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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2025Global counter-terrorism
by Tahir Abbas, Sylvia I. Bergh, Sagnik Dutta
This collection aims to inaugurate a new direction in research on counterterrorism by exploring global connections - both in terms of practices and discourses, as well as shared ideas and epistemes - that animate counterterrorism practices. The chapters - grouped under the themes of postcoloniality and coloniality, and entanglements of the transnational and the local, and counterterrorism and right-wing extremism - are attentive to global connections and are mindful of the complexities of global historical processes that constitute the politics of counterterrorism. This book aims to bring together scholars studying counterterrorism in the global North and the global South to explore convergence and divergence in how counterterrorism policies function in a range of national and local contexts.
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AdventureApril 2024I love you…
by Julien Tănase
The book "I Love You..." is part of the trilogy..., "I love you, till death..." and "I love you, as long as my heart beats”, autobiographical love novels which include chapters from life in a couple of the writer Julien Tănase and his wife, Magdi, with whom he has been in a relationship for 30 years, all against the background of the events that Romania has gone through in recent decades, after the Revolution of '89. A trilogy about the endurance over time of a young couple in love, who have gone through events that are out of touch with reality in Romania where sleeping with a gun under the pillow, the fear of having their child kidnapped, and even the "wars" waged against the corruption of magistrates, politicians and the information systems of a civil society gripped by the widespread corruption in Romania, including the lawsuit invented by the DNA (National Anticorruption Directorate) to stop his work as a journalist and finally won by the writer, makes the autobiography of writer Julien Tănase a fascinating one that leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth and a big question mark; ... "such things have happened and continue to happen in Romania"?... The writer Julien Tănase: "A friend in the Italian Police told me, and I quote him: "... if you had done in Italy what you did for your country, today a street would bear your name! But you had been dead!"
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April 2021Sylvia und der Vogel
by Gemma Koomen, Martina Tichy
Versteckt hinter Blättern und Zweigen leben die Baumhüter. Sie sind nur daumengroß und kümmern sich darum, dass es dem Baum gutgeht. Am liebsten sammeln sie Früchte und Nüsse und spielen dann alle gemeinsam. Nur die kleine Baumhüterin Sylvia ist lieber für sich allein. Bis ein Vogelkind ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Die beiden freunden sich miteinander an, und die schüchterne Sylvia erkennt, dass es zu zweit noch viel mehr Spaß macht, die Welt zu entdecken, denn mit dem munteren Zausel ist immer etwas los. Bis sie bei einem Ausflug einen Vogelschwarm entdecken. Sind das Zausels neue Freunde? In poetischen Bildern erzählt Gemma Koomen von den kleinen Geheimnissen, die man hinter jedem Zweig entdecken kann. Und dass man manchmal einfach einen Freund braucht, der einem Mut macht, aus seinem Versteck zu kommen.
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FictionJanuary 2016The Autumn of Innocence
by Abbas Beydoun
In his novel, The Autumn of Innocence, prominent Lebanese poet and novelist Abbas Beydoun artfully weaves a tragic story of a father-son relationship that ends disastrously with the son's violent death. This story unfolds along with the Arab Spring movement and explores the motivations behind religious extremism and questions cultural constructs of masculinity. The novel opens with a letter from Ghassan to his cousin, describing how his father Massoud strangled his mother to death when Ghassan was just three years old. Afterward, Massoud flees the village in southern Lebanon. For 18 years, no one hears from him, and Ghassan grows up stigmatized by his father's violent crime. In time, Ghassan's aunt Bushra-Massoud's sister-makes a confession: She encouraged Massoud to kill his wife, believing that his wife's low socioeconomic status would bring embarrassment to their wealthy family. Bushra also reveals that Massoud was driven to kill his wife because he feared that she would tell someone that he was impotent, undermining his sense of manhood and social status. Meanwhile, Massoud has moved to southern Syria, where he remarried and had two more sons. During the Arab Spring, the militant groups fighting the Syrian regime transform him into a religious extremist. In the second half of the novel, Massoud return to the village in southern Lebanon. He brings with him a group of men. Together they seize control of the village and terrorize its inhabitants. After killing the dogs, they begin murdering the villagers in the name of religion. One of Ghassan's friends is among the victims, and Massoud also threatens his family. Ghassan decides that he must kill his father, avenging the death of his friend and the deaths of the other villagers. In the end, he fails and is beheaded by Bushra's son, his cousin, who is has joined Massoud's thugs. Beydoun captures the shifting points of view in a family shattered by the tyranny of normative masculinity and the resulting violence. The victims are women, of course, but also the men like Ghassan who reject these social and cultural expectations. The novel also portrays the rise of religious extremism and the terrorism it can inspire, which wreaks havoc on the lives of ordinary people. Beydoun's engaging language imbues the characters and the places they inhabit with a vibrancy and vitality that transcends the difficult subject matter.
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March 1998Die dunkle Seite
Roman
by Abbas Maroufi, Anneliese Ghahraman-Beck
Abbas Maroufi wird 1957 in Teheran geboren. Nach der Grundschule muss er seine schulische Weiterbildung auf den Abend verlegen, um tagsüber Geld zu verdienen. Er leistet seinen Militärdienst ab und beginnt in der Freizeit zu schreiben. Das Ende seiner Militärzeit fällt mit der Revolution zusammen, weshalb er sein Studium der Dramatischen Literatur an der Universität Teheran von 1980 bis 1982 unterbrechen muss. Im Jahr 1990 gründet er die Zeitschrift Gardun (»Himmelsgewölbe«), die er als verantwortlicher Herausgeber leitet, bis er im Januar vom »Gericht für Presseangelegenheiten« wegen »Beleidigung« der islamischen Grundwerte zu sechs Monaten Gefängnis, zwanzig Peitschenhieben und zweijährigem Publikationsverbot verurteilt wird. Grund für das Urteil sind Beiträge verschiedener Autoren in Gardun, die angeblich Schmähungen der religiösen Werte und des Revolutionsführers enthalten. Aufgrund internationaler Proteste wird das Urteil vorerst nicht vollzogen, jedoch wird der Zeitschrift Gardun die Lizenz entzogen. Der Autor kann überraschenderweise ohne Schwierigkeiten das Land verlassen. An der Bewerkstelligung der Ausreise beteiligt sind deutsche Stellen sowie der deutsche PEN (mit Günter Grass). Maroufi hat in Iran zahlreiche Romane sowie Erzählbände, Theaterstücke und Essays veröffentlicht. Am bekanntesten wurde seine Symphonie der Toten. Auf Deutsch erschienen ist darüber hinaus u.a. der Roman Die dunkle Seite, eine Variation von Hedayats Blinder Eule. Diesem größten persischen Roman des 20. Jahrhunderts hat Maroufi zudem ein Nachwort gewidmet. Zuletzt lebt Maroufi mit seiner Frau Akram Abooee, einer Malerin, und den drei Töchtern in Berlin. Dort hat er die Buchhandlung Hedayat gegründet. Am 1. September 2022 verstirbt Abbas Maroufi im Alter von 65 Jahren.
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The Motherland Saga Vol I
VOLUME ONE, LEGACY: 1897 – 1917
by Hugo N.Gerstl
Today, Turkey stands at the center of the world, as it has for millennia. Yet, once again, its position as an international power is ambiguous. It straddles the Occident and the Orient, yet it is neither comfortable with or trusted by either East or West. Beneath its glittering exterior, Turkey is a dormant volcano, ready to explode again, as it has done so many times throughout history. In LEGACY, we meet Turhan Türkoğlu and Abbas Hükümdar, victims of unspeakable poverty and cruelty, each of whom will walk entirely different paths in life. We come face to face with Halide Orhan, one of the greatest heroines of modern literature. In this volume, we witness the death throes of a decaying superpower, the Ottoman Empire, and the beginning of the modern era, marked by the horrors of World War I. Each of these three characters leave their indelible imprint on their Motherland. Published By Pangæa Publishing Group, 2019. 274 pages – 23 cm x 15 cm
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Geography & the EnvironmentOctober 2019The Himalayan Soap Pod Tree (Gymnocladus assamicus)
An Ecologically and Economically Important Tree on the Brink of Extinction
by Baharul I Choudhury, Mohammed Latif Khan
Extinction of species has alarmingly increased in recent decades due to anthropogenic activities, natural calamities and climate change. The life history, ecology and evolution of such species have often not been well studied. Gymnocladus assamicus is an archaic tree endemic to the Eastern Himalayan region of Northeast India. Locally known as 'Menangmanba-shi' by the Monpa tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (India), mature G. assamicus pods contain high saponin and are used traditionally for cleansing purposes and rituals. We rediscovered the species after more than 70 years from high altitude areas in the Himalayas through extensive field explorations and employing an ecological niche modeling approach. Our study revealed a very few actively reproducing mature G. assamicus trees surviving in unique microclimatic conditions. The species is classified as 'critically endangered' (IUCN red list). The book contains detailed information about G. assamicus and discusses its current distribution, population status, ethnobotanical uses and other ecological parameters. Major intrinsic and extrinsic factors that might be responsible for population decline are described. More importantly, we reported a very rare mating system known as 'androdioecy' in which male and hermaphrodite individuals co-exist in the natural population. Overall, the book highlights the story of a critically endangered tree species with a unique biological and socio-cultural importance and will serve as a case study and referencefor other similar species both locally and globally.
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Children's & YAI Am Special
by Nadine Kamal Karrit
You may be both different and the same as all the other children.This is what this book tackling the Down Syndrome explains, through the story of a child who just wants to be friends with everybody else.
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Children's & YAI Am Not Alone
by Ramy Tawil
Maher realizes one day he is an only child with no siblings. He starts to feel a bit lonely, and wishes he had siblings - like his friends and cousins. Luckily, his toys are here and now it’s time to show Maher what it means to be surrounded with brothers and sisters.It’s a heartwarming story that shows how rich and powerful the imagination of an only child can be.
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July 1982Shakespeare and Company
Ein Buchladen in Paris
by Sylvia Beach, Lilly Sauter
Sylvia Beachs amerikanische Buchhandlung und Leihbücherei in Paris war für ein Vierteljahrhundert Treffpunkt für Dichter und Musiker, denen Paris und die lebendige Atmosphäre um die Wahlpariserin zu geistigen Asyl und Mittelpunkt wurden.
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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 2019ABBA ABBA: By Anthony Burgess
by Paul Howard, Andrew Biswell
ABBA ABBA is one of Anthony Burgess's most original works, combining fiction, poetry and translation. A product of his time in Italy in the early 1970s, this delightfully unconventional book is part historical novel, part poetry collection, as well as a meditation on translation and the generating of literature by one of Britain's most inventive post-war authors. Set in Papal Rome in the winter of 1820-21, Part One recreates the consumptive John Keats's final months in the Eternal City and imagines his meeting the Roman dialect poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. Pitting Anglo-Italian cultures and sensibilities against each other, Burgess creates a context for his highly original versions of 71 sonnets by Belli, which feature in Part Two. This new edition includes extra material by Burgess, along with an introduction and notes by Paul Howard, Fellow in Italian Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentSeptember 2018Me: Experience and Transcendence of Life
by Wang Qingbing
This book aims at helping people know and acquire self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-cultivation. Starting with the discussion on "individual", the book focuses on analyzing "I", "me", "myself", the unique entity in the world. The author shares personal understanding, thinking, reflection, and experience to communicate with readers about how to recognize self, life, society, and world, as well as how to get along with yourself, the society, and to change the world around you.
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October 1992
Sylvia Plath
Eine Biographie. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Sabine Techel
by Linda W. Wagner-Martin, Sabine Techel
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February 2024Wiedersehen in Stockholm
Roman | Second-Chance-Romance mit Wohlfühlfaktor | Das perfekte Geschenk zum Valentinstag
by Anna Lönnqvist, Regine Elsässer
An einem bezaubernden Abend in Stockholms Tivoli Gröna Lund lernen sich Ella und Ben kennen und verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick. Am nächsten Morgen steigt Ben zurück in den Zug nach Hause in Nordschweden, aber beide sind sich sicher: Sie sehen sich wieder. Doch die Dinge entwickeln sich anders und plötzlich sind zwölf Jahre vergangen. Ella ist in einer glücklichen Beziehung mit ihrem Jugendfreund Leon und arbeitet als freie Autorin. Sie hat gerade den Auftrag bekommen, die Biografie der legendären Unternehmerin Fredrika Bergh zu schreiben. Da stellt Fredrika ihr einen neuen Kollegen vor: Ben. Sie beschließt, ihn zu ignorieren. Ein lang vergangener Abend wird ihr jetziges Leben nicht verändern. Oder doch? Denn je mehr sie über Fredrikas bewegtes Leben schreibt, desto mehr hinterfragt sie ihr eigenes ... Wiedersehen in Stockholm ist eine warmherzige, gefühlvolle Geschichte über spontane Anziehung, verlorene Liebe und zweite Chancen.
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February 2024Wiedersehen in Stockholm
Roman | Second-Chance-Romance mit Wohlfühlfaktor | Das perfekte Geschenk zum Valentinstag
by Anna Lönnqvist
An einem bezaubernden Abend in Stockholms Tivoli Gröna Lund lernen sich Ella und Ben kennen und verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick. Am nächsten Morgen steigt Ben zurück in den Zug nach Hause in Nordschweden, aber beide sind sich sicher: Sie sehen sich wieder. Doch die Dinge entwickeln sich anders und plötzlich sind zwölf Jahre vergangen. Ella ist in einer glücklichen Beziehung mit ihrem Jugendfreund Leon und arbeitet als freie Autorin. Sie hat gerade den Auftrag bekommen, die Biografie der legendären Unternehmerin Fredrika Bergh zu schreiben. Da stellt Fredrika ihr einen neuen Kollegen vor: Ben. Sie beschließt, ihn zu ignorieren. Ein lang vergangener Abend wird ihr jetziges Leben nicht verändern. Oder doch? Denn je mehr sie über Fredrikas bewegtes Leben schreibt, desto mehr hinterfragt sie ihr eigenes ... Wiedersehen in Stockholm ist eine warmherzige, gefühlvolle Geschichte über spontane Anziehung, verlorene Liebe und zweite Chancen.
