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        Geography & the Environment
        March 2011

        The Truth of Chinese Heaven Theory

        by Jiang Xiaoyuan

        The Truth of Chinese Heaven Theory re-examines the nature and the function of astronomy and the calendar in ancient China by placing it in a rich cultural context. The author focuses on the observation and explanation of astronomic phenomena in ancient China, and explains their important political and social functions. The essence of Chinese astronomy is to read Heaven and thus to provide the basic consultations on solving social problems and to serve the imperial power.

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        November 2019

        Nüwa Repairs the Heaven

        by Zhou Jing,Ye Xiong

        Nüwa Repairs the Heaven was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Ye Xiong, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. Nu Wa Repairs the Heaven is a classic story in ancient Chinese mythology. It contains philosophical questions of how human beings examined themselves and thought about their origins. It is a famous piece of myths passed over generation by generation via words of mouth. Through the writer's new narrative, this book boldly breaks through the tradition but does not lose sight of it. It uses poetic words to describe the tranquility and beauty of the world in its initial stage, and makes the female figure more delicate and fuller in the book.

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        August 2015

        Seals of Heaven

        by Pei Kuishan

        Seals of Heaven is a historical mystery novel with the writing style similar to that of The Da Vinci Code. Zhou Hao, a graduate student majoring in history, was invited by his mentor Ding Jingzhi to attend a cocktail party hosted by a Japanese Otani Yuzi. Unexpectedly, Ding was murdered at home that night after receiving a set of strange signs. In Zhou’s investigation of the cause of Ding’s death, he constantly received hints and reminders through strange mails as well as assistance from National Security Department. Mysterious guys emerged incessantly and bizarre deaths took place one after another. In the meanwhile, major historical mysteries presented themselves massively before their eyes. How could Zhou escape the killings, solving the centuries-old mysteries and guarding the national treasures?

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2023

        The breakup of India and Palestine

        by Victor Kattan, Amit Ranjan

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        Fiction

        La hermandad de la Casa Grande (The brotherhood of the Big House)

        Una novela negra sobre el juicio del Estado a los brujos de Chiloé (A detective novel about the state's trial of the witches of Chiloé)

        by Eduardo Pérez Arroyo

        It's 1879. To the north, Chile defends foreign investment in the Pacific War. To the south, beyond the already invaded Araucania, from a large, almost unexplored island, rumors of violence, superstition and a state incapable of enforcing its law spread. The elite would be at ease if some “elements” that are not occupied at the border with Peru penetrated Chiloé. They need evidence to condemn those criminals who terrorize the population with old indigenous beliefs. They call themselves witches. They are organized as La Recta Provincia or La Hermandad de la Casa Grande. They lie to scare and change the names of the cities on the island –Achao, Dalcahue or Quicaví–, confusing them with others: Buenos Aires, Villarrica, Salamanca. If they were only myths, it would be enough for the government to forget that secret place. But the one who calls himself the Greatest Liar in the World claims to have escaped the sorcerers and travels the north glimpsing the aliens: he talks to them of malice, monsters and murders; of the bloody clans' struggles to become a decaying reign. For these lies, or to secure an unstable national pride, coronels and tenants decide to put an end to things that a mortal has no power to finish.

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        March 2018

        Eden

        Thriller

        by Candice Fox, Thomas Wörtche, Anke Caroline Burger

        Heinrich Archer, genannt Hades, das kriminelle Mastermind von Sydney, wird bedroht. Er ›bittet‹ Detective Frank Bennett, den Kollegen seiner Tochter Eden, um diskrete Hilfe, denn die Spuren könnten tief in das faszinierende, gewaltsatte Vorleben von Hades führen.Gleichzeitig hat Eden, Top-Detective bei der Mordkommission mit dem seltenen Talent, Verbrecher aufzuspüren und zur Strecke zu bringen, einen extrem schwierigen Auftrag: Drei Mädchen sind verschwunden, und die Spur führt sie zu einer verlassenen Farm, auf der sich ein Serienkiller rumtreibt. Sie begibt sich dort undercover in eine Kommune, ein rabenschwarzes, gefährliches Paralleluniversum mit Mördern und Vergewaltigern. Sie muss all ihre erstaunlichen Fähigkeiten einsetzen, um zu überleben. Zudem ist ihre Beziehung zu ihrem Partner Bennett kompliziert, beide sind traumatisiert, und dass Bennett gerade auf Alkohol und Drogen ist, macht die Sache nicht einfacher. Aber die beiden sind auf Gedeih und Verderb aufeinander angewiesen. Eden ist ein düsterer, vielschichtiger Roman voller Geheimnisse. Wild, hart und ganz und gar ungewöhnlich.

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