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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        Patron, the dog

        by Zoryana Zhivka (Author), Bogdana Bondar (Illustrator)

        Patron is a dog loved by children and adults alike, as he is the mascot of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the only goodwill ambassaDOG in the world, recognised by the UN Children's Fund UNICEF, and an awardee of Ukraine's Order of Courage medal for hiswork with sappers (military engineers) in defusing enemy explosive devices. This book is an autobiography as told by Patron, as Zoryana Zhivka and Bogdana Bondar translated  dog language into human language for children of all nationalities - and Patron, the Dog is the result of their work. This little hero's story will inspire readers to dream, to believe, and to win!   From 5 to 12 Years, 5112 words. Rightsholders: ladiscursus@gmail.com

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        July 2023

        One Health for Dog-mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia

        A Collection of Local Experiences

        by Vanessa Slack, Deborah Nadal, Sandul Yasobant, Florence Cliquet, Waqas Ahmad, Nihal Pushpakumara, Sumon Ghosh

        Although an effective rabies vaccine has existed since 1885, rabies continues to kill an estimated 59,000 people, and uncalculated animals, every year. Sixty per cent of these human deaths occur in Asia. To work towards the global target of eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030, the rabies community is applying the One Health approach. Written by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and rabies control programme specialists, this book is a collection of experiences and observations on the challenges and successes along the path to rabies control and prevention in Asia. It: - Grounds chapters in solid scientific theory, but retains a direct, practice-focused and inspirational approach; - Provides numerous examples of lessons learned and experience-based knowledge gained across countries at different levels of rabies control and elimination; - Brings together and highlights the practices of a strong, international rabies network that works according to the One Health concept. Covering perspectives from almost a dozen Asian countries and a wide range of sectors and disciplines, such as healthcare facilities, veterinary services, laboratories, academia, public health institutes and wildlife research centres, this book is an invaluable resource for rabies scholars and practitioners, but also those working in the wider fields of disease control and cross-sectoral One Health.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        October 2021

        The pound and the fury

        by Jack Mosse

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Jack Clayton

        by Neil Sinyard

        In François Truffaut's opinion The Innocents was 'the best English film after Hitchcock goes to America'. Tennessee Williams said of The Great Gatsby: 'a film whose artistry even surpassed the original novel'. The maker of both films was Jack Clayton, one of the finest English directors of the post-war era and perhaps best remembered for the trail-blazing Room at the Top which brought a new sexual frankness and social realism to the British screen. This is the first full-length critical study of Clayton's work. The author has been able to consult and quote from the director's own private papers which illuminate Clayton's creative practices and artistic intentions. In addition to fresh analyses of the individual films, the book contains new material on Clayton's many unrealised projects and valuably includes his previously unpublished short story 'The Enchantment' - as poignant and revealing as the films themselves. This is a personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director that should appeal to students and film enthusiasts.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2013

        Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

        by Anthony Musson, Edward Powell

        This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        From Jack Tar to Union Jack

        Representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870–1918

        by Mary A. Conley

        Jack Tar to Union Jack examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 1870 to 1918. Through analysis of sources that include courts-martial cases, sailors' own writings, and the HMS Pinafore, Conley charts new depictions of naval manhood during the Age of Empire, a period which witnessed the radical transformation of the navy, the intensification of imperial competition, the democratisation of British society, and the advent of mass culture. Jack Tar to Union Jack argues that popular representations of naval men increasingly reflected and informed imperial masculine ideals in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Conley shows how the British Bluejacket as both patriotic defender and dutiful husband and father stood in sharp contrast to the stereotypic image of the brave but bawdy tar of the Georgian navy. This book will be essential reading for students of British imperial history, naval and military history, and gender studies.

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        Children's & YA
        2014

        My Sheepdog Chiche

        by Susana Aliano Casales

        Chiche was a brown sheepdog that my grandfather gave my older brother for his birthday. When I was born, Chiche had already lived with us for a few years, so he was part of the family before me.

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        March 1998

        Werke. Herausgegeben von Frank Hörnigk

        Werke 1: Die Gedichte

        by Heiner Müller, Frank Hörnigk

        Dieser Band I der Werkausgabe enthält neben allen Gedichten, die der Autor zu Lebzeiten in Büchern, Zeitschriften, Zeitungen und an entlegeneren Orten veröffentlichte, auch sämtliche 120 im persönlichen Archiv Heiner Müllers hinterlegten unveröffentlichten Gedichte. Erstmals wird hiermit das gesamte lyrische Schaffen des Autors im Zusammenhang vorgestellt. Heiner Müller hat an der Vorbereitung dieses Bandes noch selbst teilgenommen, Material gesichtet und geordnet. Es entspricht seinem Wunsch, daß diese Ausgabe dem Prinzip »brutaler Chronologie« folgt. Bitte beachten Sie: Der Band enthält zwei Gedichte, die nicht von Heiner Müller, sondern von Günter Kunert stammen. Es handelt sich um die Texte »Impressionen am Meer« und »Die Uhr läuft ab«. Der Fehler wird in der nächsten Auflage des Bandes korrigiert.

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        October 1992

        Werke. Frankfurter Ausgabe

        Werke III. Band 1 und 2: Jean Santeuil

        by Marcel Proust, Mariolina Bongiovanni Bertini, Luzius Keller, Eva Rechel-Mertens, Mariolina Bongiovanni Bertini, Luzius Keller

        Freuden und Tage war noch nicht erschienen, als der junge Literat Proust an einem weit ehrgeizigeren Projekt zu arbeiten begann. Die zuvor in literarischen Kleinformen erprobten Themen und Stile sollten nun im Kontinuum eines Romantextes aufgelöst werden. In enger Anlehnung an eigene Erlebnisse, an literarische und malerische Vorbilder sowie an die psychologische und soziologische Forschung seiner Zeit unternimmt es Proust, das Leben seines Helden, Jean Santeuil, als idealistisch-naturphilosophischen Entwicklungsroman zu erzählen. So entsteht zwischen 1895 und 1899 ein umfangreiches Manuskript, ohne daß es dem Autor gelänge, die einzelnen Fragmente zu einem Ganzen zusammenzufügen. 1899 hat Proust den Entwurf beiseite gelegt, um sich einem neuen Arbeitsfeld zuzuwenden. Unter dem Titel Jean Santeuil wurde das Manuskript 1952 zum ersten Mal veröffentlicht. 1971 wurde das Werk in einer zweiten, stärker auf das Fragmentarische abhebenden Ausgabe präsentiert, die außerdem zahlreiche zuvor nicht berücksichtigte Texte enthält. Die vorliegende Ausgabe folgt dem Text der zweiten Ausgabe. Im Kommentar werden das biographisch-historische Umfeld und der literarische Kontext des Werkes zum ersten Mal umfassend aufgearbeitet und ausführlich dargestellt.

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        Children's & YA

        Grandpa and the Flying Dog

        by Anna Lott/Anja Grote

        Carla had a best friend – a friend with whom she could spend the loveliest afternoons. These were perfect Grandpa-Carla afternoons. But now Grandpa is gone. But Carla waits for him. One day she finds a big dog on the same bench where her grandfather always waited for her. Suddenly she feels very close to him again. Carla can even go flying on Grandpa’s back. But is it really Grandpa? Or just a big dog?

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        The Arts
        November 2003

        Designs on modernity

        Exhibiting the city in 1920s Paris

        by Tag Gronberg

        Presents the 1925 Paris Exhibition as a key moment in attempts to update the image of Paris as "capital of the 19th century". At the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris itself, as much as the commodity, was put on show. This text focuses on the Exhibition as a set of contesting representations of the modern city, stressing the importance of consumption and display for concepts of urban modernity. Here Le Corbusier's "Pavillon de L'Esprit Nouveau" with its "Plan Voisin" for the redesign of Paris confronted another equally up-to-date city - Paris "a woman's city", world centre of fashion and shopping. Taking as her starting point one of the most dramatic 1925 exhibits, the Rue des Boutiques which spanned the river Seine, the author analyzes the contemporary significance of the small Parisian luxury shop. She demonstrates how boutiques, conceived both as urbanism and as advertising, redefined Paris as the modern city. ;

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