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In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers' stone—and would serve a critical role in preparing for the Last Days. Boldly envisioning herself as a Protestant Virgin Mary, Anna proposed that the lion's blood, paired with her own body, could even generate life, repopulating and redeeming the corrupt world in its final moments.In Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood, Tara Nummedal reconstructs the extraordinary career and historical afterlife of alchemist, courtier, and prophet Anna Zieglerin. She situates Anna's story within the wider frameworks of Reformation Germany's religious, political, and military battles; the rising influence of alchemy; the role of apocalyptic eschatology; and the position of women within these contexts. Together with her husband, the jester Heinrich Schombach, and their companion and fellow alchemist Philipp Sommering, Anna promised her patrons at the court of Wolfenbüttel spiritual salvation and material profit. But her compelling vision brought with it another, darker possibility: rather than granting her patrons wealth or redemption, Anna's alchemical gifts might instead lead to war, disgrace, and destruction. By 1575, three years after Anna's arrival at court, her enemies had succeeded in turning her from holy alchemist into poisoner and sorceress, culminating in Anna's arrest, torture, and public execution.In her own life, Anna was a master of self-fashioning; in the centuries since her death, her story has been continually refashioned, making her a fitting emblem for each new age. Interweaving the history of science, gender, religion, and politics, Nummedal recounts how one resourceful woman's alchemical schemes touched some of the most consequential matters in Reformation Germany.

The Islamic occupation of the Algarve during the Middle Ages left a strong legacy in many areas of Portuguese culture. We call this territorial domain Gharb al-Andalus. In addition to the intangible legacy, the material remains discovered throughout the region attest to the long permanence of Islamic occupation. Within these parameters, a large number of Islamic buildings have been classified as National Monuments and Buildings of Public Interest. However, many of these structures leave us in doubt as to the state of preservation and dissemination of the heritage to local communities. This book addresses this shortcoming in an informative way, with fact sheets on Islamic heritage in the Algarve. Safeguarding the built cultural heritage is a patent that should not be ignored and, hopefully, new initiatives to protect the legacy of our history and culture will be realised.

Tere tulemast ÜLIMAALNE BAVAROIS KOKARAAMAT: Suurendage oma magustoidumängu 100 vastupandamatu Baieri loominguga. Nendel lehekülgedel asute kohe-kohe hõrgutavale teekonnale Bavarois' maailma, kus kohtuvad kunstilisus ja kulinaarne meisterlikkus, et luua magustoidud, mis pole midagi muud kui suurejoonelised.Prantsuse päritolu magustoit Bavarois ühendab kondiitritoodete peenuse ja kunstniku loomingulisuse. See on maiuspala, millest õhkub elegantsi, alates siidiselt-siledast tekstuurist kuni maitsete ja tekstuuride kütkestava koosmõjuni. Selles kokaraamatus oleme teie teejuhiks Bavarois' kunsti valdamisel, olenemata sellest, kas olete kogenud kondiiter või magustoiduhuviline, kes teeb kondiitrimaailmas esimesi samme.Meie teekond algab sügava sukeldumisega Bavarois' olemusse - uurime peamisi koostisosi, tehnikaid ja põhimõtteid, mis panevad aluse täiuslikule magustoidule. Õpime tundma selle tunnusliku sametise tekstuuri saavutamise ja suulae järgi tantsivate maitsete sümfoonia loomise saladusi.Kogu selle raamatu jooksul avastate kureeritud kogumiku 100 Bavarois retseptist, mis hõlmavad maitse ja loovuse spektrit. Klassikalistest lemmikutest julgete uuendusteni - iga Bavaria looming on kunstiteos, mis ootab kogemist.Niisiis, valmistuge äratama oma sisemist kondiitri ja täiustama oma magustoidumängu. ÜLIMAALNE BAVAROIS KOKARAAMAT on teie pass magususe, keerukuse ja mõnulemise maailma. Sukeldume üheskoos Bavarois' võludesse.

Bürgermeisterin Josefine Bär droht das Aus ihrer politischen Karriere. Von der eigenen Partei fallengelassen, kandidiert sie bei der nächsten Kommunalwahl mit einer neuen Gruppierung gegen ihren Erzrivalen. Unverhofft bekommt sie Unterstützung von Tamy Stein. Die erfolgreiche Musikerin ist in ihre Heimatstadt zurückgekehrt, um ihren Bruder im familieneigenen Hotel vorübergehend zu entlasten. Josefine ergreift die Chance - wohlwissend, dass Tamy auf der Wahlkampfbühne ihre eigenen Ziele verfolgt und das Thema ¿sexuelle Orientierung¿ zum Gegenstand der öffentlichen Auseinandersetzung werden könnte. Genau das, wovor Josefine am meisten Angst hat. Wird ihr die Zusammenarbeit mit der faszinierenden Musikerin zum Verhängnis?

A landmark of the Weimar Republic, Ernst Toller's Hoppla, We're Alive! is one of the founding works of what would later be come to known as the epic theater and a powerful portrait of a fragile democracy at war with itself, inevitably corrupted from within by the rising forces of capitalism and fascism. Karl Thomas, a participant in the failed Soviet-style revolutions of 1918, has spent the past eight years in a mental hospital. Released into the Germany of 1927, Karl Thomas encounters each of his former comrades in a world where all of the lessons of the first world war and the revolution seem to have been forgotten. Building to a powerful and tragic climax, Toller's play has lost none of its power to shock, provoke, and awaken readers. This translation, adapted from its performance at La Mama in the fall of 2019, is an attempt to reconcile the play's multiple extant drafts and divided meanings. In the winter of 1939, 12 years after he had staged this play in Weimar Berlin, Piscator was invited to open the Dramatic Workshop at the New School, long a home for artists and intellectuals in exile. Under Piscator's leadership, the Dramatic Workshop would come to be perhaps themes influential theater school in the United States, instrumental in the careers of Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Marlon Brando, and Judith Malina. Earlier that spring, Piscator met for coffee with Toller to discuss a future project. Two days later, on May 22, 1939, Toller hanged himself, in what was then the Mayflower Hotel off Central Park West.Berlinica Publishing offers English-language books from Berlin, German; fiction, non-fiction, travel guides, history about the Wall and the Third Reich, Jewish life, art, architecture and photography, as well as travel guides and cookbook. It also offers documentaries and feature films on DVD, as well as music CDs. Berlinica caters to history buffs, Americans of German heritage, travelers, and artists and young people who love the cutting-edge city in the heart of Europe. Berlinica cooperates with Berlin-based publishing houses. Berlinica's current and upcoming titles include "Our West Berlin," by various authors, also five translated books by famed Weimar author Kurt Tucholsky as well as Harold Poor's landmark biography of Tucholsky, two translated plays by Ernst Toller, and two American travel stories by Alfred Kerr and Roda Roda, soon to be followed by Egon Erwin Kisch's "Paradise America".In the non-fiction department, we have "Rocking the Wall," the Bruce-Springsteen-book and "Burning Beethoven," about German Americans in World War I, both by Erik Kirschbaum, also "Mark Twain in Berlin," by Andreas Austilat, "Berlin 1945: World War II: Photos of the Aftermath," by Michael Brettin, "The Berlin Wall Today," a full-color guide to the remnants of the Wall, by Michael Cramer, "Berlin in the Cold War," about post-World War II history, the comprehensive guide "Jews in Berlin," by Andreas Nachama, Julius Schoeps, Hermann Simon, and "A Place they Called Home," edited by Donna Swarthout about Jews returning to Germany.We also offer "The Berlin Cookbook," a full-color collection of traditional German recipes by Rose Marie Donhauser, the picture book "Wings of Desire," by Lothar Heinke, "Martin Luther's Travel Guide," by Cornelia Dömer, "Leipzig! The City of Books und Music," by Sebastian Ringel, and "Berlin For Free," a guide for the frugal traveler by Monica Maertens.

The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler started life as Hitler's personal bodyguard and would grow exponentially during the course of the Nazi regime to an absolute elite panzer division. Transferred from the Eastern Front, The 1st would engage in combat in Normandy in late June, 1944. The aim of this series on the Waffen SS divisions in the Normandy Campaign is to detail the exact composition, strength and losses of all the SS Panzer units that saw combat in summer of 1944. The varying organizations of each of these large armored units were immensely complex, with each division having a different structure to its sister units. Each book in the series will be crammed with hitherto unpublished information, with the minutely detailed tables offering a unique insight into late war SS Panzer Divisions. They will not only highlight the armor and weaponry, but also the extraordinarily large divisional 'tail', comprising numerous supply and maintenance sections, each essential in keeping the fighting elements functioning effectively.

Die Nacht ist magisch. Vor allem in Hohenlohe, wo man nie wissen kann, welche Kreaturen bei Dunkelheit so unterwegs sind. Wem man begegnet und was man erlebt. Wildis Streng schwärmt in Geschichten, Erzählungen, Überlegungen und Gedichten von den Hohenloher Nächten. Geheimnisvoll, wild, schaurig und schön.