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        January 2016

        Non-Conviction-Based Confiscation in Europe.

        Possibilities and Limitations on Rules Enabling Confiscation without a Criminal Conviction.

        by Herausgegeben von Rui, Jon Petter; Herausgegeben von Sieber, Ulrich

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        Business, Economics & Law
        June 2025

        Southern interregnum

        Remaking hegemony in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa

        by Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Karl von Holdt, Ruy Braga, Ching Kwan Lee, Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos

        How do governing elites in the global South attempt to remake hegemony in a conjuncture of durable crisis? This is the question at the core of Southern interregnum, a comparative conjunctural analysis of hegemonic projects in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa. Working with a Gramscian notion of crisis, centred on the interregnum as an enduring period of instability and uncertainty, in which hegemonic authority erodes and competing projects for crisis resolution emerge, the book proposes a novel critical reading of the convulsions that are currently reshaping the political economy of the global South and the world-system. Mapping the variegated trajectories of elite projects to reconcile accumulation and legitimation - and probing the limits of these projects - the book breaks new ground in the study of the contemporary global South.

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        June 2024

        Sustainable Ecological Restoration and Conservation in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region

        A Comprehensive Review

        by Zhanhuan Shang, Allan Degen, Devendra Gauchan, Madan Koirala, Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Awais Iqbal, Binyu Luo, Dawei Zhang, Diwakar Adhikari, Dongmei Li, Furbe Lama, Haonan Guo, Hui Xu, Huma Ali, Jalal Hayat Khan, Jiayi He, Jie Lian, Mei Huang, Monika Ghimire, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Peipei Liu, Qinghui Fang, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota, Ramesh Raj Pant, Rashila Deshar, Ritika K.C, Rui Zhang, Rukhsanda Aziz, Srijana Khanal, Tianyun Qi, Udhab Raj Khadka, Usha Rai, Usman Ali, Wenyin Wang, Xiaoping Jing, Yamuna Ghale, Youyan Liu, Zhen Peng, Zhiqiang Dang

        The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated as "The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration". Ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation efforts face unprecedented challenges, especially in developing countries and areas, such as the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. This huge HKH region, which includes areas in eight separate countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan), is a biodiversity hotspot with a vast array of ecosystems, landscapes, peoples and cultures. It is known as one of 'the pulses of the world'. However, the HKH is also the world's largest and poorest mountain region, where landscapes and environments have been severely damaged as a result of climate change and human activities. Coordinating conservation and restoration policies, sharing knowledge and funds, and maintaining livelihoods are major challenges and are in urgent need of improvement. This book details the past and current ecological problems in the HKH region, and the threats and challenges that ecosystems and local people face. It pays special attention to developments of transformative adaptations and presents examples of sustainable conservation and ecological restoration management practices. Three primary questions are addressed: (1) Do the existing conservation strategies of international organizations and government policies really protect ecosystems and solve biodiversity problems? (2) Can these management measures be one-time solutions? and (3) What is the strategic framework and scenario prognosis for the future based on the historical trajectory of ecological conservation and restoration in the region? This book is essential reading for ecologists and conservation biologists involved in large-scale ecological restoration projects, along with practitioners, graduate students, policy makers and international development workers.

      • On Ancient History of Silk Road

        by Rui Chuanming

        The book has been well crafted over one decade by a prestigious historian, Dr. Rui Chuanming, with his research results on historic events of Silk Road.

      • May 2021

        Fairy Tales and Classic Stories

        by Rui de Oliveira

        The artist Rui de Oliveira published Contos de Fadas e Histórias Clássicas. The illustrations selected and gathered here in this project are the result of many different publications and projects by the author. This is a different work that appeals to all ages, from supplying our homesickness to the most elaborate reading for a child. Instead of a selection of pasteurized figures, we have a real work of art. Rui de Oliveira shows us that this return can be through the watercolored hands of those who use their theoretical training and their international technical experience in favor of a visceral, yet docile, narrative.   We can affirm that this book is perfect for lovers of literature, illustration, and painting because we learned from Mestre Rui that to illustrate it is necessary to know how to read it and be a continuous reader: “any word would be superfluous to explain it”. After all, in a text, not everything is represented and not all images are explained by words, because “for each word, a different image”.   In this work meeting, we see how the master's experience with TV and animation gives movement to his illustrations. And so, in an astonished way, we are driven into the stories. And sensorially, we are absorbing the narrative details of each image.   The work is divided in two parts: fairy tales and classic stories. In fairy tales, we have Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard. The classic stories include Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Beautiful Princess Magalona, Melusine and The Tempest. I am sure the public has read most, if not all, of them.

      • August 2020

        The Art of the Game of Chess

        by Ruy López, Michael J. McGrath, Andrew Soltis

        The Art of the Game of Chess is the first English translation of Fr. Ruy López’s 1561 book about chess, Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del ajedrez. López was a priest who served as King Philip II’s confessor and royal advisor. As a connoisseur of chess, King Philip II promoted the game in his court, and it did not take long for López to become known as Spain’s and one of Europe’s greatest chess players. López is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential chess thinkers of all time whose theories of chess are an integral part of how chess is played today. Academics, including historians, linguists, sociologists, and Hispanists, as well as non-academics, especially chess enthusiasts, will appreciate this translation, which opens with a Foreword by Andrew Soltis, who is a Grandmaster and a United States Chess Hall of Fame Inductee, and includes a critical introduction and more than 275 footnotes.

      • Children's & YA

        Dress-up Day

        by Zhou Rui

        Here comes the annual Dress-up Day of the Animal Kingdom. All the animals are busy making themselves up so no one should recognize them. Indeed they are expecting so much from the activities. However Big Mouse, who is a good friend of Little Mouse, feels very upset because of the arrival of an ill-timed letter. Fortunately they revive their friendship and continue to be good friends after many a dramatic and intriguing episode.

      • Children's & YA
        November 2017

        Chinese Fairy Stories.

        by Zhou Rui

        Chinese Fairy Stories Picture Books is a series of picture books with Chinese national characteristics, a precious scroll of classic version Chinese fairy stories. All these are elaborately designed for kids from 6 to 9 years old (Primary Grades) by Shanghai Educational Publishing House, illustrated by famous artists and written by Chinese fairy tales masters. The most famous specialist teachers have been invited to recite and to give the interpretation, which made it adorable and popular among children and their parents. As a classic selection of Chinese traditional children’s stories, the series is especially suitable for teaching activities in lower grades of primary schools. The series is not only an attempt of traditional stories into picture books, but also a meaningful exploration into facilitating-teaching picture books.

      • Classic fiction (Children's/YA)
        September 2020

        Peking Opera Stories (8 volumes)

        by Zhou Rui

        Peking Opera Stories is a set of storybooks designed for children to get close to Peking Opera. The series has eight books, including the heroine humorous stories, male hero stories, life story, philosophical moral stories, administer justice story, palace story, wisdom and war stories, each book includes 7-9 small stories, covers the most classic of traditional drama, also blended in some distinctive extinction and geared to the children's play. The story itself fully retains the linguistic features and stage features of Beijing Opera, and also incorporates knowledge of Peking Opera, stage art, history and celebrity stories.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        Stories in Calligraphy

        by Zhou Rui

        In China calligraphy, which is written in style, structure and rules according to the characters and meanings, is a unique form to express artistically the beauty of writing and a real work of art. As a children's literature writer, the author loves calligraphy very much. He is good at combining his rich imagination and calligraphy art, and often writes calligraphy works for his friends. This book is a collection of paintings and calligraphy created for dozens of friends. The book is dedicated to spread and promote the art of calligraphy and Chinese language and culture by telling the interesting stories and creative ideas behind the creation of works. The book is both interesting and cultural, containing the wisdom of many Chinese characters, historical allusions and ingenious rhetorical devices. Readers can enjoy the subtleties of calligraphy and Chinese characters while learning anecdotes about cultural celebrities, inspiring their passion to learn calligraphy and Chinese language.

      • June 2020

        Nuo and His Butterfly

        Unusual Me (Chinese Edition,6 books)

        by Fang Rui

        Nuo is a little boy who was born with nevus flammeus on the right side of his face. To comfort him, his mother always told him it was because a “red butterfly” stopped on his face. Nuo loved studying insects. One summer holiday by his grandma in the countryside, he enjoyed a great time observing and collecting insects. He made a few friends there. However, after discovering the “red butterfly” on his face, his friends began to feel afraid of him, guessing he was a “little freak” who would “kill” insects and even locked a red butterfly in his own body…. Could the misunderstanding be cleared up and the friendship restored?

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