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Life Under Tyranny

By: Peter Goldade

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The non-fiction book, “Life Under Tyranny” provides historical information about life under a tyrannical government. Newly available released documents from Ukrainian Archives in Odessa, Ukraine, detail the atrocities Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin perpetrated on ethnic Germans living in Ukraine, covering the years from the Russian Revolution to the beginning of World War II. Goldade, with the assistance of associates in Odessa, Ukraine, has retrieved numerous documents from Ukrainian archives covering this dark era. Peter Goldade’s Life Under Tyranny sheds new light on Soviet confiscation of property, deprivations inflicted, and the kangaroo courts that sentenced untold numbers of people to prison, hard labor, gulags—or execution.

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Diary from a Journey Into Another World

By: Peter Herrmann

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Diary from a Journey Into Another World

By: Peter Herrmann

Cosmopolitans... - it is reasonably easy to define what it means; it is increasingly the case that we come across them. But it may be rare to see reflections that are both, sociologically well informed and at the same time entertaining - a Turkish friend from Australia suggested to the author of the present notes to call it sociotainment... - though she admitted that she got the term from her husband from India... Sometimes it's easier to find oneself while being lost. And the present volume invites to get lost, offering the reader the opportunity to think about her and his place. These are notes: reflections (from an academic who considers himself also as politically aware and in some way active) that bring together the different dimensions of being carried away to rest in different places and positions.

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LEBANON 1973 - a decisive year

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

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LEBANON 1973 - a decisive year

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

The author worked from Jan to Dec. 1973 as Associate Expert in Poultry Pathology with FAO (UN) in Lebanon. The first 3 months at the Research Institute FANAR in Beirut, followed by practical fieldwork in North-Lebanon and the establishment of a Regional Laboratory in Tripoli. The fascinating beauty of this small country situated between mountains and the Mediterranian Sea and harbouring so many ethnic groups is described. But also the disturbing situations during the Civil War in Spring and the October War hampering work and family activities are elucidated.

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From Static to Dynamic Couplings in Consensus and Synchronization Among Identical and Non-Identical Systems

By: Peter Wieland

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From Static to Dynamic Couplings in Consensus and Synchronization Among Identical and Non-Identical Systems

By: Peter Wieland

In a systems theoretic context, the terms 'consensus' and 'synchronization' both describe the property that all individual systems in a group behave asymptotically identical, i.e., output or state trajectories asymptotically converge to a common trajectory. The objective of the present thesis is an improved understanding of some of the diverse coupling mechanisms leading to consensus and synchronization. A starting point is the observation that classical consensus and synchronization results commonly deal with two distinct facets of the problem: Consensus has regularly a strong focus on the interconnections and related constraints while synchronization typically addresses questions about complex individual dynamical systems. Very few results exist that address both facets simultaneously. A thorough analysis of static couplings in consensus algorithms provides explanations for this observation by unveiling limitations inherent to this type of couplings. Novel dynamic coupling mechanisms are proposed to overcome these limitations. These methods essentially rely on an internal model principle for consensus and synchronization derived in the thesis. This principle provides necessary conditions for consensus and synchronization in groups of non-identical systems, and it establishes a link to the output regulation problem. The fresh point of view revealed by this link eventually leads to a new hierarchical mechanism for consensus and synchronization among complex non-identical systems with weak assumptions on the interconnections. Applications include synchronization of linear systems and phase synchronization of nonlinear oscillators.

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ZU NEUEN UFERN

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

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ZU NEUEN UFERN

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

Von 1964-66 auf Grund eines Stipendiums zur Weiterbildung am Ontario Veterinary College in Kanada, wurden zu Beginn vom Autor Forschungsarbeiten bei Nagetieren über Toxoplasmose, später jedoch überwiegend bei Vögeln über Viruserkrankungen und Ektoparasiten unter Leitung von Prof.Lars Karstad, Division of Zoonoses and Wildlife Diseases, durchgeführt. Es wird das Leben als "graduate student" in Kanada an Hand von Briefen an die Mutter des Autors eingehend beschrieben.

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Confabulations

Cologne Life and Humanism in Hermann Schotten's Confabulations Tironum Litterariorum (Cologne, 1525)

By: Peter Macardle

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Confabulations

Cologne Life and Humanism in Hermann Schotten's Confabulations Tironum Litterariorum (Cologne, 1525)

By: Peter Macardle

This study, a companion to Peter Macardle's edition of the *Confabulationes*, examines the ways in which the colloquies relate to their Cologne background, to the major contemporary colloquy collections (particularly Erasmus's *Colloquia* and Mosellanus's *Paedologia*), and to the humanist renewal of Classical Latin. It also looks in detail at the documentary traces of Schotten's career, and of his networks of friendship and patronage, and tries to understand how he fitted into the structures of a university which has often been (wrongly) understood as hostile to humanism. Based on primary archival material, this is the only full-length study of this underrated German humanist's life and work.

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0907310672

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William Kentridge & Peter L. Galison

Die Ablehnung der Zeit(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 009)

By: Peter L. Galison,William Kentridge

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William Kentridge & Peter L. Galison

Die Ablehnung der Zeit(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 009)

By: Peter L. Galison,William Kentridge

Unsere Auffassungen von Zeit verändern sich fortwährend auf vielschichtige Art und Weise. Dies ist eine Untersuchung dieser Verschiebungen und Kämpfe in Form von Zeichnungen und Texten, Musik und Bewegung bis hin zu Filmen und Konzepten. Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde Zeit übergreifend organisiert: Dörfer, Städte, ganze Länder wurden ihrer »eigenen« Zeit beraubt, als die Uhren mithilfe von Signalen synchronisiert wurden. Albert Einstein stieß mit seiner radikalen Idee, die die Vorstellung eines »überallhörbaren Tik-Tak« zugunsten von Zeiten, die nicht Zeit sind, außer Kraft setzte, auf erbitterten Widerstand. Auch in unserem eigenen Zeitalter wird die Zeit wieder durcheinandergewirbelt – die Zeit wird mit Informationen gekreuzt, sie wird herausgefordert am Horizont Schwarzer Löcher oder sogar von vielen Stringtheoretikern als pure Illusion dargestellt. In einer kongenialen langfristigen Partnerschaft mit Peter L. Galison, Historiker, Autor, Filmemacher sowie Professor für die Geschichte der Wissenschaften und der Physik an der Harvard University, widmet sich der südafrikanische Künstler William Kentridge der Erforschung dieser Ideen in Die Ablehnung der Zeit, ein Projekt für die dOCUMENTA (13), in dessen Entstehen das vorliegende Notizbuch Einblick gewährt. Sprache: Deutsch/EnglischWilliam Kentridge (*1955 in Johannesburg, Südafrika) schloss 1976 ein Studium der Politik und Afrikanistik an der Witwatersrand-Universität in Johannesburg ab. 1976-1978 studierte er Druckgrafik an der Johannesburg Art Foundation. 1981/82 nahm er an der École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecog in Paris Pantomime- und Schauspielunterricht. Seit den 1980er-Jahren wurde sein Werk in zahlreichen Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen gezeigt, Fünf Themen etwa war 2010 am MoMA, New York, dem Jeu de Paume, Paris, und an der Albertina, Wien, zu sehen. Kentridge war Teilnehmer der documenta X (1997) sowie der Documenta11 (2002) und ist auch auf der dOCUMENTA (13) (2012) vertreten. Er wurde mit verschiedenen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter 2003 mit dem Kaiserring der Stadt Goslar, 2010 mit dem Kyoto-Preis für Kunst und Philosophie. Der Künstler lebt und arbeitet in Johannesburg. Stand: Juni 2012William Kentridge (*1955 in Johannesburg, Südafrika) schloss 1976 ein Studium der Politik und Afrikanistik an der Witwatersrand-Universität in Johannesburg ab. 1976-1978 studierte er Druckgrafik an der Johannesburg Art Foundation. 1981/82 nahm er an der École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecog in Paris Pantomime- und Schauspielunterricht. Seit den 1980er-Jahren wurde sein Werk in zahlreichen Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen gezeigt, Fünf Themen etwa war 2010 am MoMA, New York, dem Jeu de Paume, Paris, und an der Albertina, Wien, zu sehen. Kentridge war Teilnehmer der documenta X (1997) sowie der Documenta11 (2002) und ist auch auf der dOCUMENTA (13) (2012) vertreten. Er wurde mit verschiedenen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter 2003 mit dem Kaiserring der Stadt Goslar, 2010 mit dem Kyoto-Preis für Kunst und Philosophie. Der Künstler lebt und arbeitet in Johannesburg. Stand: Juni 2012

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A History of Greatham

By: Peter Gripton

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A History of Greatham

By: Peter Gripton

The present-day Parish of Greatham lies in the county of Hampshire, on either side of the old Farnham (Surrey) to Petersfield Turnpike. The 'Domesday Book' of 1086 recorded Greatham as being 'Terra Regis', a Latin term meaning 'Land of the King', indicating that this was once a Royal manor belonging to William the Conqueror himself. In later years, the manor passed through many families by marriage and by purchase, including the Devenish, Marshall, Norton, Freeland, Love, Chawner and Coryton families. The name of the village has changed many times, however slightly, over the years. Greteham, Grietham, Gretham, Grutham, Gratham all derived from two separate words, the 'Old-English' (Anglo-Saxon) 'ham', meaning 'village, estate, manor or homestead' and an old Scandinavian word 'griot' or 'gryt', meaning 'stones or stony ground'. Thus the name 'Greotham' came into being, literally a 'stony estate' or 'farm on gravel'.

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0955675316

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Fechsung

By: Peter Altenberg

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Fechsung

By: Peter Altenberg

Reprint of the original, first published in 1915.

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Towards an Era of Development

The Globalization of Socialism and Christian Democracy, 1945-1965

By: Peter van Kemseke

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Towards an Era of Development

The Globalization of Socialism and Christian Democracy, 1945-1965

By: Peter van Kemseke

KADOC Studies on Religion, Culture and Society 5In the twenty years after the end of World War II, a "Third World" was added to the Cold War concepts of the First and Second worlds, and postwar decolonization ushered in an era of development. For the first time, theories and policies designed to eradicate underdevelopment became prominent on the agenda of the United Nations. This international evolution inevitably had a dramatic impact on socialism and Christian democracy, two major ideologies with their roots in Western Europe. Both became part of the global political dialogues taking place beyond Europe's borders. The result was a sometimes violent clash of Western and non-Western belief systems.In Towards an Era of Development, Peter Van Kemseke explores the questions of whether political ideologies were being used as vehicles for promoting national interests and if socialism and Christian democracy were forced on developing nations or naturally spread to new parts of the globe. Van Kemseke also offers an assessment of the success of these ideologies in their new territories.

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9058675602

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Divine Audacity

Unity and Identity in Hugh of Balma, Eckhart, Ruusbroec, and Marguerite Porete

By: Peter S Dillard

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Divine Audacity

Unity and Identity in Hugh of Balma, Eckhart, Ruusbroec, and Marguerite Porete

By: Peter S Dillard

In Divine Audacity, Peter Dillard presents a historically informed and rigorous analysis of the themes of mystical union, volition and virtue that occupied several of the foremost theological minds in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. In particular, the work of Marguerite Porete raises complex questions in these areas, which are further explored by a trio of her near contemporaries. Their respective meditations are thoroughly analysed and then skilfully brought into dialogue. What emerges from Dillard's synthesis of these voices is a contemporary mystical theology that is rooted in Hugh of Balma's affective approach, sharpened through critical engagement with Meister Eckhart's intellectualism, and strengthened by crucial insights gleaned from the writings of John Ruusbroec. The fresh examination of these thinkers - one of whom paid with her life for her radicalism - will appeal to philosophers and theologians alike, while Dillard's own propositions demand attention from all who concern themselves with the nature of the union between the soul and God.

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0227907574

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French Pulpit Oratory, 1598-1650

A Study of Themes and Styles, with a Descriptive Catalogue of Printed Texts

By: Peter Bayley

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French Pulpit Oratory, 1598-1650

A Study of Themes and Styles, with a Descriptive Catalogue of Printed Texts

By: Peter Bayley

This 1980 text was the first full-length study of seventeenth-century pulpit oratory since 1863, and the first to treat both Catholic and Protestant preaching. The first part opens with a general discussion on the sermon as a literary form, followed by a survey of ideas on preaching and the practical 'arts of preaching' circulating in late Renaissance Europe. Of the central chapters on the sermons themselves, two are concerned with the style and complex formal structures of the sermons; while two examine in turn the major themes of illusion and nature and the imagery associated with them. The second part is a descriptive catalogue of extant sermons and some funeral orations of the period, which provided a great deal of information never previously collected. The book made a significant contribution both to the study of a neglected period of French literature, the 'Baroque', and to comparative studies of the sermon.

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052116835X

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The Cosmopolitan Screen

German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present

By: Stephan K. Schindler,Lutz Peter Koepnick

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The Cosmopolitan Screen

German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present

By: Stephan K. Schindler,Lutz Peter Koepnick

Explores German cinema's enthusiasm for and anxiety about the blurring of postwar cultural boundaries

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University of Michigan Press

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0472069667

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Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

By: Peter N. Miller,Francois Louis

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Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

By: Peter N. Miller,Francois Louis

This book is a project in comparative history, but along two distinct axes, one historical and the other historiographical. Its purpose is to constructively juxtapose the early modern European and Chinese approaches to historical study that have been called "antiquarian." As an exercise in historical recovery, the essays in this volume amass new information about the range of antiquarian-type scholarship on the past, on nature, and on peoples undertaken at either end of the Eurasian landmass between 1500 and 1800. As a historiographical project, the book challenges the received---and often very much under conceptualized---use of the term "antiquarian" in both European and Chinese contexts. Readers will not only learn more about the range of European and Chinese scholarship on the past---and especially the material past---but they will also be able to integrate some of the historiographical observations and corrections into new ways of conceiving of the history of historical scholarship in Europe since the Renaissance, and to reflect on the impact of these European terms on Chinese approaches to the Chinese past. This comparison is a two-way street, with the European tradition clarified by knowledge of Chinese practices, and Chinese approaches better understood when placed alongside the European ones.

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0472118188

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The Organ Music of J. S. Bach

By: Peter Williams

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The Organ Music of J. S. Bach

By: Peter Williams

This is a completely revised 2003 edition of volumes I and II of The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (1980), a bestselling title, which has subsequently become a classic text. This edition takes account of Bach scholarship of the 25 years prior to publication. Peter Williams's piece-by-piece commentary puts the musical sources of the organ works in context, describing the form and content of each work and relating them to other music, German and non-German. He summarises the questions about the history, authenticity, chronology, function and performance of each piece, and points out important details of style and musical quality. The study follows the order of the Bach catalogue (BWV), beginning with the sonatas, then the 'free works', followed by chorales and ending with the doubtful works, including the 'newly discovered chorales' of 1985.

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0521814162

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Begegnungen I

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

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Begegnungen I

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

Als Forststudent Aug.-Okt.1954 in Jugoslawien. Mit einem Landwirtschaftsstudenten aus Frankreich befinde ich mich als Praktikant auf einem Forstamt in Bosnien; wir reisen auch nach Sarajewo, an die Adria, nach Belgrad und in die Woiwodina (Novi Sad). Krönender Abschluß ist die Besteigung des Triglev, dem höchsten Berg Jugoslawiens.

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Hugo Grotius, the Portuguese, and Free Trade in the East Indies

By: Peter Borschberg

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Hugo Grotius, the Portuguese, and Free Trade in the East Indies

By: Peter Borschberg

This book considers the background to the treatises, their content and significance, and what Grotius actually knew about Southeast Asian polities or Portuguese institutions of trade and diplomacy when he wrote them. --

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9971694670

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Durch die Lupe betrachtet - Lateinamerika 1967-68

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

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Durch die Lupe betrachtet - Lateinamerika 1967-68

By: Peter Detlev Kirmsse

Auf einer Forschungsreise durch Mittel-und-Südamerika von März 1967 bis April 1968 konnte ich als angehender Wissenschaftler an vielen naturwissenschaftlichen Projekten in Panama(Zugvogel-Beringung;Taxonomie;Krankheitserforschung bzgl.Virologie und Parasitologie);in Venezuela(Vogel und Wildtier-Forschung) und Kolumbien(Impfstoff-Erprobung bei Pferde-Enzephalitis)teilnehmen und gleichzeitig Kontakte mit anderen Forschern und alten Jugendfreunden knüpfen bzw. wieder auffrischen und meine Kenntnisse bedeutend erweitern.

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1291740708

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Genre Hybridisation

Global Cinematic Flow

By: Ivo Ritzer,Peter W. Schulze

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Genre Hybridisation

Global Cinematic Flow

By: Ivo Ritzer,Peter W. Schulze

Der Band widmet sich den vielfältigen Globalisierungsprozessen in filmischen Genrekonfigurationen. Dieser bislang erst in Ansätzen erforschte Themenkomplex wird anhand paradigmatischer Beispiele sowohl theoretisch perspektiviert als auch filmhistorisch kontextualisiert. Neben Analysen US-amerikanischer und europäischer Produktionen liegt der Fokus vor allem auch auf Filmen aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika, wobei Kategorien wie nationale Kinematografien oder abgrenzbare Genremuster in den Fallbeispielen nur noch bedingt greifen. Den transnationalen Dimensionen der Filme entsprechend, versammelt der Band auch Beiträge von internationalen Vertretern der Film- und Medienwissenschaft, darunter Tim Bergfelder, Oksana Bulgakowa, Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Barry Keith Grant, Lúcia Nagib, Ella Shohat oder Robert Stam. The volume deals with the diverse processes of globalisation in cinematic configurations of genre. Focussing on significant examples, this up to now only rudimentarily researched area is both historically analysed as well as theoretically explored. Apart from U.S. and European productions, the volume mainly addresses films from Africa, Asia and Latin America, which render conceptions of national cinema or clearly definable genre patterns especially problematic. In accordance with the transnational dimension of the films, the volume assembles contributions of internationally renowned scholars such as Tim Bergfelder, Oksana Bulgakowa, Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Barry Keith Grant, Lúcia Nagib, Ella Shohat, or Robert Stam.

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3741000418

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Brahms and His World

A Biographical Dictionary

By: Peter Clive

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Brahms and His World

A Biographical Dictionary

By: Peter Clive

As an influential and well-connected composer, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) had encountered, befriended, and collaborated with hundreds of people over his significant career. In Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary, author Peter Clive provides extensive and up-to-date information on the composer's personal and professional association with some 430 persons. These persons include relatives, friends, acquaintances, and physicians; fellow musicians and composers whom Brahms particularly admired and in the editions of whose works he was involved; conductors, instrumentalists, and singers who took part in notable or first performances of his works; poets whose texts he set to music; publishers and artists; and even the rulers of certain German states with whom he had significant contact. Offering information not usually available in Brahms biographies, this volume combines findings from both primary and secondary sources, giving insights into Brahms' character, his life, and his career, and shedding light on the educated middle and upper class culture of the nineteenth century. A comprehensive chronology of Brahms' life, a bibliography, and two indexes round out this important reference guide.

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1461722802

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The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume IV

The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Mahler, and Selected Contemporaries

By: A. Peter Brown

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The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume IV

The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Mahler, and Selected Contemporaries

By: A. Peter Brown

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five-volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century beginnings to the end of the 20th century. Synthesizing the enormous scholarly literature, Brown presents up-to-date overviews of the status of research, discusses any important former or remaining problems of attribution, illuminates the style of specific works and their contexts, and samples early writings on their reception. The Symphonic Repertoire provides an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. The series is being launched with two volumes on the Viennese symphony. Volume IV The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Mahler, and Selected Contemporaries Although during the mid-19th century the geographic center of the symphony in the Germanic territories moved west and north from Vienna to Leipzig, during the last third of the century it returned to the old Austrian lands with the works of Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, and Mahler. After nearly a half century in hibernation, the sleeping Viennese giant awoke to what some viewed as a reincarnation of Beethoven with the first hearing of Brahms's Symphony No. 1, which was premiered at Vienna in December 1876. Even though Bruckner had composed some gigantic symphonies prior to Brahms's first contribution, their full impact was not felt until the composer's complete texts became available after World War II. Although Dvorák was often viewed as a nationalist composer, in his symphonic writing his primary influences were Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. For both Bruckner and Mahler, the symphony constituted the heart of their output; for Brahms and Dvorák, it occupied a less central place. Yet for all of them, the key figure of the past remained Beethoven. The symphonies of these four composers, together with the works of Goldmark, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Smetana, Fibich, Janácek, and others are treated in Volume IV, The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony, covering the period from roughly 1860 to 1930.

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0253072123

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Routledge German Dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Worterbuch Elektrotechnik and Elektronik Englisch

Vol 1: German-English/Deutsch-Englisch 6th edition

By: Peter-Klaus Budig

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Routledge German Dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Worterbuch Elektrotechnik and Elektronik Englisch

Vol 1: German-English/Deutsch-Englisch 6th edition

By: Peter-Klaus Budig

This book presents the vocabulary of a continually evolving and fundamental technical field which is finding ever broad applications in industry. It provides special attention to the language of national and international standards and recommendations, as well as appropriate field indications.

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1000142957

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Vimy Ridge and Arras

The Spring 1917 Offensive in Panoramas

By: Peter Barton

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Vimy Ridge and Arras

The Spring 1917 Offensive in Panoramas

By: Peter Barton

In this new account of the battle at Vimy Ridge, Peter Barton showcases more than 50 rediscovered British and German panoramic photographs of the battlegrounds. "Vimy Ridge and Arras" also includes previously unpublished testimony, letters, and memoirs from the serving regiments, along with maps, plans, and diagrams throughout.

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1554887445

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Literature in the Light of the Emblem

Structural Parallels Between the Emblem and Literature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Peter Maurice Daly

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Literature in the Light of the Emblem

Structural Parallels Between the Emblem and Literature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By: Peter Maurice Daly

The literature of the 16th and 17th centuries was informed by the symbolic thought embodied in the mixed art form of emblems. This study explores the relationship between the emblem and the literature of England and Germany during the period.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802078915

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9780802078919

Hitler

A Life

By: Peter Longerich

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Hitler

A Life

By: Peter Longerich

From one of the most prominent biographers of the Nazi period, a new and provocative portrait of the figure behind the century's worst crimes Acclaimed historian Peter Longerich, author of Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler now turns his attention to Adolf Hitler in this new biography. While many previous portraits have speculated about Hitler's formative years, Longerich focuses on his central role as the driving force of Nazism itself. You cannot separate the man from the monstrous movement he came to embody. From his ascendance through the party's ranks to his final hours as Führer in April 1945, Longerich shows just how ruthless Hitler was in his path to power. He emphasizes Hitler's political skills as Germany gained prominence on the world's stage. Hitler's rise to, and ultimate hold on, power was more than merely a matter of charisma; rather, it was due to his ability to control the structure he created. His was an image constructed by his regime - an essential piece self-created of propaganda. This comprehensive biography is the culmination of Longerich's life-long pursuit to understand the man behind the century's worst crimes.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198796099

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9780198796091

The Art of Foreign Language Teaching

Improvisation and Drama in Teacher Development and Language Learning

By: Peter Lutzker

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The Art of Foreign Language Teaching

Improvisation and Drama in Teacher Development and Language Learning

By: Peter Lutzker

This study explores and develops the idea that foreign language teaching can be an art. This encompasses both considering the meaning of artistry in language teaching as well as the possibilities which artistic processes offer pupils in language learning. The first part focuses on the in-service education of language teachers in theatre and improvisation workshops, the second part examines pupils rehearsing and performing a full length play in a foreign language. Thus, this work views the fields of language teacher education and foreign language learning within a common conceptual framework.

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Narr Francke Attempto Verlag

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3772052436

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9783772052439

Lichtstreifen

The Commonwealth and International Library: Pergamon Oxford German Division

By: Peter Willig

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Lichtstreifen

The Commonwealth and International Library: Pergamon Oxford German Division

By: Peter Willig

Lichtstreifen

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Elsevier

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1483137694

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9781483137698

Disjoined Partners

Austria and Germany since 1815

By: Peter Katzenstein

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Disjoined Partners

Austria and Germany since 1815

By: Peter Katzenstein

Is there a natural tendency toward the political integration of states that are united in culture but divided in politics? Disjoined Partners arrives at a largely negative response. In an application of political science techniques to a subject traditionally in the domain of history, Peter J. Katzenstein analyzes Austro-German relations since 1815 in six chronologically arranged case studies. Asking why these partners remain disjoined, Katzenstein finds the answer in the persistence of Austria’s political autonomy. In an appendix, the author illustrates how this type of analysis could be extended to include an examination of the unification of Germany and of Italy in the middle of the nineteenth century and of the fragmentation of Sweden-Norway and England-Ireland at the beginning of the twentieth. His study sheds new light on the reasons for the continued political autonomy of nation-states. Disjoined Partners derives from the author's dissertation, which was awarded the Charles Sumner Prize at Harvard and the American Political Science Association’s Helen Dwight Reid Award for the best dissertation of the year in the field of international relations, law, and politics. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

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Univ of California Press

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0520377443

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9780520377448

Beiträge zur Modernen Japanischen Rechtsgeschichte

By: Hans-Peter Marutschke

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Beiträge zur Modernen Japanischen Rechtsgeschichte

By: Hans-Peter Marutschke

HauptbeschreibungZiel des Bandes ist es, verstreut ver©œffentlichte Abhandlungen zum japanischen Recht und zur juristischen Ideengeschichte an einem Ort zusammenzuf©ơhren. Er ist eine Grundlage f©ơr die wissenschaftliche Besch©Þftigung mit der juristischen Zeitgeschichte Japans und der dortigen Rechtsentwicklung. F©ơnf japanische Rechtswissenschaftler vermitteln den unmittelbaren Zugang zum japanischen Recht, der den Rechtsvergleichern, die aus dem westlichen Sprachraum kommen, h©Þufig verschlossen bleibt.

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BWV Verlag

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3830526725

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9783830526728

Age Is Nothing Attitude Is Everything

By: Peter Stein

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Age Is Nothing Attitude Is Everything

By: Peter Stein

If a little positive attitude goes a long way, this book should go on forever. And with baby boomers now hitting the 60 mark, the timing couldn't be better. Age Is Nothing: Atitude Is Everything is a small, sweet, funny reminder that when it comes to muscles, minds, and dancing shoes, we need to use 'em or lose 'em. Experts on such things talk about the importance of role models for young people. What a bunch of poppycock! After all, being young is a breeze. Getting old--now there's a challenge. As more and more of us peek down the backside of the hill, we need role models not just to show us how to grow old gracefully but how to stay young at heart indefinitely. In Age Is Nothing: Attitude Is Everything, that's just what we get--a bookful of spunky seniors doing it right. This playful and empowering little book collects photos of gray-but-game enthusiasts celebrating life in myriad ways--all accompanied by upbeat text that keeps the focus on fun. * Silver-haired sirens take a steam bath proclaiming, We're not getting older, we're getting hotter. * A skateboarding septuagenarian urges readers to release your inner whippersnapper. * Pool-shooting grannies remind us to always give it our best shot. And that's just the beginning. Throughout the book, seniors ski, swing, run, laugh, hug, surf, laugh some more, and soak up the sun. With fun guest appearances from famous elders George Burns, Albert Einstein, and Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies, Age Is Nothing: Attitude Is Everything's message is delivered loud and clear: Getting older is mandatory--feeling older is entirely up to you.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740788078

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9780740788079

Christliche Architektur in Ägypten

By: Peter Grossmann

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Christliche Architektur in Ägypten

By: Peter Grossmann

This is the first comprehensive survey of Christian architecture in Egypt from the fourth century up to early modern times, covering not only church architecture, but also and extensively the building art of pilgrimage centers, monasteries, cemeteries, defence structures and private houses. Special attention is given to building technique, arrangement of the interior, and liturgical (local) conditions. With a descriptive catalogue of urban and monastic churches.

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824

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BRILL

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900429421X

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9789004294219

Die Rakete

The rocket book

By: Peter Newell

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Die Rakete

The rocket book

By: Peter Newell

Der freche Fritz zündet im Keller des Hochhauses, in dem sein Vater der Hausmeister ist, eine vergessene Rakete, und die saust nun mit Wunderkraft durch alle zwanzig Stockwerke. Was sie dabei anrichtet, hat sich Peter Newell ausgedacht und mit lustigen Bildern versehen.

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Amalienpresse

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3939904147

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9783939904144

International dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms of electronics, electrical engineering, computer technology, and information processing

Vol. 1: A - I. Vol. 2: J - Z

By: Peter Wennrich

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International dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms of electronics, electrical engineering, computer technology, and information processing

Vol. 1: A - I. Vol. 2: J - Z

By: Peter Wennrich

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3111670406

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9783111670409

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