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Quipu Ediciones
Quipu is an Argentine publishing house with a wide catalog for readers from 3 up to 18 years old. We have genres such as novels, short stories, poetry, theater, YA Lit, comic, graphic novel, picture books, illustrated books, pedagogy and reading initiation activities. Our mission is to reach all readers with stories that promote imagination, values and serve as triggers for debate regarding relevant issues in both childhood and adolescence.We are distinguished by the authors and illustrators in our catalogue, the quality of the content and materials such as paper, binding and special terminations, as well as the selection and editing work that we carry out with the readers in mind.We have distribution in several Spanish-speaking countries and have sold translation rights of some of our titles being various of them awarded both in Argentina and abroad. We are looking for expansion as well partnerships in distribution and rights sale.We are keepers of stories.
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FictionAugust 2024Deirdre Madden
New critical perspectives
by Anne Fogarty, Marisol Morales-Ladrón
The Irish writer, Deirdre Madden, has written key novels about the Northern Irish Troubles and about contemporary Ireland. In these works, she weighs up the aftermath of violence and the impact of the shift to a more open but materialist society in the country overall. Memory, trauma, and the abiding but elusive links between the past and the present are central concerns of her fiction. This pioneering set of essays by leading experts in Irish Studies explores the many dimensions of her novels from a wide variety of perspectives. Madden's skill at interweaving novels of ideas with artist novels that draw out the complex inner predicaments of her characters is highlighted. States of dislocation are concentrated on in her texts, but also the quest for a home in the world and a lasting set of values that allows for personal integrity and authenticity. These multifaceted explorations bear out the compelling and enduring aspects of Madden's highly regarded novels.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2012The agency phenomenon in the European Union
Emergence, institutionalisation and everyday decision-making
by Madalina Busuioc, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Martijn Groenleer, Simon Bulmer, Jarle Trondal, Andrew Geddes, Peter Humphreys
This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the agency phenomenon in the European Union. It takes stock of the emergence and development of EU agencies, providing insight into the characteristics as well as the consequences of the ongoing EU agencification process. The volume traces the varied roots of and routes to agency emergence and institutionalisation. It also analyses everyday decision-making processes within EU-level agencies, notably the management of such agencies, their role in the creation of network structures in European executive governance and in the implementation of EU legislation at the member state level, and the varied sources of agency accountability. The ambition of this volume is to offer an even-handed assessment and explanation of agency creation, design, and evolution at the EU level. The volume is targeted to academics, post-graduate students and practitioners. Chapter authors include Deirdre Curtin, Renaud Dehousse, Morten Egeberg and Thomas Gehring. ;
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November 2018Was bleibt, wenn die Schreie enden?
Briefe 1966-1989
by Samuel Beckett, Chris Hirte
Dieser Band beschließt die große vierbändige Ausgabe der Briefe Samuel Becketts. Er enthält Briefe aus den letzten 23 Lebensjahren, in denen sich das Werk des seit Warten auf Godot (1953) berühmten Autors weiter entfaltet. 1969 erhält Beckett den Nobelpreis – und flieht nach Tunesien. Aus der Lawine der Glückwünsche und sonstigen Zuschriften kann er, der gewissenhafte Korrespondent, sich kaum befreien. Immer wieder, zum Beispiel zu den Geburtstagen, wird er in dieser Weise verschütt gehen, sich beklagen und aufs Neue berappeln. Denn weiterhin drängen Texte ans Licht. Zahlreiche Theater- und Fernsehstücke entstehen ebenso wie Prosa, so die Trilogie Gesellschaft, Schlecht gesehen schlecht gesagt und Aufs Schlimmste zu. Beckett inszeniert die eigenen Stücke in Paris, London und häufig in Berlin – sowie Fernsehstücke in Stuttgart. Dauernd ist er mit Selbstübersetzungen (französischer Texte ins Englische, englischer Texte ins Französische) beschäftigt. Er bekommt es – unwillig und dann doch kooperativ – mit BiographInnen zu tun, Deirdre Bair, dann James Knowlson (Samuel Beckett. Eine Biographie, 2001). Urlaube, die er mit seiner Frau auf Malta, an der nordafrikanischen Küste oder in den Alpen verbringt, sind auch Fluchten vor dem Pariser und internationalen Kulturbetrieb, den er haßt und in dem er doch unermüdlich mitwirkt. Zuletzt lassen die Kräfte nach. Am 22. Dezember 1989 stirbt Samuel Beckett im Pflegeheim. Unweigerlich pointiert und trocken, immer noch in diesem unnachahmlichen Ton, bescheidet eines seiner letzten Schreiben den Briefpartner: „Mein Hirn ist Matsch, kann nicht helfen. Bonne continuation.“
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FictionJuly 2019The Painter
by Deirdre Quiery
In a desire to impress the people who visit his workshop, renowned artist The Painter, employs a gardener to create an inspirational landscape which includes a labyrinth, an orange grove and Moorish-inspired fountains. They develop an intimate relationship and the Painter, whose life and talent had become increasingly dissipated, finds himself slowly recovering his original innocence and talent. However, the relationship is tainted by the Painter's jealousy when visitors express more interest in the magical garden and mysterious labyrinth than in the Painter's art. That jealously blossoms into deadly rage when The Painter catches the gardener changing one of his paintings.... Deirdre Quiery's compelling new thriller explores themes of love, life and deceit, and examines the lengths we will go to pursue and protect our passions.
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MemoirsMy Call to the Ring
by Deirdre Gogarty & Darrelyn Saloom
Although in the late 1980s boxing is socially frowned upon and illegal for women in Ireland, a girl named Deirdre Gogarty has one dream: to be the first Irish woman to become world champion. Unable to fit in at school and in the midst of her parents’ unraveling marriage, she plans her suicide. Death hovers in the back of her mind but boxing beckons as Gogarty defies the odds and finds a gym and coach who is willing to train her. Her fierce determination leads to underground bouts in Ireland and Britain. But how can a shy, young misfit become a professional boxer in a country that bans women from the sport? Gogarty follows her calling to compete and journeys from the Irish Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, from outcast to center ring, from the depths of depression to the championship fight of her life. Deirdre Gogarty is a native of Drogheda, Ireland who moved to the United States to pursue her dream to become a champion boxer. Her journey led her from illegally boxing with men in Drogheda and Dublin Boxing clubs to training in a shack in Louisiana, USA and, to eventually being crowned WIBF featherweight champion.
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Children's & YANo Hugs!
by Deirdre Prischmann (author), Sarah Jennings (illustator)
Alice loves hugs, so she is confused and upset when her friend Zara doesn’t want a hug. When the tables are turned, she appreciates her friend’s perspective and realizes that a hug takes two willing individuals.
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Travel & holiday guidesAugust 2014Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh
by Deirdre Holding
Rich in both history and spectacular scenery, Armenia is a truly captivating country. Whether seeking out ancient monasteries dotted within dramatic landscapes, wandering through one of Yerevan’s impressive museums or admiring the intricate stone carvings at Noratus, you’ll find opportunities to delve into this nation’s past at every turn. Add to this the welcoming locals, superb hiking possibilities and abundant bird life, and you’ll soon discover why Armenia is worth more than just a fleeting visit._x000D_ _x000D_ Packed with detailed background information and invaluable, fully updated, practical advice, Bradt’s Armenia remains the essential choice for anyone travelling to this beautiful country._x000D_ _x000D_
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Humanities & Social SciencesCelebrating Teachers
A Visual History
by Deirdre Raftery
Discover the changing story of educators around the world, from medieval monks to those who work in today’s classrooms. Includes profiles of pioneering teachers such as Friedrich Froebel, Otto Salomon, Maria Montessori, and Jean Piaget. The book also looks at the portrayal of teachers in art, literature, film and television. Includes inspirational quotations from, and interviews with, classroom heroes past and present.
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Computing & ITMay 2019Perfectly Preventable Deaths
by Deirdre Sullivan
An isolated town. Generations of dark secrets . . . Fifteen-year-old twins Madeline and Catlin move to a new life in Ballyfrann, a strange isolated Irish town, a place where the earth is littered with small corpses and unspoken truths. A place where, for the last sixty years, teenage girls have gone missing in the surrounding mountains. As distance grows between the twins – as Catlin falls in love, and Madeline begins to understand her own nascent witchcraft – Madeline discovers that Ballyfrann is a place full of predators. When Catlin falls into the gravest danger of all, Madeline must ask herself who she really is, and who she wants to be – or rather, who she might have to become to save her sister. Dark and savage, this is a highly lyrical coming-of-age thriller, about the bond between twins, witchcraft and the sacrifices we make for those we care about the most. For fans of Frances Hardinge and Laure Eve.
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Science & MathematicsThe Galápagos Islands
by Deirdre A. Prischmann
Phenomenon: How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
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Therapy & therapeuticsOctober 2001Working with Dysphagia
by Lizzy Marks, Deirdre Rainbow
This practical text is indispensable to all clinicians working with dysphagia and is suitable for those involved in a range of settings and with a diversity of client groups. With its perspective on everyday working practice, 'Working with Dysphagia' fills a gap in an area where practical and workable material is much sought after. It includes: Introduction The normal swallow Respiration and aspiration Subjective assessment Objective assessment General issues in management Tracheostomies and ventilators Nutrition and hydration Legal and professional issues Health and safety Making ethical decisions Training other professionals Appendices bring together examples of client advice sheets, programmes and details of available resources, including internet sites. This book is a useful resource for all therapists, ranging from students to specialist, as the practical assessment approach and comprehensive management strategies are supported throughout with references of recent relevant research.
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Business, Economics & LawOctober 2020Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich
How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World
by McCloskey, Carden
Deirdre McCloskey is one of our best-known economic historians and an advocate for free market capitalism and the power of ideas in shaping our economy. Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich: The Bourgeois Deal collects the provocative arguments put forward by McCloskey in a trilogy published by the Press that mounts a vigorous defense of capitalism as told through the story of the rise of the bourgeois. Co-authored with Art Carden, Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich is a libertarian take on economic development and the role of government and, indeed, tells a different story of market expansion and democratization than that of Thomas Piketty or Joseph Stiglitz. Carden and McCloskey succinctly demonstrate the power of new technologies and new ideas about democracy, liberty, and dignity for all people in fueling economic growth and prosperity in modernizing Europe.
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Business, Economics & LawJanuary 2011
Emotional Intelligence
A leadership imperative
by Daire coffey & Deirdre Murray
Delivers an essential "how to" guide on effective leadership.
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Biography & True StoriesOctober 2013Going Solo on Lake Como
by Ciara O'Toole
Sometimes flying by the seat of your pants is the best thing you can do … When Ciara O’Toole and her husband move to Lake Como, Italy, they make plans – to run their own businesses, to learn the language and to immerse themselves in the Italian way of life. But just a few months into the adventure Ciara’s marriage ends and she finds herself alone in a country where she doesn’t speak the language. She is faced with a choice: return to Ireland or stay in Italy and make her new life work. Determined to make a go of it, she throws herself into everything – forging new friendships – whirlwind romances, attempting to eat her own weight in four-cheese pizzas … and learning to fly a seaplane! Her new passion grips her as she works tirelessly towards an all-important milestone: her first solo flight. Told with warmth, humour and disarming honesty, Going Solo on Lake Como is the inspirational story of how one woman finds her wings and takes to the skies. ‘It made me laugh, it made me cry. It is epic in scope but incredibly intimate.’ Jane Maas
