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      • AlFulk Translation and Publishing

        AlFulk Translation & Publishing: An independent publishing house, launched in October 2015 and based in Abu Dhabi. It specialisation is translating children and young adult literature from different languages into Arabic. AlFulk aims for:1. To enrich the Arabic library with diverse cultural collections, in order to aware the readers of the intercultural communication importance. 2. To establish a reading habits base for children from 0-4.3. To increase the level of YA books -both Fantasy, fiction and non-fiction- in terms of their content and illustrations.As the majority in the publishing industry, we have been affected by COVID-19 epidemic. However, we have decided to participate at Frankfurter Buchmesse this year to look at what is new in the industry and to expand our network. We seek long term partnerships.

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      • Literature Translation Institute of Korea

        LTI Korea is a government-affiliated organization that aims to disseminate Korean culture and literature throughout the world in line with the government’s efforts to shape Korean literature in the world culture.  website: https://www.ltikorea.or.kr/en/main.do  Korean Literature Now(literary magazine): https://www.ltikorea.or.kr/en/board/kln_en/boardList.do

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      • Trusted Partner
        January 2022

        Animal Migration

        by Gretel H. Schueller and Sheila K. Schueller

        Migration is one of the most fascinating and dramatic of all animal behaviors. From insects and birds to reindeer and giant whales, many animals fly, swim, walk, and even hitchhike in search of better food, milder climate, or a suitable mate. Some cross entire oceans; a few even circle the globe. These marathon journeys animals take are filled with great tests of physical strength and endurance—as well as danger and sometimes death. In Animal Migration, learn why animals are compelled to migrate and the various patterns and cycles of their migrations.

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        History
        July 2016

        From empire to exile

        History and memory within the pied-noir and harki communities, 1962–2012

        by Series edited by Maire Cross, David Hopkin, Claire Eldridge

        This book explores the commemorative afterlives of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62), one of the world's most iconic wars of decolonisation. It focuses on the million French settlers - pieds-noirs - and the tens of thousands of harkis - the French army's native auxiliaries - who felt compelled to migrate to France when colonial rule ended. Challenging the idea that Algeria was a 'forgotten' war that only returned to French public attention in the 1990s, this study reveals a dynamic picture of memory activism undertaken continuously since 1962 by grassroots communities connected to this conflict. Reconceptualising the ways in which the Algerian War has been debated, evaluated and commemorated in the subsequent five decades, From empire to exile makes an original contribution to important discussions surrounding the contentious issues of memory, migration and empire in contemporary France that will appeal to students and scholars of history and cultural studies.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        April 2017

        Fish Viruses and Bacteria

        Pathobiology and Protection

        by Patrick T K Woo, Rocco C Cipriano

        Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish populations in new geographical regions if transported there via infected fish or eggs. A concise but thorough reference work, this book: - Covers key viral and bacterial diseases of notable fish species; - Reviews major well-established piscine pathogens as well as new, emerging and notifiable diseases; and - Contains the most up-to-date research contributed by a team of over fifty world experts. An invaluable bench book for fish health consultants, veterinarians and all those wanting instant access to information, this book is also a useful textbook for students specializing in fish health and research scientists initiating fish disease research programmes. ; Taking a disease-based approach, this book focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. It covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases. ; 1: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus, Arun K. Dhar, Scott LaPatra, Andrew Orry and F.C. Thomas Allnutt 2: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Jo-Ann C. Leong and Gael Kurath 3: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus, John S. Lumsden 4: Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis and European Catfish Virus, Paul Hick, Ellen Ariel and Richard Whittington 5: Oncogenic Viruses: Oncorhynchus masou Virus and Cyprinid Herpesvirus, Mamoru Yoshimizu, Hisae Kasai, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Nanako Sano and Motohiko Sano 6: Infectious Salmon Anaemia, Knut Falk and Maria Aamelfot 7: Spring Viraemia of Carp, Peter Dixon and David Stone 8: Channel Catfish Viral Disease, Larry A. Hanson and Lester H. Khoo 9: Largemouth Bass Viral Disease, Rodman G. Getchell and Geoffrey H. Groocock 10: Koi Herpesvirus Disease, Keith Way and Peter Dixon 11: Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Anna Toffan 12: Iridoviral Diseases: Red Sea Bream Iridovirus and White Sturgeon Iridovirus, Yasuhiko Kawato, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Kazuhiro Nakajima,Thomas Waltzek and Richard Whittington 13: Alphaviruses in Salmonids, Marius Karlsen and Renate Johansen 14: Aeromonas salmonicida and A. hydrophila, Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir and Bryndis Bjornsdottir 15: Edwardsiella spp., Matt J. Griffin, Terrence E. Greenway and David J. Wise 16: Flavobacterium spp.: F. psychrophilum, F. columnare and F. branchiophilum, Thomas P. Loch and Mohamed Faisal 17: Francisella noatunensis, Esteban M. Soto and John P. Hawke 18: Mycobacterium spp., David T. Gauthier and Martha W. Rhodes 19: Photobacterium damselae, John P. Hawke 20: Piscirickettsia salmonis, Jerri Bartholomew, Kristen D. Arkush and Esteban M. Soto 21: Renibacterium salmoninarum, Diane G. Elliott 22: Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae, Craig A. Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu and Esteban M. Soto 23: Vibriosis: Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii and Aliivibrio salmonicida, Alicia E. Toranzo, Beatriz Magariños and Ruben Avendaño-Herrera 24: Weissella ceti, Timothy J. Welch, David P. Marancik and Christopher M. Good 25: Yersinia ruckeri, Michael Ormsby and Robert Davies

      • Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        August 2018

        Cuentos TRANS

        by Inma Chacón, Fermina Ponce, Germán Padinger, Margarita García Gallardo, Antonio J. Quesada, Sharon E. Smith, Carlos A. Colla, Miquel Bota

        Is TRANS an adjective? Is TRANS- a prefix? What is TRANS? What does it mean? Each reader can ask this question from very different perspectives, depending on the moment in time and life trajectory. So you can simultaneously enjoy all the amazing stories in this collection, and playfully challenge your reading preconceptions. TRANS Stories brings together eight narrative voices from different backgrounds, which offer unique approaches to the term “trans”. Some of the inhabitants of this transliterary journey are: a lonely being who celebrates a (happy) birthday; a mother and a daughter who face the coldness of an operating room; a journalist who lives in space, in a colony on Earth; a young civil servant who is confused by the night; a cook and an artist who decide to revolutionize the world of the senses; the wife of an entomologist ready to solve a mystery; a Kabbalist who undergoes a transformation after an outbreak of (ir)reality; and the male models of a painter who are discovered through a game of identities. The characters and voices in these stories are part of a transitory and transcribed space in which nothing, and everything, is what it seems, and in which everything, and nothing, becomes transgressive. These eight stories make TRANS something transfigurative.

      • Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        August 2019

        Britannica

        by Germán Padinger

        In a future that seems close to becoming the past, the novel's characters struggle to adapt to the rapid concentration of information in a global file that can be accessed, as in a dream, through a cable connected directly to the brain: a process they call «enhancement». Young programming students, a wear social science teacher, a woman searching for her missing husband in the cloud, and a colonizer trying to build a new world populate this novel. Before them, virtual life and the ideology that «enhancement» brings will soon seem more attractive than flesh and blood, and the world will be immersed in a race towards transmigration, in transit times as technology advances. It is in this context that militants of an esoteric and nostalgic movement will try to warn about the dangers of abandoning the body, that old desire of philosophy.

      • Zhao Yanchun’s Classic Translation Series

        by Zhao Yanchun

        Translating poesie into poesie, and classics into classics Chinese culture is a huge system, with many overlapping subsystems. Translating Chinese classics is in fact a translation of culture rather than words. Zhao Yanchun’s version is a wonderful transmigration, “originals” in other words, with the same artistic value.   Rendering the works as they are Zhao Yanchun’s translations best represent the form-meaning tension and retain the potency of the originals, an artful reconstruction of the literariness, a hi-fi analogy of the originals in both form and content, hence de facto autonomous and autotelic literary works.   Proper diction and scansion Zhao Yanchun’s version, while trying to be precise with every word, is delicate in texture, satisfying all elements of textuality. In order to achieve the best possible equivalence in semantic content, stylistic appropriateness and illocutionary force, the principles of proximity and proxy are deftly applied--as literal as is possible and as free as is necessary. Besides, the artful representation of prosody makes it a wonderful experience to chant.    Deluxe design and bilingual recitations These books are fabulously designed and bound, with blank spaces for imagination, and the terseness and simplicity of the illustrations offers a chaste visual effect, very inviting to leaf through. Every verse or scripture is read clearly by native speakers, easy to follow for readers at home and abroad. You will get an audio-video bilingual version when you scan a QR code. ISBN: 9787040483567; 9787040496482;9787040496499;9787040496475;9787040486209;9787040482256;9787040495508; 9787040478341;9787040495850

      • Biography & True Stories

        Kilimanjaro and Beyond

        A Life-Changing Journey

        by Barry Finlay. Chris Finlay

        BARRY FINLAY and his son CHRIS sit propped against a rock, struggling to draw a breath on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Their destination is tantalizingly close but what happens next will be determined by their health and the weather. In their hands is a Canadian flag bearing the names of over 200 people who contributed to helping a desperate community in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro and Beyond is an award winner that is inspirational, thought provoking and entertaining. Follow along on the journey and realize that nothing is more satisfying than reaching a goal and giving others the opportunity to achieve theirs.  Kilimanjaro and Beyond is a very personal account of the author's journey from a sedentary lifestyle to the peak of a mountain at age 60 with his son. It is a descriptive story of his upbringing on the prairies and how it gave him the dedication and perseverance to change his lifestyle sufficiently to be able to reach the summit. Not only is it inspirational, but it provides the reader with an insight into the preparation required and takes them step by step up and down the mountain and to a school to meet some amazing children.   The book describes how the events that occurred in Africa were life-changing in two ways. The first was reaching the summit and the realization that almost anything can be accomplished if you want it badly enough. The second was meeting some children who simply make do with what they have and how that can be applied to any situation.     In short, Kilimanjaro and Beyond demonstrates the satisfaction that can be achieved by reaching a previously unthinkable goal and helping others to acheive theirs.

      • Fortune-telling & divination
        September 2021

        The Power of Symbols, Sacred Images for Meditation and Divination

        Immagini Sacre per Meditare e Divinare

        by Stefano Fusi

        THE POWER OF SYMBOLS Sacred Images for Meditation and Divination by Stefano Fusi Artwork by Stefano Fusi Product Details 41 cards + 68-page guidebook+gold extra thin point marker Guide book size: 85 x 130 mm Card size: 85 x 130 mm ISBN: 978-1-955680-03-5 Imprint: Edizioni LAlbero All our oracles are designed and printed in Italy using only 100% ecofriendly material and non toxic inks and varnishes. Symbols are the signs that reveal and perpetuate the unlimited universe in our world and in our common life. They reveal meanings beyond those obvious to the senses and to our rational sphere. They exist before we can imagine or think about them: like genes and DNA on the physical plane, symbols pre-exist us, they carry with them the original instructions of life. They exist in nature and we have then encoded them to express in perceptible and comprehensible forms the essential forces that structure existence since the beginning. They are a synthetic map of the motions of what we call energy.The Power of Symbols is a deck of 41 Oracles with guide book.

      • The Second Penis

        by J.D.B.

        Londinyia: a Capital in Crisis.  Gripped by a species of perversion without parallel in the long, sordid annals of the Alpha Male. As the Decency Tax extends across all districts and zones, the Emancipation Party declares war on the deviant insurgency. Amid the vast armoury of weapons employed, the Proctallator, irSpex and the notorious Schnuffler, stand primed to unleash an avalanche of moral fury. Meanwhile, the Spectre of Deceit looms over the Party HQ, the Pyramex, rocked by  dysfunctional mandroids, a Steering Committee mired in scandal and mutiny among the D-Squad ranks. Only Corporal Lillian Scarpello and her loyal beta-adjutant, Sir Lucien Picene, it seems, stand between Londinyia – and the Abyss. The explanation: The Second Penis is a satire on the City of London and its assumptions about behaviour, and supposed patterns of normality, taken to an absurd level. The author: (location unknown) lives in a shed in Myrddin’s Precinct where he communes with drunken spirits and entities, and launches vitriolic assaults against the Satanic Inertias of the Capital, soon to be revisited in The Gnat.  A series of endless night-shifts in the Ancient City of London drives him to the terrifying conclusion that its entire existence is a Hoax – a bankrupt Government, media and economy imprisoned in a Tower of Babble.  But can a man certified as insane – twice – complete his mission to rescue the intellectual heritage of his Nation?  Who knows.  For now, he sleeps amid the empty quarts and flasks, waiting to spring forth from his chrysalis...

      • The Story of Little Muck

        by Wilhelm Hauff, Anton Lomaev

        A story still fully up to date. The people migrate, flee. What connects them are their stories and fairy tales. This is where Orient and Occident meet. With this traveler’s tale, Wilhelm Hauff lets us know that it is short-sighted to only pay attention to externals. For in the end, despite his strange appearance, old Muck is a good man, respected by all. Anton Lomaev, the famous illustrator of more than a hundred books for children and adults, brings the heroes to life with his enchanting illustrations and leads us into the world of a thousand and one nights.

      • Fiction
        January 2023

        De grillos y chicharras (About crickets and cicadas)

        by Pedro Antonio García

        Forced to migrate, a group of cicadas seek refuge in the territory of an orchestra of crickets, who are unwilling to share their property. Both groups, who despise each other for being different, will be forced to live together; as they get to know each other better, they will discover that they are not as different as they think and that they can complement each other to form the most beautiful of harmonies. This book introduces us to the philosophical problem of private property and proposes solidarity and empathy, not only as a solution to our conflicts, but as the only possibility of survival in a world where everyone believes they have the right to appropriation and exploitation.

      • April 2011

        Weird Conquerors

        Invasive Plants and Animals in Europe

        by Nentwig, Wolfgang (Hrsg.)

        Animal and plant species often migrate to us from other continents. For some of them conditions are so favourable here that they propagate rapidly and suddenly cause substantial damage: They beset or even displace the indigenous flora and fauna, damage our crops, block up pipes, make slopes collapse, bring diseases to people and animals which we are not prepared for. In some cases, these weird conquerors have been introduced intentionally; however, many others entered our ecosystems as stowaways of global commerce. Science and public authorities are faced with species adapting very easily, multiplying at an astounding rate and not having natural enemies. This book portrays 24 alien species of animal and plant kingdom, which cause problems in Europe and which are difficult to fight. Furthermore ways are pointed out which should be followed in order to prevent the limitless spread of the weird conquerors.

      • Population & demography
        April 2001

        Forced Migration and Mortality

        by Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration, Committee on Population, Holly E. Reed and Charles B. Keely, Editors, National Research Council

        In recent years the number of complex humanitarian emergencies around the world has been steadily increasing. War and political, ethnic, racial, and religious strife continually force people to migrate against their will. These forced migrants create a stream of new challenges for relief workers and policy makers. A better understanding of the characteristics of refugee populations and of the population dynamics of these situations is vital. Improved research and insights can enhance disaster management, refugee camp administration, and repatriation or resettlement programs. Forced Migration and Mortality examines mortality patterns in complex human- itarian emergencies, reviewing the state of knowledge, as well as how patterns may change in the new century. It contains four case studies of mortality in recent emergencies: Rwanda, North Korea, Kosovo, and Cambodia. Because refugees and internally displaced persons are likely to continue to be a significant humanitarian concern for many years, research in this field is critical. This is the first book to comprehensively explore forced migration and mortality and it provides useful material for researchers, policy makers, and relief workers.

      • October 2019

        The age of Dinosaurs: the Jedi counterattack of Triceratops

        by SHEN Shixi

        This series takes the dinosaurs living 65 million years ago as the theme, each volume takes a representative dinosaur as the main character, endows it with a unique personification personality, and tells the wonderful stories around it. In addition to fascinating stories, this series has strong knowledge, science popularization, illustrated and interesting by reducing the behaviors of predation, competition, migration, cooperation and courtship among animals in the age of dinosaurs. Each story contains different philosophies. Through the dinosaur story, it reflects the feelings of human society and inspires small readers to think about the value of life. This volume takes the Triangle dragon as the main character. A group of triangle dragons forced to migrate due to the arrival of the dry season are attacked by Tyrannosaurus Rex. Some old and weak triangle dragons choose to sacrifice themselves for the overall interests. A surviving little Triangle dragon can't bear to watch his family and companions being slaughtered, and the idea of protecting them arises. It unites each individual into a whole against Tyrannosaurus Rex. Like the arrangement of troops, it skillfully uses every force, and finally lures the Tyrannosaurus Rex into the swamp, and defeats the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

      • Weapons & equipment
        June 2012

        Testing of Body Armor Materials

        Phase III

        by Committee on Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army--Phase III; Board on Army Science and Technology; Committee on National Statistics; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council

        In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the report Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, which commented on the conduct of the test procedures governing acceptance of body armor vest-plate inserts worn by military service members. This GAO report, as well as other observations, led the Department of Defense Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, to request that the National Research Council (NRC) Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences conduct a three-phase study to investigate issues related to the testing of body armor materials for use by the U.S. Army and other military departments. Phase I and II resulted in two NRC letter reports: one in 2009 and one in 2010. This report is Phase III in the study. Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III provides a roadmap to reduce the variability of clay processes and shows how to migrate from clay to future solutions, as well as considers the use of statistics to permit a more scientific determination of sample sizes to be used in body armor testing. This report also develops ideas for revising or replacing the Prather study methodology, as well as reviews comments on methodologies and technical approaches to military helmet testing. Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III also considers the possibility of combining various national body armor testing standards.

      • Fiction

        You Will Return to Isfahan

        by Mostafa Ensafi

        If you think that Iran is merely a land of war and revolution, you’ll be surprised to be taken into its romances to realize that Iran is a land of love rather than anything else.   Shamim Shamseh, a well-established and successful literature professor, has lost the love of his life, Audrey, many years ago, never knowing why. Now with the appearing of Elisa -a polish girl who has apparently come to Iran to seek her grandma who was forced to migrate to a camp near Isfahan during the second world war- he walks down the memory lane and relives what he knows of Audrey or at least his assumptions about her. Elisa is aware that Shamim was once her mother’s lover. However, Shamim still yearns to unfold Audrey’s secret as much as Elisa wishes to know about her mother’s unknown side through his eyes. Despite his wife and child’s insistence to leave turbulent Iran after the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Shamim stays in the country and tries to find Audrey, or perhaps himself, with Elisa’s help. In this quest, he comes to know about some aspects of himself and of people around him, which were formerly unknown. Is Audrey the same as before? Why did beautiful Audrey disappear all of a sudden? Why did she leave everything behind including her passionate love?

      • Second World War fiction

        You Will Return to Isfahan

        by Mostafa Ensafi

        The book with its fluent narration provides insights into a forbidden love, and this is why it has been a success in Iran. It is a story that depicts Iran both in the context of the Second World War which is one of the most important historical events, and in its most contemporary political and cultural manifestations over the past few years. You Will Return to Isfahan was hugely noticed by the critiques. It is soon to be published in Italy too. Shamim, a well-established and successful literature professor, has lost the love of his life, Audrey, many years ago, never knowing why. Now with the appearing of Elisa -a polish girl who has apparently come to Iran to seek her grandma who was forced to migrate to a camp near Isfahan during the second world war- he walks down the memory lane and relives what he knows of Audrey or at least his assumptions about her. Elisa is aware that Shamim was once her mother's lover. However, Shamim still yearns to unfold Audrey's secret as much as Elisa wishes to know about her mother's unknown side through his eyes. Despite his wife and child's insistence to leave the turbulent Iran after the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Shamim stays in the country and tries to find Audrey, or perhaps himself, with Elisa's help. In this quest, he comes to know about some aspects of himself and of people around him, which were formerly unknown. Is Audrey the same as before? Why did beautiful Audrey disappear all of a sudden? Why did she leave everything behind including her passionate love?

      • Fiction

        Yellow Peril

        by WANG Lixiong

        Raging floods and a food crisis caused by overpopulation lead China to sign a controversial international economic cooperation agreement. The signing triggers political infighting and the eventual assassination of the Party secretary. The prosperous coastal regions take the opportunity to declare independence, leading to a civil war. Taiwan supports the southern rebel government in a bid for self-preservation, while Beijing orders a nuclear strike on Taipei. Taiwan’s forces take China’s nuclear bases, but the bomb that was intended for use in a revenge strike falls into foreign hands. Fearing random nuclear attacks from China, the UN led by the US and Russia initiate a series of surgical nuclear strikes that annihilate China’s nuclear capabilities. Yet this leads to a total collapse of China’s troubled society. A farsighted crisis management expert trains civilians in secret, helping people escape from the wasteland that was China. Hungry Chinese migrate through Siberia, Europe, and the Americas, creating a wave of refugees that proves impossible to stop. While seeking asylum and assistance, they also work to develop faster-growing food as they attempt to survive in the post-disaster world. China's dictators leverage distrust across the world into a large-scale international nuclear war. Half of the earth is covered in a thick layer of nuclear fallout, and a nuclear winter begins. With no crops growing, the world descends into famine and fear. What kind of future is in store for our self-destructive species?

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