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A pop-up guide to the history and use of steam engines which depicts seven intricate dimensional models of a range of famous steam locomotives. ... Read more

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nice pop-up geared for the train enthusiast
This book has 6 spreads with a pop up on one or both pages of the spreads. The last spread has two fold-out pages (with a small pop up centered between them).

The text tells a brief history of Steam locomotives and features several models from different countries and varying times. The illustrations are nice. The pop ups open and close easily. The information is involve enough to be of interest to an enthusiast rather than a child. ... Read more

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The mainly dialogue form of Lothar Schreyer's unpublished novel as edited by Dr. Keith-Smith, reveals insights into the humor of human foibles, a central love story and continual references to animal and bird life, producing a work that is totally different from Schreyer's more serious historical novels. It reveals a caring quality in Schreyer's psyche that is generally thought to have developed after the Second World War through his efforts for the Christian charity 'Caritas'. ... Read more

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This volume contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the Institute of Germanic Studies, London, in 1987 to mark the 150th anniversary of Buchner's death. The 14 essays in this volume include current findings in Buchner research. ... Read more

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This work covers twelve essays, written by German scholars from Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and Australia on famous and lesser-known figures and works of the early 20th century in Germany. The text examines Lou Andreas-Salome, Erna Bernstein, Hedwig Lachmann, Lily Braun, Jo Mihaly, Adrienne Thomas, Emmy Henning, Berta Lask, Frida Bettingen, Bess Brenck-Kalischer, Anna Seghers, and Gertrud von le Fort. The volume includes portraits of the writers and will be complemented by a two-volume anthology of texts in German with bio-bibliographical materials also to be edited by Brian Keith-Smith. ... Read more

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This previously unpublished novel, rediscovered by the author's son, is a compelling account of the conflicts between city and church authorities in a 15th-century Italian state. The story also highlights the fate of an illegitimate girl born inside a convent, the grotesque behavior of a power-crazed abbess, the lack of confidence of the local bishop, the machinations of the mayor and other dignitaries, and the struggle between conscience and rational thinking of the city doctor. Schreyer also takes the opportunity to include a debate between traditional and forward-looking major artists, and to emphasize the misgivings of the Church faced with an epidemic of the plague. This historical extravaganza reveals Schreyer's concerns at the end of WWII to redefine the role of the Church and to test various moral codes in an age characterized by uncertainty, cruelty and superstition. In German. ... Read more

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Includes a mix of Schreyer's personal documents ranging from essays, quotations, reminiscences, extracts from diaries at the end of the Second World War, and denazification to an autobiographical text, reflections on art and artists, aphorisms, his spiritual testament, and a short obituary. ... Read more

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This work is subtitled as a "trial", its main scenes recounting the two trials of the Christian schoolgirl Agnes whose lover Claudius, the son of the highest judge in ancient Rome, has her arrested nominally as a would-be terrorist sympathizer, in fact because she refuses his advances. ... Read more

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Written by Bristol Germanists past and present, this volume covers eleven research essays. It should appeal to all advanced readers of Austrian literature. Its critical range, subject matter and sustained interest in Austrian culture characterizes the teaching and research of Bristol University's German Department. ... Read more

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This anthology of German women writers includes biographical and bibliographical notes, and portraits where obtainable. Writers discussed in this volume include Margarete Susman, Bertha von Suttner, Adrienne Thomas, Irma von Troll-Borostyani and Myrrha Tunas. ... Read more

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Eighteen essays by specialists from Germany, Britain, Ireland and Australia on Goethe and Goethe-reception that reflect the wide variety of topics discussed at the conference "Goethes offene Tafel" in June 1999 at Windsor. Each contribution has summaries in English and German. ... Read more

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This anthology of German women writers includes biographical and bibliographical notes, and portraits where obtainable. Writers discussed in this volume include Nell Walden, Maria Waser, Anna Elisabeth Weirauch, Marie Luise Weismann and Else Wenzig. ... Read more

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Includes essays from before the First World War until 1964. Major themes include art appreciation and explorations of religious belief. ... Read more

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This extension of the "Supplements to An Encyclopedia of German Women Writers, Volumes 11" (the autobiography "Wahrheit aus Morgentraumen") and the "Briefe aus Rom" respectively, includes an extensive 100-page selection of Brun's earliest lyric poetry with parallel examples from Matthisson, Baggesen and Goethe; most of her ballads; her songs for Greece; and examples of her religious texts. Excerpts from her diaries, travelogues and letters, texts concerning the sculptor Thorwaldsen, her friend Madame de Stael and on her daughter Ida's education reveal her reflections on art and social conditions. Sections on her reception, dedications to her, and a 19th century short biography are also included. The editor, whose articles on her works and manuscripts since 1985 have brought new insights into this neglected writer, provides a long introduction, a summary of her life and bibliography. This volume will appeal to all interested in 19th-century writers and German literature in general. ... Read more

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This previously unpublished work by the Expressionist Lothar Schreyer was written during the Second World War and is an example of literature of `inner emigration'. It was written as one of his spiritual exercises as a lay novice of the Abbey of Maria Laach. It is published as Volume 1 of the new Lothar Schreyer edition and includes a long general introduction about Schreyer's life and work by the author of a monograph on this writer and director of his archives in the Deutsches Lietaraturarchiv, Marbach. This is followed by an introduction to the text. There are chapters on the German character of mysticism in the Alsace as an expression of medieval chivalry; on the Carthusian monastery in Strasburg; on the life of prayer of the nuns; on the use of language by the Alsatian mystics; and on the meditative exegesis of the mystic way with major references to sermons and exhorations by Meister Eckehart. ... Read more

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This SPEC Kit investigates two broad categories of benefit plans currently offered to professional library staff at ARL member libraries: leave time and support for professional development activities. Topics include benefits eligibility; holiday and intersession leave; plan designs and accrual rates for paid time off (PTO), vacation, and sick leave; and professional development leaves such as dedicated research time and sabbaticals. Other professional development topics include financial support and relief from duties for conference attendance; funding for professional association memberships; and financial and other support for college credit course work, internships, and certifications. ... Read more

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Maths Frameworking is a fully differentiated resource for Key Stage 3 Mathematics. Providing full support for the Framework for Teaching Mathematics, Maths Frameworking ensures complete success in the National Tests.Teacher's Packs contain everything you need to deliver the NNS-style lesson: / Mental and oral starter activities / Main lesson activities / Plenary session guides / Framework objectives / Framework vocabulary / Answers to pupil book exercises / Homework questions and answers / Free CD to help teachers customise lessonsPupil books contain: / Summaries of what you should already know / Learning objectives for each chapter / Worked examples / Exercises / Extension activities / Full-colour artwork / National Test-style questions after each chapter / Guides to what you should know for each level ... Read more