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Business, Economics & LawJune 2024The labour movement in Lebanon
Power on hold
by Lea Bou Khater
The labour movement in Lebanon: Power on hold narrates the history of the Lebanese labour movement from the early twentieth century to today. Bou Khater demonstrates that trade unionism in the country has largely been a failure, for reasons including state interference, tactical co-optation, and the strategic use of sectarianism by an oligarchic elite, together with the structural weakness of a service-based laissez-faire economy. Drawing on a vast body of Arabic-language primary sources and difficult-to-access archives, the book's conclusions are significant not only for trade unionism, but also for new forms of workers' organisations and social movements in Lebanon and beyond. The Lebanese case study presented here holds significant implications for the wider Arab world and for comparative studies of labour. This authoritative history of the labour movement in Lebanon is vital reading for scholars of trade unionism, Lebanese politics, and political economy.
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Fiction2022Rejoice, My Heart
by Alawiya Sobh
Ghassan, a musician and Oud player, leaves for New York, fleeing the Lebanese civil war after his extremist bother, Afif, murdered his older and pacifist brother Jamal, who sought to open the door to Muslim-Christian dialogue. In New York, Ghassan struggles to erase all his memories but his thoughts would always bring him back to his hometown, Dar El Ezz, as it was long before the war. ///Soon, he falls in love with and marries Kristin, becomes more emotionally stable, and embraces American culture. But when he must return to Lebanon for his father’s funeral, nostalgia for his homeland and a series of events force Ghassan to face a convergence of two cultures. ///“Efrah Ya Qalbi” (Rejoice, My Heart!) is a novel about love, music, identity, one’s sense of belonging, brotherly conflicts, and the diaspora. It dives into the lives, troubles, and dilemmas of the characters. ///The stories intertwine amid a fascinating narrative, thus revealing the turmoil and troubles of the Lebanese community torn by wars and outbursts. The novel also addresses the relationship between the East and the West, where struggling and cracked identities are silenced and offers a new vision through analysis and narration.
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Business, Economics & LawFebruary 2022The labour movement in Lebanon
by Lea Bou Khater, Simon Mabon
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Humanities & Social SciencesThree Gorges
Image Files of the Natural and Humanistic Heritages of China’s River Sources, II
by Zheng Yunfeng, Ge Jianxiong
China's giant Three Gorges Dam is the world's biggest hydropower plant located in the Three Gorges region in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Since its construction officially began in 1994, the higher water level has changed the scenery of the Three Gorges. In 1996, photographer Zheng Yunfeng arrived at the Three Gorges, hoping to document the scenery before it was swallowed by the rising water. He spent more than seven years taking over 50,000 photos of the gorges, based on which the series Three Gorges was produced. The series Three Gorges is a selected collection of Zheng Yunfeng’s photography of the Three Gorges region, depicting living conditions, economic status, and customs and beliefs of local people with massive exquisite pictures and plain language. It is a part of Image Files of the Natural and Humanistic Heritages of China's River Sources and has three volumes: Memories of Mountains and Rivers, Memories of Old Days, and Memories of Ours.
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Humanities & Social SciencesTeenagers Reading the Three Kingdoms
by Cheng Junyi
This book selects stories from ancient Chinese historical books such as Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Later Han, Book of Jin, and Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government, and presents them in a way suitable for children to read. In the book, children can not only read about nearly 100 historical figures with distinctive personalities but gain a deep understanding of the complicated history during the period by following the questions asked by the author.
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FictionJanuary 2016The Autumn of Innocence
by Abbas Beydoun
In his novel, The Autumn of Innocence, prominent Lebanese poet and novelist Abbas Beydoun artfully weaves a tragic story of a father-son relationship that ends disastrously with the son's violent death. This story unfolds along with the Arab Spring movement and explores the motivations behind religious extremism and questions cultural constructs of masculinity. The novel opens with a letter from Ghassan to his cousin, describing how his father Massoud strangled his mother to death when Ghassan was just three years old. Afterward, Massoud flees the village in southern Lebanon. For 18 years, no one hears from him, and Ghassan grows up stigmatized by his father's violent crime. In time, Ghassan's aunt Bushra-Massoud's sister-makes a confession: She encouraged Massoud to kill his wife, believing that his wife's low socioeconomic status would bring embarrassment to their wealthy family. Bushra also reveals that Massoud was driven to kill his wife because he feared that she would tell someone that he was impotent, undermining his sense of manhood and social status. Meanwhile, Massoud has moved to southern Syria, where he remarried and had two more sons. During the Arab Spring, the militant groups fighting the Syrian regime transform him into a religious extremist. In the second half of the novel, Massoud return to the village in southern Lebanon. He brings with him a group of men. Together they seize control of the village and terrorize its inhabitants. After killing the dogs, they begin murdering the villagers in the name of religion. One of Ghassan's friends is among the victims, and Massoud also threatens his family. Ghassan decides that he must kill his father, avenging the death of his friend and the deaths of the other villagers. In the end, he fails and is beheaded by Bushra's son, his cousin, who is has joined Massoud's thugs. Beydoun captures the shifting points of view in a family shattered by the tyranny of normative masculinity and the resulting violence. The victims are women, of course, but also the men like Ghassan who reject these social and cultural expectations. The novel also portrays the rise of religious extremism and the terrorism it can inspire, which wreaks havoc on the lives of ordinary people. Beydoun's engaging language imbues the characters and the places they inhabit with a vibrancy and vitality that transcends the difficult subject matter.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2020Three Brave Knights
by Anna Tretyak (Author), Natalya Chorna (Illustrator)
Once upon a time, three brave knights appeared in the modern world! However, here's the surprise: these knights are actually three cheeky little girls pretending to be knights! Their imagination transforms ordinary objects and people into marvelous creatures, turning an ordinary day into an exciting adventure. They embark on many brave feats during their day, including fighting a dragon and, of course, saving a princess! The author demonstrates that children, and even adults, can be whoever they want with the power of imagination. From 3 to 6 years, 304 words Rightsholders: hanna.bulhakova@ranok-school.com
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2025‘Ten Pound Poms’
A life history of British postwar emigration to Australia
by A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, Becca Parkinson
A riveting history of the 'Ten Pound Poms', a wave of British citizens who migrated to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War. Between the 1940s and 1970s, more than a million Britons migrated to Australia. They were the famous 'Ten Pound Poms' and this is their story. The authors draw on a vast trove of letters, diaries and personal photographs, as well as hundreds of interviews with former migrants, to offer original insights into key historical themes. They explore people's motivations for emigrating, gender relations and family dynamics, the clashing experience of the 'very familiar and awfully strange', homesickness and the personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees. Filled with fascinating testimonies that shed light on migrant life histories, 'Ten Pound Poms' will engage readers interested in British and Australian migration history and intrigued about the power of migrant memories for individuals, families and nations.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022Knot of Fairy Tales
by Vitaliia Savchenko (Author), Natalia Khmelivska (Illustrator), Stepan Bybyk (Illustrator)
This collection includes tales about friendship and faith in miracles. It is an ideal reding text for preschool and primary school children. From 3 to 8 years, 6563 words. Rightsholders: gapiukserhii@gmail.com
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Redemption of Maternal love -- To change a Child's Life in Three Months (for Teenagers)
by Li Kefu, Xushaobo, Li Dexian
The book is an adaption of consulting cases in real life and a collection of 90 diaries in 3 months by a mother, recording how a lost teenage girl worked her way through. It can help the majority of parents to learn to re-examine themselves from the perspective of psychology, to reflect on and correct their own behaviors, in order to better solve parent child relationship problems, emotional problems, marital problems, thus re-create a harmonious family atmosphere, and witness the occurrence of healing and change.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2011The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air
by Abdo Wazen
In his first YA novel, cultural journalist and author Abdo Wazen writes about a blind teenager in Lebanon who finds strength and friendship among an unlikely group. Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his schools. Despite his family’s love and support, his opportunities seem limited. So at thirteen years old, Bassim leaves his village to join the Institute for the Blind in a Beirut suburb. There, he comes alive. He learns Braille and discovers talents he didn’t know he had. Bassim is empowered by his newfound abilities to read and write. Thanks to his newly developed self-confidence, Bassim decides to take a risk and submit a short story to a competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education. After winning the competition, he is hired to work at the Institute for the Blind. At the Institute, Bassim, a Sunni Muslim, forms a strong friendship with George, a Christian. Cooperation and collective support are central to the success of each student at the Institute, a principle that overcomes religious differences. In the book, the Institute comes to symbolize the positive changes that tolerance can bring to the country and society at large. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is also a book about Lebanon and its treatment of people with disabilities. It offers insight into the vital role of strong family support in individual success, the internal functioning of institutions like the Institute, as well as the unique religious and cultural environment of Beirut. Wazen’s lucid language and the linear structure he employs result in a coherent and easy-to-read narrative. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is an important contribution to a literature in which people with disabilities are underrepresented. In addition to offering a story of empowerment and friendship, this book also aims to educate readers about people with disabilities and shed light on the indispensable roles played by institutions like the Institute.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2023Dad and I are going to space
by Jacques Jabié (Author), Marysya Rudska (Illustrator)
Mars mission is off.Starteam selection is over.My father and I are the candidates.In fact, Father is ready for space after his work,Still I am free at any time till the beginning of school.We should hurry up! From 3 to 6 years, 587 words. Rightsholders: n.miroshnyk@vivat.factor.ua
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December 2018How to eat for 0-3-year-old babies
by Li Ning
This book combines the classic and practical parenting experience and ideas at home and abroad. From the perspective of science and practice, it introduces the physical development standards, feeding guidance, nutrition concerns, recommended recipes, etc. of 0-3-year-old babies in stages. It points out that the nutrition needs of babies in each growth stage, not only provides the mothers with * baby feeding programs, but also answers the common feeding problems. In addition, the book also introduces 23 kinds of * food for baby growth, 34 channels of special functional recipes for long-term wisdom and 24 kinds of diet adjustment for baby discomfort symptoms in a simple and easy to learn language, which can let new parents master the tips for raising babies.
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Li Dexiu Three-character-scripture-school Pediatric Tuina
by Li Xianxiao, Yang Yaqian
This book introduces the basic knowledge, common acupuncture points, and general techniques related to the three_x0002_character-scripture-school tuina. Besides, it has also included more than 30 common pediatric diseases that have been effectively treated by the three-character-scripture-school pediatric tuina in clinical practice over the past century. Together with high-definition photos and rich operation videos, the book facilitates readers' learning of tuina techniques and the treatment of children's diseases.
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Children's & YAOctober 2021What I see in the sky
by Christine Warugaba/ Peter Gitego
Nina likes to look up in the sky. She sees a number of things up in the sky. This baby picture book is suitable for ages 0-3.
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Children's & YA2022The Holiday I Had to Take
by Kateryna Yehorushkina (Author), Sonia Avdieieva (Illustrator)
When the holidays draw near, schoolchildren begin to think about rest and travel. Sadly, this time, Vira's (Faith) holidays will be different due to the war. She, along with her parents and younger brother, has to move to the basement floor of their apartment building to hide from the bombardments. The family members do all they can to adapt to this new reality: they melt snow when they run out of water, try to warm themselves up by singing when they run out of heating, and reassure themselves that all the people close to them are safe when they cannot hear from them. The usual way of life seems like a distant memory, surviving perhaps only in our imagination or in computer games. Yet, even in these activities, and in supporting our loved ones, we can learn how to find a light inside that no missile will ever be able to reach. The Holiday I Had to Take is not only the moving story of Vira; readers of Kateryna Yehorushkina's book will also find advice and soothing practices from psychologist Svitlana Royz to support everyone finding themselves in difficult times From 3 to 8 years, 2138 words. Rightsholders: Natalie Miroshnyk, n.miroshnik@vivat.factor.ua
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Parasitology (non-medical)October 2008Keys to the Trematoda - 3 part set
by Edited by Rodney A Bray, David I Gibson, Arlene Jones.
Buy all three volumes of Keys to the Trematoda for one special price.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2020A Spark That Became a Star
by Serhiy Loskot (Author), Anastasia Shygaeva (Illustrator)
In the small house of a large family there was a furnace. And in the furnace lived a spark. Although she was tiny, she had a big dream. Once, on Christmas Eve, the furnace and the fire argued over which one of them was the most important between the two. All the sparks and coals intervened in the conversation. Until our little spark took a deep breath and... Do you know what happens to dreams during the magic night of Christmas? Serhiy Loskot will tell you in this beautiful story! From 3 to 6 years, 335 words Rightsholders: hanna.bulhakova@ranok-school.com
