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July 2021Light of Ancient Porcelain
by Tu Ruiming
Light of Ancient Porcelain is a new masterpiece by Tu Ruiming, a well-known porcelain man and ceramic culture researcher. In the order of dynasties, 77 pieces of the most beautiful treasures in the history of Chinese ceramic art are selected to record every wonderful moment of the collision between ceramic art and Chinese civilization, and describe the aesthetic changes of Chinese ceramic art deeply. It fully shows the aesthetic charm of Chinese ceramics to conquer the world from the perspectives of ancient porcelain's shape, color, material, craftsmanship, historical background, etc., and focuses on the interpretation of its beauty, how ordinary people appreciate it, and the functions and roles of ceramics in ancient Chinese society and culture. It helps us to explore the aesthetic elegance, folk customs and craftsmanship of the past dynasties from each piece of ceramic works. After reading this book, we will know how to appreciate the elegance of the shape, the beauty of the color, the interest of the picture, the depth of the details, the stories behind it, etc. when we face a piece of porcelain in a museum, and have a more specific and profound cognition and feeling on the beauty of Chinese ceramics, instead of just using a simple word "beauty" to generalize.
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The ArtsJanuary 2018A Picked History of Chinaware
by TU Ruiming
How did Jingdezhen become the 'Porcelain Capital'? From the perspective of the history of crafts, this book discusses the aesthetics and culture behind porcelains. A Picked History of Chinaware selects ten important nodes in the development of Chinese porcelain. This book inspects the 'picked' porcelain pieces and illustrates not only a history of crafts, but also of culture, aesthetics, technology and trade. It focuses on the important role of Jingdezhen being the 'Porcelain Capital', and the porcelain industry revolution brought by the development of technology in Jingdezhen. 一本书回答“景德镇何以成为瓷都”。 从工艺史出发，畅谈瓷器背后的美学与文化。 选取了中国瓷器发展历史上十个重要的节点，通过一块块并不引人注目的、所谓拣来的破碎瓷片引出，以小小瓷片切入，从工艺史的发展出发，兼及文化、美学、技术与贸易的历史，并着重梳理了景德镇作为瓷都在制瓷史上的重要地位，以及景德镇的工艺技术发展引发的瓷业变革。
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Facing Off
by Graciela Vaserman Samuels
Facing Off / Graciela Vaserman Samuels Facing Off ist ein Kaleidoskop aus Abschieden. Auf einer jahrhundertelangen Reise flüchten Männer und Frauen in Flammen aus einem Europa an die oft chaotischen, aber einladenden Küsten Argentiniens. Während Gabriela ihren Töchtern das Land ihrer Geburt zeigt, wird die Geschichte des Landes vor ihren Augen lebendig. Die Leser gehen auf eine Reise durch die Zeit und erleben Momente der Geschichte mit den unschuldigen Augen eines Kindes, eines Rebellen und einer reifen Frau. Facing Off ist gleichzeitig die emotionale Geschichte einer Mutter, die sich in den Reaktionen von Gabrielas Töchtern widerspiegelt. Von Buenos Aires über Jerusalem nach Paris und zurück nach Jerusalem verbinden sich Familie und Tradition zu einem zarten Gewebe. Ein unerschütterlicher Wille führt sie auf ihrer Odyssee durch die Generationen. Facing Off wurde erstmals auf Spanisch veröffentlicht: Al Dar la Cara (Metafora, Buenos Aires, 2010) und ausgewählt für die Präsentation auf dem argentinischen Stand auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2010. Graciela Vaserman Samuels, geboren in Argentinien, wanderte nach Israel aus und studierte Politikwissenschaft an der Hebräischen Universität. Sie hat an der Temple University in Literatur promoviert und war Gründungsdirektorin der Hadassah Medical Relief Association. Als UNESCO-Vertreterin verbringt sie ihre Zeit zwischen Paris und Jerusalem. Die Autorin und ihr Ehemann Shimon Samuels haben drei Töchter und vier Enkel. Vaserman Samuels schrieb auch den Roman Decoding Colors.
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Thriller / suspense2022Porcelain Doll
by Natalia Chajkovska
Martha's husband was found dead. Friends express their condolencess to her, but Martha finally feels free. It all started 5 years ago. Martha was going through a difficult period after her mother's death. So, when she met the man who proposed to her, she did not hesitate, believing that a new start will help to overcome her loss. But soon something strange began to happen. Martha's life turned into hell. And, it seemed, there was only one way out of this hell ...
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Facing Off
by Graciela Vaserman Samuels
Facing Off is a kaleidoscope of departures. In a century-long journey, men and women escape from a Europe in flames to the often convulsive but welcoming shores of Argentina. As Gabriela unveils to her daughters the land of her birth, the country becomes a map of thumbtack flags of flesh and blood. Readers see a revolving door of political parades and moments through the innocent eyes of a child, a rebel, and a mature woman. Facing Off is a catharsis at each milestone of motherhood, reflected in the responses of Gabriela’s daughters. From Buenos Aires to Jerusalem to Paris and back to Jerusalem, fragile threads link family and tradition. A living willpower guides readers across the desert between generations. Facing Off was first published in Spanish as Dar la Cara by Metafora (Buenos Aires, 2010) and selected for display on the Argentinean stand at the 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair. Graciela Vaserman Samuels, born in Argentina, emigrated to Israel and studied political science at the Hebrew University. She holds a PhD in literature from Temple University and served as founding director of Hadassah Medical Relief Association. As a UNESCO official, she spends her time between Paris and Jerusalem. The author and her husband, Shimon Samuels, have three daughters and four grandsons. Vaserman Samuels also wrote the novel Decoding Colors. An English- Lanugage E-book edition was published in late 2014, by SWS Inc., C.A. 242 Pages, 15X22.5 CM
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2017Turkey facing east
Islam, modernity and foreign policy
by Ayla Gol
Turkey facing east is about the importance of Turkey's relations with its Eastern neighbours - Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Soviet Union - during the emergence of the modern Turkish nation-state from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. The principal strength of this book is that it not only combines historical and theoretical arguments in order to provide a better understanding of the foreign relations of a predominantly Muslim country from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, but it also applies the new approach to the analysis of Turkish foreign policy towards the South Caucasus between 1918 and 1921. Hence, it stands out with its original interdisciplinary approach to the Turkish transition and foreign policy-making that offers perspectives on the extant possibilities for the particular transitional states resulting from the Arab spring uprisings.
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2011Highlights of Auctioned Chinese Antiques
by Fang Zhaoyuan et al.
This series of Highlights of Auctioned Chinese Antiques consist of five books which are Porcelain, Jade Ware, Bronze Ware, Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Horn Carving and Chinese Classical Furniture. In the "General Introduction" is the presentation of the antique culture and collection and the trend toward its investment, while in the plate are more than 900 pictures of antique vividly shown with one for one article as well as matched with appreciative caption for the convenience of readers' appreciation and understanding. All the antiques are of exquisite type at the top closing cost, chosen carefully from tens of thousands of masterpieces of antiques auctioned off for the past over ten years. As the best types circulated in the markets outside those collected in museums, the antiques selected here are published in collection for the first time, representing the highest level of the antique collected by the public. It is positioned at high-end readers who adore the culture of antique with the pastime of its collection.
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Business, Economics & LawDecember 2017Transforming Travel
Realising the potential of sustainable tourism
by Jeremy Smith
Transforming Travel combines stories from leading companies, interviews with pioneers and thinkers, along with thorough analysis of the industry's potential to make lasting, positive change. - A unique collection of case studies and stories of the most successful, inspirational, impactful and innovative travel businesses in the world. - A vital presentation of the latest research and statistics on the positive impacts and potential of transformative, sustainable tourism, - A positive and realistic vision of the scope of tourism to promote sustainable development at a time when travel and interaction with foreign cultures is facing numerous existential challenges. Written in a highly engaging style Transforming Travel presents an urgent argument for transforming tourism so it might reach its potential to promote tolerance, restore communities and regenerate habitats, while providing a vital guide for anyone looking to develop the successful sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations needed to do so.
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March 2021Facing Death
Suicide as last emancipation?
by Jean-Pierre Wils
Assisted suicide has been the subject of much passionate debate in many societies. The philosopher and theologian Jean-Pierre Wils does not deny autonomy, but asks – on the basis of his profound historical and ethical knowledge – about the social consequences. Does the right to assisted suicide not in the long run lead to the obligation to decide for or against it? And does not the pressure towards a supposedly reasonable decision increase, as soon as the causation of one‘s own death is seen as a final act of self-realisation and emancipation, or even commended as such? Wils makes a strong plea for the debate to be held in a broader context, to remove our finiteness from cultural amnesia – and in doing so, lays the foundation for a contemporary discussion on assisted suicide.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2018Turkey: facing a new millennium
Coping with intertwined conflicts
by Amikam Nachmani, Emil Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen, Avril Ehrlich
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December 20202021 Antiques Auction Record：Porcelain
by Xin Hong
This book is the only one that follows the art auctions for 21 consecutive years in China. It has 5 volumes respectively on jadeite jewelry, porcelain, miscellaneous, jade ware, calligraphy and paintings. Each volume contains all the auction items’ photos and details, and all the auction data from over 50,000 items of 40 more art categories in 2020.
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December 20202021 Antiques Auction Record ：Jade article
by Xin Hong
This book is the only one that follows the art auctions for 21 consecutive years in China. It has 5 volumes respectively on jadeite jewelry, porcelain, miscellaneous, jade ware, calligraphy and paintings. Each volume contains all the auction items’ photos and details, and all the auction data from over 50,000 items of 40 more art categories in 2020.
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December 20202021 Antiques Auction Record：miscellaneous
by Xin Hong
This book is the only one that follows the art auctions for 21 consecutive years in China. It has 5 volumes respectively on jadeite jewelry, porcelain, miscellaneous, jade ware, calligraphy and paintings. Each volume contains all the auction items’ photos and details, and all the auction data from over 50,000 items of 40 more art categories in 2020.
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January 20212021 Antiques Auction Record：Jade jewelry
by Xin Hong
This book is the only one that follows the art auctions for 21 consecutive years in China. It has 5 volumes respectively on jadeite jewelry, porcelain, miscellaneous, jade ware, calligraphy and paintings. Each volume contains all the auction items’ photos and details, and all the auction data from over 50,000 items of 40 more art categories in 2020.
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December 20202021 Antiques Auction Record ：Painting and Calligraphy
by Xin Hong
This book is the only one that follows the art auctions for 21 consecutive years in China. It has 5 volumes respectively on jadeite jewelry, porcelain, miscellaneous, jade ware, calligraphy and paintings. Each volume contains all the auction items’ photos and details, and all the auction data from over 50,000 items of 40 more art categories in 2020.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Ordering Africa
Anthropology, European imperialism and the politics of knowledge
by Helen Tilley, Robert Gordon
African research played a major role in transforming the discipline of anthropology in the twentieth century. Ethnographic studies, in turn, had significant effects on the way imperial powers in Africa approached subject peoples. Ordering Africa provides the first comparative history of these processes. With essays exploring metropolitan research institutes, Africans as ethnographers, the transnational features of knowledge production, and the relationship between anthropology and colonial administration, this volume both consolidates and extends a range of new research questions focusing on the politics of imperial knowledge. Specific chapters examine French West Africa, the Belgian and French Congo, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Italian Northeast Africa, Kenya, and Equatorial Africa (Gabon) as well as developments in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. A major collection of essays that will be welcomed by scholars interested in imperial history and the history of Africa.
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2024Brave new city
Smart Cities - a survaillance-nightmare?
by Peter Schaar
The dream of the ideal city is as old as the city itself. Since real cities often develop chaotically, the idea of perfecting them, even tearing them down if necessary, and rebuilding them according to the prevailing patterns of thought is an obvious one. The latest manifestation of this utopia is the smart city - the intelligent city, packed with the latest technology and extensively digitised. But will air taxis and hyperloops, ubiquitous sensors, access control systems and data-driven management really make the city of the future a better place to live? Are they the answer to the enormous challenges facing today's fast-growing metropolises? Or will the supposed administrative paradise ultimately mutate into a digital juggernaut?
