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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2023

        Decolonising the Hajj

        The pilgrimage from Nigeria to Mecca under empire and independence

        by Matthew Heaton

        Muslims from the region that is now Nigeria have been undertaking the Hajj for hundreds of years. But the process of completing the pilgrimage changed dramatically in the twentieth century as state governments became heavily involved in its organization and management. Under British colonial rule, a minimalist approach to pilgrimage control facilitated the journeys of many thousands of mostly overland pilgrims. Decolonization produced new political contexts, with nationalist politicians taking a more proactive approach to pilgrimage management for both domestic and international reasons. The Hajj, which had previously been a life-altering journey undertaken slowly and incrementally over years, became a shorter, safer, trip characterized by round trip plane rides. In examining the transformation of the Nigerian Hajj, this book demonstrates how the Hajj became ever more intertwined with Nigerian politics and governance as the country moved from empire to independence.

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        September 2021

        Möpse, Dackel, Hütehunde

        Das fabelhafte Hundebuch von Paul Maar

        by Paul Maar, Sabine Büchner, Paul Maar, Ute Krause

        In "Möpse, Dackel, Hütehunde" entführt Paul Maar die Leser in eine Welt voller herzerwärmender, lustiger und informativer Geschichten über Hunde. Durch eine Sammlung von alten und neuen Geschichten, angereichert mit Gedichten, humorvollen Illustrationen und faszinierenden Fakten rund um den besten Freund des Menschen, bietet Maar eine liebevolle Hommage an diese treuen Begleiter. Neben den Abenteuern von bekannten Figuren wie Herr Bello und Snuffi Hartenstein, erleben auch das Sams und das kleine Känguru in diesem vielseitigen Werk ihre Auftritte, was die einzigartige Verbindung zwischen Menschen und ihren vierbeinigen Freunden unterstreicht. Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine bunte Mischung aus unterhaltsamen und lehrreichen Elementen aus. Es führt die Leser nicht nur durch spannende Kurzgeschichten, sondern auch durch interessante Einblicke in das Leben und die Fähigkeiten von Hunden, ergänzt durch Interviews, Redewendungen und lustige Sprüche. Die Geschichten variieren in ihrer Natur und Tiefe, wobei einige zum Nachdenken anregen und andere einfach nur Freude bereiten. Die Illustrationen und das gesamte Design des Buches tragen zu einem einladenden und abwechslungsreichen Leseerlebnis bei, das sowohl Kinder als auch Erwachsene anspricht und begeistert. Eine einzigartige Sammlung von alten und neuen Geschichten, Gedichten und Fakten rund um den Hund, präsentiert von Bestsellerautor Paul Maar. Beliebte Figuren wie Herr Bello, Snuffi Hartenstein, das Sams und das kleine Känguru sorgen für Wiedererkennung und Vergnügen bei jungen Lesern. Bunte, humorvolle Illustrationen und ein vielseitiger Mix aus Unterhaltung und Information machen das Buch zu einem Vergnügen für die ganze Familie. Liefert nicht nur Lesespaß, sondern auch interessante Einblicke in das Verhalten und die Fähigkeiten von Hunden sowie lustige und lehrreiche Fakten. Ideal für Hundeliebhaber jeden Alters und Fans von Paul Maar, bietet dieses Buch eine perfekte Mischung aus Humor, Herz und Wissenswertem. Ein "besonderes Leckerli" für Maar-Liebhaber und Hundefans gleichermaßen, angereichert mit Geschichten, die zum Lachen, Nachdenken und Entdecken einladen. Positiv bewertet von Kritikern und Lesern für seinen "Wau-Effekt" und als fabelhaftes Buch für alle, die Hunde lieben.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2024

        Riddles at work in the early medieval tradition

        Words, ideas, interactions

        by Megan Cavell, Jennifer Neville

        Capitalising on developments in the field over the past decade, Riddles at work provides an up-to-date microcosm of research on the early medieval riddle tradition. The book presents a wide range of traditional and experimental methodologies. The contributors treat the riddles both as individual poems and as parts of a tradition, but, most importantly, they address Latin and Old English riddles side-by-side, bringing together texts that originally developed in conversation with each other but have often been separated by scholarship. Together, the chapters reveal that there is no single, right way to read these texts but rather a multitude of productive paths. This book will appeal to students and scholars of early medieval studies. It contains new as well as established voices, including Jonathan Wilcox, Mercedes Salvador-Bello and Jennifer Neville.

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        July 2017

        Das große Buch von Paul Maar

        Seine beliebtesten Geschichten, Reime und Gedichte, bunt gemixt mit brandneuen Texten und Illustrationen

        by Paul Maar, Paul Maar, Nina Dulleck, Ute Krause, Verena Ballhaus, Panajotis Dalianis, Erhard Dietl, Anke Faust, Christiane Hansen, Reinhard Michl, Eva Muggenthaler, Sabine Wilharm, Tina Schulte, Christiane Laura Schultz

        "Das große Buch von Paul Maar" ist eine liebevolle Zusammenstellung der beliebtesten Geschichten des renommierten Autors, die zu seinem 80. Geburtstag erschienen ist. Es vereint Klassiker wie die Abenteuer des frechen Sams, des tätowierten Hundes und Herrn Bello mit einer Vielzahl von bekannten und beliebten Reimen und Gedichten. Neben diesen Klassikern finden sich auch brandneue Texte und Illustrationen, die das Buch zu einem Schatz für jedes Familienbuchregal machen. Die Geschichten sind in verschiedene Themenbereiche gegliedert, die von magischen Erzählungen über skurrile Begebenheiten bis hin zu alltäglichen Herausforderungen reichen und laden zum gemeinsamen Lesen, Lachen und Staunen ein. "Das große Buch von Paul Maar" ist nicht nur ein Buch zum Vorlesen und Herumstöbern, sondern auch ein Werk, das zum Wiedererkennen und Entdecken einlädt und somit Generationen verbindet. "Das große Buch von Paul Maar" ist ein Muss für jede Familienbibliothek und ein Zeugnis der zeitlosen Kreativität eines der bedeutendsten Kinderbuchautoren. Es lädt zum gemeinsamen Erleben, Entdecken und Schmunzeln ein und beweist, dass gute Geschichten nie an Zauber verlieren. Umfangreiche Sammlung: Bietet eine breite Auswahl an Geschichten, Reimen und Gedichten von Paul Maar, inklusive neuer Texte und Illustrationen. Vielseitige Themen: Die Geschichten decken ein weites Spektrum an Themen ab, von magischen Abenteuern bis zu alltäglichen Herausforderungen, und bieten somit Unterhaltung für jede Stimmung und Gelegenheit. Für alle Altersgruppen: Eignet sich hervorragend als Familienbuch, das Kindern ab 6 Jahren, Eltern und Großeltern gleichermaßen Freude bereitet. Hochwertige Gestaltung: Mit liebevollen und detailreichen Illustrationen versehen, die die Texte perfekt ergänzen und zum Leben erwecken. Ideales Geschenk: Als Jubiläumsbuch zum 80. Geburtstag von Paul Maar ein wunderbares Geschenk für Fans und jene, die es werden wollen. Bildungsaspekt: Neben Unterhaltung bieten die Geschichten auch wertvolle Lehren und fördern die Kreativität sowie das Leseverständnis bei jungen Leserinnen und Lesern.

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        January 1987

        Il Carmen de bello Actiaco

        Storiografia e lotta politica in età augustea

        by Zechinni, Giuseppe

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        April 2012

        C. Iulius Caesar, De bello Gallico

        Texte mit Erläuterungen. Arbeitsaufträge, Begleittexte und Stilistik

        by Siebenborn, Elmar

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        1995

        C. Iulius Caesar, De bello Gallico

        Texte mit Erläuterungen. Arbeitsaufträge, Begleittexte und Stilistik

        by Andere Adaption von Siebenborn, Elmar

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        November 2005

        Futebol

        Fussball - Die brasilianische Kunst des Lebens

        by Bellos, Alex

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        August 2013

        Was macht der Fisch in meinem Ohr?

        Sprache, Übersetzen und die Bedeutung von allem

        by Bellos, David

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      • Fiction

        Andreaa Constantin

        by Esteban Torres Lana

        A dangerous challenge at sea through a rock arch battered by strong waves. She ends up seriously injured in a leg when her friend Aurelio arrives at the cove. Overcoming her pain, she hides her injuries from Aurelio and tells him the extraordinary story of her mother, which propelled her to undertake such a madness. The story begins 6 years ago in Tenerife, with Nayra's expulsion from Philosophy class for the third time in a week, causing Pablo, her father, to pick her up from school and embark on a long day of disputes, confessions, and finally, complicities between them. Walking around Santa Cruz, canceling classes and professional commitments, Pablo and Nayra spend the day discovering a personal and sentimental reality that surprises them. The problems Nayra mentions with a group of immigrant classmates, along with the aggression Nayra shows towards her mother, Lola, prompt Pablo to tell her the unfinished story with Andreea, a high-class Romanian prostitute. Pablo cannot control the level of intimacy of the tale despite his own amazement, hearing himself say things he thought were unspeakable. Nayra responds, between disputes and affection, interspersing her own confidences, some of them having a strong impact, like the adventure with an immigrant who arrived on the beaches of Fuerteventura during a summer excursion. Neither tells the most intimate details of their stories truthfully, but they are accessible to the reader. Despite frequent arguments due to the teenager's incisive and groundbreaking language, their complicity grows and they end up spending the day together, walking through different places in the city. The story with Andreea takes on dramatic tones that completely captivate the young woman. Two suicides, the chase by Romanian mafia, returning to her hometown, searching for Pablo, Andreea’s struggle to regain her dignity and her artistic capacity through painting, and the apparent disappearance of her father's life, capture Nayra’s attention. Despite the narrative tricks used by Pablo, when night falls and they reach home, Nayra connects the dots and is surprised to discover that her perfectionist and successful mother, a recognized painter from Santa Cruz, with whom she has had a very conflictive season, is Andreea Constantin, the Romanian immigrant her father met as a high-class prostitute. After an initial reaction of rejection due to the ignorance in which she was kept, she understands her mother's situation. All the questions she always had about many details of her life arise with the discovery. A few years after discovering her identity, Andreea disappears from home. A call from Romania alerts them to the discovery of two charred bodies near her birthplace and the presence of her old exploiter nearby, who cursed her for life through a Transylvania ritual when she abandoned prostitution. Knowing she was discovered in Tenerife, Andreea tried to keep her family away from danger and returned to her country, where she was easy prey for the mafia. Pablo and his daughter Nayra fly to Bucharest to identify Andreea’s body, which may have been brutally murdered and burned. When it seems the identification will be negative, a small detail of the clothing makes them doubt. Desolate, they receive medical and psychological support from the Romanian team, but it turns out to be a false lead. Andreea is rescued from a hideout and has survived due to a misunderstanding by her captors. Protected by the Romanian police, she later becomes a key witness whose testimony ends the dangerous band of her pimp. But that bravery comes at a price; 2 years later, she does not return from an art exhibition in Paris. The police believe that her exploiter’s curse was fulfilled by a nephew who visited him in prison shortly before his death and was seen in Paris during the days Andreea had the exhibition. After a year of anguish, Nayra can no longer bear the situation and decides to mourn her mother at the cove where she painted her last picture. It had as its background the rock arch symbolizing the risk of living and facing life’s challenges. Nayra considers her mother lost and throws Andreea’s ashes into the sea, symbolized by those of a magnolia branch she planted many years ago. With this, she internalizes the loss and the fighting values Andreea taught her. The exit from the volcanic cove is a song to the life that continues and to the young woman who represents it. The novel is dedicated to the memory of Andreea Constantin and the thousands of women sexually exploited around the world.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        April 2017

        Fish Viruses and Bacteria

        Pathobiology and Protection

        by Patrick T K Woo, Rocco C Cipriano

        Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish populations in new geographical regions if transported there via infected fish or eggs. A concise but thorough reference work, this book: - Covers key viral and bacterial diseases of notable fish species; - Reviews major well-established piscine pathogens as well as new, emerging and notifiable diseases; and - Contains the most up-to-date research contributed by a team of over fifty world experts. An invaluable bench book for fish health consultants, veterinarians and all those wanting instant access to information, this book is also a useful textbook for students specializing in fish health and research scientists initiating fish disease research programmes. ; Taking a disease-based approach, this book focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. It covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases. ; 1: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus, Arun K. Dhar, Scott LaPatra, Andrew Orry and F.C. Thomas Allnutt 2: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Jo-Ann C. Leong and Gael Kurath 3: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus, John S. Lumsden 4: Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis and European Catfish Virus, Paul Hick, Ellen Ariel and Richard Whittington 5: Oncogenic Viruses: Oncorhynchus masou Virus and Cyprinid Herpesvirus, Mamoru Yoshimizu, Hisae Kasai, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Nanako Sano and Motohiko Sano 6: Infectious Salmon Anaemia, Knut Falk and Maria Aamelfot 7: Spring Viraemia of Carp, Peter Dixon and David Stone 8: Channel Catfish Viral Disease, Larry A. Hanson and Lester H. Khoo 9: Largemouth Bass Viral Disease, Rodman G. Getchell and Geoffrey H. Groocock 10: Koi Herpesvirus Disease, Keith Way and Peter Dixon 11: Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Anna Toffan 12: Iridoviral Diseases: Red Sea Bream Iridovirus and White Sturgeon Iridovirus, Yasuhiko Kawato, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Kazuhiro Nakajima,Thomas Waltzek and Richard Whittington 13: Alphaviruses in Salmonids, Marius Karlsen and Renate Johansen 14: Aeromonas salmonicida and A. hydrophila, Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir and Bryndis Bjornsdottir 15: Edwardsiella spp., Matt J. Griffin, Terrence E. Greenway and David J. Wise 16: Flavobacterium spp.: F. psychrophilum, F. columnare and F. branchiophilum, Thomas P. Loch and Mohamed Faisal 17: Francisella noatunensis, Esteban M. Soto and John P. Hawke 18: Mycobacterium spp., David T. Gauthier and Martha W. Rhodes 19: Photobacterium damselae, John P. Hawke 20: Piscirickettsia salmonis, Jerri Bartholomew, Kristen D. Arkush and Esteban M. Soto 21: Renibacterium salmoninarum, Diane G. Elliott 22: Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae, Craig A. Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu and Esteban M. Soto 23: Vibriosis: Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii and Aliivibrio salmonicida, Alicia E. Toranzo, Beatriz Magariños and Ruben Avendaño-Herrera 24: Weissella ceti, Timothy J. Welch, David P. Marancik and Christopher M. Good 25: Yersinia ruckeri, Michael Ormsby and Robert Davies

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        Plant pathology & diseases
        February 2010

        Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens

        by Gordon Dryden, Allan T Lisle, Arun Omprakash Arya, Ashok Kumar, Nawal Kishore Dubey, Priyanka Singh, A O Ogaraku, Pramila Tripathi, Marina Sisterna, María Rosa Simón, Sebastian A Stenglein, Neeta Sharma, Abhishek Tripathi, Marta Mónica Astiz Gassó, Silvina Larran, Santiago Schalamuk, S.K. Gond, M S Patil, S Nandy, Analiá Edith Perelló, Prasad R Acharya, María Virginia Moreno, María Cristina Isabel Noelting, Shuzhen Zhang, Anuja Gupta, Gustavo Dal Bello, Saikat Kumar Basu, Cecilia Mónaco, Ayman M H Esh. Edited by Arun Omprakash Arya, Analiá Edith Perelló.

        This book reviews research into pathogenic fungi in a diverse selection of economically important crops, including fruits and cereals. The establishment and management of fungal plant diseases, using conventional and ecofriendly methods is discussed with an emphasis on the use of microorganisms and biotechnology. Chapters also examine the role of microbes in growth promotion, as bioprotectors and bioremediators and presents practical strategies for using microbes as well as botanicals in sustainable agriculture. Providing knowledge of plant-pathogen interactions, management strategies and techniques, this will be a useful resource for students, researchers and extension workers in biology and plant pathology.

      • Poetry

        Refugia

        Poems

        by Kyce Bello

        Winner of the inaugural Interim 2018 Test Site Poetry Series Prize, Refugia is a bright and hopeful voice in the current conversation about climate change. Kyce Bello’s stunning debut ponders what it means to inhabit a particular place at a time of enormous disruption, witnessing a beloved landscape as it gives way to, as Bello writes, “something other and unknown, growing beyond us.” Ultimately an exploration of resilience, Refugia brings to life the author’s home ground in Northern New Mexico and carefully observes the seasons in parallel with personal cycles of renewal and loss. These vivid poems touch upon history, inheritance, drought, and most of all, trees—be they Western conifers succumbing to warming temperatures, ramshackle orchards along the Rio Grande, or family trees reaching simultaneously into the past and future.Like any wilderness, Refugia creates a terrain that is grounded in image and yet many-layered and complex. These poems write us back into an ecological language of place crucial to our survival in this time of environmental crisis.

      • January 2020

        The Origins of Catholic Words

        A Discursive Dictionary

        by Anthony Lo Bello

        The study of the vocabulary of the Catholic religion may be taken as a definition of the liberal arts. Origins of Catholic Words is a work of reference organized like a lexicon or encyclopedia. There is an entry for each word of importance having to do with the Catholic Church. Anthony Lo Bello gives the etymology of the word, describes what it means, and then adds whatever further discussion he feels is needed; in some cases this amounts to several pages. Lo Bello has assembled, over a number of years, lucid and wide-ranging remarks on the etymology and history of the words that occur in the study of the Catholic religion. A true labor of love, this sophisticated, one-of-a-kind dictionary will delight those who take pleasure in learning. Anyone interested in words and language—indeed, in culture, will find something interesting on every page. This is a book one may read and not just consult. The author has been ecumenical in his choice of authorities. J. B. Bury, Lord Chesterfield, Mandell Creighton, S. R. Driver, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Dr. Johnson, Henry Charles Lea, Bishop Lightfoot, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Stuart Mill, Henry Hart Milman, Leopold von Ranke, and Bertrand Russell find their places alongside Alban Butler, Denzinger, Ignaz Döllinger the Abbé Duchesne, Adrian Fortescue, Bishop Hefele, Cardinal Gasparri, Msgr. Ronald Knox, Msgr. Horace K. Mann, John Henry Newman, Ludwig von Pastor, Wilfrid Ward, William George Ward, and Evelyn Waugh. There have been many changes in the Catholic Church since 1962, and one of the goals of this book is to describe what will soon be missing from the memories of all living people. Origins of Catholic Words may, Lo Bello hopes, make its small contribution so that the situation not arise, which would convict Newman of error when he wrote, “What the Catholic Church once has had, she never has lost.”

      • The Original Area Mazes

        100 Addictive Puzzles to Solve with Simple Math and Clever Logic!

        by Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami, introduced by Alex Bellos

        Find the missing value using the simple formula Area = length x width and your own creativity and logical thinking power in a new kind of puzzle that has taken Japan by storm. 100 puzzles of increasing difficulty are sure to reveal the beauty and power of logic and mathematical thinking. Perfect for Sudoku lovers and curious puzzlers of all ages who are looking for a fun challenge.

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