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A dream. Our publisher exists for the purest desire to be here and do things our way: rocker and insubstantial, but also professionally and creatively. Yes, because more than "selling things", we want to add value and make every adventure worth embarking on, inaugurating a new style in Brazilian literature. They are frank and pretentious longings, it is true, but they are not asking anyone for permission to exist: they already are. Believe me, you didn't get here by chance ... so be welcome: take your seat and enjoy the trip! "If you are the big tree, we are the small axe, sharpened to cut you down, ready to cut you down" (Small Axe - music by Bob Marley)
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January 2023Wigglers: The Survival of Small-town People in the City
by Yi Hong, a reporter for Hunan Broadcasting System, has devoted himself to TV programs and copywriting related to art all year round. He has published the novels Endless Love to Changsha and Love is a Ghost, and compiled the books Bright Future and Absolute Loyalty. He won the first “Taofen Award for New Talents” in China.
It is a realistic novel with unique characteristics in content and text. The novel describes the different lives of the hero and Brother Liaoliao, his fellow villager and classmate, two young people who came from a small town. The town and the city work as mirror images of each other, as was the case with the two main characters. They share common childhood and juvenile memories, which are the source of life that has been turned into fantasy stories over time. As friends, they went out to college together and lived in the city after graduation. One got promoted, while the other spent time in a mediocre position...
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2018My Shibadong Village
Achievement of Targeting Poverty Alleviation
by Ling Ying
This book takes proses as the genre and select plentiful pictures to vividly demonstrate the achievements of targeting poverty alleviation in Shibadong Village during the past five years. It fully explores the sample value of targeting poverty alleviation in Shibadong Village and its contribution to poverty reduction in China and even in the world. It shows the practical guiding significance of targeting poverty alleviation thoughts and the five development concepts in China.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2014Court and civic society in the Burgundian Low Countries c.1420–1530
by Andrew Brown, Graeme Small
This volume is the first ever attempt to unite and translate some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court, The Waning of the Middle Ages, a work which has never gone out of print. It combines these texts with sources that Huizinga did not consider, those that illuminate the wider civic world that the Burgundian court inhabited and the dynamic interaction between court and city. Through these sources, and an introduction offering new perspectives on recent historiography, the book tests whether Huizinga's controversial vision of the period still stands. Covering subjects including ceremonial events, such as the spectacles and gargantuan banquets that made the Burgundian dukes the talk of Europe, the workings of the court, and jousting, archery and rhetoric competitions, the book will appeal to students of late medieval and early modern Europe and to those with wider interests in court culture, ritual and ceremony.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2017Dong Minority and Dong Village in China
by Hu Honglin
This book shows the form and development of the natural Dong village where Dong people from Jingzhou live in the process of continuous migration to resist natural and man-made disasters. The Dong village of cultural connotation needs protection, so this book encourages people to inherit and carry forward the traditional culture of the Dong Minority, and build Jingzhou's cultural tourism brand.
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FictionThe Roots of All Evil
by Paola G. Gasca
A black and white photograph; a little girl; a small town. Dolores and Jacinta are sisters-in-law who cope with parallel grief. Dolores cannot seem to find a place inside her husband’s heart, not a simple life as she is surrounded by children. Jacinta carries the burden and sadness of being unable to get pregnant. It will be Inés, one of Dolores’ daughters, who strikes the balance and determines the destiny, love, and loss path not only of those women, but of the entire town. The Roots of All Evil happens in a town where hate is so deeply grounded, and where stories get tangled up with superstition, and where the roots of both touch each other, to the point where reality is suspended between veils of evil and sheer coincidence.
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The Amazing Adventures of Zsazsa Zaturnnah
by Carlo Vergara (author and illustrator)
A mysterious stone falls from the heavens, granting Ada the ability to transform into Zaturnnah, a superhuman warrior endowed with uncanny strength and remarkable beauty. As Zaturnnah, Ada fearlessly defends a small town from rampaging zombies, power-tripping extraterrestrial Amazons, and…well, you know the drill. Adding color to this simple but riotous tale is the fact that Ada is a homosexual, proprietor of his quaint beauty salon. With his frilly-mouthed assistant Didi and his objet d’amour Dodong, Ada reinforces his belief in acknowledging the decisions of Destiny and begins to explore the potential fullness of life. Zsazsa Zaturnnah is a recipient of the Manila Critics Circle National Book Award. ADVISORY: For mature readers. Contains themes and situations that may not be suitable for young audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
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MedicineSeptember 2020Small Animal Veterinary Psychiatry
by Sagi Denenberg, Ali Thompson
Problem behaviours are often the result of how an animal thinks and feels, genetics, and environmental influences. Steering away from just description diagnoses and focusing instead on emotional and cognitive causes, this book provides a practical approach to diagnosing, treating, and managing behaviour pathologies in dogs and cats. Beginning by addressing cases in the first opinion practice, this book then considers physical disorders that may lead to or exacerbate abnormal behavior. From there, the focus shifts to mental and emotional health, from an assessment of normal behavior and giving juveniles an optimal start in life, to diagnosing mental and emotional disorders, addressing emotions such as anxiety and frustration, and how to manage these issues - by modifying behavior, managing the animal's environment, training, and, when necessary, the use of medications. The second half of the book then addresses owner concerns, including management problems, aggression, affective disorder, elimination disorder, abnormal and repetitive behaviours and ageing-related problems. With an emphasis on helping first line veterinarians identify common presentations and offer help to owners, this book: - Addresses both normal and abnormal behaviour in cats and dogs from an emotion and cognition perspective; - Provides behaviour modification protocols, and drug doses and indications; - Includes handouts to be used both within the practice and with clients to help the veterinary surgeon manage the case. Written by international experts, the book translates their insights and experience into approaches taken in behavioural medicine. Also including the most up-to-date drugs, it is an important resource for both small animal veterinarians and students of veterinary medicine or animal behaviour.
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The Small Cherry Village
by Cao Wenxuan
The Small Cherry Village is Cao Wenxuan's 2020 feature-length novel about two rural children who struggle to find their lost grandmother.
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Children's & YAChangeling
by Kotryna Zylė
Changeling is a rebellious novel about creativity, youth and the raging intensity of teenage emotional life. The gripping story plunges the reader into the depths of a mystical town, a haunting and haunted place, where boundaries between the real and the otherworldly become dangerously blurred. A strange and electrifying tale of teenage disenchantment, Changeling is a work of stunning emotional force that captures the twisted complexities of family relationships and friendships, first love, and the quest for self-definition. Guided by short introductions to Baltic mythology, readers will find themselves in an urban landscape steeped in pagan and post-Soviet history.
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December 2023Quirky Block Town
by Pi Zhaohui
Dr. Bald has a new invention: building tall buildings like building blocks. Later, the tall buildings are moved to the suburbs and turned into the town of Blocks. There are many residents in the town: Pete the Bread Wolf, who runs a bakery; Raggedy Bear, who runs a junk store; Gorilla, the dutiful mayor; Bubble Cat, the pilot; Gray Hedgehog, the toll collector; Woofy Dog, the security guard; and Croaking Frog, the announcer. ...... They all live together, build the Block Town, and put on a wonderful and interesting saga.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2020Rethinking settlement and integration
by Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska
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August 2021Water Town
by Can Xue
Can Xue's latest novel "Water Town" is an artistic display of the complex history of human experience. What kind of survival is free survival? These thousand years of questioning have become extremely urgent in this era. The individual lives created by the writer are squeezed like a magic one by one, forcing themselves, fighting hard amidst the revelation of a grand and dim allegory background, and unanimously following the vague call to the magic after a long journey. Water town. In this wonderland, people will realize their dreams as long as they act. Everything is possible, the power of life rushes to the peak of ideals in the carnival... and the earth responds to the heartbeat in calmness. The free survival of man is a performance art activity, which is also the ancient essential impulse of man. "Water Village" is not only a display of artistic life, but also an advocacy of this kind of life.
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Literature & Literary StudiesNovember 2007Court and civic society in the Burgundian Low Countries c.1420–1520
by Andrew Brown, Graeme Small, Rosemary Horrox, Simon Maclean
This volume is the first ever attempt to unite and translate some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court, The Waning of the Middle Ages, a work which has never gone out of print. It combines these texts with sources that Huizinga did not consider, those that illuminate the wider civic world that the Burgundian court inhabited and the dynamic interaction between court and city. Through these sources, and an introduction offering new perspectives on recent historiography, the book tests whether Huizinga's controversial vision of the period still stands. Covering subjects including ceremonial events, such as the spectacles and gargantuan banquets that made the Burgundian dukes the talk of Europe, the workings of the court, and jousting, archery and rhetoric competitions, the book will appeal to students of late medieval and early modern Europe and to those with wider interests in court culture, ritual and ceremony. ;
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April 2019small signals for serious illness
by Zhu Hong
Prevention of disease this is not only an authoritative, expert guidance of the visit guide, but also a health manual that can be read at any time, at will Without the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine, we can also "watch and diagnose"; without the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, we can also find small signals of diseases Don't want to "small pathological changes and serious diseases", just open this book in front of you!
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Children's & YAHamster Humboldt. Small and Steady Wins the Race
by Meike Betz
This intrepid hamster plunges into every adventure with full cheeks! Humboldt is a detective, adventurer and – a hamster. His size doesn’t stop him from helping the people of Villy Village out of all sorts of fixes whenever he’s not helping his owner Babs and her daughter Elli in the post office. No problem is too big for him! Only his owner’s money worries leave him flummoxed. But then Babs and Elli win the lottery and are over the moon – until they receive an anonymous postcard. Humboldt’s life is suddenly in dire straits because the unknown blackmailer wants Babs and Elli’s lottery ticket – or he’s going to hurt Humboldt. When the police refuses to get to the bottom of the case, Humboldt decides to take matters into his own paws. He’s keen to put a stop to this lottery villain’s antics! HAMSTER HUMBOLDT. SMALL AND STEADY WINS THE RACE is a detective and adventure story full of animal-entertainment for girls and boys aged 8+.
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Children's & YASeptember 2020How Hope Became an Activist
by George M. Johnson / Danielle Grandi
What is an activist? Why do we need them? Join Hope as she discovers how to make positive change on issues that matter from clothes made in fair trade to refugee aid -and to have fun at the same time! Even if you are small you can still stand tall and help out to make the world a better place for all. How Hope Became an Activist is the first in a series on how kids from diverse backgrounds have joined with friends to take action on a range of issues from saving bees to helping in a food bank.
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April 2018The Town of Furong
by Gu Hua
As an ordinary woman in the countryside of Hunan, Hu Yuyin makes a fortune via labor work but suffers repeatedly. The novel has reflected the historical process of social changes in rural China by the experience of Hu Yuyin, and deeply disclosed the disaster of “ultra-Left trend of thought”. With the narration of the social customs in the countryside of south China from 1963 to 1979, the novel has exposed the harm of “ultra-Left trend of thought” and highly praised the victory of the route of Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist P
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Literature & Literary StudiesA Village of One’s Own
by Liu Liangcheng
The book provides a poetic portrayal of plants, animals, wind, nights, moon and dream in a village from the angle of 'an idle person', who only regards sunrise and sunset, the blooming and fading of flowers as big things and feels the dignity of everything in the world in a free and natural living situation, instead of being busy with spring sowing and autumn harvest. All the gazing and touching of everything in the world as well as dialogue with them fill the book with vitality and spirituality. It becomes a modern classic allowing people to get rid of the noisy social life and return to natural living situation. The prose collection A Village of One’s Own has great popularity all over China. It has been perceived as a must-read for those who want to experience the culture and tradition of Chinese rural scenery and life. From the perspective of an “idle person”, the author poetically depicts the woods, animals, winds, nights, moonlight, and dreams in this village. This “idle man” subordinates sowing and harvesting to observing the sun’s rising and setting, as well as the flowers’ booming and withering.He indulges himself in a natural way of living to feel the dignity of the universe. He lies down on the broad fields, listening attentively to the hum of insects, and smiles at a flower in this desolate place. He finds out the donkeys that push carts and work for human beings are sophisticated intellectuals, and the rats that are busy collecting foods may also joyously celebrate their gains...All these stares into, touches upon, and conversations with every living thing on the earth have breathed life into the book, hence rid this contemporary classic of chaos of the secular society, but let it embrace a natural way to survive and thrive.
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September 2019Save me from the Night
by Kira Mohn
After a terrible blow of fate throws her life into confusion, Seanna needs desperately to get away from it all. She’s come to the village of Castledunn in the hope of getting her life back in order. The wild countryside of Ireland’s west coast and the slow pace of rural life give her new energy. Her job behind the bar in the village’s only pub provides a comforting sense of routine. Then the pub changes hands, bought by the attractive, but stubborn Neall Kennan, who throws Seanna’s feelings into turmoil. Not only is she attracted to him, she’s also reminded of her own past. It’s more than Seanna can bear. 16+ years The second volume of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately! Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!
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Swallows Singing Brightly
by Wang Yuewen, Zhao Ronghao
The Swallows Singing Brightly, written by the famous best-seller Wang Yuewen, is about a series of historical changes in the development of Manshui Village, and the renewed vitality and vigor of the village in the concept of "comprehensively push forward rural vitalization and accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas". Manshui Village has gone from old wooden houses and narrow stone paths to fashionable houses and flat concrete and asphalt roads; from cutting firewood in the mountains at dawn to using natural gas stoves in every families; from a little few swallows flying on the fields to swallows flying all over the sky and singing brightly. Nowadays, Manshui Village has become a National Forest Village, every family has become rich through hard work.
