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Promoted ContentAdventureApril 2024
I love you…
by Julien Tănase
The book "I Love You..." is part of the trilogy..., "I love you, till death..." and "I love you, as long as my heart beats”, autobiographical love novels which include chapters from life in a couple of the writer Julien Tănase and his wife, Magdi, with whom he has been in a relationship for 30 years, all against the background of the events that Romania has gone through in recent decades, after the Revolution of '89. A trilogy about the endurance over time of a young couple in love, who have gone through events that are out of touch with reality in Romania where sleeping with a gun under the pillow, the fear of having their child kidnapped, and even the "wars" waged against the corruption of magistrates, politicians and the information systems of a civil society gripped by the widespread corruption in Romania, including the lawsuit invented by the DNA (National Anticorruption Directorate) to stop his work as a journalist and finally won by the writer, makes the autobiography of writer Julien Tănase a fascinating one that leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth and a big question mark; ... "such things have happened and continue to happen in Romania"?... The writer Julien Tănase: "A friend in the Italian Police told me, and I quote him: "... if you had done in Italy what you did for your country, today a street would bear your name! But you had been dead!"
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Plastics Testing and Characterization
Industrial Applications
by Naranjo C., Alberto; Pilar Noriega E., Maria del; Osswald, Tim A.; Rojan, Alejandro; Sierra M., Juan Diego
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Trusted PartnerGeography & the EnvironmentOctober 2019
The Himalayan Soap Pod Tree (Gymnocladus assamicus)
An Ecologically and Economically Important Tree on the Brink of Extinction
by Baharul I Choudhury, Mohammed Latif Khan
Extinction of species has alarmingly increased in recent decades due to anthropogenic activities, natural calamities and climate change. The life history, ecology and evolution of such species have often not been well studied. Gymnocladus assamicus is an archaic tree endemic to the Eastern Himalayan region of Northeast India. Locally known as 'Menangmanba-shi' by the Monpa tribe of Arunachal Pradesh (India), mature G. assamicus pods contain high saponin and are used traditionally for cleansing purposes and rituals. We rediscovered the species after more than 70 years from high altitude areas in the Himalayas through extensive field explorations and employing an ecological niche modeling approach. Our study revealed a very few actively reproducing mature G. assamicus trees surviving in unique microclimatic conditions. The species is classified as 'critically endangered' (IUCN red list). The book contains detailed information about G. assamicus and discusses its current distribution, population status, ethnobotanical uses and other ecological parameters. Major intrinsic and extrinsic factors that might be responsible for population decline are described. More importantly, we reported a very rare mating system known as 'androdioecy' in which male and hermaphrodite individuals co-exist in the natural population. Overall, the book highlights the story of a critically endangered tree species with a unique biological and socio-cultural importance and will serve as a case study and referencefor other similar species both locally and globally.
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I Am Special
by Nadine Kamal Karrit
You may be both different and the same as all the other children.This is what this book tackling the Down Syndrome explains, through the story of a child who just wants to be friends with everybody else.
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I Am Not Alone
by Ramy Tawil
Maher realizes one day he is an only child with no siblings. He starts to feel a bit lonely, and wishes he had siblings - like his friends and cousins. Luckily, his toys are here and now it’s time to show Maher what it means to be surrounded with brothers and sisters.It’s a heartwarming story that shows how rich and powerful the imagination of an only child can be.
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Trusted PartnerJanuary 2020
John Muir, Updated Edition
by Natalie Goldstein
From his early childhood in Dunbar, Scotland, through his wilderness wanderings in the American West, John Muir was always surrounded by natural beauty. Muir was able to use his love for nature to become a famed naturalist and advocate for wilderness preservation. His work and influence would lead to the establishment of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club, which began in 1892, making it the oldest environmental organization in the United States. Using Muir's own words, this eBook looks at the events that shaped his life and examines the development of his worldview, his love of nature, and his passion for preservation.
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Trusted PartnerApril 2021
Abschiede
by Juan Carlos Onetti, Wilhelm Muster
Ein etwa vierzigjähriger Mann, ehemaliger Basketballspieler, erscheint in einem Ort in der Sierra, in dem sich Tuberkulosekranke niederlassen und der zur Saison von Vergnügungssüchtigen aufgesucht wird. Er hält sich abseits, scheint sein Kranksein störrisch zu negieren. Einzig die Briefe, die regelmäßig kommen, offensichtlich von zwei verschiedenen Frauen, bringen ihn in die kleine Poststelle, dessen Inhaber die Geschichte erzählt. Als erst die eine, später die andere Frau im Ort erscheinen, richtet sich die skandalbereite Neugier des Erzählers und der Öffentlichkeit auf sie.So einfach das Geschehen in Abschiede zunächst erscheint, ist es von Anfang an von einer Ambivalenz grundiert, die der Erzähler der Geschichte gleichzeitig unterdrückt und hervorbringt.
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Trusted PartnerFebruary 2009
Mexiko
Ein Reisebegleiter
by Andreas Drouve
Andreas Drouve führt durch eine der abwechslungsreichsten Landschaften Lateinamerikas: vom mexikanischen Hochland mit der Hauptstadt geht es ins mondäne Acapulco, zu legendären Stätten der Azteken und Maya, auf die Halbinsel Yucatán, in die Regionen Chiapas und Baja California sowie in entlegene Regenwälder. Wir folgen dabei den Spuren bekannter Persönlichkeiten: Alexander von Humboldt, Frida Kahlo und Diego Rivera, Anna Seghers, James A. Michener, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Graham Greene. Wir nehmen die Fährte der Entdecker und Eroberer auf, lassen uns erschüttern von den Berichten des Hernán Cortés und Bartolomé de Las Casas, begleiten Egon Erwin Kisch bei seinen "Entdeckungen in Mexiko" und heben B. Travens "Schatz der Sierra Madre".
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Trusted PartnerHealth & Personal DevelopmentSeptember 2018
Me: Experience and Transcendence of Life
by Wang Qingbing
This book aims at helping people know and acquire self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-cultivation. Starting with the discussion on "individual", the book focuses on analyzing "I", "me", "myself", the unique entity in the world. The author shares personal understanding, thinking, reflection, and experience to communicate with readers about how to recognize self, life, society, and world, as well as how to get along with yourself, the society, and to change the world around you.
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Trusted PartnerOctober 2003
Law, Politics, and Morality: European Perspectives I.
Globalisation, Democracy, and Citizenship - Prospects for the European Union.
by Herausgegeben von Ferrer, Jordi; Herausgegeben von Iglesias, Marisa
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Trusted PartnerOctober 1998
Che Guevara
Biographie
by Jorge G. Castañeda, Christiane Barckhausen-Canale, Sven Dörper, Ursula Gräfe, Udo Rennert
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, genannt „Che"", war bereits vor seinem Tod am 8. Oktober 1967 zur Legende geworden, zum Mythos, der Lebensgefühl und Ideologie einer ganzen Generation weltweit maßgeblich geprägt hat. Sein Porträt, auf Postern und T-Shirts gedruckt, war überall zu finden, ob in Versammlungsräumen von Studenten, auf den Straßen oder in den Zimmern der Jugendlichen. Die Biographie von Jorge G. Castañeda beschreibt umfassend und detailliert Che Guevaras Leben, von den bürgerlichen Anfängen in Argentinien bis zum Tod des Guerrillero in Bolivien. Castañedas Buch ist zugleich eine kenntnisreiche Darstellung der Zeitgeschichte Kubas und Lateinamerikas von Beginn der Aufstände in der Sierra Escambray bis zum bolivianischen Abenteuer. Castañeda untersucht die internationalen, weltpolitischen Verflechtungen der kubanischen Revolution und zeigt, wie die diplomatischen und militärischen Aktionen ihrer Protagonisten unser Jahrhundert veränderten. Das größte Symbol der Rebellion der sechziger Jahre steht noch heute, am Ende des Jahrtausends, auch in den Augen der nachfolgenden Jugend für Erneuerung, für die Möglichkeit eines „neuen Menschen“. Als einer der besten Kenner der Zeitgeschichte hat Jorge G. Castañeda zahlreiche unbekannte Quellen auswerten können, private und öffentliche Dokumente aus Lateinamerika und den USA, insbesondere die lange Zeit geheimgehaltenen Dokumente der CIA und des FBI, er hat aktuelle Berichte verarbeitet, eine Vielzahl von persönlichen Interviews mit noch lebenden Freunden und Mitkämpfern geführt. Drei Jahre hat Castañeda sich den Recherchen und der Niederschrift des Buches gewidmet, ist mehrmals nach Kuba gereist, nach Argentinien, Frankreich, Bolivien, nach Moskau, in die USA.
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Trusted PartnerScience & MathematicsApril 2022
Nematodes as Model Organisms
by Itamar Glazer, David I Shapiro-llan, Paul W. Sternberg
Nematodes, which are small multi cellular organisms have been used as biological models since the 1960's. The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living nematode, about 1mm in length, that lives in temperate soil environments. It is made up of about 1000 cells, and has a short life cycle of only 2 weeks. It was the first multicellular organism to have its whole genome sequenced. The book includes chapters that summarize the importance of nematodes as model organisms in the fields of genetics, developmental biology, neurobiology, pharmacology, nutrition, ecology and parasitology. Of interest to a broad audience across a wide spectrum of disciplines, the book is useful for biologists working on comparative studies to investigate biological processes across organisms; medical scientists and pharmacologist for exploration of drugs and medicine (including the use of genome editing to eliminate diseases); ecologists considering nematodes as indicators for environment changes; and parasitologists for host-parasite interactions. Many other researchers can use this book as a benchmark for the broad implications of nematology research on other aspects of science.
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Trusted PartnerMedicine
Humanitarian Aid
Encounters with People in Need
by Joachim Gardemann
Joachim Gardemann outlines his encounters and experiences as a pediatrician in crisis zones while working for the Red Cross all over the world. He describes people in existential emergency situations, who have been traumatized but survived a genocide on the border with Rwanda. People who have fled from civil wars in Congo or escaped from the Kosovo war. He traces the suffering of people in Iran, China and Haiti after losing their relatives and all their possessions in severe earthquakes. At their moments of greatest vulnerability, in the shelters and dirt of a refugee camp in Jordan, he meets people who have fled from the turmoil of the civil wars in Sudan and Syria. He sketches poignant portraits of the victims of the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka. He gives a striking account of the devastation wrought by the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. He creates a worthy memorial to those who died of Ebola, who lost their lives as doctors and nurses in the fight against Ebola as well as to those who survived.