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Gerstenberg Verlag GmbH & Co. KG
The Publishing House and its History Established in St. Petersburg in 1792, today Gerstenberg is one of Germany’s oldest publishing houses. A family business, the publishing house moved to new headquarters in Hildesheim in 1796 and to this day occupies the same address in the old city marketplace as it did then. The most important branch of the publishing business, however, was the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, which, incidentally, is the oldest daily newspaper still in existence in Germany. Today, the name of Gerstenberg is synonymous with delightful, innovative books of aesthetic design and high-quality content for children and young adults that compete very successfully also on the international market. An adult range comprising illustrated books, non-fiction and cookery books also forms part of the Gerstenberg portfolio. Program Gerstenberg publishes board picture books, picture books, children’s and young adult narrative literature and non-fiction. With Eric Carle’s »The Very Hungry Caterpillar« (»Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt«) and Rotraut Susanne Berner’s ›discovery picture books‹ (›Wimmelbücher‹), Gerstenberg became one of the best-known children’s book publishers. In 1999, the anthology of poetry »Dunkel war’s, der Mond schien helle«, came out as the first in Gerstenberg’s series of household compendiums, a segment that has since developed into a main pillar of the program. The publishing house has brought out some highly respected developments of its own in the children’s knowledge-book series ›Abenteuer! Maja Nielsen erzählt‹.
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Humanities & Social SciencesThree Gorges
Image Files of the Natural and Humanistic Heritages of China’s River Sources, II
by Zheng Yunfeng, Ge Jianxiong
China's giant Three Gorges Dam is the world's biggest hydropower plant located in the Three Gorges region in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Since its construction officially began in 1994, the higher water level has changed the scenery of the Three Gorges. In 1996, photographer Zheng Yunfeng arrived at the Three Gorges, hoping to document the scenery before it was swallowed by the rising water. He spent more than seven years taking over 50,000 photos of the gorges, based on which the series Three Gorges was produced. The series Three Gorges is a selected collection of Zheng Yunfeng’s photography of the Three Gorges region, depicting living conditions, economic status, and customs and beliefs of local people with massive exquisite pictures and plain language. It is a part of Image Files of the Natural and Humanistic Heritages of China's River Sources and has three volumes: Memories of Mountains and Rivers, Memories of Old Days, and Memories of Ours.
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September 2018Die Überwindung der Schwerkraft
Roman
by Heinz Helle
Zwei Bier, und dann noch zwei – mehr braucht es nicht für etwas Nähe. Doch dass die Wärme des Alkohols nicht wirklich gegen die Kälte hilft, die draußen herrscht, wissen auch die beiden Brüder, die von Kneipe zu Kneipe ziehen. Der ältere trinkt längst ohne jeden Anlass, aus Trauer oder Wut angesichts einer Welt, die von Schmerzen und Leid, von Kriegen und Gewalt bestimmt ist. Und doch erzählt er dem jüngeren an diesem Abend nicht nur von Stalingrad und Marc Dutroux, sondern auch von seinem baldigen Vaterglück. Was beide nicht wissen: Es wird danach kein Wiedersehen geben. Nur einmal telefonieren sie noch miteinander. Der nächste Anruf, neun Monate später, ist die Nachricht vom Tod des älteren Bruders. Was bleibt, sind die Erinnerungen an ihn und Fragen: Warum das Ganze? Was wollen wir auf der Welt? Und was genau soll das überhaupt sein, leben und sterben? Virtuos verknüpft Heinz Helle in seinem neuen Roman die Suche nach den Spuren des verstorbenen Bruders mit der Suche nach den Antworten auf die großen Fragen des Lebens. Wie genau er die Geschwister dabei seziert, ist schmerzhaft-schön: ein gezielter Schlag in die Magengrube, durchfunkelt von Trost und Hoffnung.
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September 2015Eigentlich müssten wir tanzen
Roman
by Heinz Helle
Dicht, dunkel, radikal Eine Gruppe junger Männer verbringt ein Wochenende auf einer Berghütte. Als sie ins Tal zurückkehren, sind die Ortschaften verwüstet. Die Menschen sind tot oder geflohen, die Häuser und Geschäfte geplündert, die Autos ausgebrannt. Zu Fuß versuchen sie, sich in ihre Heimatstadt durchzuschlagen. Sie funktionieren, so gut sie können. Tagsüber streifen sie durch das zerstörte Land, nachts durch ihre Erinnerung. Auf der Suche nach einem Grund, am Leben zu bleiben. »Das ist waghalsig, mehr davon«, forderte die FAZ nach Erscheinen von Heinz Helles Debütroman. Helle hat sich nicht lange bitten lassen und den Einsatz erhöht. Im neuen Roman geht es um die Frage: Reicht das Aufrechterhalten der wichtigsten Körperfunktionen, um von sich selbst sagen zu können, man sei am Leben? Die Antwort, die das Buch gibt, wird uns womöglich nicht trösten. Aber sie macht atemlos vor Spannung.
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)2019The Girl with a Teddy Bear. Doctor Seraficus
by V. Domontovych
This book contains two of the most famous works of V. Domontovych. One of them is an engaging and somewhat extravagant novel The Girl with a Teddy Bear that describes the love of a sagacious teacher and his rebellious student. The novel is also a brilliant example of intellectual prose about the changing cultural orientations and the tragic personal conflict of a person destined to live in the time of change. The second one is Doctor Seraficus. It is the story of a strange and infantile ascetic professor who preaches a peculiar sort of “Don Juanism in reverse”: the desire to love all women and denounce all of them simultaneously.
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September 2009Über die Unsterblichkeit
Erzählungen und Essays
by Arno Schmidt, Jan Philipp Reemtsma, Jan Philipp Reemtsma
»Würden die Menschen nicht besser werden, wenn sie nicht an die Unsterblichkeit glaubten?!« fragt Arno Schmidt in seinem Roman Das steinerne Herz. Er zielt mit dieser Frage auf ein Thema, das ihn ein Leben lang beschäftigte: Als unsterblich, also »als immerfort mitlebend«, galten ihm allein die Schriftsteller, deren Literatur dem liebend lesenden Auge mühelos Brücken in abgesunkene Zeiten schlägt. Doch Schmidt wäre nicht Schmidt, hätte er das Thema nicht auch ironisch gewendet. Die Last unsterblichen Ruhmes malt er in Tina oder über die Unsterblichkeit lustvoll aus: Die Berühmten müssen sich nach ihrem Tod in einem höllischen Elysium für eine Ewigkeit langweilen, bis man sie endlich vergessen hat. In Caliban über Setebos sucht ein profaner Orpheus in einem unterweltlichen Bauerndorf voller Hades-Schatten nach der verlorenen Geliebten. Jan Philipp Reemtsma hat für diesen Band aus dem umfangreichen Werk Arno Schmidts Texte ausgewählt, die erzählend oder essayistisch über den Nachruhm sinnieren und der Frage nach der Geschichtlichkeit allen Seins überraschende Pointen abgewinnen.
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September 2022Lust
Fuckability, orgasm gap and #metoo
by Henriette Hell
Lust, a mortal sin? These times are over. In today's public perception, it is more likely for a boring sex life to be categorised as that. In statistical terms, people have never had as little sex with each other as they do today. And yet tips for a good sex life are to be found on every (digital) corner. Sex has mutated into a lifestyle product, and terms like 'fuckability' and 'MILF' trip lightly off our tongues. Henriette Hell takes a closer look at the thing about sex. She traces the history and genesis of 'sexual liberation', and sheds light on the 'cheating gene' and the #metoo debate. The author asks (and answers) the question of whether sex is becoming more and more antisocial and what actually still turns us on today. In doing so, she focuses on the former mortal sin of lust, which is inseparably linked to the systematic suppression of female lust (and its liberation).
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022Die Küstencrew - Das Gold der Walfänger
Ein interaktives Krimi-Abenteuer mit kniffligen Rätsel-Bildern
by Ocke Bandixen
Coast Crew (Vol. 1) - Whaler’s Gold An interactive Crime adventure with fiddly Quiz Illustrations On the rugged North Sea coast, just behind the dike, lies the sleepy little village of Breeksiel. Apart from a few tourists and seagulls, hardly anyone strays there. But appearances are deceptive: the sea washes great secrets, old legends and real crooks into the small coastal town. Solve exciting cases together with Jan, Rocco and Nele and help the three hobby detectives in their investigations! Watching the sunset from the harbor or strolling along the dike and searching the beach for treasures from the sea - Jan and Rocco can't imagine anything better. Together with Rocco's grandpa Hannes, they regularly bring their finds to the Klabauterbude, their secret hiding place in grandpa Hannes' workshop. When the two friends, together with Nele, one day come across a mysterious box in the slack water, a completely different wind suddenly blows in Breeksiel! Three dangerous crooks appear in the small coastal village, who want to get their hands on the box and seem to stop at nothing. Ose, Bernhard and Tolek carry weapons and are anything but harmless. What is the story behind this mysterious find? The three amateur detectives learn about the legend of the whalers: In former times the captured gold was stowed away in such boxes on the whalers' ships. The nasty guys know this too - a race across Breeksiel and against time takes place, in which the children are even held. But Jan, Rocco and Nele are able to arrest the crooks and solve the riddle of the gold in the box. This must be celebrated with a homemade dyke pizza before the next case awaits the coastal crew!
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October 1999Magische Blätter V
by Friederike Mayröcker
Band V präsentiert die in den Jahren 1994 bis 1998 (vor, während und nach der Arbeit am Roman »brütt« und an den Gedichten) geschriebenen kürzeren Prosatexte.
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February 2005Die Welt im Buch V.
Rezensionen und Aufsätze aus den Jahren 1935–1962. Nachlese und Gesamtverzeichnis der in den Bänden I-V besprochenen und empfohlenen Bücher
by Hermann Hesse, Volker Michels, Heiner Hesse, Marco Schickling
Der fünfte und letzte Band dieser Edition enthält den kompletten Bestand der Buchbesprechungen Hermann Hesses, die 1935 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahre 1962 in den unterschiedlichsten Zeitungen und Zeitschriften veröffentlicht worden sind. Eine Nachlese mit den noch während der Editionsarbeit nachträglich aufgetauchten Buchbesprechungen aus dem Zeitraum 1900–1934 und ein Gesamtverzeichnis aller 3400 in den Bänden I–V enthaltenen Lektüreempfehlungen Hermann Hesses stehen am Ende dieser Edition.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2000Henry V
by James Loehlin
This study examines the profound changes that twentieth-century performance has wrought on Shakespeare's complex drama of war and politics. What was accepted at the turn of the century as a patriotic celebration of a national hero has emerged in the modern theatre as a dark and troubling analysis of the causes and costs of war. The book details the theatrical innovations and political insights that have turned one of Shakespeare's most traditional-bound plays into one of his most popular and provocative. Henry V gives details analyses of several important modern productions. Beginning with a consideration of the play's political significance in Elizabethan London, the book goes on the reveal its subsequent reinvention, both as patriotic pageant and anti-war manifesto. Individual chapters consider important productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and other British and North American companies, as well as the landmark film versions. A compelling account of the theatrical revolution that has transformed one of Shakespeare's most challenging plays. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan
The cult of the Two Grand Elders
by Fabian Graham
In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities in statue form, channelled through their spirit mediums, tang-ki. The Chinese Underworld and its sub-hells are populated by a bureaucracy drawn from the Buddhist, Taoist and vernacular pantheons. Under the watchful eye of Hell's 'enforcers', the lower echelons of demon soldiers impose post-mortal punishments on the souls of the recently deceased for moral transgressions committed during their prior incarnations. Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan offers an ethnography of contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions, where night-time cemetery rituals assist the souls of the dead, exorcised spirits are imprisoned in Guinness bottles, and malicious foetus ghosts are enlisted to strengthen a temple's spirit army. Understanding the religious divergences between Singapore and Malaysia (and their counterparts in Taiwan) through an analysis of socio-political and historical events, Fabian Graham challenges common assumptions about the nature and scope of Chinese vernacular religious beliefs and practices. Graham's innovative approach to alterity allows the reader to listen to first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities. Through its alternative methodological and narrative stance, the book intervenes in debates on the interrelation between sociocultural and spiritual worlds, and promotes the destigmatisation of spirit possession and discarnate phenomena in the future study of mystical and religious traditions.
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April 2012Aktiv in der Gemeinde
Handbuch für Mitarbeitende und Teamer
by Dam, Harmjan; Deibert-Dam, Gaby; Dennerlein, Norbert; Hahn, Udo; Schulze-Berndt, Hermann; Steinkühler, Martina
