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      • Mainstream United

        I'm representing modern Israeli Russian-speaking writer Jonathan Vidgop. This author's first book was granted fund of Israeli president and received recognition in Israel in 1999. The author writes rarely. There are two very different books offered. One, a result of 20 years of collecting historical material, is a collection of more than 100 very funny short stories of sexuality and attitude to Jews of famous personalities of different countries and times. The other book, very recent, is a a grotesque phantasmagoria, novel "Testimony", whose style, if any, can be compared to Susskind's Perfume. See description of the books below.

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      • mairisch Verlag

        mairisch Verlag is an an independent publishing house founded in 1999 and located in Hamburg. Whether fiction, non-fiction, illustrated children's books, audio books, graphic novels or music, mairisch Velag exclusively publishes books, CDs and LPs we really care about. In 2013 mairisch Verlag invented Indiebookday.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Bertrand Blier

        by Sue Harris

        The most complete study of Blier's work to date, Harris traces the director's career from the early 1960s until the present. Outlines the forms, themes and style which dominate in Blier's work, and challenges the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself. Provides an original and controversial discussion of Blier's alleged 'misogyny', and invites the reader to understand the scatological and corporeal aspects of Blier's filmmaking in terms of long-established traditions of popular dramatic culture. Brings to light the comic mechanisms underpinning Blier's films and identifies strategies which navigate through one of the most entertaining and disconcerting bodies of work of recent years. The first book on Blier published in English.

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        May 2006

        Gender Mainstreaming

        Lernprozesse in wissenschaftlichen, kirchlichen und politischen Organisationen

        by Herausgegeben von Burbach, Christiane; Herausgegeben von Döge, Peter

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        The Arts
        September 2024

        The renewal of post-war Manchester

        Planning, architecture and the state

        by Richard Brook

        A compelling account of the project to transform post-war Manchester, revealing the clash between utopian vision and compromised reality. Urban renewal in Britain was thrilling in its vision, yet partial and incomplete in its implementation. For the first time, this deep study of a renewal city reveals the complex networks of actors behind physical change and stagnation in post-war Britain. Using the nested scales of region, city and case-study sites, the book explores the relationships between Whitehall legislation, its interpretation by local government planning officers and the on-the-ground impact through urban architectural projects. Each chapter highlights the connections between policy goals, global narratives and the design and construction of cities. The Cold War, decolonialisation, rising consumerism and the oil crisis all feature in a richly illustrated account of architecture and planning in post-war Manchester.

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        January 2022

        Fallobst

        Nur ein Notizbuch

        by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Bernd Bexte

        »Fallobst, das in verschiedenen großen und kleinen Körben aufgesammelt wurde«, nennt Hans Magnus Enzensberger seine Beobachtungen, Notate, Kurzessays, Erinnerungen, Dialoge, Gedichte und Glossen. Mit spitzer Zunge, unumwunden und streitbar konfrontiert er uns mit Zeitgeist und mainstream. Doch kommen auch Würdigungen nicht zu kurz: von vertrauten und geliebten Menschen, von Brüdern und Schwestern im Geiste. Die deutsche Sprache, deren Tiefsinn und Abgründen der Autor mit lexikalischen Feinbohrungen auf den Grund geht, erfährt ihr Recht. Und nicht zuletzt die Natur in ihren so wundersamen wie kapriziösen Erscheinungen.

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        Tourism industry
        August 2013

        International Volunteer Tourism

        Integrating Travellers and Communities

        by Stephen Wearing, Nancy Gard McGehee

        Volunteer tourism has increased in popularity and prevalence and is no longer considered only a small section of alternative tourism. It is now part of the mainstream tourism industry and tourism experience for many people. Concentrating on the experience of the volunteer tourist and the host community, this new book builds on the view of volunteer tourism as a positive and sustainable form of tourism to examine a broader spectrum of behaviours and experiences and consider critically where the volunteer tourist experience both compliments and collides with host communities, using multiple case studies.

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        ARKEOPELANCONGAN DI MALAYSIA : ANTARA PROSPEK DAN CABARAN

        by Adnan Jusoh, Nurmaisara binti Ahmad

        This book discusses the prospects and challenges of the archaeotourism sector in Malaysia, one of the tourism industry’s subsectors. Recent findings showed that the tourism industry is a popular and increasingly significant economic sector in Malaysia.  The mainstream media discusses frequently  issues related to the tourism industry due to its ability to contribute to Malaysia’s economy. In addition to various forms of promotion, incentive schemes and initiatives have also been introduced to improve the tourism industry. As a result, several new subsectors have emerged in the tourism industry, including the archaeotourism sector.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Marguerite Duras

        by Renate Gunther

        The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2023

        Rethinking Norman Italy

        Studies in honour of Graham A. Loud

        by Joanna Drell, Paul Oldfield

        This volume on Norman Italy (southern Italy and Sicily, c. 1000-1200) honours and reflects the pioneering scholarship of Graham A. Loud. An international group of scholars reassesses and recasts the paradigm by which Norman Italy has been conventionally understood, addressing varied subjects across four key themes: historiographies, identities and communities, religion and Church, and conquest. The chapters revise and refine our understanding of Norman Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, demonstrating that it was not just a parochial Norman or Mediterranean entity but also an integral player in the medieval mainstream.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Jean Vigo

        by Michael Temple

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        Rural communities
        October 2006

        Going Organic

        Mobilizing Networks for Environmentally Responsible Food Production

        by Stewart Lockie, Kristen Lyons, Geoffrey Lawrence, Darren Halpin

        This book sets out to examine what really is going on in the organic sector socially and politically. In the process, it debunks a number of apparently common-sense beliefs: that organic consumers are wealthy environmental and health extremists; that growth in the industry will inevitably undermine its environmental values; that mainstream media is antagonistic to organics; and that the industry is driven by consumer demand. This book seeks to make a practical contribution to the development of more sustainable food systems by articulating what it takes to get people involved in organics at each stage of the food chain.

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        Tourism industry
        March 2011

        Strategic Management in Tourism

        by Enrique Bigné, Dimitrios Buhalis, Larry Dwyer, Anne-Mette Hjalager, Stephen Witt, Jithendran Kokkranikal, D Eduardo Parra López, Geoff Southern, James Wilson. Edited by Luiz Moutinho.

        Fully updated with new chapters linking strategic thinking and action in the management of tourism, this comprehensive textbook provides an analytical evaluation of the most important global trends in tourism and analysis of the impact of crucial environmental issues and their implications and the major factors affecting international tourism management. Following a successful first edition that is now a mainstream textbook in tourism courses, the book also covers marketing strategy, functional management and strategic planning in order to provide an integrated synthesis that will benefit students in their future careers, and also be useful to professionals working in the tourism sector.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Jack Clayton

        by Neil Sinyard

        In François Truffaut's opinion The Innocents was 'the best English film after Hitchcock goes to America'. Tennessee Williams said of The Great Gatsby: 'a film whose artistry even surpassed the original novel'. The maker of both films was Jack Clayton, one of the finest English directors of the post-war era and perhaps best remembered for the trail-blazing Room at the Top which brought a new sexual frankness and social realism to the British screen. This is the first full-length critical study of Clayton's work. The author has been able to consult and quote from the director's own private papers which illuminate Clayton's creative practices and artistic intentions. In addition to fresh analyses of the individual films, the book contains new material on Clayton's many unrealised projects and valuably includes his previously unpublished short story 'The Enchantment' - as poignant and revealing as the films themselves. This is a personal and fascinating account of the career and achievement of an important, much-loved director that should appeal to students and film enthusiasts.

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        May 2003

        Frauen, Männer, Gender Trouble

        Systemtheoretische Essays

        by Ursula Pasero, Christine Weinbach

        Systemtheorie und »Gender Studies« sind sich bislang eher aus dem Weg gegangen: Während der systemtheoretische Ansatz normativ aufgeladene Theorien vermeidet, ist für den »mainstream« der Geschlechterforschung das Gegenteil der Fall. Konsequenz war, daß zwei der zentralen Theoriebereiche der Gegenwart der Fall. Konsequenz war, daß zwei der zentralen Theoriebereiche der Gegenwart wechselseitig Unvereinbarkeitsformeln ausgetauscht und eine Diskussion erschwert haben. Inzwischen hat sich diese Situation gewandelt: Systemtheoretisch inspirierte Beobachtungen der Geschlechterfrage setzen neue, überraschende Akzente in dieser Debatte. Dieser Band nimmt den Faden mit dem polemischen Beitrag Luhmanns »Frauen, Männer und George Spencer Brown« von 1988 und pointierten aktuellen Beiträgen wieder auf.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2023

        Spectacles and the Victorians

        Measuring, defining and shaping visual capacity

        by Gemma Almond-Brown

        This is the first full-length study of spectacles in the Victorian period. It examines how the Victorians shaped our understanding of functional visual capacity and the concept of 20:20 vision. Demonstrating how this unique assistive device can connect the histories of medicine, technology and disability, it charts how technology has influenced our understanding of sensory perception, both through the diagnostic methods used to measure visual impairment and the utility of spectacles to ameliorate its effects. Taking a material culture approach, the book assesses how the design of spectacles thwarted ophthalmologists' attempts to medicalise their distribution and use, as well as creating a mainstream marketable device on the high street.

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        May 2020

        Metalmorphoses

        The Fantastic Mutations of Heavy Metal

        by Jörg Scheller

        How did heavy metal get started? What’s behind the fascination of many bands with the occult? Which women liven up the scene? What is the Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in Finland about? Jörg Scheller invites you to find out more about the mainstream trends as well as less well-known bizarre facts. Heavy metal began in the 1970s in the subculture of British industrial centres and until today it is an unruly and agile art form. Wellknown warhorses like Iron Maiden or Metallica still pack stadiums, while new trends come from the strong Scandinavian scene. Scheller credits the genre with “exciting synchronism of freedom and order, rebellion and retreat, scepticism and enthusiasm, toughness and diversity”.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2005

        Amy Tan

        by Bella Adams, John Thieme

        This is the most comprehensive study to date of Amy Tan's work. It offers close readings of her texts in the context of broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality. In contrast with Tan's own American-born narrators, and mainstream critics, Bella Adams's study looks beyond the stereotypes which appear in Tan's books, and explores the ways in which Chinese immigrants and their American relatives struggle to understand each others 'best qualities' via the Chinese tradition of the 'talk story'. She emphasises Tan's American narrators' process of becoming Chinese and discovering 'real China', and the significance of the ironic staging of these moments. Students will find this study both accessible and probing, and scholars will welcome its contribution to our understanding of a significant figure in contemporary literature. ;

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        Agriculture & related industries
        April 2006

        Global Development of Organic Agriculture

        Challenges and Prospects

        by Edited by Niels Halberg, Hugo F Alroe, Marie T Knudsen, Erik S Kristensen

        Modern agriculture and food systems, including organic agriculture, are undergoing a technological and structural modernisation and are faced with a growing globalisation. Organic agriculture (OA) can be seen as pioneering efforts to create sustainable development based on other principles than mainstream agriculture. There are however large differences between the challenges connected to, on one hand, modern farming and consumption in high-income countries and, on the other, smallholder farmers and resource poor consumers in low-income countries. The point of departure is the increasing globalisation and the production and trade of food and fodder and how this influences the role of OA. This book provides an overview of the potential role and challenges of organic agriculture in this global perspective, as seen from different perspectives such as sustainability, food security and fair trade.

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