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Girassol Brasil Edições Ltda.
Girassol Brasil has been in existence for 20 years. Despite still being a young company,it has attained prominence in the children’s book scene thanks to the quality and interactivity of its books. They offer educational books; children’s literature, especiallyfrom renowned Brazilian authors; tales and fables; world literary classics; gamesand puzzles; and several reference books. The catalogue is also filled with pop-uptitles, bath books, wipe and clean books, flap books and many different interactiveelements that provide a pleasant reading experience and make learning fun for youngchildren and early readers. A series we would like to recommend you especially is Heartwarming stories,written by educational psychologist Paula Furtado in order to help young children todeal with difficult situations and life circumstances.
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The ArtsSeptember 2024The Cinema of Cecilia Bartolomé
Feminism and Francoism
by Sally Faulkner
Were it not for authoritarian state censorship, Cecilia Bartolomé's name would figure alongside those of her contemporaries Agnès Varda and Claire Denis as a pioneering feminist filmmaker of the twentieth century. With this bold claim, this book seeks both to write the history of Bartolomé's extant filmography, and speculative about censored and un-filmed work, thereby fashioning a new way of writing a feminist creative life in film. The first volume on this director to be written in English, The Cinema of Cecilia Bartolomé is also the first volume on the director published in any language for over twenty years. By focusing on Spanish-language cinema of the 1960s-1990s, the period when feminism, like democracy, was re-born and seemingly consolidated in Spain, the study brings historical depth and transnational reach to current debates in the wake of #MeToo.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2024Empire's daughters
Girlhood, whiteness and the colonial project
by Elizabeth Dillenburg
Girlhood and whiteness in the British empire traces the interconnected histories of girlhood, whiteness, and British colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the study of the Girls' Friendly Society. The society functioned as both a youth organisation and emigration society, making it especially valuable in examining girls' multifaceted participation with the empire. The book charts the emergence of the organisation during the late Victorian era through its height in the first decade of the twentieth century to its decline in the interwar years. Employing a multi-sited approach and using a range of sources-including correspondences, newsletters, and scrapbooks-the book uncovers the ways in which girls participated in the empire as migrants, settlers, laborers, and creators of colonial knowledge and also how they resisted these prescribed roles and challenged systems of colonial power.
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EducationMethodologies for Mapping a Southern African Girlhood in the Age of Aids
by Moletsane, L.
Methodologies for Mapping a Southern African Girlhood in the Age of Aids is located within the new and broader area of Girlhood Studies. Girls have long been considered a rich feminist memory-site for examining the genesis of women’s sense of self in the developed world. To date, however, only a few scholars have focused on Southern African girlhoods. Even fewer focus on methodologies for researching girlhood. This is despite the particular vulnerability of girls to gender-based violence and HIV and Aids, and the relative complexity of doing research with girls in diverse cultural contexts in this region. Thus, the book aims to take this agenda forward and to investigate a range of participatory methodological and theoretical approaches that can be adapted to study girls and girlhood in Southern Africa. These methodologies, which look at research with girls, about girls and for girls, include policy research, writing, fictional practice, and visual arts-based methods, to be used as analytical tools that should, can, and have been used to examine the lives of girls, particularly in the age of HIV and Aids in Southern Africa. Biographical noteRelebohile Moletsane was Associate Professor in Curriculum Studies and Gender Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal until 2007. She is Research Director in the Gender and Development unit at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Honorary Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Kwazulu-Natal. Claudia Mitchell Claudia Mitchell is a James McGill Professor in the Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Honorary Professor in School of Language, Literacies, Media and Drama Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Ann Smith taught English Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand for 23 years before becoming an independent educational consultant and contract lecturer in Communication Skills and Marketing at the Wits Business School. Linda Chisholm is a Director at the Education, Science and Skills Development research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council. She has over time been variously associated with the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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PoetryRecipe for Blackberry Cake
by Diane G. Fisher (author)
Recipe for Blackberry Cake is a collection of poems about women’s lives—poems about girlhood, about mothers and daughters, about how relationships between women are distorted by violence in the home. The poems tell the stories of four generations of women, beginning in the coal camps of West Virginia in the late 1940s and ending in a shopping mall in Ohio some 50 years later. At the heart of the collection is the choice to tell how dangerous and how brave the lives of our mothers, grandmothers, and daughters have been.
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RomanceAugust 2014Love is Triumphant
by Barbara Cartland
"When Rosina's dear friend leapt to her death after the man she loved betrayed her, she vowed vengeance on all men. Rosina declared that no man could be trusted, including Sir John Crosby, member of parliament, whom she had secretly loved since girlhood. Now a debutante, she found herself caught up in a whirl of social activity. An election was imminent and her father, Sir Elroy Clarendon, was favored to be made a government Minister. Her new friend Lady Doreen, daughter of the Earl of Blakemore was secretly in love with an unknown admirer. To Rosina's dismay he turned out to be Arthur Woodward, the man whose betrayal had destroyed her friend, and whose incriminating letters Rosina possessed. In spite of his threats, she defied him. Sir John, after begging her to stop, tried to protect her. How they dealt with the venomous Woodward, and discovered true love, is told in this romantic novel, the 670th by Barbara Cartland."
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Mystery2013Snoop
A Small Town Gossip Mystery
by Lyla Fox
Blurb: Sam Hayes relishes her job as gossip columnist for her father’s small-town paper, The Corner News. After all, she’s naturally snoopy. But her days of reporting on local recipes and tea parties suddenly take on a new dimension when residents of friendly Cotters’ Corner start falling victim to an unknown killer. Sam quickly takes her journalistic oath to heart, and leaps––feet first––into tracking down the killer. The first victim is one of her friends, and the local sheriff doesn’t seem to have the skill to solve the baffling case. When Sam’s girlhood crush suddenly steps back into her life and offers to help her in her quest, not even the admonitions of her overly protective father and her outrageous mother (who arrives for a “short” visit) can sway Sam from investigating the murders. As far as she’s concerned, she is the town’s official “snoop” and she takes her job seriously. As the bodies pile up, Sam and her cohorts probe deeper into the mystery and, eventually, the young reporter runs into a devious and unexpected killer.
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RomanceJuly 2014Prince of Magic
by Anne Stuart
Caught dancing barefoot in the moonlit woods, dressed only in her shift, Elizabeth Penshurst is considered by decent folk to be notorious and disgraced. Sent by her father, a reverend, to serve penance with a cousin in Hernewood, Lizzie sets her thoughts on becoming the perfectly demure and reserved young woman any suitor would want.But evil haunts the woods of Hernewood Abbey. As the Druid festival of Beltane approaches, a sinister cult seeks a virgin sacrifice. Their intended victim: Lizzie. Her only defender-and the man likely to relieve her of her dangerous maidenhood-is the mysterious Gabriel, the Dark Man, a fellow outcast and scholar of Druidism. The forest calls to them both. Their irresistible attraction, both mystical and bawdy, may be the only force more powerful than the cult's dark purpose.
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January 2017The Dreamer
by Imali J. Abala
“Imali Abala’s The Dreamer is a book-length poem; a poetic novella, an unrelenting meditation upon the abuse of women that centres upon the unfortunate path of the dreamer. En route, the links between madness and dreams are explored, a mythical explanation for inheritable insanities, the devastating impacts of culture change and social fragmentation, and the breathlessness of having a tight fist of possibilities and a palette of advisors who all turn the dreamer away, or inward, with no path found for her self-expressive flourishing in the world. Touching upon historic and contemporary challenges, this work calls upon all who are in contact with girls and women, in any capacity, to open the world and make room, to clear a space for upcoming generations, on a path strewn with good guidance and marked by the freedom to explore, to walk along a path made solid with life-affirmations.” - Joanne Arnott, Canada, author of A Night for the Lady, Mother Time, Wiles of Girlhood, and Breasting the Waves: On Writing & Healing. “Imali Abala’s The Dreamer is a must-read for those seeking to understand the female condition in post-colonial Africa. … What stands out in this story is that women have choices in redefining and repackaging their image in a male-dominated world.” – Iddah Aoko Otieno, Editor of East African Anthology of Short Stories.
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Niente per lei
by Laura Mancini
An extraordinary debut, the story of a woman who fights through life like a gladiator in post-WWII Rome. It’s 1943—families are crowded and hungry. Tullia and her brothers are raised as slaves by their violent, furiously unhappy mother. Every evening she counts the money they were able to raise from the streets, and if it’s not enough, she beats them. Tullia is forced to grow up pretty fast, to work with her head down. But the way she sees the world is brave, curious, full of life. Her desperate will to survive, to make something different out of the misery of her life, is so powerful it’s impossible not to remain in awe of her strength, her dignity, and her relentless resilience. She leaves behind her abusive mother, but her majestic figure, her beauty, her clear intelligence, torment her as she becomes a woman and a mother, without ever learning how to be a daughter. She is lonely, but she’s not alone: fascinating, dirty, loud, hopeful, eternal Rome is a mother and a friend to Tullia who grows in its warm yet unforgiving embrace. Laura Mancini’s writing is transparent and imaginative, atmospheric. Reading Niente per lei is like watching history go by outside a window: it’s impossible not to see in it a blurred reflection of ourselves.
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The Poet's Novel
by Murathan Mungan
The Poet's Novel is set in an imaginary world without high technology, and where its human dwellers maintain a strong connection with nature. Here poets and philosophers are revered deeply, and poems embellish city walls instead of flags; it is a world where words are sacred and dreams magical. We navigate this terrain through three main characters: Bendag, a legendary poet who has been on voluntary exile for fifty years; Moottah, a reclusive philosopher who has not left his home for more than twenty years; and Gamenn, an intelligent detective who has undertaken to investigate the poet murders that have been shaking the Mainland for a while. When each of these characters embark on their own quests, their seemingly divergent paths converge and their stories merge, creating a whole that is both powerful and deeply moving.
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FictionSeptember 2020Nives
by Sacha Naspini
Cillerai’s widow can’t seem to be able to shed a tear for her husband’s death. She hasn’t cried when she found his body, she hasn’t cried at his funeral. When her daughter goes back home in France, Nives is left alone in her estate, with her animals and her little home. Nights are the toughest. She can’t sleep – her body feels numb and completely awake; one day she decides to take her favourite chicken, Giacomina, from the henhouse and keep her with her in the bedroom. Her anxiety immediately evaporates. She feels relieved and guilty: how could she replace her dead husband with a chicken? She sleeps safe and sound now, silence and loneliness don’t scare her anymore. She even starts feeling inexplicably happy… Then one day, Giacomina ends up paralyzed in front of the tv, hypnotized by a detergent ad. Nives tries everything to wake her, but the chicken seems to be completely frozen. The only choice she is left with is to call the vet, Loriano Bottai. Follows a phone call that seems to last a lifetime. Soon the conversation slips from the chicken to the past – the tension on the line changes, it becomes something else. Something that echoes regrets, rage and unforgivable memories – lost loves and bitterness. Beyond Our Souls at Night, Nives is the stories we tell ourselves at night, when we can’t sleep. Stories of unspoken passions, of abandonment, of silent, heart-breaking nostalgia. We go back and forth in time with Nives, and we feel her anger, her loneliness, her desperate generosity in giving all of herself to Loriano and to the reader. With rage and infinite dignity, she breaks down and slowly takes the pieces of her life, of a life she told herself was hers, back together in one phone call – oftentimes it seems she is not even listening to the other side, but more speaking to her past self. She wants to fill the void that has haunted her for thirty years. What to do of that past, of all the roads we wanted to take we never had the guts to follow? What to do with all the years spent living lies? But ultimately – is life ever a lie, or is it just what it is? Are the sliding doors just stories we tell ourselves when we are not able to accept who we truly are? With this new, ground-breaking novel, Naspini explores the core of who we are with such delicateness, such humanity, that it is impossible not to recognize yourself in the flawed, sad, messy, beautiful lives these characters have built for themselves. Nives’ story, her inner world, her courage in finally embracing the truth of her life, makes her story universal and necessary – she is honest, raw, clean, incorruptible. A fierce new heroine of Italian contemporary literature, one that is finally not afraid to look at herself in the mirror.
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September 2017 - September 2022Love Letters From the Goddness
36 Letters From The Holy Monk and Spirit Woman
by Xuemo
Love Letters From the Goddess is a collection of 36 love letters between Tibetan holy monk Khyungpo Naljor and the abdicated Nepalese spirit female Sharwadi in the novel .The Holy Monk and the Spirit Woman.Since these letters are written sincerely and frankly, you are sure to have a deep understanding of their love overall and even identify with the protagonist with every word content and sentences worthy of sperm.It is filled with abundant dialogues between characters and richdetails about characters’ spiritual quests.It not only contains secret guidance for people to transcend worldliness to attain self realization,but also elaborates the pitfalls that one might fall into when faced with tough choices as well as effective methods to deal with them. You will thereby understand that a great person, a hero, is never born to be an unusually blessed extraordinary person,but rather a person with flesh and blood and emotions.Each chapter has different stories, as well as different symbolic meanings,which not only vividly shows how a pilgrim went through his journey to seek enlightenment,but also provides a good example for those who leave their hometown to search for a home for their souls.With this book, you will have the code to understand your.。,and possessing a wisdom to face your life’s hardship gracefully.
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February 2017 - February 2022Laozi's true thoughts-Tome Ⅰ
Interpreting China's most famous classic work of philosophy—the Tao Te Ching,explaining the truth of the universe and the secret to attain enlightenment
by Xuemo
Laozi's true thoughts-Tome Ⅰ translated by Wolfgang Kubin Rooted in Eastern philosophy,integrating both historical and modern stories from the east and west,with an emphasis on self-improvement,the book interprets China's most famous classic work of philosophy—the Tao Te Ching,explaining the truth of the universe and the secret to attain enlightenment,and revealing why the modern society is filled with mental confusions and afflictions.The book aims to tell us how to apply the wisdom in the Tao Te Ching to deal with our mental problems,and to improve our quality of life.It aims to tell us how to transform theory into a way of daiy life.so as to elevate our souls to a higher level.Each chapter conveys a different aspect of wisdom that how we should face the world calmly and confidently.When the book was published in China, it immediately received immense popularity,reaching the top or ranking high on the best-selling lists of many major book fairs and popular websites. It is a wisdom book that can resonate with people's life, work, family, interpersonal relationship and growth. This book has been translated into German by the famous sinologist Wolfgang Kubin.
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Literary FictionLYS
by John Galbraith Simmons
Lys Lantern was a teenager when journalist Lucas Jameson used her to investigate reports of sexual trafficking in the United States in the late 1980s. They became lovers before his plans went horribly awry and Lys was forced into a brain-shattering cauldron of sexual slavery. She managed to escape only to disappear into thin air after making tabloid headlines amid a violent confrontation with her captors. Jameson, consumed by guilt, gave up journalism and disappeared. But in 2012 Lys Lantern is suddenly in the news again — and so is Lucas Jameson. Sex trafficking expert Ben Packer and his daughter Riva unlock a tale of transgression and redemption, descent into a criminal underworld, a journey through madness – and a love story.
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Food & DrinkTikim
Essay on Philippine Food and Culture
by Doreen G. Fernandez
Doreen Gamboa Fernandez represents “the compleat writer” – her incisive yet soulful writing, coupled with her keen understanding of the Filipino’s culture and psyche, has brought her (and us fortunate readers) into the very essence of Filipino cooking. According to her, “Writing about food should not be left to newspaper food columnists, or to restaurant reporters. It should be taken from us by historians of the culture, by dramatists and essayists, by novelists, and especially by poets. For it is an act of understanding, an extension of experience. If one can savor the word, then one can swallow the world.”
