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        Searching for community

        ways of critical thinking in global south

        by Fabricio Pereira da Silva

        As a response to the widespread social, economic and ecological malaise that is a consequence of the expansion of modernity, Fabricio Pereira da Silva gives voice to a quest that has long been a banner of the left: the yearning for a fairer, more equitable way of life, free from the modern values of individualism, exploitation and inconsequential and disproportionate economic growth, based on the recovery and re-reading of pre-capitalist ways of life. This book is driven by the urgency of a utopia that recovers the ideas of communality gestated in the global periphery to inspire another kind of future. In Search of Community presents a list of theoretical perspectives created in the so-called Global South, with the aim of overcoming a “monoculture of knowledge”. Fabricio Pereira da Silva analyzes Mariátegui's Indo-American socialism, the concepts of negritude and ubuntu, 20th century African socialisms, the idea of Good Living (sumak kawsay/suma qamaña) and Bhutan's gross internal happiness. By “illustrating the richness of proposals from the periphery”, the author offers us other theoretical resources, capable of dealing with the “crisis of modernity, the crisis of Western Marxism and socialist projects in a modernist key”.

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        Picture books
        May 2017

        Over the Hill Together

        by Da Chuzhe

        From the fifth year of their marriage, Sumiko had to receive treatment in hospital for the acute pain caused by multiple rheumatoid arthritis. From that time on the disease had seized her. From 1982, Sumiko had to lie in the bed or rely on a wheelchair for the significant dysfunction of the upper limbs and the paralysis of the lower limbs, so she had to let her husband see to her daily life. And Oochuje took care of her basically all by himself unless he had a business trip and he would hire a care worker. This illustrated book elaborately depicts the story between them, including how they met and fell in love with each other during childhood, their daily conversations, their poems as well as their relentless fighting against disease. At the final part of the book, it mainly records the last thirty-three days from December 1997 to January 1998 during which the couple spent together until Sumiko had passed away. The words of the book is selected and the drawings simple yet profound through which one will be deeply touched for the deep and unchangeable love. “Over the hill” in common sense is an expression for death, but it means a whole new world for Oochuje and Sumiko where they would also walk side by side. Their love and cherish for each other was well beyond life and death for they never ceased to bring happiness for each other. And their love story has also enriched the world with pure beauty and wonder of love.

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        February 2012

        Von der Toskana in den Orient

        Ein Renaissance-Kaufmann auf Reisen

        by da Volterra, Meshullam

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        April 2020

        Gesundheit in unseren Händen

        Mit Mudras zu mehr Lebenskraft

        by da Silva, Kim

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        June 2013

        Der Körper in unseren Händen

        Mudras zur Balance der Gesundheit und zum Verstehen von Krankheiten

        by da Silva, Kim

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        August 2004

        Die Farben des Berges

        Eine Kindheit in China

        by Chen, Da

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        October 2012

        Tengo miedo

        by Ivar Da Coll

        In this new version of the classic Colombian children’s tale, Ivar keeps the storyline intact, while adding a reflection on the fears that haunt and pursue children’s dreams and are a true reflection of the current Colombian conflicts. The control of the palette and the supremacy of the drawings, turn this book into a masterpiece for all types of readers.

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        August 2011

        Heiße Küsse

        Erotischer Roman

        by Costa, Portia Da

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2020

        Mommy Has Power

        by Xiao Tu Da Chengzi

        By reading this book, mom can effectively solve more than 40 core pain points in life and relieve anxiety and helplessness caused by childcare, couples, and workplace. This book consists of seven chapters, which mainly includes how to objectively "define" yourself; how to easily manage the daily routine of parenting; how to give children a truly high-quality early education enlightenment; how to communicate so that parent-child relationships can be harmonious and intimate; "How not to let work and family" tear "you; how to find your 100 points status.

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        September 2007

        Dai taccuini

        Aus den Notizbüchern

        by Vinci, Leonardo da

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        December 2001

        Tormenta juris permissione.

        Folter und Strafverfahren auf der iberischen Halbinsel - dargestellt am Beispiel Kastiliens und Kataloniens (16.-18. Jahrhundert).

        by Sabadell da Silva, Ana Lucia

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        June 2022

        Schulkinder in aller Welt

        So sieht mein Tag aus!

        by Anniina Mikama, Carlos da Cruz

        Dieses farbenfrohe Sachbilderbuch nimmt uns mit auf eine eintägige Reise um den Globus, um zehn Schulkinder aus aller Welt bei einem typischen Tag in ihrem Leben zu begleiten, einen Blick in ihre Zimmer und Schulklassen zu werfen. Lebensmittel, Hobbys, Schulsachen und andere Alltagsgegenstände sind alle etwas anders – Bräuche, Wünsche und Träume der dort lebenden Kinder auch. Mit Eintragmöglichkeiten zum Malen und Zeichnen des eigenen Tagesablaufs.

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        Rare Animals in China: Fly, the Tern Xiaoyi

        by Qiu Qiu, Su Da

        The book Rare Animals in China - Fly, the Tern Xiaoyi is an original popular science picture book. In the form of a diary, it vividly depicts the process of the critically endangered animal, the Chinese crested tern, from breaking out of its shell to spreading its wings and flying, revealing from one side the living conditions of rare animals in China and the various efforts made by scientists with the purpose of protecting them. By reading this book, children will not only acquire knowledge about the Chinese crested tern, and gain perspective on Earth’s biodiversity, but also establish an awareness of protecting endangered species and the environment, and build a modern outlook on life in which man and nature live in harmony.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2022

        Jacopo da Varagine's Chronicle of the city of Genoa

        by C. E. Beneš

        This book offers the first English translation of the Chronicle of the city of Genoa by the thirteenth-century Dominican Jacopo da Varagine, an author best known for his monumental book of saints' lives, the Golden legend. Jacopo's Chronicle presents a coherent vision of Genoa's place in history, the cosmos and Creation as written by the city's own archbishop - mixing eyewitness accounts with scholarly research about the city's origins and didactic reflections on the proper conduct of public and private life. Accompanied by an extensive introduction, this complete translation provides a unique perspective on a dynamic medieval city-state from one of its most important officials, broadening the available literature in English on medieval Italian urban life.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2019

        Jacopo da Varagine's Chronicle of the city of Genoa

        by Carrie Beneš, Rosemary Horrox

        This book offers the first English translation of the Chronicle of the city of Genoa by the thirteenth-century Dominican Jacopo da Varagine, an author best known for his monumental book of saints' lives, the Golden legend. Jacopo's Chronicle presents a coherent vision of Genoa's place in history, the cosmos and Creation as written by the city's own archbishop - mixing eyewitness accounts with scholarly research about the city's origins and didactic reflections on the proper conduct of public and private life. Accompanied by an extensive introduction, this complete translation provides a unique perspective on a dynamic medieval city-state from one of its most important officials, broadening the available literature in English on medieval Italian urban life.

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