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        OSV is the largest English-language Catholic publishing house in the United States. Founded in Huntington, Indiana, in 1912 by Father (later Archbishop) John Francis Noll, OSV publishes Catholic periodicals, a wide range of trade books, parish products, Bibles, and Vatican documents, and Spanish, bilingual, and English religion curricula and sacrament preparation materials, all designed to foster an encounter with Christ. Learn more about OSV Publishing and the other products and services that OSV offers to serve the Church at www.osv.com.

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        Sunway University Press is the leading private academic publishing house in Malaysia. We publish scholarly works and academic books in various disciplines—science & technology, business & finance, arts & humanities, hospitality, professional accounting, and education.

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        The Arts
        April 2024

        Hyde Park

        by James Shirley

        by Eugene Giddens

        Hyde Park (1632) is one of the best-loved comedies of James Shirley, considered to be one of the most important Caroline dramatists. The play showcases strong female characters who excel at rebuking the outlandish courtship of various suitors. Shirley's comic setting, London's Hyde Park, offers ample opportunity for witty dialogue. This is the first critical edition of the play, including a wide-ranging introduction and extensive commentary and textual notes. Paying special attention to the culture of Caroline London and its stage, the volume unpicks Shirley's politics of courtship and consent while also underlining the play's dynamics of class and power. A detailed performance history traces productions from 1632, across the Restoration to the present day, including that of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987. A textual history of the play's first quarto determines how it was printed and what relationship Hyde Park has to other texts by Shirley.

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        The Arts
        May 2022

        Hyde Park

        by James Shirley

        by Helen Ostovich, Eugene Giddens

        Hyde Park (1632) is one of the best-loved comedies of James Shirley, considered to be one of the most important Caroline dramatists. The play showcases strong female characters who excel at rebuking the outlandish courtship of various suitors. Shirley's comic setting, London's Hyde Park, offers ample opportunity for witty dialogue and sport - including foot and horse races - across three love plots. This is the first critical edition of the play, including a wide-ranging introduction and extensive commentary and textual notes. Paying special attention to the culture of Caroline London and its stage, the Revels Plays edition unpicks Shirley's politics of courtship and consent while also underlining the play's dynamics of class and power. A detailed performance history traces productions from 1632, across the Restoration to the present day, including that of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987. A textual history of the play's first quarto determines how it was printed and what relationship Hyde Park has to other texts by Shirley from the same publishers.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2017

        Study on Zhou Dunyi's Journey of Life

        by Liu Yiping

        Zhou Dunyi (1017—1073) is a famous ideologist, philosopher and originator of Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. Together with Shao Yong, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, they are called "Five Thinkers of the Northern Song Dynasty". This book is one of a series of books commemorating Zhou Dunyi with 17 manuscripts in it. The author experiences Zhou Dunyi's life journey by visiting 17 places where Zhou Dunyi ever studied, worked, teached, etc., and records personal feelings and reflection. It is the author's attempt to have a further understanding of Zhou Dunyi, Chinese traditional culture, as well as the Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2024

        A savage song

        Racist violence and armed resistance in the early twentieth-century U.S.–Mexico Borderlands

        by Margarita Aragon

        This book examines key moments in which collective and state violence invigorated racialized social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, A savage song examines several focal points in this oft-ignored history, including the 1915 rebellion of ethnic Mexicans in South Texas, and its brutal repression by the Texas Rangers and the 1917 mutiny of black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas, in response to police brutality. Aragon considers both the continuities and stark contrasts across these different moments: how were racialized constructions of masculinity differently employed? How did African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, respond to the violence of racism? And how was their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, understood by law enforcement, politicians, and the press? Building on extensive archival research, the book examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality.

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        September 2021

        Reminiscences of Song Dynasty: Urban Life

        by Li Chuntang

        No people in any dynasty knew more about life than those in the Song Dynasty.Focusing on Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty and Lin'an(Hangzhou) in the Southern Song Dynasty, the political, economic, cultural, people's conditions, customs and other aspects of the city are described in this book, which shows the social development of the Song Dynasty from close to distant and from small to big.This book is divided into five chapters, including "Game of power", "Evolution of folk customs", "Awakening of culture", "Lively market" and "Secret corner", which paint an urban life drawing of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. More than 100 exquisite paintings of the Song Dynasty and the text content of this book jointly reflect the ultimate life aesthetics of the Song Dynasty.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2015

        Collected Poems of Han Dong

        by Han Dong

        Han Dong is one of the most influential poets in contemporary China. Full of deep sympathy and insight into humanity, Han Dong’s poems shows modernism, and stand out with a folk style.

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        April 2009

        Toys and Folk Arts

        by Song Peixian & Dan Ni

        This volume has two parts: the first part introduces 55 kinds of Chinese toys; the second introduces 23 kinds of folk arts.

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        Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups
        October 2010

        The Beethoven song companion

        by Paul Reid

        This is the first full-length, published study of Beethoven's songs. All the composer's songs with piano are included, with full German texts and translations, together with comprehensive notes on the poetry and the music. The inclusion of unfinished songs gives a fascinating insight into Beethoven's compositional methods. An introductory essay considers reasons for the relative neglect of the songs, the significance of Beethoven's choice of texts, his crucial role in the development of German art-song and specific aspects such as choice of key. Throughout the book, poetic and musical texts are discussed in their historical context, and in the overall context of Beethoven's life and music. It is anticipated that this book, like its predecessor The Schubert Song Companion, will encourage the performance and study of an important but comparatively neglected aspect of the work of the world's most celebrated composer.

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        2016

        Northern Song Generals of the Yang’s Family

        by Yu Yueheng Luo Cangshi et al.

        The Chinese concept of "integration between the family and the country" has a long history, and it is obvious especially in the face of the invasion by foreign enemies. In the Northern Song Dynasty, several generations of Yang’s family, including women, served in the military camp to fight against the invasion by the Liao State. They led the soldiers to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and bravely fought in the battle of wits in the imperial court, leaving a number of epic stories of heroic deeds.

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        September 2020

        Song of Heroes

        by Nie Mao

        Song of Heroes is an ode dedicated to heroes. It consists of seven movements, adorned with starting tune, overture, ending tune and after sound. It is in the form of symphonic poems, dedicated to an integration of being epic, lyrical, realistic and vanguard. With lofty beliefs, the poet started writing from Mao Anying's heroic deeds, using time, space, characters, and events as a narrative line to extol a large number of evocative heroes and heroic deeds moving forward in adversity. Not only did the author write about the hero representatives of various important periods, such as Zhao Yiman, Zhao Dengyu, and Xia Minghan, but also wrote about some hero groups, such as the five heroes of the Langya Mountain, the two bombs and one star hero group, and the space hero group. This majestic ode to heroes is tenacious and tragic. It expresses the immortal historical feats made by the heroes for the Chinese revolution, China's construction and the Chinese people. It helps children understand historical heroes by reading poetry, feels the heroic deeds and inspires them with national pride and cultural self-confidence.

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        May 2018

        Children's fascination with Song Ci and Song History

        by Pao Ba

        This is an interesting speech of Song poetry written by a father to his children. With vivid, funny and modern language, the author introduces the Song poems that are suitable for primary school students to read and recite. The book is also equipped with the historical background related to the poems, the personality and experience of the poets, so that children can enjoy the beauty of poems in a relaxed and interesting atmosphere, and quickly master and learn the essence of Chinese classical culture

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2018

        The Change of Jingkang

        The Decline and Fall of the Northern Song Dynasty

        by You Biao

        The Jingkang transformation that occurred in the late Northern Song Dynasty was a great tragedy in China's history when the country was destroyed and the country fell apart.Who caused this tragedy? Through long-term and multi-layered investigations, this book reproduces the panorama of the decline and decline of the Northern Song Dynasty, and provides thought-provoking thoughts and answers to these questions.

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        The Establishment of Song Dynasty: A Legend of Emperor Taizu

        by Wang Lixin

        The book vividly depicts the legendary Emperor Taizu (927-976) of Song Dynasty (960-1279) with a light and humorous tone. Taking his life experience as a clue, it gives an insightful description of his historical background, difficulties in his early life and his later political achievements, highlighting his practices and pursuits of benevolent governance. Therefore, it is a book of a king which virtuous people will find interesting.

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        January 2005

        magazine

        by Adam Green, Thomas Meinecke

        What am I doing in New York City? fragt der jüngste und vielversprechendste Songwriter New Yorks, ein Aufnahmegerät in der Hand, ein Notizbuch griffbereit in der Hosentasche. Und was ihm einfällt, landet entweder als Song im Recorder und später auf CD oder im Heft und wird zum pulsierenden Text: Eine Zeitlang sammelte Adam Green seine Textproduktion jenseits der Musik in Fanzines, den sogenannten magazines. Jetzt sind diese, zusammen mit dem Langgedicht "Flowers of Capitalism" und anderen zwischen 2001 und 2004 entstandenen Texten, erstmals in Buchform erhältlich.

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        March 2022

        Love in the Big City

        Roman

        by Sang Young Park, Jan Henrik Dirks

        Young flippert zwischen Bude, Hörsaal und den Betten seiner letzten Tinder-Matches hin und her. Er studiert in Seoul, zusammen mit Jaehee, seiner BFF und Mitbewohnerin, zieht er durch die glitzernden Bars und queeren Clubs der Stadt. Mit noch einem Glas Soju in der Hand und eisgekühlten Marlboro Reds zwischen den Lippen beschwören sie die Euphorie, jede Nacht. Gegen die Ängste, gegen die Liebe, gegen die Ansprüche der Familie und die Not mit dem Geld. Doch als auch Jaehee endlich ankommen will, bleibt Young allein zurück im Partymodus. Mit seiner altgewordenen Mutter, mit dutzenden Liebhabern, von denen kaum einer seinen Namen kennt, mit der Leidenschaft fürs Schreiben und einer Frage: Ist in diesem Land für einen wie mich überhaupt eine Zukunft vorgesehen? Kann ich sie erreichen? Love in the Big City ist eine Heldengeschichte von gewaltiger Zärtlichkeit und Lässigkeit. Sang Young Park erzählt von Chaos, Freude, Leichtigkeit des Jungseins, und seinen schmerzhaften Grenzen, in einer Gesellschaft, deren Vergangenheit trotz allem Blitzen, Blinken, Träumen seltsam mächtig bleibt … Das Kultbuch aus Südkorea, Porträt einer Generation, Psychogramm eines faszinierenden Landes.

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        January 2021

        Im Park der prächtigen Schwestern

        Roman

        by Camila Sosa Villada

        Hass verjagt Camila von zu Hause. Sie geht in die Stadt, auf der Suche nach einem Ort, an dem sie feiern kann, was sie ist: trans. Sie trifft ihresgleichen, wird Teil einer Wahlfamilie aus Prostituierten und Marginalisierten. Und gemeinsam feiern sie: die Liebe, den Rausch, im Widerstand gegen eine Gesellschaft, die sie verachtet. Lebensgeschichte, Roman, Märchen, Manifest – Im Park der prächtigen Schwestern erzählt von der Freude am Leben gegen alle Widerstände, von Zugehörigkeit, von Befreiung und der alles entscheidenden Macht der Fantasie. Tief in der argentinischen Provinz ist es gefährlich, anders zu sein. Wer sich nicht einordnet, bekommt schnell Gewalt zu spüren, zuallererst vom eigenen Vater. Bei Camila war das nicht anders und es blieb nur die Flucht, nach Córdoba in die Anonymität der Stadt. Doch Camila will kein Opfer sein, sich nicht vorschreiben lassen, wo ihr Platz in der Gesellschaft ist. Im Park Sarmiento begegnet sie eines Nachts einer Schar Gleichgesinnter, schillernde Paradiesvögel, mit denen Camila fortan alles teilt: den Schnaps, die Träume, die Freier, Drogen und Demütigungen. Sie werden zu Schwestern in einem Märchen, zu Verbündeten im scheinbar aussichtslosen Kampf um Selbstbestimmung und Lebensfreude als Transsexuelle in Lateinamerika.

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        January 2021

        Im Park der prächtigen Schwestern

        Roman

        by Camila Sosa Villada, Svenja Becker

        Hass verjagt Camila von zu Hause. Sie geht in die Stadt, auf der Suche nach einem Ort, an dem sie feiern kann, was sie ist: trans. Sie trifft ihresgleichen, wird Teil einer Wahlfamilie aus Prostituierten und Marginalisierten. Und gemeinsam feiern sie: die Liebe, den Rausch, im Widerstand gegen eine Gesellschaft, die sie verachtet. Lebensgeschichte, Roman, Märchen, Manifest – Im Park der prächtigen Schwestern erzählt von der Freude am Leben gegen alle Widerstände, von Zugehörigkeit, von Befreiung und der alles entscheidenden Macht der Fantasie. Tief in der argentinischen Provinz ist es gefährlich, anders zu sein. Wer sich nicht einordnet, bekommt schnell Gewalt zu spüren, zuallererst vom eigenen Vater. Bei Camila war das nicht anders und es blieb nur die Flucht, nach Córdoba in die Anonymität der Stadt. Doch Camila will kein Opfer sein, sich nicht vorschreiben lassen, wo ihr Platz in der Gesellschaft ist. Im Park Sarmiento begegnet sie eines Nachts einer Schar Gleichgesinnter, schillernde Paradiesvögel, mit denen Camila fortan alles teilt: den Schnaps, die Träume, die Freier, Drogen und Demütigungen. Sie werden zu Schwestern in einem Märchen, zu Verbündeten im scheinbar aussichtslosen Kampf um Selbstbestimmung und Lebensfreude als Transsexuelle in Lateinamerika.

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        March 2013

        In einem fremden Park

        Gartengedichte

        by Rainer Maria Rilke, Marion Nickig, Marianne Beuchert

        Rainer Maria Rilkes Gärten sind »von Königen gebaut«. Sie sind still und hoheitsvoll, wirken wie »nie betreten«. Mit blumenbegrenzten weiten Rasenflächen, mit Alleen, gestalteten Bäumen, Kieswegen, Palästen und Pavillons, mit Bänken und Treppen aus Stein, Sonnenuhren und Fontänen und einer Überfülle an Blumen gleichen sie ausgebreiteten Prunkgewändern. Ihr eigentlicher Zauber aber liegt in ihrer beständigen Verwandlung. Rilke preist das unauflösliche Ineinander von lebendigstem Dasein und Vergänglichkeit, jenes »Äußerste von Sein und Neigen«, mit zärtlichen, betörenden Worten. Die Auswahl Marianne Beucherts lädt zu einem Gang durch diese Gärten ein. Die Ausgabe wird ergänzt durch zwölf farbige Park- und Blumenaufnahmen von Marion Nickig.

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