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      • Victorina Press

        Victorina Press was created by  Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes, a Chilean-British writer and academic. We are therefore rooted strongly in Chilean and British cultures. Our mission is to publish inspirational, quality books in the spirit of bibliodiversity, a concept developed by a group of Chilean independent publishers — Editores independientes de Chile. It encourages the celebration of a variety of voices from all over the world and prevents our publishing world from being a monolithic culture. Everyone has a story to tell. We want to be the ones to tell it. Consuelo’s Latin American roots play a huge role in our publishing today, with many of our books being translated into Spanish as stand alone or bilingual publications. Publishing everything from hard-hitting, inspirational memoirs, thrilling YA dystopias, gripping historical fiction, fun early learning, colourful, exciting children's books, literature for the classic shelf, and poetry to entice you, there is one book for every genre!

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        September 1997

        Che Guevara

        Biographie

        by Jorge G. Castañeda, Udo Rennert, Christiane Barckhausen-Canale, Sven Dörper, Ursula Gräfe

        Jorge G. Castañeda wurde 1953 in Mexiko geboren. Er studierte in Princeton und promovierte 1978 in Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Pariser Sorbonne. Seit 1979 ist er Professor an der UNAM (Universidad Autónoma de México), Gastprofessor in Berkeley und seit 1997 Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität von New York; seine Spezialgebiete sind Politik und Geschichte Lateinamerikas. Castañeda war Berater der mexikanischen Regierung für Zentralamerika und die Karibik und von Dezember 2000 bis Januar 2003 Außenminister im Kabinett von Vicente Fox. Castañeda veröffentlichte mehrere Bücher und publiziert regelmäßig in allen großen politischen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften. Ursula Gräfe, geboren 1956 in Frankfurt am Main, studierte Japanologie und Anglistik und arbeitet seit 1988 als Literaturübersetzerin. Sie hat u.a. Werke von R.K. Narayan, Haruki Murakami, Yasushi Inoue und Kenzaburo Oe ins Deutsche übertragen, ist Autorin einer Buddha-Biographie und Herausgeberin mehrerer Anthologien. Jedes Jahr verbringt sie einige Zeit in Asien, vor allem in Indien. Ursula Gräfe lebt in Frankfurt am Main.

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        January 1960

        Zu Lande zu Wasser

        Gedichte

        by Rafael Alberti, Erwin Walter Palm, Erwin Walter Palm

        Rafael Alberti wurde 1902 in einem kleinen Dorf in Andalusien geboren. 1917 zog die Familie nach Madrid. Zunächst fühlte sich Alberti mehr zur Malerei hingezogen, erst 1921 fand er auch zur Literatur, insbesondere zur Poesie. Seinen ersten Gedichtband, Mar y tierra, später in Marinero en tierra umgeändert (dt. Zu Lande und zu Wasser, 1984), veröffentlichte er 1923 und erhielt dafür 1925 den Nationalpreis für Literatur. In den Gedichten verbinden sich persönliche Erfahrungen mit den Einflüssen von Gil Vicente und der spanischen Romanzendichtung - Volkstümlich-Folkloristisches mit avantgardistischen Strömungen, wie dem Surrealismus. Nach dem Bürgerkrieg ging Alberti ins argentinische Exil. 1963 kam er wieder nach Europa, wo er sich in Rom niederließ. Er kehrte 1977 nach Spanien zurück und wurde Abgeordneter der Kommunistischen Partei im Spanischen Parlament. Albertis Werk umfaßt neben zahlreichen Gedichten und Theaterstücken auch die im Exil entstandenen Erinnerungen, La arboleda perdida (1942-1996, dt. Der verlorene Hain, 1997) und andere Schriften. Alberti gehört, neben Federico García Lorca, Jorge Guillén und anderen, zu den Vertretern der legendären Dichtergeneration von 1927 und war einer der großen spanischen Lyriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wie kaum ein anderer brachte er volkstümliche und mythische Inhalte und Formen mit den Neuerungen der Moderne in Einklang. Neben zahlreichen Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen erhielt Alberti 1981 den Nationalpreis für Theater und 1983 den Cervantes-Preis. Rafael Alberti starb 1999 in seinem Geburtsort.

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        The Arts
        June 2021

        Contemporary Spanish cinema and genre

        by Jay Beck, Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

        This volume is the first English-language collection exclusively dedicated to the study of genre in relation to Spanish cinema. Providing a variety of critical perspectives, the collection gives the reader a thorough account of the relationship between Spanish cinema and genre, drawing on case studies of several of the most remarkable Spanish films in recent years. The book analyses the significant changes in the aesthetics, production and reception of Spanish film from 1990 onwards. It brings together European and North American scholars to establish a critical dialogue on the topics under discussion, while providing multiple perspectives on the concepts of national cinemas and genre theory. In recent years film scholarship has attempted to negotiate the tension between the nationally specific and the internationally ubiquitous, discussing how globalisation has influenced film making and surrounding cultural practice. These broader social concerns have prompted scholars to emphasise a redefinition of national cinemas beyond strict national boundaries and to pay attention to the transnational character of any national site of film production and reception. This collection provides a thorough investigation of contemporary Spanish cinema within a transnational framework, by positing cinematic genres as the meeting spaces between a variety of diverse forces that necessarily operate within but also across territorial spaces. Paying close attention to the specifics of the Spanish cinematic and social panorama, the essays investigate the transnational economic, cultural and aesthetic forces at play in shaping Spanish film genres today.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Contemporary Spanish cinema and genre

        by Jay Beck, Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

        This volume is the first English-language collection exclusively dedicated to the study of genre in relation to Spanish cinema. Providing a variety of critical perspectives, the collection gives the reader a thorough account of the relationship between Spanish cinema and genre, drawing on case studies of several of the most remarkable Spanish films in recent years. The book analyses the significant changes in the aesthetics, production and reception of Spanish film from 1990 onwards. It brings together European and North American scholars to establish a critical dialogue on the topics under discussion, while providing multiple perspectives on the concepts of national cinemas and genre theory. In recent years film scholarship has attempted to negotiate the tension between the nationally specific and the internationally ubiquitous, discussing how globalisation has influenced film making and surrounding cultural practice. These broader social concerns have prompted scholars to emphasise a redefinition of national cinemas beyond strict national boundaries and to pay attention to the transnational character of any national site of film production and reception. This collection provides a thorough investigation of contemporary Spanish cinema within a transnational framework, by positing cinematic genres as the meeting spaces between a variety of diverse forces that necessarily operate within but also across territorial spaces. Paying close attention to the specifics of the Spanish cinematic and social panorama, the essays investigate the transnational economic, cultural and aesthetic forces at play in shaping Spanish film genres today.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2023

        Forensic cultures in modern Europe

        by Willemijn Ruberg, Lara Bergers, Pauline Dirven, Sara Serrano Martínez

        This edited volume examines the performance and role of scientific experts in modern European courts of law and police investigations. It discusses cases from criminal, civil and international law to parse the impact of forensic evidence and expertise in different European countries. The contributors show how modern forensic science and technology are inextricably entangled with political ideology, gender norms and changes in the law and legal systems. Discussing fascinating case studies, they highlight how the ideology of authoritarian and liberal regimes has affected the practical enactment of forensic expertise. They also emphasise the influence of images of masculinity and femininity on the performance of experts and on their assessment of evidence, victims and perpetrators. This book is an important contribution to our knowledge of modern European forensic practices.

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        Medicine
        April 2018

        Bovine Tuberculosis

        by Mark Chambers, Stephen Gordon, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Paul Barrow

        This book is contemporary, topical and global in its approach, and provides an essential, comprehensive treatise on bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium that causes it, Mycobacterium bovis. Bovine tuberculosis remains a major cause of economic loss in cattle industries worldwide, exacerbated in some countries by the presence of a substantial wildlife reservoir. It is a major zoonosis, causing human infection through consumption of unpasteurised milk or by close contact with infected animals. Following a systematic approach, expert international authors cover epidemiology and the global situation; microbial virulence and pathogenesis; host responses to the pathogen; and diagnosis and control of the disease. Aimed at researchers and practising veterinarians, this book is essential for those needing comprehensive information on the pathogen and disease, and offers a summary of key information learned from human tuberculosis research. It will be useful to those studying the infection and for those responsible for controlling the disease.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        November 2019

        Biotechnology of Fruit and Nut Crops

        by Richard E Litz, Fernando Pliego-Alfaro, Jose Ignacio Hormaza, Stephen W Adkins, Nuria Alburquerque, Maria Luisa Badenes, Luciana Baldoni, Araceli Barceló-Muñoz, Pedro M. Barros, A.T. Basford, Muhammad Ajmal Bashir, Diego Silva Batista, J. Biddle, Manuel Blasco, J. R. Botella, Patrick Brown, Lorenzo Burgos, John E. Carlson, Luis A. Cañas, Elisabeth Carmona, David Chagné, Rekha Chaudhury, Elisabeth Chevreau, V. E. Chhatre, Yelda Özden Çiftçi, C. Claflin, Yuval Cohen, Elena Corredoira, Valerio Cristofori, Niccolò Cultrera, Abhaya Dandekar, Maurecilne Lemes da Silva, Sadanand A. Dhekney, Leo D’Souza, Ofere Francis Emeriewen, Kate Evans, M. Faize, Fábio Gelape Faleiro, Ana Paula Farinha, Vicente Febres, Yolanda Ferradás, Antonio Figueira, Maureen M.M. Fitch, Henryk Flachowsky, M. Foale, Svetlana Y. Folimonova, María Victoria González, Isabel María González-Padilla, Julie Graham, Dennis J. Gray, Magda-Viola Hanke, Smitha Hegde, Jose Ignacio Hormaza, Uma Jaiswal, Nikki Jennings, Hülya Akdemir

        This book covers the biotechnology of all the major fruit and nut species, with persimmon, pomegranate and loquat included for the first time and colour illustrations illustrating the crop species and their wild relatives. Family by family, it details well-established techniques such as protoplast culture, in vitro mutagenesis and ploidy manipulation, but also newer approaches such as genomics, genetic transformation and marker-assisted selection.

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        FAKEBOOK (FRAUDEBOOK)

        WHAT THE SOCIAL NETWORK IS DOING TO US

        by Vicente Serrano Marín

        1.6 billion users share their lives without a second thought of the consequences. This book highlights the dangers of taking Facebook at face value.    Social networks have taken society by storm and now stand at the heart of our day-to-day lives. Despite their undeniable upsides across all spheres of life, from one-to-one communication to politics and the economy, they pose obvious dangers as tools of control and manipulation. This essay goes far beyond such dangers however, delving into the hidden and seemingly innocent, harmless elements that give shape to life on Facebook: the notion of biography, the concept of friendship, the approval behind the "Like" button…    Using straightforward language and in keeping with the very finest classical and modern schools of thought, Vicente Serrano’s Fakebook reveals just what social networks are doing to us and how they interact with religion, ideology and mass culture, as well as ethics, politics and aesthetics.

      • November 2021

        Tu cuerpo es tuyo

        by Lucía Serrano

        Lucía Serrano en Tu cuerpo es tuyo, con ayuda y asesoramiento de especialistas, habla de sexualidad y de prevención de abusos a los niños y niñas con un lenguaje sencillo y directo. Un libro imprescindible.

      • Children's & YA

        Black Roots

        by Lúcia Vicente

        At a time when the major anti-racist protest movement #BlackLivesMatter remains the order of the day, nothing is more urgent than celebrating some of the great names in black history and culture who have made and are making a difference.From Martin Luther King to Marielle Franco, from Cesária Évora to Barack Obama, this book includes over 50 biographical stories of exceptional and pioneering people, some iconic, others less wellknown, who have raised questions, overcome barriers, opened up paths, surpassed expectations and inspired generations. They are examples of courage, perseverance and leadership that do not let us forget how we got here and remind us that we can and should go even further.Exploring the roots and influences of black people who took a stand against a world that did not always accept them, this book is the perfect starting point for an informed  discussion on racism and tolerance.

      • Biography: general
        January 2019

        Kubrick en casa

        by Vicente Molina Foix

        A call from Carlos Saura put Stanley Kubrick in contact with Vicente Molina Foix, who, over twenty years of a relationship that only ended with the death of the director, translated into Spanish the dialogues of five of his films. This book is a chronicle of that work and of the sporadic but often juicy dealing with the filmmaker himself - in which an atypical interview that Molina Foix did at his home in the 80s, and which is included as an appendix – Above is about a portrait of him as an infinitely curious creator, maniacal in the demand for quality, who became the most famous and powerful figure in American cinema while still being a meticulous and artisan artist. A first-hand testimony of Stanley Kubrick's work ethic by the Spanish translator of five of his films.

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