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      • Silke Heiss (Give Your Writing The Edge)

        We are a one-woman charity, hoping to transform into a self-sustaining business, devoted to reminding readers of themselves.

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      • Silkworm International Co., Ltd.

        Silkworm Books is a general publisher based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We specialize in select markets and quality English-language books, primarily on topics related to mainland Southeast Asia. Founded in 1989, we are the foremost publisher of serious books on Thailand in English. To date, we have published more than 300 English titles. We have licensed English-language rights, purchased translation rights, and less frequently commissioned writers. Our books are distributed in North America, and U.K., through the University of Washington Press, and in Asia by local distributors.

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        April 2022

        Die Nachtigall

        Ein legendärer Vogel und sein Gesang

        by Silke Kipper

        Eigentlich ist die Nachtigall ein unscheinbarer kleiner, brauner Vogel. Von Aussehen, Gewicht, Verhalten absoluter Durchschnitt. Doch wenn die Männchen in lauen Frühlingsnächten zu singen anfangen, dann schlagen die Herzen der Verliebten ebenso höher wie die der Ornithologen. Denn der Gesang der Nachtigall ist alles andere als Durchschnitt und stellt in seiner Komplexität mit sage und schreibe zweihundert verschiedenen Strophentypen den anderer Singvögel komplett in den Schatten. Doch was singt die Nachtigall eigentlich und warum? Und was sahen Generationen von Dichtern und Komponisten in ihrem Gesang? Die Biologin Silke Kipper beforscht die Nachtigall seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren, sie hat unzählige Frühlingsnächte lauschend in Berliner Parks verbracht und geht in ihrem Buch dem Nachtigallengesang und unserer Faszination daran auf den Grund. Ein kenntnisreiches und doch leichtfüßiges Porträt des wohl beliebtesten Singvogels, seines Gesangs, und zugleich ein fundierter Einblick in die Nachtigallforschung und -rezeption.

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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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        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!

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2014

        The Silk Road

        by Liu Yingsheng

        This book provides a professional and academic introduction on the Silk Road with regards to its formation, routes, related cultural events and historical figures. It includes two sections: the grassland Silk Road,and the oceanic Silk Road, giving a rather profound and detailed discussion on the significance of the Silk Road in the communication betweenmainland China and overseas. This book is currently the most authoritative work about the Silk Road in China.

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        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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        April 2021

        Our Inventions and Their Inventions:The Silk

        by Shi Yunli, Zhou Zhe

        Our Inventions and Their Inventions is a set of popular science picture books introducing the encounter and exchange of ancient Chinese and Western civilizations. It traces the birth process of the great inventions in history and their influence on the civilization process, and uses the contrast between the East and the West to show the convergence and collision of human civilizations. While cultivating children's national self-confidence and pride, it also broadens their horizons and encourages them to look at the historical process and future development of human civilization with an open, humble and tolerant mind. The series consists of 5 volumes, the themes of which are "gunpowder", "compass", "silk", "iron" and "clock"."The Silk" introduces the invention, use and dissemination process of silk with both pictures and texts.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2008

        Silk and empire

        by Brenda King, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie

        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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        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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        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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        Children's & YA
        2019

        The Great Silk Road

        by Anvar Mamraimov

        Many years of his life author dedicated to journalism, writer’s work, and documentaries. It is thanks to his efforts that the history and culture of Kazakh nation had become known in many countries of the world. In A. Mamraimov’s book, interesting events in history and secrets kept by the ancient monuments of archaeology and culture open up to the reader. Readers will take a fresh look at the Great Silk Road that connected countries and people.

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        On the Silk Road

        by Amnon Shamosh

        Amnon Shamosh, who made his name as an author with the well-known family saga “Michel Ezra Safra & Sons” as well as with the dozens of enthralling short stories that appeared in the collections entitled “My Sister the Bride” and “Wheels of the World,” surprises us once again with a novel that is modern, brilliant, and profound. The story revolves around age-old traditions and historical facts that complement one another, mingling in Shamosh’s imagination and impassioning the reader. In the year 1400, the great conqueror Timur Lang arrives in the Syrian city of Haleb (Aram Zoba) and from it sends ten Jewish families of silk dyers into exile, banishing them to Samarkand, capital of Timur’s empire, on the Silk Road. Timur Lang also kidnaps Jewish virgins, sequestering them in his harems. One of the virgins captures the heart of Timur’s son, a man of intellect and creation, who ruled under him. King Elias, “son of the Jewess,” who was raised in the Islamic faith, embarks on a quest to Spain in an effort to get to know and understand the Christian world as well as the Jewish one, which was flourishing in Spain at the time. Elias, seeking an identity and also a bride, finds them in Haleb, city of his maternal forefathers. His young wife came from the Dayan family, with ties to the dynasty of the House of David. The novel moves through three story lines. One is situated in the fifteenth century and centers mainly on the royal family and on the harem in Samarkand. The second occurs at the beginning of the twentieth century, in Jerusalem’s Bokharan Quarter, where immigrants from Bokhara and Haleb are crowded together, and the leaders of the new Jewish immigrant society visit the neighborhood. Story line number three concerns the last decade of the century, with the massive immigration of Soviet Jewry; the story here focuses mainly on the Bokharan immigrants. The spotlight is on Oshi Shauloff Ben-Shaul, born in the Bokharan Quarter, whose mother, of Halev origin, is a descendant of the above-mentioned House of Dayan and has roots in one of the families that were exiled from Haleb to Samarkand. This novel, excitingly erotic yet refined and restrained, has a style that is at once powerful and inspiring – as we have been led to expect from the works of Amnon Shamosh.   Born in Syria in 1929, Amnon Shamosh immigrated to Tel Aviv as a child and later became one of the founding members of Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch, where he resides today. A graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, author of both poetry and prose for children and adults, his work has been translated into English, Spanish, and French. Amnon Shamosh is a recipient of the Agnon Prize, named after the celebrated Israeli Nobel Laureate in Literature, the Prime Minister's Prize for Creativity, the President of Israel's Award for Literature, and numerous other literary awards. 288 pages, 14.5X21 cm

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        February 2009

        Liebesgedichte von Frauen

        by Elke Heidenreich, André Heller

        »Ihr kennt ja All’ die Liebe nicht / Die in mir glüht, die in mir stürmt« heißt es in einem Gedicht von Else Lasker-Schüler und »Zur Heimat erkor ich mir die Liebe« bei Mascha Kaléko. Beide Dichterinnen haben ihren Gefühlen in kraftvollen Versen Ausdruck verliehen, ebenso wie viele Dichterinnen vor und nach ihnen. Elke Heidenreich hat die schönsten Liebesgedichte von Frauen für diesen Band ausgewählt, dabei geht es quer durch die Jahrhunderte und um die ganze Welt: von Sappho über Annette von Droste-Hülshoff zu Anna Achmatowa, Ingeborg Bachmann und Wyslawa Szymborska bis hin zu den jungen Stimmen wie Ann Cotten und Silke Scheuermann.

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        January 2015

        Finde den Osterhasen

        Lustige Osterrätsel für Kinder ab 5

        by Reimers, Silke / Illustriert von Reimers, Silke

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        April 2008

        Mein Nestroy

        Historische Dramen

        by Peter Turrini, Silke Hassler, Silke Hassler

        Den Helden dieser historischen Dramen ist eines gemeinsam: Sie haben eine völlig andere Meinung von sich als der Rest der Welt. Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, der umjubelte Possenreißer in der Wiener Vorstadt, sieht sich als Tragöde am Burgtheater. Lorenzo Da Ponte, zum Schnapsbrenner heruntergekommen, hält sich noch immer für den größten Opernlibrettisten seiner Zeit. Und der Riese, 2,58 Meter groß und eine Attraktion an den europäischen Fürstenhöfen, glaubt fest daran, Mitglied des Steinfelder Knabenchors zu sein. So bergen Mein Nestroy, Da Ponte in Santa Fe und Der Riese vom Steinfeld einen modernen Kern, stellen die Frage nach Identität, nach den Bildern, die wir von uns haben und die die Welt sich von uns macht.

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        September 2003

        Der tollste Tag

        Und andere Komödien

        by Peter Turrini, Silke Hassler, Silke Hassler

        Die Hochzeit des Dieners Figaro, die Verführungskünste der Wirtin Mirandolina, das Treiben auf dem kleinen venezianischen Campiello - aus der Bearbeitung dieser Theaterklassiker sind Peter Turrinis Komödien Der tollste Tag (frei nach Beaumarchais), Die Wirtin und Campiello (frei nach Goldoni) hervorgegangen. Bisher in 17 Ländern insgesamt über zweihundertmal inszeniert, gehören sie zu den erfolgreichsten Stücken des Dramatikers und zeigen die Theatertradition, der Turrini verhaftet ist: die Commedia dell'arte. Wenn sich aber die Sprache mit der realen Macht, die Liebe mit der ökonomie und das Sein mit dem Schein zu messen beginnen, dann schlagen Sprachwitz und komödiantische Theatralik bald um in die Tragödie. Erstmals in einem Band versammelt, werden die Stücke ergänzt durch Materialien und Fotos der Aufführungen.

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