Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur grin intercultural relationships and national il est vendu 30.4 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Grin et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2+ (B), University of Würzburg (Philosophy Institut II - Anglistics), course: Writing the British Empire, language: English, abstract: E.M. Forster¿s novel "A passage to India" was published in 1924. The work is largely based on the personal experiences Forster made during his two visits to India, which are the source of the striking authenticity of the text. Forster experienced the possibility of another view of life, that was opened up to him through his Indian friendships. On the other hand, he got to know the difficulties that spring up from so profoundly different approaches to life as the ones of the West and the East. Due to his own attitude of liberal-humanism and his belief in the freedom of action and the individuality of each human being as the basis for any political action, he was upset by the racial oppression, the cultural misunderstandings and the hypocrisies he found in Anglo-India. Forster¿s novel is clearly concerned with the doubtfulness of the concept of superiority. It puts forth the question to what extent a culture can claim to be a civilized nation and in virtue of what it can be justified to impose one¿s own way of life upon another culture. The author provides us with a vivid picture of Indian concepts and Indian sets of values without judging them or separating right from wrong. His suggestion seems to be to accept the co-existence of such alternatives. More complex is the problem of intercultural relationships. How can barriers be torn down and bridges be built? To this question, Forster does not give a definite answer. He suggests a flourishing interchange between the races until the necessary cultural sensibility is achieved. At several points in the novel, the author hints at the general possibility of a peaceful relation between the two races: All the Indians who had been in England had had only positive experiences. But within a colonial context this seems impossible. Although reconciled, Aziz and Fielding have to accept that their friendship is not possible because they have no meeting place, at least ¿not yet¿, not until India has her own nation and is free from the oppression of the colonial system.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur highroads media kill zone a il est vendu 37.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Highroads Media et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Dispatched on a secret mission to Iraq to rescue a hostage general whose captors speak perfect American English, Marine Corps sniper Kyle Swanson discovers that American mercenaries are working with the White House for total control over the military.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur snr audio the george orwell vendu 52.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par SNR Audio et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's 6 novels: 1984; Animal Farm; Burmese Days; Coming Up For Air; Keep the Aspidistra Flying; and A Clergyman's Daughter. 1984: Winston Smith begins to rebel against Big Brother's totalitarian control and falls in love with fellow worker, Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal. Animal Farm: Revolution is afoot for the animals at Manor Farm, and Mr Jones must pay the price. Burmese Days: John Flory, a white timber-merchant in 1920s Burma, sets out to untangle societal conventions and help Dr Veraswami save his reputation. Coming up for Air: In search of a simpler life, George Bowling escapes London and an impending sense of war to return to his childhood village. Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Gordon Comstock quits his advertising job to pursue the creative life in opposition to "the money god". Only his ever-faithful Rosemary can rouse him from the stupor and challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. A Clergyman's Daughter: Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play, until her routine shatters and Dorothy finds herself down and out in London. Full chapter listing: - Chapters 2 to 27: 1984 - Chapters 28 to 39: Animal Farm - Chapters 40 to 66: Burmese Days - Chapters 67 to 91: Coming up for Air - Chapters 92 to 105: Keep the Aspidistra Flying - Chapter 106 to 130: A Clergyman's Daughter
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur sheba blake publishing corp a vendu 21.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Elektrowerkzeuge, fabriqué par Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
A Room with a View is a novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. The first part of the novel is set in Florence, Italy, and describes a young English woman's first visit to Florence, at a time when upper middle class English women were starting to lead independent, adventurous lives. Lucy Honeychurch is touring Italy with her overbearing older cousin and chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett, and the novel opens with their complaints about the hotel, "The Pension Bertolini." Their primary concern is that although rooms with a view of the River Arno have been promised for each of them, their rooms instead look over a courtyard. A Mr. Emerson interrupts their "peevish wrangling," offering to swap rooms as he and his son, George Emerson, look over the Arno. This behaviour causes Miss Bartlett some consternation, as it appears impolite. Without letting Lucy speak, Miss Bartlett refuses the offer, looking down on the Emersons because of their unconventional behaviour and thinking it would place her under an "unseemly obligation" towards them. However, another guest at the pension, an Anglican clergyman named Mr. Beebe, persuades the pair to accept the offer, assuring Miss Bartlett that Mr. Emerson only meant to be kind.
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour boldwood books healing hearts at il est vendu 24.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Boldwood Books et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
A brand new standalone novel from the bestselling author of the Hedgehog Hollow and Starfish Cafe series!Welcome to Bumblebee Barn, home to wonderful animals, stunning views and spectacular sunsets - and resident young farmer, Barney. While Barney loves his life at Bumblebee Barn - a farm that has been in his family for generations - he's struggling to find someone to share it with. The early mornings quad biking through muddy fields and the long hours looking after the crops and animals are proving to be a deterrent to finding love. So when his sister, Fizz - desperate for Barney to find his soulmate - sees an advert for Love on the Farm, a new reality TV show to help farmers find love, he has nothing to lose by applying. After all, he isn't meeting anyone suitable down the traditional route and surely he won't be picked anyway...? Thrown into the chaos of reality TV, Barney could never have expected that his whole life would be turned upside down, with buried secrets to be uncovered and his heart on the line. With his family and friends rooting for him, could the magic of Bumblebee Barn heal his broken heart and help him find love on the farm? Join top 10 bestseller Jessica Redland for a brand new standalone novel of love, family and second chances. Praise for Jessica Redland: 'I loved my trip to Hedgehog Hollow. An emotional read, full of twists and turns' Heidi Swain 'The Hedgehog Hollow series is a tonic I'd recommend for everyone. There is so much to make you smile in Jessica's stories and they are always uplifting reads, which will make you really glad you decided to pick up a copy.' Jo Bartlett 'A beautifully written series that offers the ultimate in heartwarming escapism.' Samantha Tonge 'Hedgehog Hollow is a wonderful series that has found a special place all of its own deep in the hearts of readers, including mine.' Jennifer Bohnet 'An emotional, romantic and ultimately uplifting read. Jessica always touches my heart with her sensitive handling of difficult subjects. The gorgeous community she has built around Hedgehog Hollow is one I hope to visit again and again.' Sarah Bennett 'A warm hug of a book. I never wanted to leave Hedgehog Hollow. Very highly recommended.' Della Galton 'A wonderful, warm series full of family, friends and romance.' Katie Ginger 'Jessica Redland writes from the heart, with heart, about heart' Nicola May 'An emotional but uplifting page turner.' Fay Keenan
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur harper collins uk morpurgo m vendu 28.4 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Harper Collins UK et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Five unforgettable novels have been turned into fantastic audiobooks written by the award-winning former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. The novels chosen for this collection are 'Dear Olly', 'Billy the Kid', 'Out of the Ashes', 'Farm Boy' and 'Kaspar'.
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour vermilion stoner il est vendu 23.4 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Vermilion et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read. 'It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across' Tom Hanks, Time William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death, his colleagues remember him rarely. Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life. 'A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing account of an entire life' Ian McEwan 'A brilliant, beautiful, inexorably sad, wise and elegant novel' Nick Hornby INTRODUCED BY JOHN McGAHERN
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour penguin books ltd frankenstein vendu 20.4 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Penguin Books Ltd et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness' A twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction. Written after a nightmare when its author was only eighteen, Frankenstein gave birth to the modern science fiction novel. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur penguin books ltd persuasion il est vendu 16.4 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Penguin Books Ltd et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The Penguin English Library Edition of Persuasion by Jane Austen 'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting effect' Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he returns, he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness ... The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur vermilion williams j stoner vendu 38.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Vermilion et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely.
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EAN: 9781786140319
Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur vermilion divisadero vendu 48.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Vermilion et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The eagerly awaited novel by the internationally acclaimed author of "The English Patient" offers a psychologically intricate, devastating, and beautiful story of how a traumatic event shatters a makeshift family and sets each on a separate course. Unabridged. 7 CDs.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour macmillan usa amer heiress 11d vendu 61.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Macmillan USA et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
"Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." --Allison Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It and I Think I Love You This program includes a bonus chapter of Victoria, the latest novel from author Daisy Goodwin, the creator and writer of the new PBS/Masterpiece drama of the same name. Be careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora's story marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James. "For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness." --Daisy Goodwin in The Daily Mail One of Library Journal's Best Historical Fiction Books of 2011
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur grin bill bryson s view il est vendu 30.4 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Grin et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, University of Marburg (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Transatlantic Stereotyping - Views From / About Both Sides of the Ocean, language: English, abstract: Criticism of Bryson¿s novels is not advanced but his narratives can be investigated in terms of genre, intertextuality, language, and nationality. This paper expands on the topic of Bryson¿s view both of Great Britain and the United States of America by means of national stereotyping as it emerges from his novels Notes from a Small Island (1995) and Notes from a Big Country (1998). I maintain that Bryson depicts Britain and America in an authentic and educative as well as hilarious and exaggerated manner to emphasize differences between the nations in question. I will prove my thesis that Bryson both criticises and praises British and American values which affect the national character. Bryson conveys his national views both from the perspective of an insider and outsider. William ¿Bill¿ McGuire Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. In 1973, he travelled to England where he became acquainted with his wife, Cynthia Billen, with whom he has four children. Bryson lived in Yorkshire, returned to America to graduate in 1995, and resided with his family in Norfolk, in 2003. While in America Bryson is well-known for elaborating on the English language, he accomplished bestseller standing with travelogues in Great Britain. Although he claims not to be a travel writer because he ¿stumbled into this genre¿, Bryson composes ¿books on travel and the English language¿ in which his ¿wanderlust and eccentricity¿ promise a unique reading adventure (Oder 191). Travel writing is a neglected but miscellaneous genre of ancient times which flourished in the sixteenth century and encompasses narratives of expansionism, such as encyclopaedic accounts of foreign nations, and became the principal negotiator of propagating stereotypes in colonial novels. While Bryson¿s journey novel Notes from a Small Island depicts the Great Britain he adores, he grudgingly wrote columns about America which resulted in his journalistic novel Notes from a Big Country.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur simon schuster books for young vendu 108 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
First published as four separate novels between 1924 and 1928, "Parade's End" explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of World War I. Now a five-part miniseries produced by HBO and BBC Films.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur naxos audiobooks monkey unabridged il est vendu 30.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Naxos AudioBooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Considered one of China's great classical novels, Wu Ch'êng-ên's Journey to the West was translated by Arthur Waley in abridged form as Monkey in 1942 and has delighted English readers ever since. It is a riveting adventure story about a priest's quest to obtain holy Buddhist scriptures for the Tang emperor. Joining him on this rollicking journey: Sandy, Pigsy and the mischievous Monkey King, Sun Wukong, whose flying cloud and magic cudgel are never far from his infamous deeds. Waley's accessible rendition of Wu Ch'êng-ên's novel has become a classic in its own right: Gods, demons and disobedient monkey spirits all come alive in this entertaining work.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur lauscher audiobooks 1984 vendu 10.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Lauscher Audiobooks et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour grin different genres and literary vendu 30.4 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Grin et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,7, University of Bayreuth, course: Female Identities in the History of British Fiction, language: English, abstract: Jeanette Winterson¿s novels are a combination of history, fictional stories, fairy-tales and female romance. She has an experimental style which approaches many readers in particular women. The genre could be called post-modern fiction as it shows a lot of post-modern writing techniques such as intertextuality, parody, self-reflectivity and the rewriting of history. In this paper the different literary genres which Jeanette Winterson knows to combine should be presented by the example of the novel The Passion, written in 1987. Using literary devices, generic details should be analysed which make it possible to categorize The Passion according to the different genres.
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EAN: 9783640369843
Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour berkley publishing group my heart vendu 15.4 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Berkley Publishing Group et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland captures the haunting beauty of England-past and present-and the exquisite tenderness of timeless love in this novel in the MacLeod series... In a bleak, landlocked keep on the English moors, Iolanthe MacLeod dreams of the sea-and of a darkly handsome man to come rescue her. Centuries have passed and she feels she has waited in vain...until now. Thomas McKinnon is used to attaining impossible heights, both in business and in the mountains he loves. But when the chance to restore a twelfth century castle comes his way, he gamely takes hammer in hand and crosses the Atlantic, expecting to find nothing more interesting inside his new home than cobwebs and weeds. But in that ancient, crumbling castle, the fierce, restless spirit of a medieval Scottish woman lives on-a woman so haunting that he would do anything, go anywhere, risk everything to make her his forever...
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EAN: 9780425248478
Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour random house lcc us ondaatje il est vendu 46.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Random House LCC US et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
NATIONAL BEST SELLER From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement. In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself--shadowed and luminous at once--we read the story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel, and his older sister, Rachel. In 1945, just after World War II, they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time, and it is this journey--through facts, recollection, and imagination--that he narrates in this masterwork from one of the great writers of our time.
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EAN: 9780525627517
Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur simon schuster books for young vendu 51.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
First published as four separate novels between 1924 and 1928, "Parade's End" explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of World War I. Now a five-part miniseries produced by HBO and BBC Films.
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le temps de livrer: 1-2 Werktagen
EAN: 9781442355514