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      • Silke Heiss (Give Your Writing The Edge)

        We are a one-woman charity, hoping to transform into a self-sustaining business, devoted to reminding readers of themselves.

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      • Silkworm International Co., Ltd.

        Silkworm Books is a general publisher based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We specialize in select markets and quality English-language books, primarily on topics related to mainland Southeast Asia. Founded in 1989, we are the foremost publisher of serious books on Thailand in English. To date, we have published more than 300 English titles. We have licensed English-language rights, purchased translation rights, and less frequently commissioned writers. Our books are distributed in North America, and U.K., through the University of Washington Press, and in Asia by local distributors.

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        May 2015

        Der sinnhafte Aufbau der gebauten Welt

        Eine Architektursoziologie

        by Silke Steets

        Émile Durkheim zufolge besteht die wichtigste Regel soziologischen Denkens darin, soziale Phänomene »wie Dinge zu betrachten«, ihnen also den gleichen Wirklichkeitsgrad wie den Gegenständen, die wir anfassen können, zuzuschreiben. Was aber passiert, wenn wir diese Regel umkehren und die materiellen Dinge – zum Beispiel diejenigen, die die Architektur hervorbringt – als soziale Tatsachen verstehen? Ausgehend von einer brillanten theoriegeschichtlichen Aufarbeitung des soziologischen Nachdenkens über Architektur entwirft Silke Steets eine Soziologie der gebauten Welt. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele zeigt sie, wie Dinge und Gebäude in soziales Handeln einbezogen werden und als sicht- und anfassbare gesellschaftliche Strukturen fungieren.

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        April 2022

        Die Nachtigall

        Ein legendärer Vogel und sein Gesang

        by Silke Kipper

        Eigentlich ist die Nachtigall ein unscheinbarer kleiner, brauner Vogel. Von Aussehen, Gewicht, Verhalten absoluter Durchschnitt. Doch wenn die Männchen in lauen Frühlingsnächten zu singen anfangen, dann schlagen die Herzen der Verliebten ebenso höher wie die der Ornithologen. Denn der Gesang der Nachtigall ist alles andere als Durchschnitt und stellt in seiner Komplexität mit sage und schreibe zweihundert verschiedenen Strophentypen den anderer Singvögel komplett in den Schatten. Doch was singt die Nachtigall eigentlich und warum? Und was sahen Generationen von Dichtern und Komponisten in ihrem Gesang? Die Biologin Silke Kipper beforscht die Nachtigall seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren, sie hat unzählige Frühlingsnächte lauschend in Berliner Parks verbracht und geht in ihrem Buch dem Nachtigallengesang und unserer Faszination daran auf den Grund. Ein kenntnisreiches und doch leichtfüßiges Porträt des wohl beliebtesten Singvogels, seines Gesangs, und zugleich ein fundierter Einblick in die Nachtigallforschung und -rezeption.

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        September 2021

        Spices, Scents and Silk

        Catalysts of World Trade

        by James F Hancock

        Spices, scents and silks were at the center of world trade for millennia. Through their international trade, humans were pushed to explore and then travel to the far corners of the earth. Almost from their inception, the earliest great civilizations - Egypt, Sumer and Harappa - became addicted to the luxury products of far off lands and established long-reaching trade networks. Over time, great powers fought mightily for the kingdoms where silk, spices and scents were produced. The New World was accidentally discovered by Columbus in his quest for spices. What made trade in these products so remarkable was that the plants producing them grew in very restricted areas of the world, distant from the wealthy civilizations of northern Africa, Greece and Europe. These luxuries could be carried from mysterious locations on the backs of camels or in the holds of ships for months on end, and arrived at their final destination in nearly perfect condition. Once the western world discovered the intoxicating properties of these products, their procurement became a dominant force in the world economy. Nothing else compared with their possible profit returns. In this book, eminent horticulturist and author James Hancock examines the origins and early domestication and culture of spices, scents and silks and the central role these exotic luxuries played in the lives of the ancients. The book traces the development of the great international trade networks and explores how struggles for trade dominance and demand for such luxuries shaped the world.

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        Children's & YA

        Benny Beaver. The Great Forest Adventure

        by Inga Maria Ramcke/Christine Kugler

        Benny Beaver is involved in every adventure. Among other things, he’s a master builder. He’s always eager to learn something new – in the forest and anywhere else. There’s a lot to learn about our environment and Nature. This eventful tale about Benny Beaver and his friends Daisy Duck, Sally Squirrel and Manny Mole is great fun, as is the CD with its sounds of Nature. What happens in the forest? Who creeps, crawls and flies here? And what trees, bushes and fungi grow here? A lively tale about the environment and Nature for nursery school and first year primary school. A picture-book tale, exciting and entertaining – as is the CD with its sounds from Nature. Welcome to the world of Benny Beaver and his friends! Share their adventures in the forest and elsewhere!

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2014

        The Silk Road

        by Liu Yingsheng

        This book provides a professional and academic introduction on the Silk Road with regards to its formation, routes, related cultural events and historical figures. It includes two sections: the grassland Silk Road,and the oceanic Silk Road, giving a rather profound and detailed discussion on the significance of the Silk Road in the communication betweenmainland China and overseas. This book is currently the most authoritative work about the Silk Road in China.

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        September 2021

        Spices, Scents and Silk

        Catalysts of World Trade

        by James Hancock

        Spices, scents and silks were at the centre of world trade for millennia. Through their international trade, humans were pushed to explore and then travel to the far corners of the earth. Almost from their inception, the earliest great civilizations - Egypt, Sumer and Harappa - became addicted to the luxury products of far-off lands and established long-reaching trade networks. Over time, great powers fought mightily for the kingdoms where silk, spices and scents were produced. The New World was accidentally discovered by Columbus in his quest for spices. What made trade in these products so remarkable was that the plants producing them grew in very restricted areas of the world, distant from the wealthy civilizations of northern Africa, Greece and Europe. These luxuries could be carried from mysterious locations on the backs of camels or in the holds of ships for months on end, and arrived at their final destination in nearly perfect condition. Once the western world discovered the intoxicating properties of these products, their procurement became a dominant force in the world economy. Nothing else compared with their possible profit returns. In this book, eminent horticulturist and author James Hancock examines the origins and early domestication and culture of spices, scents and silks and the central role these exotic luxuries played in the lives of the ancients. The book also traces the development of the great international trade networks and explores how struggles for trade dominance and demand for such luxuries shaped the world. Recommended for academics, students and general readers with an interest in crop and agricultural development, world trade, economic botany, history of food, and global economics and public policy, Spices, Scents and Silk offers a fascinating and insightful history.

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        September 2019

        Darf's ein bisschen mehr vom Leben sein?

        52 Glückseinheiten für weniger Stress und mehr Zufriedenheit

        by Löhr Etzold

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        May 2003

        Das umsatzsteuerrechtliche Optionsrecht für Vermietungsumsätze.

        Zugleich eine Untersuchung zur Bedeutung des steuerlichen Leistungsfähigkeitsprinzips im Umsatzsteuerrecht.

        by Löhr, Kerstin

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        1991

        Gott - Gebote - Ideale

        Analytische Philosophie und theologische Ethik

        by Löhr, Gebhard

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        March 2020

        Ich bin mal kurz die Welt entdecken

        Reisejournal zum Planen, Schreiben und Erinnern

        by Löhr, Alexandra

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        October 2022

        Lesen ist die beste Medizin

        Alles zu Dosierung und Nebenwirkungen

        by Löhr, Alexandra

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        March 2019

        Haken dran!

        Vom Krimskrams-Hamster zur Ordnungs-Queen in 52 Wochen

        by Löhr, Alexandra

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        April 2021

        Our Inventions and Their Inventions:The Silk

        by Shi Yunli, Zhou Zhe

        Our Inventions and Their Inventions is a set of popular science picture books introducing the encounter and exchange of ancient Chinese and Western civilizations. It traces the birth process of the great inventions in history and their influence on the civilization process, and uses the contrast between the East and the West to show the convergence and collision of human civilizations. While cultivating children's national self-confidence and pride, it also broadens their horizons and encourages them to look at the historical process and future development of human civilization with an open, humble and tolerant mind. The series consists of 5 volumes, the themes of which are "gunpowder", "compass", "silk", "iron" and "clock"."The Silk" introduces the invention, use and dissemination process of silk with both pictures and texts.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2008

        Silk and empire

        by Brenda King, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie

        In this book, Brenda M. King challenges the notion that Britain always exploited its empire. Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship were all part of the Anglo-Indian silk trade and were nurtured in the era of empire through mutually beneficial collaboration. The trade operated within and without the empire, according to its own dictates and prospered in the face of increasing competition from China and Japan. King presents a new picture of the trade, where the strong links between Indian designs, the English silk industry and prominent members of the English the arts and crafts movement led to the production of beautiful and luxurious textiles. Lavishly illustrated, this book will be of interest to those interested in the relationship between the British Empire and the Indian subcontinent, as well as by historians of textiles and fashion. ;

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        June 2005

        Dalai Lama XIV.

        Sein Leben, sein Wirken, seine Botschaft

        by Löhr, Sabine

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        Psychology

        Everything Is Different with the Beaver Family

        A Story for Children Whose Parents are Affected by Unemployment

        by Lisa Bartling, Lea Buchner, Yannik Bendel, Hannah Grote, Johannes Kresse, Jennifer Koy

        Bene Beaver is quite certain of the following: His Mom has the coolest job in the world! At dinnertime, his mother often talks about the latest construction of a beaver den, until one evening she is quiet at dinner and seems sad. Papa Bernhard explains that Mom has  lost her job. “How can you lose something like that?” asks Bene, who goes to visit the wisest animal in the forest: the moose. This book is designed to help children, whose parents are affected by unemployment, to  better understand and master their situation. The story of Bene Beaver and his family  addresses a number of the different challenges that occur when a parent is unemployed.   For: • children of elementary school age (between 6 and 12 years of age)  whose parents are affected by unemployment• parents, relatives• therapists

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