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      • Editions Difaf

        Editions Difaf, a Lebanese publishing house founded in 2012, in response to the market need of modern and classic Arabic literature, comparative literature and novels in Philosophy and related subjects. The house has faced great challenges and was able to present hundreds of intellectual titles, linguistics and novels. Many of the publishing house books was shortlisted for the following leading literary awards (Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Booker prize, Naguib Mahfouz) and has become an important source in the studies issued by Arab scholars. Behind this literature is a committee of reviewers who carefully select books eligible for publishing. Editions Difaf created partnership agreements to overcome distribution barriers and governmental censorship. Moreover, the publishing house focused throughout the past years on translating non-Arabic literature. Panda is a part of Edition Difaf which focuses on publishing children's books. Up till now more than 120 titles were published to serve the youth in the Arab countries.

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      • Difference Engine

        Independent comics publisher based in Singapore, founded in 2018. They are inspired by stories from Asia.

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        Marvellous Mammals

        A Wild A to Z of Southeast Asia

        by Debby Ng, Darel Seow

        We know that dogs bark, cats meow, and cows moo. But do you know dholes whistle“whee-whee”, wild boars grunt “grrt-grrt”, and siamangs call out “ooh-wow-wow”?The Southeast Asian forests are full of incredible wildlife waiting to be discovered. Inthe humid nature reserves of Singapore, high up the mountain forests of Papua, andin the tropical waters of the Irrawaddy, a multitude of mammals live their unseenlives. They await a bold explorer to learn their secrets. Could that explorer be you?In this beautifully illustrated alphabet book, wildlife ecologist Debby Ng andillustrator Darel Seow part the leaves to showcase lesser-known animals of Southeast Asia! Readers will learn about these unique mammals’ habitat, behaviour,food choices, and their relationship with humans.

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        I Am Special

        by Nadine Kamal Karrit

        You may be both different and the same as all the other children.This is what this book tackling the Down Syndrome explains, through the story of a child who just wants to be friends with everybody else.

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        A Drip, A Drop, A Deluge

        A Period Tragicomedy

        by Andeasyand (Nurulhuda Izyan)

        What do newspapers, bread, cosmic changes, and a uterus lining have in common?A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy takes us on a journey through theeyes (and wombs) of six different women and how they – and the people aroundthem – experience their monthly cycles.Menstruation is an intimately personal yet shared experience that can sometimesbe hard to talk about candidly, but it’s time to put menstruating bodies at the heartof the conversation. Inspired by true stories from Asian women, this beautifullyillustrated short comic by Andeasyand shows the lived experiences of unique,individual bodies, and brings to light the commonly undiscussed symptoms andtrepidations of periods – heavy, regular, or nonexistent.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2021

        Insanity, identity and empire

        Immigrants and institutional confinement in Australia and New Zealand, 1873–1910

        by Catharine Coleborne

        Insanity, identity and empire examines the formation of colonial social identities inside the institutions for the insane in Australia and New Zealand. Taking a large sample of patient records, it pays particular attention to gender, ethnicity and class as categories of analysis, reminding us of the varied journeys of immigrants to the colonies and of how and where they stopped, for different reasons, inside the social institutions of the period. It is about their stories of mobility, how these were told and produced inside institutions for the insane, and how, in the telling, colonial identities were asserted and formed. Having engaged with the structural imperatives of empire and with the varied imperial meanings of gender, sexuality and medicine, historians have considered the movements of travellers, migrants, military bodies and medical personnel, and 'transnational lives'. This book examines an empire-wide discourse of 'madness' as part of this inquiry.

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        Everything Is Different with the Beaver Family

        A Story for Children Whose Parents are Affected by Unemployment

        by Lisa Bartling, Lea Buchner, Yannik Bendel, Hannah Grote, Johannes Kresse, Jennifer Koy

        Bene Beaver is quite certain of the following: His Mom has the coolest job in the world! At dinnertime, his mother often talks about the latest construction of a beaver den, until one evening she is quiet at dinner and seems sad. Papa Bernhard explains that Mom has  lost her job. “How can you lose something like that?” asks Bene, who goes to visit the wisest animal in the forest: the moose. This book is designed to help children, whose parents are affected by unemployment, to  better understand and master their situation. The story of Bene Beaver and his family  addresses a number of the different challenges that occur when a parent is unemployed.   For: • children of elementary school age (between 6 and 12 years of age)  whose parents are affected by unemployment• parents, relatives• therapists

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        September 2021

        Private school research in Republic of China

        by WANG Lunxin

        This is an academic work of educational history of the Republic of China. The book is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is clues in time, through basic facts, combing and data analysis, the overall process of the development of the Republic of China, outline the historical trend and stage characteristics of the Republic of China, and inspect the development of private primary schools, secondary schools and colleges. Different historical trajectories and regional distribution characteristics. Through the case of different levels and types of schools, the final sepinion shows the effects of private schools and the contribution of the characters, and analyzes the impact of different levels in modern education reforms. First, two chapters have also shown an example of overall and case, macro and specific research on the research path. The four chapters showed the four important sides of the Republic of China in the form of a special form, examining the principal type, financing channels, management means and its legalization processes in the Republic of China, and private schools in teachers, students, professional and courses. Characteristics of school culture and other aspects.

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        Children's & YA

        Different Spring Festival

        by Gao Jing

        The story happens in an ordinary Chinese family. It features the extraordinary scene of the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2020 under the sudden attack of the COVID-19 pandemic, answering the question asked by the little protagonist, "Why can't we hang out?" The book is both informative and humanistic, for it not only incorporates COVID-19 pevention knowledge into the story, such as what the novel coronavirus is, how it spreads, and what control and prevention measures should be implemented to fight against it, but also touches readers' heart by demonstrating family affection, friendship, and true love among people with elegant watercolor images. It guides children and even their parents to develop a sense of cherish and respect for the ordinary lives.

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        Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
        July 2012

        A war of individuals

        by Atkin

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        Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
        July 2013

        A war of individuals

        by Nicholas Atkin

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        July 2018

        A war of individuals

        Bloomsbury attitudes to the Great War

        by Jonathan Atkin

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        September 2022

        Identity or Not?

        by Jean-Pierre Wils (ed.)

        Questions of identity trigger controversial and highly emotional discussions in the political and social debate. The positions range from radically emancipatory perspectives to authoritarian and restorative efforts on the far right wing of politics. Liberal democracies are now opening up – slowly – as identity- and gender-sensitive forums. Opposite them are the 'new ethics' of illiberal democracies and totalitarian states that are aimed at ethnic homogeneity and gender uniformity. But that's not to say that there is unity in the liberal settings on the necessary degree of identity politics. Both language and gender politics are deeply controversial. Do we need an 'identity' and, if so, which one or how many? Can the identity debate be extended by means of other concepts?

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        2021

        We Will Wake Up Different

        Conversations With Contemporary Belarusian Writers About the Past, Present and Future of Belarus

        by Iia Kiva

        The collection includes ten interviews with some of today's most famous Belarusian writers: Tatyana Nyadbay, Anna Seviarynets, Alhierd Baharevich, Mariya Martysevich, Dmitry Strotsev, Yulia Tsimafeeva, Uladz Lyankevich, Andrei Khadanovich, Valzhyna Mort, and Uladzimer Arlov. A prominent topic throughout the interviews is the right of Belarusians to live in a free and democratic society: protests against the Lukashenko regime have been going on in Belarus since August 2020. However, the writers not only discuss the critical state of Belarus today but also the country's history, its cultural longevity, unique characteristics, and traditions.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2022

        Civic identity and public space

        Belfast since 1780

        by Dominic Bryan, Sean J. Connolly, John Nagle

        Civic identity and public space, focussing on Belfast, and bringing together the work of a historian and two social scientists, offers a new perspective on the sometimes lethal conflicts over parades, flags and other issues that continue to disrupt political life in Northern Ireland. It examines the emergence during the nineteenth century of the concept of public space and the development of new strategies for its regulation, the establishment, the new conditions created by the emergence in 1920 of a Northern Ireland state, of a near monopoly of public space enjoyed by Protestants and unionists, and the break down of that monopoly in more recent decades. Today policy makers and politicians struggle to devise a strategy for the management of public space in a divided city, while endeavouring to promote a new sense of civic identity that will transcend long-standing sectarian and political divisions.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2021

        Critical security in the Asia-Pacific

        by Anthony Burke, Matt McDonald

        In the wake of 9/11, the Asian crisis and the 2004 tsunami, traditional analytical frameworks are increasingly unable to explain how individuals and communities are rendered insecure, or advance individual, global or environmental security. In the Asia-Pacific, the accepted wisdom of realism has meant that analyses rarely move beyond the statist, militarist and exclusionary assumptions that underpin traditional realpolitik. This innovative new book challenges these limitations and addresses the missing problems, people and vulnerabilities of the Asia-Pacific region. It also turns a critical eye on traditional interstate strategic dynamics. Critical security in the Asia-Pacific applies both a critical theoretical approach that interrogates the deeper assumptions underpinning security discourses, and a human-centred policy approach that focuses on the security, welfare and emancipation of individuals and communities. Leading Asia-Pacific researchers combine to apply these frameworks to the most pressing issues in the region, from the Korean peninsula to environmental change, Indonesian conflict, the 'war on terror' and the plight of refugees. The result is a sophisticated and accessible account of often-neglected realities of marginalization in the region, and a compelling argument for the empowerment and security of the most vulnerable.

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