My Soul is a Woman
An internationally acclaimed scholar, who has dedicated more than fifty years of her life to understanding the Islamic world.Annemarie Schimmel examines a much-misunderstood feature of Islam: the role of women. Schimmel is critical of those--espec...
Triumphal Sun
This is a book on Rumi's life, his poetry, his thought, and his influence. Rumi's work forms one of the pillars of the Sufi orders, particularly the Mevlevi order, better known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes. In this book Rumi emerges not o...
Mystical Dimensions of Islam
Thirty-five years after its original publication, Mystical Dimensions of Islam still stands as the most valuable introduction to Sufism, the main form of Islamic mysticism. This edition brings to a new generation of readers Annemarie Schimmel&apos...
Sufismus
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As Through a Veil
The late Annemarie Schimmel drew exhaustively on an enourmous range of sources both ancient and modern to create this thorough survey of a unique body of literature. Travelling from continent to continent and across the centuries, this story of Is...
Number the Stars
As the German troops begin their campaign to "e;relocate"e; all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansens family takes in Annemaries best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.Through the eyes of ten-year-old A...
Recognizing Sufism
Sufism is all too often associated just with 'mysticism' in the West. The author of this new textbook, a former pupil of Annemarie Schimmel, suggests that conflating Sufism and mysticism is only partially valid. He shows that the vast majority of ...
Rudolf
In these two novellas, Volodymyr Dibrova tells the story of how the Soviet system was sustained by individuals who never truly believed in it, but simply lacked the courage to oppose it. Peltse portrays the formation of an average apparatchik. Bot...
Annamari ja salaiset asiat, E-bok
Miten ymmärtää aikuisten kummallisuuksia?Annamarin isosisko Hillevi odottaa vauvaa! Vaikka Annamari on iloinen asiasta, pienessä kylässä uutinen otetaan nyrpein mielin vastaan. Lapsia ei saisi hankkia, jos ei ole naimisissa. Annamari tahtoisi auttaa ja lohduttaa isosiskoaan, mutta se on vaikeaa, kun Hillevi ei ole enää kotiin tervetullut. Miksi ihmeessä aikuiset tekevät asioista niin kummallisia ja vaikeita? Aikuisten maailmassa on ihan liikaa salaisuuksia ja sääntöjä! Miten Annamaria selviää uudesta elämäntilanteesta aikuisten salaisuuksien keskellä? Onnistuuko hän auttamaan Hilleviä uuden vauvan kanssa? Annamari Annamarin vaiherikasta elämää ja seikkailuja pienessä Suomen 1960-luvun kylässä.Marja-Leena Tiainen (s. 1951) on suomalainen kirjailija, joka on julkaissut sekä lasten- ja nuortenkirjoja että aikuisten romaaneja. Koulutukseltaan Tiainen on merkonomi. Hän voitti Topelius-palkinnon vuonna 1999 nuortenkirjallaan Rakas Mikael.
Rudolf Nurejew
Seit Rudolf als kleiner Junge zum ersten Mal ein Ballett sah, wusste er, dass er sein Leben dem Tanz widmen wollte. Erst mit 17 durfte er zur Tanzschule gehen und trotzdem schaffte er es in kürzester Zeit, ein großartiger Tänzer zu werden. Er verz...
Rudolf Laban
Rudolf Laban was one of the leading dance theorists of the twentieth century. His work on dance analysis and notation raised the status of dance as both an art form and a scholarly discipline. This is the first book to combine: an overview of Laba...
Rudolf Nureyev
Following an unorthodox first meeting in London in 1964, Patricia Boccadoro got to know Rudolf Nureyev on a personal basis after she moved to live in Paris in the 1970s. In this amusing, informative book, she recounts how exciting it was to see hi...
Rudolf Arnheim
Rudolf Arnheim is one of this century's most influential thinkers in the visual arts, and perhaps the most lucid and accessible writer on the arts today. From his now-classic book on film theory to his definitive texts on visual perception, from h...
Kronprinz Rudolf
Der Suizid von Kronprinz Rudolf von Österreich (1858-1889) in Mayerling am 30.¿Januar 1889 war ein Schock für ganz Europa und sollte die Welt nachhaltig beeinflussen. Hier zeichnet die Bestsellerautorin Brigitte Hamann das detaillierte Bild eines ...
Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Bultmann was the giant of twentieth-century New Testament scholarship. His pioneering studies in biblical criticism shaped research on the composition of the gospels, and his call for demythologising biblical language sparked debate among C...
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner -- educator, architect, artist, philosopher and agriculturalist -- ranks amongst the most creative and prolific figures of the early twentieth century. Yet he remains a mystery to most people. This is the first truly popular biograp...
Rudolf Serkin
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Rudolf II
Rudolf II: The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor offers a fresh perspective on the Habsburg ruler, shedding new light on a reign often coloured by myths of madness. Contrary to popular belief, Rudolf was not a passive recluse but an engaged monarch, navigating the complexities of state affairs with a moderate hand amid turbulent times. By contextualizing his interests in astrology, alchemy and magic, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann offers new insights into Rudolf’s support for scientific endeavours and his quest for power. It also demonstrates that Rudolf’s assembling of the greatest Kunstkammer and painting collection of his time and his patronage of artists were essential elements of Renaissance rulership. This book will appeal to a diverse audience, including enthusiasts of the occult, as well as those fascinated by Renaissance history, the Habsburg dynasty and art history.
Rudolf Hess
On 10 May 1941, on a whim, Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess flew a Messerschmitt Bf 110 to Scotland in a bizarre effort to make peace with Britain; Göring sent fighters to stop him but he was long gone. Imprisoned and tried at Nuremberg, he would die b...
Rudolf Laban
Rudolf Laban, the famed dancer-choreographer and 'founding father' of modern dance, also had experience as a painter, sculptor, and architect, and allowed those skills to influence his innovative choreographic techniques. His important works and h...
Rudolf Friml
Rudolf Friml (1879-1972) is best remembered for his romantic 1920s operettas. Born in Prague, where he studied with Dvorak, Friml moved to the United States in 1906 and pursued a career as a concert pianist and composer. Beginning in 1912, he wrot...
Rudolf Laban
Rudolf Laban was one of the leading dance theorists of the twentieth century. His work on dance analysis and notation raised the status of dance as both an art form and a scholarly discipline. This is the first book to combine: an overview of Laba...
Rudolf Nureyev
NOW A MAJOR FILM BY RALPH FIENNES, THE WHITE CROW 'A gripping account of an extraordinary life' Daily Telegraph Born on a train in Stalin's Russia, Rudolf Nureyev was ballet's first pop icon. No other dancer of our time has generated the same exci...
Rudolf Steiner
This book covers Rudolf Steiner's biography, presented from an educational point of view and also unfolds the different aspects of Steiner's educational thought in Waldorf Education. Steiner was in many ways ahead of his time and his educational i...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut
This first comprehensive biography of Rudolf Uhlenhaut, illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, depicts his life and technical accomplishments, including a complete compilation of his patents which puts them into a technical and ...