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George the Wombat (Paperback)
Eva Papouskova; Illustrated by Galina Miklinova; Translated by Alexandra Buchler
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Kelinu waits for a birthday card from the Queen of England. He has
a few years to go but he'll wait. His niece thinks he's a fool. He
was in the service of the Queen only a year, all those years ago.
Times have changed. In these stories people strive to make a place,
a living, a life with meaning in a new country or sense in an old
one: from zero hour contracts in Bridgend and Munich to scraping a
living as a mermaid on the streets of Barcelona. A woman tends a
beautiful garden she knows will be taken away from her while
another sends her child to a school concert dressed as a dinosaur.
A man attends yet one more demonstration while another explains to
his daughter where he is really from. In this diverse and
fascinating anthology, writers from across Europe embark on a
journey of independence and belonging.
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George the Brave (Paperback)
Eva Papouskova; Illustrated by Galina Miklinova; Translated by Alexandra Buchler
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The six poets whose work is included in this collection have become
known to the wider Czech readership in the past ten to fifteen
years, despite the fact that they belong to two very different
generations: the generation exiled by the totalitarian regime of
pre-Velvet Revolution Czechoslovakia - whether from public literary
life or from the country itself - and the younger generation which
started publishing in the late 1990s. Both were faced with the task
of mending the broken continuity of Czech poetry, reclaiming the
sources of its inspiration - whether it may be the subconscious and
dreams, the undercurrents of human relationships, or closely
observed everyday objects and situations which acquire a poetic and
ontological significance - and, ultimately, with the task of
restoring the very medium of poetic expression, language itself.
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Six Slovenian Poets (Paperback, New)
Vida Mokrin-Pauer, Gregor Podlogar, Peter Semolic; Edited by Brane Mozetic, Alexandra Buchler; Translated by …
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'Six Slovenian Poets' is the first in a new series of bilingual
anthologies which brings the work of a younger generation of poets
from across Europe to a wider English-language readership, a series
which aims to keep a finger on the pulse of the 'here-and-now' of
European poetry. The six poets represented here -- three men and
three women -- are all under 40, have all been published for the
first time within the past decade, and all (though in very
different ways) break with, and re-evaluate, the Slovenian literary
tradition. This tradition is outlined in the informative
introduction to the anthology by Ales Debeljak, from which is
becomes clear that these young poets may have more in common with
their peers from the rest of Europe and North America than with
their Slovenian forebears. Energetic, unexpected, at times
hard-hitting, this volume makes for an exciting and
thought-provoking beginning to the 'New Voices from Europe and
Beyond' anthology series.
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Six Basque Poets (English, Basque, Paperback)
Bernardo Atxaga, Rikardo Arregi, Felipe Juaristi; Edited by Mari Jose Olaziregi, Alexandra Buchler; Translated by …
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'Six Basque Poets' is the second volume in a new series of
bilingual anthologies which brings the work of contemporary poets
from Europe and beyond to a wider English-language readership, a
series which aims to keep a finger on the 'here and now' of
international contemporary poetry. The six poets included in this
collection -- Rikardo Arregi, Bernado Atxaga, Felipe Juaristi,
Miren Agur Meabe, Kirmen Uribe and Joseba Sarrionandia -- have
played a defining role in the development of Basque-language poetry
in the last 30 years, since the arrival of what is now referred to
as the 'democratic age' in Spain and the Basque Country. They
represent the diversity of voices and poetic schools that populate
the contemporary Basque literary scene where a variety of
tendencies has emerged in recent decades. Direct, moving and
thought-provoking, the poetry in the present volume gives us
insight into the preoccupations of a literary milieu which may be
marginalized by its use of an ancient language not spoken outside
its territory but which is as powerful and original in its
production as any of the literary centres in today's Europe.
In this title, 20 young poets, two each from the ten Eastern and
Central European countries acceding to the European Union in May
2004, are represented, the 'new poetics' from the 'new Europe'. It
is a parallel-text volume, with original language/English
translation on facing pages.
Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich BWL -
Unternehmensfuhrung, Management, Organisation, Note: 2,0,
Universitat Paderborn (Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Sprache:
Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Die
Globalisierungstendenz und das Internet sind die Entwicklungen, die
das 21. Jahrhundert momentan am meisten beeinflussen. Beide haben
nicht nur Einfluss auf die wirtschaftliche und politische
Entwicklung ganzer Lander, sondern auch auf den Menschen als
Individuum. Das Zusammenwachsen der europaischen Markte im Rahmen
der Europaischen Union, verbunden mit der Einfuhrung des Euro als
allen Mitgliedslandern gemeinsame Wahrung, die Offnung der
osteuropaischen Markte sowie der weltweite Abbau von Zollschranken
sind zunachst einmal politische Entwicklungen, die sich nachhaltig
auf die wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen auswirken. Vor allem
Grossunternehmen nutzen die dadurch entstandenen Chancen.
Bevolkerungswachstum, technische Innovationen und veranderte
Konsumentenbedurfnisse fuhren daruber hinaus zu neuen
Marktstrukturen, die auch kleine und mittelstandische Unternehmen
dazu zwingen, sich im globalen Wettbewerb zu behaupten und sich
immer wieder auf veranderte Bedingungen einzustellen. Nicht zuletzt
dank der technologischen Entwicklung des Internet fallt es diesen
zunehmend leichter, auf internationalen Markten prasent zu sein und
grenzuberschreitende Geschafte zu tatigen. Unterstutzend wirkt
dabei vor allem die Entwicklung, die das Internet als
Kommunikationsmittel in den letzten Jahren durchlaufen hat.
Heutzutage kann sich jeder, der Zugang zu einem Computer hat,
problemlos Informationen aus dem Internet beschaffen. Produkte und
Dienstleistungen werden immer ofter uber das Internet verkauft.
Online-Marktplatze, B2B und B2C sind Begriffe geworden, die im
Wirtschaftsleben zum Alltag gehoren. Vor allem fur Unternehmen, die
ihre Geschaftstatigkeit sichern und ausbauen wollen, sind diese
Begriffe und deren Umsetzung von grosser Wichtigkeit. Das Internet
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