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Religion, Religious texts
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Selected books from The New Testament in Dogrib, one of the official languages of the Northwest Territories. 2003.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Indigenous peoples fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Hunger strikes the people, and Raven is mysteriously happy. Fox decides to find out why. Follow Fox as he uses his cunning skills to solve the mystery. 2010.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Indigenous peoples fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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Fox is howling and crying, for he lost his leg to Bear. All the people want to help Fox, but…
don't know what to do, so Raven is called upon to help retrieve his leg. Will Raven succeed in the quest for Fox's leg? 2009.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Indigenous peoples fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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It is winter and the people are starving. There are no fish. They must seek the help of a medicine…
man to save them. Hear about medicine power, the struggle for survival, and an important part of the history and culture of the Dene people as it has been passed down through stories and legends for generations. 2007.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Indigenous peoples fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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A young boy is having trouble sleeping at night. He is being called to fulfill his destiny, a destiny which…
lives on today in the traditions and culture of the Dene people, and their relationship to the caribou and the land on which they live. 2007.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Indigenous peoples fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction
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In this legend, Yamozha forgets his promise to his wife and as a result she turns into a giant beaver.…
He follows her all over Denedeh but is unable to catch her. This story tells of how this great medicine man shaped the land in the Tlicho region and its surrounding areas into what it is today. 2007.
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General non-fiction
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This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) by presenting…
realistic settings, situations, and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context.
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General non-fiction, Writing
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This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) by presenting…
realistic settings, situations and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context. V Puti: Student Activities Manual is an integral part of the V Puti course. The structure matches the main textbook and provides a wealth of exercises and activities, either for class-use or homework.
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Science and technology
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This book reviews the occurrence and fate of pesticides in soils, their impact on soil quality and soil ecosystems, and…
it also provides a comprehensive overview of the latest prevention and remediation strategies of soil contamination. Chapters from expert contributors cover topics such as soil pollution monitoring, the role of dissolved organic matter on the environmental fate of pesticides in soils, the effects of pesticides on soil microbial communities, plant uptake of pesticides from soils, and nano-based pesticides. Particular attention is given to the latest physicochemical and biological technologies developed to immobilize or degrade pesticides, preventing soil and water pollution. Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers, professionals, including environmental chemists, engineers, ecologists, and policy-makers responsible for soil management.
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Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources…
and alternative (nonradioisotopic) technologies in the United States and internationally. Focusing on Category 1, 2, and 3 sources, this report reviews the current state of these sources by application and reviews the current state of existing technologies on the market or under development that are or could be used to replace radioisotopic technologies in those applications. Radioactive Sources will support existing and future activities under the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Radiological Security program to reduce the use of high-risk radiological materials in commercial applications.
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Medicine, Psychology
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This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon—a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of…
memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.
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Historical fiction, Multi-cultural fiction
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Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize Winner of the 2018 Bolshaya Kniga Award Winner of the 2019 NOS Literature…
PrizeAn exciting contemporary Russian writer explores terra incognita: the still-living margins of history.With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century.In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice. Dipping into various forms—essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue, and historical documents—Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities, offering an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory.Praise for In Memory of Memory:"A luminous, rigorous, and mesmerizing interrogation of the relationship between personal history, family history, and capital-H History. I couldn't put it down; it felt sort of like watching a hypnotic YouTube unboxing-video of the gift-and-burden that is the twentieth century. In Memory of Memory has that trick of feeling both completely original and already classic, and I confidently expect this translation to bring Maria Stepanova a rabid American fan base on the order of the one she already enjoys in Russia." —Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot, finalist for the Pulizter Prize for Fiction"There is simply no book in contemporary Russian literature like In Memory of Memory. A microcosm all its own, it is an inimitable journey through a family history which, as the reader quickly realizes, becomes a much larger quest than yet another captivating family narrative. Why? Because it asks us if history can be examined at all, yes, but does so with incredible lyricism and fearlessness. Because Stepanova teaches us to find beauty where no one else sees it. Because Stepanova teaches us to show tenderness towards the tiny, awkward, missed details of our beautiful private lives. Because she shows us that in the end our hidden strangeness is what makes us human. This, I think, is what makes her a truly major European writer. I am especially grateful to Sasha Dugdale for her precise and flawless translation which makes this book such a joy to read in English. This is a voice to live with." —Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic"Dazzling erudition and deep empathy come together in Maria Stepanova's profound engagement with the power and potential of memory, the mother of all muses. An exploration of the vast field between reminiscence and remembrance, In Memory of Memory is a poetic appraisal of the ways the stories of others are the fabric of our history." —Esther Kinsky, author of Grove"A book to plunge into. 'Everyone else's ancestors had taken part in history' writes Stepanova; building itself via accumulation, these chapters become an important testimony to the cultural and political lives of the people held beneath the surface of the tides of history" —Andrew McMillan, author of Playtime
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General non-fiction, Science and technology
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Accessible to a variety of readers, this book is of interest to specialists, graduate students and researchers in mathematics, optimization,…
computer science, operations research, management science, engineering and other applied areas interested in solving optimization problems. Basic principles, potential and boundaries of applicability of stochastic global optimization techniques are examined in this book. A variety of issues that face specialists in global optimization are explored, such as multidimensional spaces which are frequently ignored by researchers. The importance of precise interpretation of the mathematical results in assessments of optimization methods is demonstrated through examples of convergence in probability of random search. Methodological issues concerning construction and applicability of stochastic global optimization methods are discussed, including the one-step optimal average improvement method based on a statistical model of the objective function. A significant portion of this book is devoted to an analysis of high-dimensional global optimization problems and the so-called ‘curse of dimensionality’. An examination of the three different classes of high-dimensional optimization problems, the geometry of high-dimensional balls and cubes, very slow convergence of global random search algorithms in large-dimensional problems , and poor uniformity of the uniformly distributed sequences of points are included in this book.
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Adventure storiesTravel and geography
Когда обычный человек, любой из нас, вдруг оказывается на грани жизни и смерти, один, посреди непроходимых джунглей, он сможет выжить?…
Именно такая незамысловатая дилемма стоит перед героем нашей истории. Возвращаясь из отпуска, после заурядного сафари на джипах с фотоаппаратом в Намибии, он вдруг оказывается на грани выживания, после того, как их самолет был сбит какими-то повстанцами и упал в девственных джунглях Итури, в Республике Конго. Словом, наш герой нежданно-негаданно оказывается там, где дикая природа - отнюдь не единственный смертельный враг, и где просто выжить - далеко не единственная сверхзадача. Повествование, выдержанное в духе классической приключенческой литературы, переносит читателя из мира реального в мир, где всё пропитано тревогой и отчаянием главного героя от навалившихся на него несчастий. В этой книге естественным образом переплетаются между собой человеческие эмоции и нечеловеческое напряжение в борьбе за жизнь. По мере развития сюжета психологическая деградация героя гармонично вписывается в подробное описание окружающей его прир�
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Spirituality
Книгата Урантия, публикувана за пръв път от фондация "Урантия" през 1955 г., е била предоставена от небесни същества като откровение…
за нашата планета, Урантия. Авторите на Книгата Урантия ни разказват за произхода, историята и съдбата на човечеството, а също и за нашата връзка с Небесния Отец. Те представят уникално и вълнуващо изображение на живота и учението на Иисус. Те откриват нови перспективи на времето и вечността за човешкия дух и предлагат нови подробности за нашето възходящо пътешествие в една приятелска и внимателно управлявана Вселена.Книгата Урантия предлага ясна и стройна система, която обединява науката, философията и религията. Хората, които четат и изучават книгата, вярват, че Книгата Урантия е в състояние да даде значителен принос към религиозното и философско мислене на хората от цял свят.Книгата Урантия не е нова "религия". Тя се основава на религиозното наследство от миналото и настоящето, насърчавайки личната, жива религиозна вяра.Читателите по целия свят споделят, че четенето на Книгата Урантия ги докосва дълбоко, а често и променя живота им. Книгата вдъхновява хората за постигане на нови нива на духовно израстване и засилва чувството им за ценността на човешкия живот.Насърчаваме ви да се присъедините към читателите на тази Книга и да откриете за себе си нейното облагородяващо въздействие.
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Romance
"Неподвижният живот" е едно пасивно състояние, от което не може да се излезе, огорчението от един неизживян живот. Точно това…
е душевното състояние, което авторът се опитва да ни предаде чрез тази своя прокълната творба. Средството са петнадесетте разказа, които я съставят.Vincent Fleur описва герои потопени в тази "воняща клоака" на тръпчиво-горчиво-сладникаво-кисело ежедневие, на безполезни напъни за изплуване и на живот живян наужким. Започва с един мним диалог между двама близнаци "в утробата" и от една автоматична машина за закуски, която се превръща в спасение от ежедневното, мизерно съществувание; продължава по пътя, който води до секси дами с много наточени зъби (Джаз и Анален коитус), транссексуалци, които се надсмиват на тъжни предприемачи (Милано Милейди) и до скучният и еднообразен провинциален живот на тези, които си мечтаят за големи и приказни градове (Сувенир от Париж), за да достигне накрая до "пеперудите в стомаха", много по-страшни от чудовищата, които се крият в мрака на нашето подсъзнание (Пеперуди).
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European history, Politics and government
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The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 to end all traffic between the city’s two halves: the democratic west and…
the communist east. The iconic symbol of a divided Europe, the Wall became a focus of western political pressure on East Germany; as Ronald Reagan’s famously said in a 1987 speech in Berlin, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” But as award-winning historian Mary Sarotte shows in [Title TK] , the opening of the Wall on November 9, 1989 was not, as is commonly believed, the East German government’s deliberate concession to outside influence. It was an accident. A carelessly worded memo written by mid-level bureaucrats, a bumbling press conference given by an inept member of the East German Politburo, the negligence of government leaders, the bravery of ordinary people in East and West Berlin--these combined to bring about the end of nearly forty years of oppression, fear, and enmity in divided Berlin. When the news broke, Washington and Moscow could only stand by and watch as Tom Brokaw and other journalists narrated the televised broadcast of this critical moment in the thawing of the cold war. Sarotte opens her story in the months leading up to that fateful day. Following East German dissidents, she shows how their efforts coalesced around opposition to the regime’s restrictions on foreign travel. The city of Leipzig, close to the border with Czechoslovakia, became a hothouse of activism, and protests there quickly grew into massive demonstrations. The East German Politburo hoped to limit its citizens’ knowledge of these marches, but two daring dissidents, East Berliners Aram Radomski and Siegbert Schefke, managed to evade the Stasi and film the largest of them from a church tower. They then smuggled their tape to West Germany; broadcast in both nations, the footage galvanized activists across East Germany, and precipitated the stunning developments on November 9. Facing mounting pressure from its own citizens, the East German Politburo planned to put off enacting any meaningful change to its travel policy by issuing a deceptive ruling that would appear to offer more freedom, but which in fact would allow the state to maintain strict control over its citizen’s movements. But the bureaucrats tasked with preparing the "new” regulations misunderstood their task, and instead drafted a declaration that said East Germans could freely leave the country. This declaration ended up in the hands of regime spokesman Günter Schabowski, who announced the rules at a press conference without understanding their import. Stunned reporters were soon broadcasting the news around the world. Crowds of East Germans began streaming to the Wall, prompting a showdown with border guards, who received no support or direction from East German leadership as the throngs multiplied. By 11:30, Harald Jäger, a second-tier passport control officer, had had enough and finally opened the wall to the mob gathering outside his gate. Even though East German forces successfully regained control by the morning, it was too late--for the wall, for the regime, and for Communism in Eastern Europe. Drawing on evidence from archives in multiple countries and languages, along with dozens of interviews with key actors, including Harald Jäger, [Title TK] is the definitive account of the event that brought down the East German Politburo and came to represent the final collapse of the Cold War order.
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Classic fiction, General fiction
[This edition is in Bulgarian.] Before he gained wide fame and accolades as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary…
reputation with his short stories. “The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” the titular story of this collection, was originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1936 and is among Hemingway’s most celebrated work. Set in Africa on a big-game safari, it is a story of betrayal, courage, and the relationship between a husband and wife. Other stories in this collection include “The Capital of the World,” “A Way You’ll Never Be,” “A Day’s Wait,” and “Fathers and Sons.” All sixteen stories showcase the singular talent of a master, the most important American writer of the twentieth century.
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Classic fiction, General fiction
[This edition is in Bulgarian.] The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is…
the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway’s frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto—of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized—is one of the greatest moments in literary history. A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms, written when he was thirty years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway.
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General fiction, Romance
Саре чуть больше двадцати лет, когда у неё обнаружен рак. Болезнь, перевернув всю её жизнь, все же даёт возможность вступить…
в игру, продолжать строить планы, бороться и любить. Желание Сары прожить свою жизнь настолько велико, что даже отношения с врачом, Роберто, вырываются из больничных стен в «настоящую» жизнь, где любовь и страх переплетаются в вихре эмоций. А прошедшее время выражается госпитализациями, бесконечными анализами, слезами, улыбками, осознанием того, что болезнь не хочет уходить, физическим и душевным перерождение девушки, который пришлось слишком быстро стать женщиной.