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      • Trusted Partner
        August 2002

        Der Germanenmythos im Deutschen Kaiserreich

        Formen und Funktionen historischer Selbstthematisierung

        by Kipper, Rainer

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        September 2021

        Spices, Scents and Silk

        Catalysts of World Trade

        by James F Hancock

        Spices, scents and silks were at the center of world trade for millennia. Through their international trade, humans were pushed to explore and then travel to the far corners of the earth. Almost from their inception, the earliest great civilizations - Egypt, Sumer and Harappa - became addicted to the luxury products of far off lands and established long-reaching trade networks. Over time, great powers fought mightily for the kingdoms where silk, spices and scents were produced. The New World was accidentally discovered by Columbus in his quest for spices. What made trade in these products so remarkable was that the plants producing them grew in very restricted areas of the world, distant from the wealthy civilizations of northern Africa, Greece and Europe. These luxuries could be carried from mysterious locations on the backs of camels or in the holds of ships for months on end, and arrived at their final destination in nearly perfect condition. Once the western world discovered the intoxicating properties of these products, their procurement became a dominant force in the world economy. Nothing else compared with their possible profit returns. In this book, eminent horticulturist and author James Hancock examines the origins and early domestication and culture of spices, scents and silks and the central role these exotic luxuries played in the lives of the ancients. The book traces the development of the great international trade networks and explores how struggles for trade dominance and demand for such luxuries shaped the world.

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        April 2008

        Auf den Spuren Nils Holgerssons durch Schweden

        by Sabine Schwieder, Wolfram Schwieder

        Selma Lagerlöfs Geschichte vom kleinen Nils Holgersson, der mit einem Schwarm Wildgänse durch Schweden zieht, fasziniert bis heute. Sabine und Wolfram Schwieder haben alle Schauplätze seiner Abenteuer besucht. Entstanden ist ein vergnügliches Reisebuch, ein Familienbuch, das Landschaft und Menschen, Traditionen und Entwicklungen des skandinavischen Landes auf einzigartige Weise erfahrbar macht. Ein Buch, das Lust macht, sich auf eine Reise in den Norden zu begeben, mit zahlreichen Fotos und Textzitaten aus Nils Holgersson sowie praktischen Hinweisen zu Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten und Veranstaltungstips.

      • Trusted Partner
        September 2013

        Dekorative Kosmetik und Gesichtspflege

        Produkt-Know-how und richtige Anwendung

        by Petsitis, Xenia; Kipper, Katrin

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Silk and empire

        by Brenda King

        In this book, Brenda M. King challenges the notion that Britain always exploited its empire. Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship were all part of the Anglo-Indian silk trade and were nurtured in the era of empire through mutually beneficial collaboration. The trade operated within and without the empire, according to its own dictates and prospered in the face of increasing competition from China and Japan. King presents a new picture of the trade, where the strong links between Indian designs, the English silk industry and prominent members of the English the arts and crafts movement led to the production of beautiful and luxurious textiles. Lavishly illustrated, this book will be of interest to those interested in the relationship between the British Empire and the Indian subcontinent, as well as by historians of textiles and fashion.

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        May 2015

        Der sinnhafte Aufbau der gebauten Welt

        Eine Architektursoziologie

        by Silke Steets

        Émile Durkheim zufolge besteht die wichtigste Regel soziologischen Denkens darin, soziale Phänomene »wie Dinge zu betrachten«, ihnen also den gleichen Wirklichkeitsgrad wie den Gegenständen, die wir anfassen können, zuzuschreiben. Was aber passiert, wenn wir diese Regel umkehren und die materiellen Dinge – zum Beispiel diejenigen, die die Architektur hervorbringt – als soziale Tatsachen verstehen? Ausgehend von einer brillanten theoriegeschichtlichen Aufarbeitung des soziologischen Nachdenkens über Architektur entwirft Silke Steets eine Soziologie der gebauten Welt. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele zeigt sie, wie Dinge und Gebäude in soziales Handeln einbezogen werden und als sicht- und anfassbare gesellschaftliche Strukturen fungieren.

      • Trusted Partner
        August 2001

        Die Kipper und Wipper als publizistisches Ereignis (1620-1626).

        Eine Studie zu den Strukturen öffentlicher Kommunikation im Zeitalter des Dreißigjährigen Krieges.

        by Rosseaux, Ulrich

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2025

        Anders essen

        Für unsere Welt, unser Klima und uns selbst

        by Nils Binnberg

        Sind Veganer tatsächlich die besseren Menschen, müssen Fleisch-Esser sich schämen? Wo endet das Recht auf Selbstentfaltung? Wo beginnt kollektive Verantwortung? Und: Können wir uns und das Klima überhaupt noch heilen? Nils Binnberg, der bekannte Journalist und Autor des Erfolgstitels Ich habe es satt!, entlarvt in Anders essen unsere Befindlichkeiten und gängigsten Mythen über den Zusammenhang von Klimawandel und Ernährung. Er untersucht, ob und inwiefern Tierhaltung in Bezug auf den CO2‑Fußabdruck unsere größte Sünde ist. Und erläutert, ob es tatsächlich eine Ernährungsformel gibt, die unseren Planeten retten kann. Der Autor hat bei Landwirten, Politikern, Ökonomen und Wissenschaftlern, aber auch in seinem persönlichen Umfeld recherchiert. Sein Buch ist eine faktenreiche, meinungsstarke Ermutigung, die Chancen zu ergreifen, die vor uns liegen. Denn jeder Einzelne von uns kann etwas tun – auch ohne seine individuellen Bedürfnisse aufgeben zu müssen!

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        Children's & YA

        Benny Beaver. The Great Forest Adventure

        by Inga Maria Ramcke/Christine Kugler

        Benny Beaver is involved in every adventure. Among other things, he’s a master builder. He’s always eager to learn something new – in the forest and anywhere else. There’s a lot to learn about our environment and Nature. This eventful tale about Benny Beaver and his friends Daisy Duck, Sally Squirrel and Manny Mole is great fun, as is the CD with its sounds of Nature. What happens in the forest? Who creeps, crawls and flies here? And what trees, bushes and fungi grow here? A lively tale about the environment and Nature for nursery school and first year primary school. A picture-book tale, exciting and entertaining – as is the CD with its sounds from Nature. Welcome to the world of Benny Beaver and his friends! Share their adventures in the forest and elsewhere!

      • Trusted Partner
        September 2022

        Alternative Fakten

        Zur Praxis der kommunikativen Erkenntnisverweigerung

        by Nils C. Kumkar

        Begriffe wie »postfaktisch« und »alternative Fakten« haben Konjunktur. Sie verweisen darauf, dass in vielen Gesellschaften ein Kampf um die Wirklichkeit der Wirklichkeit entbrannt zu sein scheint. Der Soziologe Nils C. Kumkar betrachtet diese Phänomene jedoch aus einem anderen Blickwinkel: Ausgehend von Fallstudien zu den Auseinandersetzungen um Corona, den Klimawandel und die Größe des Publikums bei der Amtseinführung Donald Trumps, plädiert er dafür, »alternative Fakten« nicht primär als Versatzstücke einer Parallelwelt zu verstehen, sondern als diskursive Nebelkerzen im Kontext polarisierter Debatten. Sie wirken, so Kumkar, nicht als Beitrag zur Konstruktion einer alternativen Realität, sondern als kommunikative Realitätsdestruktion, die es erlaubt, wider besseres Wissen weiterzumachen wie bisher.

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        September 2018

        Bienen und Menschen

        Eine Freundschaft

        by Olaf Nils Dube, Isabel Pin

        Was tun, wenn man vom einfachen Leben träumt, während einen die Last des Karrieremachens beinahe erdrückt? In der falschen Version der eigenen Existenz zu stecken; dieses Gefühl verfolgte Olaf Nils Dube jahrelang. Als er Mitte Dreißig wurde, nahm er seinen Mut zusammen, schmiss seinen verantwortungsvollen Posten hin und zog von der Etagenwohnung im Prenzlauer Berg in einen Zirkuswagen. Er begann mit der Imkerei; wie heutzutage übrigens immer mehr jüngere Leute. Damals bekam er von allen Seiten zu hören: „Davon kann man doch nicht leben!“ Doch genau das gelang Dube, mithilfe seiner Bienen. Denn die sind, nach zehn Millionen Jahren Evolutionsgeschichte, schließlich ebenfalls echte Überlebenskünstler! In seinem Buch erzählt Dube, was er von ihnen lernen konnte, worauf es beim Imkern ankommt, was es mit dem Bienensterben auf sich hat und warum Bienenstöcke wahre Schatztruhen sind. Vor allem aber beschreibt er die berührende Geschichte unserer jahrtausendealten Freundschaft zu einer Art, die uns Menschen noch nie brauchte, während wir ohne sie zugrunde gehen würden.

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2013

        Wir hatten nix, nur Umlaute

        Meine Kreisstadtjugend mit Systemwechsel

        by Heinrich, Nils

      • Trusted Partner
        September 2021

        Spices, Scents and Silk

        Catalysts of World Trade

        by James Hancock

        Spices, scents and silks were at the centre of world trade for millennia. Through their international trade, humans were pushed to explore and then travel to the far corners of the earth. Almost from their inception, the earliest great civilizations - Egypt, Sumer and Harappa - became addicted to the luxury products of far-off lands and established long-reaching trade networks. Over time, great powers fought mightily for the kingdoms where silk, spices and scents were produced. The New World was accidentally discovered by Columbus in his quest for spices. What made trade in these products so remarkable was that the plants producing them grew in very restricted areas of the world, distant from the wealthy civilizations of northern Africa, Greece and Europe. These luxuries could be carried from mysterious locations on the backs of camels or in the holds of ships for months on end, and arrived at their final destination in nearly perfect condition. Once the western world discovered the intoxicating properties of these products, their procurement became a dominant force in the world economy. Nothing else compared with their possible profit returns. In this book, eminent horticulturist and author James Hancock examines the origins and early domestication and culture of spices, scents and silks and the central role these exotic luxuries played in the lives of the ancients. The book also traces the development of the great international trade networks and explores how struggles for trade dominance and demand for such luxuries shaped the world. Recommended for academics, students and general readers with an interest in crop and agricultural development, world trade, economic botany, history of food, and global economics and public policy, Spices, Scents and Silk offers a fascinating and insightful history.

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        A Fairy’s Fragrant Silk and Lovesickness

        by Kang Qinxin, Huang Junxian

        One Summer Holiday, a little girl named Sisi visits her grandma-in-law in China's Jiangnan Region. At her grandma’s home, Sisi sees an ancient loom, a magical weaving process and some beautiful silk products. Through the squeaky and creaky loom, Sisi begins her wonderful journey of searching her beautiful Fairy. Every thread is interwoven with lovesickness for the beloved ones as the technique of silk weaving has been passed down during the past several thousand years.

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        Psychology

        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

        Fanta Groselha

        by Makena Onjerika

        Fanta Groselha da autoria de Makena Onjerika é um retrato sombrio dos sem-abrigo e da vida dos meninos de rua em Nairobi. O conto centra-se em Meri, cuja história é contada por um coro de narradoras sem rosto e sem nome que são também suas consortes. Navegam pela vida sem rumo certo a pedir esmolas, a roubar aos peões, a esquivar-se às autoridades, a venderem o corpo. Fanta Groselha é um conto cativante pela sua coragem, humor e inventividade linguística. O seu forte sentido de lugar faz com que seja uma experiência de leitura imersiva e gratificante.

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