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        February 1995

        Das Gold von Amirbar

        Roman

        by Álvaro Mutis, Peter Schwaar

        Der kolumbianische Lyriker und Erzähler Álvaro Mutis gehört zu den herausragenden Schriftstellern Lateinamerikas. Er wurde 1923 in Bogotá geboren und lebt seit 1956 in Mexiko-Stadt. Nach seiner Schulzeit in einem belgischen Jesuitenkolleg arbeitete er als Journalist, später im Brauereigewerbe, bei einer Fernsehgesellschaft und in der Ölindustrie. Zunächst widmete er sich mehr der Lyrik, aber während einer 18monatigen Haft in Mexiko-Stadt, gegen Ende der fünfziger Jahre, las er sich durch die gesamte Gefängnisbibliothek und vollzog mit den Aufzeichnungen Diario de Lecumberri seinen Wandel zum Erzähler. Sein Werk kreist um die Gestalt des Maqroll, eine Art philosophischer Abenteurer und belesener Seefahrer - das erzählerische Alter ego des Autors, der selbst die Welt bereist und viele verschiedene Berufe ausgeübt hat. 2001 erhielt Álvaro Mutis den angesehensten Literaturpreis der spanischsprachigen Welt, den Cervantes-Preis. Im Suhrkamp Verlag erschienen die Romane Die letzte Fahrt des Tramp Steamer, Das Gold von Amirbar und die Maqroll-Trilogie im Taschenbuch: Der Schnee des Admirals, Ilona kommt mit dem Regen und Ein schönes Sterben. Peter Schwaar, geboren 1947 in Zürich, dort Gymnasium und Abitur, literatur- und musikwissenschaftliche Studien in Zürich und Berlin, Redakteur Kultur und Lokales beim Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger. Seit 1987 freier Übersetzer und Autor. Übertragungen aus dem Spanischen von Eduardo Mendoza, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Juan José Millás, David Trueba, Zoé Valdés, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Francisco Ayala, Javier Tomeo, Álvaro Mutis, Jorge Ibargüengoitia u.a. Lebt in Barcelona.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        February 2025

        Anthony Burgess and America

        The untold story behind the American influences on Burgess’s life, work and legacy

        by Christopher W Thurley

        Anthony Burgess and America is a biographical and critical analysis of Burgess's commentary on and relationship with the United States of America. Utilising Burgess's entire canon and newly discovered materials to assess Burgess's views on America, this book also evaluates the American inspirations in five Burgess novels. This essential addition to Burgess scholarship tells the story of a nearly unexplored area of Burgess's life. For the first time ever, Burgess's American experiences, work, and documented communication, lectures, interviews and public utterances are brought together to assess where these commentaries overlapped with his fiction. The result is a complex personal and public history about one of Britain's greatest twentieth century authors and their immersion into and interaction with American culture in the second half of the twentieth century.

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        March 2017

        Friesisches Gold

        Rieke Bernsteins zweiter Fall. Kriminalroman

        by Dietrich, Wolf S.; Dietrich, Wolf S.

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        October 2011

        Gold River

        by Unger, G. F.

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        December 2023

        Verantwortung

        Philosophische Grundlagentexte

        by Christoph Halbig, Jörg Löschke, Philipp Schwind

        Die Zuschreibung von Verantwortung für unsere Handlungen ist ein zentraler Bestandteil unserer moralischen Praxis. Aber sie wirft schwierige philosophische Fragen auf. Müssen wir beispielsweise über einen freien Willen verfügen, um für unsere Handlungen verantwortlich zu sein? Ist Verantwortung ein einheitliches Phänomen oder gibt es verschiedene Arten von Verantwortung? Und können wir nur für unsere Taten verantwortlich sein oder beispielsweise auch für unsere Überzeugungen? Der Band versammelt – zum Teil erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung – die zentralen Texte der philosophischen Debatte über Verantwortung, u. a. von Stephen Darwall, Harry G. Frankfurt, H. L. H. Hart, Thomas Nagel, Peter Strawson, Susan Wolf und Iris Marion Young.

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        Children's & YA

        I Am Not Alone

        by Ramy Tawil

        Maher realizes one day he is an only child with no siblings. He starts to feel a bit lonely, and wishes he had siblings - like his friends and cousins. Luckily, his toys are here and now it’s time to show Maher what it means to be surrounded with brothers and sisters.It’s a heartwarming story that shows how rich and powerful the imagination of an only child can be.

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        August 1998

        Der Mensch in der Perspektive der Kognitionswissenschaften

        by Andreas K. Engel, Peter Gold

        Dieser Band bietet eine kritische, durchaus kontroverse und facettenreiche Diskussion der gegenwärtigen Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Kognitionswissenschaften. Bei der Darstellung wurde darauf geachtet, daß ein einführender Charakter gewahrt bleibt. Die in den Beiträgen behandelten Themenkomplexe eröffnen den Blick auf die Kognitionswissenschaft aus der Sicht verschiedener Teildisziplinen, so daß der Leser ein Bild davon gewinnen kann, wie sich mit dem Wechsel des Standpunkts unterschiedliche Perspektiven innerhalb desselben Gebiets erschließen. Wie der Mensch in den Kognitionswissenschaften erscheint, ist im übrigen keineswegs unabhängig davon, wie und als was die Kognitionswissenschaften ihrerseits gesehen werden. Um diesen zweifachen Blick – denjenigen auf den Menschen aus der Sicht der Kognitionswissenschaften und denjenigen auf die Kognitionswissenschaften selbst – geht es in diesem Band.

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        September 2012

        Gold King

        by Unger, G. F.

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        Children's & YA

        I Am Special

        by Nadine Kamal Karrit

        You may be both different and the same as all the other children.This is what this book tackling the Down Syndrome explains, through the story of a child who just wants to be friends with everybody else.

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        Business, Economics & Law
        November 2020

        Tourism in Development: Reflective Essays

        by Peter U C Dieke, Brian E M King, Richard Sharpley, Ali Thompson

        This book: - comprises reflective essays written by internationally-ranked scholars and tourism consultants with extensive experience, particularly in the developing world countries - considers extant themes, issues and challenges related to tourism and development - offers a critical and contemporary perspective on tourism's significance and role in development.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        December 2021

        Conservation Agriculture in Africa

        Climate Smart Agricultural Development

        by Saidi Mkomwa, Amir H Kassam

        Tillage agriculture has led to wide-spread soil and ecosystem degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing regions. This is especially so in Africa where traditional agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe exploitation of natural resources with negative impacts on the environment. In addition, agriculture in Africa today faces major challenges including increased costs, climate change effects and a need for more sustainable production intensification methods. Conservation (no-tillage) agriculture has emerged as a major alternative sustainable agriculture practice in Africa and has spread to many African countries in the past decade as more development and research has enabled its extension and uptake. This landmark volume is based on the material presented at the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-12 October 2018. The main theme of the Congress was: Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture: Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063. The Congress was aligned to mobilize stakeholders in all agriculture sectors to provide development support, impetus and direction to the vision and agenda for transforming African agriculture as set out by the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063. This book is aimed at all agricultural stakeholders in the public, private and civil sectors in Africa engaged in supporting the transformation of conventional tillage agriculture to Conservation Agriculture. This includes: researchers, academics, students, development stakeholders and policy makers as well as institutional libraries across the world.

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        Biography & True Stories

        Memories of Witnesses of Gold Silver Beach Legend

        by Narrated by Yimin REN, Side HU, Jingkan WANG, etc.

        During over 30 years from its establishment till its closure, numerous scientists and engineers, workers and cadres devoted their youth to Gold Silver Beach Base, making great achievements to China’s scientific and technological development. This book makes a legendary history of Gold Silver Beach reappear by combining relevant archives with extensive oral notes of scientific and technical workers who had worked in Gold Silver Beach from different perspectives, which makes it more stereoscopic, comprehensive and vivid.

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        2020

        Development as Rebellion

        A Biography of Julius Nyerere

        by Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, Ng’wanza Kamata

        This is the first comprehensive biography of Julius Nyerere, a national liberation leader, the first president of Tanzania and an outstanding statesman of Africa and the global south. Written by three prominent Tanzanians, the work spans over 1200 pages in three volumes. It delves into Nyerere's early days among his chiefly family, and the traditions, friends and education that moulded his philosophy and political thought. All these provide the backdrop for his entrance into nationalist politics, the founding of the independence movement and his original experiment with socialism. The work took six years to research and write, involving extensive and wide-ranging interviews with persons from all walks of life in Tanzania and abroad. Among these were several leaders in East and Southern Africa who were based in Dar es salaam during their liberation struggles. The authors also visited several British universities and archives with material related to Nyerere and Tanzania, thus enriching the work with primary sources that not available in Tanzania. The book does not shy away from a critical assessment of Nyerere’s life and times. It reveals the philosopher ruler’s dilemmas and tensions between freedom and necessity, determinism and voluntarism and, above all, between territorial nationalism and continental Pan-Africanism.

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