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Samir Éditeur
Founded in 1947, Samir Éditeur is a Beirut-based francophone publishing house specializing in children’s books and textbooks. We publish in both French and Arabic languages, and our books are distributed worldwide. Our children’s book list includes picture books, first readers, fiction and non-fiction titles for ages 2 to 17. We publish original content as well as carefully curated translations such as Roald Dahl’s books. Our family of culturally and geographically diverse authors and illustrators enriches our catalogue with award-winning titles, such as our YA title Caballero by Lenia Major that won 3 awards and got 3 mentions in France (2017-2018) or our picture book Raconte encore, grand-mère ! by Marido Viale and Xavière Broncard that won the Prix Chronos (2016). Our latest YA novel Droit devant is currently shortlisted for 5 literary awards. We are among those who were the most affected by the Beirut blast this past August. Our offices were completely destroyed; fortunately, our staff had been working from home due to the covid outbreak, so there were no human losses. And so we live to tell another story! – BOP Finalist 2019
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2021No problem, Sam
by Oksana Lushchevska
Sam is the award winning ballroom dancer. But one day his dad decides the boy must become a real man and enrolls him in the combat club. And that’s when the real adventures begins. Will Sam be able to withstand a much stronger opponent? Will he find his dance partner Anhelinka? You will learn about all this on the pages of this dynamic and humororus book.
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November 2019Mental Health and Well-being in Animals
by Franklin D. McMillan
Since publication of the first edition of this book, public concern for the well-being of animals has continued to increase throughout the world. In addition, advances in research over the past decade have yielded an enormous amount of knowledge about animal mental health and wellbeing. Studies on animal stress, distress, emotions, psychological trauma, and mental disorders have brought to light insights on how to care for and treat the animal mind. The second edition is:Fully revised, expanded, and comprehensively updated with the most current knowledge about the full array of mental health issues seen in animals.Written by key opinion leaders, internationally-recognized experts and specialists.Comprehensive in its coverage, from the basic principles of mental wellness, emotional distress, suffering and mental illness, through to measurement and treatment.Packed with even more practical information, wisdom and clinical tips.This book remains invaluable to veterinary professionals, animal welfare researchers and advocates, and other animal caregivers. Part 1: Foundational Issues of Animal Mental Health and Well-being 1: Mental Health in Animals: A Veterinary Behaviorist’s View — Debra F. Horwitz 2: The Problems with Well-Being Terminology — Franklin D. McMillan, James W. Yeates 3: The Philosophical and Biological Evolution of Feelings in Well-being — Ian J.H. Duncan 4: The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health — Melissa Bain, C. A. Tony Buffington Part 2: The Pleasant Experiences: Mental Wellness 5: Moving Beyond a Problem-based Focus on Poor Animal Welfare Towards Creating Opportunities to Have Positive Welfare Experiences — David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil 6: The Mental Health and Well-being Benefits of Personal Control in Animals — Franklin D. McMillan 7: Quality of Life of Animals in Veterinary Medical Practice — James W. Yeates 8: The Mental Health and Well-Being Benefits of Social Contact and Social Support in Animals — Franklin D. McMillan 9: Subjective Well-being, Happiness, and Personality in Animals — Alexander Weiss, Lauren M. Robinson 10: Fostering Mental and Behavioral Wellness During Upbringing and Throughout Life — Daniel Q. Estep, Suzanne Hetts Part 3: The Unpleasant Experiences: Distress, Suffering, and Mental Illness 11: What Is Distress? A Complex Answer to a Simple Question — Franklin D. McMillan 12: Suffering, Agency, and the Bayesian Mind — Daniel M. Weary 13: Mental Illness in Animals: Diagnostic Considerations Using Selected Mental Disorders — Karen L. Overall 14: Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Psychopathology in Animals — Franklin D. McMillan Part 4: Mental Health Issues in Special Populations 15: Cognitive and Emotional Disorders in the Aging Pet — Jacqueline Wilhelmy, Gary Landsberg 16: Mental Health Issues in Farm Animals: A Music Mixing Board Model of Behavioral Characteristics Using The Panksepp Emotional System — Temple Grandin 17: Mental Health Issues in the Horse — Daniel S. Mills, Claire Ricci-Bonot, Sophie S. Hall 18: Mental Health Issues in Shelter Animals — Victoria Cussen, Pamela J. Reid 19: The Mental Health of Laboratory Animals — Carine Elkhoraibi, Amy Robinson-Junker, Gina Alvino, Larry Carbone 20: Mental Health Issues in Captive Birds — Lynne M. Seibert 21: Psychological Well-Being in Zoo Animals — David Shepherdson, Kathy Carlstead 22: Mental Health Issues in Captive Cetaceans — Lori Marino Part 5: Assessment and Management of Emotional Distress and Disorders 23: Assessing Affective States in Animals — Michael Mendl, Elizabeth S. Paul 24: Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders – Non-Pharmacologic Methods — Pamela J. Reid 25: Treatment of Emotional Distress and Disorders – Pharmacologic Methods — Sharon Crowell-Davis
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureJune 2024Round our way
Sam Hanna's visual legacy
by Heather Nicholson
Sam Hanna (1903-96), a pioneering filmmaker from Burnley, Lancashire, was dubbed the 'Lowry of filmmaking' by BBC broadcaster Brian Redhead in the 1980s. The well-meant label stuck, even though it misses the variety of Hanna's remarkable output. Hanna's intimate glimpses into the lives of strangers enable us to imagine the possible stories that lie behind the images. Away from mid-century exponents of documentary filmmaking and photography, Hanna shows us humanity and a microcosm of a world in change, where his subjects are caught up in issues far beyond their grasp that we, as onlookers years later, encounter and see afresh. Written and curated by historian Heather Norris Nicholson, Round our way combines stills, essays and archive photography to document Hanna's unique visual record on film, particularly in northern England, but also further afield, during decades of profound change.
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October 2018Von Männern und ihren Katzen
Die größten Katzenliebhaber der Geschichte
by Sam Kalda, Kirsten Riesselmann
Der beste Freund des Mannes ist der Hund. Von wegen! In seinem stilsicher wie liebevoll illustrierten Buch widmet sich Sam Kalda den großen »Katzenmännern« der Geschichte und beweist, dass den bedeutendsten Denkern, Erfindern, Künstlern und Schriftstellern unserer Zeit keineswegs imposante Vierbeiner beiseite standen, sondern filigrane Katzengeschöpfe. Hemingway, der für seinen Jagdinstinkt – in tierischen wie in libidinösen Gefilden – und seinen exzessiven Alkoholkonsum berüchtigt war, legte eine erstaunliche Zuneigung zu Katzen an den Tag, zärtlich nannte er sie seine »Schnurr-Fabriken«. Nikola Tesla wurde angeblich zum Nachdenken über Elektrizität inspiriert, als er seine Katze Macak streichelte und einen Schlag abbekam. Und als fanatischster Katzenliebhaber wird vermutlich Karl Lagerfeld in die Geschichte eingehen, dessen weißes Siamkätzchen Choupette nicht nur für Chanel modelt, sondern auch einen Twitter-Account, zwei Nannys und eigenes Designergeschirr besitzt. Von Männern und ihren Katzen ist eine längst überfällige und charmante Hommage an die größten Katzenliebhaber aller Zeiten.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2023In the company of wolves
Werewolves, wolves and wild children
by Sam George, Bill Hughes
In the company of wolves presents further research from the Open Graves, Open Minds Project. It connects together innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance of wolves, wild children and werewolves as portrayed in different media and genres. We begin with the wolf itself as it has been interpreted as a cultural symbol and how it figures in contemporary debates about wilderness and nature. Alongside this, we consider eighteenth-century debates about wild children - often thought to have been raised by wolves and other animals - and their role in key questions about the origins of language and society. The collection continues with essays on werewolves and other shapeshifters as depicted in folk tales, literature, film and TV, concluding with the transition from animal to human in contemporary art, poetry and fashion.
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DOORWAYS TO TRANSFOMATION
Everyday Wisdom for the Creative Soul
by Karen Kinney
In Doorways to Transformation, Karen Kinney offers a treasure trove of wisdom to bolster your creativity and your larger life. Drawing from her experience as a professional artist, writer, and practitioner of contemplative spirituality, she leads you on a liberating journey of greater self-awareness and expansion. Interspersing insights gleaned from living cross-culturally in Mexico, Kinney shares reflections on the creative process, abun-dance, stepping into your power, navi-gating fear, and embracing the unknown.
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August 2004Sam, die Beatles und ich
Wie ich das Herz meines Sohnes gewann
by Smith, Peter / Englisch Goga-Klinkenberg, Susanne
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The ArtsSeptember 2015Film modernism
by Sam Rohdie
This book is at once a detailed study of a range of individual filmmakers and a study of the modernism in which they are situated. It consists of fifty categories arranged in alphabetical order, among which are allegory, bricolage, classicism, contradiction, desire, destructuring and writing. Each category, though autonomous, interacts, intersects and juxtaposes with the others, entering into a dialogue with them and in so doing creates connections, illuminations, associations and rhymes which may not have arisen in a more conventional framework. The author refers to particular films and directors that raise questions related to modernism, and, inevitably, thereby to classicism. Jean-Luc Godard's work is at the centre of the book, though it spreads out, evokes and echoes other filmmakers and their work, including the films of Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, João César Monteiro, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Orson Welles. This innovative and eloquently written text book will be an essential resource for all film students. ;
