Timon
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Über das Internet und die Menschen darin. Von einem Influencer, der keiner sein wollte.
Das Internet ist für viele ein seltsamer Ort, doch für Timon ist es sein Zuhause - denn er ist Influencer. Ein Wort, das diejenigen, die so genannt werden, eigentlich gar nicht leiden können. Er selbst hält sich für einen ganz normalen Kerl, doch die Reaktionen seiner Mitmenschen sagen etwas anderes. Überdrehte Fans, genervte Manager, Kunden mit absurden...
2) Resistance
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English
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Three women. One mission. Enemies everywhere.
May 1944. When spy Elisabeth de Mornay, code name Cécile, notices a coded transmission from an agent in the field does not bear his usual signature, she suspects his cover has been blown-something that is happening with increasing frequency. With the situation in occupied France worsening and growing fears that the resistance has been compromised, Cécile is ordered behind enemy lines.
Having rendezvoused...
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English
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The stunning debut from the new name to watch in espionage thrillers.
Lisbon, 1943: When her cover is blown, SOE agent Elisabeth de Mornay flees Paris. Pursued by the Gestapo, she makes her way to neutral Lisbon, where Europe's elite rub shoulders with diplomats, businessmen, smugglers, and spies. There she receives new orders—and a new identity. Posing as wealthy French widow Solange Verin, Elisabeth must infiltrate a German espionage ring targeting...
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The central Pacific nation of Kiribati is expected to be one of the first countries to disappear as a result of climate change. Sea level rise and increasing salinity are threatening the homes and lives of 105,000 residents spread over 33 atolls. One of the least developed countries in the world, Kiribati has contributed little to worldwide carbon emissions, yet has the most to lose from global warming. THE HUNGRY TIDE shows clearly the tragic impact...
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English
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Do you desire increased energy, better physical performance, and a more powerful immune system? Then vitamin B15 may be the answer. This book will teach you how to add vitamin B15 into your diet and get its numerous health advantages. You will not only obtain vital knowledge, but you will also receive practical guidance, including delectable recipes, for following a vitamin B15-rich diet. Discover nature's marvels and improve your health naturally....
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Unser Erzähler ist vom Glück geküsst. Er, der Junge aus einfachem Hause, spürt, dass das Schicksal Großes mit ihm vorhat. Erst als Helmut Kohl 1998 die Wahl verliert, zeigt seine Zuversicht Risse. Wird nun alles schlechter? Nach dem Abitur macht er sich voller Euphorie und dennoch maximal besorgt auf die Reise nach ganz oben. Um ein Haar erlebt er mit seiner Band den großen Erfolg, beginnt beinahe eine steile akademische Karriere, fast findet...
8) Consequences
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Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
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Slovenian
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17-year old Andrej is admitted to a youth correctional facility where he meets Željko, another delinquent inmate who soon starts exploiting Andrej in return for keeping his homosexuality a secret. But when he's faced with a decision between joining Željko in his life of crime and staying true to himself, Andrej is finally put to a test of his personal responsibility and moral integrity.
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Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"We live in a world that is saturated with color, but how ought we make sense of color's force and capacities? This book develops a theory of color as fundamental medium of the social. Constructed as a montage of scenes from the past two hundred years, Organizing Color demonstrates how the interests of capital, management, governance and science have wrestled with colour's allure and flux. Classifying and profitably controlling people, practices and...
11) Mapplethorpe
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
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English
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An intimate portrait of the celebrated yet controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (Matt Smith) whose relationship with Patti Smith and other icons of ‘70s New York influenced his ambitious photos while he explored his emerging sexuality. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. "*[D]irector Ondi Timoner... has crafted a stylish, evocative, absorbing snapshot of creative expression, artistic ambition, sexuality...
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Kimono showcases a magnificent range of kimonos from the Khalili Collection, which comprises more than 200 garments and spans almost 300 years of Japanese textile artistry. Gorgeously illustrated and written by an international team of experts, the book surveys kimono of the imperial court, samurai aristocracy, and affluent merchant classes of the Edo period (1603-1868); the shifting styles and new color palette of Meiji period dress (1868-1912);...
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Produced by Oprah Winfrey, award winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and Melissa Carter. After a family tragedy forces them back together, the Bordelons must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run an ailing sugarcane farm in the Deep South.
16) Consequences
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Slovenian
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After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Zeljko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
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English
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Blood and Revenge-- Titus Andronicus is by far Shakespeare's most violent play. Set in the later days of the Roman empire it follows a fictional succession to the throne. The play follows Titus, a great Roman general, who is thrown into one bad situation after another. Much blood flows and a cycle of revenge ensues and tragedy abounds. Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead. Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things As willingly as one would...
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Springer International Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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This open access book addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. The editors and authors show why cities must wage simultaneous battles to curb global climate change trends while adapting and transforming to address local climate impacts. This book addresses how cities develop anticipatory and long-range planning capacities for more resilient futures, earnest collaboration across disciplines,...
