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      • Dar El Gharneine 15/21

        Dar El Gharneine 15/21 and Dar Joussour Abdelaziz are two entities that have been founded in 2002 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and devoted to editing and distribution of books and publications. They could, as guided by Mr Selami Ahmed El Meki, publish about 200 titles in Arabic and in French covering different disciplines and scopes. The two houses (Dar) have particpated in many exhibitions and are members of several associations around the world.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Britain in China

        by Robert Bickers

        This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. Using archival materials from China and records in Britain and the United States, the author paints a portrait of the traders, missionaries, businessmen, diplomats and settlers who constituted "Britain-in-China", challenging our understanding of British imperialism there. Bickers argues that the British presence in China was dominated by urban settlers whose primary allegiance lay not with any grand imperial design, but with their own communities and precarious livelihoods. This brought them into conflict not only with the Chinese population, but with the British imperial government. The book also analyzes the formation and maintenance of settler identities, and then investigates how the British state and its allies brought an end to the reign of freelance, settler imperialism on the China coast. At the same time, other British sectors, missionary and business, renegotiated their own relationship with their Chinese markets and the Chinese state and distanced themselves from the settler British.

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        September 2022

        Ich kenne einen Ort weit weg von hier

        Von der Autorin des Weltbestsellers »Ich weiß, warum der gefangene Vogel singt«

        by Maya Angelou, Marieke Heimburger

        So viel Leben in so kurzer Zeit: das Aufwachsen im segregierten Süden der USA, die erste turbulente, Liebe, frühe Mutterschaft, eine Karriere als weltreisende Sängerin, der Kampf für Bürgerrechte an der Seite von Martin Luther King Jr. … Und im Jahr 1962 beginnt für die legendäre Schriftstellerin und Bürgerrechtlerin Maya Angelou ein neues Abenteuer, erneut spiegelt ihr Schicksal das der afroamerikanischen Community. Sie geht nach Accra, Ghana. Vertrieben von der Gewalt und Bigotterie ihrer Heimat, magisch angezogen von der Erfüllung eines Traums: gleiches, gerechtes Leben in einem jungen unabhängigen Land Afrikas. Doch bei der Arbeit am Theater, im Umgang mit den Freunden, angesichts der Gepflogenheiten der Liebe an diesem Ort ist sie mit neuen Konflikten konfrontiert. Ihre Hautfarbe ist keine gewaltvolle Zuschreibung mehr, vielmehr bleibt ihre amerikanische Herkunft unhintergehbar … Ich kenne einen Ort weit weg von hier ist das Tagebuch eines Traums. Darin erzählt Maya Angelou vom Hoffen, Handeln, Freuen und Bereuen nach der Rückkehr auf den afrikanischen Kontinent nach Hunderten von Jahren. Und teilt auf virtuos-lebendige Weise ihren Glauben: Kraft und Selbstvertrauen liegen in der Schönheit der Sprache.

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        February 2024

        Mit jedem Schlag unserer Flügel

        Der Abschluss der weltberühmten Autobiographie

        by Maya Angelou, Marieke Heimburger

        Ein Angebot von Malcolm X lockt sie Mitte der Sechziger zurück in ihre Heimat. Maya Angelou soll Seite an Seite mit dem Schwarzen Bürgerrechtler arbeiten. Ihre vier Jahre in Ghana enden, genau wie die Versuche, auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent Versöhnung zu finden. Was nun beginnt, ist der offene Kampf gegen den Rassismus in den Vereinigten Staaten, mit viel zu vielen Opfern: Malcolm X wird erschossen, im Stadtteil Watts im Süden von Los Angeles kosten Ausschreitungen zahlreichen Schwarzen Menschen das Leben, Martin Luther King stirbt bei einem Attentat … Aus nächster Nähe berichtet Maya Angelou von den historischen Rückschlägen und der Gewalt, von der Macht eines menschenverachtenden Systems, bis sie ein zweites Mal in ihrem Leben vor Schmerz fast verstummt. James Baldwin ist es, der ihr Sinn und Zweck und Kraft und Schönheit der Worte in Erinnerung ruft und sie bittet, schreib es alles auf. Mit jedem Schlag unserer Flügel schließt den Kreis. Maya Angelou beschwört darin die Opfer auf dem Weg zu mehr Gerechtigkeit. Sie bezeugt den Überlebenswillen der Schwarzen Gemeinschaft und feiert die Sprache als Ort der Erlösung.

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        February 2024

        Mit jedem Schlag unserer Flügel

        Der Abschluss der weltberühmten Autobiographie

        by Maya Angelou

        Ein Angebot von Malcolm X lockt sie Mitte der Sechziger zurück in ihre Heimat. Maya Angelou soll Seite an Seite mit dem Schwarzen Bürgerrechtler arbeiten. Ihre vier Jahre in Ghana enden, genau wie die Versuche, auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent Versöhnung zu finden. Was nun beginnt, ist der offene Kampf gegen den Rassismus in den Vereinigten Staaten, mit viel zu vielen Opfern: Malcolm X wird erschossen, im Stadtteil Watts im Süden von Los Angeles kosten Ausschreitungen zahlreichen Schwarzen Menschen das Leben, Martin Luther King stirbt bei einem Attentat … Aus nächster Nähe berichtet Maya Angelou von den historischen Rückschlägen und der Gewalt, von der Macht eines menschenverachtenden Systems, bis sie ein zweites Mal in ihrem Leben vor Schmerz fast verstummt. James Baldwin ist es, der ihr Sinn und Zweck und Kraft und Schönheit der Worte in Erinnerung ruft und sie bittet, schreib es alles auf. Mit jedem Schlag unserer Flügel schließt den Kreis. Maya Angelou beschwört darin die Opfer auf dem Weg zu mehr Gerechtigkeit. Sie bezeugt den Überlebenswillen der Schwarzen Gemeinschaft und feiert die Sprache als Ort der Erlösung.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Policing the empire

        by David Anderson, David Killingray

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 1999

        Britain in China

        by Robert Bickers, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie

        This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. Using archival materials from China and records in Britain and the United States, the author paints a portrait of the traders, missionaries, businessmen, diplomats and settlers who constituted "Britain-in-China", challenging our understanding of British imperialism there. Bickers argues that the British presence in China was dominated by urban settlers whose primary allegiance lay not with any grand imperial design, but with their own communities and precarious livelihoods. This brought them into conflict not only with the Chinese population, but with the British imperial government. The book also analyzes the formation and maintenance of settler identities, and then investigates how the British state and its allies brought an end to the reign of freelance, settler imperialism on the China coast. At the same time, other British sectors, missionary and business, renegotiated their own relationship with their Chinese markets and the Chinese state and distanced themselves from the settler British. ;

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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        Die Küstencrew - Das Gold der Walfänger

        Ein interaktives Krimi-Abenteuer mit kniffligen Rätsel-Bildern

        by Ocke Bandixen

        Coast Crew (Vol. 1) - Whaler’s Gold   An interactive Crime adventure with fiddly Quiz Illustrations   On the rugged North Sea coast, just behind the dike, lies the sleepy little village of Breeksiel. Apart from a few tourists and seagulls, hardly anyone strays there. But appearances are deceptive: the sea washes great secrets, old legends and real crooks into the small coastal town. Solve exciting cases together with Jan, Rocco and Nele and help the three hobby detectives in their investigations!   Watching the sunset from the harbor or strolling along the dike and searching the beach for treasures from the sea - Jan and Rocco can't imagine anything better. Together with Rocco's grandpa Hannes, they regularly bring their finds to the Klabauterbude, their secret hiding place in grandpa Hannes' workshop.   When the two friends, together with Nele, one day come across a mysterious box in the slack water, a completely different wind suddenly blows in Breeksiel! Three dangerous crooks appear in the small coastal village, who want to get their hands on the box and seem to stop at nothing. Ose, Bernhard and Tolek carry weapons and are anything but harmless. What is the story behind this mysterious find?   The three amateur detectives learn about the legend of the whalers: In former times the captured gold was stowed away in such boxes on the whalers' ships. The nasty guys know this too - a race across Breeksiel and against time takes place, in which the children are even held. But Jan, Rocco and Nele are able to arrest the crooks and solve the riddle of the gold in the box. This must be celebrated with a homemade dyke pizza before the next case awaits the coastal crew!

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        April 2015

        China Girl

        Neal Careys zweiter Fall

        by Don Winslow, Conny Lösch

        Robert Pendleton ist ein Chemiegenie; was er entwickelt, bedeutet nicht nur Fortschritt, es bedeutet vor allem Reichtum und Macht. Als er plötzlich verschwindet, sind alle in Aufruhr: die CIA, die chinesische Regierung und die »Bank«, die sehr viel Geld in Pendletons Forschung investiert hat. Neal Carey soll ihn wiederfinden – ein Routinejob, wie er glaubt, bis er auf die schöne und geheimnisvolle Li Lan trifft. Im dunklen Herzen Chinas soll Neal die Antwort auf alle Fragen finden – oder den Tod. Alle Titel der Neal-Carey-Serie: London Undercover (Neal Carey 1)China Girl (Neal Carey 2)Way Down on the High Lonely (Neal Carey 3 – angekündigt unter dem Titel Holy Nevada)A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (Neal Carey 4 – angekündigt unter dem Titel Lady Las Vegas)Palm Desert (Neal Carey 5)

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        September 2019

        Save me from the Night

        by Kira Mohn

        After a terrible blow of fate throws her life into confusion, Seanna needs desperately to get away from it all. She’s come to the village of Castledunn in the hope of getting her life back in order. The wild countryside of Ireland’s west coast and the slow pace of rural life give her new energy. Her job behind the bar in the village’s only pub provides a comforting sense of routine. Then the pub changes hands, bought by the attractive, but stubborn Neall Kennan, who throws Seanna’s feelings into turmoil. Not only is she attracted to him, she’s also reminded of her own past. It’s more than Seanna can bear.   16+ years The second volume of a unique romance trilogy about three young women, a lighthouse and love. All titles can be read separately! Rousing characters and a fine dry humor For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Colleen Hoover! More than 60.000 copies of this series were sold!

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2021

        Ireland and the European Union

        Economic, political and social crises

        by Michael Holmes, Kathryn Simpson, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson, Paul Tobin

        This book examines how Ireland's relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The financial crisis, the Brexit crisis and the migration crisis were not of equal significance on the island of Ireland. The financial crisis was a huge issue for the Republic but not Northern Ireland, Brexit had a major impact in both polities, the migration and populism issues were less controversial, while foreign policy challenges had a minimal impact. The book provides a summary of the main features of each of the crises to be considered, from both the EU and the Irish perspective. Ireland and the European Union is the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis on British-Irish relations in the context of Brexit. It assesses the Withdrawal Agreement and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the devolution settlement and the 1998 Agreement, as well as the European dimension to Northern Ireland's peace process. The contributors explore a number of policy areas that are central to the understanding of each of the crises and the impact of each for Ireland. Chapters examine issues such as security, migration and taxation as well as protest politics, political parties, the media, public opinion and the economic impact of each of these crises on Ireland's relationship with the EU.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2023

        Golden Mummies of Egypt

        Interpreting identities from the Graeco-Roman period

        by Campbell Price, Julia Thorne

        Golden Mummies of Egypt presents new insights and a rich perspective on beliefs about the afterlife during an era when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BCE-200 CE). This beautifully illustrated book, featuring photography by Julia Thorne, accompanies Manchester Museum's first-ever international touring exhibition. Golden Mummies of Egypt is a visually spectacular exhibition that offers visitors unparalleled access to the museum's outstanding collection of Egyptian and Sudanese objects - one of the largest in the UK.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2022

        Germany's Russia problem

        The struggle for balance in Europe

        by John Lough

        The relationship between Germany and Russia is Europe's most important link with the largest country on the continent. But despite Germany's unparalleled knowledge and historical experience, its policymakers struggle to accept that Moscow's efforts to rebalance Europe at the cost of the cohesion of the EU and NATO are an attack on Germany's core interests. This book explains the scale of the challenge facing Germany in managing relations with a changing Russia. It analyses how successive German governments from 1991 to 2014 misread Russian intentions, until Angela Merkel sharply recalibrated German and EU policy towards Moscow. The book also examines what lies behind efforts to revise Merkel's bold policy shift, including attitudes inherited from the GDR and the role of Russian influence channels in Germany.

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        Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
        September 2014

        News and rumour in Jacobean England

        by David Coast

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2024

        Heritage and healing in Syria and Iraq

        by Zena Kamash

        This book explores what to do with heritage that has been destroyed in conflict. It charts a path through the colonial histories and traumatic wars of Syria and Iraq to examine the projects and responses currently on offer and assess their flaws and limitations, including issues of digital colonialism, technological solutionism, geopolitical manoeuvring, media bias and community exclusion. Drawing on current research into the psychology and neuroscience of trauma and trauma recovery, and taking inspiration from artists and creative thinkers who challenge the status quo, this book envisages gentler, creative and ethically-driven ways to respond to heritage damaged in conflict that recentre people and their hopes, dreams and needs at the heart of these debates.

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        March 1967

        Deutschland, Deutschland unter anderm

        Äußerungen zur Politik

        by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

        "Die Aufsätze, im Laufe der letzten Jahre entstanden, sind aktuell im strengen Verstande des Worts: sie bezeichnen die Schwierigkeiten und die Aussichten politischen Handelns in einem Lande, in dem Politik fast ausschließlich als das Geschäft der Regierenden und als das Schicksal der Regierten aufgefaßt wurde. Diesem Zustand gilt Enzensbergers Kritik; seine Argumentation bricht ihn auf und zeigt, was ihm zugrunde liegt."

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