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Kia Persia Literary Agency
KIA Literary Agency was founded in 2002 in Tehran with the aim of promoting and supporting fine literary works in all forms throughout the world. It brings about opportunities for authors, illustrators, publishers, translators, and those involved in this field to meet their counterparts. And at the same time, it introduces them to the world and will inform them of all the related events which take place in the world of art and literature.
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PsychologyApril 2018What is “Good” Dementia Care?
by Christoph Held
People with dementia experience their condition as a big change in which, for example, new events are not linked to existing experiences and wishes, thoughts, and actions can no longer be connected to each other. This kind of experience of the self, due to the intergative function of the brainbeing temporarily or permanently lost, is called dissociative self-experience. Based on this understanding of dementia, the author develops an approach to effectively understand and support people with dementia in everyday activities. Typical everyday situations and behaviours are presented and reflected on in a practical context.
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The ArtsSeptember 2023The senses in interior design
Sensorial expressions and experiences
by John Potvin, Marie-Ève Marchand, Benoit Beaulieu
The senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors. The chapters explore how the body navigates and negotiates the realities of designed interiors and challenge the traditional focus on star designers or ideal interiors that have left sensorial agency at the margins of design history. From the sensually gendered role of the fireplace in late sixteenth century Italy to the synaesthetic décors of Comte Robert de Montesquiou and the sensorial stimuli of Aesop stores, each chapter brings a new perspective on the central role that the senses have played in the conception, experiences and uses of interiors.
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May 1994Common-sense-Kompetenz
Überlegungen zu einer Theorie des »sympathischen« und »natürlichen« Meinens und Verstehens
by Helmuth Feilke
Wie ist das fast »selbstverständliche« Funktionieren menschlicher Kommunikation möglich angesichts bzw. trotz der enormen Kontingenz, die erstens die individuelle Konstruktivität menschlicher Wahrnehmung und Kognition, zweitens die Generativität der grammatischen Kompetenz und drittens die Komplexität hochvariabler Kontexte für das Meinen und Verstehen eröffnen? Wie kommt angesichts dieser Spielräume eine hinreichend gleichsinnige Koonentierung der sozialen Akteure in der Kommunikation zustande? Inwiefern ist unsere sprachliche Kompetenz genau dieser Problematik angepaßt und durch sie bestimmt? Die Common sense-Kompetenz ist der Versuch, auf diese Fragen eine sprachwissenschaftliche Antwort zu geben. Zugleich wird damit der Anspruch erhoben, im Blick auf die Fragen des Zusammenhangs von Kommunikation, Kognition und Kompetenz die Sprachtheorie in ihr Recht zu setzen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2016Hold Your Heart
by Yang Jinyuan
The book is mainly based on the author's own life experience and mental journey to discuss the experience and perception of life along with the wisdom and art of life. The stories shows that the author keeps his sincerity, does not forget his original heart, adheres to his beliefs, and keeps his mission in mind.
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Business, Economics & LawJuly 2024Act now
by Common Sense Policy Group, Kate Pickett, Danny Dorling, Richard Wilkinson
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MedicineHumor in Psychiatric Care
by Jonathan Gutmann
How can humor be used to engage with and help people suffering from mental illness? This practical handbook explains the concept of humor in psychiatric treatment and sets out the case for employing it. The author outlines how nurses can assess who might benefit from the use of humor and for whom it would be out of place, and provides a toolkit of humorous interventions for daily nursing practice. Target Group: Practicing nurses, psychiatric nurses, care clowns
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Children's & YAJanuary 2018The Tooth
by Nadiia Kushnir (Author), Nadiia Kushnir (illustrator)
The question 'Who am I, and where is my place in the world?' presents itself to everyone at a very tender age and continually resurfaces at various times in our lives. Therefore, this illustrated book is not simply about every lost tooth in the world. It's about all children and adults who will read and ponder the same question. We should indeed listen to our teeth; after all, one of them is called the wisdom tooth for a reason! The book delves into critical thinking, finding purpose, and self-perception. From 5 to 8 years, 570 words. Rightsholders: Alex Sharlai; alex.sharlay@gmail.com
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2023
Creating character
Theories of nature and nurture in Victorian sensation fiction
by Helena Ifill
This book explores the ways in which the two leading sensation authors of the 1860s, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, engaged with nineteenth-century ideas about personality formation and the extent to which it can be influenced either by the subject or by others. Innovative readings of seven sensation novels explore how they employ and challenge Victorian theories of heredity, degeneration, inherent constitution, education, upbringing and social circumstance. Far from presenting a reductive depiction of 'nature' versus 'nurture', Braddon and Collins show the creation of character to be a complex interplay of internal and external factors. Drawing on material ranging from medical textbooks, to sociological treatises, to popular periodicals, Creating character shows how sensation authors situated themselves at the intersections of established and developing, conservative and radical, learned and sensationalist thought about how identity could be made and modified.
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MedicineJuly 2017Olfaction in Animal Behaviour and Welfare
by Birte L. Nielsen, Luisa Amo, Raimund Apfelbach, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Vincent Bombail, Roisin Campbell-Palmer, Caroline Clouard, Laurent Dormont, Markus Fendt, Peter Hepper, Tadeusz Jezierski, Olivia Le Moëne, Frédéric Levy, Nicolas Meunier, Raymond Nowak, Marije Oostindjer, Olivier Rampin, Frank Rosell, Roland Salesse, Burton Slotnick, Deborah Wells, Tristram D. Wyatt, Birte L. Nielsen
Olfaction and pheromones is an exploding area of research in animal behaviour and welfare. Focusing on animals managed by humans, this book introduces the subject of olfaction in an evidence-based, but easy-to-understand way, explaining the importance of odours for animal behaviour and welfare. ; Section 1: Setting the SceneChapter 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Olfaction Chapter 2: Innateness and Learning in Olfactory Behaviour and Odour Perception Chapter 3: Semiochemicals: Pheromones, Signature Mixtures and Behaviour Chapter 4: Behavioural Tests of Olfaction Chapter 5: Is There Such a Thing as a Bad Smell? Section 2: The Role of OlfactionChapter 6: The Role of Olfaction in Feeding and Foraging Chapter 7: The Role of Olfaction in Mate Selection and Reproductive Behaviour Chapter 8: The Role of Olfaction in Maternal Care and Offspring Survival Chapter 9: The Role of Olfaction in Disease Detection and Prevention Chapter 10: The Role of Olfaction in Relation to Stress and Fear Chapter 11: The Role of Olfaction in Animal Housing and as Enrichment Section 3: Olfactory BehaviourChapter 12: Olfactory Behaviour in Farm Animals Chapter 13: Olfactory Behaviour in Zoo Animals Chapter 14: Olfactory Behaviour in Laboratory Animals Chapter 15: Olfactory Behaviour in Companion Animals
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UNGKU AZIZ'S VISION OF DEVELOPMENT A MUSLIM'S EXPERIENCE IN THE MODERN TIMES
by Muhammad Syafiq bin Borhannuddin, Hafizuldin bin Satar
This book attempts to present the development vision of Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid, or better known simply as Ungku Aziz (1922-2020), in a more comprehensive fashion. Ungku Aziz's vision reflects his commitment as a Muslim as well as a citizen of an emerging Muslim-majority yet a multicultural nation, and his great concern for the underprivileged. This book also attempts to situate Ungku Aziz's vision in its proper historical context, thus providing an insight into a post-colonial debate in Malaysia as well as the views and experience of a modern-educated Muslim in such context.
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FictionJune 2017Worst Seller
by Bighead Horse
“Your biggest problem,” shouts a sadistic instructor at a confused group of writers, “is that you’re too mass-market!” The first story in Bighead Horse’s How to Write a Worstseller tells of an unusual workshop whose participants learn how to curb their sales appeal. This book generates from this story and fictionalises a writing contest with prize of 30 million RMB. The stories touch upon a rich range of topics and display a diverse spectrum of styles, while the author is concealed in the elaborated stories and hidden behind the different writer identities. This collection of stories demonstrates the author's command of writing novels in different styles and themes.
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Chinese Literature Studies for Youths
by Yi’nan Zhang
Chinese Literature Studies for Youths is originated from Chinese course which is popular among young students of Peking University. Centering on the core of "how to be a better self", it starts from the five themes of husband and wife, father and son, emotional intelligence, literature and art and insight. With humorous ways, simple examples and interesting stories, it interprets classics of different times and styles, brings us a deep understanding of the wisdom of ancient Chinese in dealing with the world, inspires us to live a better life in the present world, cherishes the value of the individual, and learns to love, work and think. 《年轻人的国文课》源自深受北大年轻学子欢迎的大学国文课，围绕“如何成为更好的自己”这一核心，从夫妇、父子、情商、文艺和识见五大主题切入，以诙谐的方式、简单的举例、有趣的故事，解读不同时代、不同文体的经典，带我们深入理解中国古人处世的智慧，启发我们在当下的世界里更好地生活，珍视个体的价值，学会爱人、做事和思考。
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Photography & photographs2019I feel guilty when I throw away food. Grandma used to tell me about Holodomor (Famine of 1933)
by Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, introduction by Serhiy Zhadan
Post-photographic research, which explores traces of a traumatic historical event in everyday practices and in contemporary landscape and tests the limits of photography as a medium in trauma representation. The starting point of this project was the personal sense of guilt which accompanies the acts of throwing food away. This feeling is common in contemporary Ukrainian culture and originates in our postmemory - it was imprinted into our generation’s behavioral patterns by the stories of our grandparents - survivors of the man-made famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine called the Holodomor, which killed millions. The ink prints document the thrown-away food while fragments of found black-and-white photographs of unrecognisable landscapes demonstrate the lack of the famine’s traces in the landscape – unlike many collective traumas which have exact geographic locations and present in the landscape in the form of ‘places of memory’.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2019Taste of theory
by Zhao Qiang
The author is Zhao Qiang, deputy editor-in-chief of Global Times. The manuscript features more than 30 political essays created by the author during his studies at the Party School of the Communist Party of China. For example, "Confidence in the system, how do you feel confident", "I really admire you, respect for truth from facts", etc .; "Theoretical study, not too utilitarian", "Popular, and then popular", etc., in-depth thinking on how to use the weapon of theory; The author changed the face of the theoretical article that was boring, hard and cold, and refused to be thousands of miles away. The reasoning was based on trivial matters, making the article have a strong sense of responsibility, the weight of the theory and the ease of the form.
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The ArtsOctober 2018Glimpses of Gardens in Eastern China
by TUNG Jun, TUNG Ming (translator)
The architect Chuin Tung introduced the classic beauty of Chinese gardens to the world through this book The interest of garden appreciation: profound interpretation of the spirit and connotation of Chinese gardens The method of gardening: comprehensive analysis of the details and techniques of garden construction (including architectural and planning, ornament and furniture, rockery, planting) The history of gardens: detailing the difference between garden history and Eastern and Western gardens 建筑学界一代宗师童寯向世界介绍中国园林之美的经典著作 赏园之趣：深刻解读中国园林的精神与内涵 造园之法：全面分析园林营造的细节与技法（建筑与布局，装修与家具，叠石，植物配置） 园林之史：细述园林历史及东西方园林的区别
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020
Pilgrims: Values And Identities
by Darius Liutikas, Ali Thompson, María Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo, Pedro Azevedo, Derek Dalton, Luciana Thais Villa Gonzalez, Rubén C. Lois-González, Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez, Rami K Isaac, Elyor E. Karimov, Kumi Kato, Darius Liutikas, Lucrezia Lopez, Dane Munro, Daniel H Olsen, Josephine Pryce, Ricardo Nicolas Progano, Xerardo Pereiro, Kip Redick, Larry Russell, Pravin S. Rana, Rana P. B. Singh, Xosé M. Santos, Augusta X. Thomson, Dallen J Timothy, Slawoj Tanas, Shin Yasuda
Values-rich journeys can be described as pilgrimage, spiritual travel, personal heritage tourism, holistic tourism, and valuistic journeys. There are many motivations for undertaking values-rich journeys; the most important including personal values, personal and social identity, life experience, lifestyle, social and cultural influence. The main types of pilgrim journeys are traditional religious or spiritual journeys as well as secular journeys related with the expression of national, communal or personal identity, e.g. the journeys of sport and music fans. The manifestation of personal and social identity has different forms and rituals and constitutes different models of a specific behaviour. The journeys are often embraced as potential instruments for life altering experiences. This book presents contributions that address pilgrim motivation, identity and values as they are shaped by the broader sociological, psychological, cultural and environmental perspectives. With a focus on travellers themselves and their inner world through the lens of their pilgrimage. The research presented focuses on the typology of pilgrim journeys as ways in which identity and values are presented to a post-modern consumer society, providing interesting and challenging perspectives on the identity of pilgrims in the 21st century.
