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This “heartbreaking biography” of the Communist revolutionary “is filled with high drama,” daring escapes, and eventual imprisonment in Nazi Germany (Publishers Weekly). A German-born Jew, Olga Benario was one of the most remarkable Communist activists of the twentieth century. With a genius for organization and an unwavering devotion, she crisscrossed the globe educating and activating legions to combat the worldwide plagues of Nazism and fascism. At the age of nineteen, she masterminded a daring prison raid to free her lover, the Communist intellectual Otto Braun. Together they escaped to Moscow, where they quickly rose in the ranks of the international Communist movement. At twent...
In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. This guide proposes to help the translator navigate through them.
The book describes the evolution of economic theory, considering historical, political and scientific perspectives. It discusses economic concepts and the formation of economics as a discipline since the feudal system, passing through the formation of the State, until the present. The main economic concepts are presented, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, privatization, taxes, tariffs, the concept of currencies, stock markets, international transactions, and economic policies. The book contains a complete glossary of economic terms to help the reader.
Nowadays the excessive consumption of foods that undergo mass industrialization, with systematic adding of preservatives, is opposed to a more natural and healthy diet. Therefore, to record and promote these ancient food production and preservation techniques is to exercise citizenship, empower individuals that often have already been deprived of some of the most important items of daily life. In this book, with 89 recipes, readers will learn in a simple, clear and objective way the theory and practice to make, at home, kombuchas, natural sodas, preserves, vinegars, beers and much more.
A existência da mulher indígena na mitologia é um caso labirintado que nem sempre nos deixa tirar conclusão lógica. Esta peremptória afirmativa nos permite inferir que, em se tratando da mulher sateré-mawé, só é possível conhecermos o seu valor dentro da etnia se localizarmos a inscrita capaz de nos levar até o rastro onde se firma o ethos feminino. Tecer fina tessitura sobre o ethos da mulher sateré-mawé supõe recompor o conjunto de valores arquetípicos que vicejam no dorso do contemporâneo e que pulsam nas veias da tradição, como um escuro potencialmente capaz de ver a luz.
In this book we will get to know the beautiful Kingdom of Chocoland, where The Chocolix Family lives. The members of the family are Mr. Cocoa, Mrs. White, their children Chocolyne and Chocomark, and their inseparable mascot Sweetcookie. This sweet family will not only live fun and incredible adventures, but they will also learn new concepts about friendship, family values, and the acceptance of differences.
In the late 1960s, Brazilian artists forged a watershed cultural movement known as Tropicalia. Music inspired by that movement is today enjoying considerable attention at home and abroad. Few new listeners, however, make the connection between this music and the circumstances surrounding its creation, the most violent and repressive days of the military regime that governed Brazil from 1964 to 1985. With key manifestations in theater, cinema, visual arts, literature, and especially popular music, Tropicalia dynamically articulated the conflicts and aspirations of a generation of young, urban Brazilians. Focusing on a group of musicians from Bahia, an impoverished state in northeastern Brazil...
Introduces the basics of the language to speak, listen, read and understand the need to communicate in everyday situations: at the airport, restaurant, etc. on purchases. The guides bring these everyday situations divided by subject in alphabetical order, and a vocabulary of basic words in the language. A quick and easy way to communicate when traveling. Apresenta noções básicas do idioma para falar, ouvir, ler e compreender o necessário para se comunicar em situações do dia a dia: no aeroporto, no restaurante, nas compras etc. Os guias trazem essas situações do cotidiano divididas por temas em ordem alfabética, além de um vocabulário com as palavras básicas do idioma. Um modo rápido e fácil de se comunicar em viagens.
Prepared by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman with the assistance of Glenn Lord, this is the first new bibliography of Robert E. Howard since 1976. This massive volume contains more than twice as much information as the preceding biblio, The Last Celt. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian, yet wrote successfully in numerous genres. The Neverending Hunt lists every story, poem, letter and publication in which a Howard work has appeared. It's more than you might think . . .