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Die Frage nach dem Sinn ist 'wahrhaftig die Frage nach dem Brot, das uns sättigen und dem Wasser, das unseren Durst stillen würde'.Tschechow beschreibt einen Menschen, der sein ganzes Leben lang in einer Provinzstadt lebt und plötzlich und unerwartet nachts schweißgebadet aufwacht. Was war geschehen? Es war etwas Schreckliches geschehen - das Leben war vorbei, und es war kein Leben gewesen, weil es in ihm überhaupt keinen Sinn gegeben hatte.'D...

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The impact of slavery in 19th century Brazil is examined through the life of one typical slave owner who was also a former slave.

Frank investigates an intertextual exchange between nineteenth-century historical disciplines (philology, cosmology, geology archaeology and evolutionary biology) and the detective fictions of Poe, Dickens, and Doyle. In responding to the writings of figures like Lyell, Darwin and E.B. Taylor, detective fiction initiated a transition from scriptural literalism and a prevailing Natural Theology to a naturalistic, secular worldview. In the proce...

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He was a misshapen thing, bulking a black blotch in the night at the entrance of the dark alleyway-like some lurking creature in its lair. He neither stood, nor kneeled, nor sat-no single word would describe his posture-he combined all three in a sort of repulsive, formless heap. The Flopper moved. He came out from the alleyway onto the pavement, into the lurid lights of the Bowery, flopping along knee to toe on one leg, dragging the other leg...

He was a misshapen thing, bulking a black blotch in the night at the entrance of the dark alleyway-like some lurking creature in its lair. He neither stood, nor kneeled, nor sat-no single word would describe his posture-he combined all three in a sort of repulsive, formless heap. The Flopper moved. He came out from the alleyway onto the pavement, into the lurid lights of the Bowery, flopping along knee to toe on one leg, dragging the other leg...

The digital revolution has been televised. It is now widely accepted that digital distribution will become the preferred method of consuming music for the majority of people worldwide. The avenues of choice and consumption make it too appealing for music fans to ignore. Millions of music fans have already jumped in head-first with iPods, internet radio, file trading, online music videos and streaming from personalized community pages and websi...

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This volume presents a comprehensive review of all aspects of the physics of the aurorae australis and borealis.