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FictionFebruary 2025Dear Algorithm
The Wed Luck Show
by Michael Afenfia
Two sisters living in two different cities, one in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and the other in Saskatoon, Canada have big announcements to make to their parents about marriage and finding love. While the older sister, Mondi appeared unsure of where she stood between convention and what she desired, her younger sister Yola was all set for an extreme adventure that threatened to tear their family apart.
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FictionNovember 2021Double Wahala, Double Trouble
by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
A woman chops off her finger to demonstrate her fidelity to her lover. A mother loses her mind upon discovering that her husband has left her and their only child. An artist seeks to unravel why his neighbour's face enchants him. A passenger on a bus acts as an emissary of death. Meet some of the characters in Double Wahala Double Trouble, a collection of eleven stories by the award-winning poet, short story writer, children's novelist, and literary scholar. In this stunning collection, Umezurike lures the reader into a journey of the absurd and the grisly to show us men and women struggling to live, desire, love, and thrive against the eddy of troubles in their world.
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Children's & YANovember 2023The Rights of Indigenous Peoples Explained
by Summer Okibe
Hey Child, I am excited to simplify the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for you. You are special and you deserve to know that the Indigenous People around you have rights. You should, at all times, respect and acknowledge their rights.
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June 2025White Hearts
by Nnamdi Okose
Two young boys seeking to be initiated into the order of warriors, find their lives upturned when an accident wakes a vengeful goddess. This story, weaved from the oral lore and magic of the Igbo takes the reader on a journey through the lake where mermaids and crocodiles contend for power. And through enchanted kingdoms ruled by mythical spirits. A curse has been unleashed that would cause the destruction of the world. An army of both humans and mythical creatures must be raised to defend the world. Only a white heart can lead this great army.
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August 2024A Place Beyond the Heart
by Irehobhude O. Iyioha
A Place Beyond the Heart is a collection of short stories exploring issues at the intersection of war and love, terror and (dis)order, as well as identity, gender, and sexuality. The stories capture the lives of people facing personal, societal and transcultural challenges that define, transform, and ultimately create shifts in the way they see and experience the world.
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May 2021Teardrops on the Weser
by Amatoritsero Ede
A masterful evocation of past wrongs through the lens of a seductively peaceful present. Amatoritsero Ede's meditative voice seduces us into a voyeuristic trance on a German river bank. Until we are suddenly awakened to the realisation that the "teardrops" are not for the Weser but for the burden of history carried all the way to Africa and beyond. A compelling read.
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August 2021Night Talk around a Stove
by Wang Yongbin
This book is a popular reading material of Confucianism. It is a famous review work of literature in the Ming and Qing Dynasties that evaluates and comments in sections on the anecdotes, people, events, articles and others of that time and before. The author imagines a situation in winter where one talks freely about literature and art with best friends around a stove, which makes the language of this book sincere, natural and easy to read. This book has an important position in the history of Chinese literature because of its unique views. It is divided into 221 pieces, with “settling down and setting up a career” as the general topic, which includes ten sub-topics including morality, self-cultivation, reading, contentment with poverty, children’s education, loyalty and filial piety, diligence and thrift, revealing the profound connotation that the establishment of virtue, establishment of achievement and establishement of theory are all based on one’s career. This book is regarded as one of the three masterpieces dealing with worldly affairs, the other two being The Roots of Wisdom (Caigentan) and Meditation in Solitude by a Tiny Window (Xiaochuang Youji).
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January 2020Habitable Worlds around Distant Stars
by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.
This eBook provides an in-depth account of past and present efforts to find habitable worlds beyond our solar system on extrasolar planets, or planets that belong to a star other than the Sun. With growing evidence of exoplanets, astronomers are working to validate the hypothesis that planet formation is a normal part of stellar evolution. This eBook ultimately describes how astronomers are detecting planets around distant stars. Special attention is given to the role of NASA's space-based, exoplanet observatories, such as the Kepler Space Telescope and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
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Memoirs2001I, Me, and Myself... (and around): Memoires
by Yuriy Shevelyov
The first volume of memoirs of the outstanding Ukrainian scholar Yuriy Shevelyov (Sherekh) is an invaluable source for understanding Ukrainian history of the first half of the twentieth century. The publication is first illustrated and contains 248 photographs; part of them - from the Shevelyov family album - is published for the first time. The text is complemented by 1626 notes and a name index. The preface is written by the compiler of the publication, Mr. Serhiy Vakulenko.
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Humanities & Social Sciences2021Ukrainian Worlds of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Stories about History
by Natalya Starchenko
The vision of the Ukrainian history dominant in the Russian Empire and in the Soviet Union focused exclusively on the heroic Cossacks and disenfranchised peasants. There was no room in it for the local elites: the Ukrainian aristocracy (szlachta) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. As the result of this biased perspective, Ukrainians to this day know very little about the life of those people. This book invites the readers to take a closer look at the Ukrainian aristocracy. This introduction is done in a somewhat unusual form, through true anecdotes from the life of aristocracy gleaned from court records and other sources from the time. We get glimpses of the elites not only in their best garbs but also in their well-worn home clothes. The book brings together 105 brief chapters that describe how these people saw themselves, how they fought and made peace, how they fell in love and got married, how unwavering they were in the defense of their rights in court. Last not least, these essays explore whether the Ukrainian elites were mere extras and viewers in history or its active makers, resolute and strong in their insistence on defending and expanding their rights and freedoms.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2020The World Around Us
by Galyna Guzovska-Korytska (Author), Lyudmyla Kharlamova (Illustrator)
We must see the world from the standpoint of everything that surrounds us, of what we encounter every day, for us to truly understand the issues in our lives, the situations we find ourselves in, and how to address them properly. In our individualistic world, however, we do not always manage to think about what is truly important. The World Around Us motivates young readers to deeply examine their values, to recognise the negative actions of the characters in her stories, and to look for a positive approach to the world that surrounds them. The World Around Us consists of 16 stories, each of which is associated with a specific thematic word such as friendship, the future, wisdom… it is up to the young readers to think the stories through their keywords, and by doing so, they will develop their feelings of empathy, decency, kindness, humanity, and generosity. From 5 to 8 years readers, 3312 words Rightsholders: Galyna Guzovska; guzovskakorickagalina@gmail.com
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022Let's Drink Some Water
by Iryna Fingerova (Author), Alina Zharikova (Illustrator)
Does your child like to drink water? Well, may be not really...But everyone in the world should drink enough water every day. Animals, insects, birds, plants, and, of course, people. Maybe you don't know how to get your kid to drink enough water, especially when your they suffer from a cold or throws up? We will be happy to help with this.How? Of course, with this Book. The interactive picture book by writer, doctor and mother Irina Fingerova Let's Drink Some Water will get your kid to drink. Children will help heroes in their adventures, get a smile out of it, and replenish themselves with water!So... Do not forget to prepare a glass of water before reading! From 2 to 5 years, 320 words. Rightsholders: t.zaplitna@gmail.com
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Children's & YA2019He and I. A Story Without Secrets About Boys
by Yulia Smal (Author), Anna Oliynyk (Illustrator)
A time comes when every child starts wondering about their body, asking their parents “awkward” questions. In this book, children and their parents, together with a curious boy named Max, will learn about the boys’ private parts and about the right way to treat one’s privacy and intimacy, about hygiene and safety, about illnesses and self-care, and, most importantly, about good behavior and respect. The book approaches the subject in an interesting and fun way, and is beautifully illustrated by Anna Oliynyk. From 3 to 12 years, 7681 words Rightsholders: mybookshelf.publishing@gmail.com
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022Tale about the Carpathian Magician
by Vasyl Karpiuk (Author), Olesia Sekeresh (Illustrator)
The Molfar Kotsenek is a good magician who protects the peace of the Carpathians is friends with a brown bear. One day, Kotsenek receives a letter from the past, and his whole life turns upside down. What secret does the old Molfar hold? Will he discover why did the winter became "spoilt"? Will he manage to have a student, and most importantly: what are dragons doing in the Carpathians? This is a unique exciting adventure for elementary school age readers from the author of the popular Ukrainian book series Oleksa Dovbush. From 5 to 8 years, 9851 words RightsHolders: ladiscursus@gmail.com
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Children's & YAOctober 2021A tale about two brothers and a sister
by Dara Kornii
The World was beautiful and happy then. There was no hatred, malice, or envy. The earth gave birth generously, the sun shone gently, the sky poured with a bountiful rain, and children grew in harmony with nature. The Creator admired his beloved creation. Two brothers, Morok and Zhytnyk, and the youngest sister Veselka grew up in one glorious family. They were beautiful children, generously gifted with talents. Everything changed when one of the brothers wanted to feel like God and shed the first innocent blood. And the other brother did not stop him. Evil, envy, hatred, and temptation entered the World. The Creator knew in advance how everything would end for this World and decided to destroy people. But not everything is so simple, because this is a fairy tale. Who or what saved people from death? Why is it so important to value other people's lives, love the land you walk on, and reject temptations, even if they promise you omnipotence?
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Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's/YA)Picture Books about Emotion Management for Girls
by Le Fan, Liu Chanjuan, Liu Jiaxi
While growing up, girls are more likely than boys to receive contradictory expectations from different aspects of their lives: parents, teachers, peers, society, and themselves. They could be rebellious but at the same time remain "good girls". They could express anger against bullies at school while simultaneously meeting teachers' expectations of nonaggressive behavior. They could be powerful and competitive at the same time that they worry about being considered "unfeminine". Girls struggle with these conflicting messages in their everyday lives, trying to please all these other people and losing track of themselves. Writer Le Fan, who has experienced the same contradictions as growing up, hopes that girls could love themselves, put themselves first a little more. So here comes the Picture Books about Emotion Management for Girls. The series contains five stories of five courageous little girls who were experiencing confusion in their lives. Little Le Fan in I am not Just a Good Girl tried to find the balance between two sides of herself—a cool girl and a good girl. Xiaoxiao in I love myself learned to be more confident and accepted her new look after her baby teeth fell out. Jiang in I'm so Jealous learned to deal with jealousy towards her best friend. A timid girl Xiao in I can Say No strived to express herself and stop the little boy's bullies. Feng in I Really Want to Win embraced her inner "tomboy" with daddy's encouragement. All the five little girls, though struggling, broke out of cultural and societal stereotypes swirling around them and became their true selves.
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Children's & YAApril 2016Moving Around
by Tang Sulan
There is a small and beautiful house on the hillside build by a little witch Ms. Pretty. Ant, Rat, Snake and Frog all wanted live together with her, but Ms. Pretty did not like it. She was so upset and decided to move. Where is the next station?
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Tell Children About the Sanxingdui
by Liu Xingshi
The Sanxingdui Ruins are considered one of the most the greatest archaeological finds of China in the 20th century. Located in the southwest China's Sichuan Province, the ruins are believed to be the remnants of the ancient Shu Kingdom, predating the Xia Dynasty by 700 years or even thousands of years, dating back up to 3000 or 5000 years ago. What is the truth about this period of history and who built it? This is a mystery to the world. Liu Xingshi is a prehistoric archaeological researcher, contemporary geologist, science popularization writer, and expert in Sanxingdui mineral resources investigation. He wrote, at the age of 91, this set of humorous but professional books for children to guide them in uncovering the mysteries of the Sanxingdui Ruins from the perspectives of geography, archaeology, history, and human environmental science. Unlike the most books on the market focusing on the cultural relics unearthed at the Sanxingdui Ruins, including the surprisingly large number of bronzes and ivories, this unique set of books traces back to the ancient Shu civilization and explores how Sanxingdui people lived, including food, clothing, shelter, transportation, labor, and migration, as well as the hidden geography, climate, and environmental knowledge, which leaves infinite imagination space for children.
