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      The Arts
      January 2018

      Flowers and Children

      by LIN Xi

      Lin Xi’s paintings distinguish themselves with innocence and delicacy expressed, which often pay attention to blossoms, children and small items. Lin’s paintings reveal her distinctive thoughts and reflections on nature, art and life. In this book, Lin focuses on themes related to "flowers" and "children", and leads readers to a wonderful journey for discovering the subtle, beautiful, and moving moments in everyday life. Through these lovely paintings, we may find possessions that really matters in our life. 林曦的画作朴拙天真、细腻灵动,尤其喜画花朵、孩童、案头玩意等美好小景。画集是林曦对自然、艺术、生活等的一份内心独白,以“花”和“童”为主题来反观日常生活中细微的美好、感动的瞬间、烂漫的时刻。在花间寻天真,重拾宁静美好的天然本性;于童心得热忱,找回生命中珍贵的持有。

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      January 2015

      Lessons of Chinese Anti-Corruption History

      by Xi Hua

      Why did an egg provided for emperors in Qing Dynasty cost 10 liang (equal to 1,000 U.S. dollars)? How could a commoner be promoted to senior ofcial in two years merely because of a folding fan? Could Chong Zhen, the last emperor in Ming Dynasty, avoid fleeing away in despair and ending up hanging himself? Answers all lie in this impressive book. As a Chinese saying goes, "Guided by history, one can see through reasons behind a nation's rise and fall." Narrated by a senior cadre of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the book consists of 24 referential stories about anti-corruption in Chinese history. Through continuously reflecting on past lessons, the author sums up valuable experience for combating corruption and building a trustworthy government. In concise and vivid language, this book reveals vast unheard anecdotes and historical truths of Chinese officialdom before establishment of PRC, which are significant for readers inside and outside China to understand historical roots of current anti-corruption policies in China.

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      March 2025

      Thousand Autumns. Buch 1

      Tiefer Fall

      by Shi, Meng Xi

      Übersetzt von Babsi Schwarz

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      January 2023

      African Women in Digital Spaces

      Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora

      by edited by Msia Kibona Clark, Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

      From Tamale to Paris, Hong Kong to Texas and back to Ouagadougou, this collection of scholarly chapters, poetry and personal essays theorizes the lives of African women and people of marginalized genders on the continent and the diaspora. The book is an important intervention in conversations on social movements and their convergence with digital media and other praxis tools. The contributors bring a refreshing perspective to discourses on African feminists' agency and how this manifests in their organizing in the physical world and in the digital public sphere. The volume demonstrates the relationships between the struggles of African feminists on the continent and the diaspora charting pathways for African scholars to build coalitions and work toward collective liberation.

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      January 2011

      Street Level

      Drawings and Creative Writing Inspired by the Cultural and Architectural Heritage of Dar es Salaam

      by Sarah Markes

      The introduction to this extraordinarily beautifully illustrated book gives a fascinating overview of the history and architectural heritage of Dar es Salaam, and an insight into the efforts of those seeking to preserve it. The book captures 'fragments of the atmosphere, the sun bleached charm and the dynamic energy' of Dar es Salaam. Generic class and concrete skyscrapers are replacing human sized old Dar, and the frenzy to modernise shows little sign of abating. The city's cultural and historic memory is being erased by property development and its profits for the few. Through her drawings, the artist has recorded the vanishing city centre. She gives portraits of its colourful and dynamic people: living, going about their business, worshipping and gathering in its age old restaurants and tea rooms to spend time as generations have done so before. An important part of the book is short pieces of prose and poetry by some of the best creative writers in Dar today. They are snapshots of Dar and its people: the privileged, the poor, those who walk the streets going to places or aimlessly ambling, those in love and those who passed through Dar and left a record of their sojourn.

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      January 2020

      Sea Level

      A Portrait of Zanzibar

      by Sarah Markes

      ‘Sea Level’ is a creative celebration of Zanzibar’s rich and fascinating heritage as seen today. Captured in drawings by artist and designer Sarah Markes, this is a unique and personal portrait of Stone Town’s colourful streets, and a portrayal of the island’s natural beauty and culture. It is also a plea for recognition of the threats posed to Zanzibar’s heritage and the inestimable value of conserving it.This is the second book in the series, following ‘Street Level - A collection of drawings and creative writing inspired by Dar es Salaam’. Now in its third edition, ‘Street Level’ was described by MG Vassanji as “A truly delightful book, a must for those who love Dar and care about its history.”

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      2020

      Development as Rebellion

      A Biography of Julius Nyerere

      by Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, Ng’wanza Kamata

      This is the first comprehensive biography of Julius Nyerere, a national liberation leader, the first president of Tanzania and an outstanding statesman of Africa and the global south. Written by three prominent Tanzanians, the work spans over 1200 pages in three volumes. It delves into Nyerere's early days among his chiefly family, and the traditions, friends and education that moulded his philosophy and political thought. All these provide the backdrop for his entrance into nationalist politics, the founding of the independence movement and his original experiment with socialism. The work took six years to research and write, involving extensive and wide-ranging interviews with persons from all walks of life in Tanzania and abroad. Among these were several leaders in East and Southern Africa who were based in Dar es salaam during their liberation struggles. The authors also visited several British universities and archives with material related to Nyerere and Tanzania, thus enriching the work with primary sources that not available in Tanzania. The book does not shy away from a critical assessment of Nyerere’s life and times. It reveals the philosopher ruler’s dilemmas and tensions between freedom and necessity, determinism and voluntarism and, above all, between territorial nationalism and continental Pan-Africanism.

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      1999

      Pull and Pull

      by Shafi Adam Shafi

      Yasmin, an Indian teenager from zanzibar, is married by her parents to Bwana Raza, an Indian trader who is much older than her. When the couple moved to Mombasa, Yasmin soon grew tired of the unhappy life she led to her side and fled. Returning to the city, she is chased away by her family and will find refuge in Mwajuma, a Swahily in the popular neighborhood of Ngamb'u, who introduces her to Swalibian life and her pleasures. Yasmin then discovers friendship and love when she meets Denge, a young intellectual who has returned from Russia and engaged in the anti-colonial struggle. With his fellow wrestlings, he entered the country censored prayers and newspapers and participated in operations intended to overthrow British power. Between Denge and Yasmin was born a love as strong as it was impossible. At the same time, Bukheti, a young man who loved Yasmin in Mombasa, decides to leave everything to find her and convince her to marry her. When a policeman zealously in the colonial government discovers Yasmin's past and ties to Denge, he pushes her to betray her lover. In the face of these difficult choices, which path will Yasmin choose to take? Denge, ready for all sacrifices to free his country from the colonial yoke, renounce Yasmin's love?

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      2017

      God is not Loaned

      by Zainab Alwi Baharoon

      The novel God Is Not Loaned describes the life of a family in Unguja that has entered many conflicts and tragedies. Everything has a source and an end; then what is the source of the differences and what was its fate? The story is about the father, Mr. Ahmed, with a fierce anger without limits, who led his family by his own will, regardless of the feelings of his wife or sons. But in his heart he kept a secret, and that secret is what made Mr. Ahmed becomes excessively harsh, prompting him to prevent the return of what happened to him in the past. But the shadow of his past history did not stop haunting him. This novel is written in a beautiful and eloquent language, with the skill of a careful artist who understands the life of Zanzibari and coastal communities in general.

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      2012

      Chasing the Leopard Finding the Lion

      by Julie Wakeman Linn

      Sons of revolutionaries, a classic Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer duo must grow up and find themselves when President-for-Life Robert Mugabe tightens his grip on white landowners and plunges Zimbabwe into anarchy. Julie Wakeman-Linn's striking debut-part buddy road trip, part familial dramedy-focuses on two racially blended families as they outwit the world of diplomats, ex-pats, safari tourists, street rats, border guards, and the mercurial landscape. The result is an electrifying video capture of Africa in 1997 overflowing with intense color, tenacious characters, and riotous details.

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      The Mask that Loves Counting

      by Author: Luo XiIllustrator: Luo Xi

      Key Points: Growth in the time of departure teaches children to face up to the difficulties, harvest love, and make progress. Brief content Since her father works in Africa for the local construction assistance, only the little girl and her mother are at home. During a grocery shopping, her mother happens to have close contact with someone who is later confirmed as a COVID-19 case. The mother worries about the possibility that she might be infected by the virus, so she isolates herself in a small room in quarantine. On the one hand, there is the helpless little girl full of fear and worry; on the other hand, the mother has no choice but to try everything she can to patiently comfort her daughter. A short distance away, and yet poles apart. Fortunately, the community staff come to their aid in time. Reading Guidance Why does mom, who is there every day, now hide herself away? The title of this book proposes a question. After reading, it turns out that this is mom’s only choice under special circumstances. Through the action of "hiding", this picture book brings out love and bonds between parents and children. The change of the child's behaviors after the mother hides away shows courage and growth. The timely help of the community staff demonstrates the touching love in the world. Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries) For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig (fetch code: 0la4)

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      November 2005

      Die Lücke, die der Teufel läßt

      Im Umfeld des neuen Jahrhunderts

      by Alexander Kluge

      Von hoher analytischer Kraft sind diese etwa 500 Geschichten, die Alexander Kluge seiner Chronik der Gefühle folgen läßt. Stichworte wie Revolution, Holocaust, Weltkrieg, Tschernobyl, 11. September oder Irakkrise bezeichnen einige der unheimlichsten Komplexe einer undurchdringlich-übermächtigen Wirklichkeit. In acht Kapiteln gehen Kluges Erzählungen diesen und anderen Menetekeln des 20. Jahrhunderts nach, um dann in der großen Coda eines neunten Kapitels noch einmal alle Motive und Themen zu variieren – und zu wenden.

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      October 2023

      Neil Armstrong

      Little People, Big Dreams. Deutsche Ausgabe | Kinderbuch ab 4 Jahre

      by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Christophe Jacques, Silke Kleemann

      Neil ist zwei Jahre alt, als er mit seinem Vater eine Flugshow besucht. Von dem Spektakel ist er so begeistert, dass er anschließend nur noch einen Wunsch hat: Er will selbst fliegen. Zunächst schickt er Modellflugzeuge in die Luft, aber schon mit sechzehn erwirbt er seine Fluglizenz. Er studiert Flugzeugbau, wird Pilot bei der US-Marine und fliegt Einsätze im Koreakrieg. Als die NASA nach Testpiloten sucht, bewirbt er sich. Und schreibt als Astronaut und Kommandant der Apollo 11 Geschichte. Am 24. Juli 1969 setzt er als erster Mensch der Welt einen Fuß auf die Oberfläche des Mondes. Little People, Big Dreams erzählt von den beeindruckenden Lebensgeschichten großer Menschen: Jede dieser Persönlichkeiten, ob Philosophin, Forscherin oder Sportler, hat Unvorstellbares erreicht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren: mit großen Träumen.

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      August 2018

      Die Welt des Xi Jinping

      Alles, was man über das neue China wissen muss

      by Brown, Kerry / Englisch Höhenrieder, Brigitte

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