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      • Christine Heimannsberg

        Gelobtes Land, die dystopische Climate Fiction Trilogie: Mit CO2 verbindet man den Klimawandel, schmelzende Gletscher und Überflutungen. Mittlerweile ist der Klimawandel auch in der Literatur angekommen. „Climate Fiction“ oder „Cli-fi“ lautet das Stichwort, das zuletzt verstärkt in den Feuilletons auftauchte. Die deutsche Autorin Christine Heimannsberg präsentiert mit ihrer Debüt-Trilogie „Gelobtes Land“ eine ungewöhnliche, spannende Dystopie, die ökologische wie humanistische Themen geschickt im neuen Genre zusammenführt.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2020

        Christmas in nineteenth-century England

        by Neil Armstrong

        Whether for reasons of family, food, shopping or religion, it's hard to imagine a British winter without Christmas, or to think of a more traditional national festival. But how and when did Christmas cards, pantomimes and advertising become part of that tradition? This book looks at how people in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries experienced Christmas and how today's priorities and rituals began and endured. It explores the origins of our deeply held notions around Christmas traditions and demonstrates how those ideas were in fact shaped by the fast-paced modernisation of English life. A fascinating account of the development of many things we now take for granted, the book touches on the history of childhood and the family, philanthropy and work, and the beginnings of consumerism that shaped the Christmas we know today.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2023

        Mr. Cheesecake and Christmas Pampukh

        by Svitlana Linynska (Author), Mariia Hrom-Vurlovska (Illustrator)

        On the eve of Christmas, an unusual incident happened in the town of Yasne. The famous baker Syrnyk didn’t give the last Christmas pampukh (an Ukrainian national dish, similar to a donut) to a girl that came to his bakery for it, because he himself was very hungry. From that moment on, everything tasted bitter for him! Mr. Syrnyk didn’t know what to do. How will he manage to prepare the most delicious pastries now? Who will help the baker? Maybe Doctor Apchih has some healing medicine for bitterness? And maybe a small miracle will happen on the eve of the glorious holiday of Christmas…   From 3 to 8 years, 3074 words. Rightsholders: Diana Semak, bohdanbooksco@gmail.com

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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        An Unusual Christmas in the Carpathians

        by Vasyl Karpiuk (Author), Natalia Shmorhun (Illustrator)

        Why is Christmas in the Carpathians the best time of the year? Because then you really feel that you are at home. These are the emotions experienced by the girl Dotska, who comes from Kyiv to the Carpathians for Christmas to celebrate the winter holidays in her mother's family home. This book has everything: Carpathian flavours, family traditions, Christmas carols and nativity scenes, an exciting plot, and most importantly,  true awareness of the holiday of the coming of God! Christ is born to bring love to the world, the first rays of which shine at Christmas in our homes.   From 3 to 8 years, 6406 words Rightsholders: ladiscursus@gmail.com

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        Picture books, activity books & early learning material
        2019

        Christmas holiday

        by Inna Ruda

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        Children's & YA

        The Little Christmas Engine

        by Anna Ruhe/Igor Lange

        It’s winter in the pleasure park. The Little Engine is dreaming of Christmas, as he does every year. It would be so nice to see a real Christmas for himself. Suddenly something terrible happens up in the sky: Father Christmas comes crashing down to earth with his overloaded sleigh. Fortunately, no one is hurt, but the sleigh is broken. This is the Little Engine’s chance. He makes Father Christmas a great offer – and so he saves this year’s Christmas.

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        Daisy Doormouse Discovers Christmas

        by Anna Lott/Elisa Vavouri

        Advent calendar book with detachable pages. Plonkety plonk! Daisy Dormouse is rudely awakened from her winter sleep. Outside her den is a present. It says on the wrapping: “To Sunny Bunny for Christmas”. What on earth is Christmas? And who is Sunny Bunny? Daisy quickly packs a few things and sets off to deliver the present. During her journey she makes many new friends and learns all about Advent garlands, Christmas carols, biscuits, sledging, and of course Christmas itself. By the end of her journey, Daisy is sure of one thing: she must never again miss this wonderful time, with all these beautiful customs and traditions! A story in 24 chapters.

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        A Magical Christmas with the Snow Fairy

        by Stefanie Dahle

        Emmo would also like to celebrate Christmas for a change. He’s lucky that his best friend Gwendoline, the Snow Fairy, is there to help him with his preparations. A Christmas tree, presents, delicious biscuits, sweet-smelling baked apples, and of course glittering white snow - all in readiness for the most wonderful Christmas party the Silver Forest has ever seen. With Stefanie Dahle’s enchanting illustrations, this solid, read-aloud picture book will accompany big and little picture-book lovers through a wonderfully harmonious Advent and Christmas.

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        Tilda Appleseed. Christmas in the Winter Forest

        by Andreas H. Schmachtl

        There are 24 days to go until Christmas. In the mouse house there is a delicious smell of punch, and Tilda busily hunts through her pantry: she wants to do some baking. The best of all flavours is still Aunt Emily’s frost-hip jelly. Christmas can’t come without that. But what a shock! There are no frost hips left! And it’s so difficult to get fresh ones, because they only grow in the north. Without further ado, Tilda sets off on an exciting journey through the winter forest, and she has the most weird and wonderful Christmas adventures on the way…

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2020

        A Ukrainian Christmas

        by Nadiyka Herbish, Yaroslav Hrytsak

        Christmas brings the indestructibility of hope in times of the greatest hopelessness. As long as we celebrate this holiday, we can neither be defeated nor destroyed. This is the message that Ukraine is trying to convey to the world. And this is what our book is about.' From Christmas music to gifts and food, as well as a look back through the country's rich and troubled history through the perspective of the festive season, this beautifully illustrated and powerful book introduces readers to Ukraine's unique Christmas traditions. In a country where East and West meet, this is a fascinating and unmissable guide to capturing the spirit of one of the most important times of year and a powerful reminder of the strength of holding on to your culture and beliefs, even as others try to take everything from you.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2010

        Christmas in nineteenth-century England

        by Neil Armstrong, Jeffrey Richards

        Despite its enduring popularity as a national festival, Christmas has been largely neglected by English historians. Neil Armstrong offers the first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book explores the origins of our deeply held notions of the traditional nature of Christmas and demonstrates how they were shaped by English modernity. A study of both continuity and change, Christmas in nineteenth-Ccntury England makes an important contribution to cultural and social history, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of childhood, the family, philanthropy, work and consumerism. Scholarly yet accessible, it will be enjoyed by academics, students and the general public alike. ;

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        October 2007

        Merry Christmas!

        Die schönsten Weihnachtsgeschichten aus England

        by Ria Blaicher, Günther Blaicher

        Merry Christmas! Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, G.K. Chesterton, Dylan Thomas, Angus Wilson, Muriel Spark u.v.a. erzählen Weihnachtsgeschichten aus zwei Jahrhunderten. Da geht es um folgenreiche Geständnisse, geheimnisvolle Verwandlungen, mißglückte Einbrüche und heimliche Liebschaften. Mit angelsächsischem Humor und Feingefühl zeigen diese fünfzehn, zum Großteil erstmals ins Deutsche übersetzten Geschichten, wie selbst kleinere Widrigkeiten die Festtagsstimmung nicht zu trüben vermögen.

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        MY FESTIVE LIBRARY

        Book Advent Calendar

        by Nastya Muzychenko

        5+   Adults and kids can have fun together by creating a library with 31 mini-books that can be really read. The box is easily trans formed into a playset and vice versa. Following the instructions, kids can easily make the bookcase, the mini-books, and decorate the Christmas tree.   Selling points: □ Children will get familiar with 31 books consisting of Ukrainian and foreign fairy tales and work-books. □ ”My holiday library” is not just a box, but an exciting game. Following the instructions, readers will make books by their own hands and store them on the bookcase shelves. □ Creating and reading books will generate a festive Christmas holiday mood. □ The library with the best fairy tales will stay with the child for a whole year and will become a favorite toy. □ Gathers and unites the child and parents together for shared family activities. □ Cool gift for every boy and girl 5-9 years old.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2020

        A Spark That Became a Star

        by Serhiy Loskot (Author), Anastasia Shygaeva (Illustrator)

        In the small house of a large family there was a furnace. And in the furnace lived a spark. Although she was tiny, she had a big dream. Once, on Christmas Eve, the furnace and the fire argued over which one of them was the most important between the two. All the sparks and coals intervened in the conversation. Until our little spark took a deep breath and... Do you know what happens to dreams during the magic night of Christmas? Serhiy Loskot will tell you in this beautiful story!   From 3 to 6 years, 335 words Rightsholders: hanna.bulhakova@ranok-school.com

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        Hohoho, Here Comes Father Christmas!

        by Katja Richert/Denitza Gruber

        Soon it’ll be Christmas! It’s time to load the sleigh with presents, thinks the reindeer. But Father Christmas wants to decorate his house first, and build a snowman, and have a nice cup of tea. Then suddenly it’s almost too late! All his friends must help, so that children can get their presents on time.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        History on Track Number 14

        by Nastya Muzichenko (Author), Khrystyna Lukashchuk (Illustrator)

        On Christmas’ Eve, toy steam locomotive Hriuk lost its owner at the Kyiv-Passenger railway station. But thanks to this mishap, it got acquainted with its unique relatives – the residents of track number 14, where the Museum of Railway Transport of Kyiv is situated. Now young Drezyna, fast Manevrovyi, Mr Steam Locomotive from Budapest, and other residents of the museum exhibition will help and comfort baby Hriuk. They will also tell him and you more about themselves and Ukraine's railway heritage.   From 4 to 9 years, 3500 words Rightsholders: publishing@man.gov.ua

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        March 2013

        The Coward

        by Liang Xiaosheng

        This novel depicts the image of a controversial and dubious “coward”. The refined, gentle and frail-looking Wang Wenqi is in fact an enduring and staunch person. During the mop-up operation of the Japanese invaders in the village, in order to save the life of a rash villager, he exposes his true identity. He thus finds himself trapped between mixing with the Japanese invaders against his will and incurring the hatred of the local villagers … He shows submission and even ingratiation towards the Japanese, never daring to defy them openly, but in his inner world he is full of hatred towards the Japanese. He eventually beheads the local Japanese chief officer. Such an action of fighting against tyranny with submissiveness and such a show of power behind apparent weakness bear witness to an honest and truly kind “coward” who struggles for a living between the cruelty of the enemy and the indignation of the nation.

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Carol Reed

        by Peter William Evans

        Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration. This major study ranges over Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works. Evans avoids a simplistic auteurist approach, placing the films in their autobiographical, socio-political and cultural contexts and relating these to the analysis of Reed's art. The critical approach combines psychoanalysis, gender theory, and the analysis of form. Archival research is also relied on to clarify Reed's relations with his creative team, financial backers and others. Films examined include Bank Holiday, A Girl Must Live, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, Night Train to Munich, The Way Ahead, Outcast of the Islands, Trapeze and Oliver!.

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