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Das Handbuch behandelt die Technologie von Windkraftanlagen systematisch und umfassend. Nach einem Abriss der historischen Entwicklung werden die physikalisch-technischen Grundlagen der Windenergiewandlung sowie Konstruktion, Einsatzkonzeptionen und Betriebseigenschaften von Windkraftanlagen, ihre Umweltverträglichkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit analysiert und an Beispielen dargestellt. Die 5. Auflage wurde um neueste technische Entwicklungen ergänzt, die Offshore-Nutzung wird ausführlich besprochen. Der Band enthält viele detaillierte Abbildungen.

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The volume examines the critical interfaces between the personal and political that frame the utopian visions of Bai Ren's fictional autobiography about the education of Filipino-Chinese sojourners; Robert Francis Garcia's firsthand account of the communist purges; Cesar Lacara's memoirs of a veteran revolutionary; Zelda Soriano's feminist narratives; Peter Bacho's novelistic dissection of Filipino-American identity crisis; and Rey Ventura's ethnography of illegal migrant workers in Japan. They illuminate the ongoing transformation and redefinition of the Philippine nation-state while highlighting the ways in which the individual and collective experiences, struggles, dreams, and aspirations of Filipinos serve to rethink and reinvent notions of belonging, sacrifice, learning, labor, and love that underpin the theory and practice of nation-making.

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Katuz beteta dago liburu hau, eta era guztietako jolasetan aritu nahi dute zurekin: itzalak aurkitu, labirintoan bide egokia aukeratu, desberdintasunak bilatu eta beste asko.

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The major progress in computer vision allows us to make extensive use of medical imaging data to provide us better diagnosis, treatment and predication of diseases. Computer vision can exploit texture, shape, contour and prior knowledge along with contextual information from image sequence and provide 3D and 4D information that helps with better human understanding. Many powerful tools have been available through image segmentation, machine learning, pattern classification, tracking, reconstruction to bring much needed quantitative information not easily available by trained human specialists. The aim of the book is for both medical imaging professionals to acquire and interpret the data, and computer vision professionals to provide enhanced medical information by using computer vision techniques. The final objective is to benefit the patients without adding to the already high medical costs.

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Kaixo!Txano dut izena, eta anaia biki bat dut: Oscar.Badakizu non hasten den istorio hau?Txinako urrutiko monasterio batean. Han, jadezko dragoi bitxi batek eta hari buruzko kondairak mendeak zeramatzaten soto ilun batean ahaztuta.Behin, lurrikara gogor batek astindu zuen Txinako inguru hura, eta erreskate-taldekoak monasteriora iritsi zirenean, osorik aurkitu zuten, mirariz, dragoia.Patuak hala nahita, Twin Cityra iritsi zen halako batean dragoia, eta guk, nahi gabe, 800 urteko misterio baten erdian aurkitu genuen geure burua.Abentura hau bizitzera gurekin etorri nahi?

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Kolonizazio bortitz batek athshetarren bizitza baketsua hautsi du. Selver ameslariak gidatuta, azkar baino lehen ikasiko dute haiek ere bortxaren mintzaira, euren munduak biziraunen badu. Nora darama itzulbiderik gabeko biolentziaren hautuak?Ursula K. Le Guin literatura fantastikoak XX. mendeak eman duen idazle nabarmenetarikoa da. Hau da euskarara itzulitako bere lehen liburua.

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This book reports the latest business practices, operations models, technologies and circular supply chain structure of the fast fashion companies and provides many important managerial insights on the sustainable operations management in the fast fashion era. Sustainability is a timely topic in both the academia and the business world. In the fast fashion era, there are considerable criticisms about its environmental pollution generated in the manufacturing and post-consumption processes. Over the past decades, many fast fashion companies, such as H&M, Zara, and Uniqlo, have implemented different sustainable programs to mitigate the negative impacts to the environment. Nowadays, the industry is moving one step further by addressing zero landfill through 3Rs principle (i.e., reducing, reusing and recycling), and pursuit of the circular supply chains. This book aims to reveal the exploratory, qualitative empirical and quantitative analytical studies on how to achieve the goal of being environmentally sustainable in the fast fashion era.

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EUSKAL MITOLOGIAHAURRENTZAKO IPUINAKBelaunaldiz-belaunaldi, ahoz-aho gure kultura osatzen duten pertsonai, mito eta kondairak iritsi zaizkigu. Historian zehar, gure zaharrek naturan gertatzen diren fenomeno ezberdinak, ingurua eta natura bera ere ulertu dituzte mitologian oinarrituz. Ezagutza eta sinismen hauek belaunaldiz-belaunaldi hazten joan dira.Oraingoan aberastasun hau gure 3-7 urteko txikiengana hurbildu nahi dugu. Aurkezten dugun lan honek ondare kultural hori gurasoengandik umeengana ahoz trasmititzeko helburua dauka.

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Presents state-of-the-art knowledge of heterogeneous catalysts including new applications in energy and environmental fields This book focuses on emerging techniques in heterogeneous catalysis, from new methodology for catalysts design and synthesis, surface studies and operando spectroscopies, ab initio techniques, to critical catalytic systems as relevant to energy and the environment. It provides the vision of addressing the foreseeable knowledge gap unfilled by classical knowledge in the field. Heterogeneous Catalysts: Advanced Design, Characterization and Applications begins with an overview on the evolution in catalysts synthesis and introduces readers to facets engineering on catalysts; electrochemical synthesis of nanostructured catalytic thin films; and bandgap engineering of semiconductor photocatalysts. Next, it examines how we are gaining a more precise understanding of catalytic events and materials under working conditions. It covers bridging pressure gap in surface catalytic studies; tomography in catalysts design; and resolving catalyst performance at nanoscale via fluorescence microscopy. Quantum approaches to predicting molecular reactions on catalytic surfaces follows that, along with chapters on Density Functional Theory in heterogeneous catalysis; first principles simulation of electrified interfaces in electrochemistry; and high-throughput computational design of novel catalytic materials. The book also discusses embracing the energy and environmental challenges of the 21st century through heterogeneous catalysis and much more. Presents recent developments in heterogeneous catalysis with emphasis on new fundamentals and emerging techniques Offers a comprehensive look at the important aspects of heterogeneous catalysis Provides an applications-oriented, bottoms-up approach to a high-interest subject that plays a vital role in industry and is widely applied in areas related to energy and environment Heterogeneous Catalysts: Advanced Design, Characterization and Applications is an important book for catalytic chemists, materials scientists, surface chemists, physical chemists, inorganic chemists, chemical engineers, and other professionals working in the chemical industry.

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This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Computing - Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence Paradigms for Sustainable Development Goals. This book covers novel and state-of-the-art methods in computer vision coupled with intelligent techniques including machine learning, deep learning, and soft computing techniques. The contents of this book will be useful to researchers from industry and academia. This book includes contemporary innovations, trends, and concerns in computer vision with recommended solutions to real-world problems adhering to sustainable development from researchers across industry and academia. This book serves as a valuable reference resource for academics and researchers across the globe.

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EUSKAL MITOLOGIAHAURRENTZAKO IPUINAK IIBelaunaldiz-belaunaldi, ahoz-aho gure kultura osatzen duten pertsonai, mito eta kondairak iritsi zaizkigu. Historian zehar, gure zaharrek naturan gertatzen diren fenomeno ezberdinak, ingurua eta natura bera ere ulertu dituzte mitologian oinarrituz. Ezagutza eta sinismen hauek belaunaldiz-belaunaldi hazten joan dira.Oraingoan aberastasun hau gure 3-7 urteko txikiengana hurbildu nahi dugu. Aurkezten dugun lan honek ondare kultural hori gurasoengandik umeengana ahoz trasmititzeko helburua dauka.

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Hau da Natalia Ginzburgen libururik intimoena. Bere familiako lexikoa du oinarri, azalean behintzat. Familiako hitzek, esaldiek eta esaerek gogora ekartzen dizkioten gertaerak kontatuko dizkigu.Bere familia-kronika osatzen duten lehengaiak, hots, heriotzak, jaiotzak edo maitasunak erabiliz, azalduko ditu Natalia Ginzburgek faxismoaren gorakada, Bigarren Mundu Gerra, hala nola Levi familiaren eta haren lagunen gorabeherak. Hitz propioek ekartzen dizkioten oroitzapenen bidez biziaraziko digu bere familiako giroa, baita XX. mendeko Italiakoa ere.

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Kaixo!Txano dut izena, eta anaia biki bat dut: Oscar.Ezagutzen duzu Dogon Herria?Bada, orain kontatuko dizugun istorio hau han gertatu zen, Dogon Herrian. Halabeharrez, oporretan Afrikara joatea suertatu zitzaigun, eta antzinako kondaira bat ezagutzeko aukera izan genuen han, gutxiena uste genuenean errealitate bihurtu zen kondaira zoragarri bat.A, gauza bat! Estralurtarrak existitzen ez direla uste duzun horietako bat bazara, zatoz gurekin! Zorte pixka batekin, zeure begiekin ikusiko dituzu.Zatoz gurekin Afrikara, abentura zirraragarri bat bizitzera!

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Lester Ballard izaki ustela da. Bere infernurako bidea da hau. Ez da esperantzarik Tennesseeko baso goibeletan.Zergatik da, bada, hain nobela nabarmena? Faulknerren oinordeko behinenak idatzi duelako, humanitatearen akaberak zer dakarren erakusten digulako, uste baino gertuago ditugun Tennesseeko baso goibelei ere euskara darielako.Gau eremu ilunagorik egon balitz, aurkituko zukeen, dio narratzaileak. Zenbatetan ez garen ilunpean galdu. Lester Ballard izaki ustela da. Eta, halere, zu izan zintezke Lester Ballard.

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Hegelek nonbait dio historia unibertsaleko gertakari eta pertsonaia handi guztiak bi aldiz gertatzen direla nolabait. Baina atzendu zitzaion eranstea aurrena tragedia gisa eta hurrena fartsa gisa jazo ohi direla...Horrela hasten da Karl Marxen ezinbesteko lan hau, gaztea zela sutsuki idatzia, zeinean argi azaltzen dituen iraultzari, estatuari eta historiari buruzko bere ideiak.Bide luzea egin du testu klasiko honek zure eskuetara iritsi arte, tartean lurrikara politiko basa eta ederrak sortuz. Orain zurea ere bada. Probestu!

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Liburu honen helburua mikrobioen mundua desmitifikatzea da. Jakina da kaleko jendeak informazio okerra izaten duela sarritan mikrobioez, irudi desitxuratu eta aurreiritziz betea. Oro har, mikrobioak gauza negatiboekin lotzen ditugu, eta ez gara jabetzen mikrobio gehienak ez direla kaltegarriak; kontrara, horietako asko onuragarriak ere badira. Beraz, mikrobioen mundua hobeto ezagutarazi nahi genuke liburu honekin. Ez da, ordea, liburu tekniko bat (horretarako badaude liburu onak eskura). Aitzitik, liburu honek biologia gutxi dakitenei lagundu nahi die, azalpen ulerterrazak emanez, mikrobioen mundua hobeto konpreni dezaten. Dibulgaziozko lana duzue hau, bada, zorroztasun zientifikoari uko egin gabe ulergarritasuna ere bilatzen duena.

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10 urte eta 100 atal beteko ditugu aurten. Hau dena ez litzateke posible izango zuek gabe, eta, horregatik, mila esker! Denboraldi berria ia-ia prest daukagu, baina datalak iristen diren bitartean, zer iruditzen zaizue aurreko denboraldiei errepasoa egiten badiegu eta pertsonaia berriak ezagutzen baditugu? Adi, aurtengo denboraldia oso berezia izango baita.Hamabigarren zenbaki honetan honako eduki hauek izango dituzu:Filmazio egunerokoaPertsonaia berriak10 urte BasakabinNoari, Marina Ostolazari eginiko elkarrizketaAgur-gutunakDenboraldi berriaren posterra eta pegatinakDenbora pasak

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Male gaztearen historia, Bobwamu bere herriskako izpirituek aukeratu dute jasaten dituzten lehorte, epidemia, uholde eta izurriteen madarikazioa desegiteko elefante-letagina bilatzearren. Historia sarbide-bidaia bat da, eta bertan protagonistaren eroapena eta irmotasuna, bere tribuarekiko elkartasuna eta inguruarekiko bizitza harmoniatsua balore goren bezala goraipatzen dira. Inongo-Vi-Makome Lobe-n (Kribi) jaio zen, Kamerungo hegoaldean. Atlantiko itsaso ondoan dagoen herriska batean. Bere jaioterrian bere lehenengo ikasketak burutu zituen. Handik itsasoa zeharkatu, Valentzian batxirlegoa bukatu eta Medikuntza ikasketak egiten hasi zen. Gaur egun, Afrikako ipuinak idatzi eta kontatu egiten ditu. Bilduma honetan bigarren lana du hau, 'Gorila zuri bihurtu zen mutiko beltza' ipuinaren ondoren.

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Ni ez naiz Paularen izeba besterik. Baina Paula nire etxera etorri da, bere gurasoengandik iheska, eta zaindu egin behar dut neska hau, nire laguntza guztia eskaini behar diot, dagoen zulo beltz horretatik atera behar dut. Paula ez baitago batere ondo. Ez du ikasi nahi, Institutora joateari ere utzi egin dio. Asko jaten badu ere, flakiak jota dago, argala eta ahula. Ez dauka ezertarako gogorik, haserre dago beti, eta edozein bidaltzen du haizea hartzera... Lagundu egin nahi nioke, baina zer egin dezaket, Paulak berak laguntzarik onartzen ez badu? Nik ere baditut neure arazoak. Lanez gainezka nago, Damianorekin joan nahi nuke oporretara, ez naiz ni inoren neskame...

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Migrante errusiar batek, 1920ko hamarkada zoroko Parisen dela, narrazio liburu bat erosi, eta bertan topatuko du zehatz-mehatz bere bizitzako gertakari lazgarriena idatzita: Errusiako Gerra Zibilean etsai bat tiroz hil zuenekoa. Ezinezkoa da baina. Liburuaren autorea ezin da bizirik egon. Alexander Wolf idazlearen bilaketa hasi besterik ez da egin?Zer da Gaito Gazdanoven liburu hau? Ispilu hautsia, zaldi zuri bat, boxeolari alegera eta kazetari ilunen pagotxa, zaldi zuri bat, gauaren barreneko thrillerra, zaldi zuri bat, maitasun hirukien tratatua, zaldi zuri bat, abiada bizian datorren ihes ederra, Errusiako baso amaigabeetatik Parisen diren migranteen borsch plater epeletara, eta zaldi zuri bat. Ez zorabiatu, eta on egin.

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Hau da, dudarik gabe, Natalia Ginzburgen libururik adierazgarrienetako bat. Bere familiaren â??lexikoaâ? du oinarri, axalean behintzat; baina batez ere hitzek, esaldiek, esaerek gogora ekartzen dizkioten gertaerak kontatuko dizkigu, horrek sortzen etxeko giroa adierazteko.Natalia Ginzburgen liburuak irakurtzean berehala konturatzen gara oso hurbileko kontuak eta giroak berpizten dituela: horrela lortu zuen familia-kronikak osatzen dituzten lehengaiak erabiliz, hots, heriotzak, jaiotzak, senargai-andregai aldiak, ezkontzak, garai zail batean â??faxismoaren gorakada, bigarren mundu-gerraâ??, Levi familiak eta haren ingurukoek (Pavese, Olivetti...) bizi izan zituen gorabeherak kontatuz, garai hartako familiako giro berezia, hitzek ekartzen dizkioten oroitzapenen bidez, guri biziaraztea.Igelak argitaratutako Natalia Ginzburgen beste liburu batzuk:HIRIRA DOAN BIDEAARRATSEKO AHOTSAK

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The first cookbook of Hmong-American cuisine, filled with unique recipes and stories Simple, earthy, fiery, and fresh, Hmong food is an exciting but still little-known South Asian cuisine. In traditional Hmong culture, dishes are created and replicated not by exact measurements but by taste and experimentation—for every Hmong recipe, there are as many variations as there are Hmong cooks—and often served to large, communal groups. Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang have gathered more than 100 recipes from Hmong-American kitchens, illustrated them with color photos of completed dishes, and provided descriptions of unusual ingredients and cooking techniques.Cooking from the Heart is the first cookbook to clearly set out the culinary traditions of the Hmong people as well as the cultural significance such traditions hold. The recipes are accompanied by anecdotes, aphorisms, and poems that demonstrate the importance of food and cooking in Hmong culture and offer a dramatic perspective on the immigrant experience. Scripter and Yang outline diet restrictions and taboos as well as how herbs and foods are traditionally used for healing purposes. The dishes featured in Cooking from the Heart range from well-known items such as egg rolls and green papaya salad to more unfamiliar dishes such as Nqaij Qaib Hau Xyaw Tshuaj (Chicken Soup for New Mothers) and Dib Iab Ntim Nqaij Hau Ua Kua (Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup). The oral tradition by which these recipes have been passed down has meant that Hmong cooking has not yet reached a wide audience in the United States. While designed for an American kitchen, Cooking from the Heart encourages readers to seek out Hmong herbs and vegetables only recently introduced in the United States. After all, the authors say, the essence of Hmong cuisine is cooking with an adventurous and creative spirit—from the heart.

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1990eko hamarkadaren hasieran, Joe Sacco izeneko komikigile gazte batek Palestinara bidaiatu zuen, eta han bizitakoak komikiaren forma artistikopean dokumentatzea erabaki zuen. Merkatuetan paseoan ibili zen, presoei elkarrizketak egin zizkien, manifestariekin solasean aritu zen, nekazariekin bazkaldu zuen, ospitaleetako gaixoak bisitatu zituen, eta, finean, Gaza eta Zisjordaniako herritarren bizitzan eta kulturan murgildu zen.Esperientzia zirraragarri haren ondorioz sortu zen Palestina, Saccoren aurreneko kazetaritza-lan handia, eta azken urteotan argitaratu den obra politiko eta historikorik onenetakoa. Nobela grafiko hau kazetaritza berriaren oinordekozuzena da, eta komiki-kazetaritza deitutako korrontearen funtsezko pieza: dokumentu etnografiko aparta, garai hartakokronika garratza eta denboran gehiegi luzatzen ari den gatazka bati buruzko ikuspegi ezin pertsonalagoa izateaz gain, zinez liburu baliagarri eta esanguratsua da Ekialde Ertainak geopolitika garaikidean jokatzen du

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"I a Koro Meketanara tetahi pamu - TI-HAI-TI-HAI-HAU . . ." E mohio whanuitia ana tenei waiata. Engari, inaianei to Koro Meketanara he pamu ataahua kei Aotearoa tonu - a, kei taua pamu etahi kararehe whakaharahara - kei te aha ano ratou inaianei?He parekareka tenei pukapuka pikitia ma te kohungahunga na Donovan Bixley, koia nei tetahi o nga kaita pikitia e tino kaingakautia ana ki Aotearoa nei, ko etahi o ana pukapuka atu, ko NGA WIRA O TE PAHI [THE WHEELS ON THE BUS] me te LOOKY BOOK, he mea tino hokohoko atu i Aotearoa nei.With the same vibrant illustrations as the original book, the te reo Maori translation retains the cheeky humour and energy of the classic English-language edition.Translated by Ross Calman.

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Euskarazko argitalpenerako egin hitzondoan, Celatik dio Erretolika irrigarri hauen bidez Pinocchioren istorioa hiru aldiz kontatu nahi izan zuela. Guizzardiren abenturak da lehenbizikoa. Nor da Guizzardi? Umezurtz bat, beti batetik bestera lasterrean dabilen bat, zinema mutuko heroiak bezala. Celatik berak esana da Harry Langdon zuela buruan liburua idaztean. Eta beste hau ere gaineratu du:Guizzardiren lexikoak eta sintaxiak ero batzuek zuten idazmoldeari buruz eroetxe batean nik egindako ikerketa luze bat dute jatorria. Erotutako gizagaixo baten tonua islatzen da liburuan, ero lotsati, obsesiodun eta katatoniko baina dotore hitz egin nahi lukeen batena.Hona hemen zer aurkituko duen irakurleak Guizzardiren abenturak liburuan: ero baten diskurtsoa, eskizofreniko batena zehazkiago, haren eldarnio eta haluzinazioen kontakizuna. Eta Guizzardiri, eskizofrenikoei bezala, zail egingo zaio diskurtso koherente bat antolatzea. Errealitatean horrelako norbait ikustea latza izan badaiteke ere,

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Galton kasuan, Lew Archer detektibeak Anthony Galton aurkitu behar du, hogei urte lehenago etxetik alde egin eta desagertutako gaztea. Orain Galtonen amak, heriotza hurbil baitu, semearekin baketu eta bere ondarea utzi nahi dio. Archer detektibeak susmo txarra hartzen du, berehala konturatzen baita misterioaren pieza guztiak azkarregi hasten direla lotzen elkarrekin.Ross MacDonaldentzat nobela hau mugarri bat izan zen, bai bere nobelagintzan, bai Archer protagonista duen sailean. Hammett eta Chandler maisuak abiapuntu harturik, haien protagonista Sam Spade eta Philip Marlowe baino detektibe hurbilagoa jarriko digu aurrean MacDonaldek. Idealista, bai, baina errealismoan oinarritutako idealismo batez hornitua, eta sistematik "kanporatutako" batek bezala ibili nahiago duena. Oinak lurrean izango ditu, eta horregatik bereizten da behin eta berriz han-hemenka aurkituko dituen idealista ameslariengandik.NOSEY PARKERIgelak argitaratutako Ross Macdonald -en beste liburu batz

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Nick Corey, Pottsvilleko sheriffa, kezkaturik dabil. Ez daki zer arraio egin. Ez du argi ikusten orain dagoen kargurako berriro hautatuko duten ala ez. Ken Lacey aldameneko herri bateko sheriffari joango zaio aholku eske. Bi putazain aspaldian adarra jotzen ari zaizkiola-eta, zer egin behar duen erakusten dionean, berehala beteko du haren esana: jo'ta bertan garbituko ditu biak. Hori hasiera besterik ez da... Ez da erraza aurkitzen eleberri beltzaren mundu osoan Nick Corey bezalako pertsonaia bitxi eta barne-bihurririk, berezko makiabelismoz hain hornitutakorik, oharkabean ere beti azioren bat hain erraz egin dezakeenik. Baina, aldi berean, erdi ergela dirudien sheriff hau, itxurakeriak alde batera utzirik, gauza da boterearen izaera egiazkoa agerian uzteko: giza harremanen katramila askaezinak gain hartzen dionean, parean jartzen zaiona aurretik kentzeko joera nabarmena.NOSEY PARKERIgelak argitaratutako Jim Thompson -en beste liburu batzuk:1280 ARIMAAMORRUARE

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GABRIEL ARESTI (Bilbao, 1933-1975) fue un gran renovador de la literatura vasca en los años sesenta. La publicación de sus libros Harri eta herri (Piedra y pueblo, 1964), Euskal harria (La piedra vasca, 1967) y Harrizko herri hau (Este pueblo de piedra, 1970), en los que utilizó la metáfora de la piedra como un símbolo de identidad y de resistencia a la dictadura de Franco, generó una verdadera revolución por su acercamiento al compromiso social, desplazando a un simbolismo que se había manifestado sin cambios durante décadas.El ciclo de la piedra recoge los poemas más significativos de esa aventura creativa y expone una imagen completa y compleja de la expresión literaria y del pensamiento social del autor. Gabriel Aresti utilizaba su biografía para convertirla en una alegoría de carácter social. El poeta, que había leído con atención a los escritores clásicos vascos, expresó su mundo urbano a través de una dicción poética que subrayaba el registro cotidiano con el fin de consegui

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When her fisherman husband fails to come home after a storm at sea, the beautiful maiden Ling Yee is heartbroken. Every morning, she puts her baby on her back and clambers to the top of a cliff looking for any signs of his return. But day after day, she is disappointed. The villagers try to convince her to give up her vigil. No," she would say, He will come home soon." Tin Hau, the Goddess of the Heavens, takes pity on her grief and turns Ling Yee and her child into stone so that they would mourn no more. The fisherman eventually finds his way homeonly to discover that his wife has been transformed into the Rock Maiden. Will the family forever be kept apart? Or will devotion and faithfulness ultimately be rewarded? Find out in this re-envisioning of an old Hong Kong legend by award-winning author Natasha Yim, featuring stunning illustrations by renowned Finnish artist Pirkko Vainio.

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Norwegian civil procedure used to be heavily influenced by German and Austrian law. Even the new Civil Procedure Act of 2005 does not represent a full break with the German roots of Norwegian civil procedure. Further, although not a member of the European Union, the Norwegian participation in the European Economic Area leaves the approximation of the laws of civil procedure in the EU relevant also in the Norwegian context. Considering the common heritage and acknowledging the common challenges on the national and European level, the stage should be set for a fruitful comparison of German and Norwegian civil procedure.A major obstacle for genuine interaction of German and Norwegian law on civil procedure has always been the language barrier. Thus, a very first German translation of the 2005 Act has been prepared and annexed to this book together with an English translation. With contributions by:Christoph Althammer, Inge Lorange Backer, Halvard H. Fredriksen, Ulrich Haas, Wolfgang Hau, Burkhard Hess, Volker Lipp, Henry J. Mæland, Anna Nylund, Jørn Ø. Sunde

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From his arrival in war-torn Vietnam in 1968 to his reluctant departure twenty-five months later, John Cook served as an advisor in the district of Di An and took part in the systematic operations of the Phoenix Program to destroy the Infrastructure, the political organization of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. The Advisor is the story of those twenty-five months of fighting an laughing and hoping, and of the people who shared them - Major Chau, a man who so tremendously symbolized dedication to the destruction of the Infrastructure that the Viet Cong made several attempts on his life; Lietenant Hau, Cook's Vietnamese counterpart and close friend; Colonel Anderson and Major Allen, two of Di An's senior advisors; and other American and Vietnamese colleagues who - fighting a war at its "rice roots," rather than viewing it through myriad news analyses and peace demonstration demands - found it impossible to remain objective about such a conflict. More than the story of bombings, sweep operations, enemy confrontations, and hamlet pillages, The Advisor tells how one man came to see the Vietnam War as his war, how he bacame involved in the district villagers' struggle for their freedom from terrorism, and how he learned the true costs of that freedom.

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Contributions from members of the German Association for Comparative Law will be among the papers presented at this summer's twentieth International Congress of Comparative Law, to be held for the first time in Asia at Fukuoka, Japan, in July. In a strong range of topics, one focus during the six-day congress will be on questions of multiculturalism and language that concern both comparative law methodology and other legal fields such as family law. Further dealt with will be matters particularly relevant to consumer protection, ranging from choice of court agreements to price control in contracts, duty of information, the regulation of crowd-funding, as well as leisure and travel contracts. Another focus will be on digitalisation's far-reaching economic, societal and legal implications, with questions of data protection in the realm of comparative law accentuated by contributions on the right to be forgotten or current national legal orders. Overall, the volume will reflect the present state of discussions within German jurisprudence. With contributions by:Christina Breunig, Moritz Brinkmann, Johanna Croon-Gestefeld, Anatol Dutta, Katharina Erler, Matthias Fervers, Stefan Grundmann, Beate Gsell, Dirk Hanschel, Wolfgang Hau, Leonhard Hübner, Luca Kaller, Jürgen Kühling, Sebastian Mock, Joachim Münch, David Rüther, Anne Sanders, Bianca Scraback, Stefanie Schmahl, Martin Schmidt-Kessel, Boris Schinkels, Andreas Spickhoff, Klaus Tonner; Jan Thiessen, Tobias H. Tröger, Lars Viellechner, Marc-Philippe Weller, Matthias Weller, Bettina Weisser

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This textbook presents a coherent and robust structure for integrated risk management in the context of operations and finance. It explains how the operations-finance interface jointly optimizes material and financial flows under intricate risk exposures. The book covers financial flexibility, operational hedging, enterprise risk management (ERM), supply chain risk management (SCRM), integrated risk management (IRM), supply chain finance (SCF), and financial management of supply chain strategies. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches – including conceptualization, theory building, analytical modeling, and empirical research – are used to assess the value creation by integrating operations and finance. “This book provides a comprehensive description of the interactions between finance and operations and of how managers can best make decisions in recognition of these effects.” John R. Birge, University of Chicago“Supply chain finance is an emerging area where innovations can unlock great values to complement the advances in information and physical flows of supply chain.” Hau L. Lee, Stanford University“This book provides an excellent overview of supply chain finance and its most recent advances.” Jan A. Van Mieghem, Northwestern University“This book is indispensable for advanced students as well as practitioners when looking for a pedagogical sound and scientific rigorous approach to Supply Chain Finance.” Ralf W. Seifert, IMD/EPFL“The book advances our knowledge on the interface between operations and finance and provides managerial guidelines for effective risk management in the supply chain.” Xiande Zhao, CEIBS

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Around the globe, there is a growing awareness of the importance of addressing students’ social and emotional development and wellbeing during schooling. Although the bulk of the work in this area has been conducted in North America and Europe, there is now a burgeoning interest in this topic in Australia and the wider Asia Pacific. This book is the first ever to provide a timely and important collection of diverse perspectives on and approaches to social and emotional learning in the Australian and Asia Pacific context. Adopting a broad view of social and emotional learning, the book explores positive psychology, belonging, teachers’ professional development, pre-service training and post-initial training in Australia and in neighbouring communities such as China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Fiji, and other Pacific nations. "Frydenberg, Martin, and Collie have provided an incredible service by bringing together in a single well planned scholarly volume an incredible and well balanced group of senior and early career cutting edge researchers from Australia, Asia and the Asia Pacific area tackling approaches and key issues of social and emotional learning. Their much needed volume links research on key factors, such as differing perspectives, measurement issues, the identification of at-risk children, teachers' social and emotional development, and these and other across the cultures of an increasingly vibrant and developing geographic region. It is indeed encouraging to gain the sense of depth and breadth of ongoing research that the volume gives. " John Roodenburg PhD FAPS MCEDP MCCOUNSP, Monash University Melbourne"Social and Emotional Learning is understood to be a crucial part of the school curriculum. This book covers the field, with a refreshing focus on work being done in Australia and in neighbouring countries. For school psychologists, the book helps us to understand how SEL can help at every level – from working with individuals, small groups, whole classes, or with the entire school. Our work with vulnerable students, individually or in small groups, is always more effective when embedded in the broader context of Social and Emotional Learning." Paul Bertoia FAPS MCEDP, Senior School Psychologist“This collected volume of researchers from Australia and the Asia-Pacific provides a thorough review of important educational, social, and emotional development issues for practitioners and researchers around the world. Readers will greatly benefit from the breadth and depth of treatment in each of the topics covered.”Kit-Tai Hau, PhD, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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In a feudal, futuristic Japan, samurai battle to become No.1 and rule the world, but when his father, who holds the coveted position, is challenged and killed, the young Afro Samurai vows vengeance. Relentlessly pursued by murderous assassins, will he stay alive long enough to keep his promise? This new creator-approved "director's cut" edition of the out-of-print cult classic book features specially commissioned custom covers and a brand-new foreword by Takashi Okazaki. Japan has become a land of warriors, warlords and assassins, where the technology of the future exits alongside the brutal traditions of the past. This world is ruled by whoever possesses the legendary No.1 headband, which many believe bestows god-like powers on the wearer, but to attain this headband, a warrior must first become No.2, and only then can they challenge for the right to become No.1. But who can challenge the No.2? Everyone! So to be the world's second greatest warrior is to be in a constant fight for survival. When the boy Afro Samurai's father, Rokutaro, is challenged as No.1 and killed by the No.2, a lethal outlaw known as Justice, he swears revenge, starting on a bloody path of retribution that will make him the No.2 warrior and allow him to challenge Justice. In the first of two volumes, we see the beginnings of young Afro's quest, his battles with an array of assassins and warlords, that climaxes in the epic confrontation with the powerful Empty Seven Clan and a showdown with an old enemy... Taking his inspiration from US soul and hip-hop cultures, Okazaki-san originally published Afro Samurai as a serialised, self-published (doujinshi) manga in Nou Nou Hau magazine from November 1998 to September 2002. It was picked up by Funimation and developed as an anime, airing five episodes in 2007, with Afro voiced by Samuel L Jackson and a soundtrack by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. Okazaki-san then created these two manga volumes for the US market, which were published in 2008 and 2009. Both original English language volumes have been out of print since 2013 and 2016, respectively, and are highly sought after by collectors, selling for $100+. Afro Samurai's lasting impact can be seen in today's appetite for all things manga and anime, as it was one of the first cross-cultural collaborations that celebrated Asian pop culture and Afro American hip hop, to create an entirely new hybridised visual and musical language.

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In a feudal, futuristic Japan, samurai battle to become No.1 and rule the world, but when his father, who holds the coveted position, is challenged and killed, the young Afro Samurai vows vengeance. Relentlessly pursued by murderous assassins, will he stay alive long enough to keep his promise? Volume 2 of the new creator-approved "director's cut" edition of the out-of-print cult classic book features a brand-new foreword by Takashi Okazaki. Japan has become a land of warriors, warlords and assassins, where the technology of the future exits alongside the brutal traditions of the past. This world is ruled by whoever possesses the legendary No.1 headband, which many believe bestows god-like powers on the wearer, but to attain this headband, a warrior must first become No.2, and only then can they challenge for the right to become No.1. But who can challenge the No.2? Everyone! So to be the world's second greatest warrior is to be in a constant fight for survival. When the boy Afro Samurai's father, Rokutaro, is challenged as No.1 and killed by the No.2, a lethal outlaw known as Justice, he swears revenge, starting on a bloody path of retribution that will make him the No.2 warrior and allow him to challenge Justice. In the first of two volumes, we see the beginnings of young Afro's quest, his battles with an array of assassins and warlords, that climaxes in the epic confrontation with the powerful Empty Seven Clan and a showdown with an old enemy... Taking his inspiration from US soul and hip-hop cultures, Okazaki-san originally published Afro Samurai as a serialised, self-published (doujinshi) manga in Nou Nou Hau magazine from November 1998 to September 2002. It was picked up by Funimation and developed as an anime, airing five episodes in 2007, with Afro voiced by Samuel L Jackson and a soundtrack by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. Okazaki-san then created these two manga volumes for the US market, which were published in 2008 and 2009. Both original English language volumes have been out of print since 2013 and 2016, respectively, and are highly sought after by collectors, selling for $100+. Afro Samurai's lasting impact can be seen in today's appetite for all things manga and anime, as it was one of the first cross-cultural collaborations that celebrated Asian pop culture and US hip hop, to create an entirely new hybridised visual and musical language.

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