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        1987

        Der violette Puma

        Wie Paul und Bernhard sich verwandeln

        by Wyss, Hedi

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        May 2002

        Totentrompeten 1–4

        by Einar Schleef, Peter Festersen, Martin Linzer

        »TOTENTROMPETEN. Das sind die Pilze, die TOTENTROMPETEN, bläulich, violett, manchmal schwarz, auch braun, eßbar erscheinen sie nicht, abschreckend, schmecken dafür um so besser. Aber man muß sie kennen. Kennen auch die Trompeten, die eigenes Ende ankündigen. Ende? Dagegen heißt es sich zu stemmen, weglaufen können sie nicht, die 3 Alten, festgenagelt in der DDR und in meinem Buch GERTRUD. TOTENTROMPETEN auch für die DDR, für die Lebensumstände«, heißt es – programmatisch für alle vier Stücke – im Vorspruch der »Totentrompeten«. Die ersten drei dieser Stücke für immer dasselbe Trio infernal alter Freundinnen wurden in Schwerin uraufgeführt und häufig nachgespielt, das vierte wird hier aus dem Nachlaß zum ersten Mal in Buchgestalt veröffentlicht und voraussichtlich im Sommer 2002 uraufgeführt.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2012

        Cultures and caricatures of British imperial aviation

        Passengers, pilots, publicity

        by Gordon Pirie, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie

        The new activity of trans-continental civil flying in the 1930s is a useful vantage point for viewing the extension of British imperial attitudes and practices. Cultures and caricatures of British imperial aviation examines the experiences of those (mostly men) who flew solo or with a companion (racing or for leisure), who were airline passengers (doing colonial administration, business or research), or who flew as civilian air and ground crews. For airborne elites, flying was a modern and often enviable way of managing, using and experiencing empire. On the ground, aviation was a device for asserting old empire: adventure and modernity were accompanied by supremacism. At the time, however, British civil imperial flying was presented romantically in books, magazines and exhibitions. Eighty years on, imperial flying is still remembered, reproduced and re-enacted in caricature. ;

      • Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        March 2012

        Therese and Isabelle

        by Violette Leduc

        Censored in France in 1954, Therese and Isabelle was published for the first time in its full original version in 2000. Leduc's novella follows the story of a passionate love affair between two schoolgirls, aiming to describe 'as exactly, as minutely as possible the sensations of physical love'.

      • January 2011

        Climate, Culture, Change. Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North

        by Timothy B. Leduc

        Every day brings new headlines about climate change as politicians debate how to respond, scientists offer new data, and skeptics critique the validity of the research. To step outside these scientific and political debates, Timothy Leduc engages with various Inuit understandings of northern climate change. What he learns is that today’s climate changes are not only affecting our environments, but also our cultures. By focusing on the changes currently occurring in the north, he highlights the challenges being posed to Western climate research, Canadian politics and traditional Inuit knowledge.

      • Children's & YA
        May 2020

        This point you have to reach

        by Mireille Disdero

        Violette and Arnaud, 17-year-old high school students inseparable since the 7th grade, have a relationship that is constantly intensifying. They love each other. Life is beautiful... Violette, very active on the web, runs a literary forum and a blog where she expresses her passion for writing. But, after a party in Paris organized by the members of the forum, she is not the same anymore. Arnaud, who was not present at the party, is worried and wants to understand. What happened that night? And why can't she remember it?

      • October 2020

        Leonard Cohen, The Untold Stories

        The Early Years, Volume One

        by Michael Posner

        Artist, poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, icon – there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a truly international sensation, entertaining and inspiring the world with his art. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, Beautiful Losers and The Favourite Game, to timeless songs such as “Suzanne” and “Hallelujah,” Cohen is one of the world’s most cherished artists. His death in 2016 was felt around the world by the legion of fans and fellow artists who would miss his warmth, humor, intellect, and piercing insights.   Leonard Cohen, The Untold Stories follows the great man as he travels the globe developing his style and enigmatic character. This is the story of his early years, from boyhood in Montreal, university, and his growing career in to the 60s that took him to the world’s stage. It probes his public and private life, through the words of those who knew him best: his family and friends, colleagues and contemporaries, rivals, business partners, and his many lovers. From Montreal to Greece, London to Paris and New York, Cohen touched lives everywhere. It's also a snapshot of a golden era – the times that helped foster his talents and successes. In this revealing and entertaining first of three planned volumes, bestselling author and biographer Michael Posner draws on dozens of interviews to present a uniquely true and compelling portrait of Cohen – as if we’re right there beside him, overhearing a private conversation in a New York café.

      • Fiction

        Y avait-il des limites si oui je les ai franchies mais c'était par amour ok

        by Michelle Lapierre-Dallaire

        WERE THERE LIMITS IF SO I CROSSED THEM BUT IT WAS OUT OF LOVE OK? In this uncompromising work of autofiction, the author attempts to reconcile herself to a world that endlessly denies her voice, her femininity and her trauma.  Summary Michelle’s life starts in early childhood with unspeakable abuse that will haunt her into adulthood.  The narrator suffers from borderline personality disorder, which blurs the line between excessive behaviour and hypersensitivity, revealing a woman furiously attached to the need to love and be loved.  The first book by Michelle Lapierre is disarmingly, unsettlingly frank. A rare incursion into the borderline psyche, Were There Limits… features a kaleidoscope of barely bearable scenes and luminous reflections on mental illness, family, romantic relationships—told in breathtakingly beauty prose.  *** French sample : https://flipbook.cantook.net/?d=%2F%2Fwww.entrepotnumerique.com%2Fflipbook%2Fpublications%2F111787.js&oid=255&c=&m=&l=&r=&f=pdf See other PDF for English sample.

      • Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)
        April 2020

        Der Schatz von Ihrland

        Ein Abenteuerroman

        by Jörg Bothe

        Der fünfzehnjährige Mark Wetterfest findet zusammen mit seinen fünf Freunden einen geheimen Zugang zu einer unterirdischen Welt. Dort landen sie mitten in einem Konflikt und kämpfen Seite an Seite mit den unterdrückten Bewohnern gegen einen gewalttätigen Herrscher. Währenddessen wird Marks Mutter durch die Handlanger eines Immobilienhais überfallen und muss mit Familienpapagei Purple einer Katastrophe entkommen.

      • Fiction

        Granby au passé simple

        by Akim Gagnon

        In Granby, Past Tense, we find Akim, his brother and his Pop in the modest mobile home in Granby where he grew up. In this incredibly tender novel and behind Akim’s trashy bravado, we discover ordinary small town misery: unemployment, the father’s solitude and depression, cloyingly close quarter and hygiene that’s thrown out the window, adolescent ineptitude, and the resulting tensions… The Gagnons’ house is full of cracks— both literally and figuratively. Faced with this excruciating spectacle, young Akim seeks refuge in movies, theatre classes and especially the lens of his camera, through which he attempts to remix reality to better tell its story, if not escape it. At once trashy, tender and hilarious, Granby, Past Tense casts a sad yet empathetic eye on depression and anxiety, father-son relationships and poverty.

      • Children's & YA
        March 2022

        The Code of Life

        All about genes, DNA, genetic engineering and why you are the way you are

        by Carla Häfner/Mieke Scheier

        Understanding the mystery of DNA Why do children look like their parents? Why are some people blond and others brunette, and where do we get our eye colour from? This book explains genetic theory, what genes are, why DNA plays an important role and what all these insights have to do with a curious monk. An exciting journey through the history of science, present-day genetic research and engineering and right through to the question of identity – because who would have thought how much of our personality is defined by our genes and how interesting genes can be? A book in pace with the times: it covers CRISPR and also explains how inoculation with mRna vaccines against coronavirus works.

      • Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        May 2014

        Engineering optics

        by Gottfried Schröder, Hanskarl Treiber

        The text provides a solid foundation in technical optics including the use of optical components, equipment and techniques. Examples illustrate the broad applications spectrum. The latest standards and state-of-the art components such as diffractive optical elements and photonic crystals have been included in the 11th edition of this standard work. Contents extract: light and optical imaging radiation light sources and receivers interference and spectral devices colors gratings holography polarization and measurement of optical values Equations DIN standards

      • Business, Economics & Law

        Corporate Income Taxes Under Pressure

        Why Reform Is Needed and How It Could Be Designed

        by Ruud de Mooij, Alexander Klemm, Victoria Perry

        International tax issues have long been at the core of IMF research and the IMF has provided much advice on this topic. This book showcases research by IMF staff and builds on earlier studies on tax issues. Where appropriate it provides special coverage on developing countries. The book offers a complete assessment of the current international tax framework, suggestions for possible alternative architectures, and adds to the global debate on this important topic while remaining accessible to a relatively broad audience.

      • Mélasse de fantaisie

        by Francis Ouellette

        Rue Poupart, Centre-Sud, December 1976. A newborn slips from the inexperienced arms of his mother and tumbles down the stairs of the apartment building. At the moment that the skull should have cracked, time stands still and simultaneously stretches out: Francis sees his whole life and sets about relating it. Guided by Frigo, a well-known local bum, the author roams the nooks and cellars of his memory and a neighbourhood infected by the gangrenous rot of the dearly departed Faubourg à m’lasse, as the working-class area was once called. An at times hilarious and troubling epic, Fancy Molasses is a constellation of (real) characters who are larger than life, such as Ti-Crisse, Josette’s girlfriend, Lil’ Mike the disgraced saxophonist and Raymonde, the undisputed champion of Rock-A-Thon. And while the neighbourhood’s exotic wildlife fascinates, it’s also menacing. Left to his own devices, Francis will try to embrace and escape life as best he can. Anyways, as he says. Somewhere between The Life Before Us, the psychomagic of Alejandro Jodorowski and the opulent cinema of André Forcier, Fancy Molasses is a gargantuan tale stuffed with bits of unforgettable bravery.

      • Fiction

        Yogi Stripper

        by Marie-Claude Renaud

        In a frank, judgment-free tone, Marie-Claude Renaud explores what led her to pursue— in such a singular manner —her two passions: erotic dancing and yoga. The author looks back at her start in small town strip clubs, which led to success in the biggest clubs in Montréal, revealing hidden sides of this scandalous universe. The author also tells of learning yoga from a toxic guru and expresses her solidarity with the women in both fields, unquestionably quite different. She addresses, with the same spontaneity, her difficult relationship with food and body image, as well as her exploration— happy to a certain extent —of the world of psychedelic drugs. Captivating, funny and blisteringly sincere, Yogi Stripper invites us into a world that’s nothing if not colourful.

      • Health & Personal Development

        Tagebuch einer Verrückten/Selbständigen

        Kreiere das magische Leben, das du liebst (Kreiere Magie 1)

        by Nadine M. Burri

        Dies ist kein typisches „from mess to success-Buch“, wie wir das aus dem Amerikanischen kennen. Ich wurde nicht als armer Schlucker und von der Gesellschaft unterschätzter Niemand bei McDonald’s entdeckt und führe zwischenzeitlich auch kein Multimillionen-Dollar-Unternehmen. Mein Weg ist nicht bemerkenswerter als irgendein anderer. Es gibt Bereiche in meinem Leben, die ich verändern möchte, Aspekte meines Business, die wachsen dürfen, und Themen, bei denen mich alte Muster einholen. Vielleicht ist dieses Buch genau deswegen lesenswert. Weil es absolut ehrlich ist. Ohne Photoshop oder für Facebook gepimpt. Ich erzähle dir von Dingen, die ich nie zu tun gedachte, immer schon haben wollte und von denen, die geplant waren. Und dann kam das Leben. So ist das mit ‚nie‘ und ‚immer‘. Ich lade dich mit diesem Buch zu mehr Bewusstsein und Kreativität in deinem Leben und Business ein. Es ist gespickt mit über 25 praktischen Tipps, um deinem Herzen zu folgen und langfristig das magische Leben zu kreieren, das du liebst. Fortan geniesse ich nicht nur die unvorhersehbare Reise, die sich Leben nennt, sondern kreiere sie bewusst. Kommst du mit?

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