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      • Trusted Partner
        October 2016

        Imagimorphia

        Neue atemberaubende Welten zum Ausmalen

        by Rosanes, Kerby

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        Business, Economics & Law
        February 2018

        Sustainable Bamboo Development

        by Zhu Zhaohua, Jin Wei

        This book presents over 40 cases of bamboo development across 22 major bamboo-industry countries and explores the knowledge gained from their successes and failures. It synthesises experiences and exchanges with country experts from international training courses and consultations, study tours, and seminars. Each case includes observations and summaries of discussions related to the development of bamboo-based industries in a healthy, sustainable way, and the facilitation of strategic and balanced development of bamboo in different global regions. Industrial and artisanal bamboo growing and processing is expanding worldwide and this book brings together key experiences to help inform future developments. This book provides an analysis of bamboo plant features, including strong renewability, fast-growing, and high biomass production. It also reviews important ecological functions of bamboos, such as water and soil conservation, carbon sink and storage, and adaptation to climate change, as well as addressing the diversified culture of bamboo and key issues affecting the sector. Sustainable Bamboo Development: - Is authored by an internationally recognised leading expert in the growth and use of bamboo - Takes a holistic view, covering technical, socio-economic, policy, cultural and business development - Provides practical knowledge to guide the development of bamboo sectors - Gives a clear idea and rich examples of what has been attempted in many countries - Acts as a roadmap for using bamboo as a poverty reduction and environmental security tool Highly illustrated and in full colour throughout, this book is an essential resource for all those interested in bamboo, from private sector investors to governmental and development agencies, academic researchers and students.

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      • Cultural studies
        August 2012

        The City is Me

        by Araujo, Rosan

      • Computing & IT

        The Quantum Age of IT

        Why everything you know about IT is about to change

        by Charles Araujo

        The guide to modern IT 'IT as we know it is dead.' Forces are at work that are reshaping the very fabric of the IT organisation. Driven by our own history, changing perceptions of how technology should work and newfound, but very real, competition, IT organisations are struggling to evolve – but into what? Keep your IT ahead of the competition In The Quantum Age of IT, Charles Araujo examines what has led us to this point and what it means to the future of IT organisations. With a broad perspective on the fundamental changes affecting the industry, he offers practical guidance that every IT professional needs to compete in this new era of IT. Whether you are an IT executive, or just beginning your career, this book will offer you the key insights you need to understand what is happening and what is coming.Understanding that future, Araujo blends a wide range of research and case studies to help you discover the skills you must develop in order to succeed and thrive in The Quantum Age of IT. Understand the future of IT As you read this book, you will be able to: Understand how and why your IT function has changed and define its future role Compete in this new age by embracing the five traits that will define the IT organisation of The Quantum Age Remain effective and relevant as you understand and implement fundamental changes to future-proof your IT function Maintain and develop excellent customer relations by better understanding your clients and their requirements Meet the unique needs of all your customers, as you adopt the five key skills that all IT professionals will have to have Learn from the past and look forward to a bright future!

      • December 2020

        Why I can't like him/her?

        by Anna Claudia Ramos, Antônio Schimeneck

        Adolescence is a time of many doubts, anxieties and uncertainties. In this phase, sexuality is unfolding, and we are going through — because everyone has gone, is going or will go through — self-questions about all conditions, all desires, including regarding sexuality. If on the one hand, we see in beautiful social networks beautiful movements of self-acceptance and discovery, on the other hand we live in a time of great obscurantism and attempt to cage the desires and contain the experiences of young people – whether at home or at school, and unfortunately, many times, with public authority initiative. This book asks this of young people, who often find themselves trapped by a cultural need (or family pressure) to create heteronormative bonds, when, in fact, they feel the desire for people of the same sex. But this book also understands that it is necessary to take this issue to the world, so that everyone reflects on otherness, sexuality and, mainly, the many possibilities of affection and desire. Por que não consigo gostar dele/dela? is a book with two sides, two covers, four stories and many testimonials.

      • Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
        May 2020

        Beyond the god machine

        by Antonio Solano

        Following a helium escape at the Large Hadron Collider, countless glares of a strange nature are seen in the Valsain area. Alberto Cuellar has the misfortune of being close to one of them and suddenly goes back in time, specifically to the Spanish post-war period. Our protagonist will be immersed in the hard task of explaining where he comes from and the objects he’s carrying with him. When news of him coming from the future are spread, several characters from different countries want to gather information about the Second World War development and how to influence it, through unprecedented personal conversations with the main character. Conspiracies and betrayals are present throughout the novel up to the resolution of the glares issues and the restoration of the normal situation… or the change of the future forever.

      • September 2021

        Farverig Sturmvogel

        by Rabea Funk, Inga Haferstroh

        Farverig is ein kleiner, grauer, unscheinbarer Vogel, der so gerne bunt sein möchte wie alle anderen Vögel. Und so schmückt er sich mit fremden Federn. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem er erkennt, dass er, so wie er ist, ein mutiger und einzigartiger Vogel ist – nämlich … Farverig Sturmvogel.  Ein Buch für alle, sterben daran glauben, dass ein Sturm unsere Farben und Fröhlichkeit niemals auslöschen WIRD.

      • O príncipe eletrônico

        Mídia, política e sociedade

        by Nauroski, Everson Araújo

        O príncipe eletrônico: mídia, política e sociedade No limiar do século XXI, as novas tecnologias de mídia e informação promovem a intercomunicação de pessoas e instituições em escala global, abrindo novas possibilidades, tanto de interação entre pessoas, grupos e organizações, como de controle e influência dos mesmos. Na relação entre economia e tecnologia, os mercados globais assumem novas proporções, penetram os espaços sociais afetando comportamentos. Nesse contexto, o viés econômico-competitivo na globalização, na busca por novos mercados e mão de obra, tem provocado a homogeneização de diferentes culturas, afetado identidades, valores, crenças e costumes, o que foi apontado por Ianni (1997) como uma ocidentalização forçada em todo o mundo sob o signo do capitalismo.   The electronic prince: media, politics and society At the threshold of the 21st century, new media and information technologies promote the intercommunication of people and institutions on a global scale, opening up new possibilities, both for interaction between people, groups and organizations, as well as for their control and influence. In the relationship between economy and technology, global markets take on new proportions, penetrate social spaces and affect behavior. In this context, the economic-competitive bias in globalization, in the search for new markets and labor, has caused the homogenization of different cultures, affecting identities, values, beliefs and customs, which was pointed out by Ianni (1997) as a Westernization forced around the world under the sign of capitalism.

      • Fiction

        Rewind

        by Juan Tallón

        SHORTLISTED FOR IV PREMIO BIENAL DE NOVELA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA 2021 -   One Friday in May, on what is shaping up to be a perfect day, there is a strange explosion in a building in Lyon. One of the flats in the now ruined building was occupied by a group of students from various countries who were having a party. Paul, student of Fine Art; Emma, tormented by the tortuous history of her Spanish family; Luca, fascinated both with mathematics and with the cyclist, Marco Pantani; and Ilka, a student who left Berlin with nothing more than a guitar on her back: these are the tenants of a house that was a popular meeting place for the city’s students. In the neighbouring flat, also hit by the explosion, lives a quiet Moroccan family, whose members are apparently well-integrated into French life. The novel explores events from various points of view. Through five narrators – victims and witnesses – we discover what happened that Friday night and the consequences that unfolded over the next three years, until their accounts have covered every hidden aspect of the explosion.   Rewind explores whether it is possible to rewind events. And examines our personal ghosts, the role of chance, the people who in the end we do not become, the secrets that must or must not be told, and our capacity to remake ourselves when we are broken. This novel is an espionage operation that investigates the mechanisms of life. How it changes without warning, turns, throws you into the air and destroys you when you are least prepared for it. And, just as mysteriously, how – if you survive everything life has to throw at you – it then allows you to remake yourself and keep moving forward.

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