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      Humanities & Social Sciences

      8 BILLION REASONS POPULATION MATTERS

      The Defining Issue of the 21st Century

      by Valorie M. Allen

      The world is about to hit a population level of EIGHT BILLION people on one small planet. Through Allen’s analysis of the situation, the realization sets in that the fights by environmental and world aid groups are all for naught as every gain is soon overwhelmed by the pressures of more growth. Our planet's greatest threat is of too many people depleting the Earth's resources and contributing to climate change. Allen offers a thorough analysis of our environmental, social, political, and economic crises; then offers a treasure trove of solutions and success stories that we can all take to heart.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      April 2022

      Taking travel home

      by Emma Gleadhill, Julie Hardwick

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      September 2013

      The Renaissance and Grand Voyage

      by Zhang Wushen

      This book helps the readers know the european Renaissance, religious reform. geographic discovery and the formation of a national government,USA.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      April 2025

      The Jacobites and the Grand Tour

      Educational travel and small-states' diplomacy

      by Jérémy Filet

      In the first monograph to fully examine the intersecting networks of Jacobites and travellers to the continent, Filet considers how small states used official diplomacy and deployed soft power - embodied by educational academies - to achieve foreign policy goals. This work uses little-known archival materials to explain how and why certain small states secretly supported the Jacobite cause during the crucial years surrounding the 1715 rising, while others stayed out of Jacobite affairs.At the same time, the book demonstrates how early modern small states sought to cultivate good relations with Britain by attracting travellers as part of a wider trend of ensuring connections with future diplomats or politicians in case a Stuart restoration never came.This publication therefore brings together a study of Britain, small states, Jacobitism, and educational travel, in its nexus at continental academies.

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      DETEKTIF ERIKA

      by Nurul Husna Abdul Halim, Anuar Ismadi Hassim, Rusli Abd Wahab, Maski Yu Latif Yu

      Erika is an introverted kid who enjoys reading at home. Her favourites are the investigation series. Erika was invited to Sofea's birthday party one day. A piece of cake went missing during the party. How did the cake vanish? Who stole it? Erika began investigating the incident.

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      July 2023

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      by Schels, Ignaz A.

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      October 2013

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      Ein Tabor Süden Roman

      by Ani, Friedrich

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      February 2017

      Scottishness 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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      January 1990

      Das hoffnungslose Leben der Anna M.

      Bericht über eine Schizophrenie. (Persönliche Erfahrungen mit Krisen)

      by Schulz, Bernd J

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      The Arts
      December 2007

      J. M. W. Turner

      The making of a modern artist

      by Sam Smiles, Alan Rutter

      Alone of his contemporaries, J.M.W. Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today. On Turner's death in 1851 he was already known as an adventurous, even baffling, painter. But when the Court of Chancery decreed that the contents of his studio should be given to the nation, another side of his art was revealed that effected a wholescale change in his reputation. This book acts as a guide to the reactions of art writers and curators from the 1850s to the 1960s as they attempted to come to terms with his work. It documents how Turner was interpreted and how his work was displayed in Britain, in Europe and in North America, concentrating on the ways in which his artistic identity was manipulated by art writers, by curators at the Tate and by designers of exhibitions for the British Council and other bodies. ;

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      Children's & YA
      January 2021

      Charming Stories. Winter

      by Zoi Linska (Author), Lena Lion (Illustrator)

      "Winter” is the first of the four-season series Charming Stories about the adventures of Alice and her charming friends Fairy La La and Martha the Cat, this time with Snowflake and Snowy. Like a golden thread, faith in the fulfilment of desires, the power of team spirit, and the value of friends’ support run through these light and kind stories. The author Zoi Linska, with the illustrator Lena Lion, invite you to a journey into their world of fantasy and kind magic. From 3 to 8 years, 8568 words Rightsholders: author@zoilin.com

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      Children's & YA
      January 2021

      Charming Stories. Spring

      by Zoi Linska (Author), Lena Lion (Illustrator)

      “Spring” is the second of the four-season series Charming Stories about the adventures of Alice and her charming friends Fairy La La and Martha the Cat, this time with Droplet, Ray, and Tomtit. Is the Flowers and Colors Party really happening? And what about a prophecy that our protagonists will hear in Fairyland magical history classes? Will Alice manage to have a present ready for her mum? The readers of these stories will find out about these, and many more amazing adventures, by immersing themselves in a world of fantasy and kind magic. From 3 to 8 years, 7502 words Rightsholders: author@zoilin.com

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      February 2004

      Der scharlachrote Buchstabe

      Roman

      by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus, Hans Weyhe, Alexander Thiele

      Der scharlachrote Buchstabe ist Hawthornes erster und berühmtester Roman. Ergebnis einer langen Auseinandersetzung mit der Welt seiner puritanischen Vorfahren, ist er zugleich der klassische amerikanische Ehebruchroman. Ehebruch wird in der puritanischen Gesellschaft der Siedlerzeit nach starren Moralvorstellungen geahndet: So muß die Ehebrecherin Hester Prynne nach Verbüßung einer Gefängnisstrafe drei Stunden am Pranger stehen. Zudem ist sie dazu verurteilt, für den Rest ihres Lebens das Mal der vermeintlichen Schande – den scharlachroten Buchstaben A (für adulteress: Ehebrecherin) – auf der Brust zu tragen. überzeugt von der Würde ihrer Liebe, weigert sie sich, den Namen von Pearls Vater preiszugeben: Arthur Dimmesdale, Pfarrer der Gemeinde. Dimmesdale, schwächer und abhängiger vom Denken der Gesellschaft als Hester, wagt es nicht, sich zu seiner Schuld zu bekennen. Besessen von Rachegedanken, versucht ihn Hesters Ehemann, unter dem falschen Namen Chillingworth, zu einem Geständnis zu drängen.Mit seinen dramatischen Szenen und Konstellationen, den Reflexionen zu Schuld und Sühne sowie der melodramatischen Zuspitzung des Geschehens ist Der scharlachrote Buchstabe nicht nur ein Klassiker der amerikanischen Literatur, sondern auch eine überaus spannende Lektüre.

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