Patmos - Thorbecke - Grünewald - Eschbach - Schwaben - Ver Sacrum The list of Verlagsgruppe Patmos offers a wide range of titles, covering psychology, self-help, memoirs, parenting, spirituality, religion and theology, as well as gift books and children´s books, mostly for First Communion. Our imprint Thorbecke specializes in books on cookery, lifestyle and gardening, on the one hand, as well as books on history and cultural history, on the other hand.
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Sri Senbaga Pathippakam is one of the best publishers in Tamil language. We have published more than 1000 titles including ancient Sangam Tamil literature, research books in Tamil literature and language, mythological books, historical fiction and non-fiction, short stories, cooking books, etc. We also specialize in books for children, bilingual and trilingual dictionaries for the reference of students and general public. We publish Sahitya Academy & Tamilnadu government award winning books. One of our renowned books, 'Thirukkural', a scripture common to every walk of human life irrespective of gender, race or community is a must read for everyone on this planet. It is published in various sizes and design. 'Oviyakkural (Thirukkural with paintings)' portrays Tamil tradition and culture through paintings. Our religious publication about Vainavam and Saivam is popular among scholars. 'Kambar Kavi Inbam' portrays the beauty of poetry as described in Kambar's Ramayanam in Tamil language.
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Ventura, a beautiful young Turkish woman, travels to Mexico because her family has arranged her marriage to a fellow Sephardic immigrant. With a trunk full of hopes and traditions, she bravely faces the unknown, as she embarks on a surprising journey to start a new life, far from her homeland. The arrival, the nostalgia, the heart-wrenching uprooting and the adoption of a new homeland will mark her adventure as a migrant, until the long-awaited return to Turkey. Ventura will live each event with intensity and will season her days with the aromas, flavors, rhythms, colors and proverbs from the Far East. Amid recipes and customs inherited from her ancient culture, she will find the best antidote to homesickness, even if her memory cannot forget the Moons of Istanbul.
The explosion of Patina Volkswagens on social media has inspired those car fanatics, who realise that you don’t have to restore a car to end up with a good-looking ride. At last, you can stand out from the crowd, even on a tight budget. The look of the cars that result from patina builds is honest, unspoiled, and characterful; it has also inspired the media, movie stars and celebrities. Interest in patination has undoubtedly resulted in increased car values, and turned a brand of cars that had always been a cheap, honest mode of transportation into something cool with a high price tag. The people the look initially inspired have grown with the hobby, finding ways to achieve a great look on a tight budget, and producing a micro-industry that still manages to embrace the 'Built not bought' ethos. This book takes a look at the differing styles of patina VW build, and imparts tips on finding and buying a project car, carrying out a sympathetic patina style renovation, and includes a chapter on recreating a patina finish on repaired areas or missing parts.
Since the early 2000s, the apparent explosion of interest in Volkswagens with original paint, rust and patina has inspired a generation of car fanatics, who might not be able to afford to restore a car to show condition, but still want a good looking, cool car that will stand out from the crowd. Once looked upon as being in need of restoration, cars with original paint, rust and patina, especially within the global Volkswagen community, have gradually become far more popular than restored cars. When walking down a line of cars at a car show, it’s easy to see why; these cars are rare, unspoiled survivors – cars that tell a story of an interesting and varied past. The look of the Volkswagens being built in this style is so honest, unspoiled and characterful, that it has begun to inspire the media; even Hollywood movie stars and celebrities. Whilst this has undoubtedly resulted in increased car values, and turned a brand of cars that had always been a cheap, honest mode of transportation into something cool with a high price tag, the generation it initially inspired has grown with the hobby, and produced a micro-industry that still manages to embrace the 'Built not bought' ethos. This book, superbly illustrated with stunning colour photographs, takes an inside look at some of the key car builders, dealers, celebrities and hobbyists, as well as the different styles of build, meaning every single car has a style all its own. Foreword by Drew Pritchard of TV’s ‘Salvage Hunters’ fame.
New world, new rules . . . Alex is screwed. She’s due at the fae Court of Enchantment in less than twenty-four hours, but she’s not even close to being ready. Her job is hanging by a fraying thread. There’s a new vampire master in town. And several of her werewolf friends have been captured by the Paranatural Task Force. She’s their best chance for release before the full moon reveals their secret, but the Lord of Enchantment is not someone you keep waiting—even when he happens to be your grandfather. All Alex can do is call in a favor, hope to hell she can survive the plots of the fae court, and hightail it home to salvage her life.
A few days before the start of a new academic year at Kansei University in Western Tokyo, former high school track and field star Kakeru is running away from a shopkeeper after stealing some bread. Fourth-year student Haiji immediately notices Kakeru’s speed and races after him on his bike. When Kakeru says he gambled all his money away before the start of term, Haiji tells Kakeru that he’s living in an old dormitory "Chikusei-so" near campus that is very cheap. They have a spare room if Kakeru is interested. After introducing Kakeru to the other eight residents, Haiji declares his grand plan: for the 10 of them to compete in the legendary Hakone Ekiden relay marathon. Held each January, the Hakone Ekiden is a relay race spanning two days where teams of 10 university students run from Tokyo to the mountain town of Hakone and back again, spanning a total distance of over 200 km. The race is broadcast on Nippon Television and is extremely competitive, with each university putting forward its best team. When Haiji suggests that the 10 residents of Chikusei-so form a team to compete at the Hakone Ekiden it seems like a pipe dream. Haiji and Kakeru are the only two members of the team with extensive running experience and the other residents are incredibly reluctant about Haiji’s plan. However, with about ten months left to train, Haiji manages to get each of them on board. Takashi, an honour student from a small mountain village, is the easiest to convince. Identical twins Joji and Jota sign up when Haiji tells them it’ll help them attract girls. Musa, an international student from Tanzania, agrees partly because he’s inspired by Takashi. Among the most reluctant residents are law student Yuki, heavy smoker Nico, and trivia lover ‘KING’. Nico ran in high school and hopes running will help him overcome his smoking addiction, while KING hopes competing in the Hakone Ekiden will make him stand out to employers after months of unsuccessful job hunting. Lastly, there is Prince, a manga enthusiast with almost zero physical stamina whose room is stuffed to the brim with books. While officially the dormitory landlord is their coach, it is Haiji who gets to know each team member’s needs and strengths before making a tailored training programme. Over the gruelling six months that follow, Haiji leads the team through the highs and lows of training and competitions as their race times steadily improve and they become a close-knit group both on and off the track. Prince’s times are still much slower than everyone else’s but Takashi gets him a treadmill so he can read manga while he runs. Nico makes wire figurines to keep his hands occupied after giving up smoking and Yuki starts selling them to raise money for the team’s training trip to the mountains. Haiji helps Kakeru overcome his disillusionment with competitive racing and find meaning in running with others, while Kakeru’s talent and support inspire Haiji to persevere despite his knee injury. Thanks to a combination of Kakeru’s exceptional speed, Haiji’s determination and the whole team’s diligent training, they miraculously qualify for the Hakone Ekiden. During the race, each of them overcomes their own mental and physical demons, Kakeru sets a new record and Haiji pushes through his injury, putting the team in 10th place and guaranteeing them a position in next year’s race. Story background Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), which is officially called the Tokyo-Hakone Round- Trip College Ekiden Race (東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走), is one of the most prominent university ekiden (relay marathon) races of the year held between Tokyo and Hakone on January 2 and 3. This two-day race from Ōtemachi to Hakone and back is separated into five sections on each day. Due to slight variations in the courses, the first day distance is 108.0 km while the distance on the second day is 109.9 km. It has been held since 1920, stopped during WII and started again in 1947.
Chronicles the entanglement of traditional and experimental music in northeast Brazil
Poems stunned by the world and their presence in it
A young antiques restorer falls in love with her colleague only to find out he is an ancient sword in human form. A myth-imbued fantasy in the vein of A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Antiques restoration is a lonely job where one becomes accustomed to loneliness. Renee knows it all. After graduating from college, she moves to a big city and starts her first job as a restorer. She didn’t expect much of anything to ever change, but things prove the opposite when she meets her beautiful colleague Hsiao Liam. At the age of 27, Hsiao Liam appears far more sophisticated than his looks may suggest. He seems to care deeply for Renee while keeping her at a distance. In an elevator accident, Hsiao Liam saves Renee by flying a sword and exposes his secret: he is an ancient sword that has taken on the human form. To Hsiao Liam, Renee is the one he has been waiting for thousands of years. As they get closer however, a spell begins to cause conflicts between his human and sword sides. He loves her, but the sword’s consciousness is trying to puncture her heart. Comparable to A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES and inspired by the culture of the Bronze Age, HER SWORD creates unique characters and in essence explores the conflicts between what we need and what we want. Huai Guan’s flawless prose style draws us smoothly but irrevocably into a world in which our reverence for the deep past finds a new, though tumultuous rebirth. Sponsored by Taiwan Creative Content Agency, HER SWORD is currently under development into a TV series.
English version below Alles Müll? Das Müllentsorgungsunternehmen in Ebbelheim am Taunus wird erpresst. Die Lösegeldübergabe endet in einem Fiasko. Was ist dran an den anonymen Vorwürfen von illegaler Müllentsorgung, Bodenverschmutzung und Schwarzarbeit? Unter großem öffentlichen Druck sucht Hauptkommissar Beinert mit seinem Team nach Täter und Wahrheit. Kommissarin Analyn lässt der Fall selbst in ihrer Freizeit nicht los. Wie weit wird die neue Freundin ihres Bruders gehen, um ihren Traum einer plastikfreien Welt zu verwirklichen? Auch die fidele Rentnerin Rosalie gerät mit ihren ganz persönlichen Müllproblemen in den Sog der Ereignisse. Mit Humor und Raffinesse begibt sie sich auf ihre eigene Spurensuche im Ebbelheimer Abfallkreislauf. Wie immer baut sie auf die Hilfe ihres jungen Freundes Marius und bringt ihn damit in ungeahnte Gefahr. All garbage? The waste disposal company in Ebbelheim am Taunus is being blackmailed. The ransom handover ends in a fiasco. What's the truth about the anonymous accusations of illegal garbage disposal, soil pollution and illegal employment? Under great public pressure, Chief Inspector Beinert and his team search for perpetrators and truth. Commissioner Analyn does not let go of the case even in her spare time. How far will her brother's new girlfriend go to realize her dream of a plastic-free world? Even the frivolous pensioner Rosalie gets caught up in the maelstrom of events with her very personal garbage problems. With humor and sophistication, she sets out on her own search for clues in the Ebbelheim waste cycle. As always, she relies on the help of her young friend Marius and puts him in unexpected danger.
Ortygia is the centre of Syracuse, one of the most beautiful and ancient Sicilian cities. But Ortygia is also a small island itself, and it’s here that Elena lives together with her father, a man who keeps pretending that all is fine, and her mother Clara, a woman who hasn’t left their island inside an island for years. She spends most of the time in her bedroom, surrounded by books that she stacks and moves according to some mysterious order, a system that Elena has been studying to try and understand what is going on inside her mother’s head. But even though she managed to sketch 103 maps of these books’ motion, the solution to the riddle – and to her mother’s depression – seems impossible to find.One day, Clara suddenly disappears and Elena embarks on a ritual journey across their strange hometown, following her mother’s maps and leaving her books in different places, in the hope to finally piece together not only Clara’s thoughts but also an incident from her own past, when Elena spilled a pot of boiling water all over her body, leaving scars that look little maps themselves. And it’s perhaps in this crossroad of maps, burns and secrets that lie the truth concealed by Elena’s parents and the rest of the island around her. With a spectacular eye for details and an outstandingly powerful voice, Veronica Galletta draws directly from her own experiences to describe the marks left by someone else and one’s own secrets, switching from the extremes to the in-betweens of everyday life inside an outlandish and deeply realistic city.
Tilo Schneider is a designer, travel illustrator and sketching lecturer. For the first time he passes on his experience in book form. Profound and practical. Enthusiastic and grounded. Subjective and sympathetic. He wants to take the illustrators out into nature. For two reasons: With little equipment in the luggage, you sketch – soothing by hand - nature, landscape, mountains, weather and much more. What remains: authentic outdoor experiences that no smartphone can capture. The second added value: Illustrators return to their desk changed. Mindful vision while walking, visual and physical experience of the surroundings, changing horizons, shapes and colours are excellent stimulants for creativity. For fresh ideas and images, that we can take with us and develop further.The book encourages to make your own creative outdoor experiences with an open eye, little material and a little practice. Without fear of the blanc paper. As a beginner or experienced drawer.
Conversations with one of America’s funniest filmmakers
An important book of essays on “dance and ideas about dance”
The original Anthony Rathe stories of courtroom criminal cases appeared on American public radio, syndicated by the late Jim French through his Imagination Theater. When Anthony Rathe Investigates continues where the radio stories finished. Prosecuting criminal cases, barrister Anthony Rathe convinced a jury to imprison an innocent man, who subsequently took his own life. Horrified at his mistake, Rathe abandons his glittering legal career, vowing to truly serve justice. A series of cases come his way. These four stories, linked by how Rathe is racked with guilt over the suicide, explore crime from a different angle: determination to find the truth, no matter how inconvenient to the investigating officer, Inspector Cook. The reader is invited to join Rathe in solving these complex mysteries. The first story, Burial for the Dead, exposes sordid family history that led to a murder in a church. In A Question of Proof, Inspector Cook needs Rathe to unravel an underworld murder; in Ties that Bind Rathe solves a crime of passion; and in The Quick and the Dead, modern slavery intrudes into his own personal life.
A series of provocative essays on how the fantastic genres evolve and grow
Evocative photographs and essay illuminate early American gravestones
Doreen Gamboa Fernandez represents “the compleat writer” – her incisive yet soulful writing, coupled with her keen understanding of the Filipino’s culture and psyche, has brought her (and us fortunate readers) into the very essence of Filipino cooking. According to her, “Writing about food should not be left to newspaper food columnists, or to restaurant reporters. It should be taken from us by historians of the culture, by dramatists and essayists, by novelists, and especially by poets. For it is an act of understanding, an extension of experience. If one can savor the word, then one can swallow the world.”
Kurt è la rock star più famosa del pianeta. Ha appena ventisette anni, ma ha già vissuto tutto. Adesso è solo, lontano dai riflettori e dai palchi, senza amici, senza più voglia di scrivere e di suonare, blindato tra le pareti dorate della sua reggia di Seattle. Nella detonazione dello sparo Kurt rivive tutta la sua vita: l'infanzia ad Aberdeen, i locali, la nascita dei Nirvana, il primo contratto con la Sub Pop, la droga, il successo planetario e improvviso di Nevermind, il grunge, l'amore disperato per Courtney Love, la dipendenza dall'eroina, le tournée mondiali, la nascita di Frances Bean, In Utero, il policlinico di Roma, le disintossicazioni, Unplugged in New York. Fino a quel maledetto fucile Remington... A fargli immancabile compagnia è la voce di quell’amico misterioso al cui abbraccio mortale non saprà sfuggire.
Ben Zabulis' Chartered Territory is a rich and diverse account of sixteen years spent living and working abroad as an engineer, from the chaos of everyday life in Lagos to the unique Hong Kong, via the conformity of salaryman life in Japan and the wonders of the subcontinent. Personal accounts of climbing Mount Fuji and taking part in dragon boat races go hand in hand with events on a global scale, as the author experiences a Nigerian coup d'etat, the handover of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China, the terrifying SARS outbreak and the opening of Bhutan to more commercial tourism. A unique, light-hearted and warm first-hand account of ordinary and not so ordinary life in foreign cultures will leave the reader hungering after adventure themselves.
BASED ON THE HORROR THAT WILL INSPIRE THE BOOK OF REVELATION In the dark days that follow the Roman devastation of Jerusalem,nineteen-year-old Shelamzion finds herself captured and awaitingexecution.Apparently, alone and forgotten, there seems little reason to go onliving, yet a strange friendship begins to grow between her and theaustere, Roman jailor, the historian, Fabius Grammaticus.Meanwhile, time is running out, and history is being rewritten by atraitor.
