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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2023The gift of narrative in medieval England
by Nicholas Perkins
This invigorating study places medieval romance narrative in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange, opening new approaches to questions of storytelling, agency, gender and materiality in some of the most engaging literature from the Middle Ages. It argues that the dynamics of the gift are powerfully at work in romances: through exchanges of objects and people; repeated patterns of love, loyalty and revenge; promises made or broken; and the complex effects that time works on such objects, exchanges and promises. Ranging from the twelfth century to the fifteenth, and including close discussions of poetry by Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet and romances in the Auchinleck Manuscript, this book will prompt new ideas and debate amongst students and scholars of medieval literature, as well as anyone curious about the pleasures that romance narratives bring.
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December 2015Gift 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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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 2021The gift of narrative in medieval England
by Nicholas Perkins, David Matthews, Anke Bernau, James Paz
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August 2021Die Erben der Animox 2. Das Gift des Oktopus
by Aimée Carter, Ilse Layer, Frauke Schneider
In "Das Gift des Oktopus", dem zweiten Band der spannenden Nachfolge-Reihe "Die Erben der Animox", setzt sich das Abenteuer des mutigen Simon Thorn und seiner Freunde fort. Ein Jahr nach den ereignisreichen Kämpfen, die die Welt der Animox erschüttert haben, führt eine rätselhafte Nachricht Simon und seine Gefährten nach Australien, dem Land der gefährlichsten Tiere. Dort müssen sie einen verlorenen Raubstein finden, der eine entscheidende Rolle im Schicksal aller Animox spielt, indem er den Erben ihre Kräfte raubt. Doch die Mission ist alles andere als einfach. Australien empfängt die Gruppe mit einer Fülle von bisher ungekannten Herausforderungen und Gefahren, die nicht nur ihre physischen, sondern auch ihre emotionalen Grenzen auf die Probe stellen. Währenddessen findet sich Simons Bruder Nolan auf der anderen Seite des Konflikts wieder. Er hat sich dem finsteren Imperium angeschlossen, das die Macht über die Tierreiche an sich reißen will. Zwischen den Brüdern entbrennt ein erbitterter Kampf, der nicht nur ihre Beziehung, sondern das Schicksal der gesamten Animox-Welt bedroht. Während Simon und seine Freunde um das Überleben kämpfen und versuchen, den Raubstein zu sichern, müssen sie gleichzeitig einen Weg finden, Nolan von seinem gefährlichen Pfad abzubringen und ihm zu zeigen, dass es noch Hoffnung auf Versöhnung und einen gemeinsamen Kampf für das Gute gibt. "Das Gift des Oktopus" entführt die Leser in ein atemberaubendes Abenteuer voller Spannung, Magie und der tiefen Bande der Freundschaft, die selbst in der dunkelsten Stunde zu leuchten vermag. Spannendes Fantasy-Abenteuer im beliebten Animox-Universum: Tauche ein in die faszinierende Welt der Tierwandler! Atemberaubende Abenteuer in Australien: Entdecke das Land der giftigsten Tiere durch die Augen der Erben der Animox. Begleite Simon Thorn und seine Freunde auf ihrem Weg, während sie sich neuen Herausforderungen stellen und über sich hinauswachsen. Ein Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse: Erlebe den spannenden Konflikt zwischen Simon und seinem Bruder Nolan, der sich dem dunklen Imperium angeschlossen hat. Action und Emotion in perfekter Balance: Freue dich auf eine Geschichte, die nicht nur mit spannenden Kämpfen, sondern auch mit emotionalen Momenten überzeugt. Lerne die einzigartige Tierwelt Australiens kennen: Nicht nur für junge Leser eine spannende und lehrreiche Reise. Ideal für Fans der Animox-Reihe und neue Leser: Auch ohne Vorkenntnisse der ersten Bücher ein packendes Leseerlebnis. Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Animox-Reihe: Die Geschichte geht weiter und hält neue, aufregende Wendungen bereit. Für Leser ab 10 Jahren: Ein Buch, das Kinder, Jugendliche und auch erwachsene Fantasy-Fans begeistert. Der Dein SPIEGEL-Bestseller, gelistet bei Antolin. Die Reihe umfasst insgesamt fünf Bände Band 1: Die Beute des FuchsesBand 2: Das Gift des OktopusBand 3: Der Kampf des ElefantenBand 4: Der Verrat des KaimansBand 5: Die Rache des Tigers Entdecke auch das Prequel, "Animox" Band 1: Das Heulen der Wölfe Band 2: Das Auge der Schlange Band 3: Die Stadt der Haie Band 4: Der Biss der Schwarzen Witwe Band 5: Der Flug des Adlers
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Children's & YAThe School Day Gifts
China Story Picture Books
by Xu Lu
China Story Picture Books is the first set of children's picture books launched by the Bingxin Award Committee. This set of books covers the works of seven Bingxin Award-winning writers of different ages including children's literature masters and promising young writers. The illustrations are full of traditional Chinese cultural elements such as dragon lantern dance, paper cutting, oil paper umbrella, and bamboo. Powerful painters at home and abroad are invited to do illustrations, which brings interesting fusion and collision of Chinese and foreign cultures to the books. In addition to the original illustrations, the stories are more touching. Every child can harvest the courage and wisdom for growing up from these stories. The series consists of 7 picture books: The Dragon Lantern, The Path of Golden Flowers, The Child in Three-Story Attic, The School Day Gifts, The Secret of Crossing, The Slope of Sisters. The School Day Gifts tells the story of the growth of a young umbrella maker. After graduating from high school, the protagonist became an umbrella maker, but he had no courage to go back to the school celebration day. Daddy saw what was on his mind and secretly helped him prepare gifts for my teachers and classmates, which were dozens of old-fashioned oilpaper umbrellas made of golden bamboo bones and oilpaper. Eventually he proudly participated in the school day and recited the poet Ai Qing's The Umbrella.
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FictionOctober 2009Library of Chinese Classics :The Selected Poems of Du Fu
by Hua Zisheng
Du Fu (712-770), China's great poet in the Tang Dynasty. After experiencing the decline of the Tang dynasty, he witnessed the changes of the current situation, created poems that reflect the difficult and livelihood problems of the people with his extraordinary artistic talents, and was later praised for his "history of poetry." Poetry also content of the works, such as singing natural scenery, reviews of ancient and modern personnel, laments his talent description skills, portrayals of birds and animals, all have celebrated the famous works. To more than 1,400 Du Fu, greatly enriched and developed the artistic techniques of ancient Chinese poetry. Du Fu's character and poem have an extremely far-reaching impact on future generations. He is one of the most outstanding representatives of Chinese traditional culture. The book includes 135 Du Fu poetry translated by the famous American house Burton Watson.
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IF YOU TELL ME, I CAN FLY
by Sharon Thayer
A tale of inspiration and empowerment through examples of creatures who really do learn to fly. The perfect gift for times when loved ones are on the brink of change.
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Children's & YASeptember 2020Seed Ball
by Bahar Sener / Samantha McLelland
Nowadays, in almost all schools children are being taught about the importance of seeds. They know that seeds carry life. Seed festivals are organized in various places in the spring. Children learn about different types of seeds and how to differentiate them. They even learn how to plant them in pots in their backyards. In this beautiful book, children will learn how to make seed balls using the seeds of different fruits and vegetables. Seed ball is a unique gift from the acclaimed Japanese figure in organic farming, Fukuoka.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2023Creating character
Theories of nature and nurture in Victorian sensation fiction
by Helena Ifill
This book explores the ways in which the two leading sensation authors of the 1860s, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, engaged with nineteenth-century ideas about personality formation and the extent to which it can be influenced either by the subject or by others. Innovative readings of seven sensation novels explore how they employ and challenge Victorian theories of heredity, degeneration, inherent constitution, education, upbringing and social circumstance. Far from presenting a reductive depiction of 'nature' versus 'nurture', Braddon and Collins show the creation of character to be a complex interplay of internal and external factors. Drawing on material ranging from medical textbooks, to sociological treatises, to popular periodicals, Creating character shows how sensation authors situated themselves at the intersections of established and developing, conservative and radical, learned and sensationalist thought about how identity could be made and modified.
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January 2014A Gift from Hongwei
by Hong Wei
Focusing on the structure, the book adopts different types of paper and an almost perfect printing technique. While reading, surprises occur from time to time so as to make readers delighted as if they have received a long-expected present.
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Children's & YAThe Strawberry Fairy. The Loveliest Stories to Read Aloud
by Stefanie Dahle
The Strawberry Fairy works her magic again! For this top-quality gift edition, decorated with glitter and foil embossing, the author and illustrator Stefanie Dahle has chosen her own favourite stories from the three books. There is always something going on in the strawberry garden: the little fairy cures the sore throats of the frog choir, helps Don Carlo to win the love of his sweetheart, and enjoys some jolly parties in the garden. Later everyone cuddles up by the fire and makes plans for the spring while drinking a delicious cup of strawberry tea. A book to treasure, and not just for Strawberry Fairy fans.
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Loss and Gift
by Shang Qiu
This compelling guide delves into female self-development and psychological resilience. It centers around the transformative journey of a woman without arms, exploring her process of redefining life's values through vivid life stories, authentic growth paths, and insightful parenting experiences. The book sketches a psychological roadmap for women's growth, offering real-life examples to share parenting wisdom with young mothers, explore self-help methods for trauma survivors, and establish a framework for self-development for ambitious young women.
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May 2004Das süße Gift der Buchstaben
Reden zur Literatur
by Peter Bichsel
Zwischen 1983 und 2003 hat sich Peter Bichsel nicht oft, dafür aber dann, wenn es geschah, um so prägnanter in öffentlichen Reden mit Autoren und anderen nicht unbekannten Menschen, die es mit Büchern zu tun haben, auseinandergesetzt. Und immer sind dabei Texte entstanden, die von der Lust am Lesen erzählen, von der gefährlichen Leidenschaft, ja unheilbaren Sucht, Buchstaben, Wörtern und Sätzen verfallen zu sein. In seinen Reden über die Eröffnung einer Buchhandlung, zu einem Geburtstag des Verlegers Siegfried Unseld, über Jean Paul, Gottfried Keller und Peter von Matt zeigt Peter Bichsel, wie ernst und zugleich undogmatisch er mit Büchern umgeht und was ihm die »Solidarität der Leser« bedeutet: angesichts einer Lektüre mit jemandem zusammenzusein.
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February 2017Photokinesis
Recall of the Spiritual View of Childhood
by Can Xue
This is a autobiography-style prose collection. Applying the unique writing technique, Can Xue has revealed the perceivable childhood inward world and all aspects of her childhood. Unlike her obscure novels, this collection attempts to grasp memory fragments through critical thinking and recall the childhood days. As a child, Can Xue is imaginative and obstinate, which has influence on her literary creation later. This spiritual autobiography serves as the key to the artistic world of Can Xue.
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February 2017Wuxiang Street
by Can Xue
The novel narrates the “possible” amour of Lady X, which arouses the discussion of local people. Every character has his own view towards this event which even acquires a more vital status than the event itself. The characteristic narration style of Can Xue has imbued the ordinary event with distinct aesthetic connotation.
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July 2016The 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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Lady Lv Fangshi
by Can Xue
Lady Lv Fangshi is born in a family with many siblings. She was not a good-looking girl and no one in her family cared about her. All her family lived in two small and dark rooms with both warmness and horror. As a 21-year-old lady, Lv Fangshi had already met some guys. Zeng Laoliu, the carpet dealer, was quite mysterious to her though he was not the one that excited her most. Is the lifestyle of Lady Lv Fangshi ever possible? We could frequently be face with this kind of question in our daily life.
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June 2022Die Erben der Animox 3. Der Kampf des Elefanten
by Aimée Carter, Uticha Marmon, Ilse Layer, , Peter Kaempfe, Uticha Marmon, Frauke Schneider
Das Abenteuer um Simon, Katarina, Suki und Kai geht weiter! Nachdem Gestaltwandler Simon Thorn und seine Freunde erfahren haben, dass der geheimnisvolle X Suki und Kai verschleppt hat, folgen sie seiner Spur nach Afrika, um die beiden zu befreien. Und natürlich wollen sie dort auch endlich den verschwundenen Raubstein finden. Auf die Hilfe seines Bruders Nolan braucht Simon dabei nicht zu hoffen, denn der wird mehr und mehr zu seinem Feind. Autorin Aimée Carter ist ein weiterer Tierfantasy-Roman mit Bestsellerpotenzial gelungen. Denn auch der neue Teil der zweiten Animox-Reihe verspricht Hochspannung pur und steckt voller aufregender Überraschungen! Aimée Carter lässt die Erben der Animox erneut in den Kampf ziehen. Tauche ein in die Parallelwelt der Gestaltwandler und erlebe ein neues Abenteuer mit Simon Thorn.Sprechende Tiere, echte Freundschaft, prickelnde Action, dieser Animox-Band wird dich Seite um Seite in seinen Bann ziehen.Der Kampf des Elefanten ist die packende Fortsetzung der Bestseller-Serie von Aimée Carter gelesen von Peter Kaempfe. Jetzt die anderen Bände der "Animox"-Reihe entdecken: Das Heulen der Wölfe Das Auge der Schlange Die Stadt der Haie Der Biss der Schwarzen Witwe Der Flug des Adlers Alle Bände von "Die Erben der Animox": Die Beute des Fuchses Das Gift des Oktopus Der Kampf des Elefanten Der Verrat des Kaimans (ab April 2023) Die Rache des Tigers (ab Januar 2024)
