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Reptilia
Africa's greatest legend. The most dangerous animal mankind has ever faced. It has remained undiscovered for 80 million years. Until now. When young geneticist David Astbury is asked to join an expedition to the Congo, little does he suspect that he will be involved in the adventure of his life. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, a research team travels to a legendary lake in the middle of the jungle to vanquish a creature that is seemingly invincible. The possibility of immortality beckons as a reward for their efforts ...
Magma
A missing explorer, mysterious stone formations, a sign in the sky - geologist Ella Jordan is faced with a mystery. As she ventures down to the lowest point on Earth, the events seem to make a terrible sense. From the Mariana Trench, signals emerge to the surface, that are far too regular to be of natural origin. In a submarine, Ella and scientist Konrad Martin dive to the bottom of the trench. The Challenger Depth appears to be the source of the disturbance. What they discover is a huge stone sphere, hard as diamond, that resists all common measuring methods. Suddenly, new signals occur: first from the North Cape region, then from Australia, then from Antarctica. Ella and Konrad hurry around the world, encountering the same mysterious stone formations everywhere. All of a sudden the signals from the spheres begin to synchronize. Their seismic waves generate earthquakes and volcanic eruptions all over the world - Ella is working obsessively on a solution, but the countdown is running ...
The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum
The Second World War is omnipresent in contemporary memory debates. As the war fades from living memory, this study is the first to systematically analyze how Second World War museums allow prototypical visitors to comprehend and experience the past. It analyzes twelve permanent exhibitions in Europe and North America – including the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, the House of European History in Brussels, the Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester, and the National WWII Museum in New Orleans – in order to show how museums reflect and shape cultural memory, as well as their cognitive, ethical, emotional, and aesthetic ...
Medusa
Beyond imagination. A menacing stone sculpture in the middle of the Sahara. A research group lost in a labyrinth of caves. And a woman who is the only one who can interpret the cryptic signs ... Amid ancient rock paintings deep in the heart of the Sahara, Hannah Peters, an experienced archaeologist, makes a startling discovery. A Medusa sculpture decorated with maps and symbols; a harbinger of a lost cult of fabulous beauty and sinister power. When a team from the National Geographic Society joins Hannah on her treasure hunt, she is overcome by a deep sense of foreboding. And the nightmare begins. Human senses are incapable of comprehending what the stone eye of the Medusa is capable of. It is not meant for the living ...
Dress and Cultural Difference in Early Modern Europe
Gegründet im Jahr 2000 widmet sich das Jahrbuch der Europäischen Geschichte von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur jüngeren Zeitgeschichte. Die große zeitliche Breite, thematische Vielfalt und methodische Offenheit zeichnen das Jahrbuch von Beginn an aus und machen es zu einem zentralen Ort wissenschaftlicher Debatten. Das bleibt künftig so. Mit dem Jahrgang 2014 verändert sich das Jahrbuch aber in mehrfacher Hinsicht: Das Jahrbuch erscheint mit der Ausgabe 2014 im Open Access. Jeder Band setzt einen thematischen Schwerpunkt. Das Forum bietet Platz für geschichtswissenschaftliche Reflexionen und Debatten. Jeder Beitrag des Jahrbuchs durchläuft ein strenges Peer-Review-Verfahren. Das Jahrbuch erweitert seinen Namen zum "Jahrbuch für Europäische Geschichte. European History Yearbook". und druckt künftig deutsch- und englischsprachige Beiträge, seit 2015 ausschließlich englischsprachige.
Memorylands
Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a ’memoryland’ – littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this ‘memory phenomenon’ is related to the changing nature of identities – especially European, national and cosmopolitan. In doing so, it provides new insights into how memory and the past are being performed and reconfigured in Europe – and with what effects. Drawing especially, though not exclusively, on cases, concepts and arguments from social and cultural anthropology, Memorylands ar...
Disputed Memory
The world wars, genocides and extremist ideologies of the 20th century are remembered very differently across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, resulting sometimes in fierce memory disputes. This book investigates the complexity and contention of the layers of memory of the troubled 20th century in the region. Written by an international group of scholars from a diversity of disciplines, the chapters approach memory disputes in methodologically innovative ways, studying representations and negotiations of disputed pasts in different media, including monuments, museum exhibitions, individual and political discourse and electronic social media. Analyzing memory disputes in various local, national and transnational contexts, the chapters demonstrate the political power and social impact of painful and disputed memories. The book brings new insights into current memory disputes in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It contributes to the understanding of processes of memory transmission and negotiation across borders and cultures in Europe, emphasizing the interconnectedness of memory with emotions, mediation and politics.
Managing Emotions in the Middle Ages
The life experiences of men and women take on meaning through the emotionality they entail, and the intensity of these experiences build certain memories which link the individuals within a society. As such, this volume argues that examining the management of emotions in late medieval society will allow us to better understand it. By discussing theoretical frameworks for the historical study of emotions and presenting a range of case studies from the Middle Ages, the authors of this book illustrate how the management of emotions reflects and sheds light on the code of values and behaviour that guided this society. Contributors are: Maravillas Aguiar, Iñaki Bazán, Anna Caiozzo, Carla Casagrande, Riccardo Cristiani, Vincent Debiais, Jonas Holst, Eduard Juncosa, Andrea Knox, Mauricio Molina, Miguel Ángel Motis, Josep Maria Ruiz Simon, Flocel Sabaté, Karen Stöber, William Marx, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Alberto Velasco, and Alexandra Velissariou.
Europe in the Long Twentieth Century
Thanks to their economic and military strength, the European empires had achieved global supremacy by 1900, with large parts of the world under their dominance in the wake of colonial expansion. This situation fuelled ideas of Europe's permanent, almost natural global superiority, especially among the middle classes. However, as early as the First World War, such claims came under increasing pressure. This volume explains the role played by modern nationalism and anti-imperial movements, the competition between different political orders, changes in the economy and society, and the great ideas and utopias. Their interplay gave rise to enormously destructive forces in Europe. From the Boer an...
