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Akoma Mba

logoAkoma Mba

Derrière la DGSN, Yaoundé – Nlongkak
B.P. 14268 - Yaoundé
Cameroon
Tél: +237 677 39 62 80
www.editionsakomamba.com

Founded in 1995, Akoma Mba publishers is the oldest publishing house specialised in illustrated comic books in Central Africa. Their main objective is to promote Africa through innovative editorial content as well as African, universal values to young children. They have a catalogue of about a hundred titles, published in several languages (French, English, and local languages).
Akoma Mba distributes its books in Cameroon and internationally. Its authors come from Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, France, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Togo, amongst others. Initially part of the association AILE Cameroon, it was taken over in 2018 by Robert Nkouamou, a Cameroonian cultural entrepreneur aiming to support new talents for the development of readership on the continent.
Several books published by Akoma Mba were awarded internationally, including the International Library of Munich, UNICEF in Dakar, and IBBY International. Magoulina by Joël Eboueme Bognomo won the Honorary Prize for Youth Literature with the American publisher Boyds Mills Press.
Akoma Mba participates in international book fairs and events: Bologna in Italy, Montreuil and Paris in France, FIBDA in Algeria, Frankfurt in Germany, Casablanca in Morocco, Fildak in Dakar...
The publishing house organises a Youth Book Fair in the city of Yaoundé (SALIJEY) and recently launched an African Prize for Comics and the “Marie Wabbes” Grand Prize for Children’s Books, named after the Belgian writer who initiated the Akoma Mba project in the 1990s. It is directed since January 2020 by Ulrich Talla Wamba, writer, book and publishing professional.

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Le pays des contes (la fille des vents)

Mani LI (Cameroun), auteur ; Georges PONDY (Cameroun), illustrateur Depuis la disparition de son père, Noah n’aime plus lire. Un jour, il est (...)

Le Cocotier magique

Aude PERALTA EXCOFFIER (France), autrice ; Edji ONABEL (Cameroun), illustrateur Ce matin-là, tout semble paisible. Pourtant, cette quiétude va (...)

Le secret d’Ayélévi

Simon de SAINT-DZOKOTOE (Togo), auteur ; Maryse MONTRON (France), illustratrice La petite Ayélévi est très rusée. Elle gagne toujours le jeu “Qui (...)

Contact : Ulrich TALLA WAMBA

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Dena Publishing

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Rotterdam
Netherlands
www.denabooks.com

Dena is publishing books whose authors are in exile, or books that were not allowed to be published in Iran due to censorship.

Despite the limited publication of the books, Dena as the only Persian-language bookseller in the Netherlands, plays a significant role in the availability of Persian books for Iranians living in the Netherlands.

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Az Zire Khak (From Below the Ground)

Nasim KHAKSAR This collection includes nineteen short stories written by Nasim Khaksar between 2001 and 2014. The title of the book is taken (...)

Parvaneh ee zir e baran (Butterfly in the rain)

Mehdi YAHYAWI The collection of short stories “A Butterfly Under the Rain” written by Mehdi Yahyawi was published in the spring of 2019 by Dena (...)

Rouz haye Nefrideh bar khak e nefrideh (Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol)

Dimitri VERHULST Dimitri Verhulst presents the history of mankind in less than two hundred pages, in a big bang of language. From the moment we (...)

Contact : Reza CHAVOUSHI

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wo-men

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Čechova 23
Praha 7 Bubeneč 170 00
Czech Republic
www.by-wo-men.com

The small independent wo-men publishing is oriented toward gender-focused art documentary books. The publishing house was established in 2012 by a literary documentarian Barbora Baronová to create books ambitious both in content and design. The main aim of wo-men publishing is to share high quality literary and photographic non-fiction projects created by Czech authors. Mostly, the books by wo-men include voices of marginalized people, such as women, seniors, people with disabilities, and cover non-mainstream topics, such as feminism, aging, activism, parenthood, and environment. The books published by wo-men are printed in low numbers (sometimes as limited editions) on high-quality ecological papers in local printing companies. Many books by wo-men were awarded in the Czech Republic, as well as abroad.

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Intimacy [Intimita]

Barbora BARONOVÁ, Dita PEPE The stylized artistic literary and photographic documentary project Intimacy opens up important personal and social (...)

Voices of Women: Australia [Hlasy žen: Austrálie]

Barbora BARONOVÁ; Dita PEPE The publication Voices of Women: Australia brings twenty-two narratives of prominent Australian women artists, (...)

Borders of Love [Hranice lásky]

Dita PEPE et al. Borders of Love is a photographic and literary book from internationally renowned Czech photographer Dita Pepe that in thirteen (...)

Contact : Barbora BARONOVÁ

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La Oveja Roja

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c/ Amparo 76
28012 Madrid
Spain
www.laovejaroja.es

It was chance combined with great effort that led to the launch of La Oveja Roja. As chance would have it, someone with no plans to work in the publishing industry found themselves in the possession of several previously unpublished books. He founded La Oveja Roja, located, as its name [the red sheep] might suggest, deep in the countryside, in a meadow at the foot of the Pyrenees. The founder was adamant about ensuring that culture was accessible to all children and not only to the upper classes. This sheep insisted on talking about politics and society even though no one had invited him to the table. Notable figures, of course, did not listen. But he continued anyway. From the Pyrenees he went to Madrid, where he found himself becoming a carpenter in order to open a bookshop. From that moment on, he has lived only for his obsessions, which now include storytelling, poetry, graphic novels, essays and even children’s books. His catalogue contains works of a variety of tones. Éric Hazan, Nathalie Quintane, Vincianne Despret, Brigitte Vasallo, Enrique Falcón and Antonio Orihuela are just some of the names who have become friends along the way. And the sheep, with his books, now finds himself surrounded by wooden bookshelves in a bookshop, and continues to think and dream about meadows and about books.

Contact : Alfonso SERRANO

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Nogaam Publishing

logoNogaam Publishing

United Kingdom
www.nogaam.com

Nogaam Publishing, based in London, uses crowdfunding to publish Iranian censored authors. Nogaam publishes books that could not be published inside Iran due to censorship as free e-books.
Nogaam supports and empowers Iranian authors, advocates freedom of speech, promotes Persian-language digital publishing and provides easy access to invaluable Farsi books. Nogaam is also the founder of ’Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored’ which is an annual book fair by independent Iranian publishers abroad.

Twitter/Instagram: @Nogaambooks

Listen the interview of Azadeh Parsapour, about the Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored (May 9, 2021)

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Project Ulysses in Persian

James JOYCE; trad. Dr Akram PEDRAMNIA This is for the first time that James Joyce’s masterpiece is being published in Persian uncensored. This (...)

Ninety-Eight

16 short stories by 16 writers about the catastrophic events of the calendar year 1398 (2019-2020) in Iran. Mass protests over the rise of oil (...)

The Burning of the Middle East

Karim POURHAMZAVI Comprehending the rise of Jihadism and ISIS The first ever original research work about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (...)

Contact : Azadeh PARSAPOUR

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Dublinense

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Av. Augusto Meyer 163/605
Porto Alegre (RS) - CEP 90550-110
Brazil
Tél: +55 51 3024-0787
www.dublinense.com.br

Dublinense is an independent publishing house focused mainly on literary fiction, with the vast majority of its list formed by contemporary fiction, a few very singular contemporary non-fiction narratives and essays and a small collection of psychoanalysis. Our focus is to present the best in contemporary Brazilian literary fiction along with relevant works that can present different cultures and singular approaches and points of view for the Brazilian readership. Our goal is to start conversations on relevant subjects through good literature. During our 12 years, our original titles have received important recognitions such as Prêmio Jabuti, Prêmio Açorianos, Prêmio da Biblioteca Nacional and are constantly shortlisted for other literary awards too. Our international titles were also distinguished with important awards such as Prêmio José Saramago, European Union Prize for Literature, among others.

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Amora

Natália BORGES POLESSO Vencedor do Prêmio Jabuti Vencedor do Prêmio Açorianos Vencedor do Prêmio AGES (Associação Gaúcha de Escritores) Seria pouco (...)

Elas marchavam sob o sol

Cristina JUDAR Ana e Joan. A primeira é diurna e contemporânea, bombardeada pelo consumismo e por pressões estéticas e comportamentais. A segunda é (...)

Setenta

Henrique SCHNEIDER Vencedor do Prêmio Paraná de Literatura Raul é um bancário dedicado, um cidadão de bem levando uma vida tranquila em junho de (...)

Contact : Gustavo FARAON

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Asociación de Editores en Lengua Vasca (Euskal Editoreen Elkartea)

logoAsociación de Editores en Lengua Vasca (Euskal Editoreen Elkartea)

Zemoriya 25, bajo
20013 Donostia-San Sebastián
Spain
Tél: (+34) 943 292 349
www.editoreak.eus

Contact : Ana URRESTARAZU

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Editargi (Asociación de editoriales independientes de Navarra)

logoEditargi (Asociación de editoriales independientes de Navarra)

Navarra
Spain
www.editargi.com/es

The Association of Independent Publishers of Navarre - Nafar Editore Independiente en Elkartea (Editargi) is made up of publishers who are not dependent on large groups or public institutions, and whose main economic activity is the publishing and sale of books. Their objectives include the promotion of books as a cultural medium with specific needs; the creation and strengthening of companies and industries in Navarre that work in the field of book creation, publishing, distribution and dissemination; the promotion of the implementation of policies to support books, their local industries, bibliodiversity and reading in general with the public authorities; and the defence and promotion of the cultural and linguistic diversity of Navarre.

Contact : Aritz OTAZU LUJANBIO

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Dar Altanweer

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Dar Altanweer is a company with offices in Beirut, Cairo, and Tunis. Overall strategy is coordinated between the three offices. The company has been publishing philosophical and literary classics and contemporary works since 1982. In 2012 was sold to a group of seasoned publishers who partnered in restructuring and relaunching the company in each location.

Since 2012, Dar Altanweer has expanded its geographical and genre breadth and strengthened its quality and marketing depth. Select titles are printed in three countries thereby providing for more efficient distribution and marketing. Expanded genres include classical, modern, and contemporary literary fiction, commercial fiction, philosophy for beginners, self-help, popular science, sociology/political science and graphical novels.

Contact : Sherif Joseph RIZK

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Mamdouh Adwan Publishing House

logoMamdouh Adwan Publishing House

Syria
Tél: +00971557195187
marwan@mamdouhadwan.net

The Publishing house, founded in Damascus in (2005), was established in honour of the late Syrian writer Mamdouh Adwan (1941-2004), who wrote more than ninety publications in poetry, drama, novel and different translations. Our publishing house came as a realization of his dream to establish a publishing house that provides a platform for new writers and translators.

Hence, the publishing house is first and foremost dedicated to publishing distinct literary and intellectual books of new writers and translators whose works would enrich the Arabic library.
Drawing on its awareness of the importance of revitalizing the cultural life and raising awareness on the different forms of cultural achievements and their huge impact on the formation of intellectual awareness in Arab societies; the publishing house is keen to publish important Arab literary works which are no longer available in the markets, and to provide accurate translations and revised versions for books of international writers.

The publishing house ceased its operations between 2012 and 2014 due to the compelling circumstances witnessed by Syria. However, it resumed its work by the end of 2014, and currently has more than 250 titles including: poetry, drama, intellectual and literary studies, short stories, and novels of writers from different Arab countries, as well as translations from English, French, Spanish, Swedish, and German.

In Sharjah Book fair 2016 the publishing house was awarded as Best Arabic Publishing House 2016.

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Al Kanaaees, Stories from ISIS prisons in Syria

Khalifa Al KHUDER Khalifa Al-Khader, winner of the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press 2017, writes some scenes of fear in the details (...)

The Animalization of Man

Mamdouh ADWAN The world of organized and random oppression that a person lives in this age, is a world that is neither suitable for man nor for (...)

Don’t tell the horse

Mamdouh AZZAM After twenty years of work, Salem finishes his service in the gendarme’s cavalry and returns to his home and family in Deir (...)

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Pallas Editora

logoPallas Editora

Rua Frederico de Albuquerque, 56
Rio de Janeiro / RJ 21050 840
Brazil
Tél: (+55 21) 22 70 01 86
www.pallaseditora.com.br

Pallas Editora was founded by Antonio Carlos Fernandes in 1975. It publishes works on religion and popular culture. In 1992, Cristina Fernandes Warth launched a project to connect Afro-Brazilian culture with topics previously not covered; she then started to publish books on anthropology, sociology, and ethnology. Pallas Editora has now forged a strong reputation for its work on African heritage, the candomblé, and popular Brazilian culture. Mariana Warth joined the publishing house in 2002; it is considered state-of-the-art in publishing fiction for children, youth, and adults in the universe of Afro-Brazilian and African cultures.

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Kofi e o menino de fogo

Autor: Nei LOPES Ilustradora: Hélène MOREAU Kofi é um menino africano que, certo dia, encontra-se frente a frente com um menino europeu... e ambos (...)

Na rota dos tubarões, o tráfico negreiro e outras viagens

Autor: Joel RUFINO DOS DANTOS Ilustrador: Rafael FONSECA O Brasil carrega a marca de ter sido a última nação do mundo a abolir a escravidão. Entre (...)

Histórias do movimento negro no Brasil

Depoimentos ao CPDOC Autores: Verena ALBERTI e Amilcar ARAUJO PEREIRA Este livro é resultado de uma pesquisa desenvolvida entre 2003 e 2007 (...)

Contact : Mariana WARTH

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Ku Si Mon Editora

logoKu Si Mon Editora

Edifício SITEC - Rua José Carlos Schwarz
C.P. 268
Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Tél: (+245) 660 5565
www.kusimon.com

Ku Si Mon Editora is a private institution created in Bissau in 1994, following the political liberalization and the beginning of multi-partisanism. Its principal interests are literature (novels, stories, and essays), oral tradition (collections of stories, proverbs, and riddles) and ethno-linguistics (dictionaries). With an artisanal character, it continues thanks to the volunteer work from its members. Overhead costs (facility, electricity, small publishing materials) are also assured by the members, and revenue is used to publish new titles. Sales are limited, taking into account the high rate of illiteracy in Guinea-Bissau, and the publishing house relies on occasional funding to print certain texts.

Read here the interview with Abdulai Sila, published in partnership with ActuaLitté (May 17, 2018).

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Gasela ku Liopardu – La Gazelle et le Léopard

Recolha e Transcrição: Teresa MONTENEGRO e Carlos DE MORAIS Tradução: Fafali KOUDAWO Ilustrações: Luís LACERDA A Gazela tem uma cabra em idade de (...)

As Orações de Mansata

Abdulai SILA Os usos e abusos do Supremo Chefe Mwanké e dos seus conselheiros para Assuntos de Intriga, Violência e Desordem, numa adaptação (...)

Kriol Ten

Teresa MONTENEGRO O vivo sabor do crioulo guineense falado através de termos, expressões, provérbios, com traduções em português. Fugindo à ordem (...)

Contact : Abdulai SILA

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Chá de Caxinde

logoChá de Caxinde

Av. 1 Congresso do MPLA 20/24 - Caixa Postal 5731
Luanda
Angola
Tél: +(244) 222 390 936

Chá de Caxinde publishing house and bookshop was founded in 1999 by a small group of people who were members of the cultural organization Chá de Caxinde in Luanda, working in the cultural domain for nearly a decade. The social objective of this publishing house is publishing, production, and distribution of books and magazines, to distribute Angolan authors in Angola and internationally, but also to publish foreign authors in Angola, at prices that are affordable for the local readership. Their catalogue includes around 100 titles, of children’s and adult literature, as well as of works in the human and social sciences.

Contact : Jacques DOS SANTOS

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Boitempo

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R. Pereira Leite, 373, Sumarezinho
Sao Paulo - SP 05442-000
Brazil
Tél: (+55 11) 38 75 7285/50
www.boitempoeditorial.com.br

Boitempo is the title of a short poem by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, on the topic of his childhood. Naming our publishing house after this poem was a way of paying tribute to one of the greatest Brazilian poets. Founded in 1995, Boitempo has made its mark as a quality publisher, both in the choice of publications, and in the printing and presentation of the works. We seek to put together a consistent catalogue, with a clear-cut editorial line: human sciences, literature (acknowledged works and first-time writers), historical and contemporary essays. Our Web site www.boitempoeditorial.com.br presents an up-to-date version of our catalogue. We take great care in the publication of our works, and we strive to respect our readership.

Read here the interview with Ivana Jinkings, published in partnership with ActuaLitté (July 6, 2017).

Contact : Ivana JINKINGS

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Txalaparta

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San Isidro, 35-1.A
31300 Tafalla - Nafarroa, Euskal Herria
Spain
Tél: (+34) 948 70 39 34
www.txalaparta.eus

Since 1987, Txalaparta has been the name of a free and independent Basque publisher. Txalaparta is committed to the cultural and editorial sovereignty of our country, Euskal Herria (the Basque Country). We also try to be the voice of whatever literary creation that improves the relations between the people of the planet, that helps to transform reality, that guards our historical memory, that opens paths towards diversity, to utopias…

We publish on average between 30 to 40 books a year in Basque and Spanish: Basque and world literature, political and historical essays, social criticism, classics of the political left, historical encyclopaedias. Our most distinctive feature is the wide base of readers who support Txalaparta´s projects by subscribing to one of our collections. Under the name of “editores independientes” we work and publish together with various publishers in other countries (Era in Mexico, LOM in Chile, Trilce in Uruguay) in order to guarantee our editorial freedom and diversity against monopolies and unified thought.

Contact : Mikel BULDAIN

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Ediciones Trilce

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Durazno 1888
11200 Montevideo
Uruguay
Tél: (+598) 98 433 560
www.trilce.com.uy

Founded in 1985, Trilce has published some 600 titles and continues to publish 30 to 40 titles every year. Although initially focused on fiction – which is still an important element today – essays have taken on increasing importance in Trilce’s catalogue. These essays discuss national identity or identities, and report on debates aimed at finding solutions to today’s challenges in the areas of culture, political science or history.
Because it firmly believes that independent publishing is crucial to the preservation of cultural diversity, Trilce has been a member of “Independent Publishers” since 1998, which includes Lom in Santiago, Chile, Era in Mexico and Txalaparta in Spain – Basque country. What is more, Trilce has been a member of the Alliance of Independent Publishers since its inception.

Contact : Pablo HARARI

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Plural

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Calle Rosendo Gutierrez
595 esq. Ecuador - Casilia 5097
La Paz
Bolivia
Tél: +(591) 2 241 10 18

Plural Editores is the most active publishing house in Bolivia, with annual output of 90 works, divided into 34 collections. Founded in 1987 as an Information Centre for Development (CID), it started publishing social science and human science books as Plural Editores in 1992, and as from 1999, it consolidated its position as an independent publishing house. Plural Editores has published over 500 works to date, many of these in co-publication with academic institutions, research centres, multilateral organisations, NGOs and artistic bodies. Moreover, the firm has opened two bookshops, one in Cochabamba and the other in La Paz. Plural has co-organised the Yolanda Bedregal National Poetry Award since 2000 and the Franz Tamayo National Tale Award since 2006.

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LOM Ediciones

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Concha y Toro 23
Santiago
Chile
Tél: (+56) 2 688 52 73
www.lom.cl

LOM Ediciones, a publishing house founded in 1990, started out by working to preserve the social, political, literary and cultural heritage of Chile in the last decades of the 20th century; LOM aims to foster creativity, thinking and criticism. Lom publishes poetry, accounts, theatre, works on human sciences, education and photography, by well-known authors as well as new ones. LOM has an up-to-date catalogue of 850 works, and every year publishes 80 new works by Chilean, Latin American and other authors. Lom is a member of the network of independent publishers, with Era, Trilce and Txalaparta, and of the Chile Publishers Association.

LOM significa sol en la lengua de los Yamanas o Yaganes, pueblo nómade del extremo sur de América. Con el gesto de recuperar su voz, el rostro de una de ellos en el logo de la editorial, buscamos mantener en la memoria sus miradas; fortalecer la creación, la reflexión, y el pensamiento crítico a través de la palabra escrita, desde el sur.

To listen: an interview of Paulo Slachevsky, during the Forum of Scientific Publishers of Chile, in 2017 and here an interview on the theme of “Diversity” (Ivoox, August 26, 2020).

Contact : Paulo SLACHEVSKY

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Libros del Zorzal

logoLibros del Zorzal

Tucuman 3350 PB A - 1189
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tél: (+54 11) 4867-1661
www.delzorzal.com.ar

This publishing house was founded in 2000 by Octavio Kulesz, philosopher, and his brother Lopoldo, mathematician. Their first publication, Leyendo a Euclides (Reading Euclid), by the great Italo-Argentine mathematician Beppo Levi, met with success (three editions, all out of print). Gradually, Libros del Zorzal has added to its catalogue authors of both national and international renown, such as Silvia Bleichmar, Ivonne Bordelois, Alain Badiou, Pierre Bourdieu and Immanuel Wallerstein. Today, over 130 works have been published, written by authors from all over Latin America and Spain. Some have been translated into French, Italian and Portuguese.

Contact : Octavio KULESZ

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Libros de la Araucaria

logoLibros de la Araucaria

Chacabuco 1421
C1140AAE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tél: +(5411) 43 62 54 35
www.librosaraucaria.com

Libros de la Araucaria, an independent publishing house, was founded in 2004. It mainly publishes works in the following areas: anthropology, human and social sciences, philosophy, literature and religious debate.

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Contact : Hector DINSMANN

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