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In 2009, Hachette Livre (# 3 publishing group worldwide) and Librairie Antoine (one of the most renowned Lebanese bookseller groups) joined their strengths to set up Hachette Antoine, a joint-venture based in Beirut, Lebanon. The aim of the JV between Hachette Livre and Librairie Antoine was to create a leading trade publisher in the Arabic speaking world, covering the Middle East (Levant and GCC) and North-Africa regions, with a business focus on high potential markets. Our strength: • Large-scale distribution channels in the MENA region with warehouses in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt. • Strong PR and Media connections throughout the region with efficient online and offline marketing tools. • The only Arab publishing house to provide professional and exhaustive editing on both translated and original Arabic books. • Full financial transparency: All audit assertions and financial statements are served by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Our imprints Naufal: is dedicated to fiction and non-fiction. Our list includes well established classical and contemporary authors from the Arab world among which the best-selling/phenomenon Algerian author, Ahlem Mosteghanemi, Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, and Lebanese journalist and women’s rights activist, Joumana Haddad. Fiction/translated: In translated fiction, our strategy consists of publishing authors from Arab origins who write in languages other than Arabic, alongside international best-selling authors. We also leave room for a few “coups de cœur” by debut authors. Thrillers and suspense: Include names such as J.K. Rowling aka Robert Galbraith, Mary Higgins Clark, Harlan Coben, Anthony Horowitz and others, and providing quality translations. Non-Fiction: Biographies and Memoirs: Becoming, A promised land. HA Kids: Licenses: Hachette Antoine is the official licensee of Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Nickelodeon, Ferrari... in the MENA region, with more brands to come. History and Topical books, Illustrated, Inspirational stories, HA Lifestyle, HA Education, HA Reference
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UNKNOWN CAPOEIRA VOLUME II
A History of the Original Brazilian Martial Art
by Mestre Ricardo (Cachorro)
Capoeira, an original Afro-Brazilian discipline, is not so easily defined due to its numerous facets, as a deadly martial art, an exotic dancing discipline, inspired by an ancient far-away culture. Nearly four hundred years of slave trade brought to Brazil an envyingly cultural heritage, composed of a continuous influx of different ethnic groups, which, concomitant with the different native, African and European regional expressions and its rich constant geopolitical changes, has produced a singular, colorful and vibrant multicultural and multiethnic society engaged in their new Brazilian identity. From the XVIII to the XIX century, the harsh conditions with which black slaves were treated led to increasing numbers of slave revolts in the Americas, where escaped slaves forming independent Maroon communities in French, Hispanic, British and the Netherlands Antilles, and the Quilombola communities in Brazil, organized fighting guerrilla wars against the plantation masters and owners, giving rise to campaigns against slavery in Europe and the abolition of slavery in the Americas. Capoeira became the result of Brazil’s own diasporic experience, a branch of a large tree which grew into a unique and complex social art that cannot be dissociated from its historical and anthropological perspectives. The Amazing History of Capoeira, written by expert Brazilian capoeira Mestre Ricardo Cachorro, unveils the Age of Exploration and the resulted Atlantic slave trade, unfolding African slavery in Europe as early as in the 15th century, much before black slaves were taken to the New World. The enchanting saga of the Akindele family from the beautiful Yoruba kingdom of Adágún L}wá will take you deeply into pre-colonial Africa and to the lands of newly explored Bahia de Todos os Santos in 1531, where the almost sacred history of capoeira began. From the new findings in Africa to the discoveries in Brazil, this captivating book navigates through the Feitorias and Capitanias – the sugarcane mills of the 17th century – the real and virtually unknown cradle of capoeira. It brings to surface beautiful historic and cultural aspects of the colonial periods with its arts, music and religion, the African melting pot which was formed from the blend of ancient African cultures and the new Afro-Brazilian rural and urban settings and, finally, the old and the modern founders of capoeira. The Amazing History of Capoeira is a delicious treat for all Capoeira's lovers, practitioners, and instructors who want to know more about this original Afro-Brazilian discipline, as well as students of history, anthropology, art, music, theatre, and related fields – all the way from the academic researcher to the curious history & culture lover. An English-language edition was published in fall 2012. 224 pages, 16.5X24 cm with full-color photographs& B/W illustrations. And if it also makes you desire to actually practice the art of capoeira in the roda, you will be most welcome then to read: UNKNOWN CAPOEIRA: Secret Techniques of the Original Brazilian Martial Art
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L'histoire étonnante de la Capoeira
by Mestre Ricardo Cachorro
L'histoire étonnante de la Capoeira Mestre Ricardo Cachorro La discipline originale afro-brésilienne qu'est la capoeira n'est pas facile à définir à cause de ses nombreuses facettes : est-ce un art martial redoutable voire mortel, une discipline de danse exotique, inspirée d'une ancienne culture lointaine ? Environ quatre cents ans de trafic d'esclaves ont apporté au Brésil un héritage culturel enviable, le bagage d'un flux continu de groupes ethniques différents qui, en combinaison avec les diverses expressions natives régionales, africaines et européennes et les riches perpétuels changements géopolitiques de la contrée, a produit une société multiculturelle et multiethnique singulière, colorée et vibrante engagée dans sa nouvelle identité brésilienne. Au 18ème et au 19ème siècles, les dures conditions avec lesquelles les esclaves noirs étaient traits ont incite un nombre croissant de révoltes d'esclaves dans les Amériques, où des groupes d'esclaves se sont libérés formant des communautés indépendantes de « marrons » dans les Antilles françaises, espagnoles, anglaises et néerlandaises, et des communautés « quilombolas » au Brésil. Ils s'organisaient des combats de guérilla contre les contremaîtres et les propriétaires des plantations, soulevant des campagnes contre l'esclavage en Europe et pour l'abolition de l'esclavage dans les Amériques. La capoeira est le produit propre de l'expérience originale diasporique du Brésil, une branche d'un grand arbre qui a poussé pour donner naissance à un art social unique et complexe qu'il est impossible de dissocier de ses perspectives historique et anthropologique. L'histoire étonnante de la Capoeira, écrite par un expert brésilien de la capoeira, Mestre Ricardo Cachorro, lève le voile sur l'Age des Grandes Explorations et le trafic d'esclaves à travers l'Atlantique qui en a résulté, révélant l'existence de l'esclavage africain en Europe dès le 15ème siècle, bien avant que des esclaves noirs aient été enlevés vers le Nouveau Monde. La saga de la famille Akindélé du magnifique royaume de Yoruba d'Adágún L}wá vous enchantera, vous faisant voyager profondément dans l'Afrique précoloniale et vers les territoires nouvellement explorés de Bahia de Todos os Santos en 1531, là où l'histoire la plus sacrée de la capoeira a commencé. Des renseignements nouvellement retrouvés en Afrique aux découvertes du Brésil, ce livre captivant navigue de par les Feitorias (comptoirs) et les Capitanias (capitaineries) – les fabriques de cane à sucre du 17ème siècle – le véritable berceau, virtuellement inconnu, de la capoeira. Il fait sortir de leur ombre les beaux aspects historiques et culturels de la période coloniale avec son art, sa music et la religion, le melting pot africain qui s'est formé à partie d'un mélange d'anciennes cultures d'Afrique avec les nouvelles implantations rurales et urbaines afro-brésiliennes et, en définitive, les fondateurs anciens et modernes de la capoeira. L'histoire étonnante de la Capoeira est un délice pour tous les amateurs, adeptes et instructeurs de la capoeira et pour tous ceux qui veulent en savoir plus à propos de cette discipline originale afro-brésilienne, ainsi que pour les étudient l'histoire, l'anthropologie, les arts, la musique, le théâtre, et d'autres domaines – depuis les chercheurs académiques jusqu'aux amateurs et curieux amoureux d'histoire et de culture. Et si ce livre vous incite aussi à désirer pratiquer effectivement l'art de la capoeira dans la roda, nous vous invitons à lire : La capoeira, cette inconnue : Les secrets cachés de la capoeira brésilienne originale. Une édition en anglais pour l'Amérique du Nord devrait paraître en 2011.
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FictionJanuary 2020Grand Cafe Martinique
by Raphaël Confiant
1702, the young Gabriel-Mathieu d'Erchigny de Clieu, from Normandy, is barely fifteen years old. Once he obtains his ship's ensign stripes, he finds himself immediately sent to Martinique. Following Christopher Columbus’s footsteps, his dream of America becomes a reality. He grows sugar cane, which quickly provides him with a nice fortune, a wife, and a prosperous plantation. In 1720, he returns to France with a new idea in mind: to grow coffee in the West Indies. This new beverage is terribly fashionable in all European courts, but the French buy it from producing countries at a very high price. However, the Jardin Royal des Plantes keeps some coffee plants under close surveillance. Luck brings Clieu into contact with the niece of Louis XV's personal doctor (Mr. de Chirac has unlimited access to the garden), and who, for her beautiful eyes, steals two precious plants! The adventure has only just begun....
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Travel & holiday guidesJune 2011Dominica
The Bradt Travel Guide
by Paul Crask
Tiny but perfectly-formed Dominica is one of the most naturally dramatic islands of the Lesser Antilles. This beautiful island with its verdant mountains, lush valleys and dense tropical rainforests is still off the mass-tourism trail. However, cruise ships, hikers, scuba divers and nature-lovers are starting to discover this gorgeous 'Nature Island of the Caribbean'. This second edition offers practical information on the growing health and wellness holidays, weddings and yachting parties as well as extended coverage of the rich cultural heritage. There is a new chapter on the highly popular Waitukubuli National Trail.The author is resident in the country so has detailed insider knowledge.
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FictionApril 2023Caballería mutante (Mutant cavalry)
Literatura fantástica cubana (Cuban fantasy literature)
by José Miguel (Yoss) Sánchez Gómez
Here is contemporary Cuban fantastic literature. If there is any place where Alexander the Great, Jose Lezama Lima and J.R.R. Tolkien can be found, it is in this book, in whose pages you can read a Caribbean writing and see it dialogue, approach and take distance with the Slavic, the Saxon and other traditions of the speculative. This edition also arranges the texts in the subgenres of the fantastic, explaining what each one consists of, making it a rich reading guide. And above all, in this volume there are different voices all but in common formation to defend the right to write fantastic narrative in the largest of the Antilles.
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Travel & TransportOctober 2016Dominica 3
by Bradt Guides
Bradt’s Dominica is the most respected, in-depth and comprehensive travel guide available to this Caribbean nature island, a place of unbridled, off-the-beaten-path adventure and discovery. Author Paul Crask has lived on Dominica for over ten years and his guide, considered by many to be a traveller’s bible to the island, is rich in detail, both in terms of background and practical information for explorers, eco-tourists and culture vultures. No other book has such personal, on-the-ground information as this. For this new third edition there are detailed descriptions of even more hikes and natural attractions, including the iconic Boiling Lake; more selective and in-depth accommodation and dining listings; plus extensive guide and tour operator listings. The guide also includes the 14-segment, 200km Wai’tukubuli National Trail, the only one of its kind in the eastern Caribbean. Tiny but perfectly-formed Dominica is one of the most naturally dramatic islands of the Lesser Antilles. This beautiful island with its verdant mountains, lush valleys and dense tropical rainforests is still off the mass-tourism trail. However, cruise ships, hikers, scuba divers and nature-lovers are starting to discover this gorgeous 'Nature Island of the Caribbean'.
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Travel & TransportA Ladies Drink
Caribbean Chronicles Loaded with Rum, Rum, Rum…
by Arantza Prádanos
The Caribbean is seen differently far from the deckchairs. With a backpack over the shoulder, one has to deal with crazy drivers, Zika mosquitoes and many other genres of pests. And since every trip needs a beacon and a guide, why not rum? Omnipresent, self-defining, distilled with blood and black tears, seasoned in the seven seas as a drink for sea dogs. Spanish, English, French, Dutch... Each and every one of these Caribbean Islands claims to be the homeland of the best rum.This book follows sugarcane’s trail, the slimy imprint of slavery through old haciendas, plantations, distilleries, and bars. Along the way, the remains of glory and decadence of an empire on which the sun never set crosses paths with Treasure Island and Moby Dick, Horace Nelson’s mortuary vat, as well as that of cannibals and pirates in the New World.
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Le Pansement Schubert
by Claire Oppert
Music has a tremendous effect on the body and soul. Case in point. Here, the cellist Claire Oppert retraces her experiences with autistic children, end-of-life patients, or even those who are said to be insane. A date, a place, and a musical work introduce each of these portraits. There are, for example, the young autistics for whom music seems to fill the void of language, or a former boxer for whom Piaf’s “Je ne regrette rien” recalls his best fights. In addition to easing suffering, music also builds interpersonal bridges: a look, a smile, a tear, and sometimes (when words are still possible), memories, dreams, and far-off places… A book reminiscent of works by Howard Buten, When I Was Five I Killed Myself or Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
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Biography & True StoriesApril 2019Unseen Worlds
Adventures at the Crossroads of Vodou Spirits and Latter-day Saints
by Marilène Phipps
All rights available for her second book House of Fossils. The extraordinary life of Marilène Phipps begain in Haiti—the magical island of African Vodou gods who followed their devotees on the slave ships, and the world's first black republic—the singular cultural context and exotic milieu of the Caribbean, where hell and paradise can transfix us daily. In this powerful memoir, we enter the lives of a family who are both descendants of European aristocrats and African slaves. We meet Phipps's godfather, the rebel leader Guslé Villedrouin, and we relive her experiences with Vodou priests and spirits, a cold-eyed pope, a charismatic Muslim astrologer, Catholic monks and exorcists, American Mormon bishops, scholars and missionaries. Through it all, we are stirred by the antithetical feel of entitlement and destitution, barbarism and lyricism, infinity and insanity. The 2010 earthquake in Haiti brings a collapse to Phipps's world, but is also the start for her to find modern answers to the ancient questions, "Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?"
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureNovember 2018Precision agriculture for sustainability
by Dr John Stafford, Prof Richard B. Ferguson, Dr R. Gebbers, Dr Chenghai Yang, Dr Chunhua Zhang, Dr John M. Kovacs, Dr Dan Walters, Dr Spyros Fountas, Dr Evangelos Anastasiou, Dr Zisis Tsiropoulos, Dr Aristotelis Tagarakis, Dr Athanasios Balafoutis, Dr Nicolas Tremblay, Dr Kenneth A. Sudduth, Dr Aaron J. Franzen, Dr Heping Zhu, Dr Scott T. Drummond, Dr Paul Miller, Dr Qin Zhang, Dr Joseph Dvorak, Dr Timo Oksanen, Dr Diogenes Antille, Dr Tim Chamen, Dr Jeff N. Tullberg, Dr Bindi Isbister, T. A. Jensen, Dr Craig P. Baillie, Dr John K. Schueller, Prof. Pedro Andrade-Sanchez, Dr Shrinivasa K. Upadhyaya, Prof. John Fulton, Dr Dan S. Long, Dr Amir Haghverdi, Dr Brian G. Leib, Dr E. C. Oerke, Prof. Roland Gerhards, Dr Mark Trotter, Prof Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer
This volume reviews key advances in precision agriculture technology and applications. Chapters summarise developments in monitoring techniques, including proximal crop and soil sensors and remote sensing technologies. The book then goes on to discuss how this information is processed to identify management zones and input targets. Chapters also assesses advances in delivery mechanisms such as variable rate application and targeted spray technologies. The final part of the book surveys the wide range of applications of precision agriculture, from controlled traffic farming to site-specific nutrient and water management.With its distinguished editor and international team of subject experts, this will be a standard reference for crop scientists and agronomists as well as all those concerned with improving the efficiency and sustainability of agriculture.
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2013Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production
by Kibria, Golam et.al.
The book ‘Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production: Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Remedies provides an overview of climate change impacts on all agricultural food producing sectors (agriculture, livestock and fisheries), food contamination, and food safety (microbial pathogens, toxic biological & toxic chemical contaminants), food security and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures to counteract or minimise or reduce the effects of climate change on agriculture, livestock and fisheries. It reviews and summarizes research results, data and information from the world including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Polar Regions and Small Island Nations. The book has been structured as textbook, reference book and extension book and written in simple and plain English with key facts and acronyms and glossary provided in each with tables and figures to benefit a wide range of readeThe key data and information provided in each are highlighted below:
