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      • Flanders Literature

        Flanders Literature opens a window on the dynamic and diverse literary landscape in the northern part of Belgium. It puts translators from Dutch in the spotlight and highlights the works of Flemish authors and illustrators abroad. Flanders Literature supports the publication of translations and literary tours abroad by means of grants, that can be applied for by foreign publishers and festival organisers.

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      • Food & Drink
        June 2013

        Kitchen under pressure

        First gastronomy books printed in Venice from 1469 to 1600

        by Flavio Birri

        In the fifteenth century, Venice was the first Italian centre to produce and disseminate books printed using mobile printing presses throughout Europe, thanks to the resourcefulness of many printer-publishers - such as Giovanni da Spira and Aldo Manuzio - and the prudence of the Veneto Senate, which immediately realised the importance (also commercial) of this new means of disseminating ideas. The Serenissima also played an important role in forming a different way of understanding gastronomy through the publication of cookbooks - some of which were famous, such as those by Cristoforo Messisbugo, Bartolomeo Scappi, Platina and Panunto - which introduced chefs and lovers of good food to the elaborate dishes that were served at the sumptuous court banquets of the major Italian princes: unusual recipes, faithful to the taste of the time, such as salt cod with black butter, capon in French fracassea, dried merlucce and eel cake from Lent... but also practical advice on how to order the dishes with grace and perfection or how to chop the meat by playing acrobatic games to leave the diners amazed.

      • Fiction
        March 2021

        Krumholz

        Roman

        by Flavio Steimann

        A masterful novel about a girl and her murderer – based on a true story from Switzerland just before the First World War. In May 1914, a young woman was found murdered in a wood near Krumbach, in Switzerland. The murderer, a homeless man living in the woods, was the last person executed by the guillotine in the canton of Lucerne. Inspired by this true case, Flavio Steimann tells the story of Agatha and Zenz: Her mother died while giving birth to Agatha. Her father, grief-stricken, sets his broken-down farm on fire some years later and hangs himself, but only after bringing the deaf child to a safe place in the woods. Agatha‘s world is a silent one, making her an even more careful observer. She grows up in an institution “for the poor and the lunatic”, surrounded by mean nuns, where she learns embroidery and sewing and later finds work in a cloth factory. Her first blooming is put to an end abruptly as Agatha is diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to the countryside for a cure. Every day she goes into the forest with her embroidery frame – until one day, she doesn‘t come back. Zenz also comes from the poorest of backgrounds. Beaten and neglected, he makes a living by lying and stealing from early age. A better life seems within reach as he is taken to artistic circles Paris by a painter friend. But finally he has to turn back to Switzerland, where he lives in the woods, homeless. One day, he sees Agatha there … In his artfully composed novel, Flavio Steimann intertwines the fate of two people who could not escape their destiny.

      • Fiction
        April 2018

        Two cigarettes

        by Flavio Gomes

        “It is late afternoon. You get in the car without saying anything and ask: shall we? You say yes with a gesture and show me the way. After half an hour I ask if you brought your clothes and your toothbrush. The brush does answer me. ” So, without a pre-existing history, a lonely forty-something architect and a mysterious young woman with big green eyes who never spoke about the past meet for the first time for a journey with no destination. Chance, which unites and separates two lives, leads the characters in the debut novel by journalist Flavio Gomes on a journey that passes through the interior of Minas, small German cities, São Paulo, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Itacaré, Budapest, Prague and Strasbourg , without one ever knowing enough of the other to imagine a possible end.

      • Biblical studies & exegesis
        September 2019

        El amigo del novio ("The Friend of the Bridegroom")

        Juan el Bautista: historia y teología ("John the Baptist: History")

        by Roberto Martínez Rivera

        A pesar de la frecuencia con la que muchas personas escuchan mencionar a Juan Bautista en las liturgias y otras celebraciones, su figura permanece siendo un tanto desconocida o resulta enigmática. Sin embargo, su importancia en el Nuevo Testamento es incuestionable. Jesús le dedica el mayor halago que persona alguna haya recibido: "Les aseguro que, entre los nacidos de mujer, no ha aparecido uno mayor que Juan el Bautista…" (Mt 11,11); y el historiador Flavio Josefo emplea más espacio en el Bautista que en el propio Jesús. Pero, ¿quién fue verdaderamente Juan? ¿Fueron él y Jesús primos, como popularmente se dice, o solo parientes, como expresamente indica el evangelio de Lucas (1,36)? ¿Por qué se dejó bautizar Jesús por Juan con "un bautismo para el perdón de los pecados" (Mc 1,4) si él no tenía pecado? El presente estudio aborda estas y muchas otras interrogantes de carácter histórico pero también teológico sobre Juan Bautista, todavía hoy venerado en numerosos templos y liturgias alrededor del mundo como "el amigo del novio" (Jn 3,29).   Despite the frequency with which many people listen to the mention of John the Baptist in liturgies and other celebrations, his figure remains largely unknown or proves enigmatic. Nevertheless, his importance in the New Testament is unquestionable. Jesus dedicates to him the highest praise anyone has ever been given: “Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist…” (Matthew 11:11); and the historian Flavius Josephus dedicates more space in the Baptist than in Jesus himself. But who really was John? Were he and Jesus cousins, as it is popularly said, or just relatives, as the Gospel of Luke 1:36) clearly states? Why did Jesus allow himself to be baptised by John with “a baptism for the forgiveness of sins” (Mark 1:4) if he was free from sin?

      • November 2020

        Sotto il cielo del mondo (Under the sky of this world)

        by Flavio Stroppini

        Alvaro Giacometti has always lived a quiet, secure life in the mountain village of his childhood. One day he hears about the death of his father, whom he has not seen in decades: apparently, the man who left him to sail the seas had returned some time before, and came to live not far away from Alvaro’s village. The son decides to go and visit his late father’s house, only to find the huge model of a cargo ship – twelve meters of iron and shipyard material.What is the meaning of that?Alvaro has no choice: he needs to put together the pieces of his father’s past, one step after the other. He finds a clue that leads him to Gdansk – the first of the many harbours that he will wander through in his adventurous travel.

      • August 2017

        Fashion Illustration and Design

        Methods & Techniques for Achieving Professional Designs

        by Manuela Brambatti and Cosimo Vinci

        A design tutorial by Manuela Brambatti, Versace's chief design illustrator, the book is an idea of couturier Flavio Marconi who, impressed by her drawing style, her unique taste designing fashion collections and the precision with which she captures the flow of fabric over the body, convinced her to put it into print. Here Brambatti reveals her fresh and innovative style, not better than others, as she writes, but orginal and distinctive for Versace’s workshop, halfway between fashion sketching and illustration.

      • Abecemotions

        by Susanna Isern

        A curious album, starring animals, with which children will learn simultaneously the alphabet and all the emotions they can experience. Through the different animals, children will learn not only to write them but also to identify, understand  and deal  with them in a positive way.

      • November 2019

        Bible City

        A guide in which to delve, lose and find oneself in the biblical books

        by Xabier Pikaza Ibarrondo

        BIBLE CITY is infinite, unforeseen, unique, eternal, surprising, inexhaustible, vital. God willing, this biblical adventure will make the reader repeat those impassionedwords of Saint John Chrysostom: «I hold the Scripture in my hands: this is my staff, my safety, my quiet harbour».

      • Children's & YA

        Amazing Places

        by Miralda Colombo

        A series dedicated to the wonders of the world, to be discovered through precious and peculiar books, filled with sensational illustrations. Not only for the contents, these books are “wonderful” also in their binding, with surprising elements on the cover andfor their evocative illustrations.A journey in discovery of the 15 most amazing places of the world created by humankind, which will enchant children and grown-ups: Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, Cheope’s Pyramid and many others. For each place, there will bea suggested itinerary for a guided tour, a legend, the story of the construction and many more curiosities.

      • January 2018

        Eugênio Kusnet: Do ator ao professor

        by Piacentini, Ney

        O livro de Ney Piacentini sobre o ator, diretor e professor Eugênio Kusnet preenche uma imperdoável lacuna sobre a influencia e o significado do trabalho de um dos mais influentes personagens da historia do moderno teatro brasileiro. Kusnet participou da formação dos dois mais importantes grupos que já tivemos, o Arena e o Oficina, ensinando e treinando nossos atores a trabalhar seus papéis, baseado numa peculiar e meticulosa abordagem do método do diretor, ator e teórico russo, Constantin Stanislasvski. Piacentini é ator de um dos mais valiosos grupos teatrais da atualidade a Cia do Latão, e foi presidente da Cooperativa Paulista de Teatro, agremiação fruto do trabalho de gerações, pioneira e fundamental no desenvolvimento do teatro paulista. Ney narra a trajetória do mestre Kusnet por meio de documentos, reportagens e, principalmente, depoimentos de prestigiosos profissionais como Fernanda Montenegro, Renato Borghi, Walmor Chagas, José Renato, Flávio Migliaccio, Miriam Mehler, Maria Della Costa e José Celso Martinez Correa. Um livro escrito com a inspirada devoção de quem entende o teatro como estímulo transformador. Essencial para quem se interessa pela nossa arte. — Paulo Betti

      • Education

        Whole, bright, deep with understanding:

        Life story and politics of curriculum studies. In-between William Pinar and Ivor Goodson

        by Pacheco, J. A.

        This book is about William Pinar: one of the best-known authors in the field of curriculum studies. The main contribution of William Pinar is not to determine the curriculum. He is involved in a continuous struggle to help students and teachers reflect about their personal experiences, educational and curricular options.The book has been organized in five chapters. The first chapter –discursive construct – includes the identification of William Pinar from his own roots (as a student and as a teacher), and the schools of thought that influenced his work. The second chapter is concerned with Curriculum Studies as an academic field, answering the questions: What is Curriculum Theory? What does the reconceptualization movement mean? What is post- Reconceptualization? The following chapter is about Pinar’s curriculum theorizing, including a particular “mode de penser”, schooling, school and teacher education, as well as curriculum as comparative language and currere as method. The fourth chapter is about his life experiences, particularly the sense of South, and includes Pinar’s transdiscursivity, searching for the author-function features through the foundational Journal and the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies. The last chapter includes some contributions of the studies of William Pinar and Ivor Goodson concerning research in the field of curriculum by António Flávio Moreira, a well-known scholar in Brazil and Portugal.

      • Children's & YA

        I'm intrigued

        by Ana Elisa Ribeiro / Flávio Fargas (Ilustrator)

        In my many years of life, I learned that fleas like sheets, hem of trousers, folds, nooks and crannies… but some really like to poke the part behind people's ears. Poking, tickling… and making us uneasy, with that itch: what is it? What's it? What is going to be? As? Because? For what? When? - And go out there.

      • Agriculture & farming
        January 2011

        Advances in Preservation and Processing Technologies of Fruits and Vegetables

        by S. Rajarathnam & R.S. Ramteke

        The book consists of 19 s on different subjects and in different dimensions, with particular emphasis on the post-harvest handling and processing of fruits and vegetables, including mushrooms. Scope for the technology on fruits and vegetables, non-destructive methods to evaluate fresh quality, radiation preservation, chemistry of pectin and pigments and their applications, nutraceutical compounds, membrane processing of liquid fruits, dehydrated and intermediate moisture products,importance of bamboo and mushrooms as food, influence of process conditions on product quality, food additives in product preparation, packaging aspects, microbiological safety concerns, relevant analytical methods, mushroom nutraceuticals and bio-technological interventions for improvement of banana with a final note on conclusions in the last .

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