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        The Cologne-based publishing house Emons was founded by Hermann-Josef Emons in 1984. We now have over 80 regional crime series, taking place in every part of Germany and since 2009 Emons crime novels also take place abroad (Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy etc.). Our books were published in over 13 countries, like Japan, Slowenia and Finland. Since 2009 we also publish our 111places (111 Orte) series. This illustrated guidebook series presents cities, regions and even whole countries from a wonderfully different and personal perspective.

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        Se trata de gente

        by Harout Bedrossian

        Se trata de gente: una variedad de personajes de la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén por Harout Bedrossian Harout Bedrossian, joven escritor armenio de la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén, logra representar en esta novela compacta a una variedad de personajes de diversos ámbitos, que inesperadamente se interconectan y correlacionan a pesar de las distintas maneras que tienen de ver las cosas. Un joven con bajo cociente de inteligencia lucha por integrarse. A pesar de que se le considera una persona carente de emociones, de que la sociedad lo condena al ostracismo y de que su padre lo maltrata, se enamora y, para sorpresa de su madre, una mujer lo ama y también lo acepta. Un famoso atleta, que ha perdido la fama y ha caído en el anonimato, se siente revitalizado al conocer a una joven comprensiva y clemente. Un psiquiatra, que se topó con "el paciente equivocado" que le cambió totalmente la vida, se vio forzado a exilarse de Rusia y, en su nuevo país, se encuentra con una cultura totalmente diferente, mientras su pasado lo sigue atormentando. Un joven cristiano devoto, falsamente acusado y que acaba en prisión, sigue lleno de vida y esperanza, confía en el Señor y cree que todo lo que sucede en la vida debe tener un motivo. Una desafortunada víctima de violación aprende de nuevo a amar y otros varios personajes se descubren a sí mismos a través de sus interacciones con los demás. El autor no menciona la nacionalidad de la mayoría de los personajes involucrados, ya que sus problemas y dificultades son puramente humanos y universales, sean israelíes o palestinos, cristianos, musulmanes o judíos y sostiene que, esencialmente, debemos hacer frente a los mismos elementos humanos. El relato, que transcurre principalmente en Jerusalén, está inspirado en personas que la autora conoció a través de su labor profesional en visitas a hospitales psiquiátricos, que representan a la población diversa que sólo se encuentra en un país multicultural como Israel. Estos elementos humanos de la obra de Bedrossian quizá evoquen en la memoria del lector al célebre escritor estadounidense de origen armenio William Saroyan, que deleitó a millones con sus narraciones acerca de personas fracasadas  decididas a triunfar. Harout Bedrossian nació en 1972 en Jerusalén, viajó a Florida en 1989 y obtuvo su bachillerato en un colegio secundario de West Palm Beach. Tras regresar a Jerusalén, comenzó a trabajar como ayudante de profesor y se licenció en psicología y criminología en la Universidad de Sudáfrica. Por el hecho de haber nacido y haberse criado en el seno de una familia armenia de Jerusalén, se ha visto expuesto a la cultura armenia, a la árabe y a la judía y habla con fluidez armenio, inglés, hebreo y árabe.

      • Fiction

        Andreaa Constantin

        by Esteban Torres Lana

        A dangerous challenge at sea through a rock arch battered by strong waves. She ends up seriously injured in a leg when her friend Aurelio arrives at the cove. Overcoming her pain, she hides her injuries from Aurelio and tells him the extraordinary story of her mother, which propelled her to undertake such a madness. The story begins 6 years ago in Tenerife, with Nayra's expulsion from Philosophy class for the third time in a week, causing Pablo, her father, to pick her up from school and embark on a long day of disputes, confessions, and finally, complicities between them. Walking around Santa Cruz, canceling classes and professional commitments, Pablo and Nayra spend the day discovering a personal and sentimental reality that surprises them. The problems Nayra mentions with a group of immigrant classmates, along with the aggression Nayra shows towards her mother, Lola, prompt Pablo to tell her the unfinished story with Andreea, a high-class Romanian prostitute. Pablo cannot control the level of intimacy of the tale despite his own amazement, hearing himself say things he thought were unspeakable. Nayra responds, between disputes and affection, interspersing her own confidences, some of them having a strong impact, like the adventure with an immigrant who arrived on the beaches of Fuerteventura during a summer excursion. Neither tells the most intimate details of their stories truthfully, but they are accessible to the reader. Despite frequent arguments due to the teenager's incisive and groundbreaking language, their complicity grows and they end up spending the day together, walking through different places in the city. The story with Andreea takes on dramatic tones that completely captivate the young woman. Two suicides, the chase by Romanian mafia, returning to her hometown, searching for Pablo, Andreea’s struggle to regain her dignity and her artistic capacity through painting, and the apparent disappearance of her father's life, capture Nayra’s attention. Despite the narrative tricks used by Pablo, when night falls and they reach home, Nayra connects the dots and is surprised to discover that her perfectionist and successful mother, a recognized painter from Santa Cruz, with whom she has had a very conflictive season, is Andreea Constantin, the Romanian immigrant her father met as a high-class prostitute. After an initial reaction of rejection due to the ignorance in which she was kept, she understands her mother's situation. All the questions she always had about many details of her life arise with the discovery. A few years after discovering her identity, Andreea disappears from home. A call from Romania alerts them to the discovery of two charred bodies near her birthplace and the presence of her old exploiter nearby, who cursed her for life through a Transylvania ritual when she abandoned prostitution. Knowing she was discovered in Tenerife, Andreea tried to keep her family away from danger and returned to her country, where she was easy prey for the mafia. Pablo and his daughter Nayra fly to Bucharest to identify Andreea’s body, which may have been brutally murdered and burned. When it seems the identification will be negative, a small detail of the clothing makes them doubt. Desolate, they receive medical and psychological support from the Romanian team, but it turns out to be a false lead. Andreea is rescued from a hideout and has survived due to a misunderstanding by her captors. Protected by the Romanian police, she later becomes a key witness whose testimony ends the dangerous band of her pimp. But that bravery comes at a price; 2 years later, she does not return from an art exhibition in Paris. The police believe that her exploiter’s curse was fulfilled by a nephew who visited him in prison shortly before his death and was seen in Paris during the days Andreea had the exhibition. After a year of anguish, Nayra can no longer bear the situation and decides to mourn her mother at the cove where she painted her last picture. It had as its background the rock arch symbolizing the risk of living and facing life’s challenges. Nayra considers her mother lost and throws Andreea’s ashes into the sea, symbolized by those of a magnolia branch she planted many years ago. With this, she internalizes the loss and the fighting values Andreea taught her. The exit from the volcanic cove is a song to the life that continues and to the young woman who represents it. The novel is dedicated to the memory of Andreea Constantin and the thousands of women sexually exploited around the world.

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        Itzjak Rabin, el crecimiento de un líder

        by Shaul Webber

        Itzjak Rabin, el crecimiento de un líder por Shaul Webber «Incluso antes del asesinato de Itzjak Rabin, siempre lo consideré un héroe enigmático», escribe el autor, Dr. Shaul Weber.El enigma se profundizó aún más tras su asesinato.Las apariciones de Rabin en los medios de comunicación y los testimonios de sus allegados reflejan una complejidad que no se puede pasar por alto.Siempre rodeado de otros, se distinguió como una persona solitaria emocionalmente distante.Rabin, un político que proyectaba su malestar con las normas políticas y un hombre íntegro y con bases morales, estaba sin embargo dispuesto a desviarse de sus ideales en aras de la seguridad nacional.A pesar de su imagen poco diplomática, se convirtió en un distinguido diplomático y en líder nacional. Rabin, que durante todos sus años de formación era retraído del punto de vista emocional, vergonzoso y brusco, exigía una perfección sin compromisos de sí mismo y de otros.Dotado de una capacidad de análisis excepcional, demostró sus cualidades de liderazgo incluso al no estar listo del todo para asumir las pesadas responsabilidades de liderazgo militar cuando fue forzado a hacerlo por circunstancias ajenas a su voluntad. En sus comienzos en el Palmaj, Rabin causó una buena impresión como alguien que exaltaba la camaradería, pero que era a la vez solitario, vergonzoso e incapaz de comunicarse.Aun cuando solía hablar en términos de «nosotros», se apartaba de los demás mediante barreras de individualismo y fastidio.Paradójicamente, aun siendo frío y analítico, tenía un temperamento irascible y era conocido por su forma de hablar brusca e incluso ofensiva.Sin embargo, en los últimos años de su vida, aprendió a expresar mejor sus sentimientos y a proyectar más calidez. El doctor Webber, como educador e historiador, da por hecho que cada persona es el producto de su infancia y de su crianza, un supuesto que brinda solo soluciones parciales al enigma de la infancia de Rabin, de su adolescencia y de su traumática y dolorosa experiencia como comandante de la brigada Harel durante la guerra de independencia de Israel en 1948.Durante toda su vida y en particular después de su muerte, se solía decir de Rabin que era la «sal de la tierra».No obstante, parece que para ganarse este noble título, uno también debe pasarla muy mal.Este libro trata de esas dificultades.   Shaul Webber nació en Tel Aviv.Una vez finalizado su servicio militar, se unió al kibutz Haón, junto al lago de Tiberíades, o mar de Galilea.Al terminar la Guerra de los Seis Días, se incorporó al kibutz Merom Golán, en las Alturas del Golán, donde trabajó como educador y maestro.El autor es licenciado en filosofía y educación de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén, tiene una maestría en educación de la Universidad de Haifa y el correspondiente doctorado de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén.Actualmente vive en la ciudad de Ramat Gan y enseña educación e historia en la Universidad Abierta.Este es el tercer libro del doctor Webber.Su primer libro, Camisa azul sobre fondo negro, publicado en 1998, describe cómo los movimientos juveniles en Eretz Israel se vincularon con la Diáspora durante el Holocausto y después de él.Su segundo libro, La colina misteriosa, publicada en 2003, analiza la famosa batalla de la Colina de las Municiones desde su punto de vista personal como soldado que participó en esa sangrienta contienda, así como desde el punto de vista de un investigador e historiador.Su libro recientemente publicado, El espía olvidado, trata del Mayor Max Bennett, uno de los agentes secretos más controvertidos y trágicos de Israel, un brillante oficial de inteligencia involucrado imprudentemente por sus superiores en la notoriamente fracasada operación secreta en Egipto a comienzos de la década de 1950 y que terminó trágicamente sus días allí, en la celda de una prisión.

      • Health & Personal Development

        Pause and Sense

        by Emily Atallah

        Thousands of people say things such as “I have no time”, “when did life pass me by”, or “I have nothing left to live for.” According to the WHO, nearly 700,000 people commit suicide every year, and conditions such as depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and lack of purpose are increasingly rooted in our societies, blocking our view to a life full of light and possibilities. In the age of instant connectivity, we have never been as disconnected, unmotivated and empty as we are now. In these pages, you will find 10 practical tools that will help you get unstuck, find your way through pain, and reconnect with your purpose towards a plentiful life. The book is divided in three sections that help you understand what is valuable about life, what we can give to the world as human beings, and how we can embrace challenges, increase connectivity with each other and increase our awareness. This book invites you to enrich your own life, through reflections that help you go deep inside, and examples of how others who when through similar experiences, got through them to live a happier, meaningful, and purposeful life.

      • Health & Personal Development

        And Then There Was Light

        by Blanca Rosa Gutiérrez

        Faced unexpectedly with Lyme Disease, Spanish Architect Blanca Rosa Gutiérrez must face illness and abandonment, while at the same time trying to take care of her two small children. She struggles to find help and treatment from doctors, until the combination of finding the right physician, and an iron will to overcome adversity through meditation and non traditional healing, puts her back on the road to full health. As the author says in her own words: "I wrote this book with a single purpose in mind: make it into a song of hope for anybody who is ill and feels defeated by pain, and have lost the will to live." This book is not about illness, is about recovery and new beginnings

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        The Animal Mirror

        by Zakarías Zafra

        Tapachula, Chiapas: a small city on the southern border of Mexico bearing the weight of a continental migratory crisis. Migrants trapped between bureaucracy, misery, and violence. Tens of thousands of bodies halted in front of the invisible wall of the United States. This book seeks to explore migration from the inside out. Its field of exploration encompasses not only the physical border but also the narrator's personal experience as an immigrant in Mexico. It is a hybrid work that weaves through chronicles, personal essays, autobiography, and travel writing, considering the migratory phenomenon not just as a collapse but as a space for profound subjective elaboration. The story of a religious leader expelled from Angola, the adventures of a former Colombian guerrilla threatened by the dissident factions of the FARC, and the nostalgia of an exiled Sandinista from Daniel Ortega's dictatorship blend in a common chorus with the narrator’s voice, son of a father killed by the Venezuelan state and a mother seeking asylum in Mexico. More than a chronicle, "El espejo animal" seeks to be a spoken portrait of migration in Latin America. It is an artifact that enables and amplifies the voices of migrants where they cannot be heard.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        The Gospel of Prosperity

        Literary and critical perspectives about the science of getting right quick

        by Luis Miguel Estrada

        In 2020, amidst the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ideas from books about the science of becoming a millionaire returned to Luis Miguel Estrada whom, since he left a financial job, has dedicated himself fully to literature. In this book, he thinks  some of the key questions raised by bestsellers from Napoleon Hill to Kiyosaki. Do we stop seeking money just because we pursue art? More importantly: regardless of what we do, how do we seek money? Why have narratives like positive thinking and the law of attraction become a universal language that gains strength during each economic crisis? Is there a link between bestsellers about the science of getting rich and great universal literature? This book attempts to answer these questions, beginning with the origins of books on becoming a millionaire, which delve into the agile 19th-century United States, transition through the fast-paced turn of the century, and explode in the years after the Great Depression. The journey continues with examples of wild successes (real-life fraudsters like Elizabeth Holmes or fictional criminals like Walter White from Breaking Bad) that prompt us to question the influence of success-at-any-cost ideas on popular culture, as well as their ethical limits. How can one reconcile readings, cultural products, and experiences that seem so distant? The broader reading audience responds more to "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill than to "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Is there a way to read them alongside each other and emerge renewed from the experience? This book invites you on that adventure.

      • Fiction

        The Countess and the Organ Player

        by Cesia Hirshbein

        In the historical context of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the height of the Romantic era, the 19th century, Anton Bruckner, the famous Austrian composer and organist, falls in love with the imposing Countess Henriette. She had been appointed lady-in-waiting to Princess Charlotte of Belgium, the wife of Prince Maximilian of Habsburg, to attend to her during the couple's Mexican endeavor. They had been named Emperor and Empress of Mexico and would embark on a journey to America for this mission. Bruckner meets the countess by chance at the funeral of Maximilian, who had been assassinated in Querétaro in 1867, during the so-called Second Mexican Empire. On the recommendation of a musician friend of Henriette's, who sees him at the funeral, she takes piano lessons with Bruckner. When she tells him that she had accompanied the empress to Mexico, the composer becomes enchanted. He admired Maximilian and was passionate about Mexico; he had even wanted to accompany the emperor. Ultimately, the only trips he made were to give organ concerts in London and another at Notre Dame in Paris. Between classes, the countess tells him of the Atlantic crossing, the arrival in Veracruz, and the entrance to Mexico City. Gradually, they grow closer. In one of his concerts, Bruckner meets Franz Liszt, who was a patron of Maximilian's empire in Mexico. Meanwhile, the countess and the organist plan a Requiem, which will be the turning point between them.

      • Health & Personal Development
        2020

        Early emotional education

        by Gloria Latorre

        The family is the first modeler of interpersonal relationships. In it all the richness of the emotional world unfolds. That is why it is key to teach our children from birth to build their own path to inner well-being, through self-knowledge and the skills to manage their emotions. This will help them from the beginning of their lives to connect with the other from empathy and compassion. “This book offers us a journey to recognize the emotions in our relationships. On each page, it offers us pauses to reflect, realize and experiment, allowing true learning. It is a companion for travelers such as parents, teachers, psychologists and for all of us who work in accompaniment ”. Jorge Genzone, President of the Gestalt Association of Buenos Aires

      • October 2020

        Neurological The value and practice of play in pedagogical didactics

        by Alfonso Barreto Nieto

        La siguiente obra plantea la idea de una Neurolúdica, entendida como: el estudio y la capacidad de propiciar experiencias lúdicas y didácticas, que generen emociones positivas y faciliten los procesos pedagógicos y las relaciones interpersonales en la dinámica de grupos. En este sentido, se encuentra con la Neuropedagogía, la Neurodidáctica y todas aquellas concepciones que involucran lo lúdico y el juego, como herramientas pedagógicas, sin dejar de estar atentos, por supuesto, a los avances de la Neurociencia en general.

      • Health & Personal Development

        Los frutos de la inteligencia emocional

        ¡Atrévete… ya! El cielo es el límite

        by Mariel Mambretti

        This volume will crown your journey, making you a participant in one of the greatest contributions that applied psychology made both to the business world and to all related areas of life: the value of emotional intelligence. From its definition to the means to make the most of it and achieve your ends, you will find the keys to making emotions not a stumbling block, but a weapon for job advancement.  Paying attention to the other, giving him a framework of trust and appreciation, stimulating him and accompanying his moods, have been revealed as essential points for the development of all productive activities. Today it is known that whoever smiles and knows how to relate well with their environment is the most capable of climbing positions of great responsibility in the workplace. You will also find suggestions aimed at ensuring that everything obtained in this field results in a particularly full life and suitable for enjoying what has been achieved. These pages are, then, the corollary to make your triumph comprehensive and lasting. Enjoy them!

      • La Vida Entre Mis Dedos

        by Portal Nacarid

        Un libro que te hará sentir mientras exploras dentro de ti. Un libro que tocará tus emociones mientras despiertas ante la vida. La vida de un ser humano que comprendió que el alma perdurará más allá de nuestros recorridos por este lugar. Te entrego mi equivocación y mi aprendizaje a través de mis dedos esperando poder rozarte a pesar de la distancia.

      • October 2019

        All my fears

        by Daiana Rosales Rodríguez

        En este libro, los niños pueden identificar sus miedos como personajes de cuentos. Y darse cuenta de qué miedos son alimentados por la imaginación y cuáles son naturales y realmente útiles. Tener una buena conciencia frente a los peligros reales es clave para enseñarles cómo manejar estas emociones y usarlas bien. El libro también ayuda a prevenir el abuso físico.

      • AQUELLOS DÍAS EN VARSOVIA

        by BEATRIZ GRINBERG

        Aquellos días en Varsovia relata la historia de amor que surge entre Eliana, una joven judía, y Eryk, un disidente polaco, en el escenario de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La pasión deslumbrante de esa experiencia atravesada por sentimientos contradictorios de vergüenza, ilusión, desesperanza y ensueño, queda grabada de forma indeleble en la subjetividad de Eliana. La ficción entrelaza la Historia política y social, tanto de la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra como de la Argentina de los años 60-70, a través del recorrido en el espacio y en el tiempo. El autoritarismo, la represión, el sufrimiento y la degradación física y moral dejan al descubierto las emociones más profundas. En ese escenario sombrío, los claroscuros de la condición humana revelan el valor de la resistencia por sobre la barbarie mediante la solidaridad, el amor y la entrega.

      • El Capricho de Amarte

        by Portal Nacarid

        Ella está completamente rota, yo tengo la manía de repararlo todo. Ella es un perfecto desastre, yo trato de estar planificada. Mi manía es el orden y ella es un caos.Se aburre de la vida, habla del suicidio, nada la motiva excepto saltar las reglas. Le gusta el peligro, a mí, la cautela. El abismo vive en sus ojos, y, aunque somos tan diferentes, también somos inseparables.Sophia Pierce me habla del espacio, de otras vidas, de planetas, y yo supongo que soy su cable a tierra. No soy tan divertida, quiero salvar vidas y me limito a la ciencia. Aunque mi reto principal, es salvarla a ella.Nunca pensé que mi último año de preparatoria sería el más emocionante. Con solo dos amigos y una vida de estudios, me transformé en un torbellino de emociones. Y por eso... quiero contar mi historia.A ella la expulsaron de su antiguo instituto. Después de cinco expulsiones el destino la llevó al mío. Le advirtieron que no duraría mucho y quería que fuera así, hasta que el panorama cambió. Y yo, que la odiaba, me encontré esforzándome para que no la botaran.Así comienza mi historia, me llamo Julie Dash y mi secreto es... que estoy enamorada de mi mejor amiga.

      • 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.

      • Fiction
        June 2020

        Drawings of Hiroshima

        by Marcelo Simonetti

        “The sky was covered with grey clouds. The drizzle was lighter than normal, almost pious. The Japanese were advancing through the streets with short, fast steps. Satoru was ahead of them. He pedaled at a good pace. From his bicycle seat, the city revealed itself to his eyes as a sequence of frames. It was strange to be there, in his grandfather's city, and to ride through it as he had probably never done before: on two wheels. Even so, the possibility that the route he was taking would intersect with the routes that his grandfather had taken when he was a child, provoked an intimate emotion in him. Those landscapes were over eighty years old, including an atomic bomb, but it was the land where Ryu Nakata had learned to walk, to speak, to read”. The death of his grandfather, awakens in the young Yasuhiro Nakata the desire to know the family history, especially after finding a letter in which he discovers another side of the old man whose last words were: 'Hiroshima, Hiroshima', warning of the existence of a secret. As a result, Yasuhiro embarks on a journey that will take him from Valparaiso to Hiroshima, where his grandfather emigrated ten years before the atomic disaster. This is the beginning of Drawings of Hiroshima— a charming story that allows readers to follow the protagonist on a journey in which he not only reconnects with his Japanese origins, but also questions his present, his interpersonal relationships and his interest in writing, deepening the unconscious desire to understand the role that he plays in a story that is not his own but yet challenges him directly. With this new release, Marcelo Simonetti addresses issues such as migration and identity, connecting the historic Chilean port of Valparaiso with the memory of the tragedy occured in the Japanese city.

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