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A small independent Publishing house, with branches in Tripoli, Cairo, and London. Established in 1950's in Libya.
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Die kleine Yoko wuchs in einer wohlhabenden Familie in Tokio auf. Als die Eltern mit ihr vor den Bomben der Amerikaner aufs Land flüchteten, erlebte sie, was es heißt, abends hungrig zu Bett zu gehen. So entstand der Wunsch nach einer friedlichen Welt, dem sie ihr Leben und ihre Kunst widmete. Der Song »Give Peace a Chance«, den sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann John Lennon komponierte, wurde zur Hymne der Antikriegsbewegung weltweit. 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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Marilyn Monroe und Arthur Miller, Yoko Ono und John Lennon, Ingeborg Bachmann und Paul Celan, Susan Sontag und Annie Leibowitz, John Cage und Merce Cunningham … -- zwanzig Paare aus Musik, Kunst und Literatur stellt die Autorin vor und erzählt, wie Kreativität das Miteinander und umgekehrt die Liebe das künstlerische Schaffen beflügeln. Die Lebenswege vieler dieser Paare sind untrennbar miteinander verwoben. Wie gestaltet sich ihr Alltag, gehen sie mit Rivalität und Stress und Verlust um? Wie bewahren sie ihre Liebe und Leidenschaft? Auch bei diesen Künstlerpaaren ist nicht alles perfekt, und darum geht es auch gar nicht. Vielmehr inspirieren Offenheit und Sensibilität, Stetigkeit und Bereitschaft zu Neuem in der Kunst und in der Liebe.
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Als einen Liebesreigen rund um die Uhr, von Mitternacht zu Mitternacht, inszeniert Rolf Michaelis diese sehr persönliche Sammlung von Gedichten und anderen Texten über die Liebe aus drei Jahrtausenden. Dabei trifft man nicht nur auf jene "schönsten Liebesgedichte", wie man sie aus zahlreichen Zusammenstellungen kennt, sondern der besondere Reiz dieser selbst wie ein Kunstwerk komponierten Anthologie liegt in den Funden, die Rolf Michaelis in den Literaturen des Ostens und des Mittelalters, der Antike und der Moderne macht, deren Verfemung durch die Nazis bis heute nachwirkt. Besonders reich ist diese Auswahl an Liebesgedichten von Frauen. Rolf Michaelis hat ein durch und durch weltliches Stundenbuch arrangiert, das die Liebe zeit- und weltumspannend zwischen Sehnsucht und Verführung, Erfüllung und Abschied, Ekstase und Trauer nachts, morgens, mittags, abends und wieder nachts feiert – ein Tag der Liebe. Als ich an ihn dachte, schlief ich glücklich ein. Da erschien er mir. Hätte ich gewußt: ein Traum, wär ich nie mehr aufgewacht. Ono no Komachi
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There was a tiny island in the Far East populated by tall, gifted people plagued by malignant ideology and ruled by merciless leaders. However, a noble few were dedicated to peacefully rescuing their people from tyranny and death. Dr. Solomon Jekavpils reads about this unfamiliar place in the diary of the late pianist Adelaide Fourangier. Meanwhile, Solomon's former classmate, Nelly, manipulates him to search for Illirio Mariafels, her lost love. The story spans entire lifetimes in pre-war France, French Saigon, the island, and Paris in the late twentieth century; the diary reveals many crucial personalities. After several setbacks in her life, Fourangier joins the leading liberal islander and devotes her life to teaching piano to children. Life on the island transforms her into a caring human being, inspired pianist, and master tutor. Illirio, her heroic son, can inspire wonderful kindness with his chanting. Fourangier’s diary reveals her unusual family’s secrets and describes the tragic fate of the island and its people. Dr. Zecharia Plavin, a concert pianist and educator, was born in 1956 in Lithuania but has lived in Israel since his youth. He studied under Louis Kentner, the great pianist. Prof. Plavin teaches at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and Ono Academic College. He is an author, composer, scholar, and self-proclaimed dull fellow with no sense of humor… An English-language eBook edition was published in summer 2015 by Samuel Wachtman’s Sons, Inc., CA. 432 pages, 15 x 22 .5cm.
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Ein Requiem für eine heilige Insel/Zecharia Plavin Dieses Buch erzählt die Geschichte einer winzigen Insel im Fernen Osten, die von großartigen, begabten Menschen bevölkert, aber von bösartigen Ideologien geplagt und von gnadenlosen Führern regiert wurde. Einige wenige Bewohner widmeten sich jedoch der friedlichen Rettung ihres Volkes vor Tyrannei und Tod.Dr. Solomon Jekavpils entdeckt diesen ungewöhnlichen Ort beim Lesen des Tagebuchs der verstorbenen Pianistin Adelaide Fourangier. Solomons ehemalige Klassenkameradin Nelly überredet ihn daraufhin, nach Illirio Mariafels, ihrer verlorenen Liebe, zu suchen.Neben der Beschreibung der Insel gibt die Geschichte einen Einblick in das Leben im Vorkriegsfrankreich, im französischen Saigon, und im Paris des ausgehenden 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Tagebuch beschreibt viele wichtige Persönlichkeiten.Nach mehreren Rückschlägen in ihrem Leben schließt Fourangier Freundschaft mit einer freizügigen, bekannten Inselbewohnerin und widmet ihr Leben dem Klavierunterricht für Kinder. Das Leben auf der Insel verwandelt sie in einen fürsorglichen Menschen sowie in eine inspirierte Pianistin und meisterhafte Lehrerin.Illirio, ihr Sohn, verzaubert mit seinem Gesang seine Zuhörer. Fourangiers Tagebuch enthüllt die Geheimnisse ihrer ungewöhnlichen Familie und beschreibt das tragische Schicksal der Insel und ihrer Bewohner.Dr. Zecharia Plavin, Konzertpianist und Pädagoge, wurde 1956 in Litauen geboren und lebt seit seiner Jugend in Israel. Er studierte bei Louis Kentner, dem großen Pianisten. Prof. Plavin unterrichtet an der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Jerusalem und am Ono Academic College. Er ist ein Autor, Komponist, Gelehrter und bezeichnet sich selbst als „langweiligen Kerl ohne Sinn für Humor“.Eine englischsprachige nordamerikanische Ausgabe wurde Anfang 2015 von Samuel Wachtmans Sons, Inc., CA, veröffentlicht.432 Seiten 15 x 22,5 cm.
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All books have either writing, pictures or both in it, but the book that Ellen got as a gift has neither. It does, however, have extraordinary recording powers. Like in so many of Sandro’s stories, in The Strange Book it is completely natural for dreams to merge with reality. Through the matter-of-fact occurrence of unlikely events, The Strange Book tells a story of growing up without abandoning the inner child.
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The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life. A fifteen-year labour of love, the volumes will fully document the analogue era of Island. Offering a comprehensive archive of album cover design and photography, together with the voices of the musicians, designers, photographers, producers, studio engineers and record company personnel that worked on each project, the volumes show in unique depth the workings of the label, covering every LP. Featuring material from recent interviews and from media interviews of the time, and each including a comprehensive discography of 45s, the books are lavishly illustrated with gig adverts (very many at venues which no longer exist), concert tickets, flyers, international LP variants, labels, LP and 45 adverts and other ephemera. These LP-sized editions are a collector's dream, offering a truly unparalleled resource for those interested in music history and a perfect gift for any music lover.
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Rosengarten explores the narrative operations of Rego's work by mobilising both psychoanalytic theory and social history. She confronts, as case studies, three complex figure paintings from different moments in Rego's oeuvre: The Policeman's Daughter (1987), The Interrogator's Garden (2000), and The First Mass in Brazil (1993). The content of the three specimen paintings links them to the political context of the Estado Novo, the fascist-inspired regime that dominated Rego's childhood. Plotting links between the spheres of the political and the personal, Rosengarten throws light on the complex intertwining of state power and parental authority in Rego's work, focusing on the "labour of socialisation and resistance" that Rego's work evinces in relation to the Freudian model of the family romance. Rosengarten unveils the political context of Portugal under Salazar, and the workings of colonial fantasy, Catholic ideology and gender construction. In prodding the inalienable link between love and authority, this study offers a reading of Rego's work that interrogates, rather than subverts, the Oedipal model structuring the patriarchal family.
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Rosengarten explores the narrative operations of Rego's work by mobilising both psychoanalytic theory and social history. She confronts, as case studies, three complex figure paintings from different moments in Rego's oeuvre: The Policeman's Daughter (1987), The Interrogator's Garden (2000), and The First Mass in Brazil (1993). The content of the three specimen paintings links them to the political context of the Estado Novo, the fascist-inspired regime that dominated Rego's childhood. Plotting links between the spheres of the political and the personal, Rosengarten throws light on the complex intertwining of state power and parental authority in Rego's work, focusing on the "labour of socialisation and resistance" that Rego's work evinces in relation to the Freudian model of the family romance. Rosengarten unveils the political context of Portugal under Salazar, and the workings of colonial fantasy, Catholic ideology and gender construction. In prodding the inalienable link between love and authority, this study offers a reading of Rego's work that interrogates, rather than subverts, the Oedipal model structuring the patriarchal family. ;
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This book offers the first comprehensive history of white workers from the end of the First World War to Zimbabwean independence in 1980. It reveals how white worker identity was constituted, examines the white labouring class as an ethnically and nationally heterogeneous formation comprised of both men and women, and emphasises the active participation of white workers in the ongoing and contested production of race. White wage labourers' experiences, both as exploited workers and as part of the privileged white minority, offer insight into how race and class co-produced one another and how boundaries fundamental to settler colonialism were regulated and policed. Based on original research conducted in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK, this book offers a unique theoretical synthesis of work on gender, whiteness studies, labour histories, settler colonialism, Marxism, emotions and the New African Economic History.
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Devolution to Scotland and Wales represented the most fundamental reform of the British state for almost a century. Ten years on, how successful has the reform been? Drawing on the views of citizens, elected representatives and interest groups in Scotland and Wales, this book provides an answer. The book is based on a wide ranging programme of research, involving dedicated surveys and interviews across Scotland, Wales and England. The results provide important new evidence on how devolution has been seen to have performed. What are its perceived achievements? What are its shortcomings? Is the new devolution 'settlement' stable, or is there a demand for further reform? By bringing together perspectives from the public, members of the devolved legislatures and representatives of civil society, the book establishes a unique picture of where devolution in Britain stands today. The book is accessibly written, and contains a wide range of useful primary data. It is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying devolution in Britain, as well as for general readers with an interest in constitutional reform and territorial politics. ;
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The "Oracle Bone Picture Book" series introduces children aged 5-10 to Chinese characters. It explains the connection between character shapes and meanings of the ancient oracle bone script and showcases their real-life applications, helping children understand Chinese characters from their roots and fostering an appreciation for the script, making learning fun and engaging. It contains 10 books: "A Big Deal", "Amazing Mom", "Lessons from Animals", "The Heart of Plants", "Their Family", "Feast and Song", "Under the Sky, Between Mountains and Seas", "At Your Home, At Mine", "Off to the Hunt", "Face Stories".
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The documentary "Hexi Corridor China's Wild West", with its rich humanistic materials and unique aesthetic perspective, has become a classic of domestic documentary. Hexi Corridor, a documentary book of the same name published by Gansu Education Press, reproduces the film on paper in the form of pictures and illustrations, bringing readers a new reading experience and aesthetic enjoyment. The book's chapters are arranged in the same chronological order as the documentary, with each chapter focusing on a different theme -- from the equestrians of the empire to the quiet Buddhist faces of the grottoes; From the reading of Confucian scriptures to the ringing of merchants' camel bells. In different dimensions, he wrote an epic of the Hexi Corridor, a meeting place of civilizations.
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Available in paperback for the first time, this book is the third in the three volume set The Labour governments 1964-1970 and concentrates on Britain's economic policy under the Labour governments in the 1960s. It assesses the origins, development and outcomes of the attempts made by the 1964-1970 Labourgovernments under Harold Wilson to modernise the British economy. This is the first comprehensive and archivally-based work to offer a detailed study of this modernisation project. The book places the project in the context of Labour's economic ideas as they had developed since the 1940s as well as the economic legacy they inherited from the previous thirteen years of Conservative rule. After outlining this context and providing a summary narrative of economic policy over this period, the international aspect of Labour's approach to the economy is analysed. The core of the book then goes on to look in detail at the policies directly concerned with modernisation. Following the agenda set by the national plan of 1965, policies on planning, investment and the firm, technical change, the labour market and the nationalised industries are all analysed. In addition, the productivity campaign of the late 1960s is shown to have encapsulated many of the underlying ideas but also many of the problems of Labour's approach to economic policy. The final section of the book asks how the pursuit of modernisation affected Labour's pursuit of "social justice", before offering an overall assessment of Labour's period of office. The book will be of special interest to contemporary historians, economic historians and those interested in the history of the Labour party. Together with the other books in the series, on domestic policy and international policy, it provides a complete picture of the development of Britain under the premiership of Harold Wilson. ;
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The construction, control and preservation of the Official Record is inherently contested. Those seeking greater openness and (democratic) accountability argue 'sunlight is [...] the best of disinfectants', while others seek stricter information control because, to their mind, sound government arises when advice and policy are formulated secretly. This edited volume explores the intersection of the Official Record, oversight, national security and democracy. Through US, UK and Canadian case studies, this volume will benefit higher level undergraduate readers and above to explore the Official Record in the context of the national security operations of democratic states. All chapters are research-based pieces of original writing that feature a document appendix containing primary documents (often excerpts) that are key to a chapter's narrative. As a result, this book interrogates the boundaries between national security, accountability, oversight, and the Official Record.
