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Gill Books is an Irish publisher which produces an eclectic list of award-winningand bestselling titles from agenda-setting current affairs to absorbing history, page-turning biography to beautifully produced lifestyle. We are a division of Gill, Ireland’s largest publisher. Its origins date back to 1856 when M.H. Gill & Son, whose portfolio included printing and bookselling, wasfounded in Dublin. The bookshop, which stood on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for123 years and is referenced in James Joyce’s Ulysses, can now be found online at www.gillbooks.ie. In collaboration with some of Ireland’s best writers, brands and a network of creative talents, Gill Books creates a dynamic publishing proposition, which builds on a 150-year heritage whilst looking excitedly to the future.
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November 1996Frauen mit Flügel
Lebensberichte berühmter Pianistinnen. Von Clara Schumann bis Clara Haskil
by Eva Rieger, Monica Steegmann, Eva Rieger, Monica Steegmann
Tagebucheintragungen, Briefe, Autobiographien berichten von acht großen Musikerinnenkarrieren: Clara Schumann, Amy Fay, Mathilde Verne, Adelina de Lara, Clara Haskil, Lili Kraus, Rosalyn Tureck und Moura Lympany.
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Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's/YA)October 2021El año de la rata
by Jorge Alderete
Our forests are shrinking every year due to fires forestry. Trees and all life that inhabits them, from tiny microorganisms to families of birds and animals are destroyed by flames that in most cases, are caused by we, humans.
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January 2018Corpo da multidão: Dança e políticas públicas
by Moura, Gilsamar
Num período no qual a Dança conquistava o valor de sua especificidade no Brasil, oportunizada pelo apogeu nas políticas culturais federais, Araraquara, cidade do interior Paulista, era cenário de mudanças profundas e transformadoras, caracterizadas por ações específicas do poder público, que resultaram em novas formas de relação entre Estado e Sociedade. Sob os preceitos da Democracia Participativa, agentes culturais e políticos promoveram a reorganização da Cultura na cidade e, a Dança, de forma transgressora, se efetivou como Política Pública. Este livro de Gilsamara Moura transcende a narrativa histórica-evolutiva dos projetos de dança implementados na cidade de Araraquara a partir da articulação de diversas redes amparadas pela Educação e pela Cultura. Ele é, sobretudo, um documento político de uma época, um replicador do desenvolvimento da dança, desde o lugar que habitamos. — Kranya V. Díaz-Serrano
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FictionHypnosis
by Paulo Moura
In the early 1990s, Mexican journalist Chespirito Diaz arrived in Washington willing to win in life and save the world. He was far from imagining that he would be the cause of a war. When Rachel Woodberg, a daughter of the American elite, with an obsession for adventure, proposed an unorthodox report on a gang summit, Chespirito realized that he was treading dangerous ground. Hypnosis is the novel of that decisive decade, between Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993 and the Iraq war in 2003, and can be read as a reflection on the nature and origins of collective persuasion in the contemporary world. A story that is only beginning.
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RelationshipsJuly 2018THE SOUND OF AN EMPTY HEART
by Graciela Mayrink
An anonymous message uniting two sad and lonely hearts: a singer and his fan. Gabriel Moura is a rock star at the peak of his career, after releasing an album well received by critics. He seems to have everything, but he hides himself in his room, tormented by manias that his mother put in his head. Fighting against OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), trying to overcome his obsessions and compulsions, he finds a forum about depression, where a fan shares his problems. When he feels connected to her, he begins to nurture a fixation for the girl and believes that it can help her end her sadness. Carolina is in her first year of college and is haunted by the ghost of a scandal at the end of high school. Her ex-boyfriend leaked an intimate photo of her on the Internet. Without parental support, she falls into depression, distances herself from her twin sister, and finds relief only by talking to strangers in an online forum. One day, she meets a fan of her idol on the internet who is also having problems, and the two of them start exchanging messages of support. Little does Carolina know that who is behind everything is the famous singer.
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December 2020Why 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.
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Children's & YAThe Boy and The Maestro
by Ana Maria Machado
The award-winning Brazilian author Ana Maria Machado, winner of countless national and international prizes, includes a selection for the White Ravens Catalogue, reappears in our catalogue with a jewel in the form of a book. Remember that book that captivates us, when it addresses a delicate issue in a sensitive and surprising way? The Boy and the Maestro is an exciting story of the friendship between a boy who lives in a low-income community in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and a conductor who, When he recognizes the boy´s talent, starts encouraging him to develop his musical gift. Themes such as child labor, a child´s abandonment by his father, the discovery of individual talents and basic musical concepts are all treated with great care in the text and portrayed with an incredible mix of colors and perspective in Vinicius Sabato´s illustrations.
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Children's & YAJune 2020A THOUSAND PAPER BIRDS
by Severino Rodrigues
Letícia and Makoto both faced difficult situations. She had quite a scare – imagine having a near-heart attack before the age of 20? He lost his beloved grandfather and since then, a great sadness has invaded him. Together, they will discover what it means to live, grow and overcome the problems life throws our way.
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FictionMay 2019Assesta's Short Stories - Water
by Assesta
In this second volume of short stories by the authors of Assesta (Writers Association of Alentejo), water was the chosen theme to bring to life the imagination of writers and illustrators of Assesta.Short stories or poetic prose wanderings, the reader will find everything in these small texts followed by marvellous illustrations, all made in Alentejo.
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The ArtsApril 2018NEW HISTORY OF BRAZILIAN CINEMA I
by Fernão Pessoa Ramos and Sheila Schvarzman (editors)
In this series, a compilation of texts by researchers and specialists seeks to sketch an updated and detailed panorama of Brazilian cinema. In this first volume, Brazilian cinema is analyzed from the 1910s onwards, addressing silent movies, the beginning of sound film, the chanchada (musical comedies) and the independent cinema of Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s-1950s, and the educational role of cinema in Getúlio Vargas’s government. The book concludes with an essay on Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz, an important Brazilian film studio of the 1950s. Ebook version brings aditional texts: “Cinema in Rio Grande do Sul (1918-1934), by Glenio Povoas, and “Massaini, producer and distributor (1935-1992): a lesser known aspect of Brazilian cinema”, by Luciano Ramos.
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November 2014Between Nostalgia and Apocalypse
Popular Music and the Staging of Brazil
by Daniel B. Sharp
Chronicles the entanglement of traditional and experimental music in northeast Brazil
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30 Days with María
by Esteban Torres Lana
A young woman at the brink of death is admitted into a hospital in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Soon, her doctors realize this woman, María Sa, has been chemically poisoned. Through handwritten journals, we realize that María, who is the son of Palestinian father, is implicating Prime Minister Netanyahu in the attempt to assassinate her. But we also discover through the journals that María is a free, polyamorous, independent spirit, enamored with the Palestinian cause and always looking for justice. The journals come to an abrupt end, 30 days after María has been admitted into the hospital.
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Education2018Reflections on Classroom Thinking Strategies (11th ed)
How to create your thinking classroom with 42 practical and engaging thinking tools.
by Eric Frangenheim
Offering Beliefs about the thinking classroom Strategies/tools for Analysis and Evaluation Strategies/tools for Creative Thinking Strategies/tools for Cooperative Thinking. ‘Reflections’ will focus on the students, encouraging teachers to use process (the HOW) to engage students, rather than relying on the content (the WHAT). Create a classroom where all participants are more relaxed nd have more fun.
