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      • Trusted Partner
        August 2003

        Is this real?

        Die Kultur des HipHop

        by Gabriele Klein, Malte Friedrich

        "HipHop ist die erfolgreichste und folgenreichste Popkultur, die die globale Kulturindustrie hervorgebracht hat. In Is this real? geht es nicht um die Werke, sondern um die kulturelle Praxis des HipHop; Lebensstil und Lebensgefühl stehen im Mittelpunkt. HipHop wird als eine hybride Kultur vorgestellt, die sich im ›Dazwischen‹ von Ethnizität und Authentizität, Globalisierung und Lokalisierung, von Bild und Wirklichkeit, von Theater und Realität, von Ritualität und Profanität entfaltet. Die Frage nach der Herstellung von Wirklichkeit wird in medien-, kultur- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Debatten der spätmodernen Gesellschaften besonders diskutiert. In der HipHop-Kultur ist die Frage »Is this real?« besonders virulent, weil HipHop eine theatrale Kulturpraxis ist und als solche Wirklichkeit herstellt. Das Buch entwickelt also nicht nur eine neue Perspektive auf die HipHop-Kultur. Es macht am Beispiel dieser Popkultur auch kulturtheoretisch aktuelle Fragen anschaulich. Damit ist das Buch zugleich ein unverzichtbarer Baustein zum Verständnis von Populärkultur und alltagskulturellen Praktiken in Mediengesellschaften. "

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2018

        Leaving Is a Return

        by A Lai

        “Leaving Is a Return” is the latest collection of essays by writer A Lai. It is divided into four series. The first part is “bronze years”: the meditation and recollection of the hometown. The second part is called “ideal country of vegetation”: a unique understanding of flowers and trees and Rural Movement, in the author's pen, it is an ideal country. The third part is “dust has not fallen”: it is the author's reading notes, as well as the knowledge of literature and reading experience. The fourth part is “music and poetry”: the author's creative experience and writing process and his understanding of many years of writing career. Leaving Is a Return gives us a lot of insights in seemingly ordinary things. The author compares the layers of the mountain to the "staircase" and says "My soul will go to heaven by stepping on these ladders." The author turns his eyes to nature and whispers with the vast world. These beautiful words can let us comprehend the spiritual space of A Lai.

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        Fiction
        October 2018

        Happiness Is Like a Flower

        by Shi Zhongshan

        Du Juan, a female soldier of the Cultural and Art Corps, is obsessed with her dance career. She never believed that happiness would come to her until she received two letters of courtship, which were from two excellent men: the son of the army’s head, Bai Yang and Lin Bin from the cultural Ministry. Du Juan couldn't make a choice at the moment, but she didn't want to give up either of them. She had to try two roads at the same time.What kind of happiness will Du Juan harvest in the pure love atmosphere? Will her happiness bloom like a flower?“Happiness Is Like a Flower” is a masterpiece of the famous screenwriter Shi Zhongshan. It was once adapted into TV series. This book also includes Shi Zhongshan's "Happiness" series of short stories: How Far Is Happiness, The Perfection of Happiness, Happiness Like Flowers and Grass, etc. Most of them have been adapted into popular TV series, affecting the love concept of a generation.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2018

        The Ant’s Mushroom

        by Anatolii Hryhoruk (Author), Liubomyr Beiher (Illustrator)

        This interesting fairy tale is about one tiny ant that one day finds a huge Mushroom in the forest. The ant can’t pick this big Mushroom up and bring it home by itself. What should the ant do? Whom to ask for help? This book is part of the Reading Is Really Interesting series. Reading Is Really Interesting was established to develop and improve children's reading skills as well as their cognitive interests. Reading the books in the series gives children encouragement and support, and makes them naturally motivated; by reading these books their curiosity is stimulated to read more and more, making them full of enthusiasm and eager to learn. The key feature of the series is that the texts have only one storyline and a small number of characters, making them easier to follow for beginner readers as well as more advanced learners.   From 3 to 8 years, 195 words. The books in the series correspond to different reading abilities: Level 1 – I am learning to read (short texts, simple sentences);Level 2 – I can read with someone’s help (simple plots, simple language structures);Level 3 – I can read by myself (more complicated figures of speech and vocabulary);Level 4 – I read with pleasure (various genres and themes). Books that invite readers into new worlds. "Read every day and at every chance you get!"      Rightsholders: Diana Semak, bohdanbooksco@gmail.com

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        Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        2021

        Where the Wind Is

        by Lyubko Deresh

        Max Tarnavskii is a young writer once recognized by the young audience for his debut novel about young counterculture but then scathingly criticized for his third novel "Where the Wind Is", — a philosophical parable about a hermit living in a lighthouse by the sea. Having fallen off the readers’ radar, he suffers through his inability to create any further. It’s the second half of the 2010s, Kyiv. On the New Year’s Eve Max gets an offer from Alisa, a first-year student, to go on a tour with a young rock band as a gonzo journalist to revive his counterculture icon status. Max balks at first, but an unexpected brawl on Facebook in which Max is reminded about his passivity during the Maidan and his uncertain ideological views in the days of the ATO and the war, and a critical review of Max’s new novel outline from his literary agent urge Tarnavskii to accept the offer after all. The rock band he joins for a tour from Western to Eastern Ukraine has turned up to be an inept group trip planner, so the protagonist has to take up the role of a leader capable of saving the band from a total fiasco. Traveling with the teenage freshmen becomes the young writer’s road to adulthood, forgiveness, and an attempt to forgive his own mistakes of youth in particular. Just to earn his living, Max agrees to perform with the rockers while on tour, flies in the face of his creative fears, and is forced to redefine himself as a writer once again. He faces the dangers of concert disruptions, the band split up, public disapproval, and threats of physical violence. Ability to write on the road becomes his only way to save and revive his own self, stand up to his hidden weaknesses, reconsider his role in a society that undergoes a war. A post-tour trip with Alisa to her grandmother who lives in a village on the liberated from the occupation territories becomes Tarnavskii’s hope for a renewal. On this trip Max gets a chance to full recovery, because in Tarnavskii’s mind these are the parts, where he will find the sand bar with the lighthouse where the hermit from his novel "Where the Wind Is" lives.

      • Trusted Partner
        March 2017

        The Sun Is Also a Star

        Ein einziger Tag für die Liebe

        by Nicola Yoon, Susanne Klein, Dominique Falla

        In "The Sun Is Also A Star" von Nicola Yoon kreuzen sich die Wege von Daniel, dem Sohn koreanischer Einwanderer, und Natasha, einem jamaikanischen Mädchen, das am selben Tag abgeschoben werden soll. Während Daniel an Schicksal und Liebe glaubt, ist Natasha eine Realistin, die sich auf Wissenschaft und Fakten verlässt. An einem einzigen Tag in New York City erleben sie gemeinsam eine Reihe von Ereignissen, die sie einander näherbringen und sie über das Leben, den Zufall und die Liebe philosophieren lassen. Trotz der drohenden Abschiebung Natashas entwickelt sich zwischen ihnen eine tiefe Verbindung, die die Frage aufwirft, ob Liebe stark genug ist, um das Unabwendbare zu überwinden. Nicola Yoons Roman ist eine moderne Liebesgeschichte, die sich mit Themen wie Identität, Familie, Einwanderung und dem Schicksal auseinandersetzt. Die Geschichte wird durch abwechslungsreiche Erzählstile, einschließlich kurzer Kapitel aus verschiedenen Perspektiven, angereichert und bietet dadurch einzigartige Einblicke in die Leben und Hintergründe der Charaktere. Durch die Verwendung von E-Mails, Listen und grafischen Darstellungen wird die Geschichte visuell und emotional ansprechend erzählt. Die Beziehung zwischen Daniel und Natasha zeigt, wie zwei Menschen aus unterschiedlichen Welten in der Lage sein können, sich über kulturelle und persönliche Grenzen hinweg zu verbinden und einander zu beeinflussen. Einzigartige Liebesgeschichte: Eine bewegende Erzählung über zwei Jugendliche aus verschiedenen Kulturen, die durch das Schicksal zusammengeführt werden. Aktuelle Themen: Behandelt wichtige Fragen zu Identität, Einwanderung und Rassismus auf eine Weise, die junge Leser anspricht und zum Nachdenken anregt. Vielschichtige Charaktere: Tiefgründig gezeichnete Figuren, deren Geschichten und Hintergründe für eine reichhaltige, emotionale Leseerfahrung sorgen. Innovative Erzählweise: Abwechslungsreiche Kapitel und visuelle Elemente wie E-Mails und Listen machen das Buch zu einem besonderen Leseerlebnis. Philosophische Betrachtungen: Stellt Fragen nach Zufall, Schicksal und der Existenz der Liebe, die junge wie erwachsene Leser gleichermaßen fesseln. Vielfach gelobt: Von Kritikern und Lesern für seine kluge Erzählung und sprachliche Überzeugungskraft gepriesen. Für Fans von Liebesgeschichten: Ideal für Leser, die nach einer Geschichte mit Herz, Tiefgang und Relevanz suchen. Visuell ansprechend: Die gestalterische Aufbereitung unterstützt die emotionale Wirkung der Geschichte und macht das Buch zu einem Highlight im Bücherregal.

      • Trusted Partner
        March 2024

        Anything Is Possible, Nothing Is Working

        Why we are having less and less sex

        by Juliane Burghardt

        Many would agree that we are living in one of humanity’s most permissive times. Sex seems to be available anywhere, anytime. These developments can lead to the conclusion that we are all having all the sex we want today. In fact, though, a number of international studies have shown in recent years that our mobile phone and pornography consumption in particular, as well as women’s empowerment, have led to a decrease rather than an increase in sexuality. In her entertaining book, Juliane Burghardt analyses and evaluates the situation in our bedrooms.

      • Trusted Partner
        June 2011

        And Good Is

        Amerikanische Seltsamkeiten aus einheimischer Perspektive

        by Madison, John; Madison, Bettina / Übersetzt von Trinkaus, Petra

      • Trusted Partner
        October 2022

        Is God Democratic?

        On the relationship between democracy and religion

        by Otfried Höffe

        How much religion can the secular state tolerate? And how much democracy can religion tolerate? Encounters between politics and religion carry a high potential for conflict. How can we handle this? The internationally renowned ethicist and philosopher Otfried Höffe explores these questions in depth in his essay, referring to ideas from antiquity to modernity as he does so. His knowledgeable and fascinating remarks are more relevant than ever in a time in which more and more political conflicts around the world are religiously charged.

      • Trusted Partner
        September 2019

        Is everything Bauhaus?

        A fantastic journey through time with Mia and Lucas

        by Kern, Ingolf / Illustriert von Kahane, Kitty

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2020

        Chicken Pox, Second Edition

        by Patrick Guilfoile, Ph.D.

        Until relatively recently, chicken pox was a rite of passage for children and was often looked upon as just a nuisance, although this illness can cause complications in some people. Though the development and use of a chicken pox vaccine has reduced the number of chicken pox cases, the unvaccinated remain vulnerable. In addition, shingles, a painful condition that can arise after an initial chicken pox infection, is a concern, particularly in older people. Chicken Pox, Second Edition presents an overview of this disease caused by a herpesvirus known as the varicella-zoster virus, explaining the signs and symptoms of the disease, how it spreads, how it is treated, and how the development of a vaccine has affected the incidence of chicken pox.  Chapters include: What Is Chicken Pox? The History of Chicken Pox Chicken Pox in Young Children Chicken Pox in Infants and Adults How Is Chicken Pox Diagnosed and Treated? How Is Chicken Pox Prevented? What Is Shingles? The Future of Chicken Pox and Shingles.

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        Children's & YA
        2020

        Listen to Your Diddalum

        by Child, Emily / Lebedeva, Maria

        From children's book author Emily Child and popular illustrator Maria Lebedeva comes a new picture book that explores feelings for children in the most incredible way, Listen to Your Diddalum! What is your Diddalum? Is it that funny feeling in your stomach when you're excited? Or is it exploding fireworks? Is it a slimy slug, or a fluttering butterfly? What is your Diddalum and how do you listen to it?

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        Children's & YA

        Un coso (A Thing)

        by Santiago Craig, Pablo Bernasconi

        There is a thingy in a place. A thingy that has been there for a long, long time. Or, maybe, for just a little while. Some pass by and see it. They are surprised, or angry, or they ignore it. Some try to explain it. The rings of the Queen, a blind pastry, an old telephone, and even a dead hen… Everyone has something to say about this thingy that does nothing and is just there. Is the thingy all of this? Is it something else? Or is there nothing?

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2021

        Planets, Stars, and Galaxies, Third Edition

        by Sophia Chen and Gordon Ritter

        The attempt to understand the universe's seemingly endless mysteries involves a process of discovery that can evoke fascination, frustration, and continual wonder and amazement. Planets, Stars, and Galaxies, Third Edition takes readers on an incredible full-color journey through the vast universe. This engaging title tackles the questions students studying science are eager to know: How large is the universe? Is it infinite or finite? What is its structure? Is it possible to visit other worlds, and if so, what similarities might they bear to our own world?

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2018

        The Moon Is Sleepless

        by Huang Fan

        Huang Fan is a remarkable modern Chinese poet who attracts great attention. His poems are characterized with compact style, imagination, and deep understanding on life. This book selects 110 of the poet’s works during 30 years of composition.

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        October 2002

        Is Christ a Christian?

        On Inter-Religious Dialogue and Intra-Religious Horizon

        by Loenning, Per

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