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    • Trusted Partner
      Fiction
      October 2018

      Broken Bridge,Remnant Snow

      by Wang Xufeng

      “Ten Scenes in West Lake” is the work of Wang Xufeng, the famous writer and Mao Dun Literature Award winner, in the background of Hangzhou West Lake. It is a collection of novellas with the historical " Ten Scenes in West Lake " as the starting point. The ten novellas are independent stories ,and are also connected to each other, forming a series of books that are saturated with the charm of Jiangnan. The book Broken Bridge,Remnant Snow is one of the novellas. The author uses the broken bridge scenic spots in the West Lake to tell the readers stories among the old man Xu Xuan and Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing and Master Hai. In the misty and rainy West Lake, a piece of past events begins.

    • Trusted Partner
      The Arts
      September 2025

      Art as worldmaking

      Critical essays on realism and naturalism

      by Malcolm Baker, Andrew Hemingway

      Introduction : Realism and its others in the 21st century: Why Realism won't go away - Andrew Hemingway Part I: Theory 1. The figure as double agent: realism and abstraction in European post-war art - Briony Fer 2. Realism's Credibility Problem - Joshua Shannon 3. If only; only if ... - Adrian Rifkin Part II: Sculpture 4. Confronting the Veristic Sculptural Portrait - Malcolm Baker 5. Sculpture, Realism and the Neo-classical Ideal - Martina Droth 6. Elasticity and Victorian Sculptural Form - Caroline Arscott 7. Image of the People: Charles Ray's Recent Work - Anne M. Wagner Part III: Garden Design 8. Of Gardens and Persons: the English Engagement with China's Garden Design - Martin Powers 9. Traditional Views. Conservative Anti-Naturalism and Landscape Aesthetics in France around 1900 - Neil McWilliam Part IV: Painting and Photography 10. Willem Kalf on Reflexykonst and the Aesthetics of Transformation in Still Life - Celeste Brusati 11. Democratic light: phenomenology and the worldliness of painting - Brendan Prendeville 12. The Visibility of Labor - T.J. Clark 13. Body and Soul in the work of Thomas Eakins and F. Holland Day - Rebecca Zurier Part V: Photography and Conema 14. Photography as counter forensics - Steve Edwards 15. Woman, War and Social Documentary Photography in South Africa - Tamar Garb 16. Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966): photography and film - Lisa Tickner Part VI: Post-Media / Contemporary Practice 17. Peter Dreher's Everyday Realism - Alistair Rider 18. From grey and rainy Vermont - Thomas Crow 19. 'Every day, something happens to us': Realism at the crossroads - Gail Day Index

    • Trusted Partner
      March 2021

      Columbus, the Discarded Explorer

      Disaster of the legendary sailor

      by Wolfgang Wissler

      There he stands, the man the whole of Spain cheered, before whom the most catholic regents Isabella and Ferdinand rose to their feet, his eyes on his ship Capitana, devoured by shipworm, stranded off Jamaica. Some of the crew mutiny, the locals can no longer be fobbed off with glass beads, the Spanish on the nearby island of Hispaniola do not help, the world doesn‘t want anything to do with him, the demanding whinger. He, Christopher Columbus, is a John Lackland, a king without land, a conqueror without conquest. Between fiction and historical truth, Wolfgang Wissler recounts the legendary sailor‘s last expedition in an entirely new way – and what a story it is!

    • Trusted Partner
      March 2021

      Bonbon and Blanket

      by Emily House

      A new children's picture book by author Emily House (of Earth Takes a Break) brings us the heartwarming tale of Bonbon and Blanket and the lengths we'll go to hold onto those we love. A great pick for a kids' bedtime storybook! Bonbon and Blanket’s friendship is full of fun and adventure, but the pair very soon discover that not every adventure is of their own choosing!

    • Trusted Partner
      February 2021

      Layers

      by Poznanski, U.

      Can You Believe Your Eyes? Dorian has been living on the streets since running away from home, and has always managed to fend for himself pretty well. But when he wakes up one morning beside a dead homeless man who has evidently been murdered, Dorian panics – he can’t remember anything of what happened the previous night. Is he responsible for the man’s murder? Then a stranger appears with an unexpected offer of help, and Dorian seizes the opportunity with both hands – this is his chance to hide from the police. The stranger works with young people in need, and he takes Dorian to a villa where he is given food, new clothes and even schooling.But Dorian soon learns that you get nothing for free in this life. In return for being looked after at the villa, Dorian is expected to distribute mysterious free gifts – gifts which are very carefully sealed. And when an unexpected turn of events results in him keeping one of the gifts, he finds himself being hunted by merciless pursuers. After the international YA-bestseller Erebos, Saeculum and The Eleria-Trilogy Ursula Poznanski now presents her new thriller: Layers Awarded with the Hans-Jörg-Martin Prize 2016 for the best YA-Thriller! More information also available under: www.layers-buch.de

    • Trusted Partner
      June 2025

      White Hearts

      by Nnamdi Okose

      Two young boys seeking to be initiated into the order of warriors, find their lives upturned when an accident wakes a vengeful goddess. This story, weaved from the oral lore and magic of the Igbo takes the reader on a journey through the lake where mermaids and crocodiles contend for power. And through enchanted kingdoms ruled by mythical spirits. A curse has been unleashed that would cause the destruction of the world. An army of both humans and mythical creatures must be raised to defend the world. Only a white heart can lead this great army.

    • Fiction
      January 1912

      The End and the Beginning

      by Rainis

      The End and the Beginning is considered Rainis’s most significant poetry collection. It forms a conceptual whole and the phrase connecting each section “I flow, I flow” reflects notions of continuous motion, renewal, and transformation.

    • Children's & YA
      April 2017

      Never Ever Serve Sugary Snacks on Rainy Days

      and Other Words of Wisdom

      by Shirley Rianes, EdD

      In this updated version of the classic original, teachers and caregivers will enjoy the warm and witty pages of wise words passed down from a veteran early childhood educator. The beautiful, full-color interior of Never, Ever Serve Sugary Snacks on Rainy Days is a delight to read and the perfect gift, both for new teachers and for those who have been in education for years

    • Children's & YA
      October 2019

      Sing to the Moon

      by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl and Sandra van Doorn

      For one little Ugandan boy, no wish is too big. First he dreams of reaching the stars and then of riding a supernova straight to Mars. But on a rainy day at his grandfather’s house, he is brought down to earth with a bump. Do adventures only happen in galaxies far away or can he find magic a little closer to home?

    • Natural disasters
      August 2015

      Droughts in Agricultural Production

      Monitoring & Management

      by G.G.S.N. Rao

      Drought is considered to be a normal feature of climate especially in tropical countries where occurrence of periods of dry weather during rainy season is common. Virtually droughts can occur in all climates and they can also be witnessed when the air temperatures are higher than the normal for a longer period that increases both evaporation and water deficit. 1. The first deals with the introduction to the topic, historical evidences of drought and famines in India. 2. The definition of droughts, criteria for classification of droughts, drought indices based on rainfall, climate derivatives and remote sensing are covered under two. 3. Information on climate change with respects to climate trends, projections on temperature and rainfall at global as well at national level, consequences of climate change on droughts are presented in there. 4. Approaches on drought monitoring, adopted by various countries, international cooperation in drought monitoring and drought monitoring mechanism in India are presented in four. Decision Support Systems and applications of GIS for drought monitoring are also covered in this . 5. World food production and its variability, the impact of phenomenal drought during 2009 on food grain production in different countries, impacts of droughts on livestock, milk and fisheries production are covered under five. 6. Global surface waters, availability of surface waters in India, influence of drought on fauna and flora of surface waters and global warming on water resources at global and national level is discussed in – six. 7. Drought management strategies, drought planning and preparedness action plans at global as well at national level, indigenous knowledge on drought management, astrological techniques in weather forecasting and traditional wisdom on management of droughts in different nomadic communities in Asia and Africa are covered in seven. eight carries the conclusion of the entire book. Book will be useful to the students and research scholars of Agrometeorology, Meteorology and Geography and all Research Scientists dealing with NRM.

    • Agriculture & farming
      May 2016

      Climate Change and Plantations in The Humid Tropics

      by GSHLV Prasada Rao & C.S.Gopakumar

      Weather and climate play an important role in plantation crops production. While climate determines the adaptability of a particular crop in a region, weather determines the yield attributes of the crop. The global warming and climate change impacts on plantation crops are evident in the form of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, cold and heat waves and strong cyclonic winds, the frequency of which is likely to be more and more in the ensuing decades as noticed year after year around the globe in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015. It is now a topic of concern and the plantations economy is in a threat in the ensuing decades due to climate variability. Decline in monsoon rainfall with number of rainy days, increasing ambient air temperatures (both day maximum and night minimum), decline in groundwater table, decline in wetland area and surface water resources, increasing number of forest fires and decline in forest area, increasing events of landslides during both the monsoon seasons, indiscriminate sand mining from river beds and unscientific land filling are the important climate change related issues in the Humid Tropics.

    • Fiction

      Panorama

      by Dušan Šarotar

      A writer, perhaps the author’s alter ego, looks for peace and inspiration as he travels slowly along the rainy, foggy coast of Ireland. From there he goes to Belgium and then, by way of Ljubljana, to Sarajevo, but for the most part his journey leads him ever deeper into the landscapes of his own inner world. The narrative takes the form of an associative stream of consciousness in which different times, places, and events overlap to create an unusual story with many narrative voices. Although the connections between them may not be immediately obvious, it is not entirely accidental that they find themselves sharing a common story. Diverse narratives create a panoramic view of the search for something people might call home that in a foreign setting seems ever more elusive. In the manner of W. G. Sebald, the story is supported and complemented by photographs taken by Šarotar himself.

    • ABSOLVO TE

      by Georgi Bardarov

      EUROPEAN LITERATURE PRIZE FOR 2021! https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/georgi-bardarov The novel “Absolvo te” is based on two true stories – one about World War II and the Holocaust, and the other about the Arab-Israeli conflict. The main characters are a Palestinian, a Jewish man and a Nazis officer. Each of them must forgive and look past each other’s sins. They’re all in need of “Absolve te”, which translated from Latin means ‘’forgiveness of all sins’’.

    • Teachers' classroom resources & material
      September 2002

      Rainy Day Activities

      by Feldman, Jean

      Excerpted from the national best-seller Preschool Art, MaryAnn Kohl brings you 50 great ways to paint using vegetable dyes, corncobs, cornstarch, shoe polish, and more. Emphasizing the process, not the product, this series encourages children to feel successful, problem-solve, and experience the joy of exploration and discovery. Preschool Art: Painting makes art fun and accessible to children of all ages.

    • Children's & YA
      February 2023

      The Jungle Ants

      by Omoruyi Uwuigiaren

      Follow a pair of jungle ants as they rescue their friend from a raging storm. Encounter adventures beyond your wildest dreams. See how easy and how fun it is to learn about a new culture in the heart of the jungle.

    • Teachers' classroom resources & material
      September 2013

      Never, EVER, Serve Sugary Snacks on Rainy Days

      The Official Little Instruction Book for Teachers of Young Children

      by Raines, Shirley

      450 all new teaching ideas using 90 more of the most popular children's books. 18 different curriculum units have been created, including Classics; Cats, Dogs, and Other Pets; Transportation; and Tall and Funny Tales--all designed to instill a love of learning and a fondness for good books.

    • September 2020

      A pack of jellybeans

      by Tatyana Gishina

      Nicholas Sparks meets Chanel Cleeton in a breathtaking debut about one woman journey to love herself by facing the ghosts from the past. Is it any consolation to know that somebody loves you when the only thing you can do with this love is to let it go? Deya is a thirty-year-old woman who has everything: a successful career, a man who loves her, a life she has dreamed of. She is not tortured by unnecessary questions, by unwanted feelings or irrelevant memories. A phone call, however, changes everything. It takes her back to the past and digs up pain and secrets, buried in oblivion by the years and a hidden guilt. Plamen meets Deya on a rainy autumn day. After so many years, he is the first to understand her and make her feel happy. It is a stroke of love. The one you have to experience at least once in your life. Love at first sight that gradually overwhelms you. Impossible love, requited though. A gift given by destiny, by the dead, by a rainy day. Do you believe in destiny? Do you believe that under the stars, there exists someone who is destined to be with you? Do you believe that despite the circumstances, this love and destiny cannot pass you by? Two people overwhelmed by their guilt. A lost world of childhood, rediscovered by a late encounter. The path of forgiveness is not easy, but those who have had the chance to go along it to the end must be truly happy.

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