A much loved classic of fantasy literature written by a grumpy, pipe smoking don in a smelly tweedy jacket being turned into a massive worldwide cinema hit. Where have we seen that before? Lord of the Rings was, of course, immense when it got the Hollywood treatment. Narnia will match it. We sold more than 300,000 copies of BORED OF THE RINGS and followed this 160,000 sales of two associated Tolkien parodies. Now Mike Gerber moves on from his 500,000 copy BARRY TROTTER sucess to line up the next big target.

Barry Trotter saved the Hogwash school for Wizards from the unwelcome attentions of Hollywood in BARRY TROTTER AND THE SHAMELESS PARODY. But things move on. Barry and Ermine Cringer have got married and have had two relatively delightful children. Their eldest is a skilled magician. But the youngest doesn't seem to possess any ability at all. Have Barry and Ermine given birth to a Muddle? Maybe magic isn't everything after all ...

Jugendliche bereiten sich auf die Erwerbstatigkeit vor, indem sie schulische und berufliche Kompetenzen erwerben, Ausbildungen und Berufe wahlen und sich in Selektionsverfahren durchsetzen. Allerdings sind Bildungswege in die Erwerbstatigkeit stark institutionell gesteuert, obwohl die (Aus-)Bildungssysteme offener geworden sind. Jugendliche sind auf soziale Ressourcen, den Rat von Bezugspersonen angewiesen, sowohl beim UEbertritt in die Sekundarstufe I, als auch beim UEbertritt in die Berufsbildung und von der Berufsbildung in den Arbeitsmarkt.

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Throughout the 1990s, this irrepressible, inexhaustible duo was a fixture on the New York comedy scene, cranking out material for "The New Yorker," the "Village Voice," and everyone in between. This work is a collection of their finest stuff from 1989-2004. All their hard-to-find magazine pieces are here, alongside their material for SNL and NPR.

Million-selling Michael Gerber (of the Barry Trotter series) is back with another winner! Hart Fox thought he'd seen it all after barely surviving his first year at Stutts University, the world's most prestigious college. But the place just keeps getting weirder! Half-satire, half-fantasy, and half-memoir, this mathematically-shaky-yet-hilarious sequel to FRESHMAN exposes the Ivy League in all its ancient, obnoxious, incestuous glory. All the characters you loved are back: Hart, the Midwestern striver constantly running afoul of the Powers That Be; Peter, the genius inventor with impulse control problems; and Tabitha, the peppy, preppy vampiress not afraid to kick ass and take names (in very girly handwriting). An Ivy League education is more expensive than ever. And, though they won't tell you this in the brochure, there's a very small possibility you'll turn out like George W. Bush. Can you afford to take that chance--read SOPHOMORE instead!

A spoof of the popular series of children's books.