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Humanities & Social Sciences

February 2013

The Jews in western Europe, 1400–1600

by Translated and Edited by John Edwards

As European politics, society, economy and religion underwent epoch-making changes between 1400 and 1600, the treatment of Europe's Jews by the non-Jewish majority was, then as in later periods, a symptom of social problems and tensions in the Continent as a whole. Through a broad-ranging collection of documents, John Edwards sets out to present a vivid picture of the Jewish presence in European life during this vital and turbulent period. Subjects covered include the Jews' own economic presence and culture, social relations between Jews and Christians, the policies and actions of Christian authorities in Church and State. He also draws upon original source material to convey ordinary people's prejudices about Jews, including myths about Jewish 'devilishness', money-grabbing, and 'ritual murder' of Christian children. Full introductory and explanatory material makes accessible the historical context of the subject and highlights the insights offered by the documents as well as the pitfalls to be avoided in this area of historical enquiry. This volume aims to provide a coherent working collection of texts for lecturers, teachers and students who wish to understand the experience of Jewish Europeans in this period. ;

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February 2020

Der Tag des Königs

by Abdellah Taïa, Andréas Riehle

An der Straße von Rabat nach Salé wartet eine Menschenmenge auf die Ankunft Hassans II., des Königs von Marokko. Mitten darin zwei Jungen.Khalid stammt aus einem herrschaftlichen Haus im reichsten Viertel der Stadt, Omar aus der armen Vorstadt. Dennoch sind sie unzertrennlich. Omar liebt Khalid, den feingliedrigen Jungen mit der zarten Haut und den überspannten Ideen. Und Khalid Omar, der mit seinen vierzehn Jahren schon die Verantwortung für seinen Vater trägt. Der ist wie ein kleines Kind, seit Omars Mutter die Familie verlassen hat. Doch unter dieser Beziehung der beiden ungleichen Jungen lauern Abgründe. Und jetzt ist überdies Khalid ausgewählt, als reichster und bester Schüler der Klasse dem König die Hand zu küssen. Er hat Omar nichts davon gesagt. Dieser Verrat läßt die Kluft zwischen beiden aufbrechen – und verlangt ein Opfer. Lakonisch, dramatisch, mit kunstvoller Theatralik erzählt der marokkanische Autor Abdellah Taïa, wie Liebe umschlägt in Gewalt unter einem von sozialer Ungleichheit und Tabus geprägten despotischen Regime.

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April 2012

Der Tag des Königs

by Abdellah Taïa

An der Straße von Rabat nach Salé wartet eine Menschenmenge auf die Ankunft Hassans II., des Königs von Marokko. Mitten darin zwei Jungen.Khalid stammt aus einem herrschaftlichen Haus im reichsten Viertel der Stadt, Omar aus der armen Vorstadt. Dennoch sind sie unzertrennlich. Omar liebt Khalid, den feingliedrigen Jungen mit der zarten Haut und den überspannten Ideen. Und Khalid Omar, der mit seinen vierzehn Jahren schon die Verantwortung für seinen Vater trägt. Der ist wie ein kleines Kind, seit Omars Mutter die Familie verlassen hat. Doch unter dieser Beziehung der beiden ungleichen Jungen lauern Abgründe. Und jetzt ist überdies Khalid ausgewählt, als reichster und bester Schüler der Klasse dem König die Hand zu küssen. Er hat Omar nichts davon gesagt. Dieser Verrat läßt die Kluft zwischen beiden aufbrechen – und verlangt ein Opfer. Lakonisch, dramatisch, mit kunstvoller Theatralik erzählt der marokkanische Autor Abdellah Taïa, wie Liebe umschlägt in Gewalt unter einem von sozialer Ungleichheit und Tabus geprägten despotischen Regime.

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March 2015

Wiedersehen mit Scheich Khalid

by Wermuth, Verena

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April 2017

Appreciation of BAI Juyi’s Works

by Written by BAI Juyi Edited by TAN Zhenming Read by CAO Can

This book incorporates 18 well-known articles by BAI Juyi—a poet of China’s Tang Dynasty. Each article comes with notes, appreciation and translation in modern Chinese. Readers can also listen to the recordings by scanning the two-dimension code of each article or poem.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

August 1994

The Black Death

by Translated and edited by Rosemary Horrox

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April 2017

Appreciation of MAO Zedong’s Works

by Written by MAO Zedong Edited by ZHU Chuanshi, LIANG Yingchun Read by FANG Ming

This book incorporates 30 well-known poems by MAO Zedong. Each poem comes with notes, appreciation and translation in modern Chinese. Readers can also listen to the recordings by scanning the two-dimension code of each article or poem.

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Agronomy & crop production

December 2012

Greenhouse Technology and Management

by Nicolas Castilla. Translated by Esteban J Baeza

Greenhouse cultivation has expanded in recent decades with increased demand for horticultural production. This book covers current technologies and management practices of general greenhouse production, with a particular emphasis on plastic greenhouses and vegetable growing. The author begins by addressing the natural greenhouse microclimate, in the context of managing greenhouse systems such as ventilation, cooling, heating, carbon dioxide enrichment, light management, crop physiology, greenhouse design and construction criteria. The book then moves on to cover other issues of greenhouse management including irrigation and fertilization, soil and substrate cultivation, plant protection, regulation, economic analysis, environmental impact, and post-harvest, production strategies and marketing. Providing an integrated approach to greenhouse production this practical text aims to provide clear advice on optimising the yield and quality of crops grown under greenhouse conditions.

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April 2017

Appreciation of YU Dafu’s Works

by Written by YU Dafu Edited by LIANG Yingchun Read by CHEN Xiguang

This book incorporates 5 articles and excerpts by YU Dafu. Each article comes with notes and appreciation. Readers can also listen to the recordings by scanning the two-dimension code of each article.

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April 2017

Appreciation of DU Fu’s Works

by Written by DU Fu Edited by WANG Zhuo Read by ZHANG Jiasheng

This book incorporates 29 well-known poems and articles by DU Fu—a poet of China’s Tang Dynasty. Each article is equipped with notes, appreciation and translation in modern Chinese. Readers can also listen to the recordings by scanning the two-dimension code of each article or poem.

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April 2017

Appreciation of LI Bai’s Works

by Written by LI Bai Edited by TAN Zhenming Read by SU Ming, PU Cunxin

This book incorporates 17 well-known poems and articles by LI Bai—a poet of China’s Tang Dynasty. Each article comes with notes, appreciation and translation in modern Chinese. Readers can also listen to the recordings by scanning the two-dimension code of each article or poem.

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Teaching, Language & Reference

September 2018

Study on Yao Literature Panwang Dage and its English Translation

by Peng Qing

The book studys the translation of Panwang Dage, a great Yao epic, from Chinese to English. It initially illustrates the text from linguistic level and cultural level, providing the basis for the use of translation strategies and methods focusing on oral literature of the southern ethnic minorities in China. Further, the author conducts theoretical interpretation and derivations, and puts forward some new ideas, like "dynamic equivalence of domestication and foreignization", "progressive translation based on cultural memes", etc., which can work in the translation of Chinese folk classics, especially the epics of southern China.

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July 2016

The Last Love

by Can Xue

This novel by Can Xue presents a whole range of characters with strong personality, such as Joe, Maria, Vincent, Lisa, Reagan and Ida. They are full of vitality and are accordingly unsatisfied with their present status. They actively explore unknown field of life and firmly embark on the journey of spiritual exploration. The novel focuses the complicated and intertwining relationship between husbands, wives and lovers to uncover the hidden inner desire of each character. Boiling wild nature and advanced civilization collide with each other before they finally become one unity. For the readers, entering the world of these characters is like entering their own inner world.

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June 2018

Die allerbeste Prinzessin

by Poznanski, Ursula / Illustrated by Büchner, SaBine

An innovative & different princess story! • The three princesses love to quarrel • Original and incredibly witty • Written by Ursula Poznanski and stunning illustrations by Sabine Büchner • Translation Grant! Bianca, Violetta and Rosalind are three adorable princesses. But they share a tiny quirk: they love to argue! One day a visitor asks for entrance into the castle. Prince Waldomir doesn’t enjoy hunting dragons anymore and rather prefers to get married know. Of course each princess is convinced to be the best choice and the prince’s one and only. So a rat race is launched before they have even met the puny prince for the first time…

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Humanities & Social Sciences

Zeng Guofan (a version explained by Tang Haoming）

by Tang Haoming

Zeng Guofan is a long historical novel elaborately created by Tang Haoming. Based on real history, the novel describes the process of Zeng Guofan's mobilization from the Xiang Army to the victory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and then becoming a minister. This book exclusively includes Mr. Tang Haoming's 1000-minute video. Readers can scan the two-dimensional code in the book to get an exclusive video. Through the video, readers can understand the historical context of Zeng Guofan's time, the world, the social customs, etc.

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December 2015

Gift of the Dark Mother Earth

by Can Xue

Gift of the Dark Mother Earth, the latest novel by Can Xue, is a profound metaphor of her hometown. It follows her usual magical style in the sense that it vividly unfolds the complex and delicate inner world of the characters. The story takes place in the remote Wuliqu School, with such distinctive characters as Teacher Meiyong, Zhang Danzhi, Yutian, Xiao Man, Uncle Yun and Sha Men presented one after another. The personality and human nature exposed through unique dialogues enable the readers to feel a return to simplicity so that they want to explore human soul and nature and start in-depth reading and thinking. The book depicts petty matters in a great age. The author’s ambition is to create a feeling for the pattern of the whole universe through the structure of an ordinary tree leaf, and to unify the arbitrarily split world through the narration of various folk sundries so that different characters can all become the center of this unity and their performance can have a universality. As the only Chinese writer who has won the Best Translated Book Award in the United States, Can Xue was nominated for the foreign novel prize of The Independent of the UK and shortlisted in the Neustadt International Prize for Literature of the US. As the Chinese woman writer, whose works have been translated and published the most abroad, Can Xue has been called the most creative Chinese writer by overseas critics.

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Food & Drink

Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food

by Lam Chua

Lam Chua: Travel Notes on Food involves Mr. Chua's travel notes and random thoughts on his trip for savoring food. He experiences around the world from Moscow to Buenos Aires, feasting your eyes on European and American styles and customs; he travels around China from Dalian of Liaoning to Sheung Wan of Hong Kong, savoring local culture and cuisines; he talks about food from cup noodles and sauce to fish roes and curry, airing opinions and making comments in passionate language. Besides, the book is illustrated by the Hong Kong talented artist as well as Mr. Chua's dedicated illustrator Ms. Meilo So. Her loose, flowing, and easily recognizable style add more appeal and interest to the book.

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October 2020

The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Picture Version)

by Huang Xuran, Tang Sulan

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Picture Version)" is a children's traditional cultural enlightenment book with a fresh perspective. Selected representative and interesting chapters in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" were drawn into the book, which depicts a series of images in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" such as water systems, mountains, vegetations, trees, mountain gods, sacred beasts, water monsters, etc. In this imaginative picture book, images are vivid and the story theme is ups and downs. The author extracts nourishment from the profound ancient myths, and then creates new stories that children can understand. The whole book takes a retro and creative form with concise and simple text and simple and freehand ink painting through the mountain and sea scriptures, depicting a mythical world where the heavens and the earth are prevalent and the gods and monsters are in chaos.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

March 2024

Diaspora as translation and decolonisation

by Ipek Demir

This innovative study engages critically with existing conceptualisations of diaspora, arguing that if diaspora is to have analytical purchase, it should illuminate a specific angle of migration or migrancy. To reveal the much-needed transformative potential of the concept, the book looks specifically at how diasporas undertake translation and decolonisation. It offers various conceptual tools for investigating diaspora, with a specific focus on diasporas in the Global North and a detailed empirical study of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe. The book also considers the backlash diasporas of colour have faced in the Global North.

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Film, TV & radio

May 2012

Screening songs in Hispanic and Lusophone cinema

by Edited by Lisa Shaw and Robert Stone

In this volume, eighteen experts from a variety of academic backgrounds explore the use of songs in films from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. This volume illustrates how - rather than simply helping to tell the story of - songs in Hispanic and Lusophone cinema commonly upset the hierarchy of the visual over the aural, thereby rendering their hearing a complex and rich subject for analysis. Screening songs... constitutes a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary collection. Of particular interest to scholars and academics in the areas of Film Studies, Hispanic Studies, Lusophone Studies and Musicology, this volume opens up the study of Hispanic and Lusophone cinema to vital, new, critical approaches. The soundtracks of films as varied as City of God, All About My Mother, Bad Education and Buena Vista Social Club are analysed alongside those of lesser-known works that range from the melodramas of Mexican cinema's golden age to Brazilian and Portuguese musical comedies from the 1940s and 1950s. Fiction films are studied alongside documentaries, the work of established directors like Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura and Nelson Pereira dos Santos alongside that of emerging filmmakers, and performances by iconic stars like Caetano Veloso and Chavela Vargas alongside the songs of Spanish Gypsy groups, Mexican folk songs and contemporary Brazilian rap.

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by Abdellah Taïa, Andréas Riehle

by Abdellah Taïa

by Wermuth, Verena

by Written by BAI Juyi Edited by TAN Zhenming Read by CAO Can

by Translated and edited by Rosemary Horrox

by Written by MAO Zedong Edited by ZHU Chuanshi, LIANG Yingchun Read by FANG Ming

by Nicolas Castilla. Translated by Esteban J Baeza

by Written by YU Dafu Edited by LIANG Yingchun Read by CHEN Xiguang

by Written by DU Fu Edited by WANG Zhuo Read by ZHANG Jiasheng

by Written by LI Bai Edited by TAN Zhenming Read by SU Ming, PU Cunxin

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by Poznanski, Ursula / Illustrated by Büchner, SaBine

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