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Schützenhilfe
Limmat Verlag 2013; Not AvailableAm Stadtrand von Bern sitzt Anwalt Schild beim Essen. Just als seine Frau in die Küche geht, tritt jemand aus dem Garten ins Haus, erschiesst ihn und verschwindet wieder. Sein aktueller Mandant, den er verteidigen sollte, war ein Finanzbetrüger, der sich nach Lipari abgesetzt hatte. Der Expolizist Alexander Bergmann hält sich mit Schnüffelarbeiten... more...
Kennzahlen
Haufe Lexware Verlag 2013; US$ 4.84Hauptbeschreibung Die wichtigsten Kennzahlen - einfach und verständlich erklärt! Dieser TaschenGuide führt Sie in die Grundlagen der Kennzahlen ein und zeigt anhand vieler Beispiele die Berechnungen. Jetzt in der einmaligen Best of - Edition! Die wichtigsten Kennzahlen - einfach und verständlich erklärt!Dieser TaschenGuide führt Sie in die Grundlagen... more...
The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00This interdisciplinary collection brings together world leaders in Gothic Studies, offering dynamic new readings on popular Gothic cultural productions from the last decade. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: contemporary High Street Goth/ic fashion, Gothic performance and art festivals, Gothic popular fiction from Twilight to Shadow... more...
Romance
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 24.95Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars and readers alike. This useful guidebook traces the myriad transformations of 'romance' from medieval courtly love to Mills and Boon, and claims that its elusive and complex nature serves as a touchstone... more...
Transnational Gothic
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 104.95Presenting a variety of approaches to late eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Gothic literature, this collection provides a transnational view of the emergence and flowering of the Gothic. Its focus on British, American, Continental, Caribbean and Asian literature deepens our understanding of the Gothic as not merely a national but a global aesthetic. more...
Voices of the Future
Haymarket Books 2013; US$ 16.00NBA star Etan Thomas helps give voice to the poetic and socially conscious ideas of young people. more...
Poetik des Briefromans
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00The ?novel in letters? is regarded as the epitome of sentimentality, yet its forms of expression are actually more nuanced than the typical verdict of literary historians would suggest. Based upon a consideration of the epistemological and media-historical contexts of the epistolary novel, this volume presents illustrative interpretations that reveal... more...
Ancient Rockets
Tachyon Publications 2012; US$ 9.99From Metropolis to the pre-technicolor Oz, this fantastical retrospective takes readers through the wildest frontiers of silent films. Glorious landscapes are explored from Tarzan?s jungle and Dr. Frankenstein?s laboratory to the Adventures of Prince Achmed and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Highlighting the earliest and cheesiest special effects,... more...
The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 101.00From The Other Boleyn Girl to Fingersmith , this collection explores the popularity of female-centred historical novels in recent years. It asks how these representations are influenced by contemporary gender politics, and whether they can be seen as part of a wider feminist project to recover women's history. more...
Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 133.00Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction examines the representation of selfhood in adolescent and children's fiction, using a Bakhtinian approach to subjectivity, language, and narrative. The ideological frames within which identities are formed are inextricably bound up with ideas about subjectivity, ideas which pervade and underpin adolescent... more...









