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      • Trusted Partner
        March 2004

        Der Morgen der Trunkenheit

        Roman

        by Fattaneh Haj Seyed Javadi, Petra Strien-Bourmer, Susanne Baghestani

        Fattaneh Haj Seyed Javadi, geboren 1945 in Schiraz, lebt in Isfahan. Sie studierte an den Hochschulen für Literatur und Fremdsprachen in Teheran und Isfahan und arbeitete mehrere Jahre als Lehrerin. Anfang der 1990er Jahre übersetzte sie Jeffrey Arthurs Werk Kain und Abel ins Persische. Javadi ist verheiratet und hat zwei Töchter. Nach dem auch in deutscher Übersetzung sehr erfolgreichen Roman Der Morgen der Trunkenheit (1995, Insel 2000) wurde ihr zweites Buch In der Abgeschiedenheit des Schlafs (2002) ebenfalls zu einem Bestseller im Iran. Petra Strien, geboren in Solingen bei Düsseldorf, ist Romanistin. Sie gibt regelmäßig Seminare für spanische und lateinamerikanische Literatur und literarisches Übersetzen an verschiedenen Universitäten. Außerdem ist sie seit vielen Jahren als freie Übersetzerin spanischer und lateinamerikanischer Prosa und Lyrik tätig. Susanne Baghestani, geboren in Teheran, übersetzt Texte aus dem Persischen und dem Französischen ins Deutsche. Sie lebt heute in Frankfurt am Main.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        September 2015

        Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management

        An International Perspective

        by Razaq Raj, Razaq Raj, Kevin A Griffin, Kevin A Griffin, Anna Trono, Ian D Rotherham, Yasin Bilim, Sevde Düzgüner, Tahir Rashid, Neil Robinson, Ruth Blackwell, Nigel Bond, Vitor Ambrósio, Lluis Prats, Silvia Aulet, Dolors Vidal, Alan Clarke, Agnes Raffay, Jaeyeon Choe, Michael O’ Regan, Maria Leppakari, Samson Olawale Fadare, Elizabeth Ifeyinwa Benson, Hadil M. Faris, Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Coelho, Miguel Brázio, Maximiliano E Korstanje, Geoffrey Skoll, Nour Farra-Haddad, Vincent Zamitt

        Within the past 10 years ‘Religious Tourism’ has seen both economic and education-sector growth on a global scale. This book addresses the central role of religious tourism and interrelationships with other aspects of pilgrimage management. It provides practical applications, models and illustrations and looks at secular and sacred spaces on a global stage. The second edition sees the introduction of a new structure and the addition of new international case studies. It is an invaluable reference for academics, students and practitioners and is a timely text on the future of faith-based tourism and pilgrimage. ; This book addresses the central role of religious tourism and interrelationships with other aspects of pilgrimage management. It provides practical applications, models and illustrations and looks at secular and sacred spaces on a global stage. ; Part I: Concepts In Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage Management1: Introduction to Sacred or Secular Journeys2: Politics, Policy and the Practice of Religious Tourism3: Sacred Sites and the Tourist: Sustaining Tourism Infrastructures for Religious Tourists and Pilgrims - a UK Perspective4: The Globalization of Pilgrimage Tourism? Some Thoughts from Ireland5: Religious Tourism for Religious Tolerance6: Pilgrimage, Diversity and TerrorismPart II: Motivation And Experience Of Religious Sites7: Motivations for Religious Tourism, Pilgrimage, Festivals and Events8: Exploring Pilgrimage and Religious Heritage Tourism Experiences9: Sacred Pilgrimage and Tourism as Secular Pilgrimage10: Social Network Tools as Guides to Religious Sites11: Stakeholders and Co-creation in Religious Tourism and PilgrimagePart III: International Case Studies12: Case Study 1: Pilgrimage Experience and Consumption of Travel to the City of Makkah for the Hajj Ritual13: Case Study 2: Religious Tourism Experiences in South East Asia14: Case Study 3: Nordic Pilgrimage to Israel: A Case of Christian Zionism15: Case Study 4: The Consumption and Management of Religious Tourism Sites in Africa16: Case Study 5: Ashura and its Commemoration in Ireland: A 'Proxy' Pilgrimage Experience17: Case Study 6: Revisiting Religious Tourism in Northern Portugal18: Case Study 7: From Disaster to Religiosity: República de Cromañón, Buenos Aires, Argentina19: Case Study 8: Pilgrimages toward South Lebanon:Holy Places Relocating Lebanon as a Part of the Holy Land20: Case Study 9: The Creation of the Cults of SS Paul and Publius in Early Modern Malta21: Case Study 10: Takaful: To Explore the Market Need for Hajj Travel Insurance

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        Studies in history of the Islamic Maghreb

        by Suadi Abdel - Mohammed & Saleh Ammar Al – Hajj

        The plan of this book is based on a study dealing with an important era in the history of the Islamic Maghreb, from the Arab conquest until the fall of the local Emirates in the last quarter of the eighth century AH.     The book, with its parts, chapters, subjects, and political, social, economic and cultural explanations, is based on the "Totalite" study. In each unit there is something of objective coherence and analytical conclusion. The socio-economic structure is the basis for every historical analysis.      The book consists of 3 part:      part One;General Conditions in the Maghreb: Chapter I - Geography of the Maghreb. Chapter II - Islamic conquest of the Maghreb. Chapter III - era of governors.    part tow; The establishment of borders and states, their conditions and their political and administrative relations: Chapter IV - Emirate of of Bani Medrar in Morocco. Chapter V - Emirate of Bani Rustum in the Middle Morocco… Chapter X - State of Almuahadin. Chapter XI- Emirate of Bani Marin and the local emirates in Islamic Morocco.

      • The Human Being And The Qur’a

        Landmarks of the destination knowledge

        by Naji bin Al-Hajj Al-Taher Al-Mazoughi

        More than thirty years in consultations, discussions and seminars; The author spent it in search of a way out of Quranic studies from the captivity of reality and limited tradition, to the vastness of an open future without borders. It fulfills the requirements of the era of knowledge and the new world.    He noticed that the Islamic nation today is experiencing a reality similar to the moments of the birth of the great nations in order to return to action in history and its manufacture; He tried to expose the experience of the nation itself in its first emergence, which was the great Qur’an - revealed from God and by His command - behind it. other; In order for her to be a martyr for the people, and for the Messenger to be a witness over her, as God Almighty intended for her.    The Holy Qur’an will have the final say in clarifying that approach. At the same time, it tried to crystallize it. To help us get closer to the Great Qur’an; A reference for guidance, wanted by God, for this stage of sealing to which we belong.    Together, we will see how the method of downloading the book, and the terms and methods created by the Qur’an to deliver its message to people, will help us, and enable the coming nation to have the vision it needs to make its way to God, in the greatest mission known in history; It is the output of a middle nation, which knows what the major transformations in its life need; To be once again an active nation in history, able to live and act in the world, and to bear witness to the people!!

      • Hag

        by mohsen geraati

        In its broad sense Hajj is a symbol of resurrection and a return to one’s innate nature which leads to the purification of self through certain ascetic practices and changes in one’s habits. Hajj is also a demonstration of the power and grandeur of Islam. In this book endeavors have been made to review the various aspects of Hajj by taking support from the Qur’anic verses as well as the tradition of the Noble Prophet of Islam (s) and the infallible Imams (a). In the first part of the book the author initially discusses the importance of Hajj according to the Qur’anic verses and prophetic traditions and then explains the effects and benefits of this important Islamic rite. The second part focuses on the preparatory steps for performing Hajj. The obligatory rites during both Tamatto’ and Omreh Hajj and the right way to perform them comprise the contents of the third section. The final section of the book provides valuable information about certain noble places in Mecca and Medina including “The Abu Tāleb Cemetery”, “The Baqi’ Cemetery”, and “The Mosque of the Prophet (s)”.

      • Business, Economics & Law
        October 2020

        Corporate Fraud Exposed

        A Comprehensive and Holistic Approach

        by H. Kent Baker, Lynnette Purda, Samir Saadi

        After each major corporate scandal, new suggestions for combatting fraud emerge from regulators and industry professionals. Despite changes to guidelines for firms’ corporate governance, augmented protection for whistle blowers, and enhanced cybersecurity measures, evidence documents an alarming increase in the prevalence and severity of corporate fraud. The rapidly changing laws aimed at curbing corporate fraud sometimes lag behind the changing sophistication of fraud schemes.    Corporate Fraud Exposed discusses the motivations and drivers of fraud including agency theory, executive compensation, and organizational culture. It examines fraud’s consequences for various firm stakeholders and its spillover effects to other corporations, the political environment, and financial market participants, including those who participate via crowdfunding platforms.     This book provides a fresh look at this intriguing but often complex subject. It skillfully blends the contributions of a global array of scholars and practitioners into a single review of some of the most important topics in this area. Given its broad scope, this practical and comprehensive title should be of interest to anyone curious about corporate fraud.

      • Rebel

        A Memoir

        by Rahaf Mohammed

        Rahaf Mohammed opened her Twitter account on January 6, 2019. Stripped of her passport, she had barricaded herself into her Bangkok hotel room as she awaited either freedom or forcible return to Saudi Arabia. If the latter, she was sure she would be killed; that is what has happened to rebel women in her country. Desperate, she reached out to the world, and the world answered. Online, she rallied approximately 45,000 followers that day. Last summer, Time named her one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet.   Now, two years later and safely in Canada, Mohammed is ready to speak to the world. Her story, told in a fiercely original voice, promises to change the lives of women and girls who have known the same repression and abuse, and turn their hopelessness into hope.   We have long heard about activist women being jailed, fathers beating and raping daughters, religion run amok – in Saudi Arabia and in other countries; but now we have the words, anecdotes, and life experience of a young woman who grew up with the abuse, the brainwashing, the deceit. Saudi Arabia’s repressive, outmoded control of its women is a tragedy and a scandal, not only for girls and women, but for men robbed of their humanity, and for a country robbed of the contribution women such as Mohammed could make. Along with the story of her daring escape, Mohammed will expose the inside story of Saudi women; share untold truths from the closed kingdom; and provide an eyewitness account of the brutal treatment of those who stand up and rebel.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        Al-Kafi Ossoul vol 3

        by Mohammad Ibn-e Yaghoub Al-Kulayni

        Al-Kafi Ossoul is the title of the first of the three sections of the book Al-Kafi Hadith. In this section, hadiths related to Shiite beliefs and the lives of Shiite Imams and some hadiths that speak about the behavior of a Muslim are collected. Al-Kafi Ossoul is the most important source for understanding the beliefs of the Shiites, which has been published many times separately from the original Al-Kafi Book, and numerous translations and commentaries have been written and published on it. The author of the book Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq Kolini Razi is known as the Trustee of Islam Kolini. He is one of the scholars and narrators of the period of minor absence. Al-Kafi Ossoul is the title of the first of the three sections of the book Al-Kafi Hadith. In this section, hadiths related to Shiite beliefs and the lives of Shiite Imams and some hadiths that speak about the behaviors of a Muslim are collected (3785 Hadith). In the other two parts of the book, the author deals with jurisprudential narrations and moral sermons. Al-Kafi Ossoul is the most important source for understanding the beliefs of the Shiites, which has been published many times separately from the original Al-Kafi Book, and numerous translations and commentaries have been written and published on it.

      • Literary Fiction

        Sukab's World

        by Seno Gumira Ajidarma

        There’s a woman who chooses violence.There’s a discovery of a field of massacres.There’s a story about the future of rape.There’s a person being tortured, who turns out to be wrongly targeted.There are many people, can’t decide on a leader to elect.There’s a corrupt person, his nose grows.There’s a dead body missing, because of the flood.There’s a sack found, contains the dead body of a thug.There’s a fruit of hereditary sin, hugely sold out.There’s a conversation between shoes, musing about faithfulness.There’s an unemployed husband, whose hobby is taking afternoon naps.There’s a flower shop courier, flirting with a maid.They live in Sukab’s World, which is our world too.But who is Sukab? *** Originally published in 2004, the short stories in this book are Seno’s observation and criticism about things that occur in Indonesian society, told using the medium of the character of Sukab. Sukab takes various forms throughout the stories. He can be a man who steals someone else’s wife, an unfaithful husband, someone reporting a case, or even a fruit seller. He can be the main character in one story and a cameo in others.

      • Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's/YA)

        Akosua and Osman

        by Manu Herbstein

        Akosua Annan is a confident and fiercely intelligent student at a posh school in Cape Coast, Ghana. There she comes under the influence of a charismatic feminist teacher. Osman Said’s background is very different. Upon the death of his parents, a police sergeant and an unschooled market trader, immigrants to Accra from the North, he is adopted by a retired school teacher, Hajia Zainab. After a spell as an apprentice in an auto workshop, he returns to school. There, finding the teaching inadequate, he becomes an avid reader and educates himself. Akosua and Osman are thrown together by chance in the course of a school visit to the slave dungeon at Cape Coast Castle. Their paths cross again as finalists in the national school debating competition where the subject is “The problem of poverty in Ghana is insoluble.” They meet for the third time as students at the University of Ghana and as we leave them, it looks as if their relationship might develop into something permanent. The friendship between Akosua and Osman is one that transcends differences of ethnic origin, class and religion. This story celebrates the diversity of Ghanaian society. “This fascinating novel tells the story of how these two young people from these disparate backgrounds are brought together as if by an unseen hand, in a process that teaches us about our history, our common humanity despite ethnic differences, the need to pursue our ambitions, the strength of human sexuality and the need for self-discipline, and, above all, the power of love.” The Judges, Burt Award for African Literature, 2011. The Burt Award for African Literature recognises excellence in young adult fiction from African countries. It supports the writing and publication of high quality, culturally relevant books and ensures their distribution to schools and libraries to help develop young people’s literacy skills and foster their love of reading. The Burt Award is generously sponsored by the Canadian philanthropist, Bill Burt, and is part of the ongoing literacy programmes of the Ghana Book Trust and of CODE, a Canadian NGO which has been supporting development through education for over 50 years. The Burt Award includes the guaranteed purchase of 3000 copies of the winning books for free distribution to secondary school libraries.

      • Memoirs
        July 2018

        Dancing on Thin Ice

        Travails of a Russian Dissenter

        by Arkady Polishchuk

        How did a Soviet Jewish dissident, raised an atheist communist, come to be a powerful voice on behalf of Russian evangelical Christians? It’s a true story of Cold War bravery and danger. – Publishers Weekly   In 1970s USSR, Arkady Polishchuk tries to emigrate. He’s a Russian Jew and journalist with critical “State secrets”—identities of KGB officers influencing foreign affairs through a state-run magazine for which he is the editor. In the course of his memoir, we are along with Polishchuk as he covers anti-Semitic show trials, writes samizdat, is arrested, followed and surveilled, collaborates with refuseniks and smuggles eyewitness testimony of persecuted Christians to the West.

      • Fiction
        October 2017

        "POUR TOI JE PORTERAI LE VOILE"

        by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE

        Résumé:  Pour  échapper  aux  griffes  des  les  terroristes  qui  ont  tout simplement  décimé la moitié  de  sa  famille  et  qui  encore  tenir  son  seul  fils  Jonathan,  Joss  fils,  et  son demi - frère, la  princesse  Merilee  Mokdem,  captifs: Que de se marier le capitaine Kaderamim Del Salim. Alors ouvre une page d' amour aux couleurs mythiques et              la  séduction  et  terrible  guerre homme  qui  peut  dire  « Afrique »  va  avec  une  ferme  main  pour  diriger  la  vie  de  la  jeune femme  et  faire  son  cœur  trembler. Mais  se  il  réussira  à  tourner  la  page par  de  son  passé pour  toujours? Va-t- elle réussir à oublier Joss? Tout au long de l' histoire de Merilee  ,          MarieJulie  Nguetse  révèle  l'  Afrique d'aujourd'hui , plongée  sous  le  joug  des  guerres internes  , des  épidémies, du   néocolonialisme, de  l' émigration  clandestine et de  ses  corollaires.

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