The period immediately following the end of the First World War witnessed an outpouring of artistic and literary creativity, as those that had lived through the war years sought to communicate their experiences and opinions. In Germany this manifested itself broadly into two camps, one condemning the war outright; the other condemning the defeat. Of the former, Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front remains the archetypal example of an anti-war novel, and one that has become...

Brian Murdoch provides an alternative view of the Middle Ages, showing the anarchy and decadence which lurked below the surface of a devout and conformist society. The grinning gargoyle, which mocked the solemnity of Gothic cathedrals, symbolises the violence, depravity and irreverence inherent in man which could not be suppressed by the church.
Texts translated from the prose, chronicles and verse of the period, such as the Trial of Gilles de Rais, Boccaccio's Decameron, I Have a Gentil...

The accepted canon of war poetry usually includes only those underlining patriotic or nationalistic views. This study opens up the view of war poetry with the inclusion of such material as Nazi poetry and song, and the poetry of the atomic bomb.

The twentieth century, perhaps more than any other, was shaped by war and conflict. In particular, the two world wars have had a profound influence on the development of world history, especially in western Europe. The aim of Memory and Memorials, however, is not to seek the effects war has had on the twentieth century, but rather to explore how societies chose to remember wars and manipulate this memory for political and cultural purposes. Tackling issues of actual memory, distorted memor...

Death comes to everyone, and in the late-medieval morality play of Everyman the familiar skeleton forces the universalized central figure to come to terms with this. Only his inner resources, in the forms of Good Deeds and Knowledge, ensure that he repents and is redeemed. Three important twentieth-century German plays echo Everyman - Toller's Hinkemann, Borchert's The Man Outside, and Frisch's The Arsonists/Firebugs - but the unprecedented scal...

Dieser Band enthält folgende SF-Romane Heimkehr von Proxima (Brian Carisi) Grenzstation Outer Circle (Ann Murdoch) Raumschiff Sternenkrieger im Einsatz (Alfred Bekker) Tentakel über Manhattan (Brian Carisi) Im Jahr 2234 übernimmt Commander Willard J. Reilly das Kommando über die STERNENKRIEGER, ein Kampfschiff des Space Army Corps der Humanen Welten. Die Menschheit befindet sich im wenig später ausbrechenden ersten Krieg gegen die außerirdischen Qriid in einer Position hoffnungsloser Unter...

Discusses research on factors affecting carcass composition and meat quality;Reviews advances in breeding such as the use of molecular markers;Summarises key developments in understanding and improving the health and welfare of sheep

Dieser Band enthält folgende SF-Romane: Hundssterne (Alfred Bekker) Galaktische Auslese (Ann Murdoch) Agentin für Catron (Margret Schwekendiek) Der Mann mit den zwei Köpfen (Leroy Yerxa) Wenn der Mars erwacht (Brian Carisi) Die elektrischen Würmer vom Titan (Dave Branford) Einfache Fahrt ins Nirgendwo (Leroy Yerxa) Japha Pitala ist die beste Studentin ihres Jahrgangs und wünscht sich sehnlichst, den exklusiven Stab der Wissenschaftler, den Kosmotikern, zuzugehören. Ein Weg dorthin scheint ...

Dieser Band enthält folgende SF-Romane: Kollisionskurs (Ann Murdoch) Die Stadt in der Tiefe (Luc Bahl) Lennox und das Geheimnis der Kristalle (Jo Zybell) Lennox und das Ende der Unschuld (Jo Zybell) Raumschiff Terra Nova und das Erbe der Sterne (Alfred Bekker) Der Schiffsarzt ist ein Echsenmensch (Alfred Bekker) Das Universum wird gelöscht (Brian Carisi) Asteroidenschürfer (Brian Carisi) Der galaktische Kaiser wird ein Tausendfüßler (Alfred Bekker) Mark Tolins und das Spiegeluniversum (Alf...

Set at the outbreak of World War I, this classic German novel follows a generation of young soldiers from the classroom to the trenches.In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'.With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. One by one the boys begin to fall...All Quiet on the Western Front depicts artillery bombardment, battlefield surviva...

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic.After four gruelling years the survivors of the Great War finally make their way home. Young, spirited Ernst is one. Finding himself inexplicably returned to his childhood bedroom, restless, chafing, confused, he knows he must somehow resurrect his life. But the way back to peace is far more treacherous than he ever imagined. If All Quiet...

an alternative view of the Middle Ages showing its depraved underbelly