Aurora Metro is a an award-winning indie publisher established over 25 years ago in the UK. We publish fiction, non-fiction, YA fiction, drama, cookery, biography. Over 200 international authors published and over 20 works in translation.
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Rua do Sabão wants to bring unpublished or half forgotten titles to Brazil, using only direct translations of the original language; and make room for new works, created by Brazilian authors of tomorrow.
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Upon entering the Royal Spanish Academy in 1975, Miguel Delibes delivered an address which reclaimed El camino (1950) for the emerging Green movement. With a blend of hilarity, satire, pathos and tragedy, Delibes artfully explores the process of crossing boundaries in pursuit of maturity and social advancement, whilst also implying that real education is the unfolding of the human heart among friends and sweethearts within a shared social and natural space. This new annotated version of the text comprises an introductory essay discussing green issues, attitudes towards the Spanish peasantry under Franco, and the function of the novel's subtly orchestrated comedy. It also contains explanatory notes on the text, discussion topics and an extensive Spanish-English glossary. This edition is intended primarily for English-speaking students of Spanish literature and culture at school and university. ;
Miguel Barnet und eine Gruppe von Ethnologen besuchten den hundertdreijährigen Esteban Montejo. Sie begegneten einem hochintelligenten, eigensinnigen Mann voller Erinnerungen an längst Vergessenes, Erinnerungen aus dem Leben der Sklaven, aus der Zeit der Abschaffung der Sklaverei auf Cuba und des Befreiungskrieges gegen die spanischen Kolonialisten. Montejo ist ein Cimarrón, ein entlaufener Sklave, der lange Jahre in absoluter Einsamkeit in den Bergen gelebt hat. Später schloß er sich den Aufständischen an, die gegen die Invasion Cubas durch die Amerikaner kämpften. Der Cimarrón entstand nach Tonbandaufnahmen von Gesprächen, die Miguel Barnet über Wochen und Monate mit Esteban Montejo geführt hat. Das überraschendste daran ist die bilderreiche Sprache dieses ehemaligen Sklaven. Von unseren Augen vollzieht sich die lebendige Vermischung von afrikanischen Mythen mit dem Katholizismus zu einer der afro-cubanischen Religionen, wie sie Barnet in seinem Buch Cultos afro-cubanos beschreibt. Esteban Montejo schildert alles von seinem persönlichen Standpunkt aus: das Leben als Sklave auf der Zuckerrohrplantage, das Leben in den Bergen, den Krieg, die Zeit, als die Spanier wohl vertrieben, aber durch die Nordamerikaner ersetzt waren. »Dieses Buch«, schrieb Lévi-Strauss, »eröffnet eine völlig neue Gattung der ethnologischen Literatur. Ihr Kennzeichen: eine Vertrautheit mit der Wirklichkeit der untersuchten Ethnie, die weit über alles früher Versuchte hinausgeht«. Die Lebensgeschichte von Esteban Montejo wurde 1971 unter dem Titel El Cimarrón von Hans Werner Henze vertont.
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Poultry are the most widely used animal protein source in the world: billions of meat birds are produced globally each year, using 360 million tonnes of feed. Within Europe, over 30,000 companies involved in the production of poultry create an annual turnover of €107 billion. However, maintaining the sustainability of the industry as it moves towards antibiotic-free production is one of the key challenges. Starting with an overview of antibiotics as growth promoters and the challenges faced as the industry moves away from their use, this book then thoroughly considers the potential of pre and probiotic additives in poultry gut health. The book: - Includes thorough definitions of additives in the pre and probiotic space and examples of how they work; - Addresses how to test pre and probiotics and other similar additives, and how they interact with other products, with learning from both poultry and allied sectors; - Combines authors from both academic and industry backgrounds on all chapters, to ensure coverage is balanced, robust and commercially relevant. Based on the renowned World Poultry Science Association UK Branch Poultry Science Symposium 2022, this book provides a thorough and valuable contribution to the field for all involved with the nutrition and production of poultry.
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With the aim of scientifically guiding people to enhance physical fitness and prevent and treat diseases with traditional Chinese medicine regimens, the author writes this book from seven aspects to provide a systematic introduction of the theories and methods of traditional Chinese medicine regimens. The book offers readers a deeper insight into such aspects as Chinese medicine taking, daily regimens, and basic self-treatment. The Chinese medicinal materials selected in this book are all commonly used, and the selected health-preserving medicinal diet has been verified by long-term TCM clinical trials to have significant health_x0002_preserving effects while being authentic, low-cost, easy, and convenient to use.
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China enjoys a profound civilization. Among countless classics, some are of rich meaning and deep insights, which has influenced people’s personality, mindset, morality and appreciation of beauty. These classics serve as a door to the understanding of Chinese culture. This series offers readers a way to learn classics through the calligraphy of master Sun Xiaoyun.
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This book is a compilation of globally relevant 23 leafy medicinal plants, discussed as individual chapters. The first section deals with a general overview and importance of leafy medicinal plants. The second covers 23 leafy medicinal plants as individual chapters. Each crop is discussed under the sub headings, Botany, Chemistry, Post-harvest Technology and Uses. Under Botany, an introduction on the crop, its history/origin, geographical distribution and morphology is covered. The subsection on Chemistry focuses on the chemical composition and phytochemical aspects of each crop. Postharvest technology would concentrate on processing and value addition and under Uses, general and pharmacological uses of the crop would be covered.
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The Beautiful Daily Life of Chef Huang is a collection of essays in which Huang Lei shares with the readers his memories as a gourmet and his secret recipes. In his nostalgic account, he tells about the delicacies his parents prepared and how he cooked each meal for his wife and children when he grew up. The passage of time has enabled Huang Lei to transform into Chef Huang and to share with the readers his private recipes and the emotional memories associated with them. He is trying to tell the readers that the kitchen harbors happiness and that food brings joy and expresses the life philosophy of “leading a simple but rich life”.
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In recent years the livestock sector has been hit by a number of high-profile diseases, such as BSE,Foot and Mouth Disease and Avian Influenza. These have had a devastating economic impact onlivestock producers and the broader livestock industry. One key response has been a growing interestin livestock disease insurance. However there is a need for greater understanding of private incentives,market impacts, and public policy perspectives on regional, national and international levels, if livestockinsurance products and complementary risk management programmes are to be developed.This book provides a balanced and broad-ranging overview of the economics of livestock diseaseinsurance. It covers both general issues and specific case studies drawn from the USA, Canada, Europeand Australia or focussing on specific issues. The book is unique in addressing this subject and willinterest readers in agricultural business and economics, veterinary science and the livestock sector.
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Now available in paperback, this study of the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 contains fourteen new essays from scholars working in literature, music, art history and military history. The Armistice brought hopes for a better future, as well as sadness, disappointment and rage. Many people in all the combatant nations asked hard questions about the purpose of the war. These questions are explored in complex and nuanced ways in the literature, music and art of the period. This book revisits the silence of the Armistice and asks how its effect was to echo into the following decades. The essays are genuinely interdisciplinary and are written in a clear, accessible style.
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