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Howard J. Erlichman
The Roman Century: How a Determined People Launched the Greatest Empire in World History should be of interest to anyone who ponders the increasingly intense competition among the United States, China and Russia. The book places the spectacular Roman advance during a single “long” century (323-188 BCE) in a much wider geo-politico-economic context than existing works; explains how the Romans perfected a three-pronged blueprint of imperial conquest which had been devised by Philip II of Macedon; and incorporates timeless observations from the likes of Appian, Arrian, Clausewitz, Diodorus, Livy, Machiavelli, Plutarch, Polybius, Sun Tzu and Thucydides. The book also explains how the Romans generated a host of lessons to be studied by anyone concerned with the processes through which overseas empires are won and lost. The ebook edition is currently available on Amazon Kindle, Apple iTunes, B&N Nook and Rakuten Kobo.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2016The Chronicle of Lin Sanzhi
by Shao Chuan
Lin Sanzhi (1898-1989) was an important Chinese calligraphers of the 20th century. The book is a detailed record of Lin’s life experiences over more than 90 years, charting his studies, travels and compositions. The book is informative and collectible as it provides a comprehensive understanding of Lin’s artistic talents and life as well as contemporary Chinese art history.The book was awarded the annual “China’s Book of 2016” by China Central Television. It is China’s first comprehensive, detailed and accurate record of the artistic life of Lin Sanzhi, who was honored in the 1980s as a“Contemporary Saint of Cursive Calligraphy”.
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March 2022Lin Handa Chinese History Stories (Comic version)·The Spring and Autumn Period
by Lin Handa
The comic illustrated series of “Lin Handa Chinese History Stories” is the original unabridged comic illustrated version of “Lin Handa Chinese History Stories”. There are five sets, divided into: the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, Western Han, Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms. This set of 8 volumes has 1 knowledge booklet, suitable for children from the third grade and above. Author Lin Handa is a famous educator and linguist. He has edited the “Lin Handa Chinese History Stories” and this series sell best for more than 50 years. This is a classic book of Chinese history for children.
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December 2020Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Dong; The King Lin Festival
by Yan Xiangjun, Xuan Sen
This book mainly describes the origin of the Dong ethnic group's King Lin Festival to commemorate the Dong's hero Lin Kuan. According to the legend, Lin Kuan was born with supernatural power. In order to resist the tyranny at that time, Lin Kuan called the poor and young people in the Dong village to revolt, but eventually died when he tried to protect his people. Lin Kuan became a hero of the Dong people. His story has been handed down by generations of the Dong people. Every year on the first day of June of the lunar calendar, the Dong people gather together to spend the “King Lin Festival”. This book also describes the various activities of the Dong’s King Lin Festival and introduces an overview of the Dong people in China.
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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 2010New D.H. Lawrence
by Howard Booth
New D.H. Lawrence uses current and emergent approaches in literary studies to explore one of Britain's major modernist writers. The collection features new work by the present generation of Lawrence scholars, who are brought together here for the first time. Chapters include: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of Sons and Lovers; Howard J. Booth on The Rainbow, Marxist criticism and colonialism; Holly A. Laird on ethics and suicide in Women in Love; Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis and war in Women in Love; Jeff Wallace on Lawrence, Deleuze and abstraction; Stefania Michelucci on myth and war in 'The Ladybird'; Bethan Jones on gender and comedy in the late short fiction; Fiona Becket on green cultural critique, Apocalypse and Birds, Beasts and Flowers; and Sean Matthews on class, Leavis and the trial of Lady Chatterley. New D.H. Lawrence will be of interest to all concerned with contemporary writing on Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 2019ABBA ABBA: By Anthony Burgess
by Paul Howard, Andrew Biswell
ABBA ABBA is one of Anthony Burgess's most original works, combining fiction, poetry and translation. A product of his time in Italy in the early 1970s, this delightfully unconventional book is part historical novel, part poetry collection, as well as a meditation on translation and the generating of literature by one of Britain's most inventive post-war authors. Set in Papal Rome in the winter of 1820-21, Part One recreates the consumptive John Keats's final months in the Eternal City and imagines his meeting the Roman dialect poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. Pitting Anglo-Italian cultures and sensibilities against each other, Burgess creates a context for his highly original versions of 71 sonnets by Belli, which feature in Part Two. This new edition includes extra material by Burgess, along with an introduction and notes by Paul Howard, Fellow in Italian Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2000Modernism and empire
Writing and British coloniality, 1890–1940
by Howard Booth, Nigel Rigby
This is the first book to explore the relationship between literary modernism and the British Empire. Contributors look at works from the traditional modernist canon as well as extending the range of work addresses - particularly emphasising texts from the Empire. A key issue raised is whether modernism sprang from a crisis in the colonial system, which it sought to extend, or whether the modern movement was a more sophisticated form of cultural imperialism. The chapters in Modernism and empire show the importance of empire to modernism. Patrick Williams theorises modernism and empire; Rod Edmond discusses theories of degeneration in imperial and modernist discourse; Helen Carr examines Imagism and empire; Elleke Boehmer compares Leonard Woolf and Yeats; Janet Montefiore writes on Kipling and Orwell, C.L. Innes explores Yeats, Joyce and their implied audiences; Maire Ni Fhlathuin writes on Patrick Pearse and modernism; John Nash considers newspapers, imperialism and Ulysses; Howard J. Booth addresses D.H. Lawrence and otherness; Nigel Rigby discusses Sylvia Townsend Warner and sexuality in the Pacific; Mark Williams explores Mansfield and Maori culture; Abdulrazak Gurnah looks at Karen Blixen, Elspeth Huxley and settler writing; and Bill Ashcroft and John Salter take an inter-disciplinary approach to Australia and 'Modernism's Empire'. ;
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Food & DrinkInfinite possibility of Creative Coffee
by Lin Dongyuan
Written by the Asia Barista Championship judge Lin Dongyuan, the book sheds light on general knowledge and key points of creative coffee and includes 62 recipes. No matter you are a coffee lover, barista, or candidate for a barista competition, the book can offer some necessary guidance. (Hong Kong rights sold.)
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FictionEndless digging every day
by Lin Nabei
The latest full-length novel by renowned contemporary writer Lin Nabei uses the intangible cultural heritage of “lacquer” as a vehicle to tell the story of a peculiar family in the coastal region of Fujian. Starting from an illusory fortune in the mouth of the protagonist Zhao Dingli, the novel creates a real spiritual event that stirs up a small painful point in life in an unexpected way, intertwining it with the ancient history, the depth of humanity and the noisy contemporary cultural landscape.
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The ArtsJanuary 2018Flowers and Children
by LIN Xi
Lin Xi’s paintings distinguish themselves with innocence and delicacy expressed, which often pay attention to blossoms, children and small items. Lin’s paintings reveal her distinctive thoughts and reflections on nature, art and life. In this book, Lin focuses on themes related to "flowers" and "children", and leads readers to a wonderful journey for discovering the subtle, beautiful, and moving moments in everyday life. Through these lovely paintings, we may find possessions that really matters in our life. 林曦的画作朴拙天真、细腻灵动，尤其喜画花朵、孩童、案头玩意等美好小景。画集是林曦对自然、艺术、生活等的一份内心独白，以“花”和“童”为主题来反观日常生活中细微的美好、感动的瞬间、烂漫的时刻。在花间寻天真，重拾宁静美好的天然本性；于童心得热忱，找回生命中珍贵的持有。
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The ArtsJanuary 2018Useless Beauty
by LIN Xi
In Useless Beauty, Lin Xi analyzes the essential of art aesthetic education and shares the fun of Chinese calligraphy, the method of being focused, the cultivation of mental power and the way of learning art. From the perspective of a Chinese literatus, Lin Xi introduces the aesthetic taste in a contemporary world, explains what is “Useless beauty”, how to “be independent” in this fast-changing world, and seeks to discover ways to integrate traditional aesthetics into our modern life. 林曦以手艺人之道，解析艺术美育的本质内涵，分享写字的乐趣、专注的法门、心力的修炼及艺术的学习途径等；从中式文人的视角，观照当代生活的审美情趣，阐释何为“无用之美”、如何“独善其身”，探索让传统美学回归现代生活的践行方式等。
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2016Howard Barker's art of theatre
by Sarah Goldingay, David Rabey
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2016Howard Barker's art of theatre
by David Rabey, Sarah Goldingay
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September 2000Lektüre für Minuten
Gedanken aus seinem Werk
by George Bernard Shaw, Ursula Michels-Wenz
"Die Auswahl »Lektüre für Minuten« vermittelt in konzentrierter Form sie die Gedankenwelt des Werks Bernard Shaws und beleuchtet dieses, ganz im Sinne des Autors, aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven in Kapiteln über Tugend und Laster; über das Glück; Angst und Tod; Mann und Frau, Eltern und Kinder etc. Besonders dem mit Shaw noch nicht vertrauten Leser kann die thematische Aufteilung Zugang zur Vielschichtigkeit seiner Thesen und Verständnis des ebenso beliebten wie umstrittenen Moralisten, der politische und menschliche Kraftfelder mit Scharfsinn und Humor analysiert, wesentlich erleichtern."
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September 2000Prousts Figuren und ihre Vorbilder
by William Howard Adams, Paul Nadar, Christoph Groffy
In Fotos und Texten werden die realen Vorbilder von Albertine, Swann, Odette, den Guermantes – nur um diese der über 500 unsterblichen Romanfiguren in Prousts zehnbändiger Recherche zu nennen – charakterisiert. Unverzichtbar für alle Proust-Fans!
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September 1986»Seien Sie nicht zu undankbar, mir zu antworten«. Bernard Shaw – Lord Alfred Douglas. Briefwechsel
by George Bernard Shaw, Lord Alfred Douglas, Mary Hyde, Ursula Michels-Wenz
George Bernard Shaw wurde am 26. Juli 1856 als Sohn eines Beamten in Dublin geboren. 1876 zog er nach London, wo er sich als einer der führenden Musik- und Theaterkritiker etablieren konnte. Shaw betätigte sich auch auf politischer Bühne und wurde u.a. Mitglied der Fabian Society. Seine schriftstellerische Laufbahn begann er mit fünf erfolglosen Romanen, wandte sich dann dem Schreiben von Dramen – darunter vielen Komödien – zu, die sich durch die Verbindung von Ironie, Satire und Kritik an gesellschaftlichen und politischen Mißständen auszeichnen. Shaws Gesamtwerk umfaßt über 60 Dramen. 1925 wurde er mit dem Literaturnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Er starb am 2. November 1950 in Ayot Saint Lawrence.
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June 2019Die süßeste Bande der Welt. Vier Freundinnen wirbeln los!
Der Muffin-Club (1 & 2)
by Alves, Katja
Die süßeste Mädchenbande der Welt jetzt im Sammelband! Die vier Freundinnen Lulu, Lin, Tamtam und Miranda gehen gemeinsam durch dick und dünn und erleben die großartigsten Abenteuer. Sie wissen ganz nebenbei aber auch, was man alles für einen nachwachsenden Kuchen braucht. Oder wie man das coolste Ballettkostüm aller Zeiten (er-)findet … Lulu liebt Kuchen, deshalb ist sie Feuer und Flamme, für das Schulfest einen riesigen nachwachsenden Kuchen zu backen. Zunächst sind ihre Klassenkameradinnen Miranda, Lin und Tamtam alles andere als begeistert von dieser Idee. Sie haben eigentlich besseres zu tun als Lulu beim Backen zu helfen! Doch sie wären nicht beste Freundinnen, wenn sie einander nicht in jeder Lebenslage helfen würden! Deshalb machen sich die vier Mädchen auch direkt ans Werk. Und so entstehen zwischen Zuckerguss und Schokolade nicht nur die besten Muffins der Welt, sondern etwas viel Größeres: Der Muffin-Club wird geboren. Und die zuckerbäcker-beste-Freundinnen Lulu, Miranda, Lin und Tamtam müssen auch gleich ihren ersten spannenden Fall lösen … Miranda möchte eigentlich gar kein Ballett tanzen, aber ihre Mutter steckt sie trotzdem in die Ballettschule, denn das sei so „gut für die Haltung“. Dort ist auch die neidische Ines, die alles daran setzt, den Muffin-Club zu entzweien und dafür sorgt, dass die Freundschaft der viel Muffin-Mädchen auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird … Der Sammelband enthält die Bände „Der Muffin-Club (1). Die süßeste Bande der Welt“ und „Der Muffin-Club (2). Vier Freundinnen wirbeln los!“.
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Logik – ein Anfängerkurs
by Alex Blum
Logik – ein Anfängerkurs - von Alex Blum Ein umfassender Anfängerkurs in Logik für Studenten der Philosophie. Der Autor will eine natürliche Deduktionstechnik und ein eingehendes und intuitives Verständnis der Metatheorie der elementaren Logik vermitteln. Professor Dr. Alex Blum ist einer der führenden Logiker Israels und hat bereits zahlreiche Artikel in internationalen Zeitschriften veröffentlicht. Er ist Professor Emeritus der Philosophie, Bar-Ilan Universität bei Tel Aviv. Rechte für die deutsche Ausgabe und andere Sprachen sind noch erhältlich!
