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      • minibombo

        Minibombo makes picture books characterized by clear images and solid colours, telling stories with a short text or no text at all. The books aim to create a participated reading process between adults and children and require a bit of creativity and cooperation on their part. Minibombo loves to explore different types of communication. This is why some of its paper stories have become the starting point for creating digital applications. The apps refer to the original stories in the books and develop them further by exploiting a different code. All the minibombo apps are available worldwide on the App Store and Google Play. Minibombo started in Reggio Emilia, Italy, in 2013. Since its beginnings, it has been highly appreciated both by readers and operators in the sector and has been awarded several prizes which have helped make its books known among a wide public. Its books are translated in more than fourteen counties worldwide.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2023

        Decolonising the Hajj

        The pilgrimage from Nigeria to Mecca under empire and independence

        by Matthew Heaton

        Muslims from the region that is now Nigeria have been undertaking the Hajj for hundreds of years. But the process of completing the pilgrimage changed dramatically in the twentieth century as state governments became heavily involved in its organization and management. Under British colonial rule, a minimalist approach to pilgrimage control facilitated the journeys of many thousands of mostly overland pilgrims. Decolonization produced new political contexts, with nationalist politicians taking a more proactive approach to pilgrimage management for both domestic and international reasons. The Hajj, which had previously been a life-altering journey undertaken slowly and incrementally over years, became a shorter, safer, trip characterized by round trip plane rides. In examining the transformation of the Nigerian Hajj, this book demonstrates how the Hajj became ever more intertwined with Nigerian politics and governance as the country moved from empire to independence.

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        Color and Light -- Western Painting appreciation

        by Xi Chuanji

        This book tells the history of western art from primitive art to modern art in a simple and easy way in a short space of 25 lectures. The main words are not complicated, and the style is precise. Therefore, it has even been adopted as a textbook by many colleges and vocational schools. For art lovers and ordinary readers, it is also a good concise book for popular art appreciation. An art gallery without walls, Ancient Greece, Impressionism, Romanticism... Twenty-five fine galleries of Western art, each displaying only three or five works. A history of minimalist western art from primitive painting to modern abstract art, under the guidance of an art historian, from form to color, from color to light, from light to shadow, are so three-dimensional and vivid. A new reprint of the once popular Western art appreciation manual, an art bible to take with you. This book is included in the catalogue of Middle and Primary School Reading Books of Zhongnan Media.

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        Children's & YA

        Things. My 200 Picture Book

        by Magdalena Skala

        The very smallest children can identify and name objects from their homes in this award-winning, large-format board book. Magdalena Skala’s fantastic illustrations use bright colours and clear forms to depict the most important objects from the nursery, kitchen, garden, lounge, bathroom – in short from children’s everyday worlds: a great start into the world of words – and books! Magdalena Skala was awarded the 2019 Meefisch Prize and the Marktheidenfeld Prize for picture book illustration for THINGS. MY 200-PICTURE BOOK.

      • Photographs: collections

        The Curated Lens

        Photographic Inspiration for Creative Professionals

        by Sandu Publishing

        In The Curated Lens, twenty photographers in varied backgrounds amaze us by how they transform the quotidian into intriguing photos with their well-thought-out composition, coordination between light and shadow, and mediation in subtle colours. Though under the name of Minimalist, Street Photo, or Aerial Photo, etc., these photos all are embedded with the creator's strong personal aesthetics, which we invite them to speak out this time.   Inside this book, we talk with them, asking for answers on who they are, what they do, and how they carry it out. This book will be an exciting guidebook for photographers who want to hear from the decryption of imagery and also make general readers wow when reading it.

      • July 2020

        Introduction to Generative Syntax

        by Muteb A. Alqarni

        Introduction to Generative Syntax provides the student with a comprehensive overview of all major developments in generative syntax since its inception in the 1950s and until the present time. In 250 units, topics commonly encountered in the study of syntax are presented in an accessible and straightforward manner suitable for both students and casual readers. Covered theories and topics include Phrase Structure Rules, X'-Theory, Transformational Grammar, Theta Theory, Government and Binding Theory, Raising and Control, Movement Constraints, Split Projections, the Minimalist Program, and many others.

      • June 2018

        LifeStyle in White

        by Charlotte in White

        Plant-based diets are the starting point of a minimalist lifestyle. Fashion blogger, Charlotte in White, embraced minimalism as a way of life starting with following a vegetarian diet, and then applied this lifestyle to every aspect of life, including the way she lives, dresses, and perceives the world. She shares in this book her philosophy of “Less for More” and her secrets to holistic well-being.素食,是簡約生活的起點。時尚博客林偉欣,從飲食開始實踐身心的減法, 從居所、衣著、心態的斷捨離,發現極簡日子的美好。 從食物到生活美學:由茹素初期不懂吃令致營養不足,到找出均衡又豐富的素食之道;由收集創意食譜,到尋找城裡美味的素食餐廳,林偉欣從素食悟出「愈簡單,愈豐足」的道理,啟發衣、住、行等生活細節,觸發情感和心態的轉變,由外到內,一步步成為真正的素系風格女生。 Click here for more information

      • Minimal

        pour un mode de vie durable

        by Stéphanie Mandréa et Laurie Barrette

        Minimal: for sustainable living   For a simplified, happier life Minimal: for sustainable living is a practical guide for those who want to simplify their life but also rethink the environment in a more sustainable way. Stéphanie Mandrea and Laurie Barrette, two proponents of ecofriendly living and the founders of Dans le sac [In the Bag], have created this book to make readers aware of all the minimal ways in which they can lessen the impact of their lifestyle on nature. Whether it’s buying in bulk, refusing overpackaging, restoring old furniture, composting or making one’s own household products, this guide book provides a host of different ways to make a difference in your daily life. Minimal encourages all those small, individual changes that often lead to great social change. This is the first step for all individuals who are interested in becoming more minimalistic by simplifying their life but who don’t know where to begin. *** French sample : https://flipbook.cantook.net/?d=%2F%2Fwww.entrepotnumerique.com%2Fflipbook%2Fpublications%2F98456.js&oid=467&c=&m=&l=&r=&f=pdf

      • March 2014

        Pollyanna

        by Stella Michailidou

        Polyanna is shy. It is difficult to her to talk as quickly as the other children do, but when she sings, everyone stops and listens! A unique picturebook with minimalistic illustrations, dealing with the sensitive subject of children with speech disorders.

      • Graphic novel & Manga artwork

        The Sorceress

        by Sheila Alvarado

        A book with few words and minimalistic images, yet still highly poetic and suggestive. In this book we see how easy it is to have your dreams stolen if you don´t protect them.

      • General fiction (Children's/YA)
        August 2020

        Sidonie the Mouse

        by Clothilde Delacroix

        Ready for adventure? An eco-friendly, minimalist, and adventurous heroine. Sidonie the Mouse loves to write. Above all, she likes to tell adventure stories. But one day, she runs into writer’s block. She doesn’t have a single idea... Luckily her mother has more than one trick up her sleeve!

      • Assholes

        by Bram Algoed, Micah Stahl

        Simon Kennedy and Chuck Atkins are well-known TV presenters. In the course of an 18-hole round of golf, we get to know them as sexist, racist jocks who are utterly repellent in every way. Bram Algoed’s minimalist illustrations pare this portrait of toxic masculinity down to the essence. ‘Assholes’ is outrageous, repulsive, disturbing and downright hilarious.

      • 2019

        Let It Bleed

        by Nicole Nesca

        This isn’t just a book of prose and poetry but a beautiful streetwise and lyrical telling of a life in pursuit of truth, sex, love, youth-lost and experience. With an alternating rhythm of long free-flowing sentences and short, minimalist statements, Let It Bleed is an original urban street-hymn that hearkens to writers of yesterday like Sylvia Plath and also the more modern rock and roll writings of Patti Smith, but always and forever original and unique.

      • Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2021

        Brotes (Sprouts)

        by Alexandra Délano Alonso

        Brotes is a book of poetry and photography that emerges from the confinement due to the first wave of the pandemic. It is a beautiful, agile and sensitive bower that reflects a new everyday life that uses two languages to be expressed and shown through the changes in nature. This book dialogues with the world, with childhood, with blooms, with death. Its questions are portraits. Her imagination is thought. Sprouts, minimalist writing conceived and published during the plague of the 21st century, a powerful literary reference for future generations.

      • The Arts
        October 2020

        Morteratsch - Leben & Sterben eines Gletschers

        Bilder, Gedichte

        by Viola Käumlen

        Fifteen years ago Viola Käumlen entered into theextensive cave system of the Morteratsch Glacier. The encounter with a completely unknown world inspired the author to write a series of minimalist and haunting poems. Today the extensive caves don't exist anymore, the glacier melted and retracted for many kilometers. Together with the pictures that the author took back then, an elegy for a dying glacier was created - an encounter with finitude and a call not to let climate change happen without a fight.

      • Embroidery crafts
        August 2016

        Simple Sashiko

        8 Sashiko Sewing Projects for the Modern Home

        by Susan Briscoe

        Learn how to do the big stitch technique of sashiko with these 8 simple sashiko sewing projects. Traditional Japanese sewing technique, sashiko, is currently a major sewing trend in craft, interiors and fashion. Big stitches are used to create stunning, geometric patterns and texture to make home wares with a stylish, Japanese minimalist look. This collection, featuring content previously published in The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook and Japanese Sashiko Inspirations, includes eight patterns for home decor so you can try this traditional technique for yourself. Choose from eight simple projects including coasters, cushions, wall hangings, bag and greetings cards.

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        THE FIRST LADY

        by STANKA HRASTELJ

        THE FIRST LADY (Prva dama) This novel is a reworking, in minimalist style and condensed manner, of the Biblical story of the beautiful Bathsheba and King David. The king’s “controversial” wife is an archetypal femme fatale, who is aware of her charms also in an emancipatory sense and, regardless of the means and victims, in an almost mathematically calculating way exchanges them for a “better” life – marriage to the educated king loved by his people and through this a climb up the social ladder, a better position, and consequently better pay and independence. Although Bathsheba’s life seems like a fairy tale, inside her grows a nagging feeling of guilt. Using fate and god as an excuse does not bring her peace, but pushes her towards self-destructive behaviour.

      • Poetry by individual poets
        January 2003

        For the Record and other Poems of Hong Kong (Please Note: For Chinese title, please see catalogue image of front cover.)

        by Gillian Bickley 白潔蓮 著. (author) Translated by a group of students.

        GILLIAN BICKLEY has lived mainly in Hong Kong since 1970. This, the first of her five collections of poetry, puts some of her Kong Kong experiences on the record, narrating and reflecting on personal events as well. Her reading of all the poems in this collection has been professionally recorded for the two CDs packaged with the book. 此詩集包括了作者居港接近三十年期間創作的六十首詩作,大部份主題跟香港密切相關,反映作者的個人經驗和對香港的認識。曾經移民離開香港在海外生活過一段日子的讀者,大概能體會書中形容的旅港經驗。其他作品,則主要訴說和反映作者的個人事件或大家有所共鳴的關切事項。譯者周兆祥乃作者創作時於香港浸會大學的同事。Reflects the writer's personal experience and knowledge of Hong Kong, as well as presenting more personal concerns.~~"Gillian Bickley has the sharp eye and the strong stomach of the true realist. Brilliantly observed. Not even the American minimalist William Carlos Williams could zero in on and capture a detail with more panache. A thought-provoking and entertaining contribution to Hong Kong literature. Bickley succeeds in conveying the character of the Fragrant Harbour with humorous rigour." — David Wilson, Sunday Morning Post ~~"In For the Record Gillian Bickley inhabits a world of movement, traffic, construction and buildings, but her poetry sees through this to a nature of flying, singing birds and lush green trees existing in harmony or sometimes at odds with modern day Hong Kong. Her work offers a counterpoint of the survival and continuity of nature against which our busy everyday lives are measured. Bickley's Hong Kong is both a universal and a personal one and, like Italo Calvino's book The City, she captures a Hong Kong of the mind, the one city that we all share as a physical space against the myriad cities that we experience and perceive distinctly as our own. She skillfully fuses the human and the natural world". — Dave McKirdy, poet, The Asian Review of Books.

      • Fiction

        Sharks With Lipstick

        by Hinemura Ellison and Ted D. Hughes

        Freshly back from Europe with a new job, Samantha Svensson (Sven) reconnects with her old friends while managing a new role within the Big Super Ministry – where everyone is busy playing their own internal political games. After the HR Director ends up dead on the same train that Sven was on, suspicions abound, not least from the chief investigating police officer, Charlie Rogers, who happens to be her ex and is still incredibly damned hot! With Wellington still reeling after a recent big earthquake, Sven must use all her canny resourcefulness to clear her name and identify the killer within their midst. Sharks With Lipstick is Book One in the Trinity Trilogy

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