„Der neugierige Garten“ von Nils Aulike erzählt die inspirierende Geschichte eines kleinen Jungen, der in einer grauen, trostlosen Stadt lebt. Eines Tages entdeckt er eine verlassene Bahntrasse, auf der einige Pflanzen zu wachsen...

"The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity" von Peter Brown untersucht die Entwicklung der Vorstellungen über das Leben nach dem Tod und den Einfluss von Reichtum auf diese Konzepte im frühen westlichen...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2023 The heartwarming and action-packed illustrated novel exploring what happens when nature and technology collide. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a...

"Creepy Pair of Underwear!" von Peter Brown ist eine humorvolle und leicht gruselige Bilderbuchgeschichte über einen jungen Hasen namens Jasper Rabbit. Jasper kauft sich stolz ein Paar leuchtend grüner Unterhosen, die im Dunkeln...

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter BrownRoz is no ordinary robot. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend...

"Die Keuschheit der Engel: Sexuelle Entsagung, Askese und Körperlichkeit am Anfang des Christentums" von Peter Brown untersucht die Entwicklung und Bedeutung von sexueller Enthaltsamkeit und asketischen Praktiken in den frühen...

"Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD" von Peter Brown ist eine umfassende historische Analyse der Rolle von Reichtum und sozialem Wandel im Übergang der römischen...

This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching. von Brown, Peter

Ten original essays examine the transactions between real places and the literary imagination, including the reinvention of real places in literary form, from 1800 to the present day. They deal with different kinds of locations (islands,...

This volume contains ten essays, principally on Chaucer, but also on other English writers of the period such as John Gower, Ranulph Higden and Thomas Hoccleve. The Chaucerian focus includes the dream visions and Troilus and Criseyde as...

The author links Chaucer's writings with the medieval optical tradition in its various forms (scholastic texts, encyclopedias, exempla, vernacular poetry) both in general cultural terms and through the discussion of specific examples. He...

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and...