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Les Genies du chocolat, refered to as "the bible" is the most comprehensive work on the highest quality chocolate in the world today. Crafted with great sensitivity with meticulous editing, this pioneering masterpiece unravels an undiscovered territory of French gastronomy.
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Angolan literature collection It blooms in the Angolan soil, with the strength and stubbornness of the vegetation that renews itself in the lands consumed by the burning, finding in the ashes themselves the vitalizing element of the sap that runs in its veins, a literature that, seeking to be specifically Angolan, is taking big steps towards the conquest of a position in the whole of universal literature (Carlos Ervedosa - A Literatura Angolana). This collection of Angolan Literature gives voice to Angolan authors who find in difficulties the reason to follow their path and the disclosure of Angola, of Africa.
Angolan literature collection It blooms in the Angolan soil, with the strength and stubbornness of the vegetation that renews itself in the lands consumed by the burning, finding in the ashes themselves the vitalizing element of the sap that runs in its veins, a literature that, seeking to be specifically Angolan, is taking big steps towards the conquest of a position in the whole of universal literature (Carlos Ervedosa - A Literatura Angolana). This collection of Angolan Literature gives voice to Angolan authors who find in difficulties the reason to follow their path and the disclosure of Angola, of Africa.
Angolan literature collection It blooms in the Angolan soil, with the strength and stubbornness of the vegetation that renews itself in the lands consumed by the burning, finding in the ashes themselves the vitalizing element of the sap that runs in its veins, a literature that, seeking to be specifically Angolan, is taking big steps towards the conquest of a position in the whole of universal literature (Carlos Ervedosa - A Literatura Angolana). This collection of Angolan Literature gives voice to Angolan authors who find in difficulties the reason to follow their path and the disclosure of Angola, of Africa.
Angolan literature collection It blooms in the Angolan soil, with the strength and stubbornness of the vegetation that renews itself in the lands consumed by the burning, finding in the ashes themselves the vitalizing element of the sap that runs in its veins, a literature that, seeking to be specifically Angolan, is taking big steps towards the conquest of a position in the whole of universal literature (Carlos Ervedosa - A Literatura Angolana). This collection of Angolan Literature gives voice to Angolan authors who find in difficulties the reason to follow their path and the disclosure of Angola, of Africa.
Angolan literature collection It blooms in the Angolan soil, with the strength and stubbornness of the vegetation that renews itself in the lands consumed by the burning, finding in the ashes themselves the vitalizing element of the sap that runs in its veins, a literature that, seeking to be specifically Angolan, is taking big steps towards the conquest of a position in the whole of universal literature (Carlos Ervedosa - A Literatura Angolana). This collection of Angolan Literature gives voice to Angolan authors who find in difficulties the reason to follow their path and the disclosure of Angola, of Africa.
Peace is an idea, an abstract concept, which must be grounded in concrete realities. And building peace involves moving from an initial state, which may or may not be conflict, to a second moment in which people have learned to know, relate, meet, and live together. This book tries to elaborate on the construction of peace from an educational process, in which individuals learn to recognize themselves as subjects of equal dignity and with the capacity to carry out projects oriented to the common good. Similarly, educational settings, the so-called learning environments, are not confined exclusively to the walls of the classroom or the boundaries of formal education institutions: peace education occurs in any environment in which two or more coincide. people with potential conflicts of interest or collective construction.
En 1982 dos viajeros ingenuos llegaron a Paraguay para, como turistas, conocer al país. Por una pregunta trivial, la pareja fue detenida por la policía política bajo la sospecha oficial de ser terroristas. Fueron obligados de quedarse frente a una cámara de tortura, incomunicados, hasta lograr escaparse por un descuido de los oficiales. Siete años más tarde, el dictador Alfredo Stroessner fue derrocado mediante un golpe de estado. Sin embargo, la historia no terminaría sino hasta un cuarto de siglo después del fin de la dictadura. Fue cuando el autor logró establecer contacto con el Dr Martín Almada – el desenterrador de los Archivos del Terror. Este libro – minuciosamente investigado, y con las experiencias personales del autor integradas – documenta la turbia vida de Alfredo Stroessner, el dictador más longevo de Sudamérica durante el siglo XX. También revela la habilidad política del astuto dictador; la corrupción que fomentaba; la protección que otorgaba a nazis fugitivos y terroristas; las torturas que presenciaba; el narcotráfico bajo su supervisión; sus aberraciones sexuales; los abusos de sus secuaces; y, su participación en el pacto del Cono Sur – la Operación Cóndor.
Los Angeles poet Ed Rosenthal’s hiking vacation turns deadly in soaring Mojave heat; his true survival story leaves you with chills. Ed Rosenthal, “The Poet-Broker”, advocates for historic properties in downtown Los Angeles and negotiates to save them. In 2010, after closing his biggest deal, he skips town to Joshua Tree National Park, only to find himself inexplicably lost. Over six grueling days without water, food, or hope, snippets of his life and his hard-knock youth in Queens play over the inspiring yet deadly landscape in soaring 120-degree heat. The God of Random Chance has, despite his best efforts his whole life, finally caught up to him. He describes his ordeal and its setting in intimate, vivid detail: surreal visions mix with wayfinding and intuitive wisdom in a poet’s-eye view of the life-lessons and magic that the desert can hold. Rosenthal’s shocking ordeal was covered on The Discovery Channel, local broadcast, The Weather Channel, in Los Angeles Magazine, and in an interview with Dick Gordon for “The Story” on National Public Radio, and by the Associated Press. In 2014 he was the subject of an episode of “Fight to Survive” with Bear Grylls on The Outdoor Channel. News of his ordeal was broadcast and published in Europe.
Micaela opens her Twitter and finds herself reading one word that destroys her: traitor. The worst part is that the accusation is from her best friend, Constanza. From that moment, she begins to relive the moments in history that caused her to act the way she did. In that journey of memories and thoughts, of struggles and confessions, very painful secrets will come to light. What will you do in the end? Her destiny depends on what you decide!
Book incorporated as didactic reading in more than one hundred Spanish schools. Recommended by the Spanish Association of School Harassment. This is the story of Marco, a nine-year-old boy, who explains that he does not want to go to school because there are goblins, witches, vampires, trolls and, above all, many zombies there. Marco will live many adventures until he finds a way to overcome his fears. A book about bullying using the Kiva method, which works on the spectators.
Mateo works as a herdsman of goats and sheep in Abra, a remote village in the province of Córdoba. He is smart and inquisitive, and due to the lack of incentives in his life he suffers from a severe depression. Only Lázaro Esquivel, a newcomer teacher, is able to get him out of his lethargy using an unorthodox therapy, at the same time that the II Republic of Spain is proclaimed. Once recovered, the first goal of the herdsman will be winning back Conchita, his ex-girlfriend. His second goal will be encouraging reading to get the village of Abra out of its ancient lack of culture. He will try to achieve this with a false veterinary experiment between goats and sheep that will put the whole village to read Cervantes’ Quixote and Marx’s Capital. The novel, set in the rural Andalusia at the beginnings of the 30s, suggests the possibility of a total metamorphosis of society through knowledge and the change of moral values as consequence. More than a rural comedy, Cervantes is for goats, Marx is for sheep is a fable about the love of books, the faith in classic authors and the transformative power of reading.
The eleventh book in the series Mutations, Dissonances of progress discusses how the progress of technology brought undeniable benefits to humanity – such as advances in medicine and communication –, improving our daily life. On the other hand, it brought speed and superficiality to the relations of the human being with its surroundings, and degraded several aspects of current life with the exacerbation of individualism, the substitution of moral values, the overestimation of religious beliefs, the economy as the utmost referential of life in common, the knowledge of specialists to the detriment of thinkers. The essays in this volume analyze this situation and indicate paths for reflection.
EDHASA’S HISTORICAL FICTION AWARD 2020 Salic law’s abolition in articulo mortis and accession to the throne of Elizabeth II unleash the conflictive 19th Century in Spain, time of fratricidal wars, conspiracies and mysteries. In 1882, Elizabeth II lived her Parisian exile in the Palace of Castile, being around noble people and luxury, but far from power. To that court will arrive an attractive gentleman, Julio Uceda, sent by Sagasta with very risky documents for the queen; and also will arrive Teresa, a young girl raised and educated in Rhe Girls of Leganés, An orphans school in Madrid, whose life and thoughts are so different to that ones behind rich people. Among Julio and Teresa will grow a love story that will have to survive to political conspiracies and the suffocating and corrupt atmosphere of a decaying monarchy. Nothing is what it seems to be, but, at the same time, everything is as hypocritical and degraded as it is shown. Herminia Luque related us a palatial intrigue; an approximation to the historical figure of Isabel II, as well as a magnificent, precise and ironic recreation of the 19th Century. And she recounts us in an unusual and clever way, thanks to femenine characters perfectly fits and an original and intelligent narrative structure, which includes a critical look at the highly contrasting contexts of society at the time.
