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    »Die Scylla und Charybdis der socialen Frage«
    Die sozialen Reformen des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts wurden von der Angst vor revolutionärem Aufruhr befeuert - so lautet eine beliebte, aber kaum belegte These. Wachsende soziale Spannungen, vor allem die beiden großen Hafenstreiks in London 1889 und Hamburg 1896/97 bedrohten die urbane Sicherheitskultur dramatisch. Christine Krüger zeigt: Durch Revolutionsängste wurden meist Forderungen nach repressiven Maßnahmen laut, die auf sozialen Ausschluss zielten und weniger auf inkludierende Sozialreformen.Obwohl Sicherheit für viele Epochen ein zentrales politisches Anliegen darstellt, sind ihre verschiedenen konzeptionellen Entwürfe in den urbanen Zentren des 19. Jahrhunderts bislang kaum im Detail untersucht worden. In ihrer spannenden Studie vergleicht Christine Krüger erstmals die verschiedenen urbanen Sicherheitsentwürfe, hinterfragt die oft drastischen Reaktionen und korrigiert scheinbare Eindeutigkeiten in alten Grundannahmen.
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    The Odyssey, Hörbuch, Digital, 67min
    Long considered the world's greatest adventure story, The Odyssey is celebration of life in all its infinite variety. The poem has deeply ingrained in us the sense of life as a journey, introducing a gallery of characters and events that have profoundly influenced western literature. Scylla and Charybdis, Circe, the Lotus Eaters, a visit with the dead, and, through it all, Odysseus's determined search for home, are all here in a classic translation. This audio edition reflects the origins of this great epic as a tale meant to be heard - superbly narrated by Tony Award winning Welsh actor and director, Roger Rees, who is best known to television audiences for playing the characters Robin Colcord on Cheers and Lord John Marbury on The West Wing. Language: English. Narrator: Roger Rees. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000674/bk_pnix_000674_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Geographies of Myth and Places of Identity
    Geographies of Myth and Places of Identity ab 97.99 € als epub eBook: The Strait of Scylla and Charybdis in the Modern Imagination. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,
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    Odysseus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 270min
    The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus longs to return to wife and son on his island kingdom of Ithaca. But between hero and home stands an array of dangers unlike any ever faced by mortal man.On his epic voyage - an adventure so grand and glorious it has become the very symbol for all great journeys - Odysseus must face the monstrous cyclops, escape the enchanting nymph Circe, defy the terrors of Scylla and Charybdis, and descend to the land of the dead. Even home is not safe, for there Odysseus must triumph in one last battle to be reunited with his loving wife.For nearly 3,000 years, the story of Odysseus' journey has enthralled the world. Now Full Cast Audio brings you Geraldine McCaughrean's brilliant retelling, in a dazzling recording that will captivate young and old alike. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cynthia Bishop. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/fcau/000059/pf_fcau_000059_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Reality and the Arts: A Philosophical Guide , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 222min
    Art is the creative manifestation of essences. In order to understand the relation between art and reality, we need a philosophical guide. The best way to comprehend how the creative act of imagining enables the mind to seek reality is to employ the kind of dialectical thinking that Plato used in his dialogues. Beginning with the shadows on the wall of the cave in which each person dwells, that process gradually enables us to grasp the essences that are manifested in individual works of art. Without a philosophical guide, we are likely to encounter only a blur of images in the visual arts, a cacophony of sounds in music, a whirl of activity in the theater, and chaos in the building of cities. It is too much to expect a set of final answers to any serious question about what is true, good, or beautiful. If we abandon the quest for reality, we settle for too little. Plato's dialectical approach offers a path between Scylla and Charybdis. © Agora Publications ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Childs. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zaot/000412/bk_zaot_000412_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Arms and the Women: Dalziel and Pascoe, Book 18 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 838min
    When Ellie Pascoe finds herself under threat, the men in her life assume it’s because she’s married to a cop. But while they trawl after shoals of red herrings, Ellie is blasted off course with a motley crew of women on a voyage of discovery whose perils make Scylla and Charybdis look like a pair of Barbie dolls. Irish arms, Colombian drugs, and men who will stop at nothing create a tidal wave which threatens to sweep her away. She heads out of town in search of haven but instead finds herself at the very edge of the storm, in a remote clifftop house undermined by the sea. Fat Andy eventually smells a Security Service rat and comes steaming to the rescue, but for once it’s too little, too late. Ellie’s on her own (apart from her Middle England friend, Daphne; an octogenarian aid worker and her vapid secretary; a gorgeous South American money launderer; an ancient crone; and a female cop who gets up her nose) and must reach deep down into her reserves to find the strength to survive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022359/bk_adbl_022359_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Spell of Murder (A Completely Addictive Witch Cozy Mystery): A Lost Maidens Loch Mystery, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 497min
    In the sleepy town of Lost Maidens Loch, people sometimes disappear.... Down a quiet lane in town sits a little shop full of oddities you’d probably miss if you weren’t looking for it. This is Love’s Curiosities Inc., and its owner, Temerity Love, is sought by experts all over the world for her rare and magical gift: The ability to find lost things and learn their stories.When Lost Maidens’ pretty local school teacher is found murdered by a poisoned cup of tea, a strange antique hand mirror is discovered nearby. Temerity - with the help of witchy sister Tilda, their cats Scylla and Charybdis and the lovingly eccentric local townspeople - is determined to divine the story behind the mirror and its part in Miss Molly Bayliss’ untimely death. If only grumpy out-of-towner Angus Harley of Lost Maidens police wasn’t on the scene. Temerity can’t solve the crime without him, but he’s distracting, and in more ways than one. Can this unconventional duo solve the most mysterious murder ever to blight Lost Maidens Loch before the killer strikes again? A magical whodunnit, perfect for fans of Adele Abbott, Amanda M. Lee, and Leighann Dobbs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Madeleine Brolly. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166359/bk_acx0_166359_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Iliad & The Odyssey , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1717min
    Little is known about the Ancient Greek oral poet Homer, the supposed 8th century BC author of the world-read Iliad and his later masterpiece, The Odyssey. These classic epics provided the basis for Greek education and culture throughout the classical age and formed the backbone of humane education through the birth of the Roman Empire and the spread of Christianity. If Homer did in fact exist, this supposedly blind poet was from some region of Greek-controlled Asia-Minor and recited his poems at festivals and political assemblies. In this extraordinary two volume audio set, the glorious saga again unfolds, telling the story of courage and magical adventure in Ancient Greece. The Iliad, the first of Homer's epic poems, tells of the counsel of Nestor, Achilles's slaying of Hector, and the defeat of the Trojans by the Greeks. In The Odyssey, in his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, Odysseus must pass through the land of the Cyclopes, encounter Circe the Enchantress, and face the terrible Charybdis and the six headed serpent Scylla. Both epics are translated here by Samuel Butler. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lescault. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/comm/000069/bk_comm_000069_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Tales from the Odyssey: Volume 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 108min
    Mary Pope Osborne retells thrilling stories from Homer's Odyssey, one of the greatest epics of all time. Volume 2 includes: Book Three, Sirens and Sea Monsters Odysseus and his men have done what no other mortals have done: returned alive from the terrifying Land of the Dead. Armed with warnings and advice from the ghost of the prophet Tiresias, Odysseus is determined to finally sail home to Ithaca. But the enchantress Circe tells him the Greeks will face even more horrors on their journey, including an encounter with Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool. Who will survive these terrors, and how? Book Four, The Gray-Eyed Goddess Odysseus is trapped on the island of the sea goddess, Calypso. The beautiful goddess wants him to forget his wife and son and marry her, but he is determined to return home. Back in Ithaca, Odysseus' wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, desperately fend off suitors who want to marry Penelope in order to take control of Odysseus' island. It is only with the help of the gray-eyed goddess Athena that they can hope to ever become a family again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Simmons. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001042/bk_harp_001042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Conversation with Fear , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
    “We all pack different ideas and feelings into the word fear: fear of the unknown, fear of failure, of losing control, of aging, of falling down, fear of the body reacting and fear of the body not reacting, even the fear of saying the word fear. This audiobook does not attempt to define fear or explain why a frightened person experiences certain physiological responses. It doesn’t separate students into categories or classify symptoms. "What this book does attempt is to offer you both audacity and comfort. Although comfort feels quiet, it arrives through a bold move: accepting the presence of fear. To do this, we must pick our way between two powerful tendencies, to control and to cure, the Scylla and Charybdis of our culture. These tendencies show themselves constantly in words like manage, handle, overcome, conquer, dispel, banish, fix.… By regarding fear as a pathology to control or cure, we assume that life without its presence is possible, normal, or even desirable. But once we accept fear as a habitual acquaintance in an imaginative, meaningful life, we can begin to cultivate a conversation with it rather than engage it in a fight.” ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lory Reyes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007361/bk_adbl_007361_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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