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July 2006Die Tablas von Daimiel
Ein Umwegzeugenbericht zum Prozeß gegen Slobodan Miloševic
by Peter Handke
Seine Beziehung zu Serbien und Slobodan Miloševic brachte Peter Handke nicht nur viel Kritik, sondern oft auch undifferenzierte Diffamierungen ein. In Paris wurde eines seiner Theaterstücke vom Spielplan genommen, die Stadt Düsseldorf verweigerte ihm den zuerkannten Heinrich Heine-Preis 2006 - höchste Zeit nun, seine Sichtweise kennenzulernen. In "Die Tablas von Daimiel" erzählt Peter Handke, warum und in welcher Form er zum Zeugen der Kriege auf dem Balkan wurde. Hier macht er seine Einstellung zu den mörderischen Auseinandersetzungen, ihren Voraussetzungen und Konsequenzen, unmißverständlich – für jeden, der lesen will – deutlich.
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Family & home stories (Children's/YA)October 2020Casas
by María José Ferrada, Pep Carrió
The authors of this book take us on a journey through the different ways of inhabiting a house. Based on illustrations by Pep Carrió made with acrylic markers, the writer María José Ferrada uses poetic language and humor to propose a set of micro stories that invite readers to observe their own ways of inhabiting the world.
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Humanities & Social SciencesThe Gospel of Prosperity
Literary and critical perspectives about the science of getting right quick
by Luis Miguel Estrada
In 2020, amidst the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ideas from books about the science of becoming a millionaire returned to Luis Miguel Estrada whom, since he left a financial job, has dedicated himself fully to literature. In this book, he thinks some of the key questions raised by bestsellers from Napoleon Hill to Kiyosaki. Do we stop seeking money just because we pursue art? More importantly: regardless of what we do, how do we seek money? Why have narratives like positive thinking and the law of attraction become a universal language that gains strength during each economic crisis? Is there a link between bestsellers about the science of getting rich and great universal literature? This book attempts to answer these questions, beginning with the origins of books on becoming a millionaire, which delve into the agile 19th-century United States, transition through the fast-paced turn of the century, and explode in the years after the Great Depression. The journey continues with examples of wild successes (real-life fraudsters like Elizabeth Holmes or fictional criminals like Walter White from Breaking Bad) that prompt us to question the influence of success-at-any-cost ideas on popular culture, as well as their ethical limits. How can one reconcile readings, cultural products, and experiences that seem so distant? The broader reading audience responds more to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill than to "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Is there a way to read them alongside each other and emerge renewed from the experience? This book invites you on that adventure.
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Tabla periódica Mural de los elementos químicos / Tabla periódica muda
by Edigol Ediciones
Chart of 140 x 100 cm, full colour, double-sided, matte laminated on the obverse and glossy laminated on the outline version for writing and erasing at the back, with rods and adjustable hangers, presented in a tube with a filing label (the french version is matte).
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La classification périodique des éléments
by Edigol Ediciones
Chart of 140 x 100 cm, full colour, double-sided, matte laminated on the obverse and glossy laminated on the outline version for writing and erasing at the back, with rods and adjustable hangers, presented in a tube with a filing label (the french version is matte).
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Children's & YAFebruary 2017Hoy es miércoles
Children whose future has been stolen have only their imagination
by Patricio Nouveau
An unknown adult unexpectedly turns up in the lives of Gilmar and Lanh at the same time but in different parts of the world. Gilmar lives in Bolivia and his father works in the old silver miines of Cerro Rico in the city of Potosí; Lanh is an orphan, she was taken in by the Thuy Xuân orphanage in Vietnam after her parents died when the Perfume River flooded. From their native cities, accompanied by the strange adult, they each undertake a journey that will lead them to Sas, a child soldier who, tries to escape during the Sierra Leone civil war to find his family, return to his former life and set out on a new future. The journey brings together three points on the planet, three languages and three cultures whose only relationship is a book whose photographs have disappeared since Sas was kidnapped from his school. The three boys are eleven years old. They are searching for each other, they need to find each other.
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Traditional stories (Children's/YA)2019The Tables of Sarwa
by Guiomar du Bois, Marciano Berrocal
Sarwa’s paintings known as «tablas» are one of the few pictorial manifestations of contemporary Peruvian indigenous culture. The colorful paintings were declared national cultural heritage by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, representing an important pre-Columbian tradition considered to be a form of communication and a key-element in the social life of the people of Sarwa in Ayacucho, in the center of the country. They’re usually painted over wood, but a variety of materials are used. The natural paint is extracted from soil and plants, and feathers are traditionally used instead of brushes. Being a cultural expression, “tablas” are also in constant evolution. They currently depict not only the history of the family generation by generation, but also include elements from the regional oral tradition, myths and community history.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2019Enseñemos paz, aprendamos paz: la pedagogía al servicio de la cohesión social
by Juan David Enciso
Peace is an idea, an abstract concept, which must be grounded in concrete realities. And building peace involves moving from an initial state, which may or may not be conflict, to a second moment in which people have learned to know, relate, meet, and live together. This book tries to elaborate on the construction of peace from an educational process, in which individuals learn to recognize themselves as subjects of equal dignity and with the capacity to carry out projects oriented to the common good. Similarly, educational settings, the so-called learning environments, are not confined exclusively to the walls of the classroom or the boundaries of formal education institutions: peace education occurs in any environment in which two or more coincide. people with potential conflicts of interest or collective construction.
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Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's/YA)2018Agustina's Way
by Cecilia Curbelo
Agustina has a strong character and a great weakness: her sister Renata, whom she has noticed is weird. Even though Agus secretly listens to conversations, she still doesn’t know what’s happening. What she does know is that she loves her dog Hakuna (who she shares with her best friend Maxi), that her father is sad, that her grandfather needs more care and that her sister’s boyfriend Lalo is fed up. When the truth comes into the light she’ll want to solve things in her own way. In Agustina’s way!
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceCiclo 2. Comprensión total: atención y concentración
Sistema Integral de Lectura Rápida
by María Guadalupe Baeza Gómez
The effective process of a good read is not only related to speed but also depends on a good understanding that is supported by analyzing, synthesize, apply and construct written information, with the benefit of acquiring new knowledge and give them a meaning of their own. The ability to understand also provides intellectual stimulation, increase of the cultural heritage, development and improvement of language. Therefore, this second cycle is dedicated to increase and enhance this ability. The goal during these five weeks is to keep increasing the eye speed, but above all that now incorporates understanding, attention and visual concentration of texts, symbols and images, for such reasons new reading techniques are exposed, with which he will use the whole brain; this system methodology will teach you to read sentences and paragraphs (more complete ideas) at a single glance and to take scan readings, incorporating all the strategies and skills acquired. It is essential to work in this second cycle the TOTAL UNDERSTANDING, without leaving a side the speed. Practice and perseverance will be your best companions.
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April 2016Experiencias internacionales de paz : lecciones aprendidas para Colombia
by Angélica Alba, Beatriz Suárez, Bibiana Rueda, Egoitz Gago, Felipe Jaramillo, José David Moreno, Margarita Cadavid Otero, Miguel Barreto Henriques, Olga Illera Correal.
Colombia se enfrenta a uno de los mayores desafíos de su historia reciente: poner fin a más de cinco décadas de violencia armada. El proceso de paz entre el gobierno nacional y las FARC en La Habana permite vislumbrar una posible salida negociada al conflicto armado, pero genera también varios interrogantes en cuanto al modelo y contenido del posible acuerdo. En este libro se exploran tales preguntas, así como a las diversas exigencias y desafíos de la construcción de paz en un potencial escenario de posconflicto.
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureApril 2021Sueños 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.
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August 2014Solkattu Manual
An Introduction to the Rhythmic Language of South Indian Music
by David P. Nelson
The first hands-on introduction to South Indian spoken rhythm
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Houses
by María José Ferrada, Pep Carrió
The authors of this book take us on a journey through the different ways of inhabiting a house. Based on illustrations by Pep Carrió made with acrylic markers, the writer María José Ferrada uses poetic language and humor to propose a set of micro-stories that invite readers to observe their own ways of inhabiting the world.
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2022Una balada del mar del norte
by Raimon Portell
THE ADVENTURE OF A BOY WHO SURVIVES BY INTUITION AS HE CAN’T REMEMBER WHO HE IS, WHAT HE KNOWS, WHERE HE HAS TO GO AND EVEN SO KEEPS GOING TO FIND THE TRUTH. "Stil looks out over the North Sea from the top of a dune. What is he doing there? He doesn’t know himself. In fact, his memory barely reaches back to the moment he woke up in a strange house, inside a body that refused to respond. He does not remember who he was before, what he had done, or even what his name was." An innovative literary venture that allows the reader to choose the path they wish to follow to discover the truth.
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UN HOMBRE SIN NOMBRE
UNA NOVELA DE TRES BALAS EN LA PAMPA
by H. A. RIQUELME
Tres meses después de la batalla de Santa Fe, la Justicia se obsesiona con los bandidos que se atrevieron a desafiar el sistema. El comandante Araya, militar ambicioso y oportunista, será el implacablepersecutor del Flaco, a quien acorrala hasta obligarlo a cumplir un trato a cambio de su libertad. Así es como nuestro forajido se ve enfrentado a una misión que lo cambiará para siempre; dar caza a uno de los personajes más peligrosos del bandidaje rural chileno. Las quebradas y sierras del Maule constituyen un escenario perfecto para una historia de traiciones, persecuciones y decisiones que traerán grandes consecuencias para la vida del hombre sin nombre. Entre tus manos, tienes un western chileno que rescata y revive la historia salvaje e indomable de nuestro país. ¿Estás listo para la aventura?
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October 2012Musicking Bodies
Gesture and Voice in Hindustani Music
by Matthew Rahaim
Investigates the life of the body in Indian vocal music
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Football (Soccer, Association football)February 2020Rivalidades crónicas
10 ciudades europeas a través de sus derbis
by Jordi Brescó and Pau Riera
Football shapes cities, and derbies turn them upside down. Two friends travel to ten European cities (Istanbul, Belfast, Belgrade, Sheffield...) to narrate and photograph them, and use football as their gateway and common thread. Because the king of sports is an instrument as effective as any other to delve into the political, social, economic and cultural reality of a place.
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Health & Personal Development2020Early emotional education
by Gloria Latorre
The family is the first modeler of interpersonal relationships. In it all the richness of the emotional world unfolds. That is why it is key to teach our children from birth to build their own path to inner well-being, through self-knowledge and the skills to manage their emotions. This will help them from the beginning of their lives to connect with the other from empathy and compassion. “This book offers us a journey to recognize the emotions in our relationships. On each page, it offers us pauses to reflect, realize and experiment, allowing true learning. It is a companion for travelers such as parents, teachers, psychologists and for all of us who work in accompaniment ”. Jorge Genzone, President of the Gestalt Association of Buenos Aires
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General fiction (Children's/YA)2016An Empty Space
by Andrés Kalawski, Catalina Bu
The protagonist of this story has just moved into a new house with his mother and little sister. Everything seems to be going well, until he starts hearing strange noises at night and his toys start to get messy on their own, without explanation. “Dear Diary: This ghost is not that of a person, it is that of one thing: in my room there is a ghost of a piano. So when things get messy they leave that big empty space, like the shape of a sofa”.
