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Bakur Sulakauri Publishing
Sulakauri Publishing was established in 1999. After years of a hard work and dedication, it gained success and today stands as a leading Publishing House of the Country. Sulakauri Publishing is known for producing books for all ages and of almost all kinds: fiction and non-fiction, documentary, biography, Graphic Novel, comic books, books for children and young adults, educational books, culinary and wine books.Works of some of the great minds and big names of the contemporary Georgian Literature, who have received different national or international awards over the years, were published first by Sulakauri Publishing.Our list consists of acclaimed authors such as Aka Morchiladze, Ana Kordsaia-Samadashvili, Zaza Burchuladze, Dato Turashvili, Lasha Bugadze, Archil Kikodze and many more.Sulakauri Publishing actively seeks and supports new names and works on spreading the voice of Georgian Literature worldwide.
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September 2008Abu Musas Nachbarinnen
Roman
by Ahmed Toufiq, Imke Ahlf-Wien
Hoch über dem Meer in Salé an Marokkos Atlantikküste (neben Rabat) ist noch heute das Grabmal des Sufi-Heiligen Abu Musa zu besichtigen. Abu Musa, ein Asket, und die schöne blonde Schama, die am Hof des Sultans in Fes gelebt hat und mit einem andalusischen Kunsthandwerker verheiratet ist, wohnen in einem heruntergekommenen Handelshaus in der bedeutenden Hafenstadt Salé. Eine Reihe alleinstehender Frauen von zweifelhaftem Ruf hat dort ebenfalls Unterkunft gefunden. Wann? Im 14. Jahrhundert. Abu Musas Nachbarinnen ist ein historischer Roman, erzählt in arabischer Tradition, lebendig, farbig und kenntnisreich, mit überraschenden Wendungen unterwegs und einem Regenwunder zum Schluß, das Abu Musa, unterstützt von Schama und den Frauen, herbeiführt – wofür er bezahlen muß. Ahmed Toufiqs Roman fragt, mitten im Getümmel: Wie sollen wir leben und: was können wir tun? Seine Antwort, muslimisch und menschlich, klingt nach.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2024Divided Isles
Solomon Islands and the China Switch
by Edward Acton Cavanough
In 2019, Solomon Islands made international headlines when the country severed its decades-old alliance with Taiwan in exchange for a partnership with Beijing. The decision prompted international condemnation and terrified Australian security experts, who feared Australia's historical Pacific advantage would come unstuck. This development is often framed as another example of China's inevitable capture of the region - but this misrepresents how and why the decision was made, and how Solomon Islanders have skilfully leveraged global angst over China to achieve extraordinary gains. Despite Solomon Islands' importance to Australia, local readers know little about the country, a fragile island-nation stretching over a thousand islands and speaking seventy indigenous languages. In Divided Isles, Edward Cavanough explains how the switch played out on the ground and its extraordinary potential consequences. He speaks with the dissidents and politicians who shape Solomon Islands' politics, and to the ordinary people whose lives have been upended by a decision that has changed the country - and the region - forever.
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July 2011Die schönsten Erzählungen Islands
by Soffía Auður Birgisdóttir, Gert Kreutzer, Halldór Guðmundsson
Die vorliegende Anthologie vermittelt dem Leser ein neues Bild von Island, eines, das weit über die alten Mythen von Elfen und über stolze Wikingersagen hinausgeht. Halldór Laxness, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Hallgrímur Helgason, Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir und Sjón, um nur einige der besten Erzähler Islands zu nennen, präsentieren das moderne Island des 20. Jahrhunderts und erzählen uns vom Land der Sagen und Wunder, seiner Natur, vor allem aber von seinen Bewohnern und ihren Geschichten.
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September 2008Island
Ein Reisebegleiter
by Arthúr Björgvin Bollason
Island: Land der Trolle und der Geysire, der Gletscher und Vulkane. Immer mehr Reisende entdecken die sagenumwobene Vulkaninsel am Polarkreis. Die Hauptstadt Reykjavík präsentiert sich als aufstrebende junge Metropole mit einer lebendigen Kulturszene. Isländische Musik und Filme wurden internationale Exportschlager. In diesem Band lädt der Autor – selbst Isländer – ein, seine Heimat zu entdecken. Auf den Spuren der großen isländischen Sagas und einheimischer wie internationaler Autoren führt er uns durch ein faszinierendes Land.
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November 2012Islam und Moderne. Die neuen Denker
by Rachid Benzine, Hadiya Gurtmann
Intellektualität und Frömmigkeit zu vereinbaren, das ist das Ziel einer ganzen Generation muslimischer Denker. Unabdingbare Voraussetzung dafür ist die Entwicklung einer neuen Hermeneutik der Koraninterpretation, zu der muslimische Gelehrte aus zahlreichen Ländern ihren Beitrag leisten und dafür mitunter Kopf und Kragen riskieren. Ihre Namen sind hierzulande noch kaum bekannt, da die wenigsten ihrer Schriften ins Deutsche übersetzt worden sind. Dennoch findet ihr Beitrag zur Versöhnung des Islams mit der Moderne auch in Deutschland hohe Anerkennung: So war zum Beispiel der 2010 verstorbene gebürtige Algerier Mohammed Arkoun, Professor an der Sorbonne in Paris, Fellow am Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, desgleichen der ebenfalls 2010 verstorbene Ägypter Nasr Hamid Abu Said. Andere Vertreter, die Benzine in seinem Buch darstellt, sind Fazlur Rahman, Farid Esack (Südafrika), Abdul Karim Sorush (Iran) und Abdelmajid Charfi (Tunesien). Neben dem leidenschaftlichen Engagement für die Sache, der sich diese neuen Denker verschrieben haben und so zu Hoffnungsträgern für viele Muslime geworden sind, beeindruckt die persönliche Opferbereitschaft, die manchem von ihnen abverlangt wurde. Abu Saids Ehe etwa wurde zwangsgeschieden, er erhielt Morddrohungen und mußte ins niederländische Exil flüchten.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2017Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840
by Angela McCarthy, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie
This book examines the distinctive aspects that insiders and outsiders perceived as characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand. When, how, and why did Irish and Scots identify themselves and others in ethnic terms? What characteristics did the Irish and the Scots attribute to themselves and what traits did others assign to them? Did these traits change over time and if so how? Contemporary interest surrounding issues of ethnic identities is vibrant. In countries such as New Zealand, descendants of European settlers are seeking their ethnic origins, spurred on in part by factors such as an ongoing interest in indigenous genealogies, the burgeoning appeal of family history societies, and the booming financial benefits of marketing ethnicities abroad. This fascinating book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of empire and the construction of identity in settler communities, as well as those interested in the history of New Zealand.
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2021Pearls of wisdom
by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ernst Mutschler
Pearls of wisdom is Mutschler's most personal book, presenting thought-provoking texts about pharmacy and medicine, contemplative sayings and poems, reflections on friendship and family, on time and existence, and speeches at ceremonies and festive events – flanked and accompanied by beautiful photographs and illustrations. A very special book – not only for those who know Professor Mutschler as a university lecturer, doctoral supervisor or colleague.
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Humanities & Social SciencesEmbitterment, Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder, and Wisdom Therapy
by Michael Linden
Practical expert guidance on embitterment disorders• Learn about the evidence-base of PTED and wisdom therapy• Teach clients skills to overcome embitterment• Tips on social, legal, and medical aspects• Includes printable handouts• A companion book for clients is available Feelings of embitterment and posttraumatic embitterment disorder are common in our society. Teach your clients how to process their internalized feelings of hurt and humiliation so that they learn to reconcile themselves with the events that triggered these difficult and enduring states. The book is full of practice-oriented tips to help clients actively gain a new orientation towards the future. Wisdom therapy provides various tools for this, and these techniques are brought to life with numerouscase vignettes. Tips on the social, medical, and legal aspects are also given, for example, questions of work incapacity and criminal responsibility. For:• clinical psychologists• psychiatrists• psychotherapists• counselors• coaches• students
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan
The cult of the Two Grand Elders
by Fabian Graham
In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities in statue form, channelled through their spirit mediums, tang-ki. The Chinese Underworld and its sub-hells are populated by a bureaucracy drawn from the Buddhist, Taoist and vernacular pantheons. Under the watchful eye of Hell's 'enforcers', the lower echelons of demon soldiers impose post-mortal punishments on the souls of the recently deceased for moral transgressions committed during their prior incarnations. Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan offers an ethnography of contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions, where night-time cemetery rituals assist the souls of the dead, exorcised spirits are imprisoned in Guinness bottles, and malicious foetus ghosts are enlisted to strengthen a temple's spirit army. Understanding the religious divergences between Singapore and Malaysia (and their counterparts in Taiwan) through an analysis of socio-political and historical events, Fabian Graham challenges common assumptions about the nature and scope of Chinese vernacular religious beliefs and practices. Graham's innovative approach to alterity allows the reader to listen to first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities. Through its alternative methodological and narrative stance, the book intervenes in debates on the interrelation between sociocultural and spiritual worlds, and promotes the destigmatisation of spirit possession and discarnate phenomena in the future study of mystical and religious traditions.
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2023The Island Book of Records Volume I
1959-68
by Neil Storey
The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life. A fifteen-year labour of love, the volumes will fully document the analogue era of Island. Offering a comprehensive archive of album cover design and photography, together with the voices of the musicians, designers, photographers, producers, studio engineers and record company personnel that worked on each project, the volumes show in unique depth the workings of the label, covering every LP. Featuring material from recent interviews and from media interviews of the time, and each including a comprehensive discography of 45s, the books are lavishly illustrated with gig adverts (very many at venues which no longer exist), concert tickets, flyers, international LP variants, labels, LP and 45 adverts and other ephemera. These LP-sized editions are a collector's dream, offering a truly unparalleled resource for those interested in music history and a perfect gift for any music lover.
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Humanities & Social SciencesHow to Overcome Embitterment with Wisdom
by Christopher Patrick Arnold, Michael Linden
Expert help on overcoming feelings of embitterment• Understand how these difficultfeelings come about• Learn problem-solving skills toreorientate to the future• Also ideal reading for anyone living orworking with an embittered person Embitterment is an emotional reaction anyone can have to injustices, humiliation, and breaches of trust. Like other feelings, feelings of embitterment normally subside, but they can persist and cause a great deal of suffering. This book helps you understand what embitterment is and how it can come about. Learn how to detach from these negative feelings and find ways to better deal with the hurtful situations, including learning to look to the future. You will learn about problem-solving strategies that focus on the psychology of wisdom, which include identifying facts and problem solutions, changing perspectives, self-relativizing, and emotional empathy. For:• clients, relatives and friends ofclients• clinical psychologists• psychotherapists• psychiatrists• counselors
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July 2022Abolitionismus
Ein Reader
by Daniel Loick, Vanessa E. Thompson
»Abolitionismus« bezeichnet sowohl einen theoretischen Ansatz als auch eine politische und soziale Bewegung, die sich für die Überwindung staatlicher Gewaltinstitutionen wie Gefängnis und Polizei einsetzt. In der Tradition des Kampfes gegen die Versklavung Schwarzer Menschen betonen Abolitionist:innen die rassistische Geschichte staatlicher Gewaltapparate und ihre Komplizenschaft mit Formen kapitalistischer Ausbeutung und patriarchaler Unterdrückung. Dieser Band macht erstmals die wichtigsten Stimmen dieser internationalen Diskussion in deutscher Sprache zugänglich. Mit Texten u. a. von Angela Davis, Michel Foucault, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Amna Akbar, Joy James, Klaus Günther, Assa Traoré, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Mimi E. Kim, Sarah Lamble, Robyn Maynard und Alex Vitale.
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September 2016Anti-Europäer
Breivik, Dugin, al-Suri & Co.
by Claus Leggewie
Die Griechenland-Krise und die mangelnde Handlungsbereitschaft im Umgang mit den Flüchtlingen haben nachdrücklich gezeigt, dass es um die Europäische Union derzeit nicht allzu gut bestellt ist. Parallel zu diesen internen Problemen mehren sich Stimmen unterschiedlichster Provenienz, die Europa attackieren und europäische Werte infrage stellen: Identitäre wie der Massenmörder Anders Breivik, Dschihadisten wie der Syrer Abu Musab al-Suri, »Eurasier« wie der Putin-Berater Alexander Dugin, illiberale Demokraten à la Viktor Orbán, aber auch einige Linkspopulisten am Rande von Syriza und Podemos. Claus Leggewie porträtiert Wortführer und politische Unternehmer, die unabhängig voneinander, aber oft in ungewollter Komplizenschaft die »Festung Europa« schleifen wollen. Er erklärt, woher sie kommen, welche Pläne sie verfolgen und welche Mächtigen sie unterstützen. Und er fordert dazu auf, sich endlich politisch mit ihnen auseinanderzusetzen.
