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      • TAICCA - TAIWAN CREATIVE CONTENT AGENCY

        Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), established in June 2019 and supervised by the Ministry of Culture, is a professional intermediary organization that promotes the development of Taiwan’s content industries. TAICCA supports various cultural content industries in Taiwan, including film and television, pop music, publishing, ACG, and fashion, artworks and cultural technologies. With advanced information and communication technology infrastructure and emerging technologies in Taiwan, TAICCA manages National Development Fund to develop intellectual property (IP), incubate culture technologies, and facilitate startups. Through international distribution channels, TAICCA strives to promote Taiwan’s cultural brand in the world. TAICCA enhances Taiwan’s cultural content industries and creates new value for Taiwan’s national brand. Profitable and eco-friendly, the creative industries are now valued as a key economic indicator worldwide. For more information, please visit: htts://taiwan-fbf2020.taicca.tw

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      • National Taiwan University Press

        NTU Press is dedicated to printing books that have undergone thorough evaluation. By using contribution to scholarship as the strictest yardstick, it provides a platform that gives researchers the recognition they deserve. Over its 20-year history NTU press has invited scholars and experts to edit or compile a wide range of distinctive book series. Chief among these are the National Taiwan University and Harvard Yenching Institute Academic Book Series, the Taiwan Studies Series, and the Climate Change Policy and Law Series. In recent years NTU Press has actively expanded its global marketing channels in cooperation with local and foreign companies to facilitate reader access to its publications.

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        June 2007

        Die Vermarktung der Taiga

        Die Politische Ökologie der Nutzung von Nicht-Holz-Waldprodukten und Bodenschätzen in der Mongolei

        by Hartwig, Jürgen

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        October 2012

        Der Symmetrielehrer

        Roman

        by Andrej Bitow

        Eine Gruppe Geologen sitzt bei schlechtem Wetter in der Taiga fest. Um die Zeit zu vertreiben, erzählt der Übersetzer A. B. ein 'ausländisches' Buch nach, das er nur halb verstanden hat und deshalb mit Erfindungen ausschmückt. Zehn Jahre später – das Buch ist verschollen, sein Inhalt lange vergessen – steht A. B. plötzlich ein Kapitel vor Augen, vollständig, wie eine Vision. Während sein Gedächtnis den Text speichert, wird das Ereignis, das die Vision ausgelöst hat, gelöscht. Aus dieser irritierenden Erfahrung erwächst Andrej Bitows Meisterwerk, in dem er sich den letzten Dingen des literarischen Daseins zuwendet: dem Verhältnis zwischen Autor und seinen Geschöpfen; der Schriftstellerexistenz, die Schuld und Schmerz zurücklässt; der Liebe, die dem Schreiben geopfert wird; und nicht zuletzt Russland 'als Versuch Gottes, die Zeit durch den Raum zu ersetzen'. Ein ungemein intelligent komponiertes, ironisch gefärbtes, doch unverhohlen melancholisches Buch. Opus magnum und Lebensbilanz: das Schlüsselwerk eines Autors von Weltrang.

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        March 1978

        Spectaculum 28

        Sieben moderne Theaterstücke

        by Samuel Beckett, Thomas Bernhard, Thomas Brasch, Gerlind Reinshagen, Stefan Schütz, Botho Strauß, Alexander Wampilow, Elmar Tophoven

        Samuel Beckett: Damals.Samuel Beckett setzte seine Erkundungen szenischer Grenzbereiche fort. Die sichtbaren Vorgänge reduzieren sich auf ein altes, weißes Gesicht, dessen Augen sich zeitweise öffnen und schließen. Der Strom der Erinnerungen ist auf drei Tonbändern gespeichert, die abwechselnd eingespielt werden, von oben und von den beiden Seiten.Thomas Bernhard: Minetti. Ein Porträt des Künstlers als alter Mann.Silvesterabend, ein drittklassiges Hotel in Oostende. Aus dem Schneesturm tritt ein alter Mann: Minetti. Er ist mit dem Flensburger Theaterdirektor verabredet, um dort noch einmal nach dreißig Jahren den Lear zu spielen. Einstmals selbst Theaterdirektor in Lübeck: damals wurde er verjagt, weil er die Klassiker verweigerte.Thomas Brasch: Lovely Rita.Ein Land ist besetzt. Rita lebt mit einer Gruppe von Frauen, die der Krieg aus dem Gefängnis befreit hat. Sie läßt sich mit einem Besatzungsoffizier ein. Er will Ehe, Aufbau, weiß, wie alles werden soll. Sie ermordet ihn. Die Frauen, mit denen sie Raubzüge unternahm, liefert sie als Mörderinnen aus. Ihr Gesicht liefert sie dem Film.Gerlind Reinshagen: Himmel und Erde.Das Stück ist ein großer Monolog einer Frau, die in einem Sanatorium an Krebs stirbt: sie sucht ihre Partner, die Kranken, die Krankenschwester. Sie will reden von ihrem Leben. Sie löst von sich ab, was sie mitgeschleppt hat in all den Jahren, tätig in der Kneipe, den gemeinen Alltag, die Vorurteile, Aburteilungen. Ihr Sterben ist eine Rückkehr aus dem Tod.Stefan Schütz: Die Amazonen.Die Athener kämpfen gegen die Amazonen. Antiope, die Königin, fällt in ihre Hände. Sie will sterben. Theseus, König der Athener, führt sie heim. Ihre Liebe steht gegen die Welt.Botho Strauß: Trilogie des Wiedersehens.Ein Sommertag. In der Kunsthalle versammeln sich Mitglieder und Freunde des Kunstvereins zur Vorbesichtigung einer Ausstellung über kapitalistischen Realismus. Die Versammelten suchen den Dialog, verfangen sich in Monologe, sehen sich selbst wieder.Alexander Wampilow: Letzten Sommer in Tschulimsk.Ein Sommertag in Tschulimsk, einer Kreisstadt in der Taiga. In der Teestube begegnen sich Menschen, beobachten einander, entdecken sich gegenseitig. Diese Menschen aus der Provinz, am Rande der Städte, spüren die Unzulänglichkeit ihres Lebens, aber verbergen es noch mit Vehemenz. Die Frauen stehen am Anfang, zerrissen zwischen Anpassung, Verweigerung, Kampf.

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        Medicine
        August 2018

        Lyme Disease

        An Evidence-based Approach

        by John J Halperin

        This new edition of Lyme Disease provides up-to-date evidence-based research and covers the significant advances in our understanding of the disorders referred to as Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis. This book explores the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, the role of host immunity on pathogenesis and long term prognosis. The authors provide balanced perspectives on all aspects of Lyme disease and explicitly review both the basic biology of the infection and practical clinical aspects. This new edition: Includes new borrelial pathogens that have been identified (B. miyamotoi, B. mayonii and B. bavariensis among others). Provides updated information on the molecular biology of the organism, neuroborreliosis, and the role of the C6 peptide in diagnosis. Discusses the controversies about 'chronic Lyme disease', post Lyme disease syndrome and other ongoing but non-specific symptoms that have been attributed to this infection. As the endemic footprint of Lyme disease continues to grow, this book provides a broad and detailed guide for clinicians and researchers involved with the diagnosis and treatment of the condition. Covering biology, epidemiology and therapeutics, it is also essential reading for students of global health and infectious disease.

      • KARINA: 12 DAYS IN TAIGA

        by Victoria Gabysheva

        A terrible tragedy happened  in a village far away from civilized settlements. A three-year old girl disappeared in the wild Siberian taiga. Eight old people lived out their days in this godforsaken  place. The nearest settlement was 100  km  away. Little Karina was staying with her grandmother there, and no one noticed how she went into the forest ... she was waiting to be found for 12 days... How did she manage to survive these cold autumn dark nights, prolonged rains without food, wearing tights and T-shirt?

      • The Weight of a Human Heart

        by Daniel Mallen

        Spring 1944. Injured German soldier Max Jessen returns from the Eastern Front to find that his Roma wife has died of TB, and his son Manfred has been transported to Auschwitz. A desperate Max decides he has no option but to volunteer for camp duty as an officer in the SS, hoping he can find and rescue his son. THE WEIGHT OF A HUMAN HEART is an emotionally charged historical adventure that asks what lengths people will go to in order to protect their loved ones.

      • Two Nordic Short Novels

        by Ana Flecha Marco

        The title of the book, Two Nordic Short Novels, signals to the reader exactly what to expect: two short fictions set in Scandinavia.  These stories are not only linked by length and latitude but also by the fact that they are a sheer delight to read. Story of Ø tells the tale of the handful of inhabitants left living on a tiny island in the Norwegian Sea, which is sinking inexorably due to climate change.  The islanders decide to try and conserve the collective memory of the land that has been their home for so many generations; a memory that lies in the objects and traditions that have shaped their personal and shared landscape. Mancha vividly conjures up the impressions of young woman as she arrives in Flekke, a small Norwegian village, to teach Spanish.  The village is populated by a kaleidoscopic range of inhabitants whom the teacher grows to understand as she interacts with them day by day.  The story unfolds with a refreshing lightness of touch, mixing humour and insight into cultural diversity with subtlety and skill.

      • Children's & YA
        May 2019

        Indigo Girl

        by Suzanne Kamata

        Fifteen-year-old Aiko Cassidy, a bicultural girl with cerebral palsy, grew up in Michigan with her single mother.  For as long as she could remember, it was just the two of them. When a new stepfather and a baby half sister enter her life, she finds herself on the margins. Having recently come into contact with her biological father, she is invited to spend the summer with his indigo-growing family in a small Japanese farming village. Aiko thinks she just might fit in better in Japan. If nothing else, she figures the trip will inspire her manga story,Gadget Girl.   However, Aiko’s stay in Japan is not quite the easygoing vacation that she expected. Her grandmother is openly hostile toward her, and she soon learns of painful family secrets that have been buried for years. Even so, she takes pleasure in meeting new friends. She is drawn to Taiga, the figure skater who shows her the power of persistence against self-doubt. Sora is a fellow manga enthusiast who introduces Aiko to a wide circle of like-minded artists. And then there is Kotaro, a refugee from the recent devastating earthquake in northeastern Japan.   As she gets to know her biological father and the story of his break with her mother, Aiko begins to rethink the meaning of family and her own place in the world.

      • Women's Fiction
        November 2019

        Under the Fig Tree

        by María Bautista

        Clara returns from Berlin after ten years with a suitcase filled with pain and guilt. It’s almost impossible for her to feel like she is back home: her mother is not there anymore and her friends are trying to survive the economic crisis and adult life. Without prospects and without a job, she tries to face her past and to recover the hope of a future by moving to a small village in Salamanca to take care of Inés, her 93 years old grandmother. In a house full of the old woman ghosts, always ill-tempered and elusive, Clara will discover a story that, like her own, is marked by the deaths of others and by secrets that, sooner or later, will come out to light. With a Spanish depopulated rural village as a background, the novel tells the encounter between two generations of women and how they overcome their differences through sorority and solidarity.

      • Literary Fiction
        April 2019

        This Earth Is Forever

        by Javier Vela

        With a historical landscape close to the present one and in a not-so-different Europe, the damages caused by climate changed have devastated the weakest populations in the old continent. In the South, the temperature raise contributed to a diaspora of thousands of people that now try to find refuge in the Nordic regions. At the same time, Emma and Argus, a couple suffering the fatigue of their daily coexistence in the Swedish island of Frösön, become aware of the decline, previously unnoticed, that has started to take over the Scandinavian map. The arrival of Hugo, a boy from a country devastated by fires and floods, will be decisive in their lives, although he will still need to overcome the sequels of the exile that marks his character. This Earth Is Forever, with climate change and the far-right rise as a background, is mainly a psychological and introspective novel that we could classify as climate fiction.

      • Literary Fiction
        April 2018

        Cervantes for goats, Marx for sheep

        by Pablo Santiago Chiquero

        Mateo works as a herdsman of goats and sheep in Abra, a remote village in the province of Córdoba. He is smart and inquisitive, and due to the lack of incentives in his life he suffers from a severe depression. Only Lázaro Esquivel, a newcomer teacher, is able to get him out of his lethargy using an unorthodox therapy, at the same time that the II Republic of Spain is proclaimed. Once recovered, the first goal of the herdsman will be winning back Conchita, his ex-girlfriend. His second goal will be encouraging reading to get the village of Abra out of its ancient lack of culture. He will try to achieve this with a false veterinary experiment between goats and sheep that will put the whole village to read Cervantes’ Quixote and Marx’s Capital. The novel, set in the rural Andalusia at the beginnings of the 30s, suggests the possibility of a total metamorphosis of society through knowledge and the change of moral values as consequence. More than a rural comedy, Cervantes is for goats, Marx is for sheep is a fable about the love of books, the faith in classic authors and the transformative power of reading.

      • 850 Questions and Answers

        by Chiara Brizzolara

        Over 110 different topics and 850 questions in a 128-page book with hundreds of beautiful photos and illustrations.

      • Health & Personal Development

        Anastasia. The energy of your kin. I

        Story of a remarkable woman from Siberian taiga - Anastasia

        by Vladimir Megre

        The books tells the story of a remarkable woman with the ability to heal - Anastasia, whom he met during an expedition along the river Ob. During 3 days deep in the Taiga, Anastasia shared with Vladimir the deepest secrets of universal wisdom that completely transformed his perception of what it means to be human. She shared with him unique outlook on subjects as diverse as gardening, child-rearing, healing, Nature, sexuality, religion and more. Books have inspired people all around the world with different religions, nationalities and social status to unite into groups and to create their own Settlements as it’s written in books.  More over there is a concept of family homestead law that let people to have land for Settlement creation.   “Ringing Cedars of Russia” book series consists of 10 titles. The author continues working on the next book. Book Title First publication Amount of words English Amount of words Russian I “Anastasia” 1996 59,848 44 328 II “Ringing Cedars of Russia” 1997 53,741 45 519 III “The Dimension of love” 1999 60,365 47 709 IV “Co-creation” 1999 62,038 48 402 V “Who are we?” 2000 60,328 54 298 VI “The Family Book” 2002 71,758 56 104 VII  “The Energy of Life” 2002 68,152 52 978 VIII (Part I)  “The New Civilization” 2005 67,806 48 301 VIII (Part II)  ““The New Civilization. Rites of Love” 2006 67,559 46 985 X “Anasta” 2010 77,934 54 175 I.i. “Anastasia. The energy of your kind” 1st book updated. 2019 No translation 62 656

      • Home nursing & caring

        Plant oils

        Over 50 powerful helpers for pleasure and skin care

        by Ruth von Braunschweig

        The importance of vegetable oils for our diet is now well known. Also that they must be natural and carefully manufactured and should come if possible from biological cultivation, if they are to unfold their health-promoting effects, is today most humans well-known. But the fact that olive oil, coconut oil & Co. are also valuable helpers for skin care and can even be used in skin care is still doubted by some experts. Today an abundance of research work speaks for itself. Plant oils protect and care for the skin, can prevent diseases and alleviate discomfort. They work from the inside as well as from the outside, in the kitchen as well as in body care. Vegetable oil is good for our skin According to the latest scientific findings, it has been proven that the ingredients of vegetable oils are also helpful for our largest organ: the skin. Not only that the fat molecules have been "known" to the skin evolutionarily for millions of years and it can therefore metabolize them excellently. The skin can therefore utilize plant oils in its metabolism and absorb and use the ingredients.

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