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Founded in 1905, Princeton University Press is a nonprofit publisher with close connections to Princeton University. The Press brings influential voices and ideas to the world stage through their academic scholarship, advancing the frontiers of scholarly knowledge and promoting the human conversation. PUP have offices in Princeton in the US, Oxford in the UK where the rights team is based, and in Beijing. We all work together to make Princeton a truly global publisher. We publish peer-reviewed books across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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December 2008Truman Capote für Boshafte
by Truman Capote, Ulrike Seyer
"Die junge Generation hat auch heute Respekt vor dem Alter, allerdings nur noch beim Wein, beim Whisky und bei den Möbeln." Norman Mailer bezeichnete Truman Capote als „vollkommensten Schriftsteller meiner Generation“: „Bissig wie meine Großtante schreibt er die besten Sätze, Wort für Wort, Takt für Takt.“ Und Tennessee Williams ergänzt: "Er ist eine entzückend lasterhafte alte Dame." Die besten Aussprüche und Boshaftigkeiten aus Truman Capotes Werk sind in diesem Band versammelt.
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January 2021A primer on financial intelligence for children
by SAI Mei
This book is comprehensive, systematic, detailed, introduces the basic issues and method strategies of wealth of enlightenment education, including "how to understand money" - understand the content of liabilities and understanding of charity. Combined with its own profound financial knowledge and rich practical experience, the author will vividly use the way to understand the way, and appear in the way. sex.
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LÓGICA: Primer Curso
by Prof. A. Blum
LÓGICA: Primer Curso por el Prof. A. Blum Un riguroso curso de introducción a la lógica para estudiantes de filosofía. El objetivo de esta obra es enseñar una técnica natural de deducción y proporcionar un entendimiento intuitivo integral de la metateoría de la lógica elemental. El profesor Blum, uno de los más destacados filósofos de la lógica en Israel, ha publicado más de 40 artículos sobre lógica y temas afines en revistas internacionales y es profesor emérito de Filosofía en la Universidad de Bar Ilán.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2010Transnational Advocacy on the Ground
Against corruption in Russia?
by Diana Schmidt-Pfister
What can be done against corruption? If we trust most assessments, the global anti-corruption movement has so far not managed to markedly reduce the level of corruption, especially in the more problematic countries. This book examines the actual workings of transnational anti-corruption advocacy on the ground. In the 21st century, transnational advocacy has become ever more complex. Using the case study of contemporary Russia the book reassesses what this means for advocacy practices. It thoroughly maps the entanglement between international, national and local levels and reveals a range of obstacles posed to constructively involving civil society in practice, despite unanimous rhetorical commitment on the part of international actors and governments. The book further shows that the effectiveness of transnational advocacy is determined by both strategic action and situational contingencies. The book speaks to readers in, at least, three main fields of study: transnational advocacy, the anti-corruption movement, and Eastern Europe, particularly Russia. ;
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Limnology (freshwater)May 2004Below-ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems
Concepts and Models with Multiple Plant Components
by Edited by Meine van Noordwijk, Georg Cadisch, Chin K Ong
This book provides a synthesis of plant-soil-plant interactions in agroforestry, intercropping and grass-legume interactions. It focuses on the process level, which is relevant to many types of multi-species agroecosystem. It also links basic research to practical applications in a wide range of systems with or without trees, and considers effects of global change on below-ground interactions. The contents include soil biodiversity and food webs, phosphorus dynamics and mobilization by plants, and crop and tree root-system dynamics. The book will be of significant interest to researchers in plant, crop and soil sciences as well as agroforestry.
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January 2007The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland
by Martin L. Luff
The Carabidae (ground beetles) are a cosmopolitan family, with an estimated 40,000 species worldwide. The prime purpose of this book is to enable the reliable identification of the adults of the 350 species of Carabids that occur in Britain and Ireland. Fully illustrated keys to subfamilies, tribes, genera and species are provided. Notes are provided for each species to enable the user to confirm (or otherwise) identification.
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Children's & YAClassic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers, Book II
Strange Stories of the Vast Universe
by Liu Xingshi
The Classic of Mountains and Rivers, also known as Shan Hai Jing, has been regarded as a "strange book" since its appearance in China pre-Qin Dynasty. On the basis of its title, most people would assume that it is a survey record of ancient geography, but its descriptions of the "mountains and rivers" include encyclopedic entries—such as animals, plants, minerals, religion, history, medicine, customs, and ethnic groups. Also, it gives accounts of many folk legends of mythic geography, monsters, and witchcraft. No matter labeled as a book of geography, a book of history, or a book of strange stories, it is a Chinese ancient classic that deserves to be read over and over again. But as a book compiled about 2,500 to 3,000 years ago, its context and words are difficult to understand for modern readers. The Classic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers series is just designed to make this classic more understandable and readable. It illustrates the most essential parts of the Classic of Mountains and Rivers with simple words, animated illustrations, and interdisciplinary approaches, and introduces young readers to the understandings of Chinese ancestors on land and nature. Not only is it a book series for teenagers, but also an encyclopedia of traditional Chinese geography and culture for adults. Strange Stories of the Vast Universe is the second book of the Classic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers series. It tells strange stories that happened in the Earth, the Sea, and the Vast Universe. The world in Classic of Mountains and Rivers is presented in the order of South, West, North and East, where lived many fantastic tribes and incredible animals. Reading it will not only provide readers with features of these existences but also the stories of how they were created and the myths and geography about them.
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Children's & YAClassic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers, Book I
A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers
by Liu Xingshi
The Classic of Mountains and Rivers, also known as Shan Hai Jing, has been regarded as a "strange book" since its appearance in China pre-Qin Dynasty. On the basis of its title, most people would assume that it is a survey record of ancient geography, but its descriptions of the "mountains and rivers" include encyclopedic entries—such as animals, plants, minerals, religion, history, medicine, customs, and ethnic groups. Also, it gives accounts of many folk legends of mythic geography, monsters, and witchcraft. No matter labeled as a book of geography, a book of history, or a book of strange stories, it is a Chinese ancient classic that deserves to be read over and over again. But as a book compiled about 2,500 to 3,000 years ago, its context and words are difficult to understand for modern readers. The Classic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers series is just designed to make this classic more understandable and readable. It illustrates the most essential parts of the Classic of Mountains and Rivers with simple words, animated illustrations, and interdisciplinary approaches, and introduces young readers to the understandings of Chinese ancestors on land and nature. Not only is it a book series for teenagers, but also an encyclopedia of traditional Chinese geography and culture for adults. The series contains three books, and A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers is the first one. It briefly introduces the creation process and main contributors of the Classic of Mountains and Rivers, and tells stories about geography in ancient China including mountains, rivers, creatures, and minerals as well as the plain but vital spirit for scientific discovery of Chinese ancestors.
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April 1960Die Grasharfe
Roman
by Truman Capote, Annemarie Seidel, Friedrich Podszus
Truman Capote, geboren 1924 in New Orleans, starb 1984 in Los Angeles. Seine Romane Frühstück bei Tiffany und Kaltblütig machten ihn zu einem der berühmtesten Autoren der amerikanischen Literatur. 2004 verkörperte ihn Philip Seymour Hoffman in dem Film Capote. Annemarie Seidel (1894-1959) war Schauspielerin, Lektorin und Übersetzerin, verheiratet mit Peter Suhrkamp von 1935 bis zu seinem Tod 1959. Sie übersetzte, in Zusammenarbeit mit Friedrich Podszus, Truman Capotes Roman Die Grasharfe ins Deutsche.
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Children's & YAClassic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers, Book III
Gorgeous Stories and Myths
by Liu Xingshi
The Classic of Mountains and Rivers, also known as Shan Hai Jing, has been regarded as a "strange book" since its appearance in China pre-Qin Dynasty. On the basis of its title, most people would assume that it is a survey record of ancient geography, but its descriptions of the "mountains and rivers" include encyclopedic entries—such as animals, plants, minerals, religion, history, medicine, customs, and ethnic groups. Also, it gives accounts of many folk legends of mythic geography, monsters, and witchcraft. No matter labeled as a book of geography, a book of history, or a book of strange stories, it is a Chinese ancient classic that deserves to be read over and over again. But as a book compiled about 2,500 to 3,000 years ago, its context and words are difficult to understand for modern readers. The Classic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers series is just designed to make this classic more understandable and readable. It illustrates the most essential parts of the Classic of Mountains and Rivers with simple words, animated illustrations, and interdisciplinary approaches, and introduces young readers to the understandings of Chinese ancestors on land and nature. Not only is it a book series for teenagers, but also an encyclopedia of traditional Chinese geography and culture for adults. Gorgeous Stories and Myths is the third book of the Classic of Mountains and Rivers for Teenagers series. It presents the extracts of myths in the Classic of Mountains and Rivers and the stories related to them, including "The Mythical Bird Jingwei Trying to Fill Up the Sea with Pebbles", "Houyi Shooting Down Nine Suns", and "Kuafu Racing with the Sun". In order to find what is behind the myths, the author probes into the history, nature, geography and culture of ancient China. It inspires the young readers, opens up their views and encourages them to explore the origin of China's myths and how they had grown.
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December 2018flight Close to the ground : a record of the development of maglev transportation in China
by Wang Woweng
This book is a documentary work about the independent innovation of maglev transportation in China. The author of this book has been following the progress of maglev transportation for more than 20 years, and has written this book on the basis of collecting a large number of relevant data and interviewing relevant experts, professors and engineering technicians. The book focuses on the innovation and engineering, industrial research and development, promotion and application of Maglev Transportation Technology in China. It shows that the innovation team with the University of national defense science and technology and CRRC Zhuji Co., Ltd. as the main body started from scratch and took the road of military civilian integration development. After 37 years of unremitting efforts, the book has finally realized the engineering and production of medium and low speed maglev trains in China The course of successful industrialization practice.
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September 2022Zigeunerromanzen / Primer romancero gitano
Gedichte. Spanische Bibliothek
by Federico García Lorca, Martin Koppenfels
Im Jahr 1928, als in Europa die Zeichen auf Surrealismus standen, erschien in Spanien ein Buch, das zu den seltenen Massenerfolgen in der Geschichte der Lyrik zählt. García Lorcas Zigeunerromanzen sind faszinierende, hybride Gebilde: Der Autor beherrscht das ölige Pathos des Moritatensängers so gut wie die ironische Pointe, lässt die Verfahren der Avantgarden auf den traditionellen Romanzenvers prallen, schiebt Ähnliches und Unähnliches ineinander. Was steckt hinter diesem andalusischen Bilderbogen mit seinen melancholischen Schmugglern und transsexuellen Erzengeln, seinen Zigeunermadonnen, Straßenkindern, Märtyrern und biblischen Prinzessinnen? Federico García Lorcas Zigeunerromanzen treiben ein schillerndes Spiel mit den Traditionsbeständen der spanischen Folklore und den Formexperimenten der Avantgarde. Es sind waghalsige Seiltänze von der Ballade zum Puppentheater, von der schwarzen Romantik ins Land Dada.
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February 2009Die gläsernen Gene
Die Erfindung des Individuums im molekularen Zeitalter
by Helga Nowotny, Giuseppe Testa
In den Lebenswissenschaften hat sich die Molekularbiologie als Leitwissenschaft etabliert, die genzentrierte Sichtweise ist zum dominanten Paradigma, das Genom zum säkularisierten Äquivalent der Seele geworden. Parallel dazu ist in liberalen Demokratien ein Individualisierungsprozeß zu beobachten: Dem einzelnen stehen alle Optionen offen. Die Kategorien, auf denen das gesellschaftliche Leben beruht – Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen, Eigentumsrechte an natürlichen und artifiziellen Organismen, die Verschiebung der Grenzen zwischen privat und öffentlich, die Rechte des Individuums gegenüber der Gemeinschaft und den nachfolgenden Generationen – werden durch die Vorstöße der Lebenswissenschaften tagtäglich aufs neue in Frage gestellt. Auf der einen Seite ist beispielsweise der Kampf gegen das Doping im Sport Ausdruck der Illusion eines natürlichen Lebens, auf der anderen Seite sind wir gezwungen, die Fiktion der Natürlichkeit aufzugeben und eine Koexistenz von Menschen und Artefakten zuzulassen. Das Individuum von morgen wird heute erfunden; seine Rechte und seine Stellung in der Gesellschaft müssen neu definiert werden. »Die Entwicklungen im Sport sind deshalb so interessant, weil sie in paradigmatischer Weise aufdecken, daß sich eine rigide Grenzziehung zwischen künstlich/technisch und natürlich nicht aufrechterhalten läßt.« Der Mensch lebt heute im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit, und die rasante Entwicklung der Gentechnologie weckt entsprechend tiefliegende Ängste: Gehen wir unserer Individualität verlustig? Ist das alles noch natürlich? Und wer soll am Schluß nach welchen Kriterien bestimmen, was getan werden darf und soll? Um diesen Fragen nachzugehen, wählen die Autoren dieses Buchs einen erfrischend innovativen und provokativen Ansatz, bei dem liebgewordene Prinzipien aufgrund aktueller Beispiele aus Forschung, Gesellschaft und Politik hinterfragt und entstaubt werden. Viele der von ihnen gewonnenen Erkenntnisse werden zur Entkrampfung manche
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FictionJune 2023There is a Land Beyond Perekop
by Anastasia Levkova
Crimea. It was here that the main character of the novel spent her childhood, youth and met first love. It was here that she realized that she is Ukrainian. Neither grandfather, lieutenant colonel of the KGB, nor Russian blood in his veins stood in the way of her self-identification. The novel intertwines Crimean Tatar culture, Ukrainian history and family skeletons in closets like an ornament. Together with the main character and her friends, Aliye who is a Crimean Tatar, and Alyona who is a Ukrainian, the reader travels a long way from their childhood to the present — the occupation of the peninsula by Russia. «There is a land beyond Perekop» is an ode to Crimea. Not to its natural beauty and uniqueness, but to people. This is an attempt to open the mainland for Crimea, and Crimea for the mainland. After all, there is land both there and there. It should be known and stitched.
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Insecticide & herbicide technologyAugust 1993Application Technology for Crop Protection
by Edited by Graham A Matthews, E C Hislop
Pesticides continue to be a major means of controlling pests and diseases of crops and have made a major contribution to increasing the world’s food production. Despite the problem of developing pest and disease resistance to certain pesticides, and public concern about their indiscriminate use and side-effects, they are likely to remain the basis of integrated pest management programmes. However, as this book seeks to demonstrate, there is scope to improve both the safety and efficiency of crop protection methods. The emphasis of the book is on methods of assessment and on application techniques to particular categories of crops. Written by leading authorities from Europe and North America, the book provides detailed reviews of relevant topics. It is essential reading for all researchers, advanced students and professionals concerned with crop protection, whether from the disciplines of entomology, plant pathology, weed science or agricultural engineering.
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December 2004Breaking Ground
Entwürfe meines Lebens
by Libeskind, Daniel / Englisch Fritz, Franca; Englisch Koop, Heinrich
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Geography & the EnvironmentJune 2020New Land, New Life
A success story of new land resettlement in Bangladesh
by Andrew Jenkins, Natasha Haider, Bazlul Karim, Mihir Kumar Chakraborty, Kiran Sankar Sarker, Rezaul Karim, Robiul Islam, Nujulee Begum, Edward Mallorie, Koen de Wilde
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta has newly emerged 'char' islands, resulting from the deposition of sediment, which are very vulnerable, socially, institutionally and environmentally. This book explains how the governments of Bangladesh and the Netherlands and the International Fund for Agricultural Development cooperated on a land-based rural development project to give settlers security and purpose. It details how they engaged communities and civil societies, and implemented an infrastructure aimed at reducing flooding, improving drainage, and providing adequate drinking water and sanitation. The book describes the project's application to crop and animal agriculture, and the development of value chains and encouragement of female participation. It considers the financial underpinning and infrastructure, as well as how to ensure the impacts of the scheme are enduring. The scheme serves as a model for support projects to vulnerable groups faced with climate change and other environmental challenges. This book is suitable for students, researchers, specialists and practitioners in rural development, water resources, land management and soil science.
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Business & managementNovember 2012Veterinary Practice Management
by Catherine R Coates, Alan Jones, Michael W Coates
Veterinarians are increasingly aware of the need to recognise they are working in a business enterprise. From operating as small practices twenty years ago, veterinary businesses are now run along sophisticated models and operate out of multi-million pound hospitals. Drawing together the latest information on practice management, this textbook provides practical and straightforward coverage of major elements, including client relationships and staff management, business and financial procedures, computer systems and project management. This book covers practice management topics as taught in veterinary schools worldwide, providing students with a textbook resource in this increasingly important subject. It is also a valuable source of information for newly qualified veterinarians, veterinarians interested in practice management and veterinary practice managers.
