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The Latin American Literary Agency (ALL) was founded in 1986 with headquarters in Havana. It exercises, in matters of copyright, the legal representation of Cuban writers and other Latin American countries for all the languages and regions of the world. Represents and promotes authors in the fields of fiction and nonfiction, children and youth, scientific-technical and social sciences. The ALL has a wide catalog that includes writers of universal stature, several National Literature Awards and recognized contemporary authors and new generations.
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Geography & the EnvironmentOctober 2019The 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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SAVING CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LARGE MAMMALS OF WEST MALAYSIA
by Mohd Momin Khan, Shamsul Ismin Tumin
In 1958, the then Game Department in the state of Perak were responsible for protecting wildlife and answering calls for assistance to protect crops, property and lives threatened by these animals. It was a time of plenty, with forest cover of more than 75 percent. Unfortunately, those forests were rapidly being cleared, causing wildlife species to become homeless. Moreover, solving problems often resulted in the killings of these animals. Hunting licenses were introduced, accounting for large numbers of sambar and barking deer being killed. This slaughter continued for decades, leading to a decline in the numbers of several large animal species. Due to rampant hunting, poaching, and the loss of about 30 percent of the forest species that were once common are now in dire need of saving from further decline. The need to step up conservation efforts has reached an alarming level, requiring prompt action to ensure population recovery.
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In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat
by Iman Mersal
‘In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat’ is a book that traces the life of an unknown Egyptian writer who died in 1963, four years before the release of her only novel. The book does not follow a traditional style to present the biography of Al-Zayyat, or to restore consideration for a writer who was denied her rights. Mersal refuses to present a single story as if it is the truth and refuses to speak on behalf of the heroine or deal with her as a victim, but rather takes us on a journey to search for the individuality that is often marginalised in Arab societies. The book searches for a young woman whose family burned all her personal documents, including the draft of her second novel, and was completely absent in the collective archives. The narration derives its uniqueness from its ability to combine different literary genres such as fictional narration, academic research, investigation, readings, interviews, fiction, and fragments of the autobiography of the author of the novel. The book deals with the differences between the individuality of Enayat, who was born into an aristocratic family, graduated from a German school and wrote her narration during the domination of the speeches of the Nasserism period, and that of Mersal, a middle-class woman who formed her consciousness in the 1990s and achieved some of what Enayat dreamed of achieving but remained haunted by her tragedy. The book deals with important political, social and cultural issues, as we read the history of psychiatry in modern Egypt through the pills that Enayat swallowed to end her life on 3 January 1963, while her divorce summarises the continuing suffering of women with the Personal Status Law. We also see how the disappearance of a small square from her neighbourhood reveals the relationship between modernity and bureaucracy, and how the geography of Cairo changes, obliterated as the result of changes in political regimes. In the library of the German Archaeological Institute, where Enayat worked, we find an unwritten history of World War II and, in her unpublished second novel, we see unknown stories of German scientists fleeing Nazism to Cairo. We also see how Enayat’s neglected tomb reveals the life story of her great-grandfather, Ahmed Rashid Pasha, and the disasters buried in the genealogy tree.
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October 2009Die Gespenster von Berlin
Unheimliche Geschichten
by Sarah Khan
Ein Gespenst geht um in Friedrichshain und setzt teure Autos in Brand. Ein politisch motivierter Sühneakt? Sarah Khan geht der Sache nach und macht in alten Archiven der Stadt eine fürchterliche Entdeckung: Im Tunnel des Stettiner Bahnhofs, heute Nordbahnhof, wurden 1945 verwundete Wehrmachtssoldaten ermordet. Im Mietshaus in Prenzlauer Berg will niemand lange wohnen bleiben, auch Sarah Khans Freundin Heike nicht. Durchs Treppenhaus spukt eine im Zweiten Weltkrieg verhungerte Klavierlehrerin. Wer war diese Frau? Sarah Khan sucht in alten Berliner Adressbüchern, auf Deportationslisten und findet ihren Namen schließlich im Totenbuch der Elias-Gemeinde aus dem Jahr 1945. Ob mal jemand was gehört hat, von Spukhäusern, unerklärlichen Vorkommnissen? hat Sarah Khan Freunde und Bekannte, zugezogene und alteingesessene Berliner gefragt. Die Auskünfte haben es in sich. Haarsträubende Ereignisse, unerklärliche Vorkommnisse, jenseitige Erfahrungen. Die Gespenster haben eine Botschaft, sagt Sarah Khan, sie macht sich zur Vermittlerin. Mit Geschichten, die uns Schauer über den Rücken jagen. "Sarah Khan forscht Gespenstern nach und fördert deutsche Geschichte zutage. Meisterhaft recherchiert, großartig geschrieben, zutiefst unheimlich." Daniel Kehlmann
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April 2017Das Stammeln der Wahrsagerin
Unglaubliche Geschichten hinter Kleinanzeigen. Recherchiert und erzählt von Sarah Khan
by Sarah Khan
Wohnungsauflösungen und Tabula rasa, Not- und Spontanverkäufe. Was treibt Menschen dazu, sich über Kleinanzeigen für kleines Geld von ihren Dingen zu trennen? Ernsthaft, in Kaufabsicht, hat Sarah Khan viele Inserierende getroffen und genau hingehört, als sie anfingen, ihre Lebensgeschichten zu erzählen – u nd aus Oral History Literatur gemacht. Entstanden sind Geschichten von Abschied und Neuanfang, Glück und Unglück, von hochfahrenden oder bereits geplatzten Träumen. Seit Sarah Khan mit ihrer Familie ein altes Schulhaus in Brandenburg renoviert und als Wochenendhaus einrichtet, studiert sie ständig eBay-Kleinanzeigen. Sie findet dort nicht nur Haushaltsgegenstände, sondern auch ungetragene Hochzeitskleider, Pferdebücher, Kosmetikartikel, Fotoalben. Und sie stellt fest: Hinter diesen Anzeigen verbergen sich Menschen. Die traurige Yvonne mit ihrem Hochzeitskleid; eine junge Frau, die ernsthaft glaubt, mit ihrer Pferdebuchsammlung könne sie ihre Altersversorgung sichern; eine Wahrsagerin, die ihre Dienste anbietet und dabei ins Stammeln gerät; ein Tierpfleger, genannt der »Affen-Walter«, der einst Michael Jackson durch den Berliner Zoo geführt hat, Bilder im Album zeugen davon. Was ist diesen Menschen passiert, die sich von Teilen ihres Lebens trennen wollen? Sie haben es Sarah Khan erzählt, und Sarah Khan hat ihre Geschichten aufgeschrieben.
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February 1989Entfremdung bei Perversionen
by M. Masud R. Khan, Waltrud Klüwer
Karl Marx und Sigmund Freud haben die Krankheit der westlichen jüdisch-christlichen Kultur als Entfremdung diagnostiziert – Marx als Entfremdung der Menschen von der Gesellschaft, Freud als Entfremdung der Menschen von sich selbst. »In diesem Buch möchte ich zeigen, daß der Perverse ein unpersönliches Objekt zwischen sein Verlangen und seinen Komplizen schiebt. Dieses Objekt kann eine stereotype Phantasie, ein Fetisch oder eine pornografische Darstellung sein. Alle drei entfremden den Perversen sowohl von sich selbst als auch – leider – vom Objekt seines Verlangens. Daher der Titel dieses Buches: »Entfremdung bei Perversionen«.« Im Zentrum der theoretischen Überlegungen Masud Khans steht die Auffassung, daß wir es bei Perversionen mit den Folgen einer aufgrund von Fehlentwicklungen in der Beziehungen zwischen Mutter und Kind mißlungenen Integration des Ichs zu tun haben. In verschiedenen Zusammenhängen führt Masud Khan diese Fehlentwicklung auf eine Idolisierung des Kindes durch die Mutter zurück, eine Idolisierung, die es dem Kind unmöglich macht, Übergangsobjekte zu finden und zu benutzen. Erfahrungen aus einer Reihe von Analysen haben Masud Khan darüber hinaus zu der Überzeugung geführt, daß die von Freud verworfene Theorie der tatsächlichen Verführung, die eine akute Spaltung im Ich erzeuge, wiederbelebt werden sollte. In Übereinstimmung mit den Auffassungen Phyllis Greenacres sagt er, daß es dabei nicht so sehr auf ein einzelnes Ereignis ankommt als vielmehr auf einen bestimmten Modus psychophysischer Intimität zwischen Eltern und Kind. Ein großer Vorzug dieses Buches besteht darin, daß Masud Khan auch die Quellen seiner theoretischen Überlegungen ausführlich darstellt: eine Fülle von Material aus seiner reichen klinischen Erfahrung.
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BATU KHAN
The Conqueror of Europe
by Dr. Sam Djang
The emergence of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century could be seen as the turn-ing point of human history. The dramatic change was a positive one, especially for the Europeans. Batu Khan was the front-runner by breaking the wall between the East and West, yet his story has not been told often to the public. All the stories about him here are written based on the most trusted histories.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2023The breakup of India and Palestine
by Victor Kattan, Amit Ranjan
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Children's & YAI 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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Children's & YAI 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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THE INN: Twists and Turns in a Desert Oasis
by Arye Dreyfus
In a rocky, half-forgotten part of the Negev, an isolated inn shelters people who feel they have let themselves waste away. The battered site doesn’t offer the amenities of a structured therapeutic doctrine or the benefits of a sage’s wisdom. There are no political or religious allegiances or any public financial support—no inhibiting barriers taint Neve Dror, and every morning its visitors succeed in creating a new human mosaic. Amazingly, the inn’s unwritten motto, “You are all you have,” comes true more often than not. Men and women, young and old, international celebrities and social underdogs, agnostic Jews and devout Christians, self-made local businessmen and rich foreign heirs all rub shoulders with one another as equals in their foster desert home. Each visitor is too wise to the ways of the world to expect the scars on his or her back to quickly melt away in this strange new haven. And yet, despite the harsh surroundings, dreams breezily transform into reality and resignation becomes heresy. In this distant part of the world, at the desert inn, nothing is illusory, not even an impossible love story between a Vatican priest and an Israeli hairdresser. The inn at Neve Dror, however, is not another invented legend; this tale is a mere description of events. Arye Dreyfus, a teacher born in France, describes dire facts, but his Israeli nature doesn’t let these facts merge into an apparently hopeless situation. He is an accomplished educator and envoy to various discreet missions, mainly in Europe and Africa. He doesn’t condemn or condone, he just eloquently unfolds a story of a decadent society that fifty years later doesn’t seem ready to come to terms with its own inconstancy. An English-language eBook Edition was published in mid-2018. 266 pages, 14X20.5 cm.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentSeptember 2018Me: 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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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2014Court and civic society in the Burgundian Low Countries c.1420–1530
by Andrew Brown, Graeme Small
This volume is the first ever attempt to unite and translate some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court, The Waning of the Middle Ages, a work which has never gone out of print. It combines these texts with sources that Huizinga did not consider, those that illuminate the wider civic world that the Burgundian court inhabited and the dynamic interaction between court and city. Through these sources, and an introduction offering new perspectives on recent historiography, the book tests whether Huizinga's controversial vision of the period still stands. Covering subjects including ceremonial events, such as the spectacles and gargantuan banquets that made the Burgundian dukes the talk of Europe, the workings of the court, and jousting, archery and rhetoric competitions, the book will appeal to students of late medieval and early modern Europe and to those with wider interests in court culture, ritual and ceremony.
