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LA POLÍTICA DEL ODIO
by HUGO N. GERSTL
LA POLÍTICA DEL ODIO – Una aguda y reveladora visión de la política norteamericana De cómo obstruccionistas, medios de comunicación e intereses creados están convirtiendo a los Estados Unidos en un país del tercer mundo y CÓMO PODEMOS RECUPERARNOS por HUGO N. GERSTL Los Estados Unidos están siendo destruidos de manera sistemática, no desde afuera por terroristas, sino desde adentro, por intereses creados. El país está siendo destruido por políticos, por presentadores de programa de entrevistas, magnates mediáticos y demagogos populistas, que procuran conservar su «territorio» a cualquier precio, obstruyendo la aprobación de leyes provechosas, mediante mentiras y acusaciones escandalosas, campañas negativas y agravios injustificados. Estos «redentores» no presentan ninguna idea constructiva que hayan concebido para ayudar a salir del atolladero en el que nuestro país se encuentra. En lo único que piensan los políticos es en ser electos y reelectos. El señuelo de USD 100.000 de honorarios de conferencista es un potente afrodisíaco. El señuelo del poder es un afrodisíaco aún más potente. Políticos, metemiedos, parlanchines y líderes empresariales se deleitan con su fama, su gloria y su autoproclamada sabiduría, en momentos en que el país está más endeudado que cualquier otra nación en la historia y cuando año a año avanzamos cada vez más rápido hacia la posibilidad de convertirnos en un país del tercer mundo. Si el público comienza a sumar dos más dos, la respuesta lógica debe ser cuatro. Pero hasta ahora, aún se puede hacer creer al estadounidense promedio que dos más dos equivale a cualquier número que a los maestros del rollo político se les ocurra. Lo peor es que más del 40% de los estadounidenses aceptan la política de miedo, cizaña y atropello, sin siquiera detenerse un momento a pensar qué es exactamente lo que estos traficantes del odio político ofrecen a cambio de echar a un lado a una facción y asegurarse para ellos mismos las ventajas del poder. Pero independientemente de las querellas políticas internas o externas, lo que hacemos es algo parecido a dos pulgas que se pelean para saber cuál de ellas es la propietaria del perro. Parece que no nos damos cuenta de que el tiempo y el dinero se nos han acabado, que ya no podemos permitirnos el lujo de astutas maniobras políticas y de inútiles y estúpidas reyertas. Aunque este oportuno libro señala a quién es el culpable, va también un poco más allá y cuenta cómo los Estados Unidos, la nación más poderosa del planeta, pueden recuperar el control de su destino y curar su propia enfermedad. HUGO N. GERSTL obtuvo una licenciatura en ciencias políticas e historia de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles (UCLA) y después cursó estudios y se graduó en la Facultad de Derecho de la misma universidad. Gerstl rechazó una invitación para postularse para el Congreso por el partido Republicano, ya que eso hubiera significado competir con su amigo y colega, el abogado León Panetta, que acababa de completar su primera cadencia en el Congreso. Gerstl es ampliamente conocido en todo el país hace ya cuarenta y seis años como abogado penalista y sigue siendo eternamente optimista acerca de la capacidad de recuperación del pueblo estadounidense.
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Coping with illnessEndometriose: Schmerzfrei durch optimale Ernährung und einen gesunden Umgang mit Stress
Ein Selbsthilfekonzept
by Nicole von Hoerschelmann
Eine chronische Endometriose spielt sich nicht nur im biologischen, sondern auch im sozialen Leben von Frauen ab. Denn wenn starke chronische Schmerzen über eine längere Zeit den Alltag dominieren, verändert sich auch die Person. Nicole von Hoerschelmann ist Dipl.-Psychologin und berät Schmerzpatient*innen einer Rehabilitationsklinik. 1991 erkrankte sie im Alter von 22 Jahren an Endometriose. Da trotz mehrfacher operativer Eingriffe die Schmerzen blieben, suchte sie nach Behandlungsalternativen. Dabei stieß sie immer wieder auf den Zusammenhang zwischen Krankheit und Ernährung – sowohl als Genesungs- wie auch als Risikofaktor. Um nicht dauerhaft auf die Einnahme von Schmerzmitteln angewiesen zu sein, begann sie, verschiedene Ernährungsempfehlungen zu optimieren und mit ihren beruflichen Erfahrungen aus der Schmerzberatung zu verbinden. Nicole von Hoerschelmann hat daraus ein alltagstaugliches Selbsthilfekonzept entwickelt, mit dem sie bis heute schmerzfrei lebt. Endometriose und Ernährung
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Breaking the Silence. Studies of the new tendancies of Expression.
by Hala Kamal, Serine Wagdy, Ahmed Kheir, Deena Gamil, Menna Agha and Sara Abdeen
It is often said that the Revolution of January 25th launched the spark of change in social relations. However, nobody cared about studying the forms of such change and ways of expressing it. This book deals with the relation between the ego and the other, considering awareness of body freedom against self-censorship and collective authority. It is true that Egypt has so far lacked a broad and popular "social movement" that advocates for women's rights. However, the accumulation of individual practices of women who made the revolution and women made by the revolution reveals a vast sea of unorganized changes that are moving towards one goal in the field of women's relations with men: A movement for liberation and equality in the most ancient field of oppression in history: the oppression of women.
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Pete the parakeet
by Mark Haayema
Gus has built a beautiful aviary. There’s room for a hundred birds. At least. But only Pete lives there. Pete the parakeet. Pete likes having the place to himself. But then other birds move into his aviary. One after another. Pete doesn’t like that one bit. Will he be able to adjust to this new situation? A book about birds of different feather flocking together.
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Children's & YABenni, Celestina e 3 piani in ascensore
by Patrizia Fortunati, Roberta Procacci
The story of a great friendship between different generations. The last bell of the year rings and Benni is finally free from the school! Will she be able to relax? Of course not! She will have to get to work immediately to save the old De Profundis from a sad destiny: the retirement home. With her, the inseparable parrot Celestina, a group of old friends and a Chinese maid with a Sicilian accent. Amidst twists and small lies, the brigade will devise the most adventurous plans to save De Profundis... Will they be able to save their old friends? They certainly will not give up easily!
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Bertha the bullfinch
by Mark Haayema
Panic in the aviary. Gus, the man who brought fresh water and seeds every day, is gone. There’s food left for about three days. The birds of the Wise Council gather to decide what needs to be done. The other birds patiently await their wise decision. Then Bertha the bullfinch takes control. It sure saves a lot of time and effort when one bird makes the rules. But is it fair…? This book might ruffle some feathers!
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Children's & YASeptember 2019MS. TERESA’S INVESTIGATIONS – VOLUME 1 – KIDNAPPING AT RIALTO
Logic Mysteries
by Antonio Calvani, Benedetto Zanaboni
A comic book mystery for practicing logic skills in primary school How can you help a 6-year-old child with limited literacy skills develop autonomous logical skills? Here’s the answer: a mystery comic strip, which enhances visual skills and minimizes written text. Children can follow the story in complete autonomy and carry out fun activities, which will help them develop reasoning skills. It is a beautiful spring morning and the sun is shining on the Rialto market. All of a sudden, however, something upsets the cheerful atmosphere: Mimì the poodle has disappeared … Did she run away or was she kidnapped? To find out what happened, the children will have to help Ms. Teresa collect the clues and carry out captivating logical challenges such as finding the missing shape, rotating letters and shapes, rearranging and completing sequences, solving mazes, finding the mysterious character by verifying the identikit, completing symmetries, reading and completing groups.
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FictionFebruary 2019Forget Atlas
by Teresa Ibars
Atles de l’oblit parla d’uns racons de la memòria, del paisatge i de les emocions que, com un quadre impressionista farcit de petites pinzellades, han configurat una percepció de la realitat i una manera de ser. Mitjançant un viatge que porta l’autora al cor d’un territori, el Baix Segre, i a la vida d’uns personatges, potser ja majoritàriament oblidats, en aquest llibre es fa un exercici voluntari de recordar per comprendre. Perquè quan una persona deixa de viure en un lloc i, per tant, engega un cert camí d’oblit, o veu com son pare comença a oblidar per culpa d’una malaltia que se’l menja, pot ser que aquesta persona adquireixi la clara consciència que tornar sempre resulta impossible i quan hom té aquesta certesa tan sols queda entomar qui som i on som de nou.
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PhilosophyAugust 2014Our Strange Body
Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Medical Interventions
by Jenny Slatman
The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel argument: that our own body always entails a strange dimension, a strangeness that enables us to incorporate radical physical changes.
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Super salads
by Multiple authors
The concept behind the 65 recipes in this series is basic: simple ingredients, just a few and the most used everyday, to transform into delicious, original, impressive and easy-to-make dishes with a few simple moves. Every recipe is completed by the Instagram-friendly photo of the finished dish.From the easy, tasty and fast-to-prepare recipes of Salads - with a complete section dedicated to the “out of home” and the dressings, to a selection of recipesto detoxify your body with healthy, nutritious and tasty ingredients.
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Preserving & freezingJuly 2019Bakery and Confectionery Products
Processing,Quality Assessment,Packging and Storage Techniques
by Lakshmi Jagarlamudi
The first few chapters introduces the reader to the crop, its origin and distribution, varieties cultivated throughout the country and their characteristics. Later the trade of banana, both international and domestic, is explained along with the ways the fruit is consumed in different parts of the world. A exclusively deals with the nutritive and therapeutic values of banana followed by the post harvest aspects at length in seven chapters with all the latest scientific developments. The last three s explain about the processing and value addition including the waste/by-products utilization. The readers will find it comprehensive with all the information relevant to post harvest aspects of bananas and plantains.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -November 2002LAS MUJERES ESCRITORAS EN LA HISTORIA DE LA LITERATURA ESPAÑOLA.
by MONTEJO GURRUCHAGA, Lucía; et al.
En esta obra se reúnen ocho estudios que recorren la historia de la literatura española desde la Edad Media hasta la actualidad, mostrando que una parte importante de nuestro pasado, la que representa a la mitad femenina de la población, debe tener cabida en los manuales, porque también tiene historia. A la crítica sobre el pasado, este libro suma la reflexión de dos escritoras presentes: Rosa Regás y Belén Gopegui. Ambas ponen el contrapunto de la conciencia creadora femenina en una actualidad.
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Classic crimeMarch 2020The horse killer
A strange story from Mecklenburg
by Siegfried Stang
A series of cruel horse murders in the Mecklenburg Lake District is causing disgust and horror nationwide. However, the police are initially groping in the dark and are coming under increasing pressure. This is also felt by Chief Inspector Tim Asfeld, the investigator in charge. And suddenly it is no longer just about the horses. People are also in acute danger of their lives. The young theology student Pia, who lives alone in a deserted bungalow settlement in the fall, is increasingly drawn into the maelstrom of events. She is exposed to strange, aggressive actions, the reason for which she puzzles and who is responsible. Then the events come thick and fast. And several people die. Author Siegfried Stang has incorporated his decades of experience as a criminalist into an exciting and only gradually understandable story. Thus the novel can convince with a realistic representation. Similarities with living or already deceased persons would be however nevertheless purely coincidental. The author of the book succeeds in describing the psychological background of the crimes in a plausible and comprehensible way. The criminologists and the reader only learn bit by bit why everything happens the way it did - seemingly inevitably.
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Children's & YAApril 2016Saven Disclosure
The Saven Series #2
by Siobhan Davis (Author) Kelly Hartigan (Editor)
THE TRUTH WON'T HIDE FOREVER To protect Logan, I have no choice but to deceive him. But I’m not the only one hiding the truth. Will our love survive all the secrets and lies? Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and where once they were abhorred, they are now championed as our greatest ally and our only possible savior. Logan and Sadie have been separated, and the longer he is gone, the more their love is tested by duty, doubts, and deception. Sadie and Jarod have infiltrated the highest levels of government, but they are playing a dangerous game. Surrounded by people with conflicting agendas—hell-bent on using her for their own aim—Sadie is confused when the lines between good and evil are blurred. It’s impossible to tell friend from foe, and no one can be trusted. When the full extent of the experiments taking place in Sector Twenty is disclosed, Sadie can no longer sit back and watch as the lower classes face a horrific fate. Racing to save her loved ones and mankind, she risks her own safety and the love she’s waited a lifetime for to do the right thing. But no one thought to save her from herself.
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FictionFebruary 2017ANA
by Roberto Santiago
Ana Tramel: With A for attorney. With A for addicted to alcohol, pills and sex. And with A for anaesthetized (to emotions, adjectives, and sycophants). In this story absolutely everything revolves around her, the protagonist, narrator and dynamo of the plot. In her forties, she’s about to experience a journey to the dark side of the gambling world, and to come up against an international corporation that deals in thousands of millions and has hundreds of lawyers on their payroll. Said with the utmost humility: from this moment on, we are all AnaTramel. In ANA nothing is what it seems. Not one of the characters is exactly a saint. And as Patricia Highsmith said of one of her stories ‘they are going to see a woman do what no male protagonist in literature of the past forty years would dare: behave with compassion, heroism and expose her body and soul to humiliation’.
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October 2020Markov's Prize
by Mark Barber
Markov's Prize is an isolated planet within the Determinate, cut off since the 6th Age. Its human population have thrived and advanced over the centuries but now, recently rediscovered, they find themselves simultaneously invaded by the aggressive and bloodthirsty Ghar Empire and the expansionist PanHuman Concord. The Ghar are looking to plunder the planet for resources and slaves while the Concord desire to assimilate the planet into their collective whole, believing it to be the best course of action for the Concord and the planet's people.Strike Commander Ryen Tahl is a soldier in the PanHuman Concord, responsible for a Company of some sixty troopers who are at the forefront of the invasion. Previously a famous martial arts champion with a deadly reputation, he has softened and matured over the years and now prioritizes the safety of his men and women above all else.Tahl's Company is not Special Forces; there is no secret mission and no universe changing event they will be involved in. They are ordinary people embroiled in the daily operations of a front line war against a vicious adversary and the stoic defenders of Markov's Prize.
