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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2022The correspondence of John Dryden
by Stephen Bernard, John McTague
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Michael Winterbottom
by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema.
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Biography & True StoriesMay 2025Mrs Dalloway
Biography of a novel
by Mark Hussey
A compelling biography of one of the most celebrated novels in the English language. The fourth and best-known of Virginia Woolf's novels, Mrs Dalloway is a modernist masterpiece that has remained popular since its publication in 1925. Its dual narratives follow a day in the life of wealthy housewife Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked war veteran Septimus Warren Smith, capturing their inner worlds with a vividness that has rarely been equalled. Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel offers new readers a lively introduction to this enduring classic, while providing Woolf lovers with a wealth of information about the novel's writing, publication and reception. It follows Woolf's process from the first stirrings in her diary through her struggles to create what was quickly recognised as a major advance in prose fiction. It then traces the novel's remarkable legacy to the present day. Woolf wrote in her diary that she wanted her novel 'to give life & death, sanity & insanity. to criticise the social system, & to show it at work, at its most intense.' Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel reveals how she achieved this ambition, creating a book that will be read by generations to come.
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Business & managementNovember 2012Veterinary Practice Management
by Catherine R Coates, Alan Jones, Michael W Coates
Veterinarians are increasingly aware of the need to recognise they are working in a business enterprise. From operating as small practices twenty years ago, veterinary businesses are now run along sophisticated models and operate out of multi-million pound hospitals. Drawing together the latest information on practice management, this textbook provides practical and straightforward coverage of major elements, including client relationships and staff management, business and financial procedures, computer systems and project management. This book covers practice management topics as taught in veterinary schools worldwide, providing students with a textbook resource in this increasingly important subject. It is also a valuable source of information for newly qualified veterinarians, veterinarians interested in practice management and veterinary practice managers.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2022Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 98/1
The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counterculture and Now
by Douglas Field
This special issue of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is devoted to William Blake. It explores the British and European reception of Blake's work from the late nineteenth century to the present day, with a particular focus on the counterculture. Opening with two articles by the late Michael Horovitz, an important figure in the 'Blake Renaissance' of the 1960s, the issue goes on to investigate the ideological struggle over Blake in the early part of the twentieth century, with particular reference to W. B. Yeats. This is followed by articles on the artistic avant-garde and underground of the 1960s and on Blake's significance for science fiction authors of the 1970s. The issue closes with an article on the contemporary Belgian art collective maelstrÖm reEvolution.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2023Mr. Cheesecake and Christmas Pampukh
by Svitlana Linynska (Author), Mariia Hrom-Vurlovska (Illustrator)
On the eve of Christmas, an unusual incident happened in the town of Yasne. The famous baker Syrnyk didn’t give the last Christmas pampukh (an Ukrainian national dish, similar to a donut) to a girl that came to his bakery for it, because he himself was very hungry. From that moment on, everything tasted bitter for him! Mr. Syrnyk didn’t know what to do. How will he manage to prepare the most delicious pastries now? Who will help the baker? Maybe Doctor Apchih has some healing medicine for bitterness? And maybe a small miracle will happen on the eve of the glorious holiday of Christmas… From 3 to 8 years, 3074 words. Rightsholders: Diana Semak, bohdanbooksco@gmail.com
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June 2020Mr. Fool Moves a Mountain
by Yang Yongqing
"Mr. Fool Moves a Mountain" is a fable essay created by the thinker Liezi during the Warring States Period. Mr. Fool led his family to move one great mountian in front of their home. Eventually their spirit made God touched and helped them move the great mountain away. For thousands of years, the Mr Fool's spirit represents virtues of Chinese people's self-improvement, perseverance, and diligence.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 2025The Catholicism of literature in the age of the Book of Common Prayer
Poetry, plays, works, 1558-1689
by Thomas Rist
Offering a complete reading of English Literature throughout 1558-1689, this book demonstrates the continuity of Roman Catholicism in English Literature from the accession of Elizabeth I to the deposing of James II. Rist shows that poetry and plays promoted Roman Catholic ideas in a Biblicist age which established the Church of England through the Book of Common Prayer. From the very idea of literary works to chapters on the Eucharist, Purgatory, Christian worship and the Virgin Mary, Rist joins together major and minor authors of the era to present English Literature afresh. Important literary figures include William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, Queen Henrietta Maria, John Donne, John Dryden, Robert Herrick, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn.
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September 2011Die Weihnachten des Mr. Scrooge
by Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge ist ein Geizkragen. Er behandelt seine Mitarbeiter schlecht, ist hartherzig gegenüber seinen Schuldnern und hat für seine Mitmenschen außer Mißtrauen nichts übrig. Auch an Weihnachten – für ihn ein wahrlich überflüssiges Fest – sitzt er am liebsten in seinem Büro und zählt Geld. Doch eines Heiligabends wird er von den Geistern der vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Weihnachtsfeste heimgesucht. Sie zeigen ihm das Glück, das er durch seine Habgier und Selbstsucht versäumt hat, aber auch das jämmerliche Dasein und die Einsamkeit, die er fristen wird, falls er sein Leben nicht ändert. Schlechte Aussichten für Mr. Scrooge! Oder gibt es doch noch Hoffnung für ihn?
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September 2011Die Weihnachten des Mr. Scrooge
by Charles Dickens, Carl Kolb
Ebenezer Scrooge ist ein Geizkragen. Er behandelt seine Mitarbeiter schlecht, ist hartherzig gegenüber seinen Schuldnern und hat für seine Mitmenschen außer Mißtrauen nichts übrig. Auch an Weihnachten – für ihn ein wahrlich überflüssiges Fest – sitzt er am liebsten in seinem Büro und zählt Geld. Doch eines Heiligabends wird er von den Geistern der vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Weihnachtsfeste heimgesucht. Sie zeigen ihm das Glück, das er durch seine Habgier und Selbstsucht versäumt hat, aber auch das jämmerliche Dasein und die Einsamkeit, die er fristen wird, falls er sein Leben nicht ändert. Schlechte Aussichten für Mr. Scrooge! Oder gibt es doch noch Hoffnung für ihn?
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Early learning / early learning conceptsMarch 2022Mr Muku's Hair Salon
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by Harris, B. D. / Bosa, Subi
Step inside Mr Muku’s Hair Salon and choose your cut. Today is looking busy! A sneaky mohawk behind mom's back, a mistaken sneeze disaster, and a frightening phobia of scissors. Jump into a seat beside Mr Muku's customers and watch their hair and emotions fly across the room.
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September 2011Die Weihnachten des Mr. Scrooge
by Charles Dickens, Leo Feld
Ebenezer Scrooge ist ein Geizkragen. Er behandelt seine Mitarbeiter schlecht, ist hartherzig gegenüber seinen Schuldnern und hat für seine Mitmenschen außer Mißtrauen nichts übrig. Auch an Weihnachten – für ihn ein wahrlich überflüssiges Fest – sitzt er am liebsten in seinem Büro und zählt Geld. Doch eines Heiligabends wird er von den Geistern der vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Weihnachtsfeste heimgesucht. Sie zeigen ihm das Glück, das er durch seine Habgier und Selbstsucht versäumt hat, aber auch das jämmerliche Dasein und die Einsamkeit, die er fristen wird, falls er sein Leben nicht ändert. Schlechte Aussichten für Mr. Scrooge! Oder gibt es doch noch Hoffnung für ihn?
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January 2021Mr. Bats Meisterstück
oder: Die total verjüngte Oma
by Christine Nöstlinger, Erhard Dietl
In Christine Nöstlingers "Mr Bats Meisterstück" trinkt Robis Großmutter aus Versehen einen geheimnisvollen Verjüngungstrank und verwandelt sich blitzschnell in ein fünfjähriges Mädchen. Plötzlich liegt es an Robi und dem verschrobenen Erfinder Mr Bat, mithilfe einer wackeligen Zeitmaschine in die Vergangenheit zu reisen, um ein Gegenmittel zu beschaffen. Ihre abenteuerliche Mission führt sie durch turbulente Zeiten, wo sie nicht nur historische Kuriositäten erleben, sondern auch die Bedeutung von Verantwortung und Familie neu entdecken. Ein Kinderbuch voller Charme und Witz, das Generationen und Zeiten auf außergewöhnliche Weise verbindet. Ideal für junge Leser*innen: Speziell für Kinder im Alter von 10 bis 12 Jahren geschrieben, bietet das Buch eine spannende Einführung in das Genre der Zeitreisegeschichten. Bildung und Unterhaltung: Neben dem Unterhaltungswert fördert das Buch das Verständnis für die Konsequenzen von Handlungen und die Bedeutung von Familie. Spannende Handlung: Eine Geschichte voller überraschender Wendungen hält junge Leser bis zur letzten Seite gefesselt. Humor und Herz: Nöstlingers charakteristischer Witz durchzieht das gesamte Buch, macht schwierige Themen zugänglich und die Charaktere liebenswert.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2023
The politics of male friendship in contemporary American fiction
by Michael Kalisch
How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines how contemporary American fiction has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. Bringing into dialogue the work of a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole - this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today.
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September 2019Mr. Pinguin (2) und die Burg der dunklen Schatten
by Smith, Alex T.
Mit Charme und Fischstäbchen-Sandwich ins Abenteuer In Schneedorf-auf-dem-Gipfel sind alle Haustiere verschwunden! Auch wenn es in den Bergen leider keine Fischstäbchen gibt, beschließt Mister Pinguin, den Dorfbewohnern zu helfen. Da funkeln in der dunklen Burg am Berggipfel gruselige Lichter auf, und es riecht nach düsteren Geheimnissen … Dieses Abenteuer ist schon auf den ersten Blick ein absoluter Hingucker! Zweifarbig in Pinguinfarben illustriert (in Schwarz und Orange), ergänzen sich die Bilder und der Text einfach perfekt. In seinem zweiten Fall muss es Mister Pinguin, der treuherzige Pinguin mit dem großen Herzen und der Spürnase mit Schnee und Eis, Schlangen und Geheimagenten aufnehmen. Mitten im Schnee und gestärkt mit reichlich Kakao und Zimtschnecken hecken der liebenswürdige Pinguin-Detektiv und sein bester Freund Colin, die Kung-Fu-kämpfende Spinne, einen abenteuerlichen Plan aus. Was die beiden tierischen Ermittler jedoch nicht ahnen: Die unheimlichen und düsteren Rätsel in Schneedorf reichen für mindestens hundert Abenteuer! Liebenswert, witzig und ein bisschen bis ziemlich kurios: Dies ist Band 2 der außergewöhnlich gestalteten Reihe rund um selbsternannten Detektiv und Abenteurer Mister Pinguin. Mit aufwändigem Layout ist „Mister Pinguin und die Burg der dunklen Schatten“ nicht nur für alle Abenteurer und Leser ab 8 Jahren geeignet, sondern auch zum Vorlesen bereits ab 7 Jahren. Zur Reihe: Mister Pinguin ist ein Pinguin. Er ist schwarz-weiß, hat einen kleinen Schnabel und zwei flossige Flügel. Wenn er vorwärtswatschelt, dann wackelt sein Hinterteil genauso hin und her, wie das Hinterteil eines Pinguins eben wackelt. Aber etwas an Mister Pinguin ist ziemlich ungewöhnlich. Er ist nämlich nicht einfach NUR ein Pinguin. Er ist ein Abenteurer! Das kann man an seinem abenteuerlichen Hut, der riesigen Lupe und der ausgebeulten Umhängetasche erkennen, in der er ein leckeres Fischstäbchen-Sandwich als Proviant mit sich herumträgt. Mister Pinguins bester Freund ist diese Spinne. Ihr Name ist Colin. Colin ist richtig gut in Kung Fu, also nehmt euch in Acht! KAWUMM! Über Band 1, Mr. Pinguin und der verlorene Schatz: „Grandios. … Der Text ist in großer Schrift luftig gesetzt, sodass Kinder, die am Leseanfang stehen am Ende mit viel Spaß ein ganzes dickes Buch allein geschafft haben - toll!“ BÜCHERmagazin „‘Mr. Pinguin und der verlorene Schatz‘ ist eine rasante, sehr lustige Geschichte." Marion Klötzer, NZZ „Ein kriminalistisches Abenteuer mit Herz, Verstand und Fischstäbchensandwich.“ Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung, Maren Bonacker „Das Spiel mit der Sprache und macht Leseanfängern großes Vergnügen, das durch die skurrilen Zeichnungen noch verstärkt wird." Süddeutsche Zeitung, Roswitha Budeus-Budde „Herrlich skurrile Charaktere, eine witzige Story und humorvoll im Retrostil bebildert: Dieses Buch ist ein echter Lesetipp!" Westfälische Nachrichten "Das Buch ist sehr lustig. Außerdem ist es hübsch gestaltet. Es sind richtig viele lustige Bilder drin." Emma, 9 Jahre, im Weser Kurier
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The ArtsMarch 2009Michael Winterbottom
by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesNovember 2025Troilus and Cressida
by Stephen Purcell
A history of Shakespeare's play in performance, from John Dryden's Restoration adaptation to the rediscovery of the play in the twentieth century. What made this play so relevant to audiences who had lived through the horrors of two world wars and the rise of fascism? Why did it speak so directly to the 'angry young men' of the post-war generation and to the countercultural movements of the 1960s? This book investigates the many ways in which modern directors and actors have found their own world reflected in the play, from anti-war protests and the sexual revolution to feminism and postcolonialism. In doing so, it explores the play's own complexity and its refusal to give easy answers.
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2018Rediscovering Sex
From pressure to pleasure in bed - an excersise book for men
by Michael Sztenc
Penises are clever guys, sensitive and touchy. At least that’s what Michael Sztenc says. And as a sex and couples’ therapist who has worked on male sexuality for over 25 years, he should know. With practical exercises that have been tried and tested for years, he helps the men who come to him with their problems to develop a sense for their bodies and their own eroticism.
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MedicineDecember 2019Top 100 Questions and Answers about Fleas and Pets
by Hany Elsheikha, Ian Wright, Michael Dryden
If you have a flea problem, you're probably trying to solve it - unfortunately, flea infestations are very difficult to eliminate! Thankfully, we now know more about the biology and treatment of fleas than ever before, which has led to safe, effective, and affordable treatments, both on pets and in the environment. This book provides an easy introduction to the world of fleas, and a flea-educated owner is an owner able to effectively prevent, control and treat infestations. Detailing the most effective treatment and prevention options, the book: - Provides accessible and easy to understand information about fleas and their control; - Describes the changes in animal and human health when flea infestations occur; - Includes practical advice pitched at a level for both owners and veterinary nurses. Top 100 Question and Answers About Fleas covers all the important facts you need to know about fleas in an easy question and answer format. Informative and interesting, it is an invaluable aid in your quest to provide the best quality of life to beloved pets.
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March 2021International Trade in Forest Products
Lumber Trade Disputes, Models and Examples
by G Cornelis van Kooten, Linda Voss
Because of the long-standing Canada-U.S. lumber trade dispute and the current pressure on the world's forests as a renewable energy source, much attention has been directed toward the modelling of international trade in wood products. Two types of trade models are described in this book: one is rooted in economic theory and mathematical programming, and the other consists of two econometric/statistical models--a gravity model rooted in theory and an approach known as GVAR that relies on time series analyses. The purpose of the book is to provide the background theory behind models and facilitate readers in easily constructing their own models to analyse policy questions that they wish to address, whether in forestry or some other sector. Examples in the book are meant to illustrate how models can be used to say something about a variety of issues, including identification of the gains and losses to various players in the North American softwood lumber business, and the potential for redirecting sales of lumber to countries outside the United States. The discussion is expanded to include other products besides lumber, and used to examine, for example, the effects of log export restrictions by one nation on all other forestry jurisdictions, the impacts of climate policies as they relate to the global forest sector, and the impact of oil prices on forest product markets throughout the world. This book will appeal to practising economists and researchers who wish to examine various policies that affect international trade, whether their interest is local or international in scope. Because the book provides the theoretical bases underlying various models, students and practitioners will find this a valuable reference book or supplementary textbook.
