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Esta é uma história de quando o tempo ainda era cru e a terra era menina, um tempo em que as grandes araras coloriam o firmamento, um tempo em que o fantástico ainda corria pela mata verde. Nos povos que fazem parte do mundo conhecido, todas as crianças recém-nascidas passam pelo ritual do aman paba. As majé, curandeiras capazes de enxergar a linha que costura o tempo, dizem quanto tempo as crianças irão viver naturalmente, assim estabelecendo seus papéis na tribo. O livro das sementes acompanha o crescimento e o treinamento de cinco crianças, que juntas irão ter que provar sua força e honra durante a jornada do Turunã. Esta é a história dos homens que criaram Araruama.

Charles Taylor is a philosopher concerned with morality and the nature of the identity of individuals and groups in the West. This book offers an evaluation of Taylor's conception of self, and its moral and political possibilities.

Dogs of the Blue Gods est la pièce sud-africaine aux multiples récompenses, écrite au plus fort de l'Apartheid. L'histoire se déroule dans un centre d'entraînement cynophile de la police. Les personnages eux-mêmes sont des chiens qui évoluent sur scène à quatre pattes. La pièce commence au moment où on découvre une bande de chiens amorphes, complètement désabusés et quelque peu dépressifs qui commencent à s'interroger sur le sens de leur vie jusqu'à l'arrivée de Rex, un chien domestiqué, issu du monde civil et aux idées radicalement opposées.

Cerca de oito milhões de relâmpagos ocorrem diariamente no mundo e poucas vezes reparamos no poder disso tudo. Contudo, a existência de energias negativas e positivas na natureza pode, quase sempre, gerar algo de grandioso que impacta diretamente a nós, seres humanos terrenos.Em 2020, pudemos sentir uma amostra. O Relampeio, como o resultado da junção de diferentes forças, produziu, neste ano, algo totalmente inesperado e poderoso. Com a proposta de cultivar um diálogo entre diferentes nomes internacionais da fantasia, do horror e da ficção científica, escritores e pesquisadores nacionais desse meio, o festival Relampeio reuniu, em um breve intervalo, diferentes perspectivas que buscam transgredir a ótica angustiante que estamos vivendo.

This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names, this is a book about the history of the ever-developing understanding of birds, about the people who contributed to this understanding and, most of all, about the birds themselves. This second edition has been revised to follow current taxonomy and understanding of the relationships between families, genera and species. It contains new taxa, updated text and new vagrants and will be interesting reading for anyone with a love of birds, words or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching.

Everywhere we go there are birds, and they all have mysteries to be unravelled. These mysteries include the way they look, from bizarre to apparently mundane, why they live where they live, and the things they do, many of which are far too incredible ever to be imagined as fiction. Birds in Their Habitats is a collection of stories and experiences, which introduce fascinating aspects of birdlife, ecology and behaviour. Informed by a wealth of historical and contemporary research, Ian Fraser takes the reader on a journey through four continents: from places as unfamiliar as the Chonos Archipelago of southern Chile and the arid Sahel woodlands of northern Cameroon to those as familiar as a suburban backyard. This is a book of discovery of birds and the places they live. And with humour and personal insight, it is a book about the sometimes strange world of the people who spend a life absorbed in birds.

The actions, images and stories within films can impact upon the political consciousness of viewers, enabling their audience to imagine ways of resisting the status quo, politically, economically and culturally. But what does political theory have to say about film? Should we explore film theory through a political lens? Why might individuals respond to the political within films?This book connects the work of eight radical political theorists to eight world-renowned films and shows how the political impact of film on the aesthetic self can lead to the possibility of political resistance. Each chapter considers the work of a core thinker on film, shows its relevance in terms of a specific case study film, then highlights how these films probe political issues in a way that invites viewers to think critically about them, both within the internal logic of the film and in how that might impact externally on the way they live their lives. Examining this dialogue enables Ian Fraser to demonstrate the possibility of a political impact of films on our own consciousness and identity, and that of others.

Imagine que, ao nascer, você já saiba quantos anos viverá. Se viver muito, terá que enterrar todos aqueles que ama. Mas se for viver pouco, que escolha terá? O que você faz com o tempo que lhe é dado? Esse é o dilema dos habitantes de cada um dos sete povos de Araru ama, a ambiciosa e envolvente proposta cosmogônica de Ian Fraser, este baiano de nome importado e sangue nativo, que se lançou, com método e estilo, ao desafio de criar um mundo. Um em que velhas Majés preveem o futuro, animais gigantescos guardam as passagens, e anhangüeras, nem mortos nem vivos, assombram as matas. E um mundo nascido da fusão cultural das três Américas pré-colombianas, onde, tal qual no famoso mapa do uruguaio Joaquín Torres Garcia, o nosso norte é o sul. Assim temos Apoema, a arqueira destinada a ver o futuro sem poder mudá-lo, nascida na fria, montanhosa e incaica aldeia de Ivituruí. Temos o jovem e reticente líder Kaluanã e seu amigo Obiru, um destinado a viver muito, o outro a viver pouco, vindos da aldeia de Otinga, de inspiração pataxó e tupinambá. O espirituoso Eçaí, com orelhas de jaguatirica que lhe dão audição aguçada, vem da cidade de Itaperuna, de inspiração asteca. Já o casal formado pelo gigantesco Batarra Cotuba e a feroz Izel Pachacutec vem de Buiagu, que funde a cultura maia com as cidades escavadas dos anasazi. O ágil Ook Séeb, com suas luvas de garras férricas, vem de Atibaia, de inspiração choctaw norte-americana, e Najoch Su'uk vem da pantaneira Tucuruí, de inspiração paiaguá. Mas enquanto os jovens percorrem a Ibi, a deusa mundo, no seu rito de passagem conhecido como Turunã, é na capital do continente, a cidade de Mboitatikal, de inspiração maia, que intrigas movidas por inveja, poder e ambições pessoais ameaçam mergulhar toda Ibi em guerra. O que Fraser vem construindo desde o primeiro volume da saga Araruama é nada menos que impressionante: com sua geografia reinventada, hierarquia social estruturada e religião própria, não raro a sensação é como se estivéssemos lendo Tolkien escrever o Apocalypto de Mel Gibson. A imagem que temos da América pré-colombiana e dos povos indígenas é, em grande parte, aquela que o conquistador europeu encontrou ao tempo da colonização. Mas sempre me perguntei: que narrativas épicas estariam vivendo esses povos, que monstros míticos ou deuses temperamentais habitariam a América enquanto os egípcios antigos povoavam o Nilo, enquanto gregos e troianos se enfrentavam? Quantas cidades míticas teriam, assim como Tróia, se perdido no tempo? O tempo, ou a deusa Monâ, que é elemento central dessa nova cosmogonia, fundamentada em Lévi-Strauss e inspirada em García Márquez, para atingir algo novo, inédito na literatura brasileira. Pois ao situar sua aventura em um tempo antes da História conhecida —'quando o tempo ainda era cru'— Fraser parte do folclórico para chegar no mitológico. E isso, leitor, traz uma energia e uma força criativa a serem respeitadas. Samir Machado de Machado

Em Araruama, o momento do nascimento é um ritual sagrado. Monâ, a mãe do tempo e de todas as coisas, costura a duração de vida dentro do corpo de cada criança. Ao som das palavras de Majé Ceci após o parto, cada destino é selado: Kaluanã, nascido para uma vida mais longa que os números podem dar conta; Obiru, o capanema que morrerá jovem, destinado a descascar mandioca sob o olhar de desgosto do pai; Apoema, a que vê além e sonha em voar. Em O Livro das Sementes, o primeiro volume da série, o leitor é transportado para uma realidade dura e encantada, onde as palavras são magia, a fl oresta é o mundo e forças determinam o equilíbrio da Ibi, a terra. A harmonia se baseia nas regras dos deuses, onde morte e vida, caça e caçador convivem até que a luz se apague. Mas este ciclo tão familiar pode estar com os dias contados, pois sobre a Ibi se espalha um sentimento novo e incômodo: uma'fome sem apetite', uma paixão pelas pedras derretidas. É o anúncio de que tempos sombrios estão por vir, sob formas nunca vistas antes – e os destinos das crianças de Araruama estão tão entrelaçados como raízes retorcidas.

Is it possible to be repetitive and flexible at the same time? Using proven examples and quantifiable evidence, Lean RFS (Repetitive Flexible Supply): Putting the Pieces Together demonstrates that repetitive flexible supply (RfS) is not only possible, but that its implementation can help you reach a new level of improved performance in manufacturin

•Vincitore del 1989/90 Tonight/AA Life Vita Award for Comedy in Theatre• Pick of the Fringe Award, Grahamstown Arts Festival. Sudfrica. Primo classificato 1999 Wisconsin State AACTFest. USA. Uno spettacolo teatrale vincitore del premio sudafricano, scritto al culmine dell'Apartheid. L'opera si svolge in una struttura di addestramento per cani poliziotti. Gli stessi personaggi sono cani - interpretati da attori che camminano a quattro zampe. La storia si sviluppa rivelando le silenziose dinamiche interne ad un gruppo di cani molto scontrosi e piuttosto depressi che cominciano a chiedersi qual è il loro obiettivo nella vita. L'insoddisfazione repressa dell'esistenza dei cani emerge con l'arrivo di Rex, un civile cane domestico con idee radicalmente diverse Un Godot di cani ha inizio nel canile...

This is the definitive account of the Royal Bank of Scotland scandal. For a few brief months in 2007 and 2009, the Royal Bank of Scotland was the largest bank in the world. Then the Edinburgh-based giant - having rapidly grown its footprint to 55 countries and stretched its assets to £2.4 trillion under its hubristic and delinquent former boss Fred Goodwin - crashed to earth. In Shredded, Ian Fraser explores the series of cataclysmic misjudgments, the toxic internal culture and the'light touch'regulatory regime that gave rise to RBS/NatWest's near-collapse. He also considers why it became the most expensive bank in the world to bail out and why a culture of impunity was allowed to develop in the banking sector. This new edition brings the story up to date, chronicling the string of scandals that have come to light since taxpayers rescued RBS and concluding with an evaluation of the attempts of the bank's post-crisis chief executives, Stephen Hester and Ross McEwan, to dismantle Goodwin's disastrous legacy and restore the damaged institutions to health.'A gripping account - RBS was a rogue business, operating in what had become a rogue industry, with the connivance of government. Read it and weep'– Martin Woolf, Financial Times

An award-winning journalist details the near-collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the late 2000s. For a few brief months in 2007 and 2009, the Royal Bank of Scotland was the largest bank in the world. Then the Edinburgh-based giant—having rapidly grown its footprint to 55 countries and stretched its assets to £2.4 trillion under its hubristic and delinquent former boss Fred Goodwin—crashed to earth. In Shredded, author Ian Fraser explores the series of cataclysmic misjudgments, the toxic internal culture and the “light touch” regulatory regime that gave rise to RBS/NatWest's near-collapse. He also considers why it became the most expensive bank in the world to bail out and why a culture of impunity was allowed to develop in the banking sector. This new edition brings the story up to date, chronicling the string of scandals that have come to light since taxpayers rescued RBS and concluding with an evaluation of the attempts of the bank's post-crisis chief executives, Stephen Hester and Ross McEwan, to dismantle Goodwin's disastrous legacy and restore the damaged institutions to health.Praise for Shredded“A magnificent book. I regard it as one of the best investigative books of the past decade.” —Eamonn O'Neill, BBC Radio Scotland“Impeccably researched and hard to put down at any point—The author pulls no punches.” —Philip Augar, Financial Times (UK)“Combines Greek tragedy with real-life events that have affected us all. It's hard to put down.” —Devraj Ray, Mortgage Strategy

Australian Bird Names is aimed at anyone with an interest in birds, words, or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching. It discusses common and scientific names of every Australian bird, to tease out the meanings, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! The authors examine every species: its often many-and-varied common names, its full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names this is a book about the history of ever-developing understandings of birds, about the people who contributed and, most of all, about the birds themselves. 2013 Whitley Award Commendation for Zoological Resource.

The Australian Capital Territory is a treasure trove for naturalists, despite being without a coastline, without rainforest or without deserts. A wealth of biodiversity is found there, due to the close proximity of three major habitat types: the great western woodland grassy plains bump up against the inland edge of the coastal hinterland mountain forests, while the whole south-eastern Australian Alps system reaches its northern limit in the Brindabella Ranges. Each of these habitats has its own rich suite of plants and animals, so a great diversity of life can be found within an hour's drive of Parliament House. A Bush Capital Year introduces the fauna, flora, habitats and reserves of the Australian Capital Territory and includes the most recent research available. It also emphasises often unappreciated or even unrecognised urban wildlife. For each month of the year there are 10 stories which discuss either a species or a group of species, such as mosses and mountain grasshoppers. While never anthropomorphic, many of the stories are written from the organism's point of view, while others are from that of an observer. Beautiful paintings complement the text and allow better visualisation of the stories and the subjects. 2011 Whitley Award Commendation for Regional Natural History.

The Marx Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Karl Marx. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Marx's thought from a philosophical perspective. Students will discover a wealth of useful information, analysis and criticism. A-Z entries include clear definitions of all the key terms used in Marx's writings, coverage of their German origins, and detailed synopses of all his key works. The Dictionary also includes entries on Marx's major philosophical and political influences and contemporaries. It covers everything that is essential to a sound understanding of Marx's work, offering clear and accessible explanations of often complex terminology. The Marx Dictionary is the ideal resource for anyone reading or studying Marx or Nineteenth-Century Political Thought more generally.