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        May 2006

        The Urban Life of the Yuan Dynasty

        by Shi Weimin

        The Ancient Chinese Urban Life series focuses on the capital and some big cities of each dynasty and describes the political, economic, cultural, religious, customs, customs and other aspects of the city. So as to achieve the purpose of understanding the social progress and historical development at that time. The book integrates scholarly and amusement with or without the propaganda of history and enables readers to grasp the pulse of history and gain historical knowledge in the pleasurable beauty of enjoyment. The authors of the series do not write novels, but describe them entirely based on historical facts.

      • Trusted Partner
        May 2006

        The Urban Life of the Qing Dynasty

        by Zhao Shiyu

        The Ancient Chinese Urban Life series focuses on the capital and some big cities of each dynasty and describes the political, economic, cultural, religious, customs, customs and other aspects of the city. So as to achieve the purpose of understanding the social progress and historical development at that time. The book integrates scholarly and amusement with or without the propaganda of history and enables readers to grasp the pulse of history and gain historical knowledge in the pleasurable beauty of enjoyment. The authors of the series do not write novels, but describe them entirely based on historical facts.

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        True stories
        2019

        The Life

        by Oleg Sentsov

        The Life is a collection of autobiographical stories. This is a book for everyone who has not yet found answers as to why Oleg was assisting Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea, why he spoke openly about the war in Ukraine initiated by Russia, and why he went on a hunger strike and didn’t request clemency. These stories acquaint us with the author during a period of internal searching and transformation that was important to him, when he was trying to understand who he was and which path he will take further and never give it in. The collection is the first publication of Oleg Sentsov’s writings in Ukrainian, with the translation presented side by side with the original Russian texts. Life is an extremely important book for Oleg, and even while imprisoned, he took an active part in its publication.

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        January 2013

        My Life with Lifers

        by Elaine Leeder

        My Life With Lifers Lessons For A Teacher: Humanity Has No Bars "I have always been drawn to darkness," Elaine Leeder writes. "I know I always championed the underdog." As a sociology professor at Ithaca College in the 1990s, she began teaching at Elmira Correctional Facility in upstate New York. When she moved to California, that same desire to help led her to the prison education program at San Quentin. Then, inspired by her lessons, a group of Leeder's students approached her about working with a program the prisoners had established to aid in their long and difficult process of redemption and transformation. She accepted. These members of New Leaf on Life-the San Quentin "lifers"-have been sentenced to terms ranging from fifteen years to life in prison. Unlike Death Row inmates, who will either die in prison or be executed, many of the lifers are eligible for parole after having spent twenty to thirty years behind bars. But too often, they never see that opportunity because of the popular view that they are all "hardened criminals," killers incapable of rehabilitation and unfit to be free. What Leeder has learned, however, is that incarceration does not dictate character. Her students, although they are convicts, are committed to making their time in jail a life sentence in the best sense, not a death sentence. They have gone the extra mile to come to terms with their crimes, and have often managed to redeem their lives. My Life With Lifers shares the journey of a woman "on the outside" as she discovered the true nature of life in prison, and the roadblocks-so many of them unneeded-on the inmates' path to freedom. What Leeder's experiences add up to is both a fascinating human story and a reasoned and impassioned case for prison reform.

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        August 2024

        The ancients’ life under microscope

        by New Weekly

        How do women dress in the Song Dynasty? How did the ancients prevent the plague? The government office became a dangerous house, why no one repaired it? What did the ancient magistrates do every day? How about the purchasing power of a couple of silver? ………… This book puts the life of the ancients under the microscope of history, deeply interprets the ancients' clothing, food, housing, birth, old age, sickness and death. It involves characters ranging from emperors and nobles to traffickers and pawns. It uses slices of life to form an ancient life picture.

      • Trusted Partner
        August 2017

        Tokyo Coffee Time

        by Yiju Life Studio, CHEN Ruoyi, Jimmy Wong

        What are the things you cannot miss in coffee shops in Tokyo? Why can master baristas make the most memorable tastes? You will find the answers from Tokyo Coffee Time through coffee experts’ professional and harsh eyes. Including 140 coffee shops, 26 master comments and so on.

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        November 2016

        Coming to Terms with Life

        by Matthias Wengenroth

        Do you struggle with thoughts and feelings that make life difficult? Have you tried all sorts of ways of dealing with this without getting anywhere? Do you feel that life is passing you by? Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which this book describes in a clear and entertaining way, provides new and very enlightening insights into the causes of human suffering. At the same time, ACT shows how we can improve the way we handle the difficult aspects of being human, while also developing our abilities and strengths. This title shows how using the described simple but effective methods can lead you to a happier, better life.   Target Group: people who want to utilize their potential more fully, people interested in acceptance and commitment therapy, people practicing or interested in psychotherapy (psychologists, doctors, coaches, social workers)

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        January 2019

        Great game power: ancient poetry amusement park

        by Duomapeiwa

        This is a set of books that can make ancient poetry study and play. It contains three ancient poetry game sets, and selects 78 ancient poems that must be mastered by primary school students. Each ancient poem is designed with a game that is helpful for reading and memory, so that preschool and lower primary school children can learn ancient poems in the game. In addition, the game chess of ancient poetry and the token of flying flowers of ancient poetry are designed for the children who have spare efforts.

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        Food & Drink

        The Golden Book of Home Cooking

        by Food & Life Studio

        The Golden Book of Home Cooking is a beautifully printed cookbook with over 400 different approachable Chinese food recipes. The book collects recipes from the 10-year accumulation of seven food bloggers with more than 10 million followers, including Yuan Zhuzhu, Mi Tang, Xie Wanyun, Meng Xiangjian, Die Er, Liang Fengling and Cook Chen. Accompanied with audios of 419 recipes, videos of 84 recipes, and nearly 100 health tips, the book offers the first "visible and audible" grand feast to household chefs through a combination of media, allowing them to enjoy the benefits of technology and cook with love and passion.

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        Celebration of Life: Secrets of Evolution

        by Miao Desui

        What is life? Different people have different views. In the book Celebration of Life: Secrets of Evolution, Professor Miao Desui presents to readers epic and magnificent scenes of life evolution using rigorous, lucid, and poetic language. The book contains topics and contents including the origin of life, biological inheritance and variation, evidence of biological evolution, adaptability to the environment of living things, and other hot spots like genes, bacteria, and viruses. It not only reveals the true connotation of life, but also could make people marvel at the magnificence of the world.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2019 - December 2024

        Immortals in Ancient China

        by Li Kehe

        This book collects 180 stories about immortals in ancient China, translated into English, and accompanied by relevant pictures. It can help Chinese and foreign readers to understand the general situation of Chinese native immortals, especially Taoist immortals, and show the evolution of Chinese ancient folklore and cultural thoughts from one side.The copyright has been exported to Malaysia .

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        The Arts
        March 2017

        Make up of Ancient Chinese Ladies

        by Li Ya

        With large number of pictures, this book introduces the development of makeups from Shang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty of ancient China. The book is divided into three parts: cosmetics, hairdressing, and body fragrance. Apart from the list of ancient makeups, this book also provides interesting historical stories, and even gradients of makeups for DIY.

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        Children's & YA

        Paleontologists and their petsAND THEIR PETS

        by Anton Nelikhov

        Since ancient times, people found fossilized bones and shells of strange creatures. For thousands of years they did not understand who these remnants belonged to, and tried to explain their findings somehow: these bones belonged to giants and monsters, or to antediluvian fauna. Gradually, scientists began to understand that such remains belonged to animals, and finally they declared: long before the appearance of people, these bizarre animals, fishes and lizards existed on Earth, and those fossils were their remains.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2020

        Do Not be Afraid. About life, death and everything in between

        by Anastaiia Leukhina

        What to do if someone close to you has an incurable disease? Where to run, where to seek support, how to behave with a sick person? This book contains practical recommendations that provide answers to these and other difficult questions. The book is written is a friendly, simple language, with the knowledge of the Ukrainian medical and social realities, sometimes with humor. It contains sincere and poignant stories of real people who share their own experiences in similar situations, showing that even illness and death will not seem so terrible if you approach them consciously and with love.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2021

        Ukrainian ancient beliefs: keys from Paradise-Iriy

        by Ivan Prosyanyk

        Ivan Prosyanyk from Chernihiv region is not only an artist, the author of folklore and artistic paintings on the theme of pagan holidays but also a writer, ethnographer, local historian, philosopher, storyteller, in addition, also a healer and herbalist. His narrative album contains paintings that colorfully highlight the ancient beliefs, traditions, and rituals of Ukrainians. Describing them, the artist calls to honor the Native Earth and Native Heavens to preserve the primary philosophy that existed at the most advanced level of the ancient world, those acquisitions, and knowledge of our ancestors that will continue to serve their descendants in the future. For a wide range of readers and everyone interested in the history of their region, beliefs, and customs of the ancient Ruthenians.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2019 - December 2024

        The Classic of Mountains and Seas

        by Chen Mingzhen

        Shanhaijing is a book that records ancient Chinese mythology, history, geography, plants, animals, minerals, products, witchcraft, religion, medicine, folk custom and nationality. The cultural phenomena reflected in it are all inclusive. In addition to the abundant mythological materials, it also involves many academic fields, such as philosophy, aesthetics, religion, history, geography, astronomy, meteorology, medicine, animals, plants, minerals, folklore, ethnology, geology, oceanography, psychology, Anthropology Wait a moment. Under the condition of underdeveloped ancient culture, science and technology and transportation, Shanhaijing is a wonderful book with the most myths recorded in China, and also an ancient encyclopedia.

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        Mind, Body, Spirit

        The Way of Inanna

        A Heroine’s Guide to Living Unapologetically

        by Seana Zelazo

        Myth Made ManifestOver 4000 years ago in ancient Sumer, some of the first mythographers inscribed the stories and myths of the Goddess Inanna on clay tablets in cuneiform. These incredible findings were unearthed, and the fragments were painstakingly pieced together and translated. What they discovered were the ways Inanna was heralded as a goddess who embodies polarities: impatient and deliberate, an attentive lover and fierce warrior, connected to fertility as well as death-making her an accessible, relatable, and inspiring representation of the Divine Feminine as she stands in her power and multidimensionality. The Way of Inanna is a field guide to heart-centered living through the wisdom of the Sumerian Goddess of Love. Each chapter deconstructs sacred narratives in which the Goddess navigates the seven gates of her soul's journey from awakening to ascension. More than a simple retelling, the book is myth made manifest in which Inanna becomes a means to accessing our own ascension and alchemical magic within our modern, contemporary context.

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        March 2021

        Feeling fresh

        Wie Kälte unser Immunsystem stärkt und wir uns rundum wohlfühlen

        by Andrea Bianchi

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