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Yugoslavia, 1950: the local communist regime has quarreled with the Soviet Union while being under blockade from the West. The country is isolated, poor, government secret agents in long black leather coats are everywhere, people are disappearing during the night. The novel is set in a small provincial town that must be, by decree, turned into an industrial complex in a single summer.The protagonist is a naive young man, 18 years old, a war orphan who wasn't accepted in the army be...

Step-by-step walkthroughs for challenging interventional scenarios faced by practicing interventional cardiologistsIn the newly revised sixth edition of Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology: Tips and Tricks, a team of distinguished interventional cardiologists delivers an up-to-date exploration of innovative and provocative solutions to a wide range of coronary, valvular, peripheral and neurological percutaneous procedures. Drawing from...

When a "software error" erases Zala from the system, she discovers that officially, she and her newborn don't exist.As Zala fights desperately to prove her existence, and her child from adoption, she uncovers the Kafkaesque reality of Slovenia's system — one that erased 25,671 citizens on February 26, 1992. A chilling thriller about bureaucracy as violence, and one mother's battle against the state.

In war-ravaged country, an old soldier retreats high to the mountains. He discovers an idyllic valley with only one farm and the ugliest woman he has ever seen living there. His own disgust about her fascinate him and deep and dark impulses taking over surprise him. In the end of this cruel story about repulsion and attraction, he will discover something about him he would have never expected.Not recommended for faint hearted.

"SCIENCE+TECHNOLOGY+ARTS: Lessons Learned from a Decade of European Transdisciplinary Innovation" documents and reflects on the legacy of the S+T+ARTS Initiative, a pioneering European program that has, since 2016, redefined the interplay of art, science, and technology as a driver of innovation, cultural transformation, and societal change. By uniting contributions from diverse STARTS stakeholders, the book highlights both the achievements and the lessons of a decade of practice, offering...

Discover the transformative potential of sports tourism and events in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with "Sport Tourism, Events and Sustainable Development Goals: An Emerging Foundation." This groundbreaking collection explores the profound impact of these sectors in shaping a more sustainable future.Readers of this book will gain a deep understanding of how sports tourism and events can serve as powerful catalysts for achieving SDGs. Through a rich array of case s...

This text provides comprehensive coverage of the key methods for analyzing, interpreting, and writing up qualitative research in a single volume, and drawing on the expertise of major names in the field. Covering all the steps in the process of analyzing, interpreting, and presenting findings in qualitative research, the authors utilize a consistent chapter structure that provides novice and seasoned researchers with pragmatic, "how-to" strategies. Each chapter introduces the method; uses ...

In the increasingly competitive global market, successful and meaningful intercultural advertising plays a key role in reaching out to consumers from diverse language and cultural backgrounds. Therefore, it is crucial for individuals and businesses to be able to navigate the field of marketing communications to cut through the noise in a consumerist society to persuade their target audience. The Role of Language and Symbols in Promotional Strategies and Marketing Schemes provides emerging ...

Stories are everywhere around us, from the ads on TV or music video clips to the more sophisticated stories told by books or movies. Everything comes wrapped in a story, and the means employed to weave the narrative thread are just as important as the story itself. In this context, there is a need to understand the role storytelling plays in contemporary society, which has changed drastically in recent decades. Modern global society is no longer exclusively dominated by the time-tested nar...

Something Slavic this way comes…From the past to the future, across various Slavic cultures and throughout several European regions, this anthology brings you short speculative fiction stories inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology.Darkness and light, grief and hope, gods and humans mingle on these pages as they take you on the supernatural journey of a lifetime.As you travel through the Slavic lands of magic and mayhem, take special care—beware ...

Abandoned at birth because he has the face of a “prize boar,” the unnamed narrator of Guarding Hanna knows only a local Berlin gang as family. Patriarch Maestro acts as surrogate father, employing him to collect debts and perform thuggish tasks. Except for brief moments interacting with the gang, “the beast” spends his life alone, wandering Berlin’s streets and sleeping in its vast housing projects. This changes in a flash when one of Maestro’s sons is implicated in a crime. The only hope ...

This book considers de-marginalization attesting that marginal regions have the potential for de-marginalization and are anchored in developmental terms on the following core themes: nature; tourism; ethnicity and general factors including migration. Adding to the discussion on marginality and sustainability this book contributes a number of case studies on a diverse selection of topics and regions in which these crucial issues connect. It delivers a reflection of (de)marginalizing process...