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        September 2021

        Zhangjiajie•“Me and My Motherland”

        by Zhangjiajie•“Me and My Motherland”Editorial Board

        Zhangjiajie• is a book organized and edited by the Propaganda Department of the Zhangjiajie Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. At the beginning of 2019, the Propaganda Department of the Zhangjiajie Municipal Party Committee learned about the news of Zhangjiajie, the birthplace of "My Motherland and Me", and then began a long period of time. Argumentation and planning, the book is composed of 4 chapters: "Birth", "Anthem", "Story" and "The Square". The work uses a large number of little-known song creation details, interesting stories and praises to the landscape and humanities of Zhangjiajie. It restores the creation process of the song "Me and My Motherland" for readers. At the same time, through a large number of incisive essays, multi-dimensional and multi-perspective presented Zhangjiajie people's praise of the motherland in all aspects.

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        August 2008

        Das öde Land

        Englisch und deutsch

        by T. S. Eliot, Norbert Hummelt

        »Verschiedene Kritiker haben mir die Ehre angetan, das Gedicht als Kritik an der Gegenwart zu interpretieren, und haben sogar eine gehörige Portion Gesellschaftskritik hineingelesen. Für mich war es nur das Ventil für einen privaten und ganz belanglosen Grant gegen das Leben; es ist lediglich ein Stück rhythmischer Quengelei.« So wehrt ein Autor, ebenso verständlich wie unangemessen und vergebens, den Ruhm ab, mit dem er für eben dieses Gedicht, The Waste Land, überhäuft worden ist. The Waste Land (erschienen 1922) ist das Langgedicht des 20. Jahrhunderts, jedenfalls das mit der größten Wirkung in der westlichen Welt. Ein Blick in Norbert Hummelts schwungvoll rhythmische, „direkte“ Neuübertragung und das Original macht ohne weiteres verständlich, warum. Der puritanischen Traditionslinie der amerikanischen Literatur – über Emerson, Thoreau, Dickinson und Whitman – folgend, bezieht Eliots bewußt fragmentarisch gehaltenes Krisengedicht den Leser geradezu szenisch mit ein. Es läßt ihn mitarbeiten, innehalten, überlegen: Selbsterforschung - des Lesers mehr als des Sprechenden - ist gefragt. Auch dies hat Das öde Land über all die Jahre hinweg lebendig gehalten.

      • Children's & YA

        Journey to the Land of Men

        by Mónica-Ramón Ríos

        Journey to the Land of Men follows Gege, a skilled orphan raised by a sword master near Puna in Los Andes. In a post-apocalyptic future, the Southern Globe (formerly South America) is governed by women who nurture the Earth with mestizo knowledge. Invading armies of men threaten their peaceful existence due to outdated extractive economies. Gege becomes crucial in the conflict, joining a group of young warriors to uncover the enemy's leaders. With Ena, the future leader of the Southern Globe and Gege's love interest, they embark on a dangerous mission dragged as men. Tragedy strikes when Gege's teacher is killed, fueling suspicions of a traitor. As they journey through Central America towards the Caribbean, they liberate cities and face perilous landscapes. As they reach Florida and then New York with the help of an underground organization, Gege discovers Ena's identity as a trans woman, who has travel to undergo sex change. In love, Gege supports Ena, but soon learns Ena's family is responsible for her teacher's death. Driven and confused, Gege ventures alone to the enemy's stronghold, enduring torture and uncovering shocking truths about her own identity: her mother, the leader who liberated the Southern Globe came from across the Atlantic and was betrayed by Ena’s mother, the current leader. Gege escapes with unexpected help from Ena and her surviving teacher, unleashing her latent powers to eliminate the enemy. She sets sail across the Atlantic to explore her ancestral roots, entrusting Ena with leading the Southern Globe.

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        Limnology (freshwater)
        December 2005

        Land Use Changes in Tropical Watersheds

        Evidence, Causes and Remedies

        by Edited by Ian Coxhead, Gerald E Shively

        This book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from a rich, decade-long collection of economic, social and environmental data on the Manupali upland watershed in the southern Philippines. Through this detailed case study the book documents forces leading to land use changes, in particular the potential impacts of institutional evolution and policy reforms, and highlights interrelationships between biological, economic, and social phenomena.

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        August 2012

        Pippi Langstrumpf 3. Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land

        Das Hörspiel

        by Astrid Lindgren, Frank Gustavus, Cäcilie Heinig, Dieter Faber, Frank Oberpichler, Alexander Rieß, Jörg Busch, Peter Fricke, Frank Gustavus, Laura Maire, Lea Sprick, Flemming Stein, Achim Schülke, Jens Scheiblich, Marion Elskis, Peter Kirchberger, Andreas von der Meden, Katrin Engelking

        Land in Sicht! Die „Hoppetosse“ von Kapitän Langstrumpf sticht in See – und mit an Bord sind Pippi und ihre Freunde. Das Ziel heißt natürlich Taka-Tuka-Land, wo alle gemeinsam viele tolle Sachen erleben. Kaum zurück, entschließt Pippi sich, niemals erwachsen zu werden. Wie sie das wohl anstellen will? Aufwendig produziertes Hörspiel mit hinreißender Musik von Dieter Faber und Frank Oberpichler. Entdecke Oetinger Kinder-Hörbücher zum Mitfiebern und Träumen! Mit unseren Hörspielen für Kinder von 4 bis 8 Jahren werden die schönsten Kinderbuch-Klassiker von Astrid Lindgren lebendig wie nie zuvor, von Michel aus Lönneberga bis hin zu Lotta aus der Krachmacherstraße. Ob als Hörspiel oder als musikalisch unterlegte Lesung, mit unseren Hör-CDs tauchen Kinder in die kunterbunte Welt der berühmten schwedischen Kinderbuch-Autorin ein. Renommierte Sprecher*innen und eine sorgfältige Komposition machen jede unserer Audio-CDs zum Erlebnis für junge und jung gebliebene Hörer*innen. Dabei regen Hörbücher für Kinder die Fantasie an, erweitern den Wortschatz und fördern ganz nebenbei die Konzentration. Vom ersten Sonnenstrahl bis zum Einschlafen – ob zu Hause oder als Kinderbeschäftigung auf Reisen: Astrid Lindgrens Hörspiel-Geschichten begleiten Kinder jeden Tag aufs Neue dabei, die Welt für sich zu erobern!

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        Fiction
        June 2023

        There is a Land Beyond Perekop

        by Anastasia Levkova

        Crimea. It was here that the main character of the novel spent her childhood, youth and met first love. It was here that she realized that she is Ukrainian. Neither grandfather, lieutenant colonel of the KGB, nor Russian blood in his veins stood in the way of her self-identification. The novel intertwines Crimean Tatar culture, Ukrainian history and family skeletons in closets like an ornament. Together with the main character and her friends, Aliye who is a Crimean Tatar, and Alyona who is a Ukrainian, the reader travels a long way from their childhood to the present — the occupation of the peninsula by Russia. «There is a land beyond Perekop» is an ode to Crimea. Not to its natural beauty and uniqueness, but to people. This is an attempt to open the mainland for Crimea, and Crimea for the mainland. After all, there is land both there and there. It should be known and stitched.

      • Trusted Partner
        December 2021

        Land Governance and Gender

        The Tenure-Gender Nexus in Land Management and Land Policy

        by Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

        This book delivers new conceptual and empirical studies surrounding the design and evaluation of land governance, focusing on land management approaches, land policy issues, advances in pro-poor land tenure and land-based gender concerns. It explores alternative approaches for land management and land tenure through international experiences. Part 1 covers Concepts, debates and perspectives on the governance and gender aspects of land. Part 2 focuses on Tenure-gender dimensions in land management, land administration and land policy. It deals with land issues within the interface of theory and practice. Part 3 covers Applications and experiences: techniques, strategies, tools, methods, and case studies. Part 4 focuses on Land governance, gender, and tenure innovations. Case studies discussed include China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Germany, Mexico, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Korea, etc. Themes include Islamic tenure, reverse migration, matriarchy/matrilineal systems, structural inequality, tenure-responsive planning, land-related instabilities and COVID-19, urban-rural land concerns, women's tenure bargaining, tenure-gender nexus concerns in developing and developed countries. This book: · Includes theoretical or empirical studies on land governance and gender from a diverse group of countries. · Provides the basis for a new land administration theory to be set against conventional land administration approaches. · Offers, in an accessible manner, a range of new tools for design and evaluation of land management interventions. The book will be valuable for students and researchers in land governance, urban and rural planning, international development,natural resource management, agriculture, community development, and gender studies. It is also useful for land practitioners, including those working within international organizations.

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        Forestry & related industries
        December 2005

        Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Land Management

        by Edited by M R Mosquera-Losada, A Riguerio, Jim McAdam

        Agroforestry and silvopastoralism are ancient ways of managing forestland that should be encouraged as they increase productivity in the short, medium and long terms (in comparison with forestland), biodiversity (in comparison with farmland) and the sustainability of land (multi-product system). This book addresses important problems that need to be solved by indicating adequate means of managing forestry and grasslands. These problems are related to issues such as the multiple benefits of forests, fire and erosion risk reduction and countryside conservation. This book is based on papers resentedat a conference held in Spain in April 2004.

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2021

        October Land

        by Jin Ziwei

        "October Land" is based on life in the Northeast from the 1930s to the 1940s. This period was the most complicated period in the economic and social development of the Northeast. All conflicts were concentrated on resisting the occupation and aggression of Northeast by Japanese imperialists, and ethnic contradictions were unprecedentedly acute. The novel takes the change of the fate of a family named Zhang as the main clue, tells the story of the survival and struggle of the descendants of the Shandong people who broke through the Guandong, and focuses on the lives of a group of family brothers represented by Zhang Wende and Zhang Wenzhi at the critical moment of the survival of the Chinese nation. Choice and historical destiny. Through the conflicts and conflicts of this rural family, it reflects the spiritual outlook of a generation of young people and also reflects the historical situation of a special era. It makes us feel the magnificent waves of this national liberation war and the strength of the Chinese people to fight for national rights.

      • Trusted Partner
        December 2024

        The Rangelands of Libya

        by Gustave Gintzburger, Slim Saïdi

        Libya remains a land of mysteries with a harsh arid climate, a land rich in millenaries of troubled history, a land where the Sahara meet the Mediterranean Sea, a land where the West and the East Mediterranean merge. Libya is also a land where the desert and the sown intermingle in the steppe country where the rainfall is unpredictable, the soils are poor, rocky, saline, rendering rainfed cultivation hazardous, where grazing and rainfed cropping remained for long the only viable agricultural options. Over the past 60 years, oil resources allowed gigantic agricultural development projects, urbanization, road network expansion and well drilling. This changed the ways of life of rural populations, impacting and undoubtedly altering rangelands conditions and systems, as well as native vegetation cover, wildlife and land use. This book reviews the past and current environmental and agricultural condition of the Libyan rangelands with example of how territories and resources are used by tribal communities. It describes, explains and illustrates the landscapes, the vegetation, the wildlife, the rainfed cereal systems and livestock systems, the reasons for the rampant overstocking, the relentless land clearing for hazardous cropping and uncertain irrigation projects, the wild fuelwood collection and charcoal manufacturing, triggering land degradation and desertification. Long-tested rangeland recovery and rehabilitation techniques in Libya are reviewed using appropriate plant material and proven establishment techniques with successes and failures assessed. This book is offered in hopes of a better future for the Libyan people and the whole Mediterranean arid regions from Morocco to Pakistan.

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        The Arts
        October 2018

        Glimpses of Gardens in Eastern China

        by TUNG Jun, TUNG Ming (translator)

        The architect Chuin Tung introduced the classic beauty of Chinese gardens to the world through this book The interest of garden appreciation: profound interpretation of the spirit and connotation of Chinese gardens  The method of gardening: comprehensive analysis of the details and techniques of garden construction (including architectural and planning, ornament and furniture, rockery, planting)  The history of gardens: detailing the difference between garden history and Eastern and Western gardens   建筑学界一代宗师童寯向世界介绍中国园林之美的经典著作 赏园之趣:深刻解读中国园林的精神与内涵 造园之法:全面分析园林营造的细节与技法(建筑与布局,装修与家具,叠石,植物配置) 园林之史:细述园林历史及东西方园林的区别

      • Trusted Partner
        May 1998

        Das verlorene Land

        Israel – eine persönliche Geschichte

        by Göran Rosenberg, Jörg Scherzer

        Das Buch von Göran Rosenberg vereint die historische Analyse mit der Subjektivität. Rosenberg berichtet am Anfang über seine Kindheit in Schweden und die Einwanderung nach Israel. Von Beginn an zeigt Rosenberg seine Meisterschaft in der Verknüpfung der eigenen mit der politischen Geschichte. Er beleuchtet die Anfänge des Zionismus im 19. Jahrhundert im ersten Teil seines Buches, der den Titel »Exodus« trägt. Es folgt »Das Gelobte Land«, und die nachfolgenden Kapitelüberschriften nennen die verschiedenen Themen: »Ein Land wie alle anderen«, »Ein besseres Land«, »Ein größeres Land« und schließlich »Ein Land am Ende der Zeit«. Immer ging es in der Ideengeschichte des Zionismus um das Land - aber welches? Am Leitfaden dieser Frage entwickelt Rosenberg seine Geschichte des modernen Israels. Am Ende steht der Anfang: »Das jüdische Problem«, Reflexionen über das Judentum nach dem Holocaust.

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        Geography & the Environment
        July 2008

        Conserving Land, Protecting Water

        by Deborah Bossio, Deborah Bossio, Frits W T Penning de Vries, Kim Geheb, Kim Geheb, Line J. Gordon, Antonio Trabucco, William Critchley, Pay Drechsel, Hanspeter Liniger, Francis Gichuki, Lech Ryszkowski, Jules Pretty, Andrew Noble

        The degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to alleviate this problem an advanced understanding of the state of our resources and the process of degradation is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security. ; Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security. ; Part 1: Land and Water Degradation: Assessment and Issues1.1: Learning from bright spots to enhance food security and to combat degradation of water and land resources.1.2: Land degradation and water productivity in agricultural landscapes.1.3: Land Degradation, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder farmers in Makanya catachment, Tanzania.1.4: Political ecologies of bright spots1.5: Large scale fluxes of crop nutrients in food cause environmental problems at the sources and at sinks1.6: Carbon sequestration, land degradation and waterPart 2: Towards Better Land and Water Management2.1: Local Innovation in ‘Green Water’ Management2.2: Sustainability and Resilience of the Urban Agricultural Phenomenon in Africa2.3: Safeguarding water resources by making the land greener: knowledge management through WOCAT2.4: Bright basins - do many bright spots make a basin shine?2.5: The influence of plant cover structures on water fluxes in agricultural landscapes2.6: Investments in collective capacity and social capitalPart 3: ‘ Bright Spots’3.1: ‘Bright spots’: Pathways to ensuring food security and environmental integrity3.2: Ecosystem benefits of ‘Bright Spots’

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        The Land of Zeekola

        by Amr Abdelhamid

        Can you imagine entering a crypt to find yourself in a strange land whose people deal with intelligence units? You work and do not take your wage in cash, but rather your intelligence units increase, and if you buy something, they decrease. It is the wondrous land of Zeekola, where there is no place for lazy ones. Whoever runs out of units will be killed. A strange adventure in which the novel takes us with its hero Khaled, who suddenly finds himself there to get to know that country. We live with its people, witness his meeting with the doctor Aseel, and go with him on a path he never choose.

      • Trusted Partner
        September 1997

        Das verheißene Land

        La terra promessa. Das Merkbuch des Alten. Il taccuino del vecchio. Gedichte. Italienisch und deutsch

        by Giuseppe Ungaretti, Paul Celan

        Erinnerung hat die gleiche Funktion wie das Gedicht: Abwesendes als Abwesendes zu vergegenwärtigen. Das verheißene Land - das Land des Äneas, das Land des Dichters, die Liebe der Dido - ist als das unerreichbare das nur zu erinnernde. Im Merkbuch des Alten hat Ungaretti der Erfahrung des alten Mannes, dem letzten Andrang des Gefühls in der sich wehrenden Einsamkeit, der Wüste des Vergessens, eine Sprache gegeben, die mit der größten Einfachheit die größte Transparenz erreicht.

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        February 2024

        Die Olchis im Land der Drachen

        by Erhard Dietl, Erhard Dietl

        Ein neuer Fall für die Olchis: Die Drachen sind außer Kontrolle! Auf einer Insel, weit weg im Ozean, lebt Helene, eine Freundin von Professor Brausewein. In einem versteckten Bergwerk erforscht sie dort Drachen. Doch jetzt machen ihr zwei ihrer Schützlinge Ärger und sie bittet den Professor um Hilfe. Mit der Zeitmaschine sausen Brausewein und die Olchi-Kinder zu Helene. Denn warum hat sich der kleine Albert in Helenes Labor verschanzt und was treibt er da? Und warum ist Drago auf einmal so böse geworden und lässt niemanden in die Nähe des Labors? Ein schwieriger Fall für die Olchis und Brausewein. Aber wer weiß, vielleicht dürfen sie am Ende zur Belohnung einen von Helenes kleinen Drachen mit nach Schmuddelfing nehmen? Die Olchis im Land der Drachen – Eine knifflig-feurige Mission für die Olchi-Kinder und Professor Brausewein. Was ist nur mit den Drachen los? Genau das versuchen die Olchis in ihrem neuesten Abenteuer herauszufinden. Natürlich auf genauso lustige und liebenswürdige Weise, wofür die erfolgreiche Olchi-Reihe so beliebt ist. Ein Muss für Olchi-Fans: Nach „Die Olchis im Land der Mammuts“, „Die Olchis im Land der Dinos“ und „Die Olchis im Land der Riesenkraken“ machen sich die Olchis dieses Mal auf ins spannende Land der Drachen. Leichter Lesespaß: Ob zum Vorlesen oder zum Selberlesen, die Olchis-Bücher sind auch für ungeübte Leser*innen und Leseeinsteiger*innen wunderbar geeignet. Alle lieben die Olchis: Die schmuddelig-fröhlichen Olchis muss man einfach gernhaben. Sie sind das perfekte Buchgeschenk zum Geburtstag, zur Vorschule oder zur Einschulung. Das neueste Olchis-Buch von Autor und Illustrator Erhard Dietl ist ein weiteres aufregendes Abenteuer mit den kleinen grünen Wesen aus Schmuddelfing. Wer auf der Suche nach einem lustigen Kinderbuch für Leseeinsteiger*innen ist, kommt an den Olchis nicht vorbei. Perfekt für Kinder ab 6 Jahren.

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        Tourism industry
        August 2008

        Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management

        by Edited by Ralf C Buckley, Catherine Pickering, David B Weaver

        Tourism based on natural environments is a significant and growing international industry, and one that requires access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism, and its effects on land managers. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Now in paperback, this book will be an essential resource for tourism students, as well as researchers and industry practitioners.

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