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UN CLÁSICO MODERNO DE LA LITERATURA ESCRITA POR MUJERES.Junto a Nadine Gordimer, la autora más destacada de la literatura sudafricana del siglo XX.Una de las más alucinatorias y poéticas muestras de la condición de la mujer en la ficción posmoderna.J. M. COETZEE, Premio Nobel de LiteraturaRefugiada en el tronco hueco de un baobab, la narradora sin nombre de esta historia intenta sobrevivir en las rigurosas tierras del interior del África austral. Por primera vez en su vida, en la soledad de esa improvisada morada, su tiempo es suyo, su cuerpo es suyo, sus pensamientos le pertenecen... Allí es capaz por fin de reflexionar sobre el significado de su propia existencia, sobre su vida anterior: sus atormentados días como esclava, los abusos de sus distintos amos, su último viaje y su huida al interior del gigantesco árbol.Publicada originalmente en afrikáans en 1981 y vertida al inglés en una magistral traducción a cargo de J. M. Coetzee, esta evocadora e inquietante fábula s

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Este nuevo ensayo del científico Javier Cacho, autor de la trilogía Los héroes de la conquista de los Polos, trata sobre la necesidad del ser humano por explorar el mundo que lo rodea, y en concreto, sobre la historia de esa larga búsqueda y descubrimiento del lugar más recóndito, alejado e inhóspito del planeta: la Antártida. Rodeado por las más grandes extensiones oceánicas, distante de los otros continentes miles de kilómetros, aislado por un cinturón de corrientes marinas y vientos huracanados que, hasta hoy en día, hacen difícil la navegación a su través, el continente antártico ha permanecido ajeno a todo el proceso de colonización de los humanos durante siglos.Filósofos, cartógrafos, geógrafos e historiadores crearon desde la Antigüedad el mito del gran continente austral, al que los griegos denominaron Antarktikos. Pero fue a partir del siglo XVI, y sobre todo en los siglos XVIII y XIX, cuando tuvieron lugar las grandes exploraciones del Atlántico, el Índico y el Pacífico,

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Pocos años después de la guerra civil española, Andrea llega a Barcelona para estudiar Letras en la Universidad. Durante su estancia en la maravillosa ciudad condal se hospedará en casa de sus familiares, pero la expectación que siente en esos momentos mágicos iniciales se va a borrar de golpe al abrirse la puerta del piso. A partir de ese momento todo le va a parecer una pesadilla. El ambiente familiar será cada vez más insoportable y el dolor de la soledad de la protagonista va unido a su figura, sombra apenas reflejada en algún espejo. Al acabar el año, ella cree que no se ha llevado nada pero, cuánto pesa, sin embargo, el equipaje vivido!Basado en la novela homónima de Carmen Laforet y editada por Austral.Claudio Stassi, autor de la adaptación a novela gráfica de La ciudad de los prodigios publicada por Planeta Cómic, ilustra a la perfección el ambiente familiar asfixiante y la decadencia de la Barcelona de la posguerra mostrada en Nada, el clásico literario de

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Pasear por la ciudad en una tarde de verano puede ser muy aburrido... a no ser que uno vaya en compañía de alguien como el tío Leopoldo. El tío Leopoldo ha viajado por el África Austral y ha cazado leones, y varias veces ha descendido al interior de volcanes en erupción. Cuando era joven estudió ingeniería (los ingenieros son los que hacen las máquinas, los puentes, los aviones y cosas así). Bueno, o al menos, todo eso es lo que cuenta; porque con el tío Leopoldo, uno nunca sabe lo que es cierto y lo que no lo es tanto. Lo único indudable es que, junto a él, nunca se sabe lo que va a pasar...Con su carnet de la biblioteca (que usa para hacerse pasar por agente secreto), sus trolas siderales y sus manías inesperadas, el tío Leopoldo va sembrando el caos a la hora de la siesta. Pozos de los deseos que cumplen con retraso, historias dentro de historias dentro de historias, suplantaciones de identidad, escritores de misterio que se roban ideas procedentes de los Grandes Almacenes Geniales,

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ROAD TRIPS40 itinerarios por las carreteras más bellas del mundoUn recorrido de más de 300 páginas a lo largo de carreteras que atraviesan los paisajes más extraordinarios del planeta, ofrecen panorámicas excepcionales y dejan un recuerdo imborrable en el viajero. De oeste a este, desde Estados Unidos hasta Australia, este libro describe 40 rutas principales y 6 suplementarias a lo largo de 24 países de América del Norte y del Sur, Europa, África, Oriente Medio, Asia y Oceanía: el corazón de las Rocosas, la Carretera 138 y la Transcanadiense en Canadá; la Pacific Coast Highway, el Oeste, la Ruta 66, la Ruta de las Plantaciones, la Ruta del " Blues " , los Cayos, la Route 550 y The Road to Hana, en Estados Unidos; la Ruta 40 y el Noroeste en Argentina; el Camino de la Muerte en Bolivia; la Linha Verde brasileña; la carretera Austral chilena; la Ruta alemana de los Alpes; la Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse en Austria; en Escocia la Round The Highlands; los Picos de Europa y la Ruta vol

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This book presents recent advancements in the field of natural products research. Secondary metabolites such as phenolics, alkaloids, saponins, lipids, carbohydrates and terpenes synthesised by the plants are commercially important leading to the opportunities in the field of drug development in various herbal industries. The book includes 22 chapters with 11 research and 11 review articles, highlighting different dimensions of commercially useful plant-based medicines, neutraceuticals, cosmaceuticals, flavor compounds, their ethnobotany and utilisation pattern. Some chapters cover nutritive, pharmacological and economical importance of various plant species such as Momordica charantia, Chenopodium album, Curcuma caesia, Rubus ellipticus, Ocimum sanctum, Diploknema butyracea, Meizotropis pellita, Artemisia, Malus domestica, Angelica glauca, Nardostachys jatamansi, Picrorhiza kurroa, Rheum austral, Swertia chirata and Himalayan lichens. The phytochemical screening and antioxidant potential of some wild edible plants and the indirect organogenesis of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. for pharmaceuticals and cosmacuticals were also exemplified. Potential of endophytic fungi as a producer of biologically active natural product has been presented as a review article. Other chapters consider the usefulness of natural products for livelihood generation and societal development of the local hill communities. Book also includes phytoremedial aspect of Vinga radiate. nano based medicines in cancer therapy and novel drug delivery applications. This book is extremely useful resource for natural product chemists, biochemists, botanists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, environmentalists, pharmacologists, researchers post graduate students, academicians and industry persons.

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The mutiny on the Bounty was one of the most controversial events of eighteenth-century maritime history. This book publishes a full and absorbing narrative of the events by one of the participants, the boatswain's mate James Morrison, who tells the story of the mounting tensions over the course of the voyage out to Tahiti, the fascinating encounter with Polynesian culture there, and the shocking drama of the event itself.In the aftermath, Morrison was among those who tried to make a new life on Tahiti. In doing so, he gained a deeper understanding of Polynesian culture than any European who went on to write about the people of the island and their way of life before it was changed forever by Christianity and colonial contact. Morrison was not a professional scientist but a keen observer with a lively sympathy for Islanders. This is the most insightful and wide-ranging of early European accounts of Tahitian life.Mutiny and Aftermath is the first scholarly edition of this classic of Pacific history and anthropology. It is based directly on a close study of Morrison’s original manuscript, one of the treasures of the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australia. The editors assess and explain Morrison’s observations of Islander culture and social relations, both on Tubuai in the Austral Islands and on Tahiti itself. The book fully identifies the Tahitian people and places that Morrison refers to and makes this remarkable text accessible for the first time to all those interested in an extraordinary chapter of early Pacific history.

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This book analyzes the findings reported in the first Asia Pacific summit of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) project. Researchers in Australia, China, and India discussed eleven in-depth case studies to shed light on the challenges that business families and family businesses faced in continuing and extending their entrepreneurial capabilities across multiple generations. Based on a common research framework from STEP, each chapter introduces key findings and challenges existing theory, offering answers to two broad questions in the Asia Pacific context: How do business families and family businesses generate and sustain entrepreneurial performance across generations and how does entrepreneurial performance relate to the continuity, growth and transgenerational entrepreneurship of business families and family businesses? In doing so, the authors look at key issues faced by family business including dealing with communication issues across generations, resolving conflict between siblings, preparing and luring younger generations back to family business, and professionalization of business. The chapters go beyond the succession and governance challenges and explore the processes and outcomes of entrepreneurship in the Austral - Asian family context. Academics, teachers and students in business and management, entrepreneurship and family business, and Asian studies will find this path-breaking book of great value, as will libraries, policymakers and consultants. Contributors include: K. Au, S.-J. Chen, W. Chen, H.-M. Chung, J. Craig, M. Fu, W. Irava, R. Jha, W. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, D. Lin, Y. Lu, K. Moores, M. Morris, K. Ramachandran, B. Ren, S. Waiker, J. Ward, B. Yang, K.S. Yeh, H. Zhu

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Jaco van Gass was 23 when he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan in 2009. Losing his left arm to the blast, he sustained life-threatening injuries that stopped his heart twice; yet by a miracle - and the skill of the medics treating him - he survived. Against all the odds, Jaco has fought to build a post- injury life as an adventurer and professional athlete, a journey that has taken him from the slopes of the world's highest mountains to the North Pole, from the Carretera Austral to international cycling competitions in an Olympic velodrome. In his inspirational autobiography, Jaco tells his compelling and inspiring story, starting with his childhood in South Africa and ending on the podium in Tokyo. Shedding light on the potholes and pitfalls encountered along the way, he paints a vivid picture of the harshness of Basic Training, the cruel realities of war, the struggle to rebuild his life after losing a limb, the energy-sapping cold experienced at 6,000 metres above sea level, and the complexities of navigating the world of British Cycling. From the dust of the Afghan desert to the blinding whiteness of the North Pole, Jaco's story is one of horror and of great hope, of near-death escapes and of fierce resolve, and, above all, his unequivocal determination to succeed. Jaco has overcome extraordinary odds, not only in refusing to let injury define his life, but in going on to tackle challenges of which few people would even dream. Not just for adventure and military enthusiasts, Unequivocal is for any reader looking for an honest, inspiring voice that will encourage them to live life to the full.

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Remarkable Bicycle Rides includes a wide variety of cycling challenges from the exhilaration of high alpine trails to more gentler touring routes, such as Hadrian’s Cycleway, which crosses from Britain’s Solway Firth to the North Sea following the line of Roman monument Hadrian’s Wall. There are the classic mountain climbs beloved of followers of the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, such as the climb to Mont Ventoux in France and the Stelvio Pass in Italy. Still in Italy, there is the mass participation of L’Eorica, a bike tour in traditional costume on vintage bikes. For those wishing to push themselves to the very edge (literally) there is the Yungas Road in Bolivia whose alternative name is El Camino de la Muerte (Death Road). Long-distance trails, such as the Great Divide (Canada/USA) and the Great North Trail (England/Scotland) can form an epic trip of a lifetime, or be tackled in smaller sections. On more robust wheels there is the A-Line single track in Whistler, Canada, and The Whole Enchilada in Moab, Utah. If you like your cycling on a flatter incline, many routes follow old railway beds, such as the Hiawatha and the Katy Trails in the USA, P'tit Train Du Nord (Canada) or the Parenzana which crosses from Italy to Slovenia to Croatia, plus many of the European routes follow great rivers. Also included in over 50 routes; Danube Cycle Path, Ring of Kerry, Iron Curtain Trail, Vasco-Navarro Greenway, Flanders Beer Route, Carretera Austral (Chile), the San Juan Islands, Norway Postal Boat, the Loire Valley, Passau to Vienna, Munda Biddi Trail, Shimanami Kaido (Japan), Route des Grands Crus (Burgundy), Nantes to Orleans, Paris to Mont St.Michel, Great North Trail, Alpine Panorama, Salzach Valley, Otago Peninsular, Route 10 Holland, Garden Route (South Africa), and the Hebridean Way.

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Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful paperback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa. Organised by continent, each route features a first-hand account, awe-inspiring photographs, illustrated maps and practical advice on when to go, how to get there, where to stay and what to eat. From Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road, to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road, Epic Drives of the World will inspire any motorist to hit the open road. African and Middle East drives include: The self-drive Safari (Zambia) Crossing the Kalahari (Botswana) Passing over the Panorama Route (South Africa) Marrakesh to Taroudannt (Morocco) Cruising Clarence Drive (South Africa) The Americas drives include: The Highway to Hana in Hawaii (USA) The Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) The Pacific Coast Highway (USA) Crossing the Carretera Austral (Chile) Canada's Icefields Parkway Asia drives include: On the trail of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) Crossing the Kathmandu Loop (Nepal) Hightailing from Thimphu to Gangtey (Bhutan) South Korea: From top to toe The road from Srinagar to Manali (India) Europe drives include: Black Forest High Road (Germany) The Wilds of Abruzzo (Italy) Croatia's Adriatic coast Norway's west coast The Magic Circle (Iceland) Oceania drives include: Southern Alps explorer (New Zealand) The Great Ocean Road (Australia) Northland & the Bay of Islands (New Zealand) Following the Captain Cook Highway (Australia) Alice Springs to Darwin (Australia) About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company , providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

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Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa. Organised by continent, each route features a first-hand account, awe-inspiring photographs, illustrated maps and practical advice on when to go, how to get there, where to stay and what to eat. From Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road, to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road, Epic Drives of the World will inspire any motorist to hit the open road. African and Middle East drives include: The self-drive Safari (Zambia) Crossing the Kalahari (Botswana) Passing over the Panorama Route (South Africa) Marrakesh to Taroudannt (Morocco) Cruising Clarence Drive (South Africa) The Americas drives include: The Highway to Hana in Hawaii (USA) The Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) The Pacific Coast Highway (USA) Crossing the Carretera Austral (Chile) Canada's Icefields Parkway Asia drives include: On the trail of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) Crossing the Kathmandu Loop (Nepal) Hightailing from Thimphu to Gangtey (Bhutan) South Korea: From top to toe The road from Srinagar to Manali (India) Europe drives include: Black Forest High Road (Germany) The Wilds of Abruzzo (Italy) Croatia's Adriatic coast Norway's west coast The Magic Circle (Iceland) Oceania drives include: Southern Alps explorer (New Zealand) The Great Ocean Road (Australia) Northland & the Bay of Islands (New Zealand) Following the Captain Cook Highway (Australia) Alice Springs to Darwin (Australia) About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

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