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Las muertas
Jorge Ibargüengoitia · 2005

Underwear: Fashion in Detail
Eleri Lynn · 2014

ARCHIVE
SOFIA COPPOLA · 2023

Euphoria Fashion
Heidi Bivens · 2022
A Sibila (Portuguese Edition)
Agustina Bessa-Luís • 2017
Canção para ninar menino grande
Conceição Evaristo • 2022
A natureza da mordida
Carla Madeira • 2022

Admiravel Mundo Novo
Aldous Huxley · 1993

O alquimista
Paulo Coelho (écrivain).) · 2022
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Fábulas de La Fontaine
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
Os Delirios de Consumo de Becky Bloom (Em Portugues do Brasil)
Sophie Kinsella • 2018
Vigiar e Punir
Michel Foucault • 2013
Heidi
Johanna Spyri • 2014
Carrie, a estranha
Stephen King • 2007
Queria morrer, mas no céu não tem tteokbokki
Baek Sehee • 2023
Corte de espinhos e rosas
Sarah J. Maas • 2020
Me Poupe! (Edição atualizada)
Nathalia Arcuri • 2020
VIDAS SECAS
Graciliano Ramos • 2025
A hora da estrela
Clarice Lispector • 2020
O Jardim Secreto
Frances Hodgson Burnett • 2019
Ostra feliz não faz pérola
Rubem A. Alves • 2015
Noites Brancas
Fiódor Dostoiévski • 2020
A Casa na Arvore com 91 Andares (Em Portugues do Brasil)
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O pequeno príncipe
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • 2015



