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        Tunué is an Italian publishing house of Comics, Graphic novels and Illustrated books. It is one of the leaders in the Italian Graphic novel for Children's Market.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2022

        Transitional justice in process

        by Mariam Salehi, Simon Mabon

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2023

        Arab youths

        by Laurent Bonnefoy, Myriam Catusse

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        Tourism industry
        December 1998

        Tourism and Cultural Conflicts

        by Edited by Michael Robinson, Priscilla Boniface

        The tourism industry and the tourists it serves can exert major influences on host communities at a number of levels. On the one hand, tourism can preserve cultures, resurrect forgotten traditions and prevent cultural stagnation. On the other hand, tourism can challenge existing values, social norms, traditions and behaviour, and this can lead to situations of conflict. In extreme cases, resistance or violence can be the result. For the majority of the time, it would seem that as long as tourism delivers the economic and social benefits it frequently promises, problems are often tolerated and some measure of conflict is accepted. However, whenever tourism brings cultures together, whether freely or forced, a range of complex issues are invoked such as the nature of cultural identity, social and economic power relations, legal and moral rights and management responsibilities. This book examines the changing relationships between tourism and host cultures and explores the reasons why and how conflicts emerge, in a series of detailed case studies from many parts of the globe including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, Tunisia, Spain, Peru, and Greece. Initiatives and good practices are highlighted whereby conflict can be replaced by consensus and situations improved through effective management. This book is essential reading for tourism industry professionals and students and researchers in anthropology, sociology and geography.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        May 2017

        Mass Tourism in a Small World

        by David Harrison, Richard Sharpley, Hazel Andrews, Julio Aramberri, Gregory Ashworth, Raoul Bianchi, Sue Bleasdale, Kelly Bricker, Jim Butcher, Erik Cohen, David T. Duvall, Martin Farr, John Heeley, Andrew Holden, Stanislav Ivanov, Heather Jeffrey, Gabriele Manella, Chris Ryan, Asterio Savelli, Hongdi Shen, John E Tunbridge, David Weaver, Paul F Wilkinson

        This new book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism. It covers theoretical perspectives (including political economy, ethics, sustainability and environmentalism), the historical context, and the current challenges to domestic, intra-regional and international mass tourism. As tourism and tourist numbers continue to grow around the world, it becomes increasingly important that this subject is studied in depth and best practice applied in real-life situations. This book: - Is the first to address a range of theoretical issues relating to mass tourism; - Uses a wide selection of case studies to translate theory into practice, covering the historical rise and fall of UK seaside resorts, the increase in Chinese tourism, conflict between different mass tourism groups, destination transformation from mass to niche tourism, and specific problems facing cruise ships; - Is written by a range of international, established authors to give a global perspective on the subject. Finishing with a speculative chapter identifying potential future trends and challenges, this book forms an essential resource for all researchers and students within tourism studies. ; Section 1: Introduction1: Introduction: Mass Tourism in a Small WorldSection 2: Theoretical Approaches to Mass Tourism2: Mass Tourism Does Not Need Defending3: The Morality of Mass Tourism4: The Political Economy of Mass Tourism and its Contradictions5: A Theoretical Approach to Mass Tourism in Italy6: Sustainability and Mass Tourism: A Contradiction in Terms?7: Mass Tourism and the Environment: Issues and DilemmasSection 3: Historical Studies of Tourism Development8: The Dynamics of Tourism Development in Britain: The Profit Motive and that ‘Curious’ Alliance of Private Capital and the Local State9: From Holiday Camps to the All-inclusive: the ‘Butlinization’ of Tourism10: Decline Beside the Seaside: British Seaside Resorts and Declinism11: Mass Tourism and the US National Park Service System12: Transport and Tourism: The Perpetual LinkSection 4: Case Studies in Modern Mass Tourism13: Mass Tourism and China14: Mass Tourism in Thailand: The Chinese and Russians15: Mass Tourism in Bulgaria: The Force Awakens16: Mass Tourism in Mallorca: Examples from Calivià17: Tunisia: Mass Tourism in Crisis?18: From Blue to Grey? Malta’s Quest from Mass Beach to Niche Heritage Tourism19: Cruise Ship Tourism in the Caribbean: The Mess of Mass TourismSection 5: The Future20: Conclusion: Mass Tourism in the Future

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        Grandpa’s Fourteen Games

        by Author: Zhao LingIllustrator: Huang Lili

        Key Points: Little games with big wisdom teach children to be optimistic and not afraid of difficulties.   Brief content After Chinese New Year, dad and mom, a doctor and a nurse, have gone to Wuhan to fight the epidemic, leaving grandpa and the little girl at home. The little girl does not know the building is in quarantine so residents cannot go out. To have the girl staying at home happily, grandpa comes up with an idea: a game a day, playing games with the little girl during the fourteen days. The little girl plays the roles of doctor, scientist, policeman, soldier, community administrator, and even patient. Every day, he expects the coming games, through which he feels how people from all walks of life selflessly dedicate themselves to fighting hard with the epidemic.   Reading Guidance: It's in children's nature to love playing games. During these special days, grandpa smartly uses this nature of children to have the little girl get through fourteen-day quarantine without knowing what happens, tenderly protecting a child's heart of innocence and imagination.   Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries)     For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q  (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ  (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg         (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig  (fetch code: 0la4)

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        Levin the Cat

        by Author: Tao JiuIllustrator: Yang Shanshan

        Key Points: Fraternities in the small community teach children how to face up to the difficulties and how to care for each other.   Brief content The unexpected epidemic changes everyone's life, including Levin, a domestic cat with a strong character. Levin’s owner is a nurse who is now batting with the epidemic on the front line and cannot go home. Locked at home, Levin faces a crisis of survival, but luckily, the staff in the community come to its aid. In the community service station, Levin gradually knows about what is happening outside. Seeing the staff busy working and helping people every day changes Levin, who starts to take care and help others…   Reading Guidance: Due to the epidemic, a thoughtful but sometimes arrogant cat goes through a change, becoming more helpful and brave. This picture book uses humorous and childlike techniques to illustrate a cat with distinct characteristics. From the perspective of a cat, the book shows how the epidemic changes people's life and work, reveals the hardship and efforts of people fighting on the front line, and expresses respect and gratitude to them.   Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries)     For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q  (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ  (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg         (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig  (fetch code: 0la4)

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        Empty Lunch Box

        by Author: Ai Wen’er, Xing HuoIllustrator: Xing Huo

        Key Points: Touches in little wishes teach children to be kind and make the connections.   Brief content Coronavirus disease breaks out at a dizzying speed. A stray dog that used to rely on people’s feed now loses its food supply. Fortunately, a girl and her grandma, who often fed the dog, adopt it. The parents of the girl are both front-line medical workers who devote themselves to battling with the epidemic. During the time when the girl’s parents are far away, the dog is a comfort to her, accompanying her to wait for her parent’s victory and homecoming.    Reading Guidance This picture book illustrates the life in a community facing epidemic. The empty lunch box becomes a symbol of the empty street in the time of an epidemic. Therefore, filling up the empty lunch box symbolizes the emotions between humans and animals and the love among people. Flowers in the empty lunch box embodies the seed of hope sprouting in love.  Animals are human beings’ friends. This book on the one hand focuses on the epidemic situation and the community’s work. On the other hand, it guides children to care about life and pass on love to others.   Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India,Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries)     For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q  (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ     (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg           (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig    (fetch code: 0la4)

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        A Journey of 9000 Millimetres

        by Author: Zhang XiaolingIllustrator: Yan Qing

        Key Points: A long journey in a small space encourages children to be filled with hope and bravely go forwards.   Brief content Five-year old Xiaopo uses a ruler to measure his house and finds out that it is so big: 9000 millimeters in length and 5000 millimeters in width! Because their parents are in hospital, Xiaopo and his nine-year old sister are quarantined at home in the care of the community. The two siblings imagine themselves as small ants starting an adventure in their “big” house. When they travel to the balcony, they find the seeds of marigolds they sown last year have sprouted. They know dad and mom will soon be back. Mom had told them before she left home: dad and mom would be back in spring. The two kids find hope and gain growth.   Reading Guidance: Suddenly the epidemic breaks out. Suddenly the house becomes big. In the face of unprepared circumstances, two siblings take an optimistic stance and come up with all they can think of to cope with the situation. Every stop and every moment of their journey are full of imagination, from the perspective of children and based on their life experience. Parents in hospital make a hopeful promise to the siblings: when spring comes, they will go home. The care and help of staff in the community is like a breeze that greens the garden plants, bringing hope to readers.   Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries)       For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q  (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ  (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg         (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig  (fetch code: 0la4)

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        Mum is Hiding

        by Author: Qian MoIllustrator: Zhou Yi

        Key Points: Growth in the time of departure teaches children to face up to the difficulties,  harvest love, and make progress. Brief content Since her father works in Africa for the local construction assistance, only the little girl and her mother are at home. During a grocery shopping, her mother happens to have close contact with someone who is later confirmed as a COVID-19 case. The mother worries about the possibility that she might be infected by the virus, so she isolates herself in a small room in quarantine. On the one hand, there is the helpless little girl full of fear and worry; on the other hand, the mother has no choice but to try everything she can to patiently comfort her daughter. A short distance away, and yet poles apart. Fortunately, the community staff come to their aid in time. Reading Guidance Why does mom, who is there every day, now hide herself away? The title of this book proposes a question. After reading, it turns out that this is mom’s only choice under special circumstances. Through the action of "hiding", this picture book brings out love and bonds between parents and children. The change of the child's behaviors after the mother hides away shows courage and growth. The timely help of the community staff demonstrates the touching love in the world.   Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries)     For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q  (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ  (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg         (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig  (fetch code: 0la4)

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        The Mask that Loves Counting

        by Author: Luo XiIllustrator: Luo Xi

        Key Points: Growth in the time of departure teaches children to face up to the difficulties,  harvest love, and make progress.   Brief content Since her father works in Africa for the local construction assistance, only the little girl and her mother are at home. During a grocery shopping, her mother happens to have close contact with someone who is later confirmed as a COVID-19 case. The mother worries about the possibility that she might be infected by the virus, so she isolates herself in a small room in quarantine. On the one hand, there is the helpless little girl full of fear and worry; on the other hand, the mother has no choice but to try everything she can to patiently comfort her daughter. A short distance away, and yet poles apart. Fortunately, the community staff come to their aid in time.   Reading Guidance Why does mom, who is there every day, now hide herself away? The title of this book proposes a question. After reading, it turns out that this is mom’s only choice under special circumstances. Through the action of "hiding", this picture book brings out love and bonds between parents and children. The change of the child's behaviors after the mother hides away shows courage and growth. The timely help of the community staff demonstrates the touching love in the world.   Copyright Sold to America, France, German, Lebanon, Turkey, Belgium, Tunisia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Thailand, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Russia, Hungary, the UK ( 19countries)     For More Information of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series International Achievement, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1B6YNlazYSgWJmplmelgM6Q  (fetch code:9a53) Video of First Launch of Big-eyes Heartwarming Series in Gemany Version, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1ym9c95T7LyoRPwuI3rXRiQ  (fetch code: I9m7) Video of Germany Young readers reading Big eyes Heartwarming Series, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1X8n_c82FCWNnDqGuOWppHg         (fetch code: 9ptu) Promotion of Big eyes Heartwarming Series in Russian Version on Frankfurt Bookfair, please refer to https://pan.baidu.com/s/1DMP0dMA9mMjZZ2Smc9dBig  (fetch code: 0la4)

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        February 2023

        Love for Northeast China

        by Laoteng, whose real name is Teng Zhenfu, is a member of the Tenth Presidium of the China Writers Association and is currently the Party Secretary and Chairman of the Liaoning Writers Association. He has published ten novels, includingThe Northeast China, The Numerous Armed Conflicts,and The Forests of Beizhang;eight collections of novels, such as The Black Thrush and A City Without Crows; and three cultural essays, such as Confucian Notes. He has won the 15th and 16th Five-One Project Awards,respectively, and The Northeast China has been selected on the list of 2021 Chinese Good Books.

        "Never invest beyond theShanhai Pass", as the saying goes.The particular cultural environment and openness make the brain drain in Northeast China extremely serious. However, Miao Qing, a seemingly delicate doctoral student from a famous school, resolutely went northward because she had a personal plan thatwas related to both her father and herself, namely, to design a world-leading large aircraft. Her father once said that just as a poet without imagination must be a lousy poet, a country without advanced aircraft could never escape the fate of a backward country. For this reason, Miao Qing started her career atKunpeng Group, later went to Feiying Company to produce a leading small low-altitude aerial drone, and then sheplayed the leading role in the national G-31 project that designed a stealth supersonic aircraft and made a successful trial flight.

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        August 2021

        Involução e outros contos para um mundo em crise

        Colectânea de contos traduzidos pelos vencedores do Concurso de Tradução Literária 2020

        by Sandra Tamele

        Neste terceiro volume da Colectânea de Contos Traduzidos pelos vencedores do Concurso de Tradução Literária, apresentamos seis contos publicados entre 2017 e 2019 no âmbito do Caine Prize for African Writing e da colectânea New Short Fiction from Africa: ‘Involução’ da autoria da sul-africana Stacy Hardy que aborda abertamente a sexualidade da mulher, também preocupações sociais e políticas, faz alusão a questões como a degradação ambiental, o colonialismo e direitos da mulher, ancorados numa teatralidade conceptual necessária para que o conto não se torne efémero e engaje o sentido de humor do leitor para o aproximar da mente aberta de Hardy. ‘A heroína misteriosa’ ou ‘Mavbanelo na mayi’ em Bitonga, é da autoria da Tanzaniana Lydia Kasese. Ela escreve sobre as expectativas e pressões sociais que levam as mulheres a desejarem concertar tudo. Neste conto Kasese traz destramente à luz questões sobre o abuso de menores e o seu impacto sobre as famílias na Tanzânia e, não só. Alinafe Malonje estreou-se nesta colectânea da Short Story Day com o conto ‘Manutenção de Rotina’, um registo metafísico de um hotel: parte alegoria, parte meditação com um subtil comentário sobre o que significa ser mulher no Malawi. Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda cria um fabuloso hotel de fantasia que contém realidades sinistras, construindo um persuasivo mundo alternativo. Tariro Ndoro em ‘A lenda das duas irmãs’, ou ‘Xihitana xa vamakwavu na makwavu’ em Changana, traz uma abordagem arrepiante dos perigos da saudade, onde a busca por uma irmã num hotel de luxo em Victoria Falls tem um fim fantasmagórico. Mampianina Randria nos apresenta em ‘O Gatilho’, ou ‘Niyódeké sê xidúvúlá’ em Changana, um conto com um ritmo cerrado e um desfecho totalmente inesperado onde uma mulher que lida com as frustrações de quem entra na vida adulta.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2021

        Ireland and the European Union

        Economic, political and social crises

        by Michael Holmes, Kathryn Simpson, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Kathryn Simpson, Paul Tobin

        This book examines how Ireland's relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The financial crisis, the Brexit crisis and the migration crisis were not of equal significance on the island of Ireland. The financial crisis was a huge issue for the Republic but not Northern Ireland, Brexit had a major impact in both polities, the migration and populism issues were less controversial, while foreign policy challenges had a minimal impact. The book provides a summary of the main features of each of the crises to be considered, from both the EU and the Irish perspective. Ireland and the European Union is the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis on British-Irish relations in the context of Brexit. It assesses the Withdrawal Agreement and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the devolution settlement and the 1998 Agreement, as well as the European dimension to Northern Ireland's peace process. The contributors explore a number of policy areas that are central to the understanding of each of the crises and the impact of each for Ireland. Chapters examine issues such as security, migration and taxation as well as protest politics, political parties, the media, public opinion and the economic impact of each of these crises on Ireland's relationship with the EU.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2022

        Germany's Russia problem

        The struggle for balance in Europe

        by John Lough

        The relationship between Germany and Russia is Europe's most important link with the largest country on the continent. But despite Germany's unparalleled knowledge and historical experience, its policymakers struggle to accept that Moscow's efforts to rebalance Europe at the cost of the cohesion of the EU and NATO are an attack on Germany's core interests. This book explains the scale of the challenge facing Germany in managing relations with a changing Russia. It analyses how successive German governments from 1991 to 2014 misread Russian intentions, until Angela Merkel sharply recalibrated German and EU policy towards Moscow. The book also examines what lies behind efforts to revise Merkel's bold policy shift, including attitudes inherited from the GDR and the role of Russian influence channels in Germany.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        December 2019 - December 2024

        Concise history of China

        by Yang Ningyi,Zhao Shiyu, etc

        According to the chronological order, the book introduces the history of China from ancient times to modern society. It is rich in content, concise in writing and exquisite in pictures. It is a good book to understand the history of China.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Britain in China

        by Robert Bickers

        This is a study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support. Using archival materials from China and records in Britain and the United States, the author paints a portrait of the traders, missionaries, businessmen, diplomats and settlers who constituted "Britain-in-China", challenging our understanding of British imperialism there. Bickers argues that the British presence in China was dominated by urban settlers whose primary allegiance lay not with any grand imperial design, but with their own communities and precarious livelihoods. This brought them into conflict not only with the Chinese population, but with the British imperial government. The book also analyzes the formation and maintenance of settler identities, and then investigates how the British state and its allies brought an end to the reign of freelance, settler imperialism on the China coast. At the same time, other British sectors, missionary and business, renegotiated their own relationship with their Chinese markets and the Chinese state and distanced themselves from the settler British.

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        Fiction
        2021

        Eye on Egypt: Café Riche

        by Maisoon Saqer

        The book opens a unique door to the history of Cairo and its journey from a social and cultural perspective and aims to build a new and different narrative for this history—one that shows Cairo as a cosmopolitan, multicultural city. Cairo’s Cafe Riche has a deep cultural history and a broad creative and social heritage. Saqer describes it as “the site where endless friendships are established between the café and history.” Saqer’s narrative is not just about the small café, but rather constitutes observance and analysis of the presence of this café in the history of Egypt and how we can view many events surrounding it. Here there is no separation between the political and the cultural, between the historical, the social, and the artistic. The book combines history and narrative, which makes it a documented historical biography on the one hand and a creative work on the other. It also documents an important era in Egypt’s cultural history by examining the cultural and social transformations in modern Egyptian history and highlighting prominent intellectuals and creators associated with the cafe and the history of intellectual life in Egypt.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2018

        Karl Marx In China

        by Gu Hailiang

        The book illustrates the influence of Marxismin china, including the classic works of Kar Marx and its latest achievements in China.

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