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August 1982Verborgene Schicksale
Erzählungen. Aus dem Englischen von Dagmar Heusler und Ruth Krenn
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Dagmar Heusler, Dagmar Heusler
Kaum ein Schriftsteller hat in den letzten Jahren die intellektuelle Auseinandersetzung in Afrika so beeinflußt wie dier Kenianer Ngũgĩ wa Thiang’o. Von den Machthabern seines Landes gefürchtet und von breiten Schichten seines Volkes verehrt und geachtet, wird alles, was er schreibt, in ganz Afrika mit großer Spannung erwartet, jedes seiner Werke erlebt ohne Ausnahme höchste Auflagen. Die vorliegenden Kurzgeschichten wurden in der Zeit von 1963 bis 1975 geschrieben und behandeln Themen wie den erfolgreichen Freiheitskampf Kenias (Mau-Mau-Aufstand), den Konflikt zwischen Gĩkũyũ-Tradition und Christentum sowie den Zusammenprall ländlicher und städtischer Wertsysteme. Die Erzählweise ist direkt und ohne stilistische Umwege. Diese Geschichten können »als autobiographische Seite meiner schöpferischen Tätigkeit angesehen werden. Sie alle berühren Probleme, die mich im Laufe dieser Jahre beschäftigt haben, und geben meine Stimmungen in dieser Zeit wieder.«
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August 2012Träume in Zeiten des Krieges
Eine Kindheit
by Thiong'o, Ngugi wa / Englisch Brückner, Thomas
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October 2013Der gekreuzigte Teufel
Roman. Aus dem Englischen von Susanne Koehler
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Susanne Koehler
Der gekreuzigte Teufel wurde von Ngũgĩ heimlich im Gefängnis - er wurde wegen eines Theaterstücks in Gĩkũyũ verhaftet, aber nie vor Gericht gestellt - auf Toilettenpapier niedergeschrieben. Erst kurz vor seiner Entlassung wurde das Manuskript entdeckt und beschlagnahmt, ihm jedoch wieder zurückgegeben. Die Publikation dieses Romans auf Gĩkũyũ war ein (nicht nur literarisches) Ereignis. Wariinga verläßt aufgrund einer verzweifelten Situation Nairobi und will in ihrem Heimatdorf Ilmorog Zuflucht suchen. Sie fährt mit einem Matatu-Taxi zu einer Einladung - einer Einladung zu einem Fest der Diebe, das vom Teufel organisiert wird. Diese Diebe (lokale und ausländische Geschäftsleute) veranstalten einen Wettkampf in der Prahlerei damit, wie sie reich wurden. Durch dieses Feiern von Korruption in all ihren Formen wird Wariinga zu der Einsicht gebracht, daß ihr Leben nichts anderes war als die Duldung von Korruption. Ngũgĩ kehrt in Der gekreuzigte Teufel den westlichen Symbolismus um. Er konfrontiert Illusion und Wirklichkeit, Träume und harte Tatsachen. Die Erzählung verwendet die alten Rhythmen des traditionellen Geschichtenerzählens als Gegengewicht zum Schreibstil. Aus dieser Verbindung des Alten mit dem Neuen ergibt sich ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für die politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Unabhängigkeit des kenianischen Volkes.
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Journey in Trumplandia: The Rise of Populism in America
by Tiberiu Dianu
The book is a collection of essays about the transformation of America, which has turned from a united nation to one more divided than ever. Some pundits predict that, if things don’t change, another civil war could occur. Have we reached a point of no return? Hopefully, America is mature enough to learn from its mistakes and avoid further scars along its evolving history. "Trumplandia is a welcome addition toward understanding current events, Washington’s international policy, and the present American society; a society polarized and divided as it has not been since the Civil War.” NICHOLAS DIMA, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor and Research Associate, Nelson Institute, James Madison University, Virginia. "The book is fascinating. It provides background to, and insights into [the] current and past political history as well as offering a personal view... of the country and society. Presented in thematic form in chapters and sections, the insights offered provide a suggestive radiography...” Dr. DENNIS DELETANT, OBE, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC. "There has been this backsliding in... what a truly functioning rule-of-law state is, that has proper separation of co-equal powers, which, if you don’t keep working on that, you backslide. And I am even worried about that here, in the United States right now, about backsliding.” OBIE MOORE, Esq., OLM Advisors LLC, Washington DC “Indeed, Trumplandia should be a welcome addition to any scholar, student or layman’s library, especially in its international edition. If anyone loses sleep over its challenging assertions, then it will have been well worth it.” ERNESTO MORALES HIZON, Ph.D. Candidate in American and Comparative Politics at Claremont Graduate University, Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines ABOUT THE AUTHOR: TIBERIU DIANU has practiced law in Romania (as a corporate lawyer, judge, senior counselor at the Ministry of Justice, university professor and senior legal researcher), and in the United States (as a legal expert for the judiciary). He published several books and a host of articles in law, politics, and post-communist societies. Tiberiu currently lives and works in Washington, DC.
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Batik and Sky Umbrella
by Wa Mao, Shao Hui
In a beautiful village of Miao people, Grandma Long makes a new Batik dress for her granddaughter. In the ancient Miao legend, Goddess Wa Shuang made a big Batik umbrella to hold up the sky. Grandma's story and the ancient legend are interwoven by the Batik, and the white flowers on the batik cloth dance on the dark blue cloth. Miao people's faith is embodied in the Batik technique and has been passed down from one generation to another.
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Business, Economics & LawJuly 2024False profits of ethical capital
Finance, labour and the politics of risk
by Claire Parfitt
False profits of ethical capital is a thought-provoking approach to understanding stakeholder capitalism. Rather than focusing on the inadequacies of corporate responsibility, sustainable investment and consumer politics, this book grapples with the technical and rhetorical functions of ethical capital for profit and accumulation. It provides a unique and eclectic analysis of the political dynamics between finance, capital and labour, offering a refreshing perspective on struggles interlocking social, ecological and economic crises, and suggesting new ways of thinking about sustainability politics.
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February 2018Geburt eines Traumwebers
Zeit des Aufbruchs
by Thiong'o, Ngugi wa / Englisch Brückner, Thomas
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July 2017Hei Wa
by Mu Ling
A fine collection of science fiction by children’s literature writer Mu Ling. Mu Ling’s science fictions pursue a scientific basis of “organic imagination”, has a positive outlook and good spirit of seeking truth. This series collects Mu Ling’s three masterpieces full of fantasy and humanistic concern: Dream Machine, Hei Wa, Yu Wang Bei Mi, which are rare sci-fi theme in children’s literature works of China. This series will lead children step by step to “hard science fiction” which is full of intellectual challenges through “light science fiction” and “soft science fiction”.
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Children's & YAMarch 2020Amelie Trott and the Earth Watchers
by Moyra Irving
This is the extraordinary story of how one small girl stopped a planetary catastrophe. It’s a very timely book, written for the child in us all, with a forceful message about the power of young people to transform the world - a theme currently demonstrated by brave young heroes like Greta Thunberg. And with magical synchronicity, the very week Greta began her lone vigil outside the Swedish government last year, over 1,000 miles (1,897 km) away in the fictional world of books, Amelie Trott took to Parliament Square, London - on a mission to avert the End of the World. It’s a family drama with an international feel - set mainly in England but with episodes in Washington DC and around the world.
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Business, Economics & LawJanuary 2024Capitalism in contemporary Iran
Capital accumulation, state formation and geopolitics
by Kayhan Valadbaygi
By situating Iran within the neoliberal global capitalism and resulting geopolitics, this book traces the patterns of capital accumulation and transformations in class and state formation emanating from it. It shows that Iranian neoliberalisation has brought about two capital fractions, namely the internationally-oriented capital fraction and the military-bonyad complex. It substantiates that the co-existence of these competing class fractions with different accumulation strategies has generated hybrid neoliberalism. The book further demonstrates how this new class formation has reorganised the function and operation of state institutions and transformed state ideology. By documenting the ways in which Iranian neoliberalisation has reshaped the subaltern classes and formed Iran's volatile foreign policy, it also provides a novel account of major events and processes in contemporary Iran, such as the post-2017 wave of uprisings, the nuclear programme and international sanctions.
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December 2001La Bohème
Szenen aus Henri Murgers La Vie de Bohème in vier Bildern von Guiseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica. Ein Opernführer
by Giacomo Puccini, Archiv des Insel Verlags, Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Carol Beckwith, Brassaï, Getty Images, Barbara Klemm, Arnaldo Marchetti, André Kertész, Museo Teatrale alla Scala, National Archives, Washington, Popperfoto, Orthampton, Privatarchiv Lindy Hume, Michael Bollig, Roger-Viollet, Paris, Archiv der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Guiseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
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Goddness Nvwa Patches up the sky
One Story a Week
by Chen Jiafei
Nv wa, a character from Chinese mythology, is said to have created humans with mud and to have used a multi-colored stone to fix a hole in the sky.
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June 2020Nüwa Patches the Sky
by Yang Yongqing
Nüwa, the human creator in the Chinese legend. She squeezed the soil to make humans, and gave humans life; Her merits are passed down from generation to generation, and she is respected as the "creator of mankind".
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2009Intertextuality in modern Arabic literature since 1967
by Luc Deheuvels, Mike Thompson, Barbara Michalak-Pikulska, Paul Starkey
This volume of essays is the first to be dedicated to the subject of intertextuality in modern Arabic literature. Beginning with a general overview of the topic by Roger Allen, it brings together essays on a range of writers from all parts of the Arab world, including, among others, Edwar al-Kharrat, Sa'd Allah Wannus, Najib Mahfuz, Rabi' Jabir, Salim Matar and the recently deceased Sudanese writer al-Tayyib Salih, whose seminal work Season of Migration to the North heralded a new phase in the modern Arabic literary tradition. The volume, which also includes two essays on aspects of intertextuality in Gulf literature, also discusses transformations of popular medieval literature such as the Alf Layla wa-Layla (the Thousand and One Nights) in modern Arabic literature. ;
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Hua Yaya Learns Paper-cutting
by Wa Mao, Huang Junxian
She is Hua Yaya, a little apprentice who wants to learn paper-cutting. But the master she wants to learn from is a bit strange. As an apprentice for three years, Hua Yaya spends a year in watering flowers, another year in sharpening a pair of scissors and a third year in visiting the market. Finally, her strange master flies into her paper-cut by riding a golden bird. Can she cut out lifelike patterns such as flowers, birds, leaves and characters?
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