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      • Trusted Partner
        October 2000

        Dolores & Imperio

        Die drei Leben des Sylvin Rubinstein

        by Kruse, Kuno

      • Trusted Partner

        En la ruta de la seda

        by Amnon Shamosh

        En la ruta de la seda por Amnon Shamosh Amnon Shamosh, quien se dio a conocer como autor con la famosa saga familiar  “Michel Ezra Safra y sus hijos” como también con docenas de cuentos cortos cautivantes que aparecieron en las colecciones tituladas “Mi hermana, la novia” y “Ruedas del mundo,” nos sorprende nuevamente con una novela moderna, brillante, y profunda. La historia gira alrededor de tradiciones de los antiguos tiempos y hechos históricos que se complementan. Todo ello mezclado con la imaginación de Shamosh, logra apasionar al lector. En el año 1400, el gran conquistador Timur Lang llega a la ciudad siria de Jalab (Aram de Soba) y desde ella envía diez familias judías de tintoreros de seda al exilio, desterrándolos a Samarkand, capital del imperio de Timur, en la ruta de la seda. Timur Lang también rapta vírgenes judías, y las retiene en sus harenes. Una de las vírgenes conquista el corazón del hijo de Timur, un hombre inteligente y creativo que gobierna bajo sus órdenes. El rey Elías, “hijo de la judía,” que fue criado en la fe islámica, embarca rumbo a España con el propósito de conocer y comprender el mundo cristiano y judío, en pleno apogeo en esa época en España. Elías, en busca de una identidad y también una novia, encuentra  a ambas en Jalab, ciudad de sus ancestros maternos. Su joven esposa procede de la familia Dayan, con parentescos de la dinastía de la tribu de David. La novela está compuesta de tres líneas narrativas. La primera, acontece en el siglo quince y se centra principalmente en la familia real en el harén en Samarkand. La segunda, al principio del siglo veinte, en el barrio Bujaro de Jerusalén, donde inmigrantes de Bujaría y Jalab están apiñados juntos, y reciben la visita de los líderes de esta  sociedad de  nuevos judíos inmigrantes a la vecindad. La tercera línea narrativa acontece en la última década del siglo, con la inmigración  masiva de judíos rusos; la historia se concentra en los inmigrantes Bujaros. El protagonista es Oshi Shauloff Ben-Shaul, nacido en el barrio Bujaro, cuya madre, de origen sirio (Jalab), es descendiente de la familia Dayan, anteriormente mencionada, y sus raíces pertenecen a una de las familias que fueron exiliadas de Jalab a Samarkand. Esta novela, emocionantemente erótica, mas refinada y moderada, tiene un estilo  inmediato poderoso e inspirador – como esperamos de los trabajos de Amnon Shamosh.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2013

        The Homestories

        by Andrii Portnov

        The book is symbolically dedicated to the memory of Yaroslav Isayevych and Dmitiy Furman and contains essays written in 2002-2013 and published in the famous magazine "Critics" and in the range of other national magazines as well as in foreign press, such as the Russian-American "Ab Imperio", the French "Anatoli. Dossier Reprsentations du monde dans l’espace postsovitique" and "Le Dbat," the Polish "Arcana," etc. Divided into five sections with eloquent titles - "Waiting for the Russian Gedroyets", "Ukrainian-Polish Adventures", "History of the Second World War", "Enslaved Academy" and "Inter Librorum" - and accompanied by the foreword "Third (not) redundant", two and a half dozens of essays are not so much a collection of diverse articles about various aspects of Polish-Ukrainian, Ukrainian-Russian and of Russian-Polish relations, but a monograph, a unified text, strongly connected by thorough intellectual plot, as the author himself underlines the impossibility to divide historiography and politics.

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      • Fiction

        The Countess and the Organ Player

        by Cesia Hirshbein

        In the historical context of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the height of the Romantic era, the 19th century, Anton Bruckner, the famous Austrian composer and organist, falls in love with the imposing Countess Henriette. She had been appointed lady-in-waiting to Princess Charlotte of Belgium, the wife of Prince Maximilian of Habsburg, to attend to her during the couple's Mexican endeavor. They had been named Emperor and Empress of Mexico and would embark on a journey to America for this mission. Bruckner meets the countess by chance at the funeral of Maximilian, who had been assassinated in Querétaro in 1867, during the so-called Second Mexican Empire. On the recommendation of a musician friend of Henriette's, who sees him at the funeral, she takes piano lessons with Bruckner. When she tells him that she had accompanied the empress to Mexico, the composer becomes enchanted. He admired Maximilian and was passionate about Mexico; he had even wanted to accompany the emperor. Ultimately, the only trips he made were to give organ concerts in London and another at Notre Dame in Paris. Between classes, the countess tells him of the Atlantic crossing, the arrival in Veracruz, and the entrance to Mexico City. Gradually, they grow closer. In one of his concerts, Bruckner meets Franz Liszt, who was a patron of Maximilian's empire in Mexico. Meanwhile, the countess and the organist plan a Requiem, which will be the turning point between them.

      • Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2015

        Salomé

        by Elaine Vilar Madruga

        En un futuro en el que los humanos cazan creaturas invaluables en planetas desconocidos, una de ellas cae en manos de las más altas jerarquías del imperio galáctico y es la razón de motines y desconfianza. El poder político se ve desestabilizado al nacer dentro de los gobernantes un hambriento deseo, despierto por este ser del espacio exterior, cuyo destino recuerda a las primeras historias de la humanidad. Esta novela obtuvo el Premio Calendario 2013 y el Premio Agustín Rojas de la Crítica a la mejor novela de ciencia ficción publicada en Cuba el mismo año.

      • Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        April 2021

        Sueños de la Euro

        El torneo que reconcilió a un continente

        by Miguel L. Pereira

        As Paul Auster once said, football is the miracle that allowed Europe to hate itself without destroying itself. The ball has done more than any other political project for brotherhood in a land too used to fighting with itself. After each conflict, it was necessary for the ball to be there to make the continent a space of union and not a perpetual trench. For this reason, every time the European Championship is held, there is a part of the world that looks into each other's eyes and shakes hands. For this reason, when we write about the 60 years of history of this emblematic tournament, we are really drawing our memories, our fears and our desires as Europeans. Because the dreams of Delaunay, Panenka, Charisteas, Aragonés or Éder are also our dreams.

      • History of Western philosophy

        Kant and His Heirs

        An Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy

        by Miguel García-Baró

        Each generation has the obligation to tell the history of philosophy. It is not only a moral responsibility toward the past, but also a commitment to the future. By stressing some authors and some ideas over others, in the end we are pointing to the certitudes that uphold and justify the way we see reality and act upon it. After the first volume, centered on ancient and medieval philosophy, and the second one, consecrated to the Modern Era, this original history of thought concludes with the volume dealing with the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Kant and his philosophy mark the beginning of a new stage that extends to our own time. Different trends have appeared during this stage: idealism, pragmatism, existentialism, phenomenology, analytical philosophy or hermeneutics… and they have shaped today’s reflection.

      • 2022

        Cómo sobrevivir a… la Antigua Roma

        by El Fisgón Histórico

        Bloodthirsty emperors, erupting volcanoes, games where you can lose your head... Are you sure you could survive in Ancient Rome? The age of the Caesars is one of the most exciting times in history, but beware! It's not all about gladiators or relaxing in the baths -danger is around every corner! Luckily, the Historical Snoop comes to your rescue. With this comprehensive survival guide, you'll learn all about the Romans and the threats of the time, and maybe, just maybe... you'll make it out of Ancient Rome in one piece! If you think history is boring, it's because you don't know it!

      • Fantasy

        The Divine Language

        by Gabriela Fonseca

        The Roman Emperor Constantine believed that newborns knew the language of heaven but forgot it as soon as they learned to talk. To preserve the language, he built a palace where he held dozens of babies, fresh out of their mother wombs, and nurses who where in charge of feeding them and keeping them clean, but without touching them or speaking to them. As a result, all the babies withered and died without even crying. Despite this cruel outcome, a secret society was created with the purpose of finding and preserving the divine language the Emperor so desperately sought. Fast forward to 1960s Mexico City where Griselda is born in a family with a devout Catholic mother and an atheistic father. She was born eleven years after the death of Aaron, their first born, a boy who despite his young age, was completely devoted to God. Upon turning eight, Griselda suffers an accident that leaves her clinically death for ten minutes. Her mother, convinced that it was Aaron who resurrected her, becomes obsessed with getting the Church to canonize him, and ends up leaving Griselda to be raised by her father. Years later, and already a college student, Griselda adopts a boy left orphaned by the 1985 earthquake. His name is Moses. Griselda raises Moses as her career as a college professor takes off and she is hired by an international institution that gives her a house, a great salary, and puts Moses in the Luden Trask Mansion, where an important anthropological and historic study is taking place. Griselda finds a passionate relationship, while Moses, already twelve, suddenly and mysteriously disappears. Griselda will soon find out that the Luden Trask institution is just a cover for a powerful and secret society that is still trying to accomplish Constantine’s mission, and that they have abducted Moses. Now, Griselda faces a terrible dilemma where she may have to pay the highest of prices to save her son.

      • Fiction

        What Would the Pope Say?

        by Jaime Larrain

        Pope Francis is at a crossroads. The Catholic Church, still reeling from the cases of child abuse and the corruption scandals of the Vatican Bank, has an opportunity for redemption or for a final nail in the coffin, after the Pope’s closes advisor, Cardinal Bullbridge, is kidnapped. While the Pope ponders the destiny of the Church, Aum, the leader of the Chrysallis Team that in 2016 kidnapped business moghul Brian Feller, has set for himself the tremendous challenge of gathering the most important religious leaders of the world so they can witness The Experiment, a mysterious process that could breathe new life into the Catholic Faith. The Experiment was born in the island of Ithaca in 2010, thanks to the work of Aum and Father Thomas, the guardian of the Vatican´s secret files. The motivations of Aum and Thomas are not merely academic, there’s a much larger political agenda at play. Being 86 years of age, and with a very sick son, Aum rolls the dice and brings together the Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, historian Yuval Harari, philosopher Michael Onfray, and many others. But Cardinal Bullbridge wants to put an end to his, which he sees as a threat to the Papacy. And Commissioner Scorza, Vatican Chief of Security, is trying to solve the riddle while also dealing with some scandals of his own making. What Would the Pope Say? Is not just a history of the Vatican, it is the history of an ancient dream that can now become reality, a dream we all carry inside: a spirituality that goes beyond religions, and that is one and universal.

      • El Libro de los Saludos

        by Arianna Squilloni

        Everyday we greet people we happen to meet either by chance or by design. We humans are greeting each other all the time all over the world. But do we know what it really means to tell another person things like "Hello", "Ciao", "Good morning" or "Goodbye"? Did you know that when you say “Ciao” to someone you are saying that you are their slave? Or that many forms of greeting consist precisely of wishing the other person health, while saying “Hola” or “Hello” are just ways of attracting their attention? El libro de los saludos ("The Book of Greetings") proposes a journey through the history, customs and habits of the way people greet each other all over the world. In this book you will find many anecdotes and curious facts and you will discover the strangest and funniest customs, coming from peoples from the furthest corners of the planet. Enjoy this fascinating and informative journey through the cultural history of humanity, a journey that reminds us that nobody is an island and that we all belong to one great family. And that the small daily interactions between people are what makes us truly human.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        Manifiesto

        Peligros y oportunidades de la megacrisis

        by Gastón Soublette

        ‘Manifiesto. Peligros y oportunidades de la megacrisis’ (Ediciones UC, 2020), nació con el estallido social de octubre y fue terminado en el contexto de la pandemia. El autor, así, destacado filósofo, musicólogo, esteta y escritor, reflexiona sobre la crisis social y política de Chile, la cual ha culminado con la entrada del coronavirus y conlleva el desafío de entender lo ocurrido para discernir sus causas más profundas.

      • The natural world, country life & pets

        Natural Journey

        An encounter between Arts and Science

        by Josefina Hepp, Vivian Lavin, María José Arce

        “Natural Journey” aims to remove the old-fashioned tension between art and science in order to approach nature’s shapes and colors with astonishment and without being distracted from the main task: to learn from it and listen to its call in the midst of the climate crisis.  Botanical illustration is the art that allows us to enter the world of plants through our senses. But it is also a scientific record that provides botanists and scholars with subtle and precise representations that no technological device can reproduce.  A botanist, an illustrator and a journalist are touched by the journey led by other women who inspired them with their environmental sensitivity and awareness. When reading “Natural Journey”, you will be taken into a pleasant walk through six types of plants whose names take after their identifying characteristics. “Travelers”, some inspire and others move (without legs or wings), “dangerous”, even lethal, colors and characteristics that define them, “deceitful”, traps and camouflages to get what they want, “rebels”, those who dodge the rules, undisciplined, stubborn and defiant, and  “hungry” from the Plant to the Animal Kingdom,  nutrient-capture strategies, “flamboyant”, as emerged from delirium. The book also contains each plant’s data sheet and mapping.

      • Graphic novels

        Arde Cuba

        by Agustín Ferrer Casas

        Accompany Errol Flynn and Frank Spellman along to do the only interview that Fidel Castro allowed before he took La Habana. HISTORICAL ADVENTURE HUMOUR When photographer Frank Spellman travels to Cuba accompanied by Hollywood star Errol Flynn, he doesn’t expect that a simple shooting location for a movie will soon transform into a tropical nightmare. Mafia thugs, CIA agents, careless representatives of multinational companies and military intelligence officers all fight to save the remains of the corrupt and violent regime of Fulgencio Batista against the advancing Castro guerrillas. José Sanchis award winner for the Best Graphic Novel 2018 Award winner for the Best Script 2018 (Salón Internacional del Cómic de Donostia)

      • July 2016

        Santo de palo

        by Mario Salazar Montero

        Kurzinformation ISBN 978-3-9525331-1-6 Titel “Santo de palo”. Mario Salazar Montero. Novela Existe sin duda alguna gente honesta en este mundo y en esta vida; gente admirable en quien confiar las vicisitudes íntimas y las incertidumbres, gente reconocible sin necesidad de alharaca de su parte, mortales comunes y corrientes, guiados por su propia experiencia, intuición y sufrimiento. Existe también desde luego otro tipo de consejeros, siempre en busca de reconocimiento, urgidos y ansiosos por obtener una aureola de bienhechores certificados, cueste lo que cueste, carentes de escrúpulos. A algunos entre estos últimos la suerte y la vida les sonrien, encuentran cómplices y adeptos, viven y mueren apestando a santidad comprada: son los inútiles “Santos de palo”; otros, menos afortunados, reciben a tiempo un merecido. Si el lugar geográfico donde los personajes que encarnan estas dos opciones de ayuda al prójimo es un pueblo a orillas del Océano Pacífico donde viven y conviven con sus protegidos o sus sometidos, un rincón perdido en las selvas tropicales de Suramérica, empobrecido y abusado, la selva no tiene en cuenta detalles de nacionalidad a la hora de castigar a su manera una santidad falsificada. Mario Salazar Montero. Geboren in Kolumbien, Südamerika. Lebt seit vielen Jahren in der Schweiz. Schriftsteller und Ingenieur. Hat mehrere Romane und Kurzgeschichten veröffentlicht. Spanisch und Deutsch. Mehr zum Autor und seinem literarischen Werk unter www.mariosalazar.ch

      • November 2015

        Una historia en imágenes

        1957 - 1973

        by Aurelio González

        Las fotografías de este libro guardan un doble secreto; una increíble historia de resistencia y tenacidad. Los negativos, escondidos por Aurelio en 1973 para evitar que las fuerzas represivas los destruyeran, fueron recuperados 30 años después. La humedad del escondite, en vez de estropearlos, selló las latas y los mantuvo a salvo. Ya vuelto del exilio, Aurelio los buscó en varias oportunidades en el lugar donde los había ocultado y sus alrededores, sin lograr encontrarlos. Un niño los descubrió. Jugaba con ellos sin que nadie supiera y volvía a dejarlos donde los había hallado. Un día el niño, ya grande, se encuentra con un fotógrafo, le cuenta su historia y este ata cabos. Aurelio nunca perdió la esperanza de recuperar esta porción de historia en formato de negativos que vencieron el tiempo y las dificultades. Todas estas fotografías fueron tomadas, desde 1957 a 1973, para el diario El Popular en su primera época hasta su clausura por la dictadura cívico-militar. Son imágenes que nutren la memoria colectiva sobre la historia de las peripecias de un pueblo en su lucha por lograr mejores condiciones de vida y su resistencia ante el autoritarismo.

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