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Created in 1989 by Azeddine GUERFI, operating in the field of publishing and distribution of books. It has 1500 titles in extracurricular, university, professional training, literature, history, children's books and art-books.
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MedicineBody-Oriented Approaches for Musicians
Methods for Improving Performance and Health
by Claudia Spahn (editor)
All the methods at a glance – a must for all musicians! For the first time, the editor and renowned authors of this publication clearly and vividly present a wide selection of body-oriented approaches for improving musicians’ health. The rigorous, clearly structured presentation of all the relevant methods provides the perfect decision-making tool: Which method is suitable for me? Are there any specific aspects to consider when applying a method to musicians? How is each method applied in practice? Target Group: Physiotherapists and other physical therapists; music teachers, professional musicians, music students
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January 2015Balancing Security and Liberty.
Counter-Terrorism Legislation in Germany and China.
by Zhou, Zunyou
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013Late Merovingian France
by Paul Fouracre, Richard A. Gerberding
This collection of documents in translation brings together the seminal sources for the late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It inteprets the chronicles and saint's lives rigorously to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity, power and power relationships. The book makes available a range of 7th- and early 8th-century texts, five of which have never before been translated into English. It opens with a broad-ranging explanation of the historical background to the translated texts and then each source is accompanied by a full commentary and an introductory essay exploring its authorship, language and subject matter. The sources are rich in the detail of Merovingian political life. Their subjects are the powerful in society and they reveal the successful interplay between power and sanctity, a process which came to underpin much of European culture throughout the early Middle Ages.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2025Out of the depths
The first collection of Holocaust songs
by Joseph Toltz, Anna Boucher
Available for the first time in English translation, this collection of songs is a powerful memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. In June 1945, before the full devastation of the Holocaust had emerged, a team of researchers embarked on a remarkable project. While documenting the experiences of Jewish refugees, they began to collect songs composed and sung in the Nazi camps and ghettos. The resulting book, Mima'amakim (Out of the depths), was published in a short run of 500 copies. Today, only a handful survive. Out of the depths: The first collection of Holocaust songs presents the contents of this extraordinary document for a new generation of readers. Based on a copy of Mima'amakim discovered in 2013, it contains not only the songs' melodies and lyrics, the latter in a new translation by Joseph Toltz, but also short biographies of the composers, drawn from painstaking original research. Introductory essays provide historical and musicological background, deepening our knowledge of this terrible event and the creative means by which the Jewish people responded to and endured it. Described by the original editor, Yehuda Eismann, as a 'memorial stone for Polish Jewry', the songbook is a timeless document of a people's despair, hope and strength.
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The ArtsNovember 2011Real and Reel
The education of a film critic
by Brian McFarlane
From a little before ten years of age Brian McFarlane became addicted to stories told on the screen, and the mere fact that he had difficulty in getting to see the films he wanted - or any for that matter - only made them seem more alluring. But it wasn't just seeing the films that mattered: he also wanted, and quite soon needed, to be writing about them and these obsessions have been part of his life for the next sixty-odd years. Real and reel is a light-hearted and but deeply felt account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one particular writer and critic's story, but it will strike sparks among many others. Though many other interests have kept Brian McFarlane's life lively, nothing else has exerted such a long-standing grip on the author's imagination as film. Editor of the Encyclopaedia of British Cinema, co-editor of Manchester University Press's British Film Makers series, and author of over a dozen critical works on film and adaptation, Brian McFarlane's autobiographical Real and reel can also be read as a biography of the subject of Film Studies itself. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2008The family tree detective
Tracing your ancestors in England and Wales
by Colin Rogers
The long-awaited fourth edition of this best-selling manual continues to offer up-to-date guidance both to newcomers and to the more experienced, on how to make best use of the labyrinth of genealogical sources in England and Wales. It takes into account recent, and even some future, changes to the civil registration system, and incorporates many of the vast sources newly available on the internet. There is also a substantial bibliography for those who discover that their ancestors migrated from other countries. New appendices provide research into underregistration of birth and death, and hitherto unpublished details from the 1915 and 1939 National Registers. The family tree detective remains an indispensible source of information on how to locate births, marriages and deaths, and alternative strategies if those searches fail. Dr Colin D. Rogers is a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists, a member of AGRA (the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives), and was for thirty years the Hon. General Editor of the Lancashire Parish Register Society. He runs a consultancy helping banks and solicitors to identify and locate beneficiaries. ;
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September 2018Meine erste Weihnachtskrippe
Mit 20 Krippenfiguren und 4 Weihnachtsliedern
by Illustriert von Chou, Joey; Englisch Mannchen, Nadine
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October 2016»Die sichtbare Wirklichkeit bedeutet mir nichts«
Die Briefe an die Eltern
by Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Volker Jehle
Selbst guten Kennern von Hildesheimers Leben und Werk war und ist weitgehend unbekannt, was genau ihn beschäftigte, bevor er 1950, scheinbar aus purem Zufall, zu schreiben begann und umgehend literarische Erfolge feierte. Hildesheimers Briefe an die Eltern, eine erstklassige Quelle, erhellen nicht nur das Dunkel dieser Frühzeit, sondern auch seine weitere, bislang weitgehend unbekannte Entwicklung. Beginnend mit einer Schiffsreise des angehenden Studenten nach London 1937 und endend mit dem Tod der Mutter 1962, bieten die erhalten gebliebenen 507 Briefe ein so aufschlussreiches wie aufregendes Tagebuch in Briefform über einen Zeitraum von 25 Jahren. Wichtige Stationen sind das Studium in England, der Aufenthalt in Palästina während des Weltkriegs, die Tätigkeit als Dolmetscher bei den Nürnberger Prozessen und der Weg ins Rampenlicht der deutschen Literaturszene als Autor und Übersetzer. In diesen Briefen spiegelt sich aber auch eine Epoche großer politischer Umwälzungen sowie tiefgreifender Entwicklungen in der internationalen Kultur und Kunst, die Hildesheimer als bildender Künstler aufmerksam verfolgte und denen er wichtige Impulse für sein schriftstellerisches Werk verdankte. Volker Jehle, einer der besten Kenner von Hildesheimers Werk, Editor und Monograph des Autors, hat sämtliche erhaltenen Briefe chronologisch geordnet und die ihnen zugrunde liegenden biographischen Fakten und Ereignisse in akribischer Recherche ermittelt.
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January 2017Compliance and Money Laundering Control by Banking Institutions in China.
Self Control, Administrative Control, and Penal Control.
by Lin, Jing
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Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groupsOctober 2010The Beethoven song companion
by Paul Reid
This is the first full-length, published study of Beethoven's songs. All the composer's songs with piano are included, with full German texts and translations, together with comprehensive notes on the poetry and the music. The inclusion of unfinished songs gives a fascinating insight into Beethoven's compositional methods. An introductory essay considers reasons for the relative neglect of the songs, the significance of Beethoven's choice of texts, his crucial role in the development of German art-song and specific aspects such as choice of key. Throughout the book, poetic and musical texts are discussed in their historical context, and in the overall context of Beethoven's life and music. It is anticipated that this book, like its predecessor The Schubert Song Companion, will encourage the performance and study of an important but comparatively neglected aspect of the work of the world's most celebrated composer.
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August 2001Ein Haufen Ärger
by Sabine Ludwig, Sabine Wilharm
Sabine Ludwigs "Ein Haufen Ärger" entführt in die wunderbar skurrile Welt einer Gruppe tierischer Bewohner eines verlassenen Hausboots. Mit viel Charme und Wortwitz wird das Zusammenleben des klugen Mopses Anton, Van Gogh, dem einohrigen Straßenkater, Chou-Chou, der hochnäsigen Perserkatze, Rudolf, der wasserscheuen Wasserratte, und weiteren liebenswerten Charakteren wie einem Blässhuhn, einem eitlen Papagei und einer ängstlichen Pythonschlange beschrieben. Ihr friedliches Zusammenleben wird jäh von einer Bande Hunde bedroht, die das Hausboot für sich beanspruchen wollen. Doch die ungleichen Freunde lassen sich nicht so leicht unterkriegen und beweisen, dass auch die kleinste und ängstlichste Kreatur Großes bewirken kann. Die humorvollen und detailreichen Illustrationen von Sabine Wilharm geben der Geschichte zusätzlichen Glanz und machen das Buch zu einem Lesevergnügen für Jung und Alt. Charmante und humorvolle Tiergeschichte: Ideal für Kinder ab 4 Jahren, die tierische Abenteuer lieben. Lebensnahe Charaktere mit liebenswerten Macken: Macht die Geschichte nachvollziehbar und lehrreich. Spannende Handlung mit wichtigen Botschaften: Vermittelt Werte wie Freundschaft, Mut und das Überwinden von Ängsten. Reich und farbenfroh illustriert: Sabine Wilharms Illustrationen sind ein echter Blickfang und unterstützen die Geschichte perfekt. Vielseitig einsetzbar: Geeignet für das Vorlesen zu Hause, in Kindergärten oder Schulen. Fördert die Vorstellungskraft: Regt die Fantasie der Kinder an und inspiriert zu kreativem Denken. Mit viel Witz und Ironie geschrieben: Bietet auch erwachsenen Vorlesern unterhaltsame Momente. Beliebte Autorin und Illustratorin: Sabine Ludwig und Sabine Wilharm sind ein Garant für hochwertige Kinderliteratur.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2024A savage song
Racist violence and armed resistance in the early twentieth-century U.S.–Mexico Borderlands
by Margarita Aragon
This book examines key moments in which collective and state violence invigorated racialized social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, A savage song examines several focal points in this oft-ignored history, including the 1915 rebellion of ethnic Mexicans in South Texas, and its brutal repression by the Texas Rangers and the 1917 mutiny of black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas, in response to police brutality. Aragon considers both the continuities and stark contrasts across these different moments: how were racialized constructions of masculinity differently employed? How did African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, respond to the violence of racism? And how was their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, understood by law enforcement, politicians, and the press? Building on extensive archival research, the book examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality.
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February 2022Ice Song
by Miriam Körner
In Miriam Körners "Ice Song" wird die Geschichte der 15-jährigen Emmylou entfaltet, die zunächst widerwillig in Churchill, Kanada, ankommt. Als Ort, der für seine Nähe zu Eisbären bekannt ist, bietet Churchill eine karge und eiskalte Umgebung, die Emmylou zunächst fremd ist. Ihre Sichtweise beginnt sich zu ändern, als sie Barnabas, einen jungen Inuk, trifft, der intensiv seine Schlittenhunde auf das anspruchsvolle Arctic Quest, ein herausforderndes Schlittenhunderennen, vorbereitet. Die Begegnung mit einem bezaubernden Welpen aus dem Rudel weckt nicht nur ihre Zuneigung für die Tiere, sondern auch tiefergehende Gefühle. Der Roman kombiniert Elemente der Romance mit dem aufregenden Kontext des Schlittenhundrennens und bietet Einblicke in die Kultur der Inuit. Durch Körners authentische Darstellung der arktischen Landschaft und die Verwendung ihrer persönlichen Erfahrungen, entsteht eine packende Lektüre, die sowohl bildend als auch unterhaltsam ist. Authentische Darstellung: Bietet fundierte Einblicke in die Inuit-Kultur und das Schlittenhunderennen, angereichert durch die realen Erfahrungen der Autorin. Fesselnde Handlung mit Romance: Verbindet das Abenteuer in der Arktis mit einer jugendlichen Liebesgeschichte, ideal für Leser*innen ab 12 Jahren. Resilienz und Selbstfindung: Inspiriert junge Leser*innen dazu, Herausforderungen zu meistern und sich selbst sowie neue Leidenschaften zu erkunden. Bildungswert: Bietet neben einer fesselnden Story auch wichtige Erkenntnisse über Umweltschutz und traditionelle Lebensweisen. Perfekt für Tier- und Naturfreunde: Ein Muss für junge Leser, die eine Leidenschaft für Tiere, insbesondere Schlittenhunde, und die Natur haben.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2008Every man in his humour
Ben Jonson
by Robert Miola
This edition breaks with the usual practice by presenting the 1601 quarto version of Ben Jonson's play, set in Florence, instead of the revised 1616 version, set in London. Robert S. Miola presents a meticulously edited and modernised version of the play as originally acted by the Lord Chamberlain's Men (with Shakespeare in the cast) in 1598. Miola explores the relevance of the Italian setting, particularly the potent, variegated, and fascinating body of myth and legend that constituted Italy for English audiences in 1598. The editor also illuminates the dramatic context of the play, while paying detailed attention to the social, political, and religious contexts. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 1996Late Merovingian France
by Paul Fouracre
This collection of documents in translation brings together the seminal sources for the late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It inteprets the chronicles and saint's lives rigorously to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity, power and power relationships. The book makes available a range of 7th- and early 8th-century texts, five of which have never before been translated into English. It opens with a broad-ranging explanation of the historical background to the translated texts and then each source is accompanied by a full commentary and an introductory essay exploring its authorship, language and subject matter. The sources are rich in the detail of Merovingian political life. Their subjects are the powerful in society and they reveal the successful interplay between power and sanctity, a process which came to underpin much of European culture throughout the early Middle Ages. ;
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Marguerite Duras
by Renate Gunther
The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.
