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View Rights PortalHardie Grant is a leading independent publisher of non-fiction. We create beautiful, award-winning books across a range of subjects including Food and Drink, Home and Craft, Gardening and Nature, Travel and Gift, Wellness and Self-Help, Astrology and Witchcraft. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London and San Francisco, our titles are sold all over the world.
View Rights PortalThe first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.
Natalja wächst unmittelbar vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg in Russland auf. Nach der frühen Trennung ihrer Eltern zieht sie mit der Mutter nach Paris – aus Natalja wird Nathalie. Als sie später die Ferien bei ihrem Vater und der eifersüchtigen Stiefmutter in der Schweiz, dem Ort seines politischen Asyls, verbringt, wird das Mädchen schlagartig reifen: Heimatlos und ohne feste Bezugsperson wird Nathalie Sarraute zur feinen Beobachterin menschlicher Gemütszustände und Obsessionen. Ihre autobiographisch motivierte Erzählung der Kindheit inmitten russischer Emigranten in Paris nimmt Vieles vorweg, was die große Schriftstellerin Sarraute zeitlebens bewegt hat: die von Ablehnung geprägte Beziehung zur Mutter, die ständige Suche nach Heimat, aber auch das tiefe Vertrauen in die Kraft der Sprache. Eine unnachgiebige Doppelgängerin entlockt ihr im Gespräch bereits vergessen geglaubte Erinnerungen, lässt keine Beschönigungen des mühsam gepflegten Selbstbildes gelten und beschwört so Momente von großer Leidenschaft und Sensibilität. Spätestens mit dem 1959 erschienenen Roman Das Planetarium galt Sarraute als eine der bekanntesten Schriftstellerinnen ihrer Generation. Sie wurde in mehr als 30 Sprachen übersetzt und erhielt zahlreiche Preise. Gemeinsam mit Marguerite Duras, Alain Robbe-Grillet und Claude Simon war sie eine der zentralen Figuren des Nouveau Roman und nahm eine herausragende Stellung in der französischen Literatur der Nachkriegszeit ein.
This book, the third of a series, shows how shifting cultivators, from the Himalayan foothills to the Pacific Islands, have devised ways to improve their farming systems. Using case studies collected over many years, it considers the importance of swidden agriculture to food security and livelihoods, and its environmental significance, across multiple cultures, forest and cropping systems. There is a particular focus on soil fertility and climate change challenges. It is a 'must read' for those who realize that if the lives of shifting cultivators are to be improved, then far more attention needs to be directed to the indigenous and often ingenious innovations that shifting cultivators have themselves been able to develop. Many of these innovations and best practices will have strong potential for extrapolation to shifting cultivators elsewhere and to farming systems in general. This book: - Highlights innovations of shifting cultivators. - Combines solid science with accessible language and outstanding artwork. - Provides a collection of case studies unprecedented in its scope. This book will be suitable for students and researchers of agriculture, anthropology, sociology, agricultural economics, human ecology, ethnobotany, forestry, agroforestry, agronomy, soil science, farming systems, geography, environmental science and natural resource management.
Experience the Magic of Spirit AnimalsSoar with Dr. Steven Farmer and selected sacred storytellers as they share personal tales of spirit animals appearing to them in real life, in dreams, or symbolically, to share their mystical yet practical medicine. Experience how these spiritual allies can guard, aid, heal, and guide you in the most unexpected and delightful ways. Renowned “animal spirit guy” Dr. Steven Farmer explains how these profound encounters affirm our intimacy with the animal world and the realm of Spirit. His wisdom will heighten your understanding of spirit animal symbolism, the five major ways that spirit animals can speak to you, and how to discern their messages for you. Learn how to receive the animals’ gifts in the form of wisdom, guidance, protection, and power, and come to feel their support, trust their keen perception, and appreciate the simple ways in which they appear just when you need guidance the most. ANIMALS will show you how you, too, can fly like an eagle, run like a puma, and reach new heights like the tallest giraffe.
Wer kennt sie nicht, die Romane der Schwestern Brontë - Emilys Sturmhöhe, Jane Eyre von Charlotte, Agnes Grey von Anne? Doch ihren dauerhaften Ruhm begründen nicht nur ihre Bücher, ihr Leben selbst ist zum Mythos geworden und erscheint wie ein Stück Dichtung. Es wurde bereits mehrfach verfilmt. Der neue Film von Charles Sturridge mit Evan Rachel Wood, Rebecca Hall, Nathalie Press und John Hurt.
The purpose of this book is to examine the nature of and relationship between the knowledge of farmers and of scientists, and how these can be best integrated in plant breeding. In the past, farmers' knowledge of local biodiversity has often been underutilized, but currently there is an increased recognition of the importance of farmer participation or collaboration.