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Promoted ContentChildren's & YAAugust 2020
Cryptos
by Poznanski, Ursula
Where do we go when Nowhere is the only destination left? Kerrybrook is Jana‘s favourite virtual escape. An idyllic fishing village with beautiful nature and, every now and then, a breeze of fresh air from the nearby sea. Jana, is this world‘s designer and person in power, she’s satisfied with her masterpiece. Best job so far. Until one day, a dead body is found, in both, ’Virtual Reality‘ and the real world. In times of climate change, VR is the only safe place for humankind. That‘s why Jana needs to solve the crime, she’s responsible for stopping the destruction. • CliFi Thriller (Climate Fiction): Climate change & virtual reality • For fans of Black Mirror (Netflix) • All age readers • Strong, female protagonist • Highly relevant topic WHITE RAVENS recommendation (2021): "In the not too distant future, the world is an inhospitable place: droughts, storms, floods. That’s why world designers construct »alternative realities«, such as landscapes populated by dinosaurs, life at court in the Middle Ages, and surfing and chilling out on a beach. People can switch between these worlds at will and, when they die there, they are not truly dead; instead, they merely return to the »real world« – same as at night when they sleep. Then they are reunited with their body, which is lying inside a capsule. In »Cryptos«, Ursula Poznanski pulls out all the stops of storytelling: She embeds numerous references to human and intellectual history in an action-packed and extremely suspenseful thriller plot. In the process, she raises central existential and ontological questions that result from the interplay between the real and the virtual worlds. This complex dystopian novel is narrated in such an enjoyable way that readers will hardly notice their brains going into overdrive as they devour it."
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Trusted PartnerThe Arts
Complete Works of Yungang Grottoes
by Zhang Zhuo
The Complete Works of Yungang Grottoes is a collection of photographic materials reflecting different periods, different caves, different artistic styles and artistic characteristics of Yungang Grottoes. It contains 20 volumes, each presenting a single Yungang cave with more than 400 pictures and several professional academic papers on the cultural and artistic characteristics of caves. As a royal art project symbolizing the imperial power of Tuoba in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Yungang Grottoes are large in scale, rich in content, exquisite in carving, and vivid in appearance. They absorb and integrate the diverse cultures of ancient nationalities, and represent the highest level of carving in the world in the 5th century. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were listed on the World Heritage List. The Complete Works of Yungang Grottoes displays the treasures of the Yungang Grottoes in an unprecedented scale, high-definition, and panoramic view, which is regarded as a recording and preserving archive of great values. For more than 1500 years, the statues of the Yungang Grottoes have been weathered and ruined by wind and rain. In the past, most of the photography focused on the contemporarily perfect Buddha statues, but the remaining statues, even the best-preserved ones, are disappearing year by year from people's sight. The Complete Works of Yungang Grottoes collects image data of them, makes the documentary files, and has them published to the public, in this way retaining the perfect art in changes.
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Hidden History
by Luo Weizhang
The novel is a suspenseful tale of psychological pain, told through a murder case in the abyss of the human heart. Behind the crime and redemption is the death of the times and humanity. The novel’s darkly humorous local narrative looks at life’s difficult dilemmas and opens up the “hidden history” of ordinary people's inner world.
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Trusted PartnerDecember 2018
The Complete Collection of Modern Chinese Prints by Lu Xun
by Editorial Board of the Complete Works of Modern Chinese Prints Collected by Lu Xun
This series contains about 1,800 modern prints collected by Lu Xun at that time, which authored by nearly 200 domestic printmakers and currently in the Lu Xun Memorial Hall in Shanghai and the Lu Xun Museum in Beijing. It is showcasing the glorious history of modern Chinese woodcut art: In the 1920s and 1930s, in order to guide the artistic direction of Chinese literary youth, smashed the KMT’s counter-revolutionary cultural " encirclement and suppression", Mr. Lu Xun held a "woodcut workshop" in Shanghai, and cultivated a group of emerging woodcut backbone. These backbones led young artists in various regions of the country to create a large number of realistic works reflecting the suffering and tragic fate of the people at the bottom of the society at that time. They cruelly lashed the dark reality of society and called for national salvation and survival. These young woodcutters sent their woodcut works to Lu Xun, who not only guided their creation personally, but also spared no effort to collect, publicize and promote them to the public. With the active advocacy and support of Mr. Lu Xun, the emerging woodcut movement in China has developed vigorously, driving the modernization of Chinese art and leaving an indelible glorious footprint in the history of Chinese modern culture and art. This complete collection is a companion to the The Complete Collection of Foreign Prints by Lu Xun published in 2014.
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Trusted PartnerJune 2013
The Ending of Imperialism a Short History of the Revolution of 1911
A Short History of the Revolution of 1911
by Yang Tian Shi
How did the Chinese feudal-imperialism go to the end? And how was the Chinese republic society established? The author and a distinguished scholar, Yang Tianshi, revealed the suspenseful stories before and after the overthrowing of feudal-imperialism, which are about how Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and other meritorious statesmen in the Republic of China, together with Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek and other passionate youths work towards republicanism. He also analyzed on how the success of the Revolution of 1911 casts influence on the Chinese society.
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Trusted PartnerAugust 2005
Die politische Suspension des Ethischen
by Slavoj Žižek, Jens Hagestedt
In seinem neuen Buch unterzieht Slavoj Æiæek die derzeit prominenten Ethiken einer fundamentalen Kritik: Er setzt sich mit den Entwürfen u. a. von Judith Butler, Frederic Jameson, Emmanuel Lévinas, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Michael Hardt/Antonio Negri und Jacques Rancière auseinander und zeigt, wie das Politische das Ethische zu eliminieren droht. Gleichzeitig unternimmt er eine Standortbestimmung linken Denkens, das sich weder von der Realpolitik noch vom ethischen Anspruch trennen lassen möchte.
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Trusted PartnerDecember 2021
Drag Cop
Thriller
by Candas Jane Dorsey, Thomas Wörtche, Conny Lösch
Als die geliebte Enkelin einer guten Freundin ermordet aufgefunden wird, werden unsere ambisexuelle Sozialarbeiterin und ihre Katze Bunnywit zur Lösung des Falles hinzugezogen. Für die kanadische Polizei ist Maddy bloß eine weitere tote Sexarbeiterin ‒ also liegt es an unserer Heldin und ihrer LGBTQ-Crew herauszufinden, was mit ihr passiert ist. Dabei geraten sie schneller, als ihnen lieb ist, in eine raue Welt voller Sex, Lügen und Verrat, auf die sie mit Ironie, Witz und Intelligenz (naja, außer der renitenten Katze) reagieren. Und was auf den ersten Blick wie ein mieser kleiner Straßenmord aussah, entpuppt sich bald als ein »Kollateralschaden« extremer krimineller Machenschaften …
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Trusted PartnerDecember 2021
Drag Cop
Thriller
by Candas Jane Dorsey
Als die geliebte Enkelin einer guten Freundin ermordet aufgefunden wird, werden unsere ambisexuelle Sozialarbeiterin und ihre Katze Bunnywit zur Lösung des Falles hinzugezogen. Für die kanadische Polizei ist Maddy bloß eine weitere tote Sexarbeiterin ‒ also liegt es an unserer Heldin und ihrer LGBTQ-Crew herauszufinden, was mit ihr passiert ist. Dabei geraten sie schneller, als ihnen lieb ist, in eine raue Welt voller Sex, Lügen und Verrat, auf die sie mit Ironie, Witz und Intelligenz (naja, außer der renitenten Katze) reagieren. Und was auf den ersten Blick wie ein mieser kleiner Straßenmord aussah, entpuppt sich bald als ein »Kollateralschaden« extremer krimineller Machenschaften …
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Trusted PartnerMay 2015
The Cultural History Of Hunan
by Zhu Hang Ming
The Cultural History Of Hunan consists of five parts. It contains the most complete and authoritative analysis and comments. It is a special contribution to study in cultural history in Hunan. And more importantly, it filled the gap in research of the culture in Hunan.
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Trusted PartnerLiterature & Literary StudiesJuly 2008
States of suspense
The nuclear age, postmodernism and United States fiction and prose
by Daniel Cordle
When the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, it precipitated a nuclear age that shaped the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. States of suspense is about the representation of this nuclear age in United States literature from 1945-2005. The profound psychological and cultural impact of living in anticipation of the Bomb is apparent not only in end-of-the-world fantasies, but also in mainstream and postmodern literature. This book traces the ways in which key motifs - the fragility of reality; the fear of closure; the inadequacies of language to represent the world - move between nuclear and postmodern cultures of the Cold War era. Taking three symbolically threatened environments - the home, the city, the planet - the book explores their recasting as 'nuclear places' in literature, and shows how these nuclear concerns resonate with those of other cultures. States of suspense will be of interest to students and scholars of American literature, and postmodern and technological culture. It will also be interest to those more generally intrigued by the cultural fallout of the nuclear age. ;
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Trusted PartnerArt: general interest (Children's/YA)
Títeres trashumantes (Transhumant puppets)
by Mario Martín del Campo, Silvia Eugenia Castillero
In the stretch of emptyness where no one dwells, changing beings are born as drops, as enigmas, as suspension points... They take a little bit of light and then steal shade from darkness. Thus these puppets grow strong, stealthy, and alive in the multiple sceneries of their theatre.
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Trusted PartnerMay 2013
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Oper in drei Akten. Musik von Kurt Weill. Text von Bertolt Brecht. Textausgabe
by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Joachim Lucchesi
Text und Kommentar in einem Band. In der Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek erscheinen literarische Hauptwerke aller Epochen und Gattungen als Arbeitstexte für Schule und Studium. Der vollständige Text wird ergänzt durch anschaulich geschriebene Kommentare.
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Trusted PartnerNature, the natural world (Children's/YA)March 2020
Earth Takes a Break
by House, Emily
From children's book author Emily House comes a wonderful story that re-connects us with our planet. A modern fable inspired by recent events, Earth Takes a Break is a touching picture book jam-packed with fun illustrations and woven together with a message of hope. When Earth feels unwell, she goes to the doctor to ask for help. What the doctor prescribes seems impossible to Earth, until she wakes the next day to find a surprising change!
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Trusted PartnerNovember 2017
The Secret of La Rosa
by Donald Willerton
It was just a short cross-country ski outing over the Christmas break for Mogi Franklin and his sister, Jennifer–until they find themselves suddenly caught in a vicious blizzard. Near collapse, they ski into a mysterious valley with an ancient hacienda, a busy Spanish family, and a village with no electricity, no plumbing, no cars, no phones, and definitely no Walmart.A vacation that began a few days earlier helping his Granddad clean and decorate for a huge family celebration had now become a mind-boggling mystery. And young Mogi's anguish trying to come to terms with his grandmother's death from cancer the previous Christmas turns to fear and danger when he is accused of stealing a religious icon the town prizes above all others–and which holds the key to solving an ancient legend of missing Spanish gold.It's the latest book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries–shadowy figures, secret societies, a town like no other. Is this all reality or illusion? Mogi must find the answers, even as he struggles with the memory of his grandmother's death and the mysteries of faith it brought him which he now must answer as well.
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Trusted PartnerScience & MathematicsNovember 2021
Gene Flow
Monitoring, Modeling and Mitigation
by Wei Wei, Neal Stewart
Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the process of gene flow. A greater biological understanding is essential to make sound management regulatory decisions when also taking into consideration the processes that happen in conventional plants. Monitoring, modelling, and mitigation are the three most closely related elements of gene flow. The book includes both scientific reviews and perspectives on gene flow and experimental case studies, including studies of gene flow in soybean and poplar. The authors present diverse views and research methodologies to understand transgene flow. This book: Focuses on applications of gene flow (monitoring, modelling, and mitigation); Includes both review chapters and case studies; Is written by international team of scientists currently working in gene flow. This book will be valuable for students and researchers in genetics, biotechnology, plant science, and environmental science. It also provides key insights of value to regulators of biotechnology as well as policy-makers.
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Stalemate: There can be no winners
by Hugo N. Gerstl
Thirty-five years ago, Libertyville had a population of 2,000. Its citizens thought it would become the next Atlanta. But it’s now 1989, and the population is down to 278 and falling. The town’s remaining employer, the outdated, money-losing Libertyville Cotton Works, owned by an elderly Holocaust survivor, has been sold to a conglomerate that intends to reap huge tax and political benefits.But two other factions have different ideas. Bishop William Wyatt Walker, spellbinding African-American televangelist whose church takes in $500 million a year in contributions from the poorest of the poor, decides the church has lost touch with the common man and needs a new symbol of salvation – the Libertyville Cotton Works and the 40 acres that surround it. He’ll do whatever it takes to make sure the church gets the property.Meanwhile, a brilliant, Mexican-American lawyer and his militant contingent, faced with “the country’s growing paranoia toward Hispanics,” seeks to create his own Sanctuary Nation. His “army” takes armed control of the cotton works, holding hostages to ensure that the factory and its acreage are deeded to “the first truly Mexican town in the Southeastern U.S.”The stage is set for a Stalemate of epic proportions, a war where there can be no winners. Like James Dickey’s Deliverance, this book is a mixture of a thriller tinged with adventure, camaraderie, dread, and the horror that only an unexpected, unspeakable situation can inflict. Human nature is human nature, and it is impossible to predict how anyone would act if confronted with a similar situation. Powerful and suspenseful, Stalemate explores the best – and the worst – in the human spirit as it thunders toward a spine-chilling climax.International best-selling author Hugo N. Gerstl’s latest work is one you won’t be able to put down – and one you’ll long remember. Published by Pangæa Publishing Group 184 pages – 23 cm x 15 cm
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Trusted PartnerThe ArtsJanuary 2014
Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters
Li Xiaocong—Pastel Porcelain
by He Xiangqin
This set of book introduces 52 artists who were conferred “Chinese Arts and Crafts Master”. They all have their unique skills with outstanding contributions. Each book has an interview with the master to show the unique technique and design concept to the readers.
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Trusted PartnerThe ArtsJanuary 2013
Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters
Yin Xiuyun—Cloisonne Enamel
by Yang Weihua
This set of book introduces 54 artists who were conferred “Chinese Arts and Crafts Master”. They all have their unique skills with outstanding contributions. Each book has an interview with the master to show the unique technique and design concept to the readers.