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AlFulk Translation and Publishing
AlFulk Translation & Publishing: An independent publishing house, launched in October 2015 and based in Abu Dhabi. It specialisation is translating children and young adult literature from different languages into Arabic. AlFulk aims for:1. To enrich the Arabic library with diverse cultural collections, in order to aware the readers of the intercultural communication importance. 2. To establish a reading habits base for children from 0-4.3. To increase the level of YA books -both Fantasy, fiction and non-fiction- in terms of their content and illustrations.As the majority in the publishing industry, we have been affected by COVID-19 epidemic. However, we have decided to participate at Frankfurter Buchmesse this year to look at what is new in the industry and to expand our network. We seek long term partnerships.
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October 2013Letters from Alfonso
by Earl Kessler
Construction, development projects, slum improvement -- rewarding work for Peace Corps volunteer Earl Kessler. But when residents of a Colombian town wiped out by flood took the future into their own hands, his life intersected with that of Alfonso Perez Correa, and he learned lessons in local participation and empowerment that have helped bring success in meeting community needs all over the world.
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Literature & Literary StudiesNovember 2000The world of El Cid
Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest
by Rosemary Horrox, Simon Maclean
Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fasincating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013The world of El Cid
Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest
by Simon Barton, Richard Fletcher
Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes.
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Todavía la Mitad del día y otros relatos (Still the Middle of the Day and Other Stories)
by Alfredo Galiano
This book is a collection of stories where are treated some topics of the contemporary reality of Cuba. His author is Alfredo Galiano a cuban writer who won some important Literary Prizes like "Hermanos Loynaz", "Cirilo Villaverde" and the International Literary Prize "Premio de Relato Alfonso Sancho Sáenz".
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January 1968Stille
Erzählung
by Antonio Benedetto, Curt Meyer-Clason
Die 1964 in Buenos Aires erschienene Erzählung El silenciero von Antonio Di Benedetto handelt von einem Mann, der besessen ist von dem Verlangen nach Stille und der schließlich, als Brandstifter verdächtigt, im Gefängnis landet. Überraschend an dieser Prosa ist der völlige Verzicht auf Episoden, die Reduktion der Schilderung auf Aussagesätze, deren hervorstehendes Merkmal der Lakonismus ist. »Vor Jahren, als in Frankreich noch kein Mensch vom nouveau roman sprach, nahm Antonio Di Benedetto mit seinen ersten Erzählungen das Programm dieser neuen Literatur vorweg.« Alfonso Sola Gonzáles
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August 2012Fehler machen
by Gabriel Josipovici, Katja Scholtz
Charlie und Bea trennen sich routinemäßig alle paar Wochen und kommen doch nicht voneinander los. Beas Schwester Dorothy hingegen, eine prinzipienfeste Frau, scheint mit Tony eine Traumehe zu führen. Doch die eingespielte Rollenverteilung gerät außer Kontrolle, als auf einer Dinnerparty Alfonso, ein Freund aus gemeinsamer Studentenzeit, provokant daran erinnert, dass vor einigen Jahren die Paarverteilung genau andersherum war, und damit ein amüsantes Chaos herauf beschwört, bei dem kein Beziehungsstein auf dem anderen bleibt. Die beiden Paare geraten immer tiefer in einen Rosenkrieg mit allen Schikanen und wechseln – nicht nur einmal – die Partner ... In meisterhaft orchestrierten Dialogen erzählt Gabriel Josipovici von den Naturgesetzen der Liebe: Zwei Menschen brauchen einigen Aufwand an Argumenten und Entlarvungen, bis sie zueinander finden, Irrwege nicht ausgeschlossen. Denn in der Liebe gibt es keine Fehler, sondern nur falsche Entscheidungen.
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Individual film directors, film-makersMarch 2015The three amigos
The transnational filmmaking of Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón
by Deborah Shaw
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alfonso Cuarón. Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films with a focus on both the texts and the production contexts in which they were made. These include studies on del Toro's Cronos/Chronos, El laberinto del fauno/Pan's Labyrinth, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Iñárritu's Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel; and Cuarón's Sólo con tu pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria, Y tu mamá también, and Children of Men. The Three Amigos will be of interest to all those who study Hispanic and Spanish cinema in particular, and world and contemporary cinema in general.
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Business, Economics & LawFebruary 2018Strategic Management in Tourism
by Luiz Moutinho, Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez, Alejandro Pérez-Ferrant, Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez, Anne-Mette Hjalager, Brent W Ritchie, Dawn Gibson, Eduardo Parra-López, Geoff Southern, James Wilson, Jithendran Kokkamikal, José Alberto Martínez-González, Kanes Rajah, Kun-Huang Huarng, Larry Dwyer, Luiz Moutinho, María Moral-Moral, Mercedes Melchior-Navarro, Noel Scott, Rafael Alberto Pérez, Ronnie Ballantyne, S.F. Witt, Scott McCabe, Shirley Rate, Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu, Vanessa Yanes-Estévez, Yawei Jiang, Yvette Reisinger
This comprehensive textbook has, at its core, the importance of linking strategic thinking with action in the management of tourism. It provides an analytical evaluation of the most important global trends, as well as an analysis of the impact of crucial environmental issues and their implications. Fully updated throughout, this new edition: -Covers forecasting, functional management and strategic planning; -Includes extra chapters to incorporate a wider spread of important topics such as sustainability, authenticity and crisis management; -Contains pedagogical features throughout, such as learning objectives, questions and case studies to aid understanding Now in its third edition, and reviewing the major factors affecting international tourism management, this well-established student resource provides an essential overview of strategic management for students and professionals in the tourism sector.
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January 1997Der Tanz der Büffel
Das Buch der indianischen Mythen und Legenden
by Herausgegeben von Erdoes, Richard; Herausgegeben von Ortiz, Alfonso
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May 1985Geschichten, die ich mir erzähle
by Julio Cortázar, Rudolf Wittkopf
Mit den ersten Sätzen bereits steuern diese Geschichten auf ihren geheimen Kern zu. Der Leser spürt, daß er in etwas hineingezogen ist, das ihn umfängt und bis zum Schluß nicht losläßt. Er kennt das wohl von Kriminalgeschichten oder von phantastischen Erzählungen (und an beide klassischen Formen der story grenzt die eine oder andere Geschichte der Sammlung tatsächlich). Aber hier versetzt den Leser noch etwas anderes in einen Spannungszustand. Es hat mit dem Angst- oder Wunschstoff zu tun, der hier mit unerhörter, befreiender Leichtigkeit in lauter Geschichten verwandelt wird. Erotische Wünsche verborgener oder beklemmend alltäglicher Natur, ängste von Kindern, Ehepartnern, Obsessionen von Randgängern der Städte und der Gesellschaft werden bei Cortázar mit einer verwegenen und stets präzisen Vorstellungskraft zu Geschichten, die er uns erzählt. In Liliane weint erfahren wir aus dem Tagebuch eines Mannes, daß er auf den Tod krank ist und dieses Wissen vor seiner Frau Liliane zu verbergen sucht. Träumend und schreibend nämlich überspringt er seinen eigenen Tod und weiß seine Frau glücklich in den Armen eines anderen Mannes. Wenn er am Ende seine Gesundheit wiederzuerlangen scheint, ist aus ängsten längst eine Glückserfahrung geworden, die von der Wirklichkeit nicht mehr rückgängig gemacht werden kann. Manuskriptfund in einer Jackentasche, in Anspielung auf eine Erzählung von Edgar Allen Poe, zeigt einen Protagonisten, der das Streckennetz der Pariser Untergrundbahn zum Operationsfeld seiner erotischen Spielobsession macht. Die Frau am Fenster dort, die gleichgültig in die spiegelnde Scheibe sieht, wird er ansprechen, falls sie nur, der verzweifelt komplizierten Spielregel des Mannes folgend, an eben jener vorbestimmten Station aussteigt. In Sommer erzählt Cortázar von einem Mann und einer Frau, deren erstarrte Beziehung durch die nächtliche Komplizenschaft eines kleines Mädchens mit einem weißen Pferd aufgestört wird und so in einem gespenstigen Licht erscheint. In Geschichten, die ich mir erzähle sagt eine Frau einen Satz, der charakteristisch ist für Cortázars Verständnis von Phantastik und Wirklichkeit: „Ich habe mit dem Fernfahrer geschlafen, sag's Alfonso, wenn du willst. Er ist auf seine Art eh schon davon überzeugt, er glaubt es nicht, aber er ist sich völlig sicher.“ Diese Sammlung von zwölf Erzählungen wurde von Cortázar selbst zusammengestellt.
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February 2019Tourism Information Technology
by Pierre J Benckendorff, Zheng Xiang, Pauline J Sheldon
This third edition of 'Tourism Information Technology' provides a contemporary update on the complexities of using information technology in the tourism industry. It examines IT applications in all sectors including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, foodservice, destinations, attractions, events and entertainment. Fully updated throughout and organised around the stages of the visitor journey, the book reviews how tourists are using technologies to support decision making before their trip, during their travels and at the destination. It: · Provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of all key topics in tourism information technologies · Covers new areas such as (among others) augmented and virtual reality, robotics, smart destinations, disruptive innovation and the collaborative economy, crowdsourcing for sustainability, online reputation management and big data · Incorporates a wealth of pedagogic features to aid student learning, including key models and concepts, research and industry insights, case studies, key terms, discussion questions, and links to useful websites. Accompanied online by instructor PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions and further case studies, this book provides a comprehensive and learning-focused text for students of tourism and related subjects.
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True stories (Children's/YA)August 2018Niños
by María Jose Ferrada, María Elena Valdez
Thirty-four poems, one for each of the young children (all under the age of 14) that were executed, arrested or disappeared during the Chilean dictatorship. A book dedicated to all those little Chilean victims, but also to all the children that each day suffer the consequences of violence.
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Poetry (Children's/YA)August 2018Animal
Poemas breves salvajes
by María José Ferrada, Ana Palmero
"Hidden in his horn he guards the secret of the jungle”. This might be as well the beginning of a novel, but it's an inspired riddle about wild animals. The illustrations in high varnish of this edition highlight the different skin textures of each animal and invites the reader to discover a new way of reading in a tactile and playful way.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020
Pilgrims: Values And Identities
by Darius Liutikas, Ali Thompson, María Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo, Pedro Azevedo, Derek Dalton, Luciana Thais Villa Gonzalez, Rubén C. Lois-González, Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez, Rami K Isaac, Elyor E. Karimov, Kumi Kato, Darius Liutikas, Lucrezia Lopez, Dane Munro, Daniel H Olsen, Josephine Pryce, Ricardo Nicolas Progano, Xerardo Pereiro, Kip Redick, Larry Russell, Pravin S. Rana, Rana P. B. Singh, Xosé M. Santos, Augusta X. Thomson, Dallen J Timothy, Slawoj Tanas, Shin Yasuda
Values-rich journeys can be described as pilgrimage, spiritual travel, personal heritage tourism, holistic tourism, and valuistic journeys. There are many motivations for undertaking values-rich journeys; the most important including personal values, personal and social identity, life experience, lifestyle, social and cultural influence. The main types of pilgrim journeys are traditional religious or spiritual journeys as well as secular journeys related with the expression of national, communal or personal identity, e.g. the journeys of sport and music fans. The manifestation of personal and social identity has different forms and rituals and constitutes different models of a specific behaviour. The journeys are often embraced as potential instruments for life altering experiences. This book presents contributions that address pilgrim motivation, identity and values as they are shaped by the broader sociological, psychological, cultural and environmental perspectives. With a focus on travellers themselves and their inner world through the lens of their pilgrimage. The research presented focuses on the typology of pilgrim journeys as ways in which identity and values are presented to a post-modern consumer society, providing interesting and challenging perspectives on the identity of pilgrims in the 21st century.
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Sport & leisure industriesOctober 2006Adventure Tourism
by Ralf C Buckley
Adventure tourism is a new, rapidly growing area at both practical and academic levels. Written at an introductory level, Adventure Tourism provides a basic background and covers commercial adventure tourism products across a range of adventure tourism sectors.
