Your Search Results

      • China Social Sciences Press

        Established in June, 1978, China Social Sciences Press is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. CSSP is a national level publishing house focusing on academic publications mainly in the field of humanities and social sciences. In 1993, CSSP won the honorary title of “national outstanding press” granted by Propaganda Department of CPC and General Administration of Press and Publication.The missions and the publication targets of CSSP are: first, editing and publishing the most outstanding academic results of CASS and great achievements from the fields of social sciences and culture circle in China, including academic works, text books, reference books and popular books; second, translating Chinese versions of significant humanities and social sciences books written by western authors.

        View Rights Portal
      • Strange Days Books, Social Cooperative Enterprise

        Strange Days Books is a social cooperative publishing firm based in Crete, Greece. Since 2012 we have published almost 100 books. Every year we organize Sand Festival, an online Writers’ Workshop and - in cooperation with www.eyelands.gr literary magazine - the one and only international short story competition based in Greece, plus our International Book Awards. In 2019 SDB was the only publishing house in Greece to receive approval by the European Union’s Creative Europe translation funding program for its project "Strange Days in Europe”. Strange Days Books is an entirely independent publisher, primarily interested in showcasing the wealth of new writing voices in Greece. We work closely with our authors to create books that will appeal to booklovers, books about the present, books that strive to push the art of literature forward, books written with talent and passion, books that challenge the way we see the world, books bursting with new ideas and intriguing perspectives.

        View Rights Portal
      • Trusted Partner
        Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        2021

        The Death of Cecil the Lion Made Sense

        by Olena Stiazhkina

        This is the first novel Olena Styazhkina wrote in Ukrainian, and the theme of embracing Ukrainian identity is central to the plot. It takes place in Donbas over the course of several years: the reader follows the journeys of characters who are, at first, held back by Soviet mentalities. As a result of war, they undergo important changes relating to their understanding of themselves and their country, like the dentist who becomes a military surgeon or the cosmetics saleswoman who becomes a sniper shooting instructor. The characters go through a whirlpool of historical events and are reborn as Ukrainians.

      • Trusted Partner

        JIU-JITSU Brasileña: Technicas Basicas

        by Fabio Gurgel

        JIU-JITSU Brasileña: Technicas Basicas - por Fabio Gurgel Jiu-Jitsu, cuyo significado literal es "el arte noble", es un método de autodefensa de gran aceptación, que no se basa necesariamente en la fuerza y el poder físico. Fabio Gurgel, cuatro veces campeón del mundo, nos presenta una exhaustiva serie de dos volúmenes que otorga sencillez a los complejos movimientos de este arte marcial a medida que revela paso a paso los secretos del Jiu-Jitsu. Los libros, titulados BJJ Basics and Advanced BJJ (Fundamentos del Jiu-Jitsu brasileño y Jiu-Jitsu brasileño para avanzados), están profusamente ilustrados y simplifican las expresiones técnicas del arte para facilitar al estudiante el aprendizaje y ayudarlo a mejorar. El Jiu-Jitsu fue desarrollado originalmente por los samurai, los antiguos guerreros que apenas usaban armadura y a veces ninguna para protegerse de enemigos más fuertes y bien armados. Como tal, el Jiu-Jitsu se considera el padre de las artes marciales, incluidos judo y aikido y ha influenciado el karate y otros estilos de artes marciales. Su técnica consiste en ataques, llaves, bloqueos, derribos y evasiones. En el aspecto mental, el Jiu-Jitsu otorga a quien lo practica confianza en sí mismo, incrementa la autoestima, alivia el estrés y aumenta la capacidad de concentración. El Jiu-Jitsu utiliza la física y la ciencia mediante la optimización y el conocimiento de la anatomía humana para sobreponerse a cualquier atacante con el menor esfuerzo y la menor fuerza física posibles. El Jiu-Jitsu brasileño difiere de su versión tradicional en que se desarrolló en un entorno y en un área diferentes como respuesta a necesidades diferentes. Esto ha llevado al desarrollo de técnicas adicionales que son más relevantes para la lucha en el suelo y ciertas necesidades pertinentes para enfrentarse a la violencia en el medio urbano moderno. Hoy día el Jiu-Jitsu brasileño es famoso por sus excelentes técnicas de lucha en el suelo, sus torneos y competidores de alto nivel, así como por su concepción y maniobras tácticas.  Fabio Duca Gurgel do Amaral, siete veces campeón del mundo, comenzó a practicar el Jiu-Jitsu a los 13 años y recibió su cinturón negro a los 19. Junto con su maestro Romero Jacaré es el cofundador del Alliance Team, dos veces campeón mundial, con 40 academias en todo el mundo, de Venezuela a Nueva York y de Finlandia a Alemania. Gurgel continúa enseñando en su propia academia en San Pablo y organiza seminarios en todo el mundo. También es presidente de la Liga profesional de Jiu-Jitsu. En febrero de 2007 se publicó una versión en inglés americano. Se prevé la publicación de una versión en checo en 2010. 176 páginas; 16,5 x 24 cm.

      • Trusted Partner

        IU-JITSU Brasileña : Technicas Avanzadas

        by Fabio Gurgel

        JIU-JITSU Brasileña: Technicas Basicas - por Fabio Gurgel Jiu-Jitsu, cuyo significado literal es "el arte noble", es un método de autodefensa de gran aceptación, que no se basa necesariamente en la fuerza y el poder físico. Fabio Gurgel, cuatro veces campeón del mundo, nos presenta una exhaustiva serie de dos volúmenes que otorga sencillez a los complejos movimientos de este arte marcial a medida que revela paso a paso los secretos del Jiu-Jitsu. Los libros, titulados BJJ Basics and Advanced BJJ (Fundamentos del Jiu-Jitsu brasileño y Jiu-Jitsu brasileño para avanzados), están profusamente ilustrados y simplifican las expresiones técnicas del arte para facilitar al estudiante el aprendizaje y ayudarlo a mejorar. El Jiu-Jitsu fue desarrollado originalmente por los samurai, los antiguos guerreros que apenas usaban armadura y a veces ninguna para protegerse de enemigos más fuertes y bien armados. Como tal, el Jiu-Jitsu se considera el padre de las artes marciales, incluidos judo y aikido y ha influenciado el karate y otros estilos de artes marciales. Su técnica consiste en ataques, llaves, bloqueos, derribos y evasiones. En el aspecto mental, el Jiu-Jitsu otorga a quien lo practica confianza en sí mismo, incrementa la autoestima, alivia el estrés y aumenta la capacidad de concentración. El Jiu-Jitsu utiliza la física y la ciencia mediante la optimización y el conocimiento de la anatomía humana para sobreponerse a cualquier atacante con el menor esfuerzo y la menor fuerza física posibles. El Jiu-Jitsu brasileño difiere de su versión tradicional en que se desarrolló en un entorno y en un área diferentes como respuesta a necesidades diferentes. Esto ha llevado al desarrollo de técnicas adicionales que son más relevantes para la lucha en el suelo y ciertas necesidades pertinentes para enfrentarse a la violencia en el medio urbano moderno. Hoy día el Jiu-Jitsu brasileño es famoso por sus excelentes técnicas de lucha en el suelo, sus torneos y competidores de alto nivel, así como por su concepción y maniobras tácticas.  Fabio Duca Gurgel do Amaral, siete veces campeón del mundo, comenzó a practicar el Jiu-Jitsu a los 13 años y recibió su cinturón negro a los 19. Junto con su maestro Romero Jacaré es el cofundador del Alliance Team, dos veces campeón mundial, con 40 academias en todo el mundo, de Venezuela a Nueva York y de Finlandia a Alemania. Gurgel continúa enseñando en su propia academia en San Pablo y organiza seminarios en todo el mundo. También es presidente de la Liga profesional de Jiu-Jitsu. En febrero de 2007 se publicó una versión en inglés americano. Se prevé la publicación de una versión en checo en 2010. 176 páginas; 16,5 x 24 cm.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2014

        History of Ukraine from KGB Secret Files

        by Volodymyr Viatrovych

        The unknown and classified KGB history of the largest country in Europe - Ukraine is the history of people, events, documents and files. The files have answers to many questions. The most important of which - why did a war begin again in Europe? Why is it so important for Russia to conquer Ukraine? Why are Ukrainians putting up such a powerful resistance? Historian Volodymyr Viatrovych, who declassified the secret archives of the Soviet special services from the Cheka to the KGB, talks about the history of Ukraine, the USSR and Eastern Europe from 1918 to 1991. The reader, is offered, along with various heroes and traitors, those who thought they were in control of events, and those who thought they had no power over them, to recreate the nearly century-old chess game between the Ukrainian liberation movement and the creators of the "prison of nations." Described in reports and recreated by a historian, this work looks at the cunning “special operations”, deadly moves, information wars and complex games among several players that are all an attempt to find an answer to the question: what creates our destiny - human will or circumstances?

      • Trusted Partner
        Poetry
        2015

        Metrophobia

        by Myroslav Laiuk

        Metrophobia is the second book of poetry by Miroslav Layuk. It is the space of language and the world it creates. A world that begins with small autobiographical stories (according to the author), marked with a dash-and-dot line of school trees, abandoned buildings, nursing homes, children's mental hospitals and cemeteries, and it grows into a Sonnetarium – the grand and disparate world of Ezra, in which all connoisseurs of this not very common today poetic genre will live luxuriously. The splendid artistic design by Zhanna Kadyrova further reveals this world, gives it a structure and monumental features, but at the same time seems to build a separate parallel, a separate perspective of movement into the depth of consideration, reading, and interpretation. Metrophobia was recognized as the best poetry collection of 2015 by the annual LitAkcent Literary Prize.

      • Trusted Partner
        November 2023

        One Welfare Animal Health and Welfare, Food Security and Sustainability

        by Rebeca García Pinillos, Stella Maris Huertas Canén

        This thought-provoking book explores the link between animals, people and their social and physical environments in relation to livestock farming, food safety, food security and sustainability. Providing an overview of livestock farming and animal related food production systems in a one welfare context, One Welfare: Animal Health and Welfare, Food Security and Sustainability begins by considering the interconnections of animals, humans and their environment. It then expands into the food production system, and considers the integration of positive welfare, stress, use of welfare indicators and the economic perspective. Written by a team of international experts, it connects theory with best practice examples and case studies from both organizations and individuals that have successfully implemented a one welfare approach. Essential reading for academics and practitioners who work within farming, food systems and international development, this ground-breaking text is also an important read for veterinary and animal welfare professionals.

      • Trusted Partner
        February 2018

        Animal Welfare

        by M Appleby, A Olsson, F Galindo (Eds)

        Updated and revised, this bestselling textbook continues to provide a broad introduction to the key topics in the welfare of animals both large and small, farm and companion, wild and zoo. It retains all the popular features of the previous editions with coverage of key issues such as ethics, animal pain and injury, health and disease, social conditions, and welfare dilemmas and problems. Importantly, it also offers practical advice for welfare assessment, with a full section dedicated to the implementation of solutions. The third edition:- Contains many more examples of welfare issues in different countries, particularly the implications for smallholders as well as larger scale agriculture- Covers fish welfare as well as welfare of amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates- Includes concepts of positive emotion and other positive aspects of welfare- Focuses on animal welfare and sustainability - Includes an integrated ebook with additional material and videosWith contributions from renowned international experts and a new editorial team, Animal Welfare, 3rd Edition is an essential resource for students and researchers in animal and veterinary sciences and other disciplines considering the science and practice of animal welfare, and for practitioners and decision-makers worldwide.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2021

        No problem, Sam

        by Oksana Lushchevska

        Sam is the award winning ballroom dancer. But one day his dad decides the boy must become a real man and enrolls him in the combat club. And that’s when the real adventures begins. Will Sam be able to withstand a much stronger opponent? Will he find his dance partner Anhelinka? You will learn about all this on the pages of this dynamic and humororus book.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Religious Encounters and Social Dynamics in Burkina Faso (Rencontres religieuses et dynamiques sociales au Burkina Faso)

        by Alice Degorce / O. Ludovic Kibora / Katrin Langewische

        Burkina Faso’s religious landscape, where traditional, Islamic and Christian religions intersect, is part of a social and historical context spread over several centuries marked by a diversity that has been studied by researchers for a long time. As the security situation deteriorates in recent years in the Sahel region, the religious question is increasingly being redefined and placed at the forefront of the Burkinabe socio-political scene. This collective work offers readers a synthesis of the knowledge accumulated by researchers over the past decades on the different religions and the social dynamics associated with them to shed light on the management of the country’s religious diversity and coexistence without masking the new tensions and conflicts being experienced. The first part of the book thoroughly explores the religious movements and currents present in the country to underline the centrality of religion in understanding social change in its polity. In the second part, the interactions between religions are analyzed across current transversal themes and questions, such as education, demography, politics, the role of faith-based NGOs, the historicity of the notion of jihad or the use of new information and communication technologies to show the connections within the construction of knowledge and political contexts. The contributions acutely show that recent socio-political dynamics in Burkina Faso are undoubtedly redefining religious boundaries and exposing the limitations of a historically and socially rooted contexts of diversity, yet the question remains on how to draw on this diversity and religious coexistence to confront new emerging tensions and conflicts.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult poetry, anthologies, annuals
        2018

        Snow Poems For Kids

        by Sashko Dermanskyi, Halyna Malyk, Mariand Savka and other

        Children love poems. So before Christmas, the Old Lion and a group of modern Ukrainian poets and illustrators created this elegant book to read in the family circle. Snow Poems for Kids are full of fun snow games, magical gifts from St. Nicholas and magical moments of Christmas and New Year. Also, the Old Lion reminds young readers to take care of birds and animals in winter. The collection includes poems by Mariana Savka, Halyna Malyk, Halyna Kirpa, Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Oleksandr Dermanskyi, Ihor Kalynets, Oksana Lushchevska, Oksana Krotiuk, Hryhorii Falkovich, Tetiana Vynnyk, Yulia Smal, Natalia Poklad, Olesia Mamchych, Ivan Andrusiak , Oleksandr Orlov. Compiler - Natalka Maletych. Illustrated by: Dasha Rakova, Oksana-Olexandra Drachkovska, Yuliia Pylypchatina, Nataliia Oliynyk, Bohdana Bondar, Oksana Bula, Marta Koshulynska, Kateryna Sad.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2020

        Bridges Instead of Walls, or What Unites Ukrainians?

        by Tetiana Teren

        In this collection of essays, twenty Ukrainian intellectuals reflect on the phenomenon of social bridges and walls. Why do they both exist? Do bridges always bring understanding? Or do they perhaps sometimes allow crossing boundaries? Do walls necessarily separate? Or do they occasionally protect? With whom and how should we build bridges, and from whom shall we isolate by walls? The result of the media project of the Ukrainian branch of the International PEN Club, published in the New Time publication, is now under one cover. On the pages of the book, you will find essays by the following authors: Kateryna Kalytko, Kateryna Botanova, Vakhtang Kebuladze, Zoya Kazanzhy, Ostap Slyvinskyi, Olena Stiazhkina, Larysa Denysenko, Myroslava Barchuk, Viktoriya Amelina, Vitaliy Ponomariov, Vasyl Makhno, Volodymyr Rafeenko, Mykola Riabchuk, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Svitlana Pyrkalo, Borys Gudziak, Ihor Isichenko, Halyna Vdovychenko, Pavlo Kazarin, Vitaliy Portnykov. Compiled by Tetiana Teren. Foreword by Andriy Kurkov.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        January 2021

        Yakyv and the Wet Evening

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (Author), Grasya Oliyko (Illustrator)

        The earthworm Yakyv got out of his hole in a good mood and crawled around to find his dinner. But on the way he came across a snail, some woodlice, a butterfly and a stag beetle, all crying. Yakyv got angry because he could not understand why they were crying. But soon, Yakyv himself was brought to tears. The book Yakyv and the Wet Evening will help the child understand why we sometimes cry and that crying is nothing to be ahsamed of. The book offers exercises at the end that help children make sense of their own emotions and understand the feelings of others.     From 3 to 5 years, 1532 words. Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko; ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA

        Daddy's Book

        by Volodymyr Vakulenko (Author), Natalie Gaida (Illustrator)

        Although not every dad writes poems for his kids, everyone can read this book! Because these cheerful, playful poems, written by Volodymyr Vakulenko,  a loving father, for his son, will undoubtedly become a favorite among many children. These poems are interesting, rhythmic, easy to remember and recite.   From 3 to 5 years, 5788 words   Rightsholders:  Ivan Fedechko, ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua

      • Trusted Partner

        Social Forestry

        Tending the Land as People of Place

        by Tomi Hazel Vaarde

        Social Forestry is a sampler of topics related to social evolution in the context of ecosystem functions maintenance and magnification. With lists of principles, essays and poetry, posters, photographs and drawings, the sixteen chapters walk through the concept of Social Forestry, the background that inspired this work, the ecosciences of relationships, complexity, and disturbances, and the techniques of tending the wild.

      • Trusted Partner
        Picture books, activity books & early learning material
        2016

        What Grows in the Park

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna

        This is a little story about big things like growing up in a community, appreciating similarities and differences in people around us, and discovering one's own identity in order to be happy. But it is also about learning how to recognize trees in a park and know them by their leaves, fruits and flowers — a little bit of eco-education conveyed in a very playful, fairy-tale manner. A sprout grows in a park and looks attentively at the trees around it — the birch, oak, maple, sycamore, chesnut, poplar tree, willow, and ginkgo — trying to discern its own identity by comparing itself to them, getting to know who is who, and figuring out whom it resembles. Because “happiness is having someone like you as a friend”.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        January 2018

        The Milli000000n-Dollar Idea

        by Katerina Sad (Author), Katerina Sad (Illustrator)

        When a farm is left without its owner, the ducks living there began to wonder about their future. They decide to to look for a new owner, but since they can’t write, they must learn how in order to advertise the position. Will the ducks succeed in their plan? You can discover it by flipping through the picture book The Milli000000n-Dollar Idea by Katerina Sad together with your child. Through this wonderful and humorous story, readers will learn what a successful start-up is and that there is always a way out of any difficult situation.   From 3 to 6 years, 357 words Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko, ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua

      • Trusted Partner

        Socially Competent Kids

        How to Stimulate the Eight Key Social and Emotional Skills of your Child

        by Steven Pont

        What makes children truly happy? The answer to that question is simple, but challenging: their social-emotional competences. Socially competent kids feel good and are more successful in different aspects of life.   One of the most important tasks of a parent is therefore to support their children in developing social skills. This book shows parents how to encourage the social-emotional development of their children. It distinguishes eight skills: awareness of the self, social awareness, self-management, goal oriented behaviour, relational skills, personal responsibility, decision making, and positive thinking.   After giving a clear introduction on social-emotional development, the author explains these skills in more detail in eight chapters. Each chapter contains a detailed real-life example, psychological background information, and practical interventions ready for use by parents, teachers and other caretakers. The interventions and examples are aimed at four to twelve year olds.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        January 2021

        Storie-e-es of Eka the Excavator

        by Victoria Amelina (Author),Oleksandr Shatokhin (Illustrator)

        Eka is a small excavator. But his adventures are big, sometimes even on a global scale! Eka, like a real superhero, has the power to save the world... maybe. Eka likes to talk about his amazing adventures: on how he scooped up half the sea with a bucket, or how he plucked a star from the sky... or even of when  he almost stole an iceberg in Antarctica. Eka really wants to be important! Perhaps he can help St. Nicholas, or bring a dinosaur skeleton to a museum, or simply save his beloved park from destruction... Maybe, just maybe, like the famous Baron Munchausen, Eka exaggerates a little in his storie-e-es? There is only a way to find out! Storie-e-es of Eka the Excavator is a collection of the funnies stories from the most talkative excavator in the world!   From 6 to 8 years, 6000 words Rightsholders:  Ivan Fedechko, ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua

      Subscribe to our

      newsletter