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Mind, Body, SpiritFROM MEDIC TO MYSTIC
The True Story of an Academic Physician’s Journey into the Paranormal
by Dr Anona Blackwell
In this candid memoir, Dr. Anona Blackwell shares her remarkable journey from orthodox-trained medic to unapologetic mystic. Chronicling her dual professional life as a highly respected, Lancet-published academic physician while also investigating powerful psychic and paranormal experiences in her work and personal life, Dr. Blackwell presents compelling evidence for telepathy, clairvoyance, near-death experiences (NDEs), life after death, the power of prayer, non-ordinary reality, and more. By sharing her forays into non-ordinary reality Dr. Blackwell encourages others to share their own paranormal experiences.
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May 2014The Mysterious Forbidden City
by Jian Qianai
On the wedding night of Emperor Guangxu (1871-1908), whose queen was secretly eating wood...... Imperial Consort Zhen in her blooming age started her mysterious life in the Forbidden City......
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Children's & YAThe Secret of Crossing
China Story Picture Books
by Zhang Jie
China Story Picture Books is the first set of children's picture books launched by the Bingxin Award Committee. This set of books covers the works of seven Bingxin Award-winning writers of different ages including children's literature masters and promising young writers. The illustrations are full of traditional Chinese cultural elements such as dragon lantern dance, paper cutting, oil paper umbrella, and bamboo. Powerful painters at home and abroad are invited to do illustrations, which brings interesting fusion and collision of Chinese and foreign cultures to the books. In addition to the original illustrations, the stories are more touching. Every child can harvest the courage and wisdom for growing up from these stories. The series consists of 7 picture books: The Dragon Lantern, The Path of Golden Flowers, The Child in Three-Story Attic, The School Day Gifts, The Secret of Crossing, The Slope of Sisters. The Secret of Crossing tells the story of the growth of children in villages and small towns. The mud road to the canteen is narrow, several places collapse from the foot of the wall, and one of them breaks into a big gap. Why not fill in the big gap? It's really a lion in the way, and the girl has to cross it carefully, with all her strength.
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Children's & YA2020Ayélévi's Secret
by Simon de Saint-Dzokotoe, Maryse Montron
Little Ayélévi is very cunning. She always wins at the game of "Who would win the most beautiful flower." This situation intrigued his brother who wanted to understand the secret of these repeated successes. Ayélévi is very clever; will it still be for a long time?
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October 2022My Father's Secret
The BND, my family and I
by Corinna von Bassewitz
For a long time, Corinna von Bassewitz believed her father was a soldier, later on that he was a diplomat. Then, at the age of 16, she learnt something unbelievable: he had been a secret agent for the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND, Germany's Federal Intelligence Service). Once the secret had been at least partly uncovered, she became something of a spy herself and eventually found some confidential documents in her parents' attic. Later, she realised that her father had been living as a double agent for the FRG and the GDR. So what effect does it have on a girl if her father conceals his true identity and eventually disappears without trace? Along with her family history, the author provides multi-layered and exciting insights into the historical context of the Cold War. A very personal book, intriguingly told and emotionally touching.
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THE MYSTERIOUS TUNNEL ON BASEL STREET
A Thriller for Young Readers
by Pnina Ophir
The story is set in a typical old-timers’ neighborhood in central Tel Aviv. For several decades, the neighborhood contained a firehouse and an emergency medical center, as well as a colorful open-air market. But one day, the character of the street changes completely: Bulldozers begin tearing down the buildings, which are to be replaced by two modern multistory houses and a paved public square. A group of sixth-graders living in the neighborhood discovers that, in addition to the construction company's excavations, another private excavation is under way. It transpires that a pair of criminals decided that the noise and commotion in the area provided a one-time opportunity to unearth a mysterious "treasure chest" that was buried under the old firehouse long ago. The children’s curiosity and courage ultimately lead to the capture of the criminals moments before the chest is found, which in turn solves the mystery. A second book in this series, named The Magician from Motzkin Boulevard has already been written and a Hebrew-language edition will be published later this year. 96 pages, full-color hardcover with B/W illustrations inside, 15X22 cm
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August 2000Walter Benjamin als Zeitgenosse Bertolt Brechts
Eine paradoxe Beziehung zwischen Nähe und Ferne
by Yun, Mi A
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FictionNever Gets Old
by Ye Mi
This book is filled with the obsessive search for and practice of desire, love, freedom and happiness, and bears witness to the confusion and excitement of young men and women in the course of time. One era has ended and a new one is about to dawn. Some people leave, others retired, some grow old. Only Kong Yanni, the main character of the novel, never grows old because of the love in her heart.
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March 2009Kleine Entdecker – Wie kommt der Strom in die Steckdose?
Über Elektrizität
by Kim, Mi-Gyeong / Deutsch Zaborowski, Hans-Jürgen
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2024Supernatural bodies
Stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland
by Kristof Smeyers
This book is the first in-depth study of the changing perceptions and receptions of supernatural bodies in modern Britain and Ireland. It focuses on one phenomenon that became hotly contested and discussed in the public sphere between 1840 and 1940: the stigmata. In 1874, an Irish reporter asked why the wounds of the crucified Christ on mortal bodies could 'not be discussed with calmness. without indulging in angry rhetoric'. Supernatural bodies takes that question seriously. It draws on previously unexamined archival materials to place supernatural bodies at the heart of long-lasting discussions about the position of Roman Catholicism in society; the supernatural in modern Christianity and society; the authority of sciences; the relationship between Britain and Ireland, and between Britain and the Continent. Through the lens of stigmata controversies, this book shows how these discussions could converge around supernatural bodies.
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FictionPrivate Universe
by Cornelia Feye
Private Universe is a mystery and a coming-of-age novel about a spiritual quest - a story of survival and self-discovery. Young Vega Stern works on a cruise ship traveling through the Mediterranean to escape a traumatic relationship and a guilty secret. On her journey she experiences danger, hardship and confusion. But along the way she also encounters great art and people from various cultures who help her find herself and her inner strength.
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Les secrets cachés de la capoeira
by Mestre Ricardo (Cachorro)
La capoeira, cette inconnue Les secrets cachés de la capoeira brésilienne originale par Mestre Ricardo (Cachorro) La capoeira est un art martial développé par les esclaves africains au Brésil à partir du 16ème siècle, résultant de la fusion de différents groupes ethniques qui avaient originellement apporté avec eux leur propre identité culturelle en Amérique du Sud, en même temps que leur esprit de liberté. En dépit de la forte évidence des influences d'une diversité d'autres formes des anciens arts martiaux africains, la capoeira est essentiellement une expression originale brésilienne avec de nombreux adeptes et de fans enthousiastes sur tous les continents. Bien que la capoeira tienne en haute estime ses aspects culturels et historiques, il ne faut pas s'y tromper : il s'agit d'une méthode de combat efficace et mortelle ! A la suite de son développement au long des années, la capoeira est devenue l'art martial le plus riche, le plus spectaculaire et le plus beau de la planète. Cependant, ce que même la plupart des capoeiristas ne savant pas, c'est que cet art martial fascinant peut devenir une arme à la fois athlétique et gracieuse, mais aussi mortelle entre les mains (et les pieds) de n'importe quel adepte le pratiquant de manière disciplinée et sérieuse. Dans ce livre, vous apprendrez les secrets particuliers de la capoeira telle qu'elle est exécutée dans une roda ou dans un véritable combat. Les mouvements, le combat au sol et les techniques aériennes sont entièrement décrits au niveau de la perfection, à l'aide de centaines d'illustrations. Des diagrammes expliquent des manœuvres spéciales encore jamais publiées dans l'univers des arts martiaux. De plus, les lecteurs disposeront du libre accès à de passionnants fichiers animés GIF illustrant les nombreux mouvements présentés dans le livre. Mestre Ricardo, connu de son surnom de Cachorro, qui appartenait au Grupo Bantus de Capoeira de Mestre Adilson, à Morro do Pavão e Pavãozinho – un bidonville frappé de pauvreté planté au milieu des riches banlieues de Rio de Janeiro – fut le premier Mestre du groupe de Capoeira du YMCA à Governor’s Island, à New York, obtenant cet honneur en 1975. L'année suivante, il devint un Mestre licencié par la Première Fédération de Capoeira de Rio de Janeiro, la FCP, et la même année il présenta la capoeira dans une émission de télévision en direct filmée en Caroline du Nord, patronnée par la section locale du YMCA. Dans les années 1970, Mestre Ricardo était un membre de l'équipe de gymnastique olympique du Fluminense Football Club de Rio de Janeiro, où il se spécialisa dans les exercices au sol. Au cours de sa carrière professionnelle d'adepte de la capoeira, Ricardo a étudié et pratiqué la boxe, le karaté Shotokan et le judo, les utilisant pour mieux comprendre les mécanismes de mouvement du corps rencontrés dans les différents arts martiaux. Une édition en anglais pour l'Amérique du Nord a été publiée en automne 2009.
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The ArtsOctober 2024Secret Cinema and the immersive experience industry
by Sarah Atkinson, Helen W. Kennedy
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March 2008Kleine Entdecker – Wohin reist der Blütenstaub?
Wie Pflanzen sich vermehren
by Kim, Mi-Gyeong / Koreanisch Zaborowski, Hans-Jürgen; Illustriert von Lee, Yeong-Rim
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March 2009Kleine Entdecker – Wie passt der Elefant ins Ei?
Die embryonale Entwicklung der Lebewesen
by Kim, Mi-Gyeong / Illustriert von Lee, Geun-Jeong; Koreanisch Zaborowski, Hans-Jürgen
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2023The supernatural in early modern Scotland
by Julian Goodare, Martha McGill
This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them. It is about divination, prophecy, visions and trances. And it is about the cultural, religious, political and social uses to which people in Scotland put these supernatural themes between 1500 and 1800. The supernatural consistently provided Scots with a way of understanding topics such as the natural environment, physical and emotional wellbeing, political events and visions of past and future. In exploring the early modern supernatural, the book has much to reveal about how men and women in this period thought about, debated and experienced the world around them. Comprising twelve chapters by an international range of scholars, The supernatural in early modern Scotland discusses both popular and elite understandings of the supernatural.
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Business, Economics & LawMarch 2019Private Sector Tourism in Conservation Areas in Africa
by Susan Snyman, Anna Spenceley
In Africa's protected areas, tourism involves numerous stakeholders interacting in various partnerships and relationships. These stakeholders include governments, communities, NGOs, the private sector, and academics. Through the use of extensive case studies from throughout Africa this book presents guidelines to ensure optimal benefits for stakeholders as well as promoting the sustainability of tourism in Africa. It includes descriptions of the various models/options for the private sector to engage in tourism in conservation areas in Africa including, amongst others, pure private sector ownership, joint ventures, tripartite agreements and government leases. The processes used to develop these partnerships - from start to finish - are covered, as well as best practices for the private sector engaging in tourism. The book provides guidance on assessing what private sector tourism options are most suitable based on guidelines of conditions and desired outcomes promoting the long-term sustainability of African tourism in protected areas.
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FictionOlga's Secret
Friendship - Migration - War
by Aneta Marovich
A Novel Based on the Author’s Life From the cobble stoned streets of Zagreb, Yugoslavia to sun-bleached Adelaide, Australia, Olga’s Secret is a novel about love and friendship tested by separation and war. Is there a time in life when it’s too late to leave your country forever? Anya returns to her homeland after her new life in Australia ended in heartbreak. Back in her homeland she renews her friendship with Olga and rekindles her past love with Filip. But both relationships are marred by secrets and the country she came back to will self-destruct in a war. Returning once again at the war’s end, Anya finds her home country in ruins. Her closest attachments, like the country, are in danger of being destroyed when her best friend reveals a disturbing secret. Juxtaposing landscapes and cultures to evoke the nature of displacement and belonging, this is a story of love in all its forms involving the three protagonists. Written with sensitivity and compassion Olga’s Secret explores life’s universal questions: What is the nature of friendship and love? Is there a limit to their endurance?
