China's Vanishing Worlds: Countryside, Traditions, and Cultural Spaces (Messmer Matthias)(Pevná vazba)

China's Vanishing Worlds: Countryside, Traditions, and Cultural Spaces (Messmer Matthias)(Pevná vazba)

Photographs and text document disappearing cultural landscapes and lifestyles in rural China, capturing poignant scenes far from Beijing or Shanghai.Just a few kilometers from the glittering skylines of Shanghai and Beijing, we encounter a vast countryside, an often forgotten and seemingly

Phyllis Galembo: Maske (Galembo Phyllis)(Pevná vazba)

For over two decades, Phyllis Galembo (born 1952) has documented cultural and religious traditions in Africa and the African Diaspora. Traveling widely throughout western and central Africa, and regularly to Haiti, her subjects are participants in masquerade events--traditional African ceremonies

The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject,

The Book of Labyrinths and Mazes (Vry Silke)(Pevná vazba)

Two of the world's ancient traditions come alive for young readers in this fascinating book that proves the most interesting distance between two points is never a straight line. This brilliant book on mazes and labyrinths in history and the modern world encourages young readers to really think

Swimming Back to Trout River (Feng Linda Rui)(Pevná vazba)

A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution that follows a father's quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter's momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell calls 'one of the most beautiful debuts I've read in years.' 'A beautifully written, poignant

Translation and Cultural Identity: Selected Essays on Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication (Buesa-Gomez Carmen)(Pevná vazba)

Translation and Cultural Identity: Selected Essays on Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication tackles the complexity of the concepts mentioned in its title through seven essays, written by most highly regarded experts in the field of Translation Studies: Jose Lambert (Catholic University of

Iwgara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science (Salmn Enrique)(Pevná vazba)

Death's End (Liu Cixin)(Pevná vazba)

The final instalment of China's best-selling, award-winning apocalyptic space opera trilogy that ranges from the 1960s to the heat death of the

Ethiopia - Recipes and traditions from the horn of Africa (Gebreyesus Yohanis)(Pevná vazba)

Kansha: Celebrating Japan's Vegan and Vegetarian Traditions [A Cookbook] (Andoh Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

The celebration of Japan's vegan and vegetarian traditions begins with kansha--appreciation--an expression of gratitude for nature's gifts and the efforts and ingenuity of those who transform nature's bounty into marvelous food. The spirit of kansha, deeply rooted in Buddhist philosophy and

Heirloom: Time-Honored Techniques, Nourishing Traditions, and Modern Recipes (Owens Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

Where cooking and baking traditions meet contemporary flavors--120 deeply nourishing, seasonal recipes and a guide to the plants and traditional preserving techniques that inspire them. Sarah Owens is a horticulturalist, baker and a cook with an insatiable curiosity for global food traditions. Her

National Geographic the Photo Ark Vanishing: The World's Most Vulnerable Animals (Sartore Joel)(Pevná vazba)

Celebrated National Geographic photojournalist Joel Sartore continues his Photo Ark quest, photographing species around the world that are escaping extinction thanks to human efforts. Joel Sartore's quest to photograph all the animal species under human care celebrates its 15th year with this

Topographies of Caribbean Writing, Race, and the British Countryside (Johnson Joanna)(Pevná vazba)

Chapter 1 Introduction: Constructing the Countryside.- Chapter 2 Remembrance Rocks.- Chapter 3 Befitting the Landscape.- Chapter 4 Topography Rules.- Chapter 5 Reframing the Landscape.- Chapter 6. Redefinitions: race and rurality.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Imaginative

Portrait of Henley-on-Thames - British Country Landscapes, Traditions and Community Life (Donahue Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier (MacAuley Melissa)(Pevná vazba)

A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it China has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenth century. Distant Shores challenges this

The Cultural Nature of Attachment: Contextualizing Relationships and Development (Keller Heidi)(Pevná vazba)

Multidisciplinary perspectives on the cultural and evolutionary foundations of children's attachment relationships and on the consequences for education, counseling, and policy.It is generally acknowledged that attachment relationships are important for infants and young children, but there is

At the Field's Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside (Hawking Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Adrian Bell was farming and writing during a period when the English countryside underwent its most significant transformation for hundreds of years. His work, spanning sixty years from 1920 to 1980, not only documents this agricultural revolution, but also warns of the effects it will have both

The Animals Are Leaving Us (Rowe Martin)(Pevná vazba)

A poetic reflection and examination of the omnipresence and yet the vanishing of animals within and from an environment entirely defined by the whims and appetites of human beings. For four years, from January 2017 to January 2021, writer and publisher Martin Rowe documented the state of the

Tsimtsum and Modernity (No Contributor)(Pevná vazba)

By focusing on the Jewish textual traditions the book series Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts examines both the continuity of a tradition through its transmission of canonical, classical and contemporary texts, as well as the ways that a tradition must continuously adapt itself to respond

Audience Development and Cultural Policy (Hadley Steven)(Pevná vazba)

Encouraging more - and different - people to attend the arts remains a vital issue for the cultural sector. The question of who consumes culture, and why, is key to our understanding of the arts. This book examines the relationship of audience development to cultural policy and offers a

Analytical Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (Mazzeo Rocco)(Pevná vazba)

Emerging Approaches in Synchrotron Studies of Materials from Cultural and Natural History Collections.- Non-invasive Investigations of Paintings by Portable Instrumentation: The MOLAB Experience.- Non-destructive Examination of Artistic Pigments, Paints and Paintings by Means of X-ray Methods.- New

Heritage Movements in Asia: Cultural Heritage Activism, Politics, and Identity (Mozaffari Ali)(Pevná vazba)

Heritage processes vary according to cultural, national, geographical, and historical contexts. This volume is unique in that it is dedicated to approaching the analysis of heritage through the concepts of social movements. Adapting the latest developments in the field of social movements, the

World's Worst Scandals - Sex, Lies and Corruption (Burrows Terry)(Pevná vazba)

Great Paintings - The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK)(Pevná vazba)