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March 2013The Coward
by Liang Xiaosheng
This novel depicts the image of a controversial and dubious “coward”. The refined, gentle and frail-looking Wang Wenqi is in fact an enduring and staunch person. During the mop-up operation of the Japanese invaders in the village, in order to save the life of a rash villager, he exposes his true identity. He thus finds himself trapped between mixing with the Japanese invaders against his will and incurring the hatred of the local villagers … He shows submission and even ingratiation towards the Japanese, never daring to defy them openly, but in his inner world he is full of hatred towards the Japanese. He eventually beheads the local Japanese chief officer. Such an action of fighting against tyranny with submissiveness and such a show of power behind apparent weakness bear witness to an honest and truly kind “coward” who struggles for a living between the cruelty of the enemy and the indignation of the nation.
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January 1997Unsere trügerischen Herzen
Warum Frauen immer alles falsch machen, obwohl sie alles besser wissen
by Coward, Rosalind
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022An Unusual Christmas in the Carpathians
by Vasyl Karpiuk (Author), Natalia Shmorhun (Illustrator)
Why is Christmas in the Carpathians the best time of the year? Because then you really feel that you are at home. These are the emotions experienced by the girl Dotska, who comes from Kyiv to the Carpathians for Christmas to celebrate the winter holidays in her mother's family home. This book has everything: Carpathian flavours, family traditions, Christmas carols and nativity scenes, an exciting plot, and most importantly, true awareness of the holiday of the coming of God! Christ is born to bring love to the world, the first rays of which shine at Christmas in our homes. From 3 to 8 years, 6406 words Rightsholders: ladiscursus@gmail.com
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The ArtsOctober 2019The never-ending Brief Encounter
by Brian McFarlane
This is a book for all those who have been absorbed and moved by Brief Encounter in the seventy or so years since its first appearance. It explores the central relationship of the film, where two people who fall unexpectedly in love come to realise that there is more to life than self-gratification. Mores have undoubtedly changed, for better or worse, but that essential moral choice has never lost its power. While acknowledging this, the book goes further in an effort to account for the way the film has passed into the wider culture. People born decades after its first appearance are now adept at picking up references to it, whether a black-and-white scene in a much later film or a passing joke about a bald man in a barber's shop.
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March 2009Das Erdbeben in Chili. Die Marquise von O.... Die Verlobung in St. Domingo
by Heinrich Kleist, Helmut Nobis, Helmut Nobis
Das Erdbeben in Chili – Die Marquise von O... – Die Verlobung in St. Domingo – Kommentar von Helmut Nobis
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Children's & YAJanuary 2023Mr. Cheesecake and Christmas Pampukh
by Svitlana Linynska (Author), Mariia Hrom-Vurlovska (Illustrator)
On the eve of Christmas, an unusual incident happened in the town of Yasne. The famous baker Syrnyk didn’t give the last Christmas pampukh (an Ukrainian national dish, similar to a donut) to a girl that came to his bakery for it, because he himself was very hungry. From that moment on, everything tasted bitter for him! Mr. Syrnyk didn’t know what to do. How will he manage to prepare the most delicious pastries now? Who will help the baker? Maybe Doctor Apchih has some healing medicine for bitterness? And maybe a small miracle will happen on the eve of the glorious holiday of Christmas… From 3 to 8 years, 3074 words. Rightsholders: Diana Semak, bohdanbooksco@gmail.com
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April 1979Die Marquise von O...
by Heinrich Kleist, Werner Berthel, Werner Berthel, Heinz Politzer
Der Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist Heinrich von Kleist wurde am 18. Oktober 1777 in Frankfurt an der Oder geboren. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören u.a. die Dramen Der zerbrochne Krug (1811) und Penthesilea (1808) sowie die Erzählungen Die Marquise von O... (1808) und Das Erdbeben in Chili (1807). Am 21. November 1811 nahm er sich am Kleinen Wannsee bei Berlin das Leben.
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Children's & YATilda Appleseed. Christmas in the Winter Forest
by Andreas H. Schmachtl
There are 24 days to go until Christmas. In the mouse house there is a delicious smell of punch, and Tilda busily hunts through her pantry: she wants to do some baking. The best of all flavours is still Aunt Emily’s frost-hip jelly. Christmas can’t come without that. But what a shock! There are no frost hips left! And it’s so difficult to get fresh ones, because they only grow in the north. Without further ado, Tilda sets off on an exciting journey through the winter forest, and she has the most weird and wonderful Christmas adventures on the way…
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2002The Cromwellian Protectorate
by Barry Coward, Mark Greengrass
Examines the nature of the first regime ever to have effective control of the British Isles and the impact that it had on England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and on Britain's international reputation. One of the few stuides to view the period as one of acheivement rather than merely a reactionary regime. Examines the aspirations of the Cromwellian Protectorate and underlines their committemnt to a radical vision, despite the pressures and crises that the regime faced. Examines the international dimension of the rules of Oliver and Richard Cromwell. Containing many key documents of the period and a bibliographical essay, considers A and AS level requirements as well as being valuable to undergraduates and general readers. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020Christmas in nineteenth-century England
by Neil Armstrong
Whether for reasons of family, food, shopping or religion, it's hard to imagine a British winter without Christmas, or to think of a more traditional national festival. But how and when did Christmas cards, pantomimes and advertising become part of that tradition? This book looks at how people in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries experienced Christmas and how today's priorities and rituals began and endured. It explores the origins of our deeply held notions around Christmas traditions and demonstrates how those ideas were in fact shaped by the fast-paced modernisation of English life. A fascinating account of the development of many things we now take for granted, the book touches on the history of childhood and the family, philanthropy and work, and the beginnings of consumerism that shaped the Christmas we know today.
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Children's & YAJune 2020Two Tortoises in the Forest
by Bahar Sener / Gabriela Vagnoli
Regardless of their reactions, all children are beautiful and deserve respect and care. They sometimes misbehave, in fact this may even go as far as peer bullying. In this book, you will see how this kind of behaviours can be transformed and open the way for a good friendship when children are treated with love. Children and adults alike have so much to learn from those intelligent, wise tortoises who are famous for acting slowly but surely.
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Children's & YAO sumiço do tatu (The disappearance of the armadillo)
by Marília Moreira
Haroldo, a minho, who as he relates to other animals in the garden brings to light issues such as friendship and respect, mixing a harmonic field with an inside-out view of the garden of a house inhabited by some strange animals, among them the (human) balance-beast.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2021Li, Miss Bee and the Honey Rocket
by Robert Austin / Alina Everatt
Miss Bee and her friends are as busy as bees, because they are planning an extraordinary trip! They thought, designed, worked hard, and a little harder for a little longer… until they finally got everything they needed. They used every single help they can find to embark on an incredible journey; would you like to join them? A marvellous story of a little girl wanting to visit outer space, Miss Bee is intriguing as it is amusing. With its dynamic tone and alluring illustrations, Miss Bee’s story will keep your child’s attention until the very end
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August 1998O mein Heimatland!
150 Versuche mit dem berühmten Schweizer Echo
by Adolf Muschg
In seinem Buch zeigt Muschg, daß die Schweiz in den letzten Jahrzehnten entscheidende Weichenstellungen wie die, sich zu Europa zu bekennen, verpaßt und obendrein ihre eigene europäische Geschichte um das Revolutionsjahr 1848 uminterpretiert hat. Aber Muschg wäre nicht Muschg, wenn er diesen Sachverhalt nicht mit literarischen, also erzählerischen Mitteln ins Bild brächte: anhand von drei Figuren, von denen der Gründer Alfred Escher die mächtigste, der Dichter Gottfried Keller die bekannteste, beider Gegenspieler aber, der Advokat Friedrich Locher, die eigentliche Entdeckung des Buches ist. Im Spannungsfeld dieser drei entsteht (oder verfällt) »republikanische Kultur«. Sie ist der hartnäckig festgehaltene Orientierungspunkt des Schweizers Muschg. O mein Heimatland! ist ein streitbares Buch, das die Geschichte des Bundesstaates seit seiner Gründung 1848 auf ganz besondere Weise erzählt.
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Business, Economics & LawDecember 2016Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations
by Julia N Albrecht
Visitor management may be considered as a component of destination management at all levels of a destination. It involves a wide range of stakeholders. This book demonstrates current knowledge on visitor management. Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations provides insight into critical concepts such as the visitor experience, service quality, the uses of indicators and frameworks, and interpretation. It also addresses current issues including the social and political dimensions of visitor management, the implementation of monitoring, vandalism and augmented reality. Authored by leading international researchers in the field of visitor management research, this book is primarily aimed at researchers and postgraduate students. Key Features: · Considers critical concepts and influential factors in visitor management. · Illustrates current issues in visitor management. · Research-based case studies contribute to an overall understanding of core issues. · Covers the state-of-the-art in guiding and interpretation. ; This book demonstrates current knowledge on Visitor Management and provides insight into conceptual issues. ; PART I: Introduction and Foundation Chapter 1: Introduction to Visitor Management in tourism Destinations Chapter 2: Destination Management and Visitor Management: Non-convergent Literatures but Complementary Activities and Issues Chapter 3: Meeting the Challenge of Managing Visitor Experiences at Tourism Attractions Chapter 4: The Social and Political Dimensions of Visitor Management: Rural Home-based Accommodations PART II: Critical Concepts in Visitor Management Chapter 5: Indicators and Standards-Based Visitor Management Frameworks in Achieving Sustainability at Cultural Heritage Sites Chapter 6: Managing Nature-Based Visitors’ Perceived Service Quality, Satisfaction and Future Behaviour Intention Chapter 7: The Relevance of Visitors’ National Park Affinity for Effective Visitor Management in Protected Areas PART III: Current Issues in Visitor Management Chapter 8: Visitor Monitoring in the Tapajós National Forest, Brazil Chapter 9: Tourist Behaviours, Vandalism and Stakeholder Responses Chapter 10: Augmented Reality Application in Museum Visitor Experiences PART IV: The State of the Art in Guiding and Interpretation Chapter 11: Strategies for Successful Interpretation Techniques in Visitor Attractions: The Operationalization of Guided Tours in Museums Chapter 12: Using Heritage Interpretation to Manage Film-induced Tourism at Heritage visitor Attractions Chapter 13: Theories of Learning and their Application in Interpretation Chapter 14: Critical Reflections on the Role of Interpretation in Visitor Management PART V: Conclusion Chapter 15: Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions in Visitor Management
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September 2009Tristano
by Nanni Balestrini, Peter O. Chotjewitz, Peter O. Chotjewitz, Umberto Eco
»Tape Mark I« (1961) von Nanni Balestrini gilt als erstes Gedicht, das je auf einem Computer geschrieben wurde. Der Autor verfolgte jedoch einen radikaleren Plan: Er wollte am Rechner einen Liebesroman verfassen, in seine Bestandteile zerlegen und diese willkürlich kombinieren. 1966 erschien sein Tristano bei Feltrinelli – als »normales« Buch mit 10 Kapiteln zu jeweils 30 Abschnitten in einer festgelegten Reihenfolge. Vier Jahrzehnte später erlauben es die Fortschritte der digitalen Drucktechnik, das Buch so zu veröffentlichen, wie der Autor es ursprünglich geplante hatte: Per Computer werden aus den 30 Abschnitten der 10 Kapitel jeweils 20 ausgewählt und in eine neue, zufällige Reihenfolge gebracht. Somit ist jedes der 2.000 Exemplare dieser deutschen Originalausgabe ein Unikat. Alle Bände sind auf dem Umschlag fortlaufend nummeriert. Die ersten 5.999 Tristano-Romane sind in italienischer Sprache bei Derive Approdi (Rom) erschienen. Die deutsche Ausgabe beginnt mit der Nummer 6.000 und endet mit der Nummer 7.999. Im Anschluß sind englische und französische Ausgaben geplant. Mit einem Vorwort von Umberto Eco und einem Nachwort von Peter O. Chotjewitz.
