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      • National Academies Press

        The National Academies Press (NAP)publish the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. They published more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics.

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      • National Publishing Company BICHIK

        In Yakutia, every winter day is a quest! Putting 10 layers of clothing on, before you go outside, says a lot. Well, that is the tip of the iceberg! The most difficult thing is to wait until a bus arrives when it is -50°C outdoors. Therefore, it is never boring here. Adults and children of the planet would be interested  in such warm books from the Pole of Cold with funny facts about life in Yakutia, traditions, history, amazing people and their incredible adventures  in the coldest place of the World. Every year, we publish more than 300 titles of  various  children’s,  fiction,  study  and guidance, reference books, as well as digital and  multimedia  publications.  Over  the  past 5 years, we won more than 20 international and Russian prizes wherein 14 are for children's book.

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        January 2011

        Entspannung für Kinder

        Stress abbauen - Konzentration fördern (mit Entspannungskurs)

        by Friebel, Volker; Friedrich, Sabine / Illustriert von Penava, Mile

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2025

        Straight nation

        Heteronormativity and other exigencies of postcolonial nationalism

        by Pavan Mano

        In Straight Nation, Pavan Mano reveals the logic of straightness that sits at the heart of postcolonial nationalism in Singapore. Mano rejects the romantic notion of the nation as a haven of belonging, showing it to be a relentless force that is allied with heteronormativity to create a host of minoritized and xenologized figures. Through meticulous exploration and close reading of a swathe of texts, Mano unveils the instrumental role of sexuality in structuring the national imaginary. The book adroitly demonstrates how queerness is rendered foreign in postcolonial Singapore and functions alongside technologies of "race", gender, and class. A provocative critique of narrow contemporary identity politics and its concomitant stymying of a more ambitious political critique, Straight Nation sets out an argument that moves beyond the negativity of traditional critique into a space of (re)thinking, (re)building and (re)imagining.

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        The Geography of Health

        The Spatial Dimension of Epidemiology and Treatment

        by Jobst Augustin, Daniela Koller

        This title is the first interdisciplinary book about geography and health that takes scientific methods and questions into account making it a great manual of international health geography research. The topics include: • spatial statistical analysis • mobility analysis in health research • GIS and mapping tools • cartographic visualization • health mapping • cancer epidemiology • morbidity • climate change and health – the example of Germany • global change and infectious diseases Target Group: Health scientists, geographers, doctors (epidemiologists)

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2023

        The illusion of the Burgundian state

        by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin, Christopher Fletcher

        On 25 January 1474, Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, appeared before his subjects in Dijon. Robed in silk, gold and precious jewels and wearing a headpiece that gave the illusion of a crown, he made a speech in which he cryptically expressed his desire to become a king. Three years later, Charles was killed at the battle of Nancy, an event that plunged the Great Principality of Burgundy into chaos. This book, innovative and essential, not only explores Burgundian history and historiography but offers a complete synthesis about the nature of politics in this region, considered both from the north and the south. Focusing on political ideologies, a number of important issues are raised relating to the medieval state, the signification of the nation under the 'Ancien Regime', the role of warfare in the creation of political power and the impact of political loyalties in the exercise of government. In doing so, the book challenges a number of existing ideas about the Burgundian state.

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        February 2025

        Mi mittendrin. Eine Katze hat Geheimnisse (und alle anderen auch)

        Zauberhaftes Kinderbuch von Bestsellerautorin Isabel Abedi für alle ab 9 Jahren mit ganz viel Herz, Katze und einem Hauch Magie

        by Isabel Abedi, SaBine Büchner

        Mi lügt fast nie – aber heute will ihr niemand glauben. Zu Hause beschuldigt Mama sie, ihrer übelsten Nachbarin eine Regenbogenzwergin ins Gartenbeet gepflanzt zu haben. In der Schule behauptet ihr Lehrer, dass sie schummelt. Unfair! Als sich Mi auf Polly (so heißt ihr Bike) die Wut aus dem Leib strampelt, bricht ein gigantisches Gewitter los. So landet sie bei Kafka, einem geheimnisvollen Laden mit einem noch geheimnisvolleren Inhaber, der Mi den geheimnisvollsten Kaffeesack mit auf den Heimweg gibt. Und dann ist Mi plötzlich mittendrin in Geschichten, die sie selbst kaum glauben kann. Warum schleicht sich ihre große Schwester nachts heimlich raus? Was sind das auf einmal für seltsame Gerüche im Haus? Und was verbirgt Uroma Urmel? Die Geheimnisse zu lüften, ist Mis Mission. Zum Glück hat sie Kafkatz, Roya und Isso … oder haben die etwa auch was zu verbergen? Der Auftakt einer neuen Reihe von Bestseller-Autorin Isabel Abedi, die alle ab 9 Jahren mit auf die Reise nimmt. Es geht um Freundschaft und Familie , um Kinderrechte – und um das kleine Glück , das unser Leben liebenswerter macht. Und mittendrin ist Mi – die man nach dieser Geschichte nicht mehr missen möchte.

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        February 2026

        Mi mittendrin (2). Alle stellen sich quer (nur ein paar stellen was an)

        Zauberhaftes Kinderbuch von Bestsellerautorin Isabel Abedi mit einem Hauch Magie, einem spannenden Fall und jeder Menge Freundschaft. Perfekt für alle ab 9 Jahren!

        by Isabel Abedi, SaBine Büchner

        Zauberhaftes Sommerabenteuer mit einer Riesenportion Freundschaft, einer Prise Krimi und einem Hauch Magie So sollen Sommerferien sein: ein ultrablauer Himmel, eine ultrawarme Sonne und ein ultraneues Wohnwagen-Café, das Mis Wahl-Opa Emil Knopf neu eröffnet. Das Allerbeste: Mi darf mitmachen, zusammen mit ihrer Freundin Roya, ihren Freunden Isso und Elliot und natürlich ihrer Katze Kafkatz, die stets den richtigen Riecher hat.Das Allerschlimmste: Mi hat einen Albtraum und der droht wirklich wahr zu werden: Die schönen Schrebergärten ringsum sollen dem Erdboden gleichgemacht werden und noch dazu wird Mis Nachbarin Frau Wagner angefahren. So ist Mi mit ihren Lieben mittendrin in einem großen Sommerabenteuer: auf der Spur von vierundzwanzig ungeahnten Fakten, einem feigen Fahrer und einem raschelnden Rätsel. Denn manchmal kommt das Glück auf leisen Pfoten ... Band zwei der neuen Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Isabel Abedi, die alle ab 9 Jahren mit in einen großen Sommer nimmt. Es geht um Freundschaft und Familie, ums Zusammenhalten und auch mal Querstellen – und darum, dass die Kleinsten manchmal das Größte bewirken können. Und mittendrin ist wieder Mi – eine Freundin, die das Leben liebenswerter macht.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        August 2022

        Edmund Spenser and the romance of space

        by Tamsin Badcoe

        Edmund Spenser and the romance of space advances the exploration of literary space into new areas, firstly by taking advantage of recent interdisciplinary interests in the spatial qualities of early modern thought and culture, and secondly by reading literature concerning the art of cosmography and navigation alongside imaginative literature with the purpose of identifying shared modes and preoccupations. The book looks to the work of cultural and historical geographers in order to gauge the roles that aesthetic subjectivity and the imagination play in the development of geographical knowledge: contexts ultimately employed by the study to achieve a better understanding of the place of Ireland in Spenser's writing. The study also engages with recent ecocritical approaches to literary environments, such as coastlines, wetlands, and islands, thus framing fresh readings of Spenser's handling of mixed genres.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Algerian national cinema

        by Guy Austin

        This topical and innovative study is the first book on Algerian cinema to be published in English since the 1970s. At a time when North African and Islamic cultures are of increasing political significance, Algerian National Cinema presents a dynamic, detailed and up to date analysis of how film has represented this often misunderstood nation. Algerian National Cinema explores key films from The Battle of Algiers (1966) to Mascarades (2007). Introductions to Algerian history and to the national film industry are followed by chapters on the essential genres and themes of filmmaking in Algeria, including films of anti-colonial struggle, representations of gender, Berber cinema, and filming the 'black decade' of the 1990s. This thoughtful and timely book will appeal to all interested in world cinemas, in North African and Islamic cultures, and in the role of cinema as a vehicle for the expression of contested identities. By the author of the critically-acclaimed Contemporary French Cinema.

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        The Arts
        June 2021

        Algerian national cinema

        by Guy Austin

        This topical and innovative study is the first book on Algerian cinema to be published in English since the 1970s. At a time when North African and Islamic cultures are of increasing political significance, Algerian National Cinema presents a dynamic, detailed and up to date analysis of how film has represented this often misunderstood nation. Algerian National Cinema explores key films from The Battle of Algiers (1966) to Mascarades (2007). Introductions to Algerian history and to the national film industry are followed by chapters on the essential genres and themes of filmmaking in Algeria, including films of anti-colonial struggle, representations of gender, Berber cinema, and filming the 'black decade' of the 1990s. This thoughtful and timely book will appeal to all interested in world cinemas, in North African and Islamic cultures, and in the role of cinema as a vehicle for the expression of contested identities. By the author of the critically-acclaimed Contemporary French Cinema.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2020

        Citizenship, nation, empire

        The politics of history teaching in England, 1870–1930

        by Andrew Thompson, Peter Yeandle, John M. MacKenzie

        Citizenship, nation, empire investigates the extent to which popular imperialism influenced the teaching of history between 1870 and 1930. It is the first book-length study to trace the substantial impact of educational psychology on the teaching of history, probing its impact on textbooks, literacy primers and teacher-training manuals. Educationists identified 'enlightened patriotism' to be the core objective of historical education. This was neither tub-thumping jingoism, nor state-prescribed national-identity teaching, but rather a carefully crafted curriculum for all children which fused civic as well as imperial ambitions. The book will be of interest to those studying or researching aspects of English domestic imperial culture, especially those concerned with questions of childhood and schooling, citizenship, educational publishing and anglo-British relations. Given that vitriolic debates about the politics of history teaching have endured into the twenty-first century, Citizenship, nation, empire is a timely study of the formative influences that shaped the history curriculum in English schools

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        Business, Economics & Law
        January 2026

        Cinematic perspectives on international law

        by Olivier Corten, Francois Dubuisson, Martyna Falkowska-Clarys

        Why are constitutionalist ideals so prominent in science fiction? Does Independence Day depict self-defence as a legal concept with absolute limits? Is international law lost in space? This innovative interdisciplinary volume represents the first exploration of the relationship between international law and cinema. From Star Wars to Werner Herzog, The Godfather to The West Wing, this book uncovers a diverse range of representations of international law and its norms in film and television. Examining the wider links between international law, cinema, and ideology, the contributions not only examine visual representations of international law, but they offer an essential insight into the functions fulfilled by these cinematic representations. Providing an extraordinary introduction to a variety of perspectives on core international legal questions, Cinematic perspectives on international law extends a valuable methodology by which international lawyers can critique the depiction of international law in film.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2022

        Ice humanities

        by Klaus Dodds, Sverker Sörlin

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2017

        Country houses and the British Empire, 1700–1930

        by Stephanie Barczewski

        Country houses and the British empire, 1700-1930 assesses the economic and cultural links between country houses and the Empire between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Using sources from over fifty British and Irish archives, it enables readers to better understand the impact of the empire upon the British metropolis by showing both the geographical variations and its different cultural manifestations. Barczewski offers a rare scholarly analysis of the history of country houses that goes beyond an architectural or biographical study, and recognises their importance as the physical embodiments of imperial wealth and reflectors of imperial cultural influences. In so doing, she restores them to their true place of centrality in British culture over the last three centuries, and provides fresh insights into the role of the Empire in the British metropolis.

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