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        September 1979

        Die soziale Situation

        Entwurf eines Modells zur Analyse des Verhältnisses zwischen personalen Systemen und ihrer Umwelt

        by Jürgen Markowitz

        Jürgen Markowitz unternimmt zum ersten Mal den Versuch, den bisher recht unspezifisch gebrauchten Begriff der Situation systematisch zu entfalten. Seine Hauptgesichtspunkte entstammen der phänomenologischen Soziologie und der funktionalistischen Systemtheorie.

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        Agriculture & related industries
        May 2002

        Natural Resources Management in African Agriculture

        Understanding and Improving Current Practices

        by Edited by Christopher B Barrett, F Place, A A Aboud

        This book consists of selected, edited and revised papers from a workshop held at ICRAF (International Centre for Research in Agroforestry) in July 2000.

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        January 2021

        Rocket Launch Sites

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        This eBook describes the characteristics and features of a launch site, as well as some of the world's major launch complexes. Emphasis is placed on the launch sites that have supported and continue to support the military, civilian and commercial space activities of the United States. In the remainder of this century, future space launch vehicles will depart from Cape Canaveral to carry humans back to the Moon and then on to Mars.

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        Biography & True Stories
        February 2018

        Stories in Guiyang

        by Deng Yanhong

        Guiyang, in Hunan province, is a birthplace of profound culture and history where legends have emerged for generations. This book introduces Guiyang in five parts: history, sites in Guiyang, celebrities in Guiyang, landscape in Guiyang, and works of Guiyang. You can experience and have a clear understanding of the culture, the history, the local customs and practices, besides, you can also know more about the glory of Guiyang in the past time and enjoy both ancient and modern civilization in Guiyang.

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        May 2023

        The Politics of Religious Tourism

        by Dino Bozonelos, Polyxeni Moira

        Addressing a dearth of literature in this area, this book provides a comprehensive overview and framework of study of the politics of religious tourism. Existing work shows awareness that politics is present but the approach has been one of benign neglect, and/or a priori assumptions about the role of politics in the management of sacred sites. Previous literature is fragmented into various perspectives and approaches that best serve different disciplinary interests. By understanding the politics of religious tourism through the various perspectives and approaches from the discipline of political science The Politics of Religious Tourism; · Focuses on how power is exercised regarding religious tourism. · Looks at the governing institutions of religious tourism including the role of relevant governmental bodies such as ministries of tourism or national tourism boards, ministries of religion and/or culture. · Covers the role and influence of religious governing institutions, such as state-supported church/mosque officials, and universities. It will be of valuable interest to researchers and students of religious tourism, pilgrimage, as well as related subjects such as political science, economics, sociology, tourism and religious studies.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2024

        Graveyard Gothic

        by Eric Parisot, David McAllister, Xavier Aldana Reyes

        Graveyard Gothic is the first sustained consideration of the graveyard as a key Gothic locale. This volume examines various iterations of the Gothic graveyard (and other burial sites) from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, as expressed in numerous forms of culture and media including poetry, fiction, TV, film and video games. The volume also extends its geographic scope beyond British traditions to accommodate multiple cultural perspectives, including those from the US, Mexico, Japan, Australia, India and Eastern Europe. The seventeen chapters from key international Gothic scholars engage a range of theoretical frameworks, including the historical, material, colonial, political and religious. With a critical introduction offering a platform for further scholarship and a coda mapping potential future critical and cultural developments, Graveyard Gothic is a landmark volume defining a new area of Gothic studies.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2015

        Sites of imperial memory

        Commemorating colonial rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

        by Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie

        Europe's great colonial empires have long been a thing of the past, but the memories they generated are still all around us. They have left deep imprints on the different memory communities that were affected by the processes of establishing, running and dismantling these systems of imperial rule, and they are still vibrant and evocative today. This volume brings together a collection of innovative and fresh studies exploring different sites of imperial memory - those conceptual and real places where the memories of former colonial rulers and of former colonial subjects have crystallised into a lasting form. The volume explores how memory was built up, re-shaped and preserved across different empires, continents and centuries. It shows how it found concrete expression in stone and bronze, how it adhered to the stories that were told and retold about great individuals and how it was suppressed, denied and neglected. ;

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        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2020

        The Olive Pit

        by Olha Kupriyan

        In search of a better life, the ancient Greek family travels from Miletus to Tyras, distant Black Sea regions, where there are already several Greek settlements. His grandmother stayed in Miletus and gave him a bag of olives for the journey. In the new place, the ancient culture is intertwined with the local one, the steppe culture. What is it like to travel for a long time in the sea into the unknown? Which part of home can be brought with you? What will remain only a poignant memory? This life-affirming story will give parents support to help their children experience complex emotions: homesickness, anxiety, boredom.

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        August 2002

        Angela Davis löscht ihre Website

        Listen, Refrains, Abbildungen

        by Andreas Neumeister

        »Erst wenn schließlich auch die Werbeblöcke gestrichen werden,« so eine zuverlässige Faustregel, »ist die Sache wirklich ernst.« Eine weltmachterschütternde Kamikaze-Aktion oder wenigstens ein rekordverdächtiger Amoklauf vor der eigenen Haustür – es muß knüppeldick kommen, um die tägliche Infotainment-Maschinerie aus dem Takt zu bringen. »Das System, in dem wir leben«, ist auf den ersten Blick mehr ein mediales als ein politisch-ökonomisches. Auf den zweiten Blick ist beides identisch. In »Angela Davis löscht ihre Website« verbinden sich politisches Denken und Pop, der forcierte Blick auf die Gegenwarts-Oberfläche und dessen ständige Infragestellung vor dem Hintergrund der Historie auf. »Vortäuschung falscher Tatsachen«, so die Frage, »oder Vortäuschung richtiger Tatsachen?« Schwer zu durchschauen – gerade angesichts von Gewalt und kriegerischer Auseinandersetzung und ihren jeweiligen Rechtfertigungen –, was Realität ist, was Medienrealität, was auslösende Gewalt, was angeblich gerechte »Vergeltung der Vergeltung der Vergeltung«. »Gibt es die neue Weltordnung schon?« In »Angela Davis löscht ihre Website« geht es um nichts Geringeres als um »das Zeitalter, in dem wir leben/ die Epoche, in der wir leben«, in der Gegensätze und Haltungen mitunter ununterscheidbar geworden sind; Veronas Welt und Sofies Welt stehen ebenso selbstverständlich nebeneinander wie MTV und CNN. »Kriegsfilm?/ Antikriegsfilm?/ Kriegsberichterstattung?« heißt es wiederholt aus dem Off, denn es gilt die unmißverständliche Losung: »seit 5 Uhr 45 wird zurückgefragt.«

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2020

        A Ukrainian Christmas

        by Nadiyka Herbish, Yaroslav Hrytsak

        Christmas brings the indestructibility of hope in times of the greatest hopelessness. As long as we celebrate this holiday, we can neither be defeated nor destroyed. This is the message that Ukraine is trying to convey to the world. And this is what our book is about.' From Christmas music to gifts and food, as well as a look back through the country's rich and troubled history through the perspective of the festive season, this beautifully illustrated and powerful book introduces readers to Ukraine's unique Christmas traditions. In a country where East and West meet, this is a fascinating and unmissable guide to capturing the spirit of one of the most important times of year and a powerful reminder of the strength of holding on to your culture and beliefs, even as others try to take everything from you.

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        Biography: historical, political & military
        2021

        Mazepa. Rights to the sabre

        by Vira Kuryko

        An outstanding Cossack figure, romanticized in European culture: his image was inspired by Voltaire, Hugo, Liszt, and Byron. Even during the hetman's life, the Russian tsar launched an information war against Mazepa, and for the fourth century, he has been cursed by Moscow and glorified by Ukrainians. Who is he? A hero of his homeland, a traitor, a romantic lover? This book is an attempt to look once again at what we know about Mazepa, his significant role in the history of Europe, his difficult decisions and his bright life.

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        Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        2020

        Reactors Do Not Explode. A Brief History of the Chornobyl Disaster

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Stanislav Dvornytskyi

        Chornobyl is not only a city or a nuclear power plant but also an Exclusion Zone, a tragedy and a symbol. This book aims to explain the tragic events to people who were born after it happened, so that “Chornobyl” is not only a word by which Ukraine is recognized but also a historical experience worth acknowledging. The event is shown in the book through several dimensions: technical, emotional, natural, and political. The authors are using both verbal and visual communication to tell the story of a large-scale tragedy in a simple way, yet still able to provoke emotions. The book brings up the topics of responsibility and the cost of human life; “the right to know”; heroics; totalitarian regimes; ecology.

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        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2020

        Arrow of the Steppe

        by Maria Artemenko

        What toys and dreams could a Sarmatian girl who lived many centuries ago in the Black Sea steppes have? For example, to tame a wild horse. And to shoot bows as accurately as her mother, a glorious warrior. The main thing is to save a willful horse from a devastating storm in time and manage to hide in her tiny house. The story of Fati from the Sarmatian tribe is about character, struggle with fears, friendship, losses and discoveries.

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        Children's & YA
        2021

        Kerim’s Crimea

        by Natalia Smyrnova

        Home, family, blooming pomegranates, children’s mischief. One day all of this is swept away by World War II. And the next day, after so many losses, it turns out that being a Crimean Tatar is a sentence. Hasty deportation, weeks in the freight trains, heavier losses yet, unfriendly new settlements, hard work. Memories of the lost Crimea. How can one find meaning, strength to live, and faith in people?

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        True stories (Children's/YA)
        2021

        Lesya. Le Boule vagabonde

        by Natalka Maletych

        We see Lesya Ukrainka’s name every day on monuments and street signs, banknotes, and in-school classrooms. But how did Lesya herself see the world every day? As a living person, and not someone from an official portrait. What did she love, what did she laugh at and felt sad about, what did she write about in letters to the relatives, who was she friends with? Funny nicknames for siblings, homeschooling, stylish outfits, reluctance to perform in public, and long journeys — probably everyone will find something in common with Lesya, who called herself boule vagabonde — a “traveling ball”.

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        Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        2020

        School Studies

        by Halyna Tkachuk

        The book introduces its readers to teaching methods and subjects in different times, from Kyivan Rus to the USSR, and shows how different schooling used to be. It also tells about some punishments for disobedience and misconduct which, luckily, can only be found in books today. All this makes “School Studies” an exciting and optimistic book which can rekindle the love for school even in those who are not very enthusiastic about studies. Written with lots humor and insights.

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        Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        2020

        Union of Soviet Things

        by Petro Yatsenko

        The soviet realia are not entirely clear to modern adolescents. Childhood in the late Soviet Union was not like it is now. Back in those days, everything was different and even scary to some point: a premonition of the nuclear war, propaganda, shortages, and confusing household items. The main characters of the book, a teenage Matvii and his father Petro, go to Lviv to visit their grandmother. There are still heaps of Soviet things in her ceiling cabinet and they are good at telling stories. Paretns are good at this as well, if you ask them well. The book gives a reason to talk about feelings of nostalgia and values.

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        History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
        2021

        Art Nouveau. The Ukrainian Art Styles of 20th century

        by Iryna Mahdysh

        The twentieth century saw an outbreak of new styles in world art, among which Art Nouveau was the first chronologically. Ukraine absorbed all-new European creative ideas, filling them with Ukrainian meanings and forms. For those unfamiliar with Ukrainian art, this book will be a handy and attractive starting entry point to the world of Ukrainian visual culture. Art experts will be able to look at their field from a new angle: to see images of rare works of Ukrainian art nouveau from regional museums and trace the links between national and world trends in the art of the twentieth century.

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