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April 2009Ancient Chinese Coins
by Lu Jiabin & Chang Hua
This volume systematically introduces the origin and development of Chinese coins, interspersed with many legends and anecdotes. It is an informative and readable book for disseminating knowledge of Chinese coin culture.
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September 2021Enjoying the Moment
by Changsha Bank Corporate Culture Construction Committee
This is a collection of works on the theme of corporate culture. There are four chapters in the book: "Enjoy•Value", "Enjoy•Ecology", "Enjoy•Life", "Enjoy•Culture". The first chapter elaborates the development of Changsha Bank into a big, party building as the soul, management as the foundation, service as the key, love as the beauty, and technology as the first from the three dimensions of management, products and the future. It records the birth and development of Changsha Bank’s products Growth, imaginative business planning, etc.; Chapter 2 shows the steps of Changsha Bank to explore ecological banking, build a financial ecosystem, cross-border brand alliances, openness and win-win, compatibility and inclusiveness; Chapter 3 tells the story of employees' hard work, etc.; The fourth chapter presents the research results of the Changsha Bank’s Corporate Culture Construction Expert Advisory Committee.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2019 - December 2024Collection and Appreciation of Coins in Ancient China
by Ye Yun
This is the author's latest book on Chinese coin culture and coin collection. Based on 40 years' experience in coin research and collection, the author uses detailed historical materials, rich examples and a large number of pictures to interpret the historical value, cultural value and market value of Chinese coins in successive dynasties. Starting with the appreciation of coins, the concepts of coin collection and coin investment are naturally introduced, and the collection of coins is raised to the elegant level of reading history and appreciating culture.
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Children's & YAThird Coin
by Zero
A mysterious and adventure comic based in current time Myanmar and Ancient time Burma. Two parallel worlds with the same character. All started with a coin that belonged to a kid. That coin is very important for the human being and monsters try to get coins and some gods are protected.
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December 1982Zwangsvollstreckung gegen Behörden.
Die Handhabung der zivilprozessualen Vollstreckungsnormen bei der Zwangsvollstreckung aus allgemeinen Leistungsurteilen gegen Verwaltungsträger.
by Bank, Wilfried J.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2025The Florentine florin
The politics and culture of money in the Middle Ages
by Stefano Locatelli
Minted in Florence around November 1252, the florin became one of the leading gold currencies of the Middle Ages. Historians agree that its success was mainly due to the need for a stable means of payment in the networks of international trade. The Florentine Florin investigates the florin as a medium with hitherto neglected political, social, and cultural dimensions. By bringing human agents and political institutions more prominently into the history of the coin, this book enhances our understanding of money and its nature from a historical perspective, and provides an original framework for the integrated study of material culture and economic practices.
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Poetry (Children's/YA)El bolso
by María José Ferrada, Ana Palmero Cáceres
Keys, handkerchiefs, coins, three flowers from last spring, a bird. Boys and girls are expert observers and that is why they know that a mother’s purse fits everything. A book in Braille that reminds its readers that when observations are mixed with imagination, the most everyday objects are capable of coming to poetic life.
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June 2016»Was ist ein Einbruch in eine Bank gegen die Gründung einer Bank?«
Das Brecht-Brevier zur Wirtschaftskrise
by Bertolt Brecht, Tom Kindt
Sieben Jahre Wirtschaftskrise. Sieben Jahre Beruhigungsrhetorik und Durchhalteparolen aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft. Höchste Zeit für einen neuen Blick auf die Erschütterungen, die Banken und Börsen, Währungen und Gesellschaften seit 2008 an den Rand des Abgrunds drängen. »Was ist ein Einbruch in eine Bank gegen die Gründung einer Bank?« zeigt, dass Bertolt Brechts Werk einen solchen Blick auf die Wirtschaftskrise bereithält. In sechs Lektionen versammelt das Brevier literarische, aphoristische und publizistische Texte Brechts, die – obgleich vor mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert entstanden – wie Analysen und Kommentare zu den ökonomischen Turbulenzen der Gegenwart erscheinen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland
by David McCann, Cillian McGrattan
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Children's & YA2019Tiwo's Piggy Bank
by Wikan Satriati
Mama buys a piggy bank for Tiwo and Tiwi. Mama also gives them some coins for pocket money. While Tiwi saves her money, Tiwo spends all his money on snacks. So now Tiwi's piggy bank is full while Tiwo's is empty. Tiwo needs to learn saving money!
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January 2013The Madmen of Bethlehem
by Osama Alaysa
Adopting the story-within-a-story structure of Arabian Nights, author Osama Alaysa weaves together a collection of stories portraying centuries of oppression endured by the Palestinian people. This remarkable novel eloquently brings together fictional characters alongside real-life historical figures in a complex portrayal of Bethlehem and the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The common thread connecting each tale is madness, in all its manifestations. Psychological madness, in the sense of clinical mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, finds expression alongside acts of social and political madness. Together, these accounts of individuals and communities provide a gateway into the histories of the city of Bethlehem and Palestine. They paint a picture of the centuries of political oppression that the Palestinian people have endured, from the days of the Ottoman Empire to the years following the Oslo Accords, and all the way to 2012 (when the novel was written). The novel is divided into three sections, each containing multiple narratives. The first section, “The Book of a Genesis,” describes the physical spaces and origins of Bethlehem and Dheisheh Refugee Camp. These stories span the 19th and 20th centuries, transitioning smoothly from one tale to another to offer an intricate interpretation of the identity of these places. The second section, “The Book of the People Without a Book”, follows parallel narratives of the lives of the patients in a psychiatric hospital in Bethlehem, the mad men and women roaming the streets of the city, and those imprisoned by the Israeli authorities. All suffer abuse, but they also reaffirm their humanity through the relationships, romantic and otherwise, that they form. The third and final section, “An Ephemeral Book,” follows individuals—Palestinian and non-Palestinian—who are afflicted by madness following the Oslo Accords in 1993. These stories give voice to the perspectives of the long-marginalized Palestinian population, narrating the loss of land and the accompanying loss of sanity in the decades of despair and violence that followed the Nakba, the 1948 eviction of some 700,000 Palestinians from their homes. The novel’s mad characters—politicians, presidents, doctors, intellectuals, ordinary people and, yes, Dheisheh and Bethlehem themselves—burst out of their narrative threads, flowing from one story into the next. Alaysa’s crisp, lucid prose and deft storytelling chart a clear path through the chaos with dark humor and wit. The result is an important contribution to fiction on the Palestinian crisis that approaches the Palestinians, madness, and Palestinian spaces with compassion and depth.
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Children's & YA2015A Coin
by Anna Khromova (Author), Anna Sarvira (Illustrator)
Little Romko lost his coin but he was not upset for long, since he acquired something much more valuable. This Ukrainian-English bilingual board book tells the story of the extraordinary in everyday life and shows how a bit of humour and imagination can turn a perfectly ordinary day into something unusual. From 3 to 6 years, 1686 words (English and Ukrainian bilingual edition) Rightsholders: Oksana Lushcevska, olushchevska@gmail.com
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May 2022Erkunde die Erde
Ein planetarisches Experimentierbuch. Basteln, Stickern, Lachen und Experimentieren
by Marnie Willow, Diego Vaisberg
Marnie Willows' "Erkunde die Erde" ist ein faszinierender Ratgeber aus der Reihe "Das Spaßlabor für Kinder", der junge Leserinnen und Leser im Alter von 6 bis 8 Jahren auf eine unterhaltsame und interaktive Entdeckungsreise unseres Planeten mitnimmt. Durch rund 30 abwechslungsreiche Experimente, Sticker- und Bastelaufgaben werden Kinder in die Welt der MINT-Themen wie Geologie, Klimaforschung und Meteorologie eingeführt. Ob eine 3-D-Erdkugel bauen, eine eigene Sonnenuhr erschaffen oder einen Vulkan zum Ausbruch bringen – dieses Buch macht Wissenschaft lebendig und greifbar. Kinder lernen spielerisch über den Aufbau der Erde, die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf den Meeresspiegel und wie Pflanzen dem Austrocknen des Bodens entgegenwirken. Alle Aktivitäten sind mit haushaltsüblichen Gegenständen durchführbar und werden durch Stickerbögen und Bastelsets ergänzt, was den jungen Forschenden ermöglicht, direkt ins Geschehen einzutauchen und gleichzeitig ihr Verständnis für unseren Planeten zu vertiefen. "Erkunde die Erde" ist somit mehr als nur ein Buch; es ist ein Abenteuer, das junge Leser*innen auf eine spannende Reise mitnimmt, auf der sie spielerisch wichtige wissenschaftliche Konzepte und ökologisches Bewusstsein erlernen. Fördert das Interesse an MINT-Fächern: Durch einfache und spaßige Experimente wird bei Kindern die Begeisterung für Wissenschaft und Forschung geweckt. Interaktives Lernerlebnis: Mit Stickerbögen und Bastelsets bietet das Buch nicht nur Theorie, sondern auch praktische Anwendung, die das Lernen verstärkt. Leicht verständliche Experimente: Die Aktivitäten sind speziell für Kinder konzipiert und können mit einfachen Haushaltsmaterialien durchgeführt werden. Erzieherisch wertvoll: Vermittelt Wissen über den Aufbau der Erde, Klimawandel und weitere wichtige ökologische Themen in einer kindgerechten Sprache. Förderung von Eigeninitiative und Kreativität: Kinder werden ermutigt, durch eigenes Tun und Experimentieren Lösungen zu erkunden und zu entdecken. Ideal für kleine Entdecker*innen: Perfekt für Kinder, die Spaß am Entdecken und Lernen haben und sich für die Welt um sie herum interessieren. Teil einer erfolgreichen Reihe: Als Teil der "Das Spaßlabor für Kinder"-Reihe steht das Buch für Qualität und unterhaltsame Bildung.
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True stories2020Chronicles of one hungerstrike. 4 and a half steps
by Oleh Sentsov
“Chronicles of one hunger strike” is a diary of Oleh Sentsov, the Kremlin prisoner, who had been keeping it since May 2018, the third day after he announced indefinite hunger strike with the demand to free Ukrainian political prisoners. Day by day, throughout 145 days, despite moral pressure and physical exhaustion, Oleh had been frankly and honestly writing in his notebook in small, illegible letters, extremely accurately recording his everyday life in Russian prison, his observations and thoughts. After his release the author miraculously managed to take his notes out of Russia. “4 and a half steps” is a collection of small prose by Oleh Sentsov, written in a Russian prison. What does a man feel, having gotten to prison for the first time? How do prisoners live in tight and dirty cells, behind thick walls and muddy windows with double grid? What rules and laws one should obey, having gotten there? The author tells as objectively and critically as he can about prisoners’ life and circumstances that led them to captivity—he does not justify, nor criticise, but only witnesses. Striking, sometimes horrifying facts with verified accurate details create a convincing background, where events of numerous lives unfold. The author usually does not make any conclusions—he leaves this right to the reader.
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September 2023My Bank Washes Greener
Eco lies told by the finance sector
by Bernd Villhauer
— By the expert in ethical business — Once you have finished this, you will never fall for green financial lies again — Global Ethic Institute (Weltethos- Institut) network And suddenly every bank is sustainable. This truly necessary "debate book" explains in a wellfounded way what green-washing means in the financial sector, and why banks, insurance companies, asset managers, stockbrokers and other financial players clothe themselves in their allegedly so green-and-friendly cloak. It provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the various forms of greenwashing, how we can recognise the different "varieties" and – above all – how we can avoid them. This is also important because the entire financial and capital system is an important part of a sustainable future – and this can only succeed if it is honest, transparent and impact-orientated.
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Politics & governmentFebruary 2017Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland
by Edited by David McCann, Cillian McGrattan
The 'Sunningdale experiment' of 1973-4 witnessed the first attempt to establish peace in Northern Ireland through power-sharing. However, its provisions, particularly the cross-border 'Council of Ireland', proved to be a step too far. The experiment floundered amid ongoing paramilitary-led violence, finally collapsing in May 1974 as a result of the Ulster Workers' Council strike. Drawing on new scholarship from some of the top political historians working on the period, this book presents a series of reflections on how key protagonists struggled with notions of power-sharing and the 'Irish dimension', and how those struggles inhibited a deepening of democracy and the ending of violence for so long.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2023Who governs Britain?
Trade unions, the Conservative Party and the failure of the Industrial Relations Act 1971
by Sam Warner
Providing fresh insights from the archival record, Who governs Britain? revisits the 1970-74 Conservative government to explain why the Party tried - and failed - to reform the system of industrial relations. Designed to tackle Britain's strike problem and perceived disorder in collective bargaining, the Industrial Relations Act 1971 established a formal legal framework to counteract trade union power. As the state attempted to disengage from and 'depoliticise' collective bargaining practices, trade union leaders and employers were instructed to discipline industry. In just three-and-a-half years, the Act contributed to a crisis of the British state as industrial unrest engulfed industry and risked undermining the rule of law. Warner explores the power dynamics, strategic errors and industrial battles that destroyed this attempt to tame trade unions and ultimately brought down a government, and that shape Conservative attitudes towards trade unions to this day.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022Katrusia's Treasures
by Zirka Menzatiuk (Author), Nazar Syrotiuk (Illustrator)
These are stories about treasures. But not about the gold coins that are sometimes found hidden in the ground. Rather, they are about the great, amazing treasures of the Ukrainian people — their art. Ever since people have lived on Ukrainian land, they have been collecting these treasures: vytynankas, vyshyvankas, earthenware, carved objects of decorative use, artistic paintings, wooden toys, the art of pysanka, and so much more. There is so much to learn! From 3 to 8 years, 4820 words. Rightsholders: info@bukrek.net
