Humanities & Social Sciences
July 2018
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Picture storybooksOctober 2021Somanth Hore: Wounds
by Likla Lall, Kripa Bhatia
Have you ever had a wound you couldn’t look away from? Did you become obsessed with its ever-changing colours? Did the constant itch take over your mind? Somnath Hore carried an itch like this. He saw the wounds of the world, and they moved him. This is the story of how these wounds became the heart of his art. Find out about the life of celebrated artist Somnath Hore in the Art Exploration Series.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2021Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century
by Danielle Beswick, Jonathan Fisher, Stephen R. Hurt
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2024Intimacy and injury
In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa
by Nicky Falkof, Srila Roy, Shilpa Phadke
Both India and South Africa have shared the infamy of being labelled the world's 'rape capitals', with high levels of everyday gender-based and sexual violence. At the same time, both boast long histories of resisting such violence and its location in wider cultures of patriarchy, settler colonialism and class and caste privilege. Through the lens of the #MeToo moment, the book tracks histories of feminist organising in both countries, while also revealing how newer strategies extended or limited these struggles. Intimacy and injury is a timely mapping of a shifting political field around gender-based violence in the global south. In proposing comparative, interdisciplinary, ethnographically rich and analytically astute reflections on #MeToo, it provides new and potentially transformative directions to scholarly debates this book builds transnational feminist knowledge and solidarity in and across the global south.
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La chant des blessures (The song of the wounds)
by Sybille Claude
In the midst of Operation Baghdad in Port-au-Prince, a man, poet and family man, is murdered with five bullets to the head. A dying, despairing and despondent mother succumbs to the banal disaster and the weight of a thankless, bitter life too heavy to bear. Faced with the disarray of his country, the son decides to set sail in search of artificial paradises under other skies. And it's a debacle. The only one left is little Sarah who, through books and poetry, tries to pick up the pieces of her life.
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SELURUH ALAM DALAM SEBUTIR DEBU
by Saharil Hasrin Sanin
"Beauty exists in wounds, in the delicacy of neglected things. God is reflected throughout the universe, in a ray of sunlight, in a gentle breeze, in a speck of dirt, in a tiny flower. God does exist in the beauty of a rainbow, but He also exists in the droplets of water that form that rainbow. We can see the whole universe in a speck of dust. And within that ignored speck of fine dust on the floor, there is God." This manuscript contains 13 short stories by Saharil Hasrin Sanin, which have won various literary awards and prove that he remains a powerful storyteller. From the tale of a smooth-tongued vendor to the love story of hundreds of stones at the bottom of Al-Aqsa, this book will take us on a journey to explore the depths of emotions: happiness and wounds.
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February 2018Animal Welfare
by M Appleby, A Olsson, F Galindo (Eds)
Updated and revised, this bestselling textbook continues to provide a broad introduction to the key topics in the welfare of animals both large and small, farm and companion, wild and zoo. It retains all the popular features of the previous editions with coverage of key issues such as ethics, animal pain and injury, health and disease, social conditions, and welfare dilemmas and problems. Importantly, it also offers practical advice for welfare assessment, with a full section dedicated to the implementation of solutions. The third edition:- Contains many more examples of welfare issues in different countries, particularly the implications for smallholders as well as larger scale agriculture- Covers fish welfare as well as welfare of amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates- Includes concepts of positive emotion and other positive aspects of welfare- Focuses on animal welfare and sustainability - Includes an integrated ebook with additional material and videosWith contributions from renowned international experts and a new editorial team, Animal Welfare, 3rd Edition is an essential resource for students and researchers in animal and veterinary sciences and other disciplines considering the science and practice of animal welfare, and for practitioners and decision-makers worldwide.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2023Prueba olímpica (Olympic Trial)
by Lorena Huitrón
"Prueba olímpica" test demystifies what is in front of him. Here prose poems are explored, there are verses that become epigraphs of a following poem, obsessions that open a process that can be endless, wounds that discover, themselves, that it makes sense to mock their existence. Lorena has a natural force that disturbs those who read her, like that bird that murmurs near our ear. This book is inserted in the tradition to modify it.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2018Anshi Turmoil: The Prosperity and Decline of the Tang Dynasty
by Shi Yuntao
This war ended the myth of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The century-old empire has gone downhill since then, and never looks back. The prosperity of the past becomes memories; the wounds of war have become the pain of the heart that the Tang people can't heal! Who planted the blight? Who lit the smoke? Who is supporting the crisis? Who is helping? What kind of power reorganization and political change resulted from a seven or eight-year war? What kind of human relationship and human nature was exposed? This book gives answers one by one by showing the truth.
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Adventure2018The Wall
by Andriy Tsaplienko
In the fantastic novel by Andriy Tsaplienko, the reader faces two post-apocalyptic societies where one confidently paves the way for progressive development, and the other degrades. The author is convinced that mentality and everlasting traditions change very little over the centuries. The novel heroes, Ukrainians, and Russians, who bear bright national traits, are in constant tense antagonism. Their war goes on at several levels — from armed conflicts to clashes of souls and inner convictions. And the Wild Fields that remain after big and small confrontations are like unhealed wounds, cancer tumors: they continue to bleed, demonstrating to humanity that war produces only the war.
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The Beast and the Blackberry
by Naseeba Alozaibi
A novel for young readers that explores a strange, miraculous world combining reality and myth, the book mainly focuses on the character of a beast and the physical and spiritual transformations between his huge, strong body and a blackberry plant. The focus turns to the relationship between the beast and the orphan child Salma, dealing with the love between them, which does its magic until he becomes a tree. His past is then revealed, including his suffering at the hands of humans, and how his transformations played a role in healing his wounds and grief, bringing him back to a pure, benevolent truth. Age Range: 10+ years
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The ArtsJanuary 2022Book of Beirut
The voice and art of kids from Beirut
by Roula Youssef
The “Book of Beirut” was born, following the devastating explosion of 4 August 2020 at Beirut Port, to be a remedy to the intangible wounds of the children’s inner self, the traumatized children who lived through the ravages of the third-largest explosion in the world. It is a journey of healing through art. A collection of 128 paintings showing the amount of creativity, imagination and love these little warriors offered us over four artistic sessions, with the guidance of a team of experts. Watching them pour their fears and dreams for a better future onto an empty canvas made me want to give them a voice to share their stories. The “Book of Beirut” is a glimpse into the purity of childhood and its ability to heal the world – when empowered.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2024Supernatural bodies
Stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland
by Kristof Smeyers
This book is the first in-depth study of the changing perceptions and receptions of supernatural bodies in modern Britain and Ireland. It focuses on one phenomenon that became hotly contested and discussed in the public sphere between 1840 and 1940: the stigmata. In 1874, an Irish reporter asked why the wounds of the crucified Christ on mortal bodies could 'not be discussed with calmness. without indulging in angry rhetoric'. Supernatural bodies takes that question seriously. It draws on previously unexamined archival materials to place supernatural bodies at the heart of long-lasting discussions about the position of Roman Catholicism in society; the supernatural in modern Christianity and society; the authority of sciences; the relationship between Britain and Ireland, and between Britain and the Continent. Through the lens of stigmata controversies, this book shows how these discussions could converge around supernatural bodies.
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2019The hurt(ful) body
by Tomas Macsotay, Cornelis van der Haven, Karel Vanhaesebrouck
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FictionAND THE WORLD WAS YOUNG (Vol. I)
by Carmen Korn
January 1st, 1950: in Cologne, Hamburg and San Remo, people ring in the new decade. The one before left deep scars in the cities and in people’s minds and hearts. Gerda and Heinrich Aldenhoven’s house in Cologne is bursting at the seams. Heinrich’s art gallery is not making enough money to feed all the hungry mouths. In contrast, Gerda’s friends Elisabeth and her husband Kurt in Hamburg don’t have money worries. As press officer of the savings bank, Kurt can provide a modest existence for his family. But they also yearn for a little more lightness in their lives. Their son-in-law Joachim still hasn’t returned from the war. And Margarethe Aldenhoven has ended up in San Remo. Her life at her Italian husband’s side seems carefree, but she is tortured by her dependency on her mother-in-law. As differently as they all spent New Year’s Eve – out and about in Cologne, quietly at home in Hamburg, classily in San Remo – the questions on New Year’s Day are the same: will the wounds finally heal? What will the future bring?
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Children's & YAThe Little Christmas Engine
by Anna Ruhe/Igor Lange
It’s winter in the pleasure park. The Little Engine is dreaming of Christmas, as he does every year. It would be so nice to see a real Christmas for himself. Suddenly something terrible happens up in the sky: Father Christmas comes crashing down to earth with his overloaded sleigh. Fortunately, no one is hurt, but the sleigh is broken. This is the Little Engine’s chance. He makes Father Christmas a great offer – and so he saves this year’s Christmas.
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Geography & the EnvironmentJuly 2018Invasive Species and Human Health
by Giuseppe Mazza, Elena Tricarico, Pedro M. Anastácio, Leonardo Ancillotto, Sylvie Augustin, Daniela Boccolini, Giuseppe Brundu, Dario Capizzi, Lucilla Carnevali, Marco Di Luca, Franz Essl, Bella Galil, Piero Genovesi, Giulio Grandi, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Antonella Lugliè, Angeliki F. Martinou, Jolyon M. Medlock, Mattia Menchetti, Andrea Monaco, Emiliano Mori, Wolfgang Nentwig, Nikola Pantchev, Bachisio Mario Padedda, Olivier S.G. Pauwels, Cristina Preda, Petr Pyšek, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Julian Reynolds, Roberto Romi, Alain Roques, Helen E. Roy, Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg, Riccardo Scalera, Francis Schaffner, Stefan Schindler, Francesco Severini, Sauro Simoni, Catherine Souty-Grosset, Paolo Sposimo, Diederik Strubbe, Luciano Toma
Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity. This book highlights their major impact on human health. This includes not only direct effects through contact with the species via bites, wounds and disease, but also indirect effects caused by changes induced in ecosystems by invasive species, such as more water hyacinth increasing mosquito levels and thereby the potential for malaria. Covering a wide range of case studies from different taxa (animals and plants), and giving an overview of the diverse impacts of invasive species on health in developed and developing countries, the book is a significant contribution that will help in prioritizing approaches to controlling invasive species and mitigating their health effects. It covers invasive plants, marine species, spiders and other arachnids, ticks and dust mites, insects, mosquitos and other diptera, freshwater species (invertebrates and fishes), amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals. Key Features Collects together the major health impacts for the first time Covers animal and plant invasive species Examines issues in developed and developing countries The broad spectrum of the analyzed case studies will ensure the appeal of the book to a wide public, including researchers of biological invasions, doctors, policy-makers and managers, and students of invasive species in ecology, animal and plant biology and public health medicine.
