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Lev Tolstoj Anna Karenina
World Classics
Many consider ‘Anna Karenina’ to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature as he details Anna falling a conscious victim to her own passion. The dramatic scope of the story, the memorable characters, and the wealth of emotions that Tolstoy displays render ‘Anna Karenina’ much more than a novel, but rather an unmissable chronicle of the human condition that transcends...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
World Classics
Does Romeo and Juliet really need an introduction? Of all William Shakespeare’s plays, this might be the best known to date. Lamentable tragedies, star-crossed lovers and feuding families: if you somehow haven’t managed to read the all-time romantic tragedy classic, this is your sign to do so. In the midst of a violence and disputes, two young lovers find each other in a world that continuously contradict their attempt to attain eternal love and happiness. The age-old vendetta between the Montagues...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jane Austen Mansfield Park
World Classics
Mr Darcy and Miss Bennet may be one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, but did you know, Fanny Price was Austen’s favourite? She’s also one of literature’s biggest controversies, but, more on that drama later. Sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle from her poverty-stricken home of Portsmouth, Fanny Price struggles to find her place in the upper-class world of Mansfield Park. Never allowing her to forget her true status, she is at the mercy of her cruel aunt, only finding...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Alexandra Moschovi A gust of photo-philia
photography in the art museum
Photography was long regarded as a "middle-brow" art by the art institution. Yet, at the turn of the millennium, it became the hot, global art of our time. In this book-part institutional history, part account of shifting photographic theories and practices-Alexandra Moschovi tells the story of photography's accommodation in and as contemporary art in the art museum. Archival research of key exhibitions and the contrasting collecting policies of MoMA, Tate, the Guggenheim, the V&A, and the Centre...
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Engels | PDF, 18 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Emmanuel Falque Nothing to It
reading Freud as a philosopher
The confrontation between philosophy and psychoanalysis has had its heyday. After the major debates between Paul Ricoeur, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Michel Henry, this dialogue now seems to have broken down. It has therefore proven necessary and gainful to revisit these debates to explore their re-usability and the degree to which they can provide new insights from a contemporary point of view. It can be said that contemporary philosophy suffers from an 'excess of...
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Engels | PDF, 7,2 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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The impact of human rights prosecutions
insights from European, Latin American, and African post-conflict societies
Human rights prosecutions are the most prominent mechanisms that victims demand to obtain accountability. Dealing with a legacy of gross human rights violations presents opportunities to enhance the right to justice and promote a more equal application of criminal law, a fundamental condition for a more substantive democracy in societies. This book seeks to analyse the impact, advances, and difficulties of prosecuting perpetrators of mass atrocities at national and international levels. What role...
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Engels | PDF, 2,9 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Allison Ochs Would I have sexted back in the 80s?
a modern guide to parenting digital teens, derived from lessons of the past
Since smartphones have made their debut, a clear sense of frustration can be felt by parents around the globe. Be it social media, bullying, porn, gaming, tv-series or sexting; parents are overwhelmed or insecure as they struggle to keep up with the yet newest app. Drawing on stories from her past, Allison Ochs reminds us of what it was like to be a teen. She makes you smile while making fun of her teen self. Her answers to today's problems are realistic ways to approach your teens who are dealing...
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Engels | 116 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2020
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Henri Patrik The vitruvian Inspiration
Bram, Edhem, Zuma and Lazar don't know each other, until a series of mysterious events and the ghosts from their past bring them together in a ruthless struggle for life and death. ''The Vitruvian Inspiration'' is a drama in which traumatized people be heroes. The story takes place in Sarajevo 2002, a city in which corruption, deceit, manslaughter and sex flourish under supervision of the international observers. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Engels | 350 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Schrijverspunt, Almelo | 2020
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Joanne Carlton Hell City
final Stop
She wakes up in a burning city. On the first day, the monsters discover her. On the second day, she learns how to defend herself. On the third day, a dog saves her life. And that changes everything. Hell City, the final stop. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
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Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 4,4 MB) | Hamley Books, Borgerhout | 2020
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The Congo in Flemish literature
an anthology of Flemish prose on the Congo, 1870s - 1990s
This book presents the first anthology of Flemish prose on the Congo, the former colony of Belgium, in English translation. Because of the Dutch language barrier, Flemish literature on the Congo has traditionally remained inaccessible to and thus neglected by international scholarship, as opposed to French or English prose on this part of the African continent. That this particular perspective has thus far remained underexposed, or even disregarded, is all the more regrettable in light of the fact...
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Engels | PDF, 4,3 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Kristien Suenens Humble women, powerful nuns
a female struggle for autonomy in a men's church
Nineteenth-century female congregation founders could achieve levels of autonomy, power and prestige that were beyond reach for most women of their time. With a subject hidden for a long time behind a curtain of modesty and mystery, this book recounts the fascinating but ambiguous life stories of four Belgian religious women. A close reading of their personal writings unveils their conflicted existence: ambitious, engaged, and bold on the one hand, suffering and isolated on the other, they were both...
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Engels | 380 pagina's (PDF, 30 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Olha Lehka-Paul Personality matters
the translator’s personality in the process of self-revision
The analysis of translated texts and investigations into the cognitive mechanisms involved in the process of translation are burgeoning areas of research in translation studies. Personality Matters ventures into a previously uncharted territory in its exploration of the psychological and cognitive characteristics of a translator. Combining psychology and translation process research, this groundbreaking study identifies personality traits that distinguish translators from non-translators, and shows...
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Engels | PDF, 7,1 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Religion, Colonization and Decolonization in Congo, 1885-1960
Religion in today's Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries and Marian shrines of the Catholic Church to the Islamic brotherhoods, from the healers of Kimban-guism to the televangelism of the booming Pentecostalist churches in the great cities, from the Orthodox communities of Kasai to the 'invisible' Mai Mai warriors in the brousse of Kivu. During the colonial period religion was no less central to people's lives than it is today. More surprisingly, behind the...
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Engels | 336 pagina's (PDF, 11 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Hans Krabbendam Saving the overlooked continent
American Protestant missions in Western Europe, 1940-1975
Among a wide spectrum of American Protestants, the horrors of World War II triggered grave concern for Europe's religious future. They promptly mobilised resources to revive Europe's Christian foundation. Saving the Overlooked Continent reconstructs this surprising redirection of Western missions. For the first time, Europe became the recipient of America's missionary enterprise. The American missionary impulse matched the military, economic, and political programs of the U.S., all of which positioned...
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Engels | PDF, 7,2 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Layla Heart Fated Encounter
Six lovers struggling to come up with a plan to stop the fae king, one chance to save their kingdoms. While Rune and Bane are still recovering from their wounds, Finn is nearly assassinated by his aunt during the meeting with the werewolf king and the succubus queen, prompting Bane's mum to send them off to one of their lesser-known houses, trying to keep them out of harm's way. But that choice may not have been as spontaneous as it first seemed, as the cottage is filled with books about some very...
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Engels | 376 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2020
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Layla Heart Fated Magic
One attack on the Academy by the fae king, six lovers having to work together to survive. When Litha sneaks off campus with Rune and Kit after a very tense first day of classes, it all ends horrifically wrong when the succubus cafe they're staying at is surrounded by fae soldiers. Not only that, but as they're breaking free, they spot Litha's grandma being dragged along by the soldiers and Litha sacrifices herself to save the woman. That's just the beginning of some very tense days as Bane and Rune...
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Engels | 318 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2020
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Layla Heart Fated Lovers
One clueless queen-to-be, sent to a magical world she didn't know existed, five lovers waiting for her prophesied arrival. Before her vital first cup of coffee in the morning, Litha finds out she's a witch and is suddenly transported to a magical world she had no idea existed. As if that wasn't strange enough, it turns out that she's prophesied to be queen, and her parents only took her to the human world to protect her from those who want to stop the prophecy from happening. The prophecy tells of...
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Engels | 316 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2020
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Transfer thinking in translation studies
playing with the black box of cultural transfer
The concept of transfer covers the most diverse phenomena of circulation, transformation and reinterpretation of cultural goods across space and time, and are among the driving forces in opening up the field of translation studies. Transfer processes cross linguistic and cultural boundaries and cannot be reduced to simple movements from a source to a target (culture or text). In a time of paradigm shifts, this book aims to explore the potential and interdisciplinary power of transfer as a concept...
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Engels | PDF, 5,9 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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David Mangene How to not kill yourself
10 tips for troubled times
Men don’t have mental health problems. Well maybe they do, but they struggle to talk about them and to ask for help. David Mangene wants to help this situation by removing the taboo, and encouraging men especially to talk about mental health issues. David has struggled his entire adult life with depression, mania, and suicidal thoughts. In this book he uses humor as a vehicle to write candidly, and quite bluntly at times, about his own life and the reasons to carry on living. “And one last thing:...
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Engels | 144 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Lev., Amsterdam | 2020
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Orpheus Institute | Stefan Östersjö Listening to the other
Our contemporary, globalised society demands new forms of listening. But what are these new forms? In Listening to the Other, Stefan Östersjö challenges conventional understandings of the ways musicians listen. He develops a transmodal understanding of listening that is situated in the body-a body that is extended by its mediation through musical instruments and other technologies. Listening habits can turn these tools-and even the body itself-into resistant objects or musical Others. Supported...
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Engels | PDF, 6,3 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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