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The ArtsJune 2017Terence Fisher
by Peter Hutchings
Terence Fisher is best known as the director who made most of the classic Hammer horrors - including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Devil Rides Out. But there is more to Terence Fisher than Hammer horror. In a busy twenty-five-year career, he directed fifty films, not just horrors but also thrillers, comedies, melodramas and science-fiction. This book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history. Looking at Fisher's career as a whole not only underlines his importance as a film-maker but also casts a new, interesting light on the areas in which he worked - Gainsborough melodrama, the 1950s B film, 1960s science-fiction and, of course, Hammer, one of the most successful independent film companies in the history of British cinema.
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2020How Animals Hammer, Drill and Strike
Tool Use in the Animal Kingdom
by Peter-René Becker
From insects to fish as well as birds and primates: the use of tools is amazingly widespread in the animal kingdom. It’s a misnomer to presume that humans are distinguished by tool use and conscious capacity. So where is culture initiated? The biologist Peter-René Becker has evaluated numerous studies and cites plenty of evidence for the use of the hammer and anvil, lances, bait or sponges. Animals also use “tools as social implements”. Ultimately, the depth of man’s conscience singles him out from other animals.
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January 1985Der Grosse Pat Mallet
Die nicht immer himmlischen Vergnügungen der Erdenbürger
by Mallet, Pat
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September 2001Briefwechsel
by Paul Celan, Hermann Lenz, Hanne Lenz, Hanne Lenz, Barbara Wiedemann
Paul Celan und das Ehepaar Hanne und Hermann Lenz kannten sich aus ihren Büchern und den Berichten anderer, als sie sich 1954 begegneten. Und trotzdem war die Begegnung reiner Zufall, eine vergessene Hotelreservierung brachte Celan ins Lenzsche Haus. Schon die ersten Briefe zeigen durch ihr vertrauliches »Du« das Besondere dieser Beziehung. Wie keine andere seiner Briefwechselfreundschaften ist diese geprägt durch aufmerksame und nicht selten wertvolle Geschenke. Und schließlich: Es ist ein Briefwechsel zu dritt, ein lebendiges Gespräch ohne starre Formen, in dem sich die Beziehungslinien im Lauf der Zeit entwickeln und verändern - bis sie 1962 abreißen in den unheilvollen Verwicklungen der Goll-Affäre.Diese Ausgabe vereinigt mit 137 Briefen, Postkarten, Grußkarten, Telegrammen und Gedichten den vollständigen Briefwechsel, ergänzt durch Reproduktionen von Handschriften und Fotos.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2024The Malleus Maleficarum
by Peter Maxwell-Stuart
A shocking glimpse into the mind of a medieval witch hunter. In 1487, the zealous Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Kramer wrote a treatise that would have a remarkable influence on European history. Blaming women for his own lust, and frustrated by official complacency before what he saw as a monstrous spiritual menace, Kramer penned a practical guide to aid law officers in the identification and prosecution of witches. Fusing theology, lurid anecdotes and advice for those engaged in combating sorcery, The Malleus Maleficarum transports the reader into the dark heart of medieval belief - where fear of the supernatural provokes a gripping struggle for understanding and control. Kramer's book led to the burning of numerous innocents and had a lasting impact on the popular image of witchcraft. It remains a sinister symbol of fanaticism and cruelty to this day.
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General & world historyMay 2005‘Ten Pound Poms’
A life history of British postwar emigration to Australia
by A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson
More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'ten pound Poms' and this is their story. Illuminated by the fascinating testimony of migrant life histories, this is the first substantial history of their experience and fills a gaping hole in the literature of emigration. The authors, both leading figures in the fields of oral history and migration studies, draw upon a rich life history archive of letters, diaries, personal photographs and hundreds of oral history interviews with former migrants, including those who settled in Australia and those who returned to Britain. They offer original interpretations of key historical themes, including: motivations for emigration; gender relations and the family dynamics of migration; the 'very familiar and awfully strange' confrontation with the new world; the anguish of homesickness and return; and the personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees, fifty years on. Accessible and appealing, this book will engage readers interested in British and Australian migration history and intrigued about the significance of migrant memories for individuals, families and nations.
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October 2014Der fünfte Hammer
Pythagoras und die Disharmonie der Welt
by Heller-Roazen, Daniel / Englisch Brühmann, Horst
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2020The Malleus Maleficarum
by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches. It was written in 1487 by a Dominican inquisitor, Heinrich Institoris, following his failure to prosecute a number of women for witchcraft, it is in many ways a highly personal document, full of frustration at official complacency in the face of a spiritual threat, as well as being a practical guide for law-officers who have to deal with a cunning, dangerous enemy. Combining theological discussion, illustrative anecdotes, and useful advice for those involved in suppressing witchcraft, its influence on witchcraft studies has been extensive. The only previous translation into English, that by Montague Summers produced in 1928, is full of inaccuracies. It is written in a style almost unreadable nowadays, and is unfortunately coloured by his personal agenda. This new edited translation, with an introductory essay setting witchcraft, Institoris, and the Malleus into clear, readable English, corrects Summers' mistakes and offers a lean, unvarnished version of what Institoris actually wrote. It will undoubtedly become the standard translation of this important and controversial late-medieval text.
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