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      • Alter ediciones

        We are an independent publisher, founded at the beginning of 2009 in the city of Montevideo, the southernmost capital of America. Throughout the years, we have been publishing fictional and non-fictional narratives, children’s books, political essays as well as photography books, under the collections named: Us (Nosotros), Stone like You (Piedra como tú), Walter’s Library (Biblioteca de Walter) and About Narratives (De Narrativa). Our titles are issued in printed and digital versions, which can be found at digital stores such as Amazon and Bajalibros, among digital libraries and the main bookstores in Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. In addition, some of our books were translated into Italian and Portuguese. In the last few years, we have applied new technologies to develop products for the publishing sector. We created the webBook Digital Educational Contents (Contenidos educativos digitales) and the appbook Professions’ Factory (Fábrica de oficios), among other projects that are currently underway in this area. All our production is self-managed and strongly independent. The books we make are carefully thought through. In every release, the aesthetic care put in the edition, its narrative, illustrations, and photographs, seek to create an attractive object, aimed to inspire the desire to be included in every library.

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      • Altrim Publishers

        ALTRIM PUBLISHERS promote a passion for architecture and purposeful traveling. Our signature Architectural Travel Guide Collection fulfills the unmet need of quality text for the architecturally-oriented visitor to India & Southeast Asia. Our books enable readers to learn about the design development of prominent cities as well as discover the joys of regionally distinct urban cultures and daily lifestyles unique to local places. Our pocket-size guides fit in any type of luggage and simultaneously serve as a source of serious scholarly knowledge about local places. ALTRIM and its team of architectural writers are devoted to providing the best experience in each of the cities offered. ALTRIM also offers select Architectural Monographs to serve the curiosity of inquisitive patrons. Our titles cover a range of design topics, urban genres, and geographical locations- exploring subtle nuances and uncovering hidden surprises that often surround Indian cities and architecture.

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        August 2020

        Beat it up

        by Tack, Stella

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        October 2020

        Pills, Healers, Globules

        Big Deals with Alternative Medicine

        by Beate Frenkel

        The market is growing for homeopathic remedies, diets and all kinds of miracle cures. Although homeopathic practitioners in Germany are largely unregulated, their supporters are growing in number. An industry has sprung up around alternative medicine that draws on the mistrust towards the pharmaceutical industry, medicine and the media. Many products are as harmless as they are ineffective – but some are dangerous or even lethal. Beate Frenkel investigates: where is the source of this boom? What role do conspiracy theories play as well as the influence of the internet? Why do politicians and the German Medical Association take so few preventive steps? Powerful examples are backed up with statements from doctors, patients and alternative medicine practitioners.

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        December 1966

        Briefe

        1929–1951

        by Hermann Broch, Robert Pick, Daniel Brody

        Die in diesem Bande veröffentlichte Auswahl aus Hermann Brochs Briefen stellt einen unerläßlichen Kommentar zu seinen Schriften dar. Die Briefe gewähren Einblick in den Entstehungsprozeß seiner Werke, und der Leser wird durch eingehende theoretische Darlegungen vom Dichter selbst in ihren Problemkreis und ihre künstlerischen Tendenzen eingeführt. Berechtigung und Aufgabe des Dichterberufes in der gegenwärtigen Zeit ist der Fragenkomplex, der Broch dauernd beschäftigt hat. Das Bedürfnis, sich als Dichter zu verantworten und seinen erstrebten‚ Standort zu umzeichnen, veranlaßte ihn zu zahlreichen literar- wie zeitkritischen Erörterungen in seinen Briefen. Sie sind zugleich ein Spiegel des Zeitgeschehens und der zeitgenössischen Literatur, wodurch ihnen weit über den Kreis des persönlichen Lebenslaufs und dichterischen Werkbereichs im engeren Sinn hinaus eine große Bedeutung zukommt. Zudem sind sie als Ergänzung zu den nur fragmentarisch vorhandenen erkenntnistheoretischen Schriften besonders wertvoll. Über das werkgeschichtliche und literarkritische Interesse hinaus haben die Briefe aber auch hohen Wert als Dokumente menschlicher Größe. Sie sind – und darin besteht ein wesentlicher Teil ihrer besonderen Anziehungskraft – echte, nicht zur Veröffentlichung bestimmte Zwiegespräche des Dichters mit Freunden und Zeitgenossen, denen er sich im Sterben verwandt fühlte. Mehr als über die biographischen Stationen seines Lebens – Industrieller, Dichter, Emigrant, Philosoph und Sozialwissenschaftler –, die Broch selber für nebensächlich hielt, geben die Briefe Zeugnis von einer überragenden geistigen Persönlichkeit.

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        September 2022

        Alternative Fakten

        Zur Praxis der kommunikativen Erkenntnisverweigerung

        by Nils C. Kumkar

        Begriffe wie »postfaktisch« und »alternative Fakten« haben Konjunktur. Sie verweisen darauf, dass in vielen Gesellschaften ein Kampf um die Wirklichkeit der Wirklichkeit entbrannt zu sein scheint. Der Soziologe Nils C. Kumkar betrachtet diese Phänomene jedoch aus einem anderen Blickwinkel: Ausgehend von Fallstudien zu den Auseinandersetzungen um Corona, den Klimawandel und die Größe des Publikums bei der Amtseinführung Donald Trumps, plädiert er dafür, »alternative Fakten« nicht primär als Versatzstücke einer Parallelwelt zu verstehen, sondern als diskursive Nebelkerzen im Kontext polarisierter Debatten. Sie wirken, so Kumkar, nicht als Beitrag zur Konstruktion einer alternativen Realität, sondern als kommunikative Realitätsdestruktion, die es erlaubt, wider besseres Wissen weiterzumachen wie bisher.

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        April 2009

        Cultural Exchange

        by Hu Taichun

        This volume introduces the Chinese cultural exchange with other cultures during its development, which is informative, readable and interesting. It is well-illustrated and suitable for all readers interested in Chinese culture.

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        Animal husbandry
        April 2012

        Alternative Systems for Poultry

        Health, Welfare and Productivity

        by Edited by Victoria Sandilands, Paul M. Hocking.

        Recent interest in how poultry are housed and managed in order to ensure profitability, sustainability, and good levels of animal welfare, are challenging issues that commercial poultry keepers face, particularly where legislation is bringing about legal requirements for housing. This book compares and contrasts alternative housing with conventional and traditional systems for commercial poultry (laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and gamebirds) with regards to welfare, disease, health, nutrition, sustainability and genotype-environment interaction.

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        2022

        Over-the-Counter Trainer

        160 double-sided flashcards for learning and counselling

        by Dr. Kirsten Lennecke, Kirsten Hagel and Claudia Rothermel

        Working at the sales counter is never dull: Every day, people come to you with the widest possible variety of questions and expect good advice. It does not matter whether it is about self-medication for adults, pregnant women, children, about aids and appliances, vegan diets or alternative medicine: Whatever your customer’s concerns – you always offer well-founded counselling. Based on real-life counselling situations routinely encountered in a pharmacy, the authors – all pharmacists with experience of retail sales – provide important information for such conversations and suggest helpful questions to ask when patients seek advice. Become a sales counter expert in no time!

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        August 2024

        Antiparasitic Drug Resistance in Veterinary Practice

        by Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Ahsan Naeem, Muhammad Younus, Muhammad Sohail Sajid, Xi Chen, Haider Abbas, Tooba Abbas, S.W. Abbasi, Z. Afsheen, A. Ahmad

        Lack of clean water, inadequate sanitation, and insufficient infection prevention and control promote the spread of parasites. The discovery of antiparasitic drugs was considered a milestone in the veterinary and medical sciences, but their use has subsequently become limited due to the emergence of resistance. While plenty of attention has been given in human and animal health communities to the global threat of antimicrobial drug resistance, specific antiparasitic advice is less available. This book provides an in-depth view of the issue for parasitologists, pharmacologists and veterinary scientists. Specifically discussing antiparasitic drug resistance mechanisms and factors responsible for the problem, it covers: The physiological basis of parasitism; Resistance across protozoa, helminths, insects, mites and ticks; Molecular and phenotypic diagnostic methods; Practical strategies for mitigating resistance development. While it is clear that the veterinary field urgently requires the development of new antiparasitic drugs, of equal or even increased importance is the evaluation of alternative therapies and formulation of stringent policies to ensure appropriate drug use in veterinary practice. Highlighting the importance and development of resistance across different parasite groups, this book covers factors responsible for resistance development and advises strategies for effective stewardship and resistance mitigation.

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        Veterinary bacteriology, virology, parasitology
        December 2012

        Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

        Geographical Distribution and Control Strategies in the Euro-Asia Region

        by Edited by Mo Salman, Jordi Tarrés-Call.

        The continuing emergence and evolution of tick-borne diseases has significant implications for animal and human health, and the profitability of food animal production. These problems are enhanced by the spread of ticks to new regions, and many tick-borne diseases having zoonotic capability. This book is an expansion of the EFSA report on the subject, and details the significance of tick-borne diseases, identification of tick species, emerging tick-borne infections, factors influencing the spread and distribution of ticks and surveillance and control measures.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2023

        Negotiating relief and freedom

        Responses to disaster in the British Caribbean, 1812-1907

        by Oscar Webber

        Negotiating relief and freedom is an investigation of short- and long-term responses to disaster in the British Caribbean colonies during the 'long' nineteenth century. It explores how colonial environmental degradation made their inhabitants both more vulnerable to and expanded the impact of natural phenomena such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. It shows that British approaches to disaster 'relief' prioritised colonial control and 'fiscal prudence' ahead of the relief of the relief of suffering. In turn, that this pattern played out continuously in the long nineteenth century is a reminder that in the Caribbean the transition from slavery to waged labour was not a clean one. Times of crisis brought racial and social tensions to the fore and freedoms once granted, were often quickly curtailed.

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