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Medea

By: Christa Wolf

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Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of Greek tragedy: a woman scorned who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf expands this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle. Medea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in Corinth with her husband, the hero Jason. He is welcomed, but she is branded the outsider—and then she discovers the appalling secret behind the king's claim to power. Unwilling to ignore the horrifying truth about the state, she becomes a threat to the king and his ruthless advisors. Then abandoned by Jason and made a public scapegoat, she is reviled as a witch and a murderess. Long a sharp-eyed political observer, Christa Wolf transforms this ancient tale into a startlingly relevant commentary on our times. Possessed of the enduring truths so treasured in the classics, and yet with a thoroughly contemporary spin, her Medea is a stunningly perceptive and probingly honest work of fiction.

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0385518579

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9780385518574

Queen Elizabeth I

Past and Present

By: Christa Jansohn

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Queen Elizabeth I

Past and Present

By: Christa Jansohn

This work marks the 400th anniversary of the death of one of England's greatest monarchs, a highly intelligent and successful ruler. The volume appeals to everyone interested in the charismatic character of Elizabeth I, her time and cultural afterlife. Contributors focus on important aspects of Elizabeth's subtle and resourceful political power and the longstanding struggle she faced at home and abroad as well as the threats posed to her realm. This edition presents a series of essays about fictional representations of Queen Elizabeth I in literature, music, and film. Articles illuminate the fascinating story of her numerous afterlives and their significance for the cultural history of England, its sense of identity and psyche. Essays investigate the ceremony, festivities, and dance practices at her court and bring to life the cultural significance of this colorful and extraordinary monarch. Christa Jansohn is professor of British culture at the University of Bamberg, Germany.

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3825875296

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9783825875299

Idleness is the Root of All Love

By: Christa Reinig

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Idleness is the Root of All Love

By: Christa Reinig

Christa writes clearly, concisely and unequivocallyA . . . describes an intimacy and an idyll . . . [that] startles not only men, but women as well."- EMMA Magazine "Christa writes for women and against femininity. Her approach is blunt and unapologetic. . . . As she sees it, there is a war going on and women's lives are at stake. . . . In such times, she insists, feminism must be uncompromising and tough, not gentle and sentimental. . . . Her texts have the simplicity of a weapon directed straight at its target, a tool honed to precision, a language in which all ballast has been cast off."-Angelika Bammer Written as a journal, these poems accompany two older lesbians through a year together. Tender, humorous, fearful, critical and angry in turn, the prize-winning German poet Christa Reinig speaks of her love, dreams, and fears. She looks with pitiless eyes at her gynophobic society and imagines a past and future matriarchy while questioning the direction of the German women's movement. A poetic saga.

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CALYX Books

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0934971226

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9780934971225

New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales

By: Christa Jones,Claudia Schwabe

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New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales

By: Christa Jones,Claudia Schwabe

New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales provides invaluable hands-on materials and pedagogical tools from an international group of scholars who share their experiences in teaching folk- and fairy-tale texts and films in a wide range of academic settings. This interdisciplinary collection introduces scholarly perspectives on how to teach fairy tales in a variety of courses and academic disciplines, including anthropology, creative writing, children’s literature, cultural studies, queer studies, film studies, linguistics, second language acquisition, translation studies, and women and gender studies, and points the way to other intermedial and intertextual approaches. Challenging the fairy-tale canon as represented by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, and Walt Disney, contributors reveal an astonishingly diverse fairy-tale landscape. The book offers instructors a plethora of fresh ideas, teaching materials, and outside-the-box teaching strategies for classroom use as well as new and adaptable pedagogical models that invite students to engage with class materials in intellectually stimulating ways. A cutting-edge volume that acknowledges the continued interest in university courses on fairy tales, New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales enables instructors to introduce their students to a new, critical understanding of the fairy tale as well as to a host of new tales, traditions, and adaptations in a range of media. Contributors: Anne E. Duggan, Cyrille François, Lisa Gabbert, Pauline Greenhill, Donald Haase, Christa C. Jones, Christine A. Jones, Jeana Jorgensen, Armando Maggi, Doris McGonagill, Jennifer Orme, Christina Phillips Mattson, Claudia Schwabe, Anissa Talahite-Moodley, Maria Tatar, Francisco Vaz da Silva, Juliette Wood

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University Press of Colorado

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1607324814

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In My Own Voice

Memoirs

By: Christa Ludwig

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In My Own Voice

Memoirs

By: Christa Ludwig

One of the greatest mezzo-sopranos of postwar opera, Christa Ludwig recalls her long and lustrous career singing for two generations of adoring audiences, under the batons of such conductors as Klemperer, Karajan, Solti, and Bernstein, in the great opera houses of the world. Her memoirs make clear why Bernstein said of her, "She is simply the best, and the best of all possible human beings.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879102810

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Saints and Non-Saints

Some Saintly and Not-So-Saintly Figures from Church History

By: Christa Gingery Habegger

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Saints and Non-Saints

Some Saintly and Not-So-Saintly Figures from Church History

By: Christa Gingery Habegger

Saints. Most of us know them only from church names and grotesque figures in classic paintings and stained-glass windows. But who were these people dubbed “saints”? What are the facts behind the legends, the real human beings with all the weaknesses common to mankind who somehow made their mark in history as holy men and women? Saints and Non-Saints digs into the sense and nonsense in the lives and legends of fifteen famous saints, ranging from larger-than life figures like Augustine to shadowy legends like Nicholas and Valentine. Some were saints in the biblical sense—they knew Christ as their personal Savior—while others were merely religious by human standards. All, however, are fascinating personalities whose careers have profound lessons to teach us.

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Ambassador International

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1620204908

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9781620204900

Long Memory

By: Christa Maurice

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Long Memory

By: Christa Maurice

Weaver's Circle, #2 Who makes memory? Beth Wilson has been caring for Nonie Bennetti for years. She can see the end looming, but she doesn't expect it to arrive in the form of Nonie's grandson. James is visiting his grandmother to hide from the publicity of a massive real estate scandal he revealed. While he's there, his mother decides it's a good time to audit Beth's handling of Nonie's finances. James wants to audit something else about Beth, but his mother is relentless. He's not hanging around anyway. But Beth, and the small town his grandmother lives in, have a lot of appeal. Maybe it's time to stop moving around and start making some memories. Contents warning: Meddling mothers, medical emergencies and little league games. 30,402 Words

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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161650272X

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9781616502720

Secrets Everybody Knows

By: Christa Maurice

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Secrets Everybody Knows

By: Christa Maurice

Weaver's Circle, #1 Love can't flourish in the dark. Fifteen years ago, Elaine fell in love with Johnny McMannus, the local bad boy. He was nineteen and she was jailbait. To keep them both out of trouble, Johnny left town. But years later his father's heart attack brings him back to run the family garage. Hoping to reconnect with Elaine, Johnny has to first fix the mess his parent's alcoholism has made of things. Before Johnny can deserve Elaine, he has to salvage his family's reputation, save their home, and rescue the business. Too bad Elaine doesn't want to be deserved. She wants to be loved. She never got over Johnny and she's done sneaking around with him as they had before. If he can't love her in public, to her way of thinking he doesn't love her enough. Warning: Nosy neighbors, hypochondriac mothers and underage girls. 30,655 Words

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1616502363

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Jazz Journeys

By: Christa Bruckner-Haring,André Doehring

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Jazz Journeys

By: Christa Bruckner-Haring,André Doehring

Jazz is a music of journeys, migration, and global mobility – from the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade to global travels for escape, exchange, or putting down roots. Having migrated via changing modes of transportation and media communication, the sounds, musicians, and theories of jazz have led to today's diasporic jazz world of global and local encounters. This book features articles that deal with jazz in various geographic areas such as Japan or Israel, orchestras travelling to Egypt or invited to the USA, and so-called expatriate jazz musicians taking up residence in Europe. By sharing their research about jazz on TV, on records, and at festivals, the authors from different disciplines demonstrate how jazz studies today engage with movement in the music's past to question and shape its future. This collection of writings has its origins in the VI Rhythm Changes Conference "Jazz Journeys," which took place in Graz (Austria) and where the International Society for Jazz Research celebrated its 50th anniversary.

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Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag

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3990942603

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9783990942604

Vulnerability and Marginality in Human Services

By: Mark Henrickson,Christa Fouché

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Vulnerability and Marginality in Human Services

By: Mark Henrickson,Christa Fouché

Vulnerability has traditionally been conceived as a dichotomised status, where an individual by reason of a personal characteristic is classified as vulnerable or not. However, vulnerability is not static, and most, if not all, people are vulnerable at some time in their lives. Similarly, marginality is a social construct linked to power and control. Marginalised populations are relegated to the perimeters of power by legal and political structures and limited access to resources. Neither are fixed or essential categories. This book draws on international research and scholarship related to these constructs, exploring vulnerability and marginality as they intersect with power and privilege. This exploration is undertaken through the lenses of intimacy and sexuality to consider vulnerability and marginality in the most personal of ways. This includes examining these concepts in relation to a range of professions, including social work, psychology, nursing, and allied health. A strong emphasis on the fluidity and complexity of vulnerability and marginality across cultures and at different times makes this a unique contribution to scholarship in this field. This is essential reading for students and researchers involved with social work, social policy, sociology, and gender and sexuality studies.

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Routledge

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1317000870

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9781317000877

Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 1

The Torch of Mathematics, 1800 to 1870

By: Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

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Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 1

The Torch of Mathematics, 1800 to 1870

By: Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

Christina Jungnickel and Russell McCormmach have created in these two volumes a panoramic history of German theoretical physics. Bridging social, institutional, and intellectual history, they chronicle the work of the researchers who, from the first years of the nineteenth century, strove for an intellectual mastery of nature. Volume 1 opens with an account of physics in Germany at the beginning of the nineteenth century and of German physicists' reception of foreign mathematical and experimental work. Jungnickel and McCormmach follow G. S. Ohm, Wilhelm Weber, Franz Neumann, and others as these scientists work out the new possibilities for physics, introduce student laboratories and instruction in mathematical physics, organize societies and journals, and establish and advance major theories of classical physics. Before the end of the nineteenth century, German physics and its offspring, theoretical physics, had acquired nearly their present organizational forms. The foundations of the classical picture of the physical world had been securely laid, preparing the way for the developments that are the subject of volume 2.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226415821

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9780226415826

Josua und Salomo

Eine Studie zu Autorität und Legitimität des Nachfolgers im Alten Testament

By: Christa Schäfer-Lichtenberger

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Josua und Salomo

Eine Studie zu Autorität und Legitimität des Nachfolgers im Alten Testament

By: Christa Schäfer-Lichtenberger

Josua und Salomo puts forward the thesis that the literary figure of the successor was created by circles who strongly relied on the book of Deuteronomy. In order to construct the ideal of a successor they used the characters of Joshua and Solomon and implemented the results of their theological reflection which were unleashed by the complete destruction of the pre-exilic political, social and religious organization of the nation. The figure of Joshua combines all the treats of their theological conception of an ideal political leader, whereas the figure of Solomon demonstrates the dangers which are implied in monarchical succession. From the theological perspective of deuteronomism “Solomon” and “Joshua” are opposite characters. The deuteronomic concepts of God and authority play a central role for the reflection on both characters.

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BRILL

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9004275827

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9789004275829

Wiley's English-German, German-English Business Dictionary

By: Christa Britt,Lilith Schutte

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Wiley's English-German, German-English Business Dictionary

By: Christa Britt,Lilith Schutte

The most complete, accessible, and up-to-date German business dictionary available. Compiled by native German speakers who have taught business German for more than twenty years, this unique bilingual dictionary is an invaluable tool for business success. Authoritative and easy to use, it contains: * 16,000 English-German, German-English business words and phrases * Essential terms used in all aspects of international business: economics, banking and finance, management, marketing, accounting, and statistics * Quick access to the terms now required for doing business internationally * Clear, concise translations that make it easy to absorb new words and phrases, and to use them with complete confidence CHRISTA W. BRITT, Ph.D., and LILITH E. SCHUTTE, Ph.D., are professors of German at the world-renowned Thunderbird-American Graduate School of International Management. Ein vollständiges, leicht zugängliches und aktuelles englisch-deutsch, deutsch-englisches Wörterbuch der Wirtschaft. Das vorliegende zweisprachige Wörterbuch wurde von den Verfasserinnen, die eine mehr als zwanzigjährige Erfahrung im Unterricht der deutschen Geschäftssprache in den USA haben, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der amerikanischen Geschäftssprache zusammengestellt. Es bietet: * 16000 englisch-deutsche, deutsch-englische Geschäftswörter und Geschäftswendungen * Die wichtigsten Ausdrücke aus allen Bereichen des internationalen Geschäftswesens: Wirtschaft, Bank- und Finanzwesen, Management, Marketing, Buchführung und Statistik * Schnellen Zugang zu den Ausdrücken, die im internationalen Handel erforderlich sind * Klare, knappe Übersetzungen, die es erleichtern, neue Wörter und Wendungen zu verstehen und richtig zu benutzen

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471121401

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9780471121404

Children’s Literature in Hitler’s Germany

The Cultural Policy of National Socialism

By: Christa Kamenetsky

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Children’s Literature in Hitler’s Germany

The Cultural Policy of National Socialism

By: Christa Kamenetsky

Between 1933 and 1945, National Socialists enacted a focused effort to propagandize children’s literature by distorting existing German values and traditions with the aim of creating a homogenous “folk community.” A vast censorship committee in Berlin oversaw the publication, revision, and distribution of books and textbooks for young readers, exercising its control over library and bookstore content as well as over new manuscripts, so as to redirect the cultural consumption of the nation’s children. In particular, the Nazis emphasized Nordic myths and legends with a focus on the fighting spirit of the saga heroes, their community loyalty, and a fierce spirit of revenge—elements that were then applied to the concepts of loyalty to and sacrifice for the Führer and the fatherland. They also tolerated select popular series, even though these were meant to be replaced by modern Hitler Youth camping stories. In this important book, first published in 1984 and now back in print, Christa Kamenetsky demonstrates how Nazis used children’s literature to selectively shape a “Nordic Germanic” worldview that was intended to strengthen the German folk community, the Führer, and the fatherland by imposing a racial perspective on mankind. Their efforts corroded the last remnants of the Weimar Republic’s liberal education, while promoting an enthusiastic following for Hitler.

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Ohio University Press

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082144672X

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9780821446720

Rome Versus Carthage

The War at Sea

By: Christa Steinby

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Rome Versus Carthage

The War at Sea

By: Christa Steinby

The epic struggle between Carthage and Rome, two of the superpowers of the ancient world, is most famous for land battles in Italy, on the Iberian peninsula and in North Africa. But warfare at sea, which played a vital role in the First and Second Punic Wars, rarely receives the attention it deserves. And it is the monumental clashes of the Carthaginian and Roman fleets in the Mediterranean that are the focus of Christa Steinby's absorbing study. She exploits new evidence, including the latest archaeological discoveries, and she looks afresh at the ancient sources and quotes extensively from them. In particular she shows how the Romans' seafaring tradition and their skill, determination and resourcefulness eventually gave them a decisive advantage. In doing so, she overturns the myths and misunderstandings that have tend to distort our understanding of Roman naval warfare.

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Pen and Sword

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1473842417

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9781473842410

Constitutive Visions

Indigeneity and Commonplaces of National Identity in Republican Ecuador

By: Christa J. Olson

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Constitutive Visions

Indigeneity and Commonplaces of National Identity in Republican Ecuador

By: Christa J. Olson

In Constitutive Visions, Christa Olson presents the rhetorical history of republican Ecuador as punctuated by repeated arguments over national identity. Those arguments—as they advanced theories of citizenship, popular sovereignty, and republican modernity—struggled to reconcile the presence of Ecuador’s large indigenous population with the dominance of a white-mestizo minority. Even as indigenous people were excluded from civic life, images of them proliferated in speeches, periodicals, and artworks during Ecuador’s long process of nation formation. Tracing how that contradiction illuminates the textures of national-identity formation, Constitutive Visions places petitions from indigenous laborers alongside oil paintings, overlays woodblock illustrations with legislative debates, and analyzes Ecuador’s nineteen constitutions in light of landscape painting. Taken together, these juxtapositions make sense of the contradictions that sustained and unsettled the postcolonial nation-state.

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Penn State Press

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0271063637

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9780271063638

Secondhand Chic

Finding Fabulous Fashion at Consignment, Vintage, and Thrift Shops

By: Christa Weil

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Secondhand Chic

Finding Fabulous Fashion at Consignment, Vintage, and Thrift Shops

By: Christa Weil

Fun, funky, and fabulous, this book offers a personal buying guide for anyone who wants to look like a million for a fraction of the cost.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671027131

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9780671027131

Catch Up

By: Christa Plunkett

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Catch Up

By: Christa Plunkett

Thirteen-year-old Cassandra "Cass" Backus is a young girl experiencing teenage awkwardness and bullying at school. She loathes gym class, is fed up with her slacker science partner, and deals with a group of mean girls who terrorize her to bolster their own popularity. The only thing she has to look forward to is catching up with handsome Brad Bentley, the neighbor boy she grew up with before his family moved six years ago. Cass and Brad have been faithfully keeping in contact via e-mail since he moved, and now he is returning to visit. Cass and Brad plan to meet for lunch on the Saturday he's in town. With Valentine's Day around the corner and the big eighth grade dance coming up in spring, Cass has high hopes. Brad may be the answer to turning around her hard luck and popularity issues. However, a rumor spreading about her most popular tormentor circles back to Cass as the perpetrator--and the rumor victim is not the least bit happy! Now, Cass has to worry about being tracked down by an entourage of haters while on her lunch date. Her eccentric friend promises to come to her rescue with an original plan. But the question remains: Will Cass and Brad ever manage to catch up and take their friendship to the next level? Catch Up follows Cass and a cast of quirky characters on a unique and humorous journey to answer this question.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1640821465

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9781640821460

The Author's Dimension

Selected Essays

By: Christa Wolf

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The Author's Dimension

Selected Essays

By: Christa Wolf

Spanning the past three decades, these essays focus on the roles of the writer and literature today. In the first half of this series of witty, probing essays on reading and writing, Wolf examines the individual's, in particular the writer's, relationship to society. The final sections, "On War and Peace and Politics" and "The End of the German Democratic Republic," demonstrate the ways in which Wolf's political thinking has evolved and cast light on the political situation in East Germany prior to reunification. "An important publication, ably served by the editing of Alexander Stephan; the knowledgeable translation by Jan Van Heurck; and Grace Paley's sisterly introduction, which . . . claims at least the later Christa Wolf for a pacifist feminism."—Peter Demetz, New York Times

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University of Chicago Press

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0226904946

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9780226904948

Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil'

A Reader's Guide

By: Christa Davis Acampora,Keith Ansell Pearson

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Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil'

A Reader's Guide

By: Christa Davis Acampora,Keith Ansell Pearson

Beyond Good and Evil contains Nietzsche's mature philosophy of the free spirit. Although it is one of his most widely read texts, it is a notoriously difficult piece of philosophical writing. The authors demonstrate in clear and precise terms why it is to be regarded as Nietzsche's philosophical masterpiece and the work of a revolutionary genius. This Reader's Guide is the ideal companion to study, offering guidance on: - Philosophical and historical context - Key themes - Reading the text - Further reading

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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144110383X

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The Hidden Deep

By: Christa J. Kinde

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The Hidden Deep

By: Christa J. Kinde

Homework, football, apple pies, and … angels? Harvest time is in full swing when Prissie Pomeroy learns that something terrible happened in her family’s orchard—making it hard to focus on school, especially when her best friends are distant and Ransom won’t leave her alone. As she meets other angels. Prissie is drawn increasingly deeper into their world and closer to its dangers. A kidnapped apprentice suffers. A chained door bodes ill. A tiny angel makes a big difference. A battle line is drawn. Everything Prissie thought she knew is about to change ... again! “He was trembling, which frightened Prissie even more than the pitch black. Crouching down, she made herself as small as possible against the tunnel wall. From somewhere in the darkness ahead came a sour note, off-key and unpleasant. She held her breath, listening with all her might. A dull clink was followed by a crunching sound that reminded Prissie uneasily of a barn cat eating a mouse. She cupped her hand around her little passenger and curled more tightly, hiding her face on her knees as her heart sent up a silent plea for help.” -from The Hidden Deep Praise for The Blue Door A fantasy with a wholesome message and down-on-the-farm twist. -Kirkus

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Zonderkidz

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0310724902

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He Was My Chief

The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Secretary

By: Christa Schroeder

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He Was My Chief

The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Secretary

By: Christa Schroeder

“A rare and fascinating insight into Hitler’s inner circle.” —Roger Moorhouse, author of Killing Hitler As secretary to the Führer throughout the time of the Third Reich, Christa Schroeder was perfectly placed to observe the actions and behavior of Hitler, along with the most important figures surrounding him. Schroeder’s memoir delivers fascinating insights: she notes his bourgeois manners, his vehement abstemiousness, and his mood swings. Indeed, she was ostracized by Hitler for a number of months after she made the mistake of publicly contradicting him once too often. In addition to her portrayal of Hitler, there are illuminating anecdotes about Hitler’s closest colleagues. She recalls, for instance, that the relationship between Martin Bormann and his brother Albert, who was on Hitler’s personal staff, was so bad that the two would only communicate with one another via their respective adjutants, even if they were in the same room. There is also light shed on the peculiar personal life and insanity of Reichsminister Walther Darré. Schroeder claims to have known nothing of the horrors of the Nazi regime. There is nothing of the sense of perspective or the mea culpa that one finds in the memoirs of Hitler’s other secretary, Traudl Junge, who concluded “we should have known.” Rather, the tone that pervades Schroeder’s memoir is one of bitterness. This is, without any doubt, one of the most important primary sources from the prewar and wartime period.

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Casemate Publishers

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178303064X

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Test of Faith

By: Christa Allan

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Test of Faith

By: Christa Allan

Without warning, Elle Butler's 15-year-old secret-named Faith—shows up on her doorstep. Abandoned by her adoptive mother, Faith sets off a chain reaction that threatens to destroy the fragile balance of Elle's life with her husband, Langdon, who is campaigning for State Representative. Already damaged by the stress of his campaign, their marriage is fractured even more when Elle reveals that not only did she give up a baby for adoption, but that the child is Langdon's. Faith is the daughter he never knew he had. As the three battle the gauntlet of challenges brought on by their unplanned reunion, they carefully navigate the watchful eyes of an unforgiving political public. Trying to forge her way back to her husband, Elle runs into the God she thought had abandoned her. And when Faith's adoptive father returns, Elle and Langdon learn true selflessness in helping Faith finally find her way home.

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1682998045

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The Edge of Grace

By: Christa Allan

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The Edge of Grace

By: Christa Allan

A family ultimately explores the struggle of acceptance, the grace of forgiveness, and moving from prejudice to loving others as they are, not as we'd like them to be.

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Abingdon Press

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1426713118

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Walking on Broken Glass

By: Christa Allan

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Walking on Broken Glass

By: Christa Allan

Leah Thornton's life, like her Southern Living home, has great curb appeal. But a paralyzing encounter with a can of frozen apple juice in the supermarket shatters the façade, forcing her to admit that all is not as it appears. When her best friend gets in Leah's face about her refusal to deal with her life and her drinking, Leah is forced to make a decision. Can this brand-conscious socialite walk away from the country club into 28 days of rehab? Can she leave what she has now to gain back what she needs? Joy, sadness, pain and a new strength converge, testing her marriage, her friendships and her faith.

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Simon and Schuster

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1682998029

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Cassandra

A Novel and Four Essays

By: Christa Wolf

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Cassandra

A Novel and Four Essays

By: Christa Wolf

Retells the story of the fall of Troy ... from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing monologue whose inner focal points are patriarchy and war. In the four accompanying pieces, which take the form of travel reports, journal entries, and a letter, Wolf describes the novel's genesis."--Cover p. [4].

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Macmillan

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0374519048

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9780374519049

Her

A Memoir

By: Christa Parravani

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Her

A Memoir

By: Christa Parravani

A blazingly passionate memoir of identity and love: when a charismatic and troubled young woman dies tragically, her identical twin must struggle to survive. Beautifully written, mesmerizingly rich and true, Parravani's account of being left, one half of a whole, and of her ultimately triumphant struggle is informative, heart-wrenching, and unforgettably beautiful.

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0805096531

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Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 2

The Now Mighty Theoretical Physics, 1870 to 1925

By: Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

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Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 2

The Now Mighty Theoretical Physics, 1870 to 1925

By: Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

Winner of the 1987 Pfizer Award of the History of Science Society "A majestic study of a most important spoch of intellectual history."—Brian Pippard, Times Literary Supplement "The authors' use of archival sources hitherto almost untouched gives their story a startling vividness. These volumes are among the finest works produced by historians of physics."—Jed Z. Buchwald, Isis "The authors painstakingly reconstruct the minutiae of laboratory budgets, instrument collections, and student numbers; they disentangle the intrigues of faculty appointments and the professional values those appointments reflected; they explore collegial relationships among physicists; and they document the unending campaign of scientists to wring further support for physics from often reluctant ministries."—R. Steven Turner, Science "Superbly written and exhaustively researched."—Peter Harman, Nature

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University of Chicago Press

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0226415856

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9780226415857

Contesting Nietzsche

By: Christa Davis Acampora

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Contesting Nietzsche

By: Christa Davis Acampora

A brilliant exploration of a significant and understudied aspect of Nietzsche’s philosophy. In this groundbreaking work, Christa Davis Acampora offers a profound rethinking of Friedrich Nietzsche’s crucial notion of the agon. Analyzing an impressive array of primary and secondary sources and synthesizing decades of Nietzsche scholarship, she shows how the agon, or contest, organized core areas of Nietzsche’s philosophy, providing a new appreciation of the subtleties of his notorious views about power. By focusing so intensely on this particular guiding interest, she offers an exciting, original vantage from which to view this iconic thinker: Contesting Nietzsche. Though existence—viewed through the lens of Nietzsche’s agon—is fraught with struggle, Acampora illuminates what Nietzsche recognized as the agon’s generative benefits. It imbues the human experience with significance, meaning, and value. Analyzing Nietzsche’s elaborations of agonism—his remarks on types of contests, qualities of contestants, and the conditions in which either may thrive or deteriorate—she demonstrates how much the agon shaped his philosophical projects and critical assessments of others. The agon led him from one set of concerns to the next, from aesthetics to metaphysics to ethics to psychology, via Homer, Socrates, Saint Paul, and Wagner. In showing how one obsession catalyzed so many diverse interests, Contesting Nietzsche sheds fundamentally new light on some of this philosopher’s most difficult and paradoxical ideas.

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0226821013

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9780226821016

The Second Physicist

On the History of Theoretical Physics in Germany

By: Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

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The Second Physicist

On the History of Theoretical Physics in Germany

By: Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

This book explores the rise of theoretical physics in 19th century Germany. The authors show how the junior second physicist in German universities over time became the theoretical physicist, of equal standing to the experimental physicist. Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Max Planck are among the great German theoretical physicists whose work and career are examined in this book. Physics was then the only natural science in which theoretical work developed into a major teaching and research specialty in its own right. Readers will discover how German physicists arrived at a well-defined field of theoretical physics with well understood and generally accepted goals and needs. The authors explain the nature of the work of theoretical physics with many examples, taking care always to locate the research within the workplace. The book is a revised and shortened version of Intellectual Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, a two-volume work by the same authors. This new edition represents a reformulation of the larger work. It retains what is most important in the original work, while including new material, sharpening discussions, and making the research more accessible to readers. It presents a thorough examination of a seminal era in physics.

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Springer

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3319495658

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9783319495651

Angels in Harmony

By: Christa J. Kinde

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Angels in Harmony

By: Christa J. Kinde

An illustrated companion to the Threshold Series by Christa Kinde. Angels have always served in pairs, but Baird is sure there must be some mistake when Kester shows up on his doorstep. The vividly energetic redhead couldn’t have been more different from his genteel new apprentice. Yet their rocky beginnings give way to a unique balance, proving that friendship can flourish in the unlikeliest of places, given time, trust, and the Twelve Days of Christmas. Includes a bonus first chapter from Book #3 in the Threshold series, The Broken Window!

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Zonderkidz

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0310730899

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9780310730897

God Loves Ugly

& love makes beautiful

By: Christa Black

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God Loves Ugly

& love makes beautiful

By: Christa Black

Whenever Christa Black looked in the mirror, she was waging a war with herself. Her hatred of her face and body drove her, as a young woman, into frantic overachievement, addiction, and an eating disorder that landed her in rehab. A preacher's kid, she'd grown up imagining God as a "thou shalt not" tyrant. It was only when she miraculously discovered God's unconditional love for her--physical imperfections, moral failings, and all--that she finally began to accept herself. As she tells her story, Christa shares the tools she uses to combat the self-rejection that harms so many people's lives. In this raw testimony, Christa Black takes women on a step-by-step journey of faith and positive belief to reveal that if God loves ugly, then we can too.

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FaithWords

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1455544795

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9781455544790

Fe Organoiron Compounds Part B14

Mononuclear Compounds 14

By: Wolfgang Petz,Christa Siebert

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Fe Organoiron Compounds Part B14

Mononuclear Compounds 14

By: Wolfgang Petz,Christa Siebert

Volume Organoiron Compounds B 14 systematically covers the literature through the end of 1986 and includes most references from 1987 and some from 1988. The volume continues Series B (volumes B 1 to B 13 already published) on mononuclear organoiron compounds. Series A (volumes A 1 to A 8 already published) is devoted to the ferrocenes and Series C (volumes C 1 to C 5 and C 7 already published) treats organoiron compounds with two or more Fe atoms in the molecule. The present volume completes the description of C5H5Fe(CO)2R compounds. The volume is completed by a formula and ligand index covering both volumes B 13 and B 14.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662069210

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9783662069219

From Expressionism to Exile

The Works of Walter Hasenclever (1890-1940)

By: Christa Spreizer

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From Expressionism to Exile

The Works of Walter Hasenclever (1890-1940)

By: Christa Spreizer

This is the first general study in English on the German Expressionist writer Walter Hasenclever (1890-1940) and the first that draws upon new materials found in his collected works, which were completed in 1997. It draws additionally on the author's archival research in eastern Germany. Spreizer's work deals with the life and writings of this major figure in the Expressionist literary movement, first known for his volume of Expressionist poetry Der Jungling (1913), and best known today for his groundbreaking Expressionist drama Der Sohn (1914).

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1571131302

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