. He worked on Rwanda's land tenure regularisation reform programme for over 12 years in various capacities, most recently as Head of Land Technical Operations overseeing land use planning, land surveying and the land administration information system. He is currently working on land development issues focusing on building institutional and policy development in several African countries.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Jean-Jacques Beineix

        by Philip Powrie

        This volume is the first to examine, in either French or English, the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix, often seen as the best example of the 1980s cinéma du look, with cult films, such as Diva and Betty Blue (37º 2 le matin) .. After an introduction which places Beineix in the context of the 1980s and the arguments centering on a postmodern cinema, the volume devotes a chapter to each of Beineix's feature films, including the film which marked his return to feature film making after a break of a decade, Mortel Transfert (2001). Prefaced by an excellent foreword by the director himself, which includes a broad condemnation of French critics. Includes many illustrations direct from the director's own collection, complementing the interviews Powrie made with him and his collaborators.

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        January 2020

        Jacques Cousteau, Updated Edition

        by Johanna Knowles

        Jacques Cousteau was an underwater explorer, inventor, filmmaker, author, and world-renowned environmentalist. He was the first to photograph and, later, film underwater life. He, his family, and his crew traveled the world on his famous ship, Calypso, to film never-before-seen sea creatures, shipwrecks, and other wonders. His photos and films inspired generations of marine biologists, undersea diving enthusiasts, and environmentalists. Jacques Cousteau, Updated Edition delves into the life and work of this underwater navigator whose name became synonymous with the ocean, and the ways he introduced the world to the mysteries of the deep.

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        The Arts
        November 2014

        Jacques Demy

        by Darren Waldron, Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram

        Saccharine for some, poignant for others, Jacques Demy's 'enchanted' world is familiar to generations of French audiences accustomed to watching Christmas repeats of his fairytale Peau d'âne (1970) or seeing Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac prance and pirouette in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1966). Demy achieved international recognition with Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1963), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. However, beneath the apparently sugary coating of his films lie more philosophical reflections on some of the most pressing issues that preoccupy Western societies, including affect, subjectivity, self/other relations and free will. This wide-ranging book addresses many of the key aspects of Demy's cinema, including his associations with the New Wave, his unique approach to musicals, his adaptations of fairytales, his representations of gender and sexuality and his legacy as an iconic director for generations of audiences and filmmakers. ;

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        The Arts
        April 2010

        Jacques Rivette

        by Douglas Morrey, Diana Holmes, Alison Smith, Robert Ingram

        Jacques Rivette is perhaps the best-kept secret of French cinema. A founding figure in the New Wave, and at the centre of the Cahiers du cinéma team, he developed into one of the most unusual and adventurous French directors of the last sixty years, yet his work remains little-known in comparison with his contemporaries, and this study is the first in English to look at the full span of his career. Starting with his decisively influential film criticism of the 1950s, it moves from the New Wave through the complex, experimental films of the 1970s to the challenging, playful dramas which ensured his visibility during the following two decades, and ends in the present, including Rivette's most recent films, Histoire de Marie et Julien (2003) and Ne touchez pas la hache (2007). The book takes a thematic approach, offering detailed discussion of key elements of Rivette's film world, including games, conspiracy and jealousy, as well as a study of what Rivette's cinema adds to our understanding of key theoretical concepts in Film Studies such as narrative, space and adaptation. There are many close analyses of sequences from Rivette's films including Paris nous appartient (1961), Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974) and La Belle Noiseuse (1991). ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2022

        Psychoanalysis and the family in twentieth-century France

        Françoise Dolto and her legacy

        by Richard Bates, David Hopkin, Maire Cross, Jennifer Sessions

        In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Françoise Dolto (1908-88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto's rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society. It shows that Dolto's continued reputation in France as a liberal and enlightened educational thinker is at best only partially deserved and that conservative and anti-feminist ideas often underpinned her prominent public interventions. While Dolto retains the status of a national treasure, her career has had far-reaching and sometimes harmful repercussions for French society, particularly in the treatment of autism.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        May 2018

        David and Bathsheba

        By George Peele

        by Mathew R. Martin, David Bevington

        David and Bathsheba presents a modernised edition of George Peele's explosive biblical drama about the tangled lives, deadly liaisons, and twisted histories of Ancient Israel's royal family. Martin's critical edition is the first modern single-volume edition of the play since 1912 and opens up this unduly neglected gem of English Renaissance drama to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the play's treatment of its biblical and poetic sources, its engagement with Elizabethan politics, and its forceful representations of religious fanaticism, genocide, and sexual violence. Its commentary notes clarify the text's meaning and staging, guide the reader through the play's dramatisation of the turbulent Davidic period of Ancient Israel's history, and place the play in its broader cultural and artistic milieu. Martin's edition aims to encourage new contemporary critical study of Peele's powerful and disturbing drama.

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        October 1992

        Die schönsten Fabeln

        Aus dem Französischen von Thomas Keck. Mit farbigen Illustrationen von Rolf Köhler und einem Nachwort von Jürgen von Stackelberg

        by Jean La Fontaine, Rolf Köhler, Thomas Keck, Jürgen Stackelberg

        Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 in Château-Thierry geboren, studierte Theologie bis zum Noviziat und Rechtswissenschaft, bevor er sich dem Schreiben widmete. Es entstanden einige Dramen und, im Jahr 1668, sein bedeutendstes Werk, die Fabeln. La Fontaine verstarb im Alter von 73 Jahren in Paris.

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        The Arts
        June 2005

        Derrida

        Screenplay and essays on the film

        by Amy Ziering Kofman, Kirby Dick, Jacques Derrida

        The full transcript of the award-winning film DERRIDA, along with essays by the filmmakers and Nicholas Royle, as well a Q and A session with the philosopher, in a lavishly designed and illustrated full colour large format volume ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2009

        Aura

        By Carlos Fuentes

        by Mike Thompson, Peter Standish

        Since its publication in 1962, Carlos Fuentes' novel, Aura, remains not merely an object of academic interest but a continuous source of controversy in Mexico. It was the explosive combination of sex and religion that incensed the Ministro de Hacienda, Salvador Abascal, and linked Aura to the recent polemical Mexican film El crimen del Padre Amaro. Aura is preoccupied with the place and persistence of the sacred in modern Mexico rather than simply the secret abuses of institutional Catholicism. This critical edition of the work is accompanied by an introduction and notes on the text. ;

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        October 2001

        Die unbedingte Universität

        by Jacques Derrida, Stefan Lorenzer

        Als Jacques Derrida seinen vielbeachteten Vortrag Die Zukunft der Universität auf Einladung von Jürgen Habermas in Frankfurt hielt, stellte ihn die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in eine Reihe mit den berühmten Reden Kants, Schellings, Nietzsches und Heideggers. Derrida entwirft eine bedingungslose, unbedingte Universität, die zugleich eine mögliche Orientierung für die Geisteswissenschaften insgesamt reflektiert und einschließt. Sein Versuch, eine moderne Form der Universität zu umreißen, kann der aktuellen Debatte über die Reform der Universität entscheidende philosophische Impulse geben. Sein Text verbindet dabei eine subtile und präzise philosophische Argumentation mit einer pointierten politischen Position.

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        May 1972

        Die Schrift und die Differenz

        by Jacques Derrida, Rodolphe Gasché

        Jacques Derrida wurde am 15. Juli 1930 in El-Biar in der Nähe von Algier als Sohn jüdischer Eltern geboren und starb am 8.Oktober 2004 in Paris. Während seiner Schulzeit war er antisemitischen Repressionen ausgesetzt. Ab 1949 lebte er in Frankreich und besuchte das Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. Von 1952 bis 1954 studierte er an der École Normale Supérieure, wo er Vorlesungen bei Louis Althusser und Michel Foucault besuchte und sich mit Pierre Bourdieu anfreundete. 1956 gewann er ein Stipendium für einen Studienaufenthalt an der Harvard University. Während seines Militärdienstes von 1957 bis 1959 lehrte er Englisch und Französisch in Algerien. Von 1960 bis 1964 war er wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Sorbonne. Ab 1965 bis 1984 bekleidete er eine Professur für Geschichte der Philosophie an der École Normale Supérieure. Den Durchbruch erlangte Derrida im Jahr 1967, als er nahezu zeitgleich in drei bekannten Verlagen drei wichtige Schriften veröffentlichte: De la grammatologie, La Voix et le phénomène sowie L'écriture et la différence. Auf Vortragsreisen in den USA lernte er Paul de Man und Jacques Lacan kennen. 1981 gründete er die Gesellschaft Jan Hus (eine Hilfsorganisation für verfolgte tschechische Intellektuelle). Im selben Jahr wurde er in Prag verhaftet und erst nach einer energischen Intervention François Mitterrands und der französischen Regierung von der Tschechoslowakei freigelassen. 1983 gründete er das Collège international de philosophie, zu dessen erstem Direktor er gewählt wurde. Im selben Jahr wurde er zum Forschungsdirektor an der École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris ernannt. Er starb am 8. Oktober 2004 in Paris.

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        October 2007

        Islam in Europa

        Eine internationale Debatte

        by Thierry Chervel, Anja Seeliger, Thierry Chervel

        Wen soll der Westen unterstützen: gemäßigte Islamisten wie Tariq Ramadan oder islamische Dissidenten wie Ayaan Hirsi Ali? Der französische Philosoph Pascal Bruckner sorgte Anfang 2007 für Aufsehen, als er in einer polemischen Streitschrift den vermeintlichen liberalen Konsens im Umgang mit dem Islam attackierte. Beweglicher und schneller, als das in den traditionellen Medien möglich gewesen wäre, entwickelte sich auf den Seiten der Internetplattformen perlentaucher.de und signandsight.com eine kontroverse Debatte, die den aktuellen Stand der Diskussion um Multikulturalismus in Europa markiert – und darüber hinausweist.

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        April 1975

        Schriften I

        Ausgewählt und herausgegeben von Norbert Haas

        by Jacques Lacan, Rodolphe Gasché

        In der neueren wissenschaftlichen Diskussion über die Psychoanalyse vertritt Jacques Lacan eine der bedeutsamsten Positionen. Sein Werk hat Horizonte eröffnet, die die Arbeiten von Psychoanalytikern wie Pontalis, Laplanche, Leclaire und Mannoni, aber auch von Autoren wie Ricœur, Foucault, Derrida und Althusser ermöglicht haben. François Châtelet: «Lacan verdankt seinen Erfolg der Tatsache, daß er die enge Verwandtschaft zwischen den ‹Erklärungen› Freuds und der Linguistik de Saussures und Jakobsons entdeckt hat. Freud hat ein neues Forschungsfeld definiert: das der empirischen Realität des Unbewußten … In diesem Feld entwickelt Lacan seine Problematik. Lacans Werk macht es von nun an unmöglich, Freuds Werk entweder auf einen biologischen Naturalismus, auf ein ‹Instinkt›-Denken, zu reduzieren oder in ihm eine Hermeneutik zu sehen, die hinter den Veränderlichkeiten des Buchstabens die Permanenz des Geistes entdecken will.»

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        February 2020

        Nimbus

        Gedichte

        by Marion Poschmann

        Nimbus, die dunkle Wolke, ist eine Erscheinung aus Schwung, Pracht, Weite, und doch gehört sie dem Formlosen, Ungreifbaren. Sie entfaltet Wirkung, sie bestimmt die Atmosphäre, zugleich entzieht sie sich, bleibt unbeherrschbar. Mit festem Griff und Subtilität, Witz und Zärtlichkeit unternimmt Marion Poschmann in ihren neuen Gedichten den Versuch, Nähe und Ferne zusammenzudenken und die maßlosen Kräfte der äußeren Gegenwart in einen Raum der Innigkeit zu verwandeln. Aber wo ist innen? Die Erforschung Sibiriens vor Beginn der Industrialisierung, flüchtige Begegnungen mit Tieren, die Nuanciertheit eines Farbtons oder die Verletzlichkeit von Eismassen spiegeln ebenso wie die kleinen magischen Praktiken des Alltags die Einzigartigkeit der globalen Veränderung. Nimbus ist eine Feier des Sublimen und des Schönen, mitreißend und formbewusst, unverwechselbar im Ton, lustvoll und philosophisch.

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