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Teaching, Language & ReferenceFebruary 2003Claude Simon
Adventures in Words
by Alastair B. Duncan
Introducing novels by the Nobel Prize for Literature author, Claude Simon, this text gives emphasis to peaks in his literary achievement: "The Flanders Road" (1960), "The Georgics" (1981) and "The Acacia" (1989). Alastair Duncan traces the development and recurrence of major themes, such as war, time and memory, and the constantly renewed inventiveness of Simon's manner. Duncan illustrates and comments on the various critical approaches which have been made to the novels over the years, from phenomenological interpretations, through structuralism to the autobiographical and psychobiographical approaches of the 1980s and 1990s. The text includes a chapter on Simon's most recent works ("Le Jardin des Plantes" 1997 and "Le Tramway" 2001).
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April 2024Inverno
Roman | Wie erschafft und zerstört die Liebe ein Leben?
by Cynthia Zarin, Esther Kinsky
Inverno ist die Geschichte einer Liebe, die sich über Jahrzehnte erstreckt. Inverno ist auch die Geschichte von Caroline, die in einem Schneesturm im Central Park steht und darauf wartet, dass ihr Handy klingelt; sie steht nur wenige Meter von der Stelle entfernt, an der sich Alastair dreißig Jahre zuvor als Junge in den Bäumen versteckte. Wird Alistair sie nun also anrufen? Und wie sie da steht und wartet, rauschen die Jahre an ihr vorbei – mal gerät Caroline in eine gefahrvolle Märchenwelt, mal strandet sie in einer Kindheit aus Kummer und harschen Worten, mal wandelt sie durch ihre frühen Erwachsenenjahren, voller Aufbruch und Sehnsucht nach Alistair. Flüchtig, das alles, und kaum zu greifen: Von Dauer scheinen einzig die vertrackten Verhandlungen der Herzen. Wie erschafft und zerstört die Liebe ein Leben? Cynthia Zarin hat einen einfallsreichen, wundersam berührenden und erschreckend wahren Roman geschrieben, über die lange und viel zu kurze Geschichte von Caroline und Alistair – darüber, wie Vergangenheit und Gegenwart sich schillernd ineinander auflösen.
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February 2000Yoga gegen Stress
Harmonie finden, Energie tanken
by Shivapremananda, Swami / Deutsch McLellan, Alastair
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2020Connecting centre and locality
by Chris R. Kyle, Jason Peacey, Alastair Bellany
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Insolent proceedings
by Peter Lake, Jason Peacey, Alastair Bellany, Alexandra Gajda
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2022Freedom of speech, 1500–1850
by Robert Ingram, Jason Peacey, Alex W. Barber, Alastair Bellany, Peter Lake
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2022The pastor in print
by Amy G. Tan, Anthony Milton, Jason Peacey, Peter Lake, Alexandra Gajda, Alastair Bellany
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Pest controlOctober 2010Biopesticides
by Alastair Bailey, David Chandler, Wyn P Grant, Justin Greaves, Gillian Prince, Mark Tatchell
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1981Wagnis der Freiheit
Ein internationaler Kongress für Seelsorge und Beratung
by Herausgegeben von Becher, Werner; Herausgegeben von Campbell, Alastair V; Herausgegeben von Parker, G Keith
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April 2002Zentralasien
by Vorwort von Hambly, Gavin; Illustriert von Bukor, Harald; Illustriert von Bukor, Ruth; Beiträge von Encausse, Helene C d'; Beiträge von Hajianpur, Mahin; Beiträge von Hambly, Gavin; Beiträge von Lamb, Alastair; Beiträge von Lemercier-Quelquejay, Ch; Beiträge von Pierce, Richard A; Herausgegeben von Hambly, Gavin; Übersetzt von Sagaster, Klaus; Übersetzt von Sagaster, Ursula; Übersetzt von Veit, Veronika
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Picture books, activity books & early learning materialJanuary 2018Hello, Door
by Alastair Heim, Alisa Coburn
In this ode to the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, kids can follow a thieving fox as he greets everything he sees in a home that isn't his. He collects fine art and jewelry, practices his golf swing, and devours a tasty snack along the way. But just when he thinks he's in the clear to leave with all the goods, the owners of the house – a mama bear, papa bear, and baby bear – come home. They chase him through the house, and when the mama bear catches him, she promptly throws him out. But she throws him so far that he ends up in a much nicer neighbourhood – in front of a mansion, in fact – where he can begin his mischievous adventure again!
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The Collapse of Yugoslavia
by Alastair Finlan
Updated and revised, with full-colour maps and new images throughout, this is a detailed overview of the brutal and bloody conflict in former Yugoslavia, a deeply personal war which would have significant consequences for the region. In 1991, an ethnically diverse region that had enjoyed decades of peaceful coexistence descended into bitter hatred and chaos, almost overnight. Communities fractured along lines of ethnic and religious affiliation and the ensuing fighting was deeply personal, resulting in brutality, rape and torture, and ultimately the deaths of thousands of people. Alastair Finlan examines the internal upheavals of the former Yugoslavia and their international implications, including the failure of the Vance-Owen plan; the first use of NATO in a combat role and in peace enforcement; and the war in Kosovo, unsanctioned by the UN but prosecuted by NATO forces to prevent the ethnic cleansing of the region.
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Historical fictionAugust 2006Blood of the Wolf
by Charles Mackie
In this, the last of Charles Mackie's "Wolf Trilogy", a race against time brings Alastair Hogeston face to face with the grim handiwork of James Stewart, youngest son of the Wolf of Badenoch. He tangles with his enemy in the ice corries of Ben Alder and, with his irrepressible sister Jean, faces him in the Wolf's fortress of Castle Garth. Spurred by Bridget de Dreux, his now widowed French mother, Alastair leaves the love of his life and his home in the Laich of Moray to square an overdue account with James, "The Accursed Whelp". Mackie pulls you back into fifteenth century Scotland, where, in the company of clan chiefs, and assassins, and the intrigue which surrounded and infant king, he gallops you towards rape, and to war.
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RomanceDecember 2014The Mountain of Love
by Barbara Cartland
When the Duke of Barningforde was told by his second son, Alastair, that he had married an actress in Paris without his approval, he exiled Alastair from England with only a very small allowance. His wife, Grace, actually came from a good Scottish family and was not an actress, but had a very fine soprano voice and sang with a famous French orchestra. But the Duke would not listen and Alastair and Grace never again set foot in their homeland. They were blessed with one beautiful daughter, Kayla, who is well educated thanks to Grace’s efforts after Alastair’s untimely death. Then Grace dies and Kayla, now eighteen, is left all alone in the world. At her mother’s suggestion, she returns to England and throws herself on the mercy of her grandfather, the Duke. Grudgingly the Duke takes her in to Forde Hall and is permanently hostile towards her, but at least she has somewhere to live. Then, to score off his neighbour, the Earl of Rothwoode, the Duke arranges for Kayla at a moment’s notice to marry his son, Christopher, the Viscount Roth. They do not meet until their wedding day and they both hate the marriage forced on them and inevitably dislike each other. To distance himself from his father, Christopher then sets out for Nepal with his new bride. How in that beautiful country, called ‘the roof of the world’, Kayla and Christopher find the key to everything they are both seeking in life is told in this unusual romance by BARBARA CARTLAND.
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Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who)No Quarter Given
The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46
by Alastair. Livingstone
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Biography: historical, political & militaryMarch 2016Thirty Secret Years
A.G. Denniston's Work in Signals Intelligence, 1914-1944
by Robin Denniston
30 Secret Years reveals how an enterprising Scottish linguist was able to decipher German naval messages in the Admiralty in World War One. Alastair Denniston became head of the British government’s cabinet noir or cipher-breaking bureau in 1919, developed his team of fellow experts between the wars by spying on the Soviets from Whitehall. In 1939 he went on to lead an enlarged body of secret service men and women to Bletchley Park where they solved the vast problems of machine encipherment, enabling Churchill to avoid defeat in 1941 and invade western Europe in June 1944. It is the story of how one man, working in obscurity and total secrecy, influenced the course of world history over 30 years of war and peace, told by his son.
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CricketMay 2012Essex CCC On This Day
History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year
by Ian Brookes
Essex CCC On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the county’s distinguished cricketing past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of Essex history – with an entry for every day of the year. From the club’s Victorian foundation through to the Twenty20 era, Essex’s illustrious history takes in victories over touring teams, triumphs in the County Championship and one-day trophies. County players’ individual achievements in Test matches are recalled with pride, alongside landmark events such as Percy Perrin's triple century and Graham Napier's record number of sixes in an innings. Fully endorsed by the club, a history of great matches and sensational signings, hilarious and controversial events form a backdrop against which the county’s cricketing heroes – Walter Mead, Nasser Hussain and Trevor Bailey; Keith Fletcher, Graham Gooch and Alastair Cook – all loom larger than life.
