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Christine Heimannsberg

Gelobtes Land, die dystopische Climate Fiction Trilogie: Mit CO2 verbindet man den Klimawandel, schmelzende Gletscher und Überflutungen. Mittlerweile ist der Klimawandel auch in der Literatur angekommen. „Climate Fiction“ oder „Cli-fi“ lautet das Stichwort, das zuletzt verstärkt in den Feuilletons auftauchte. Die deutsche Autorin Christine Heimannsberg präsentiert mit ihrer Debüt-Trilogie „Gelobtes Land“ eine ungewöhnliche, spannende Dystopie, die ökologische wie humanistische Themen geschickt im neuen Genre zusammenführt.
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Business, Economics & Law

March 2017

Arctic Tourism Experiences

Production, Consumption and Sustainability

by Young-Sook Lee, David Weaver, Nina K Prebensen

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. Part 1 investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. Chapters examine the essence of diverse peak experiences and delve into the factors that give rise to these experiences. Part 2 considers the links between these core experiences and the tourism industry that seeks to sustain itself by facilitating such satisfying outcomes. ; The book focuses on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences. It concentrates on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. ; PART I: INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES: TOURIST EXPERIENCES OF THE ARCTIC AND CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES.Chapter 1: Arctic Destinations and Attractions as Evolving Peripheral Settings for the Production and Consumption of Peak Tourism ExperiencesChapter 2: Experiencing the Arctic in the Past: French Visitors to Finnmark in the Late 1700s and Early 1800sChapter 3: Roles of Adventure Guides in Balancing Perceptions of Risk and SafetyChapter 4: The Central Role of Identity in the Arctic PeripheryChapter 5: Tourists and Narration in the Arctic: The Changing Experience of MuseumsChapter 6: World Heritage List = Tourism Attractiveness?PART II: CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTICChapter 7: Degrees of Peripherality in the Production and Consumption of Leisure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 8: Northern Lights Experiences in the Arctic Dark: Old Imaginaries and New Tourism NarrativesChapter 9: Exploring the Extreme Iditarod Trail in AlaskaChapter 10: The Arctic Tourism Experience from an Evolving Chinese PerspectiveChapter 11: Tourists’ Interpretations of a “Feelgood In Lapland” Holiday- A Case StudyChapter 12: Negotiating Sami Place and Identity: Do Scottish Traditions Help Sami to be More Sami?Chapter 13: Emergence of Experience Production Systems for Mass Tourism Participation in Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Arctic ScandinaviaChapter 14: Factors of Peripherality: Whale Watching in Northern NorwayChapter 15: Responsible Fishing Tourism in the ArcticChapter 16: Long way up: Powered Two-Wheeled Journeys in Northern PeripheriesChapter 17: Experiences of Marine Adventurers in the Canadian ArcticChapter 18: Arctic Tourism in Russia: Attractions, Experiences, Challenges and PotentialsChapter 19: Tourism Experiences of Post-Soviet Arctic BorderlandsChapter 20: Arctic Tourism Experiences: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Research Directions for a Changing Periphery

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Tourism industry

March 1998

Ecotourism in the Less Developed World

by David B Weaver

Ecotourism is the result of increasing interest amongst consumers in developed countries in exploring the natural world as an alternative to more conventional holidays, along with a desire to reduce the environmental and cultural impact of their activities. It is, therefore, a relatively new sector of the tourism industry. This book is unique in defining, describing and analysing ecotourism in the less developed countries and its effects, in all parts of the world. The first three chapters set the broader industry context and geographical scope of the book. This is followed by country case studies on Costa Rica, Kenya, Nepal and Thailand and a chapter on the Caribbean and South Pacific. In the final chapter, the common themes and patterns which emerge are discussed with regard to strategies for future developments. This book is essential reading for lecturers, advanced students and researchers in tourism and for those actively involved in ecotourism in less developed countries. It will also be valuable to other tourism industry staff, geographers, development economists and government and regional policy makers.

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Sport & leisure industries

March 2001

Encyclopedia of Ecotourism

by David B Weaver

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Tourism industry

October 2003

Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management

by Ralf C Buckley, Catherine Pickering, David B Weaver. Edited by Ralf C Buckley, Catherine Pickering, David B Weaver.

Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts,between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Born from the Fenner conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001, the book includes selected proceedings which have been refereed and substantially revised.

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Tourism industry

August 2008

Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management

by Edited by Ralf C Buckley, Catherine Pickering, David B Weaver

Tourism based on natural environments is a significant and growing international industry, and one that requires access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism, and its effects on land managers. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Now in paperback, this book will be an essential resource for tourism students, as well as researchers and industry practitioners.

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Business, Economics & Law

May 2017

Mass Tourism in a Small World

by David Harrison, Richard Sharpley, Hazel Andrews, Julio Aramberri, Gregory Ashworth, Raoul Bianchi, Sue Bleasdale, Kelly Bricker, Jim Butcher, Erik Cohen, David T. Duvall, Martin Farr, John Heeley, Andrew Holden, Stanislav Ivanov, Heather Jeffrey, Gabriele Manella, Chris Ryan, Asterio Savelli, Hongdi Shen, John E Tunbridge, David Weaver, Paul F Wilkinson

This new book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism. It covers theoretical perspectives (including political economy, ethics, sustainability and environmentalism), the historical context, and the current challenges to domestic, intra-regional and international mass tourism. As tourism and tourist numbers continue to grow around the world, it becomes increasingly important that this subject is studied in depth and best practice applied in real-life situations. This book: - Is the first to address a range of theoretical issues relating to mass tourism; - Uses a wide selection of case studies to translate theory into practice, covering the historical rise and fall of UK seaside resorts, the increase in Chinese tourism, conflict between different mass tourism groups, destination transformation from mass to niche tourism, and specific problems facing cruise ships; - Is written by a range of international, established authors to give a global perspective on the subject. Finishing with a speculative chapter identifying potential future trends and challenges, this book forms an essential resource for all researchers and students within tourism studies. ; Section 1: Introduction1: Introduction: Mass Tourism in a Small WorldSection 2: Theoretical Approaches to Mass Tourism2: Mass Tourism Does Not Need Defending3: The Morality of Mass Tourism4: The Political Economy of Mass Tourism and its Contradictions5: A Theoretical Approach to Mass Tourism in Italy6: Sustainability and Mass Tourism: A Contradiction in Terms?7: Mass Tourism and the Environment: Issues and DilemmasSection 3: Historical Studies of Tourism Development8: The Dynamics of Tourism Development in Britain: The Profit Motive and that ‘Curious’ Alliance of Private Capital and the Local State9: From Holiday Camps to the All-inclusive: the ‘Butlinization’ of Tourism10: Decline Beside the Seaside: British Seaside Resorts and Declinism11: Mass Tourism and the US National Park Service System12: Transport and Tourism: The Perpetual LinkSection 4: Case Studies in Modern Mass Tourism13: Mass Tourism and China14: Mass Tourism in Thailand: The Chinese and Russians15: Mass Tourism in Bulgaria: The Force Awakens16: Mass Tourism in Mallorca: Examples from Calivià17: Tunisia: Mass Tourism in Crisis?18: From Blue to Grey? Malta’s Quest from Mass Beach to Niche Heritage Tourism19: Cruise Ship Tourism in the Caribbean: The Mess of Mass TourismSection 5: The Future20: Conclusion: Mass Tourism in the Future

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Literature & Literary Studies

December 2019

Dating Beowulf

by Daniel C. Remein, Erica Weaver, James Paz

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March 2021

Columbus, the Discarded Explorer

Disaster of the legendary sailor

by Wolfgang Wissler

There he stands, the man the whole of Spain cheered, before whom the most catholic regents Isabella and Ferdinand rose to their feet, his eyes on his ship Capitana, devoured by shipworm, stranded off Jamaica. Some of the crew mutiny, the locals can no longer be fobbed off with glass beads, the Spanish on the nearby island of Hispaniola do not help, the world doesn‘t want anything to do with him, the demanding whinger. He, Christopher Columbus, is a John Lackland, a king without land, a conqueror without conquest. Between fiction and historical truth, Wolfgang Wissler recounts the legendary sailor‘s last expedition in an entirely new way – and what a story it is!

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March 2005

Die Schiller-Chronik

by Karin Wais, Rose Unterberger

Die Schiller-Chronik ist ein praktisches Hilfsmittel für jeden Schiller-Leser. Wer etwa wissen will, wo sich Schiller zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt aufhielt, oder in umgekehrter Richtung fragt, wann er seiner zukünftigen Frau zum ersten Mal begegnete oder wann Die Räuber in Hamburg aufgeführt wurden – die Schiller-Chronik erteilt zuverlässig Auskunft und lädt zum Blättern und Eintauchen in seine Welt ein. übersichtlich gegliedert in parallele Rubriken zu Ort und Zeit – Leben – Werk, enthält die Chronik alle wichtigen Daten zur Lebens- und Werkgeschichte, dazu auch Angaben zum Zeitgeschehen und zu Publikationen der Zeitgenossen. Durch die synoptische Darstellung werden die Entstehungszusammenhänge von Schillers Œuvre unmittelbar deutlich, wobei nicht nur die ausgereiften, kanonischen Texte Berücksichtigung finden, sondern auch Pläne, Gelegenheitsgedichte und verschiedene Fassungen, etwa die einzelnen Bühnenbearbeitungen seiner Dramen. Ein erklärendes Personenregister sowie ein Orts- und ein Werkregister vervollständigen den Band und machen ihn zu einem unentbehrlichen Nachschlagewerk.

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1992

Liebe Miss Weaver

Ein Leben für Joyce

by Jane Lidderdale, Mary Nicholson

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1972

Liebe Miss Weaver

Ein Leben für Joyce

by Jane Lidderdale, Mary Nicholson, Angela Praesent, Anneliese Strauss

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March 1976

Liebe Miss Weaver

Ein Leben für James Joyce

by Mary Nicholson, Jane Lidderdale, Angela Praesent, Anneliese Strauß

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March 2024

Christoph Hein Jubiläumsedition

6 Bände in Kassette

by Christoph Hein

Christoph Hein zum 80sten – die Jubiläumsedition seiner großen Romane Spätestens seit Erscheinen des internationalen Bestsellers Der fremde Freund / Drachenblut in Ost und West gilt Christoph Hein als der deutsch-deutsche Autor schlechthin. Seitdem folgten viele Romane, in denen Hein, der sich selbst als „schlichter Chronist“ versteht, dass Leben in der DDR und dem vereinigten Deutschland eingefangen hat. Sechs davon spielen in dem fiktiven Örtchen Guldenberg, worin einige Leserinnen und Leser das sächsische Bad Düben wiederzuerkennen meinen, wo Christoph Hein nach Kriegsende aufwuchs. Diese sechs Romane sind hier versammelt und liefern einen wunderbaren Einstieg in das Werk Christoph Heins und einen unvergleichlichen Blick auf Deutschland in den letzten fünf Jahrzehnten. Enthält die Romane: Der fremde Freund. DrachenblutHorns EndeVon allem Anfang anLandnahmeGlückskind mit VaterGuldenberg

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January 2011

Das Dschungelbuch. Mit einem Vorwort von Christopher Paolini

Arena Kinderbuch-Klassiker

by Kipling, Rudyard / Illustriert von Krautmann, Milada; Vorwort von Paolini, Christopher; Herausgegeben von Stephan, Friedrich; Übersetzt von Noack, Hans-Georg

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Literature & Literary Studies

August 2021

The Massacre at Paris

By Christopher Marlowe

by Martin White, Mathew R. Martin

This volume presents a modernised edition of Christopher Marlowe's critical engagement with one of the bloodiest and traumatic episodes of the French Wars of Religion, the wholesale massacre of French Huguenots in Paris in August, 1572. Sensorily shocking and intellectually gripping, the play's dramatic action spans a tumultuous two decades in French history to unfold for its audience the tragic consequences of religious fanaticism, power politics, and dynastic rivalry. Comprehensively introduced and containing full commentary notes, this edition opens up this frequently neglected but historically significant and dramatically powerful play to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the history of the massacre, the play's treatment of its sources, the play's dramatisation of trauma, and the play's exploration of notions of religious toleration.

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October 2006

Schiller für Kinder

'... und mich – mich ruft das Flügeltier'

by Friedrich Schiller, Hans Traxler, Peter Härtling

Schiller für Kinder ist eine Sammlung heiterer und ernster Texte, zusammengestellt von Peter Härtling und illustriert von Hans Traxler, eine Einladung zu einem Spaziergang durch die Lyrik und Prosa des Dichters, von dem auch weniger bekannte Texte hier zu entdecken sind - ein Lesebuch für Kinder und für Erwachsene.

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January 2009

Mein Schiller

by Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Friedrich Schiller, Marcel Reich-Ranicki

M e i n Schiller? Warum eigentlich? Und seit wann? Ich liebe Schiller, ich liebe ihn seit meiner Jugend, wenn nicht seit meiner Kindheit. Ich liebe den Dichter der Freiheit. Ich schätze den engagierten Schriftsteller (übrigens gab es diesen Begriff damals noch nicht), ihn, der mit jeder seiner literarischen und philosophischen Arbeiten unbedingt etwas erreichen, etwas bewirken wollte. Ich verehre den größten der deutschen Theaterautoren, ihn, dessen Dramen mir zeigten, was die Bühne zu leisten imstande ist. Ich habe eine Schwäche für nicht wenige seiner geistreichen Gedichte, zumal für seine herrliche Ballade »Die Kraniche des Ibykus«. Sein Werk hat mir die Augen geöffnet: Schiller war der erste Dichter, der mich in meiner frühen Jugend ahnen und vielleicht sogar begreifen ließ, daß Literatur Kritik der Gesellschaft ist, ja Kritik des Lebens. So wurde er m e i n Schiller.

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November 2004

Schiller für Gestreßte

Poetisch-philosophische Gedanken

by Friedrich Schiller, Ursula Michels-Wenz

Friedrich Schiller schrieb die berühmte Ode an die Freude – eine strahlende Vision jenes »Götterfunkens«, unter dessen Wirkung »alle Menschen Brüder« werden. In seinem umfangreichen Werk verleiht er seinen Ideen von Freiheit, Würde, Schönheit, Freundschaft und Sittlichkeit eine beflügelnde, ja mitreißende Stimme.Die vorliegende Auswahl poetisch-philosophischer Sätze und kürzerer Passagen aus dem Gesamtwerk enthält die Essenz einer hohen Schule des Geistes, der sich bedrängender Realität behaupten konnte und zugleich sehnsuchtsvoll über diese hinausstrebte.

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February 2005

Der Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe

by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Emil Staiger, Hans-Georg Dewitz

Glückliches Ereigniß« hat Goethe den Beginn seiner Freundschaft (1794) mit Schiller genannt. Die von ihm 1828/29 veröffentlichten beiderseitigen Briefe sind Zeugnis dieser Freundschaft. Die zu Schillers 200. Todestag vorgelegte Neuausgabe des Briefwechsels bietet ausgewählte Lesarten aus der Schiller-Nationalausgabe sowie Ergänzungen der Fußnoten aufgrund neuerer Kommentare, einen knappen Editionsbericht, zeitgenössische Texte über den Briefwechsel, Erläuterungen zu den Abbildungen, ein Nachwort und ein gegenüber den älteren Auflagen erweitertes Register.

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Literature & Literary Studies

October 2024

Shakespeare's borrowed feathers

How early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer

by Darren Freebury-Jones

A fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare's beloved plays. Shakespeare's plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him? Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers a fresh look at William Shakespeare and the community of playwrights that shaped his work. This compelling book argues that we need to see early modern drama as a communal enterprise, with playwrights borrowing from and adapting one another's work. From John Lyly's wit to the collaborative genius of John Fletcher, to Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's borrowed feathers offers fresh insights into Shakespeare's artistic development and shows us new ways of looking at the masterpieces that have enchanted audiences for centuries.

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by Young-Sook Lee, David Weaver, Nina K Prebensen

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Disaster of the legendary sailor

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Ein Leben für Joyce

by Jane Lidderdale, Mary Nicholson

Ein Leben für Joyce

by Jane Lidderdale, Mary Nicholson, Angela Praesent, Anneliese Strauss

Ein Leben für James Joyce

by Mary Nicholson, Jane Lidderdale, Angela Praesent, Anneliese Strauß

6 Bände in Kassette

by Christoph Hein

Arena Kinderbuch-Klassiker

by Kipling, Rudyard / Illustriert von Krautmann, Milada; Vorwort von Paolini, Christopher; Herausgegeben von Stephan, Friedrich; Übersetzt von Noack, Hans-Georg

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'... und mich – mich ruft das Flügeltier'

by Friedrich Schiller, Hans Traxler, Peter Härtling

by Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Friedrich Schiller, Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Poetisch-philosophische Gedanken

by Friedrich Schiller, Ursula Michels-Wenz

by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Emil Staiger, Hans-Georg Dewitz

How early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer

by Darren Freebury-Jones

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