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      • Cosmos Culture, Ltd.

        Cosmos Culture Ltd., established in March 1998, is composed of intellectuals from different professions. The staff is devoted to cultural education and hopes to make a significant contribution to the inheritance and development of world culture by providing knowledge and high quality reference books to our readers. Contributing to the world’s culture is an endless road. Today’s world is a global village. Skill with two or more languages is crucial if an individual wants to play a role in the rapid growth of worldwide human communication and cultural exchanges.

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        The Arts
        September 2012

        Tony Richardson

        by Robert Shail, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard

        Tony Richardson was a key figure in British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. Having established himself in the theatre with the first production of John Osborne's landmark play Look Back in Anger, he became a central director in the New Wave, bringing greater realism to British cinema. He went on to make some of the most significant films of the 1960s including the multi Oscar-winning Tom Jones. This detailed and authoritative account of Richardson's career provides a reassessment of his achievements. As well as looking at his best known films, it considers neglected works such as Ned Kelly and Joseph Andrews, illustrating how Richardson remained a champion of the socially marginalised. In mapping out his life and work, from the English Stage Company to his final films in America, Shail re-establishes Richardson's at the front rank of British film directors, confirming his contribution to a period of dynamic change in British culture. ;

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        Zoology & animal sciences
        May 2021

        Nutrition and Feeding Organic Cattle

        by Robert Blair

        Organic cattle farming is on the increase, with consumer demand for organic milk and meat growing yearly. Beginning with an overview of the aims and principles behind organic cattle production, this book presents extensive information about how to feed cattle so that the milk and meat produced meet organic standards, and provides a comprehensive summary of ruminant digestive processes and nutrition. Since the publication of the first edition, global consumers have increasingly become concerned with the sustainability of meat production. Here, Robert Blair considers the interrelationships of sustainable practices and profitability of organic herds, reviewing how to improve forage production and quality, and minimizing the need for supplementary feeding using off-farm ingredients. This new edition also covers: - Managing a recurrent shortage of organic feed ingredients, due to increased GM feed crop cultivation worldwide - Current findings on appropriate breeds and grazing systems for forage-based organic production - Diet-related health issues in organic herds and the effects of organic production on meat and milk quality. Required reading for animal science researchers, advisory personnel that service the organic milk and beef industries and students interested in organic milk and meat production, this book is also a useful resource for organic farming associations, veterinarians, and feed and food industry personnel.

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        May 1990

        Die Kontrolle des Imaginären

        Vernunft und Imagination in der Moderne

        by Luiz Costa Lima, Armin Biermann, Ludwig K. Pfeiffer

        "Ist das Imaginäre ungreifbar und doch allgegenwärtig, so muss es in formen gebracht werden, in welchen Konformität mit und Transgression von rational-gesellschaftlichen Realitätsnormen ausgelotet werden können. Solche Formen werden in vielen Kulturen überwiegend von der Kunst parat gehalten; an den Schwierigkeiten wiederum, zu bestimmen, was Kunst sei, lässt sich die Hartnäckigkeit ermessen, mit welcher das Imaginäre auf Modalitäten seiner – irgendeiner – Gültigkeit und Akzeptanz pocht. Es ist daher einleuchtend, wenn Costa Lima, ein brasilianischer Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaftler, seine Untersuchung zur Kontrolle des Imaginären einschränkend und vergleichend differenziert. An der Literatur und den mit ihr oft genug konkurrierenden Diskursen wissenschaftlicher – etwa geschichtlicher – Art lassen sich Formen rationaler und sozialer Kontrolle relativ gut ablesen. Denn seit diese Diskurse in westlichen Kulturen in Erscheinung getreten sind, werden sie von expliziten theoretischen, legitimierenden oder diskriminierenden parasitären Diskursen begleitet. Im Prinzip allerdings engt Costa Lima die Formen des Imaginären nicht derart ein: Kino, comic strip und der riesige Bereich der Alltagsfiktionen sind von den poetologisch häufig fixierten oder gar normierten literarischen Fiktionen zwar zu unterscheiden, fallen aus dem Thema aber nicht grundsätzlich heraus."

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2013

        Britain and Africa Under Blair

        In pursuit of the good state

        by Julia Gallagher

        Africa was a key focus of Britain's foreign policy under Tony Blair. Military intervention in Sierra Leone, increases in aid and debt relief, and grand initiatives such as the Commission for Africa established the continent as a place in which Britain could 'do good'. Britain and Africa under Blair: in pursuit of the good state critically explores Britain's fascination with Africa. It argues that, under New Labour, Africa represented an area of policy that appeared to transcend politics. Gradually, it came to embody an ideal state activity around which politicians, officials and the wider public could coalesce, leaving behind more contentious domestic and international issues. Building on the story of Britain and Africa under Blair, the book, now available in paperback, draws wider conclusions about the role of 'good' and idealism in foreign policy. In particular, it discusses how international relationships provide opportunities to create and pursue ideals, and why they are essential for the well-being of political communities. It argues that state actors project the idea of 'good' onto idealised, distant objects, in order to restore a sense of the 'good state'. The book makes a distinctive and original contribution to debates about the role of ethics in international relations, and will be of particular interest to academics, policy-makers and students of international relations, Africa and British foreign policy, as well as anyone interested in ethics in international affairs. ;

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        Film, TV & radio
        July 2013

        Tony Garnett

        by Stephen Lacey

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        July 1998

        Toni Morrison

        by Jill Matus, John Thieme

        An illuminating study of one of the best-selling, most widely studied black authors today. Explains Morrison's relation to the American civil rights and Black Consciousness movements. Places Morrison in a political and historical context . ;

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        Business, Economics & Law
        June 2019

        Tourism, Pilgrimage and Intercultural Dialogue

        Interpreting Sacred Stories

        by Dolors Vidal-Casellas, Silvia Aulet, Neus Crous-Costa

        This book is a timely re-assessment of the increasing connections between management of diversity and religious tourism and secular spaces on a global stage. Including a range of contemporary case studies, it is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in tourism management, pilgrimage and religious tourism.

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        August 2011

        Heiße Küsse

        Erotischer Roman

        by Costa, Portia Da

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        Gefahr

        Die amerikanische Demokratie in der Krise

        by Bob Woodward, Robert Costa

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        October 2007

        Etwas fehlt immer

        Erzählungen

        by Guy Helminger

        Guy Helmingers Erzählungen sind für vieles gelobt worden: den nachtschwarzen, grandios trockenen Humor, die Raffinesse, die so brutale wie komische Abgründigkeit und nicht zuletzt die Tatsache, daß hier endlich einmal jemand eine stichhaltige Erklärung dafür gibt, warum manche Männer vom Zigarettenholen nicht mehr zurückkommen.

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        Forestry & related industries
        April 2001

        Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation

        by Edited by Arild Angelsen, David Kaimowitz

        This book has been developed from a workshop on Technological change in agriculture and tropical deforestation organised by the Center for International Forestry Research and held in Costa Rica in March, 1999. It explores how intensification of agriculture affects tropical deforestation using case studies from different geographical regions, using different agricultural products and technologies and in differing demographic situations and market conditions. Guidance is also given on future agricultural research and extension efforts.

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