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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2019 - December 2024Time in Dongting
by Chai Huanbo
This book tells the story of archaeologist "I" in a closed village near Dongting Lake. Through archaeological sites and "I" sites in different periods, historical events, social life and personal memories can be skillfully interwoven together, and wonderful stories can be deduced between towns, ancient sites and the desire for youth. The author has been engaged in Archaeology for a long time and accumulated unique literary creation resources. The book expresses the author's perception of ancient civilization and life through exquisite and beautiful words.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2016A Dream in Red Mansions
by Cao Xue Qin
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream of the Red Chamber", is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqin's magnificent saga, "The Dreamer Awakes", was carefully edited and completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision, which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream, 'as moonlight mirrored in the water'.
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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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2020Poems in a Chai Cup
by Mukti Masih
Poems In A Chai Cup is a collection of simple and easy-to-understand poetry meant to be read while sipping Chai. This book is for Chai and Poetry lovers, for readers and non-readers. The simplicity of the poems makes the book extremely relatable to people of all age groups. The first volume contains a collection of poetry on the themes of love, longing, hope, strength, dreams and friendship.
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June 2018Dunhuang
by Chai Jianhong, Liu Jinbao
Dunhuang, co-authored by Chai Jianhong and Liu Jinbao, both renowned Dunhuangologists, introduces to general readers the history and culture of Dunhuang, a city in the People’s Republic of China. With 45 precious historical photos and beautiful HD mural paintings as well as a list of institutions with the collection of Dunhuang literature provided by the Dunhuang Resource Center of the National Library of China, the book offers an authoritative interpretation of the city’s over 1650 years of history, the building of the Mogao Caves, the discovery of the Library Cave and the loss of its treasures, and the murals and colored sculptures in the grottos of Dunhuang. It is concisely informative and considerately practical with artistic originality.
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November 2018Oral History of 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up
by CHAI Yanfei
The book records the experiences and feelings of more than 40 leading figures in the political, economic and cultural fields of Zhejiang. These narrators include Li Zemin, Chai Songyue, Lv Zushan, Li Dexin, Li Jinming, Qiu Baoxing, Zhou Guohui, Shi Xinsheng, Zong Qinghou, Lu Guanqiu, Jack Ma, Xu Wenrong, Zheng Shusen, He Shuifa, Yu Jianxing and etc. They witness the progress of reform and opening up and have made their own contributions to this cause.
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Children's & YAFebruary 2017Hoy es miércoles
Children whose future has been stolen have only their imagination
by Patricio Nouveau
An unknown adult unexpectedly turns up in the lives of Gilmar and Lanh at the same time but in different parts of the world. Gilmar lives in Bolivia and his father works in the old silver miines of Cerro Rico in the city of Potosí; Lanh is an orphan, she was taken in by the Thuy Xuân orphanage in Vietnam after her parents died when the Perfume River flooded. From their native cities, accompanied by the strange adult, they each undertake a journey that will lead them to Sas, a child soldier who, tries to escape during the Sierra Leone civil war to find his family, return to his former life and set out on a new future. The journey brings together three points on the planet, three languages and three cultures whose only relationship is a book whose photographs have disappeared since Sas was kidnapped from his school. The three boys are eleven years old. They are searching for each other, they need to find each other.
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February 2021We Are All Perfectly Fine
A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing
by Dr. Jillian Horton
Funny, fresh, and deeply affecting, We Are All Perfectly Fine is the story of a married mother of three on the brink of personal and professional collapse who attends rehab with a twist: a meditation retreat for burnt-out doctors. At first, she is deeply uncomfortable with the spartan accommodation, silent meals, and scheduled bonding sessions. But as this group of wounded healers struggles through awkward first encounters, guided meditation, and breathing exercises, something remarkable happens: World class surgeons, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and general practitioners open up and share stories of the secret guilt and grief they carry, the cases they can’t forget, and their deep-seated fear that they will fall short of the expectations that define them. In this moving memoir that will make you laugh and break your heart in equal measure, Dr. Jillian Horton throws open a window onto the flawed system that shapes medical professionals, the rarely acknowledged stresses that cause doctors to commit suicide at the highest rate of any white collar profession, and the crucial role compassion plays in not only treating others but also in taking care of ourselves.
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MemoirsShooting Stars Are The Flying Fish Of The Night
by Lynn Michell & Stefan Gregory
If you dream or plan to sail off into the blue, you will learn from this book. A great read.— Sir Chay Blyth We dreamed for years of crossing an ocean. Then we did it in a blue boat called Scarlet. A book of many voyages, this account of crossing the Atlantic is much more than a book about sailing. As one reviewers says, ‘It is an endearing human story of a family battling to survive, physically and emotionally.’ There is the meandering trail of nights spent on the internet and trips across the globe hunting for the perfect boat for blue water sailing and for crossing oceans. There is the preparation – stalled in a sweltering American boatyard - while arguments about equipment and finance combine with the narrowing of the hurricane window. There is the crossing itself which starts with the wrong weather, broken boat parts, torn sails, serious leaks and a very seasick crew as Scarlet gets blown off course in unkind seas. Male and female monologues form the internal voyages. The skipper’s thoughts range from the challenges of fitting a wind vane to almost losing an arm in a tangled genoa to the navigational system of the Puluwat Islanders. His wife describes diminishing food supplies, the damp, bruises, blue eggs, jellyfish and her anxiety about the deteriorating health of her son who, suffering from ME, should not have been persuaded to go with them. External and internal journeys criss-cross as Scarlet sails on across 3000 miles of ocean. She would have told a different story. Lynn Michell has published 14 books with HarperCollins, Longman and The Women’s Press. They include a writing scheme for schools, an account of life with ME and two books about mothering adolescents with The Women’s Press, one of which received massive media attention and was translated into several languages. Her debut novel, White Lies, was runner up for Scotland’s Robert Louis Stevenson award, and has received rave reviews. Her second novel is being published in 2015 by Inspired Quill. A third novel is in preparation. Stefan Gregory fell in love with boats at the age of four while dangling his head over the side of a skiff. He is an experienced sailor who has voyaged eventfully with Lynn off the North Wales coast, in Majorca, Croatia and the Caribbean. This was his first ocean crossing. In his day job, he pursues equally dangerous philosophical theories.
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Science & MathematicsNovember 2020Plants for Novel Drug Molecules
Ethnobotany To Ethnopharmacology
by Bikarma Singh & Yash Pal Sharma
The present book is based on twenty five excellent scientific contributions of seventy researchers from topmost research organizations. The book begin with plants used in Sowa-Rigpa system of food and medicine, followed by traditional uses of plants as medicine among Khasi tribe living in northeast India. This compilation contains several research techniques highlighting methods and analysis of documented data, and procedure for scientific validation of findings. Methods for assessing traditional knowledge of highly threatened plants such as Hodgsoniaheteroclita, pharmacological applications of family asteraceae, ethnobotany of family apiaceae, plants used in managing leucorrhea, plants as animal care, phytochemistry of Arisaemajacquemontii, Andrographispaniculata, Blumealacera, Boerhaaviadiffusa, Hemidesmusindicus, Pterocarpussantalinus, Rauwolfiaserpentina, Rauwolfiatetraphylla, and several other ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological parameters used in studying current science is described in this book. Besides, it is followed by several research topics focused to the clinical arena, plants used in relation to cancer, diabetes, skin disorders and many other aspects relates to animal and human health care. Todays food supplements derived from plants are of high demand, and this compilation also highlighted several plants used as nutraceuticals. It has been observed that herbs contain many bioactive compounds with powerful antioxidant properties as evidence from the scientific data, and few research on lianas, lichens and role of allylisothiocyanate as a bioprotective agent also discussed added more value to this compilations. Focused theme such as ethnobotanical trends and techniques, phytochemistry, biological activities, ethnopharmacology and clinical studies is adding and contributing a lots value to this book in discovering leads for medicine formulations.
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Photographs: collectionsThe Curated Lens
Photographic Inspiration for Creative Professionals
by Sandu Publishing
In The Curated Lens, twenty photographers in varied backgrounds amaze us by how they transform the quotidian into intriguing photos with their well-thought-out composition, coordination between light and shadow, and mediation in subtle colours. Though under the name of Minimalist, Street Photo, or Aerial Photo, etc., these photos all are embedded with the creator's strong personal aesthetics, which we invite them to speak out this time. Inside this book, we talk with them, asking for answers on who they are, what they do, and how they carry it out. This book will be an exciting guidebook for photographers who want to hear from the decryption of imagery and also make general readers wow when reading it.
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FictionFebruary 2015Triumph
Collected Stories
by Lizzie Harwood
Triumph: Collected Stories Lizzie Harwood with an Introduction by Jennifer Butler A bouquet of quirky short stories told with intrigue and humour… Triumph: Collected Stories offers a glimpse into the lives of contemporary women around the world on the verge of breakdowns or breakthroughs. Who doesn’t know a gone girl or a complicated woman? A mother, sister, friend, or even that girl who looks back at you in the mirror. Love or defriend them, we all know them. In this bouquet of short stories, you’ll meet a gang of gutsy gals, mothers-on-the-edge and anti-heroines, including Betty and Alabama, who feature in the forthcoming thriller/commercial fiction series Polaroids. Prose like Katherine Mansfield on vodka shots, by a writer who could be Lena Dunham’s weird Antipodean cousin or Gillian Flynn’s doppelganger. Lizzie Harwood’s love of her home country, New Zealand, spills over into her writing, as evidenced by the vibrant—and sometimes charmingly quirky—stories she tells. That isn’t to say she doesn’t adore her adopted country, France, where she currently resides with her husband and two children. She writes with a passion inspired by living and travelling around the world. Lizzie’s short story collection, Triumph, is out on February 23, 2015, followed by a memoir, Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life, in May 2015. Book one of her thriller/commercial fiction series, Polaroids is slated for release later in 2015. When she isn’t writing, she’s neck-deep in editing. Visit EditorDeluxe.com, Lizzie Harwood Books on Facebook, and @lizziehbooks on Twitter for the latest. List Price:$12.99 print; $3.99 ebook 5.25" x 8"(13.335 x 20.32 cm) Black & White on White paper 164 pages Editor Deluxe Press ISBN-13:978-2955069011 ISBN-10:2955069019 BISAC:Fiction / Short Stories Release date: February 23, 2015
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Biography & True StoriesOctober 2019A Sensational Encounter with High Socialist China
by Paul G. PICKOWICZ
A Sensational Encounter with High Socialist China is a recollection of the historic visit of fourteen American students (and one Canadian) to China in 1971. The visit was one of the first approved for American scholars after the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949 and occurred prior to President Nixon’s famous trip (as well as that of a second group of scholars) in 1972. One of these students, Paul Pickowicz, kept a journal and photographically documented the trip. This book is a personal account of the events leading up to their visa approvals as well as those that occurred during the journey itself. The five senses are used to connect the reader to his experience and are placed in the context of a theatrical production. The images included have been selected from an archive at the University of California, San Diego, which digitized the author’s images as well as those of others in the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) taken during both the 1971 and 1972 delegations.
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MemoirsTHE BUDDHA SAT RIGHT HERE
A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal
by Dena Moes
Dena Moes, her husband, and their preteen daughters shouldered backpacks and walked away from their American life to criss-cross India and Nepal for eight months. Their journey led them to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the tree where the Buddha sat, and Amma the Divine Mother. From the banks of the Ganges to the Himalayan roof of the world, this enthralling memoir is an unforgettable odyssey, a moving meditation on motherhood and marriage, and a spiritual quest, written with humor and honesty—and filled with love and awe.
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Children's & young adult poetry, anthologies, annualsSeptember 2014The Magic of Dragons
For the Young and the Young at Heart
by Carola Maier, and Jesse Sleeman
The Magic of Dragons: For the Young and the Young at Heart emerged from Carola's work as a trauma counsellor. After each day's work supporting people suffering from the effects of various traumatic experiences, including victims of crime, and adult survivors of child abuse, she would ground herself, and reconnect with the healing world of imagination, by painting pictures of dragons. Dragons are beings that have enchanted her since her childhood days living in the alpine and magical landscape of southern Bavaria, where her grandmother entranced her with stories about these beautiful creatures. The poems were created by both Carola and her partner Jesse to capture the essence of each of the pictures.
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July 2016Mamá india
by Soledad Urquia
The protagonist of this virtuoso first novel spends a year wandering through the interior of India. She comes from a comfortable background and has left behind a promising future to seek out what one seeks in India: meaning. Most of the foreigners who sporadicallyaccompany her are Westerners engaged in religious tourism as consumerist and bizarre as any other tourism. Unlike them, she complies with the rituals of asceticism and bareness: endless hours of meditation per day, countless trips in crowded trains, border runs to renew her visa to stay, always, just a little bit longer. With a humility that matches her wardrobe, always exposed to the torridness of the human and natural landscape, this book is a meticulous initiatory path; the most exciting part is that it never stops questioning itself. Does she find the meaning she’s searching for? With elegance and detachment, this admirable novel offers a possible answer to that question.
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True crimeDestination Peking
18 true stories of those who went...
by Paul French
New York Times bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking, City of Devils) returns to the Chinese capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century. From the ultra-wealthy Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton and her husband the Prince Mdivani, to the poor “American girl” Mona Monteith who worked in the city as a prostitute; from socialite Wallis Simpson and novelist JP Marquand, who held court on the rooftop of the Grand Hôtel de Pékin, to Hollywood screenwriter Harry Hervey, who sought inspiration walking atop the Tartar Wall; from Edgar and Helen Foster Snow – Peking’s ‘It’ couple of 1935 – to Martha Sawyers, who did so much to aid China against Japan in World War II; Destination Peking brings a lost pre-communist era back to life.
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May 2018SELF-ish: A Transgender Awakening
by Chloe Schwenke
SELF-ISH IS A NARRATIVE DRAWN FROM AN INTERNATIONAL LIFE, beginning with some early glimpses out at the world by a girl in a boy’s body. Chloe was raised as Stephen in a Marine Corps family and was sent off at age 14 to “man up” at a military academy. Later—and still embodied as a man—she ventured abroad to work in some of the roughest regions of Africa, the Gaza Strip, Turkey, and many other locales. Her far-flung global journey was matched in intensity by an inner identity and spiritual struggle and the associated ravages of depression, before she came to the revelation of being a transgender woman. At a time when many Americans are just waking up to the reality of the transgender phenomenon, this portrayal of Chloe’s life, her challenging gender transition, and her many accomplishments and adventures along the way (including being among the first three transgender political appointees in U.S. history, under President Obama), creates a poignant story of authenticity, self-discovery, and the meaning of gender set against a fascinating international backdrop.
