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Alexandra: A History is a social and political history of one of South Africa’s oldest townships. It begins with the founding of Alexandra as a freehold township in 1912 and traces its growth as a centre of black working-class life through the early years before the Nationalist government, through the struggles of the apartheid era and into the present day. Declared as a location for ‘natives and coloureds’, Alexandra became home to a diverse population where stand owners, tenants, squatters, hostel-dwellers, workers and migrants from every corner of the country converged to make a new life for themselves near the economic hub of Johannesburg. The stories of ordinary people are at the core of the township’s history. Based on numerous life-history interviews with residents and previously unexamined archive sources, the book portrays in vivid detail the daily struggles and tribulations of the people of Alexandra. A significant focus is the rich history of political resistance, in which political organisations and civic movements organised bus boycotts, anti-removal and anti-pass campaigns, and mobilised for housing and a better life for the township’s residents. But the book also tells the stories of daily life, of the making of urban cultures and of the infamous Spoilers and Msomi gangs. Over weekends Alexandra came alive as soccer matches, church services and shebeens vie for the attention of residents. Alexandra: A History highlights the social complexities of the township, which at times caused tension between different segments of the population. Above all else, despite a long history of hardship and adversity, the community spirit of the people of Alexandra, expressed in a fiercely loyal love of their township home, has repeatedly triumphed and endured.

Alexandra, which has come down to us under the name of Lykophron, is generally regarded as one of the most bizarre and inaccessible works of Greek literature. This is because Alexandra is not a conventional narrative poem, but an erudite literary game with countless mythological allusions and intertextual references to previous Greek literature, a riddle totalling almost 1,500 verses. This makes Alexandra a unique work in Greek literature, which had neither predecessors nor successors in this form and scope.

This edition is the first German translation of the poem in over 125 years. Alexandra is not a work that can be grasped in a quick and cursory reading, but a text that requires a concentrated and in-depth treatment from its recipients. For this reason, the German translation is accompanied by extensive notes that provide the explanations necessary for understanding. In addition, the explanatory notes show the literary history of how the poet deals with existing versions of myths by alluding to or deviating from the familiar and introducing or inventing innovations.

Four very short stories about the everyday life of a little girl and her mom, perfect for bedtime reading.

Alexandra’s adventures include changing her name, bedtime fears and a plaster disaster. In each story, Alexandra's mum helps her to learn about herself and the world by allowing her to make her own discoveries.

Alexandra: A History is a social and political history of one of South Africa’s oldest townships. It begins with the founding of Alexandra as a freehold township in 1912 and traces its growth as a centre of black working-class life through the early years before the Nationalist government, through the struggles of the apartheid era and into the present day. Declared as a location for ‘natives and coloureds’, Alexandra became home to a diverse population where stand owners, tenants, squatters, hostel-dwellers, workers and migrants from every corner of the country converged to make a new life for themselves near the economic hub of Johannesburg. The stories of ordinary people are at the core of the township’s history. Based on numerous life-history interviews with residents and previously unexamined archive sources, the book portrays in vivid detail the daily struggles and tribulations of the people of Alexandra. A significant focus is the rich history of political resistance, in which political organisations and civic movements organised bus boycotts, anti-removal and anti-pass campaigns, and mobilised for housing and a better life for the township’s residents. But the book also tells the stories of daily life, of the making of urban cultures and of the infamous Spoilers and Msomi gangs. Over weekends Alexandra came alive as soccer matches, church services and shebeens vie for the attention of residents. Alexandra: A History highlights the social complexities of the township, which at times caused tension between different segments of the population. Above all else, despite a long history of hardship and adversity, the community spirit of the people of Alexandra, expressed in a fiercely loyal love of their township home, has repeatedly triumphed and endured.

Der heute verlorene Kommentar von Alexander aus Aphrodisias (ca. 200 n. Chr.) zur Physik des Aristoteles ist eines der wichtigsten Werke der Antike: beeinflusste er doch als Quelle sowohl die neuplatonischen Kommentatoren zu Aristoteles (vor allem Simplikios) als auch – vermittelt durch die Zitate bei Averroes – die Naturphilosophie des Mittelalters. Die von Marwan Rashed präsentierte Erstedition und Untersuchung der nahezu 700 byzantinischen Scholien, die erst jüngst in zwei Pariser Handschriften vom Anfang des 14. Jahrhunderts (Paris. Suppl. gr. 643, Paris. gr. 1859) entdeckt wurden, erlauben eine genauere Rekonstruktion der physikalischen Lehren Alexanders und tragen zugleich zum besseren Verständnis der Geschichte des Aristotelismus und der vor-klassischen Physik bei. Auch finden sich beispielsweise neue Präzisierungen seiner Lehre von Ort und Zeit ebenso wie seines Zugangs zur Bewegung des ‚Ersten Bewegers‘. Die byzantinischen Scholien ermöglichen zum ersten Mal, die völlige Abhängigkeit des Simplikios von seinem Vorgänger festzustellen und, noch wichtiger, die Transformationen, die er an der peripatetischen Naturphilosophie unternahm, um sie mit einem gewissen Platonismus in Einklang zu bringen.

Although Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis is undisputedly one of the most important Latin epics of the Middle Ages, it has led a regrettable shadowy existence in Latin philology, despite some outstanding individual contributions. With a prose translation close to the text and a detailed commentary, this work attempts to interpret the Alexandreis in its entirety and to make it accessible to a wider audience in addition to specialised scholars and students of Latin philology.

In particular, the aim is to show that an understanding of the Alexandreis as a whole, in addition to its extraordinary complexity, is inextricably linked to an insight into the epic's multiple mirror-image framework structure. Based on Walter's central demand, implemented at the end of the fifth book, to find an Alexander-like leader for the fight against the Muslim enemies, questions that have been controversial in research up to now, such as the Christian author's moral evaluation of Alexander the Great or the significance of Aristotle's speech for the work as a whole, can be satisfactorily clarified.

Interrogating how Alexandria became enshrined as the exemplary cosmopolitan space in the Middle East, this book mounts a radical critique of Eurocentric conceptions of cosmopolitanism. The dominant account of Alexandrian cosmopolitanism elevates things European in the city’s culture and simultaneously places things Egyptian under the sign of decline. The book goes beyond this civilization/barbarism binary to trace other modes of intercultural solidarity.

Halim presents a comparative study of literary representations, addressing poetry, fiction, guidebooks, and operettas, among other genres. She reappraises three writers—C. P. Cavafy, E. M. Forster, and Lawrence Durrell—who she maintains have been cast as the canon of Alexandria. Attending to issues of genre, gender, ethnicity, and class, she refutes the view that these writers’ representations are largely congruent and uncovers a variety of positions ranging from Orientalist to anticolonial. The book then turns to Bernard de Zogheb, a virtually unpublished writer, and elicits his camp parodies of elite Levantine mores in operettas, one of which centers on Cavafy. Drawing on Arabic critical and historical texts, as well as contemporary writers’ and filmmakers’ engagement with the canonical triumvirate, Halim orchestrates an Egyptian dialogue with the
European representations.

Als zentraler Künstler der frühen Moderne hat Alexej von Jawlensky (1864 geboren in Torschok/Russland, 1941 in Wiesbaden gestorben) die Möglichkeiten der Malerei wesentlich erweitert. Von einer expressiv farbigen Aneignung der Welt aus entfaltete er das Bild durch die Reduktion der Form und die Steigerung der Farbe zum Ausdruck einer immateriellen und geistigen Wahrheit. Trotz der großen Individualität seines Wegs hat er der Malerei bis zur Gegenwart im Blick auf die Bedeutung der Farbe, des Seriellen und Spirituellen wichtige Anregungen gegeben. Ausstellung und Katalog präsentieren eine exemplarische Auswahl von rund 70 Gemälden und Zeichnungen und vollziehen die Entwicklung der drei großen Themen „Gesicht, Landschaft, Stillleben" nach, auf die sich Jawlensky in seinem Schaffen konzentriert hat.

The four other plays in this book include:

Apologia, a perceptive look at what has happened to 1960s idealists and their children.

The Faith Machine, an exploration of the relationship between faith and capitalism that asks fundamental questions about the true meaning of love.

Bracken Moor, a haunting tale of grief and denial, set against the economic crisis of the 1930s.

Sunset at the Villa Thalia, a passionate and deeply personal play about the impact of foreign influence, planned and unintentional, on a nation and its people.

Die Geschichtsschreiberin Anna Komnene (1083 bis ca. 1153), Tochter des byzantinischen Kaisers Alexios I. Komnenos (1081-1118), behandelt in ihrem Werk die Regierungszeit ihres Vaters von seinen ersten Erfolgen als jugendlicher Heerführer und seiner geglückten Rebellion bis zu seinem Tod. Die faszinierende Lektüre gehört zusammen mit den historischen Darstellungen eines Prokop, eines Michael Psellos und eines Niketas Choniates zu den Glanzleistungen der byzantinischen Historiographie.

Die Alexias Anna Komnenes, ein herausragendes Werk der byzantinischen Literatur, bietet einerseits eine Fülle von Informationen für die Ereignisse zur Regierungszeit ihres Vaters Alexios I. Komnenos (1081-1118) sowohl innen- als auch außenpolitischer Art, z.B. die Usurpation der Macht durch Alexios, die Kriege mit den Normannen unter Robert Guiskard und Bohemund von Tarent vor, während und nach dem Ersten Kreuzzug, die Kämpfe mit verschiedenen Völkern an der Donaugrenze und mit den Seldschuken in Kleinasien, Revolten im Inneren des Reiches, religiöse Auseinandersetzungen und vieles mehr. Auf der anderen Seite ist auch die Autorin selbst als Autor-Ich in vielfältiger Weise in ihrem Werk präsent, nicht nur als Augenzeugin und durch Befragung erstklassiger mündlicher Gewährsleute (ihres Vaters Alexios selbst und ihm nahestehender Vertrauter) und Benutzerin schriftlicher Quellen (Berichte von Veteranen und für die frühen Jahre des Alexios des Geschichtswerks ihres Gatten Nikephoros Bryennios), sondern auch kommentierend und ihre eigenen Gefühle in die Erzählung einbringend. So ist ein Werk entstanden, das nicht nur für Historiker*innen eine unschätzbare Quelle darstellt, sondern allen an Geschichte und Darstellungen mit (auto)biographischen Elementen Interessierten auch hohen literarischen Genuss verspricht.

Mit den Commentaria et Lexica Graeca in Papyris reperta wird der Fachwelt ein einzigartiges papyrologisches Sammelwerk vorgelegt. Die bisher verstreut publizierten, auf Papyrus erhaltenen Teile antiker griechischer Kommentare - d.h. der Hypomnemata und Randnotizen zu griechischen Autoren sowie der Glossare und Lexika - werden in diesem Lexikon alphabetisch zusammengeführt.

Zu jedem im Lexikon erfassten Fragment erhält der Benutzer zunächst einen Überblick über Herkunft, Entstehungszeit und derzeitigen Aufbewahrungsort sowie über alle dazu bisher erschienenen Publikationen. Darauf folgen die Anmerkungen unter Auswertung aller vorliegenden Aspekte in der jeweiligen Landessprache des Kommentators. Das Werk wird von mehr als 40 Wissenschaftlern aus verschiedenen europäischen und außereuropäischen Ländern erarbeitet.

Im 2-Jahres-Rhythmus sind je ein bis zwei Lieferungen im Umfang von 250 - 300 Seiten vorgesehen. Das Gesamtwerk, das insgesamt etwa 15 Lieferungen umfassen soll, ist in vier Hauptteile gegliedert: Pars I: Commentaria et lexica in auctores; Pars II: Commentaria in adespota; Pars III: Lexica; Pars IV: Concordantiae et Indices. Bis jetzt noch nicht publizierte Papyri werden im Anhang reproduziert.

Alfa Mail is about Alfa Romeos. What made them great - and what will probably make them extinct. It's also about other cars too - great, good, bad and appalling - plus planes, bikes, places, people, prejudice ... and tractors.
Motor vehicles are the greatest practical enablers of the 20th Century (even IT can't physically take us to Hollywood, or hospital), and stir our emotions like few other artefacts.
Artefacts and their creators make history. Thus, this book is also about great endeavours and sad whimpers. About inspired artists, dedicated engineers, reckless drivers, and intellectually barren marketing people.
Fortunately, for sanity's sake, this book is also quite happy to take the piss.
And Alfa enthusiasts are used to jokes.
Combines scholarship with unbridled prejudice. Occasionally makes Clarkson seem strangely reasonable. - A.H. Davis

A raucous debut novel of organized—and unorganized—crime. “A story that takes itself unseriously enough to be funny” (The Daily Beast, “This Week’s Hot Reads”).

Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them, let alone all three together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian countryside outside Naples.
Their misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely entrepreneurs, but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection money, things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a quixotic act of defiance.
A “miraculous” Italian comedy that will have readers laughing out loud, Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles marks Fabio Bartolomei’s vivid debut.

“An entertaining and humorous debut.”—La Repubblica

“A melancholy yet hopeful fable told with a smile.”—Internazionale

“Left the kind of smile on my face that doesn’t go unnoticed and which people often mistake for a kind of facial paralysis.”—Valentina Aversano, Setteperuno

After saving Alfa Romeo from oblivion in 1987, it took Fiat nearly five years to debut the first new Alfa produced under its control. This is the story of how the competition versions of the 155/156/147 family of cars were developed and subsequently raced to many championship titles and race wins.
Alfa Romeo’s 155 saloon was a comprehensively successful racing touring car that won the German and world-wide DTM Championship, and later ITC races. The model also took on the role of representing the company in national touring car championships throughout the world, most notably winning the British Touring Car Championship in 1994.
The 156 was Alfa’s successor to the 155 and was also raced with much success. This book follows the development and competition history of this model too, along with its sibling, the 147. Together, these models kept the Alfa Romeo name at the pinnacle of motor sport for many years, from 1992 to 2006, and will become future motorsport classics.

After saving Alfa Romeo from oblivion in 1987, it took Fiat nearly five years to debut the first new Alfa produced under its control. This is the story of how the competition versions of the 155/156/147 family of cars were developed and subsequently raced to many championship titles and race wins.
Alfa Romeo's 155 saloon was a comprehensively successful racing touring car that won the German and world-wide DTM Championship, and later ITC races. The model also took on the role of representing the company in national touring car championships throughout the world, most notably winning the British Touring Car Championship in 1994.
The 156 was Alfa's successor to the 155 and was also raced with much success. This book follows the development and competition history of this model too, along with its sibling, the 147. Together, these models kept the Alfa Romeo name at the pinnacle of motor sport for many years, from 1992 to 2006, and will become future motorsport classics.

This Essential Buyer’s Guide leads you through the process of buying an Alfasud, from whether this is the right car for you, what it’s like to live with and what it will cost you to run, to which version and engine is best for you and what you should be paying for it.
Having helped you decide these factors, this guide then takes you through the buying process. It explains what equipment you’ll need when you go to view a car and shows you how to quickly determine whether to look at a particular car in more detail or to just simply walk away.
A comprehensive and thorough evaluation section, with a points scoring system, lets you fully assess a prospective purchase and detailed illustrations show exactly what to look for. With advice on paperwork, buying at auctions and thorough and clear advice on restoration, every aspect of sourcing your car is covered.
Having led you to your perfect car, the Guide goes yet further to give you all the contact information you'll ever need to get involved with the Alfasud-owning community allowing you to make the most of your new pride and joy!

This Essential Buyer's Guide leads you through the process of buying an Alfasud, from whether this is the right car for you, what it's like to live with and what it will cost you to run, to which version and engine is best for you and what you should be paying for it.
Having helped you decide these factors, this guide then takes you through the buying process. It explains what equipment you'll need when you go to view a car and shows you how to quickly determine whether to look at a particular car in more detail or to just simply walk away.
A comprehensive and thorough evaluation section, with a points scoring system, lets you fully assess a prospective purchase and detailed illustrations show exactly what to look for. With advice on paperwork, buying at auctions and thorough and clear advice on restoration, every aspect of sourcing your car is covered.
Having led you to your perfect car, the Guide goes yet further to give you all the contact information you'll ever need to get involved with the Alfasud-owning community allowing you to make the most of your new pride and joy!

There is something special about Alfa Romeo cars which can't be defined precisely but is, perhaps, best described as a vitality that creates a symbiosis between driver and machine: a oneness that no other marque seems to replicate.
Alfa's Berlinas have always tended to be overshadowed by their spotlight-grabbing Coupe and Spider siblings, but enthusiasts with family car needs have always known that any saloon/sedan with the famous Alfa Romeo badge would deliver pure driving pleasure in equal measure.
Here is the full story of Alfa's quirky but characterful Berlinas, from their beginnings in the early 1900s through to the start of a new millennium. Not only does the book describe and picture every model, it also contains useful information on restoring classic Alfa Romeos and details of marque specialists.

A small investment in this book could save you a fortune. With the aid of this book's step-by-step expert guidance, you will discover all you need to know about the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupé you want to buy. The unique point system will help you to place the car's value in relation to condition. Buying a classic Alfa Romeo is an important investment – don't buy one without this book's help.
Keith Booker has been an Alfa Romeo owner for 25 years, and in this book he covers all the Giulia and GT sports models – from the Giulia Sprint GT of 1963 to GT Junior of 1975.

This book includes:
• Expert advice from a marque expert
• Unique points scoring system to evaluate cars after inspection
• Walk away or stay? – a quick initial evaluation of a car
• How to check a car's authenticity
• Which models are best?
• Implications of restoration
• Is it the right car for you?
• Running costs
• Advice on buying at auctions
• Checking the paperwork
• Useful contacts

Don't buy a classic Alfa Romeo without this unique illustrated guide! Expert advice will help you find the best sports car for your money.

A small investment in this book could save you a fortune. With the aid of this book's step-by-step expert guidance, you will discover all you need to know about the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupe you want to buy. The unique point system will help you to place the car's value in relation to condition. Buying a classic Alfa Romeo is an important investment - don't buy one without this book's help.
Keith Booker has been an Alfa Romeo owner for 25 years, and in this book he covers all the Giulia and GT sports models - from the Giulia Sprint GT of 1963 to GT Junior of 1975.

This book includes:
Expert advice from a marque expert
Unique points scoring system to evaluate cars after inspection
Walk away or stay? - a quick initial evaluation of a car
How to check a car's authenticity
Which models are best?
Implications of restoration
Is it the right car for you?
Running costs
Advice on buying at auctions
Checking the paperwork
Useful contacts

Don't buy a classic Alfa Romeo without this unique illustrated guide! Expert advice will help you find the best sports car for your money.

Buying a classic car is an expensive business and mistakes can prove costly financially and in time, effort and stress. Wouldn’t it be great if you could take an expert with you? With the aid of this book’s step-by-step guidance from a marque specialist, you can! You’ll discover all you need to know about the car you want to buy. The unique points system will help you to place the car's value in relation to condition, whilst extensive photographs illustrate the problems to look out for. This is an important investment - don’t buy a Spider without this book’s help.
Keith Booker has been an Alfa Romeo Owners Club member for 23 years, serving a stint as director. He is also the author of Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupés: The Essential Buyer’s Guide. He regularly contributes to motoring publications worldwide.

Available again after a long absence, The Alfa Romeo V6 Engine High-performance Manual follows in the tracks of the author's well-known DOHC tuning manual. This book is the result of much research and firsthand experience, gained through many projects concerning Alfa V6 rear-wheel drive models, from the GTV6 series to the last of the 75 3.0 models.
A wealth of completely new information can be found here regarding cylinder head modifications, big brake modifications, LSD adjustment procedure, suspension modifications for road and track, electrical system improvements, flowbench diagrams, dyno plots, and much more!
The Alfa V6 has been around for nearly three decades, so this comprehensive performance-enhancing guide for the Alfa V6 is long overdue. V6 enthusiasts everywhere now have a perfect guide for preserving, improving and modifying these excellent cars.
The book covers Alfa Romeo 1981-1993 on GTV6 and 75 2.5 and 3.0-litre rear-wheel drive models, and all 3-litre Alfa Romeo 164 models.
With over 200 photos and illustrations, and including coverage of the peripheral modifications necessary to deal with the massive increase in power, this book is a must-have for any Alfista.

Following in the tracks of the author's well-known DOHC tuning manual this new book is the result of much research and firsthand experience gained through many projects concerning Alfa V6 rear-wheel drive models, from the GTV6 series to the last of the 75 3.0 models.
A wealth of completely new information can be found here regarding cylinder head modifications, big brake modifications, LSD adjustment procedure, suspension modifications for road and track, electrical system improvements, flowbench diagrams, dyno plots, and much more!
The Alfa V6 has been around for nearly three decades, so this comprehensive performance-enhancing guide for the Alfa V6 is long overdue. V6 enthusiasts everywhere now have a perfect guide for preserving, improving and modifying these excellent cars.
Covers Alfa Romeo 1981-1993 on GTV6 and 75 2.5 and 3.0-litre rear-wheel drive models and all 3-litre Alfa Romeo 164 models.
With over 200 photos and illustrations, and including coverage of the peripheral modifications necessary to deal with the massive increase in power, this book is a must-have for any Alfista.

This book celebrates the extraordinary sporting legacy behind the name Alfa Romeo, and is a unique record of every type of Alfa Romeo associated with official and, at times, not so official Alfa sporting achievements from 1945 to the present day.

This photographic album and record consists entirely of period photographs, many previously unpublished, with a full description of each car’s sporting achievement. With many years of research behind the content, it is the most definitive photographic guide to the history of Alfa Romeo in motorsport.

This book celebrates the extraordinary sporting legacy behind the name Alfa Romeo, and is a unique record of every type of Alfa Romeo associated with official and, at times, not so official Alfa sporting achievements from 1945 to the present day.

This photographic album and record consists entirely of period photographs, many previously unpublished, with a full description of each car’s sporting achievement. With many years of research behind the content, it is the most definitive photographic guide to the history of Alfa Romeo in motorsport.

So spektakulär W.G. Sebald die Beziehung zwischen Leben und Werk Alfred Anderschs skandalisierte, so entschieden lehnte man vor allem in Deutschland diesen Ansatz als unzulässiges Verquicken von strikt zu Trennendem ab. Deshalb bleibt bis heute offen, wie sich bei Andersch literarische Konstruktion und lebensgeschichtlicher Stoff tatsächlich zueinander verhalten. Zur Klärung dieser Frage arbeiten nun Literatur- und Geschichtswissenschaftler eng zusammen. Könnte es sein, dass gerade Autoren wie Andersch, die sich selber als non-konformistisch bezeichneten, zu „Konformisten eines biografischen Moralismus“ (U. Wittstock) wurden, der es ihnen erschwerte, sich zu Zugeständnissen an das NS-Regime, und seien es vergleichsweise geringe, nachträglich zu bekennen? Auch die Motivationslagen Sebalds werden in den hier präsentierte Beiträgen angesprochen und diskutiert. Die Ergebnisse dürften für alle interessant sein, die sich mit Problemen und Verdiensten der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur beschäftigen.

An innovative account of one of the least-understood characters in the history of anthropology.

Using previously overlooked, primary sources Ciarán Walsh argues that Haddon, the grandson of anti-slavery activists, set out to revolutionize anthropology in the 1890s in association with a network of anarcho-utopian activists and philosophers. He regards most of what has been written about Haddon in the past as a form of disciplinary folklore shaped by a theory of scientific revolutions.

The main action takes place in Ireland, where Haddon adopted the persona of a very English savage in a new form of performed photo-ethnography that constituted a singularly modernist achievement in anthropology.

From the Introduction:

Alfred Cort Haddon was written out of the story of anthropology for the same reasons that make him interesting today. He was passionately committed to the protection of simpler societies and their civilisations from colonists and their supporters in parliament and the armed forces.

An innovative account of one of the least-understood characters in the history of anthropology.

Using previously overlooked, primary sources Ciarán Walsh argues that Haddon, the grandson of anti-slavery activists, set out to revolutionize anthropology in the 1890s in association with a network of anarcho-utopian activists and philosophers. He regards most of what has been written about Haddon in the past as a form of disciplinary folklore shaped by a theory of scientific revolutions.

The main action takes place in Ireland, where Haddon adopted the persona of a very English savage in a new form of performed photo-ethnography that constituted a singularly modernist achievement in anthropology.

From the Introduction:

Alfred Cort Haddon was written out of the story of anthropology for the same reasons that make him interesting today. He was passionately committed to the protection of simpler societies and their civilisations from colonists and their supporters in parliament and the armed forces.

Döblin’s texts, which range widely across contemporary discourses, are paradigms of the encounter between literary and scientific modernity. With their use of ‛Tatsachenphantasie’, they explode conventional language, seeking a new connection with the world of objects and things. This volume reassesses and reevaluates the uniquely interdisciplinary quality of Döblin’s interdiscursive, factually-inspired poetics by offering challenging new perspectives on key works. The volume analyses not only some of Döblin’s best-known novels and stories, but also neglected works including his early medical essays, political journalism and autobiographical texts. Other topics addressed are Döblin’s engagement with German history; his relation to medical discourse; his topography of Berlin; his aestheticisation of his own biography and his relation to other major writers such as Heine, Benn, Brecht and Sebald. With contributions in English and in German by scholars from Germany and the United Kingdom, the volume presents insights into Döblin that are of value to advanced researchers and to students alike.

Alfred Flechtheim (1878-1937) war einer der bedeutendsten Kunsthändler seiner Zeit. Werke von Paul Klee oder Pablo Picasso hingen in seinen Galerien. 1933 musste er als verfolgter Jude aus Deutschland fliehen. Was mit seinen Bildern geschah, ist bis heute in vielen Fällen ungeklärt und umstritten. Der Sammelband widmet sich dem Galeristen und seinen Bildern. Internationale Expertinnen und Experten aus Provenienzforschung und Zeitgeschichte erörtern exemplarisch in interdisziplinärer Perspektive aktuelle Fragen nach der Restitution von Raubkunst.

The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with suspense—that is to say, masterful, spine-tingling, thrilling, shocking, excruciating, eye-boggling suspense. With triumphs such as Rebecca, Vertigo, Rear Window, and Psycho, Hitchcock (1899–1980) fashioned a new level of cinematic intrigue and fear through careful pacing, subtlety, and suggestiveness.

This complete guide traces Hitchcock’s life and career from his earliest silent films right through to his last picture in 1976, Family Plot. Updated with fresh images, the book combines detailed entries for each of Hitchcock’s 53 films, an incisive essay that sheds light on his fear-inducing devices, photos of the master at work, and an illustrated list of each of his cameos, together adding up to a movie buff’s dream.

The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with suspense—that is to say, masterful, spine-tingling, thrilling, shocking, excruciating, eye-boggling suspense. With triumphs such as Rebecca, Vertigo, Rear Window, and Psycho, Hitchcock (1899–1980) fashioned a new level of cinematic intrigue and fear through careful pacing, subtlety, and suggestiveness. This complete guide traces Hitchcock’s life and career from his earliest silent films right through to his last picture in 1976, Family Plot. Updated with fresh images, the book combines detailed entries for each of Hitchcock’s 53 films, an incisive essay that sheds light on his fear-inducing devices, photos of the master at work, and an illustrated list of each of his cameos, together adding up to a movie buff’s dream.