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        Fiction
        November 2020

        The Guys from Mandalay , 1950

        by Khet Zaw

        The Guys of Manday ,1950s is based in the years just after independence . After Myanmar became independent from English , there were several armed conflicts in Ethnic Areas all over the world. Sein Da Myone ( Golden Dagger) was a leader of a robber gang base in Mandalay ,upper Myanmar . Nobody knows the real life of Mr Golden Dagger and he lived under the face of a gentleman . This book is related to The Guys of Rangoon 1930 as well and they have some links in stories.

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        Fiction
        May 2020

        The Guys of Rangoon 1930

        by Khet Zaw

        The Guys of Rangoon , 1930 is a record breaking bestseller book from Myanmar . It sold 16000 copies within one day during the pre order period. More than one hundred thousand copies have been sold so far. Film rights, several merchandise rights, comic rights already sold.It was based in Yangon , Myanmar during the colonial period. The main character is Pho Thoke who was a gangster and managed a lot of business by himself and his gang. He is very close with politicians as well and he is involved in several dirty political movements in Myanmar . This story is based on real characters and events.

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        1988

        Unser Körper - Unser Leben

        The New Our Bodies, Ourselves. Ein Handbuch von Frauen für Frauen

        by The Boston Women's Health Book Collective

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        Humanities & Social Sciences

        Children’s Safety Education

        by Four-leaf Clover Children’s Book Studio

        This series of books focuses on the status quo of frequent child safety accidents, and is compiled to enable children to correctly understand their surroundings and improve their self-protection ability for their healthy and happy growth. This series of books is compiled according to the Guidelines for Learning and Development of 3-6 Year Olds Children and the rules of physical and mental development of children. Consisting of 6 books with three volumes for bottom classes, middle classes and top classes respectively, these books are presented in forms of children's songs, stories, games; so that children can improve their self-protection ability in happy learning.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2015

        Children’s Civilization Etiquette

        by Four-leaf Clover Children’s Book Studio

        For young children to be civilized and polite with an all-round personality and confident life, the early guidance and education are of essential importance. Taking into the consideration of children's realistic and practical life, this series of books focuses on civilization etiquette education for children. Its simple language with strong sense of rhythm and catchy feeling is easy for children to understand and remember. In addition, it also features various well-chosen beautiful pictures with a strong sense of interest for children as they love to see photos. This series of books will inspire children to learn, know, understand and make use of etiquette when they are young, and grow up to be good boys who are with civilized manners.

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        Children's & YA

        Yangon and Englithed Puppets

        by Jeff Perce

        Base in Yangon. A girl met with a puppet and sharing the experience each other. A heart warm charming stories with beautiful collage illustrations.

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        Children's & YA
        2009

        Strange book

        by Alexander Asatiani

        All books have either writing, pictures or both in it, but the book that Ellen got as a gift has neither. It does, however, have extraordinary recording powers. Like in so many of Sandro’s stories, in The Strange Book it is completely natural for dreams to merge with reality. Through the matter-of-fact occurrence of unlikely events, The Strange Book tells a story of growing up without abandoning the inner child.

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        Bronsky's book of records

        by Dory Morik

        This book explores Bronsky's career achievments

      • Children's & YA
        September 2024

        Picture book "Bibbi"

        by Meggie Berns

        Feodora + Gino present: Bibbi Feodora goes to the market with her mom. That's when she meets Gino. A grumpy honeybee attracts the attention of the two dino children. She seems to have a problem that is really putting her in a bad mood. But now Feodora + Gino are curious to find out what they can do for the little bee. Eucational approach: What does the book Bibbi aim to express? Even if you sometimes get the impression that something seems too difficult or too strenuous and you would rather throw it all away, you should take time to reflect on things carefully. Sometimes something you have to do might not be so bad after all! Each of the picture books has a basic theme that is dealt with. There is always a conclusion with which the story ends. This can then serve as a basis for further discussions on the topic. Picture book cinema This book by Meggie Berns has also been published as a movie in our picture book cinema. This means that it is 100% identical to “Bibbi - the movie”. Children who want to learn or practise reading can therefore read along word for word in the corresponding book.

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        November 2020

        My Little Picture Book of Animals

        (From A to Z)

        by Ulrich Talla Wamba / Akira Junior

        For ages 3+  ‘‘My Little Picture Book of Animals (From A to Z)’’ helps children identify animals in their environment. It contains both domestic and wild animals. The animals are placed in alphabetical order to ease the learning process.

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        January 2013

        The Madmen of Bethlehem

        by Osama Alaysa

        Adopting the story-within-a-story structure of Arabian Nights, author Osama Alaysa weaves together a collection of stories portraying centuries of oppression endured by the Palestinian people.   This remarkable novel eloquently brings together fictional characters alongside real-life historical figures in a complex portrayal of Bethlehem and the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the West Bank. The common thread connecting each tale is madness, in all its manifestations.   Psychological madness, in the sense of clinical mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, finds expression alongside acts of social and political madness. Together, these accounts of individuals and communities provide a gateway into the histories of the city of Bethlehem and Palestine. They paint a picture of the centuries of political oppression that the Palestinian people have endured, from the days of the Ottoman Empire to the years following the Oslo Accords, and all the way to 2012 (when the novel was written).   The novel is divided into three sections, each containing multiple narratives. The first section, “The Book of a Genesis,” describes the physical spaces and origins of Bethlehem and Dheisheh Refugee Camp. These stories span the 19th and 20th centuries, transitioning smoothly from one tale to another to offer an intricate interpretation of the identity of these places.   The second section, “The Book of the People Without a Book”, follows parallel narratives of the lives of the patients in a psychiatric hospital in Bethlehem, the mad men and women roaming the streets of the city, and those imprisoned by the Israeli authorities. All suffer abuse, but they also reaffirm their humanity through the relationships, romantic and otherwise, that they form.   The third and final section, “An Ephemeral Book,” follows individuals—Palestinian and non-Palestinian—who are afflicted by madness following the Oslo Accords in 1993. These stories give voice to the perspectives of the long-marginalized Palestinian population, narrating the loss of land and the accompanying loss of sanity in the decades of despair and violence that followed the Nakba, the 1948 eviction of some 700,000 Palestinians from their homes.   The novel’s mad characters—politicians, presidents, doctors, intellectuals, ordinary people and, yes, Dheisheh and Bethlehem themselves—burst out of their narrative threads, flowing from one story into the next. Alaysa’s crisp, lucid prose and deft storytelling chart a clear path through the chaos with dark humor and wit. The result is an important contribution to fiction on the Palestinian crisis that approaches the Palestinians, madness, and Palestinian spaces with compassion and depth.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2011

        The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air

        by Abdo Wazen

        In his first YA novel, cultural journalist and author Abdo Wazen writes about a blind teenager in Lebanon who finds strength and friendship among an unlikely group.   Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his schools. Despite his family’s love and support, his opportunities seem limited.   So at thirteen years old, Bassim leaves his village to join the Institute for the Blind in a Beirut suburb. There, he comes alive. He learns Braille and discovers talents he didn’t know he had. Bassim is empowered by his newfound abilities to read and write.   Thanks to his newly developed self-confidence, Bassim decides to take a risk and submit a short story to a competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education. After winning the competition, he is hired to work at the Institute for the Blind.   At the Institute, Bassim, a Sunni Muslim, forms a strong friendship with George, a Christian. Cooperation and collective support are central to the success of each student at the Institute, a principle that overcomes religious differences. In the book, the Institute comes to symbolize the positive changes that tolerance can bring to the country and society at large.   The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is also a book about Lebanon and its treatment of people with disabilities. It offers insight into the vital role of strong family support in individual success, the internal functioning of institutions like the Institute, as well as the unique religious and cultural environment of Beirut.   Wazen’s lucid language and the linear structure he employs result in a coherent and easy-to-read narrative. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is an important contribution to a literature in which people with disabilities are underrepresented. In addition to offering a story of empowerment and friendship, this book also aims to educate readers about people with disabilities and shed light on the indispensable roles played by institutions like the Institute.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2015

        Hatless

        by Lateefa Buti / Illustrated by Doha Al Khteeb

        Kuwaiti children’s book author Lateefa Buti’s well-crafted and beautifully illustrated children’s book, Hatless, encourages children (ages 6-9) to think independently and challenge rigid traditions and fixed rituals with innovation and creativity.   The main character is a young girl named Hatless who lives in the City of Hats. Here, all of the people are born with hats that cover their heads and faces. The world inside of their hats is dark, silent, and odorless.   Hatless feels trapped underneath her own hat. She wants to take off her hat, but she is afraid, until she realizes that whatever frightening things exist in the world around her are there whether or not she takes off her hat to see them.   So Hatless removes her hat.    As Hatless takes in the beauty of her surroundings, she cannot help but talk about what she sees, hears, and smells. The other inhabitants of the city ostracize her because she has become different from them. It is not long before they ask her to leave the City of Hats.   Rather than giving up or getting angry, Hatless feels sad for her friends and neighbors who are afraid to experience the world outside of their hats. She comes up with an ingenious solution: if given another chance, she will wear a hat as long it is one she makes herself. The people of the City of Hats agree, so Hatless weaves a hat that covers her head and face but does not prevent her from seeing the outside world. She offers to loan the hat to the other inhabitants of the city. One by one, they try it on and are enchanted by the beautiful world around them. Since then, no child has been born wearing a hat. The people celebrate by tossing their old hats in the air.   By bravely embracing these values, Hatless improves her own life and the lives of her fellow citizens.     Buti’s language is eloquent and clear. She strikes a skilled narrative balance between revealing Hatless’s inner thoughts and letting the story unfold through her interactions with other characters. Careful descriptions are accompanied by beautiful illustrations that reward multiple readings of the book.

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        October 2021

        Der Koran

        Bd. 2/2: Spätmittelmekkanische Suren. Von Mekka nach Jerusalem – Der spirituelle Weg der Gemeinde heraus aus säkularer Indifferenz und apokalyptischem Pessimismus. Handkommentar

        by Angelika Neuwirth, Angelika Neuwirth, Dirk Hartwig

        Mit den spätmittelmekkanischen Suren schaltet sich die Verkündigung in die Zeitgeschichte ein, die von der Krise der byzantinischen Niederlage gegen das sassanidische Persien im Jahr 614 erschüttert ist. Die Suren dieser Periode antworten kritisch sowohl auf eine christliche, messianisch geprägte Erlösungslehre als auch auf den jüdischen Messianismus. Zeitgenössisch ubiquitäre apokalyptische Erwartungen werden durch Verschweigen entwertet oder gar ironisch banalisiert. Als Gegenbild zum erwarteten messianischen Herrscher wird das politische Ideal des ›gerechten Herrschers‹ entwickelt – mit der durchscheinenden pragmatischen Intention, dem byzantischen Kaiser Herakleios den Spiegel vorzuhalten. Ein immer stringenter werdender Monotheismus bildet sich in der kritischen bis satirischen Behandlung eines zeitgenössisch vieldiskutierten Wunders (Siebenschläfer) ab, das in ein Zeichen korrigiert wird. Liturgisch gewinnt nun Gottes Königtum besonderes Gewicht, wobei seine Herrschaft auch die Dämonen einbegreift, die sich nun aus ›inspirierenden Geistern‹ zu bedrohlichen Kräften entwickelt haben. Sie sind nur durch sprachliche Mittel, eigene apotropäische Formeln (Sure 114) oder Koranrezitation (Sure 72), abzuwehren. Die spätmittelmekkanischen Suren weisen sich so als tief in der sozialen und politischen Wirklichkeit verwurzelt aus und fordern damit einen neuen methodologischen Zugang, die prioritäre Beachtung des ›Sitzes im Leben‹ der koranischen Aussagen.

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        A Civil Code Comic Book that Children Can Understand

        by Du Zili, Du Chang'en

        This book presents a selection of articles in the Civil Code that are relevant to teenagers, and it explains the Civil Code in a question-and-answer format through comic and specific cases. The combination of fun and knowledge in the format prevents readers from becoming intimidated by the legal language. Each case is closely related to social hot topics, and each issue is professionally explained by legal scholars to provide legal countermeasures, which not only facilitates teenagers' learning and understanding, but also makes it easy for them to apply their knowledge to solve legal problems in their lives. Through the youth-friendly ways to promote legal education, to help them better understand and use the law as a tool.

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