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Erzählungen verstand Anna Seghers nie als künstlerische Bescheidung. Sie schätzte das Genre, das ihr Möglichkeiten literarischer Vielfalt bot. In der Entstehungszeit dieser neun Erzählungen, 1967 bis 1980, konzentrierte sie sich fast ausschließlich auf die kleineren erzählerischen Formen und auf Stoffe, die außerhalb der DDR lagen. Wie bereits in ihren ersten Schaffensjahren nutzte sie als selbstverständlichen Bewegungsraum die komplexe Welt. ...

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Susan Classen and her companions struggle toward safety through bullets and bombs, then-- "Just before Guarjila we passed a dozen vultures. I noticed them from far off and was afraid we would find another cadaver in the road. . . . As we drew near, the vultures reluctantly flew to a nearby fence, I realized hundreds of yellow and white butterflies danced in that same area. We passed through their graceful flight." Classen shares her search f...

Now in paperback - a best-selling author's collection of Christmas stories retold for reading aloud

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Represnts the first collection of critical responses to be made to the work of Slavoj Zizek.

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Aims both to reflect and to foster the extraordinary ongoing impact of Helene Cixous's writing across a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and literary forms

At just the moment when many people are ready to throw Freud on to the ash-heap of intellectual history, "Sex on the Couch "rescues from Freud's theories a fascinating series of reflections on the nature of sexuality and gender. Richard Boothby presents here a fresh and engaging view of Freud. "Sex on the Couch" offers new insights into our concepts of masculinity and femininity, placing them in relation to Freud's theory of the Life and Death...

This book helps designers, engineers, and maintenance personnel choose the appropriate coatings to best protect equipment, structures, and various components from corrosion. The first chapters provide a background of the principles of coatings, the theory of adhesion, and the importance of surface preparation. The remaining chapters cover paint systems, organic coatings for immersion applications, metallic coatings, conversion coatings, cement...

How was music depicted in and mediated through Romantic and Victorian poetry? That is the question which this volume of essays explores in order to achieve a better understanding of the place of music and its significance in 19th-century British culture.

Newly updated and reflecting the diversity of state policies and the issues that are important to them, State Constitutions of the United States collects, explains, and offers comparison of each of the fifty state constitutions. Its in-depth explorations and easy-to-follow structure reveal individual state priorities, the significance of state constitutions and their impact on issues that affect the day-to-day lives of citizens. ''This major r...

Based on many years of personal observation, Habraken's important new book critically examines the role of the architect as a professional descendent of Palladio, and as an heir to his architectural legacy. Seven innovative and carefully crafted essays explore the widening ideological schism between today's architects whose core values, identity and education remain rooted in the Renaissance legacy of creating artful 'masterpieces', and the pr...

With growing interest in this natural macromolecule, Practical Aspects of Hyaluronan Based Medical Products is the first book devoted to a systematic description of this subject. The text analyzes the pertinent information connecting the basic properties of hyaluronic acid (HA) and the characteristics of HA-based products with clinical applications. It offers a unique perspective of the interrelationship between the structure and properties of...

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This is the most complete and detailed account of the traditional domestic and daily life of the Chinese in the mid-nineteenth century. Writing in the 1860s, Doolittle concentrates on social and religious customs, revealing the people through their practices and material culture which he observed for over fourteen years. Colorful, exotic and compelling, this is a more telling portrait than any history or encyclopedia, an innovative tour de for...