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Grave of the Fireflies
On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive in the dying days of the Second World War unfolds with a gritty realism unprecedented in animation. Grave of the Fireflies has since been hailed as a classic of both anime and war cinema. In 2018, USA Today ranked it the greatest animated film of all time.Yet Ghibli's sombre masterpiece remains little analysed outside Japan, even as its meaning is fiercely contested - Takahata himself lamented that few had grasped his message. In the first book-length study of the film in English, Alex Dudok de Wit explores its themes, visual devices and groundbreaking use of animation, as well as the political context in which it was made. Drawing on untranslated accounts by the film's crew, he also describes its troubled production, which almost spelt disaster for Takahata and his studio.- Shop: buecher
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Beginning Theory
Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped. The book has been updated and includes two new chapters, one of which (Literary theory - a history in ten events) innovatively surveys the course of theory, while the other (Theory after 'Theory') maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002. Liberal humanism - Structuralism - Post-structuralism and deconstruction - Postmodernism - Psychoanalytic criticism - Feminist criticism - Lesbian/gay criticism - Marxist criticism - New historicism and cultural materialism - Postcolonial criticism - Stylistics - Narratology - Ecocriticism - Presentism/Transversal poetics/ New aestheticism/Historical formalism/Cognitive poetics.- Shop: buecher
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Scattered Rays of Light: The Incredible Survival Story of The Kotowski Family During WW2 (Holocaust Survivor Memoir, World War II, Book 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 522min
One big family. Immediate danger of destruction. Tiny rays of hope.Yaakov was the youngest son of the Kotowskis, a well-to-do Jewish family in the small Polish town of Skulsk, who enjoyed the respect and admiration of local Jews and Christians alike.The quiet life of the family was disrupted abruptly when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.Soon, its members were deported to a faraway village where they suffered horrific torments at the hands of the Germans and their collaborators.The head of the family, who was blessed with sharp instincts, grasped what was about to take place and instructed his children to disperse in different directions in the hope that at least some of them would be able to survive.This is the fascinating story of the Kotowski family, who was thrown deep into the flames that lit the fire that exterminated six million Jews, and yet, over half of the ten-member family managed to flee the blazing inferno against all odds. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Marchand. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210100/bk_acx0_210100_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Glade of Harmony: Future's Birth, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 608min
Back in the age where they belong, Jack, Tanner, Allie, and Gefnar have bid farewell to their friends in the lawless lands of Varbius, only to encounter an old acquaintance - one who extends to them a curious invitation from the eagle-blood King Shanedir.Intrigued and assured that the requested detour will not delay them long, the heroes of Dragon’s Nest agree to meet with Shanedir, a man strangely intent on uniting all the half-breed nations under a banner of peace.But Shanedir’s vision may prove too good to be true. Forces are at play, both for and against the half-breed alliance, and not all may have the decency to show their true face.As Shanedir’s honored guests seek to uncover the truth, both the land beneath their feet and of concealed plans contrary to Shanedir’s, they begin to learn that inter-species relations can be simpler and yet far more unpredictable than they could have grasped. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: S.J. Saunders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210179/bk_acx0_210179_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lincoln's Last Hours , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min
I grasped Mrs. Lincoln's outstretched hand in mine while she cried piteously to me, 'Oh, Doctor! Is he dead? Can he recover? Will you take charge of him? Do what you can for him. Oh, my poor husband!' A young Union Army Doctor, attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, is a witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. He is the first doctor to reach the President's side in an attempt to save his life. Dr. Charles Augustus Leale details every moment of the tragedy, from forcing open the door of the Presidential box, his words with Mrs. Lincoln, his decision to move the president from the theater, to the final moments of President Lincoln's life. This remarkable first-person, true narrative places the listener in the middle of the tragedy, from beginning to end. It has been lost and forgotten for over a hundred years and was recently rediscovered and made public. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andre Devin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lten/000011/bk_lten_000011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Who We Were Before , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 405min
Zoe knows that it wasn't really her fault. Of course it wasn't. But if she'd just grasped harder, run faster, lunged quicker, she might have saved him. And Edward doesn't really blame her, though his bitter words at the time still haunt her, and he can no more take them back than she can halt the car that killed their son. Two years on, every day is a tragedy. Edward knows they should take healing steps together, but he's tired of being shut out. For Zoe, it just seems easier to let grief lead the way. A weekend in Paris might be their last hope for reconciliation, but mischance sees them separated before they've even left Gare du Nord. Lost and alone, Edward and Zoe must try to find their way back to each other - and find their way back to the people they were before. But is that even possible? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Mattacks, Henrietta Meire. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/008354/bk_brll_008354_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Chasm: A Journey to the Edge of Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 159min
A journey he couldn’t miss… and a step he couldn’t take.... He found himself a traveler in the strangest of lands. Where invisible secrets come starkly into sight. Where the fairest of companions leads the way into unsuspected danger and darkness. Where hidden battles burst into the open. Where so much is grasped…and so much more seems unattainable. Driven by a yearning he doesn’t understand, compelled toward a destination he can’t quite see, the traveler navigates the inhospitable landscape with determination and a flicker of something like hope—despite the obstacles that seem to unerringly block his path. Best-selling novelist Randy Alcorn weaves a supernatural interplay of wills and motives, lusts and longings, love and sacrifice. It’s a potent mix that leaves every listener wondering: Do I really understand this world I live in? Do I really understand myself? Is there more to all this than I’ve ever dared hope? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Randy Alcorn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002535/bk_rand_002535_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Staking Claim , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 9min, (USK 18)
Gina knew the moment her husband grasped her firmly that was filled with lust, but was it lust for her or for someone else? Gina was sure that her husband's assistant had to be some pretty, young thing with a flat stomach and perky breasts. Whether it was the job or his assistant, he showed no interest in her anymore. They had not had sex since his career advancement six months ago. When he suddenly appeared behind her, staring at her damp breasts in the steamy bathroom mirror, she recognized the lust in his eyes. "Are you hard for me or someone else?" she snipped. No words left his lips, only a low masculine grunt. Before she could react, he spun her around, closed and locked the door, and lowered his jeans. She knew at that moment that she had no choice in what was about to happen. Relentlessly he began Staking Claim to what was his. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Saucedo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/018938/bk_acx0_018938_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tonal Music (eBook, ePUB)
This book is about the aesthetics of the tonal music. It therefore deals with sound forms such as consonance, dissonance, tonality, bar, counterpoint or motif. Thereby, it shows that all harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic sound figures are essentially relations in which similar sound components go well together. The whole secret of the musical aesthetics lies in this abstract determination. In this sense, the musical sound forms are systematically built on each other and form an ensemble of eight aesthetic principles, to each of which a chapter of this book is dedicated. The logical progression of these chapters reveals the inner connection between harmony, rhythm, and melody. Musical phenomena that have so far been interpreted differently and controversially are explained and derived in a comprehensible way in this context. The theoretical results of this book are, at the same time, a critique of previously common dogmas in musicology. For example, the prejudice that the difference between consonance and dissonance cannot be objectively grasped clearly contradicts the results of a rational music theory. Nor will the reader find the usual talk about the supposed anachronism or the transience of the tonal music in this book - for good reasons.- Shop: buecher
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New Great Themes of Scripture, Hörbuch, Digital, 771min
Rohr reprises his best-selling talks on scripture in this powerful new series. He describes the Bible as a text in travail, containing not just conclusions, but a process that mirrors our own journey (three steps forward, two steps backward). In the three steps forward, Scripture always reveals that we are related to something infinite and that ours is an enchanted and trustworthy universe. Rohr suggests that God is different than we thought and much better than we feared. In fact, God cannot be fully grasped by thought and must not be approached in servile fear. God is present in our midst and is calling forth a people and a consciousness that is capable of divine union. This invitation is revealed in a developmental way in both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. The resurrected Jesus finally reveals the full and wonder-filled nature of the heart of God. As a result, Rohr says, "We have nothing to be afraid of and much to be excited about!" Language: English. Narrator: Richard Rohr, O.F.M.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sant/000030/bk_sant_000030_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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