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      • Liels un Mazs

        LIELS UN MAZS is an independent, family-owned publishing house founded in 2004, based in Rīga, Latvia. Since the very beginning, our focus has been on publishing contemporary picture books and quality fiction created by the most talented Latvian writers and illustrators. In 2020, for the third year in a row, we have been shortlisted for the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year for Europe. We also publish a list of thoughtfully selected translations from the best children’s authors.

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      • Ediciones Liebre

        Chilean company that creates books focused on early childhood. Our publications innovate in formats (accordion-leporello, pop up) using poetry, nature, science, and humor.

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        August 2014

        The First Year of the Love Calendar

        by Wang Yuewen

        Sun Li, the protagonist of the novel, is a bestseller writer and his wife Xizi is the head of a university library. Their son Sun Yichi has been rebellious and unruly since childhood, remaining distant from his mother. Afraid of the exhaustion of his creativity, the middle-aged Sun Li begins to question the meaning of his writings. He thus suffers from serious insomnia and anxiety. Just at this time, his wife Xizi begins to have her own amorous secrets. Sun Li also finds himself unable to leave Li Qiao, director of New Evening Paper. These affairs have pushed their seemingly peaceful family life to the verge of collapse. The love calendar refers to the calendar that belongs only to Sun Li and his wife Xizi for their love. But such turbulent life experience has caused them to temporarily betray their love calendar … They eventually begin again the first year of their love calendar. Through the depiction of the love, marriage, and family life of Sun Li and Xizi, the novel becomes a retrospection of the spiritual tendency, emotional development and love pattern of the Chinese over the past 20 to 30 years. It also vividly outlines the changes of social mores in China over the past years in a figurative way. Even amorous entanglements are not devoid of elements of the officialdom, with honest and corrupt officials still on the scene. According to Wang Yuewen, this is an element of reality rather than of officialdom – “after all nobody can live in a vacuum space”.

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        Health & Personal Development

        Kizere Wets The Bed

        by Safari Jean Marie Vianney

        Many children wet the bed.  This comic storybook takes us on the journey of Kizere trying to overcome it. Gladly, with the help from parents and friends, she overcame it.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2023

        Love and revolution

        A politics for the deep commons

        by Matt York

        Based on award-winning research, Love and revolution brings classical and contemporary anarchist thought into a mutually beneficial dialogue with a global cross-section of ecological, anti-capitalist, feminist and anti-racist activists - discussing real-life examples of the loving-caring relations that underpin many contemporary struggles. Such a (r)evolutionary love is discovered to be a common embodied experience among the activists contributing to this collective vision, manifested as a radical solidarity, as political direct action, as long-term processes of struggle, and as a deeply relational more-than-human ethics. This book provides an essential resource for all those interested in building a free society grounded in solidarity and care, and offers a timely contribution to contemporary movement discourse.

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        January 2023 - December 2023

        A Chance for One Last Love

        by Hassan Dawood

        A sweeping historical saga about a city that defies the eroding power of time   In one of the first Arabic novels about the COVID-19 pandemic, relationships begin and end much like the pandemic itself. From his balcony in Beirut, Ezzat notices a solitary light on a lone balcony in the building opposite. From that moment, a connection begins to form across the empty space between the buildings, communicated through the air and signals.   The events unfold after the owner of the shadow steps out onto her balcony, confronting the voyeur. They share time, confusion... and desire. Ezzat and Tamer successively both fall in love with the same woman, and a cautious friendship develops between the two men. It soon evolves into more dangerous forms.   The story also portrays the experiences of other building residents during the pandemic, who imposed strict isolation on themselves. The protagonists, particularly the two elderly lovers, live on the edge of catastrophic expectations, as when they imagine that a woman pressing the intercom downstairs to ask for food could be a sign of an impending widespread famine. The story does not conclude in a stalemate but rather with losers.

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        Love Amateurs

        by Aleksandar Prokopiev

        Anti-hero, and a would-be lover whose longing turns him into a buffoon: Prokopiev’s book is, surprisingly, a very English type.  Heir to Shakespeare’s Bottom, Henry Fielding’s trickster Tom Jones, and even Kingsley Amis’s Lucky Jim, he could also share a pint or two with the deprecating genii loci of today’s British poetry: Alan Brownjohn’s Ludbrooke, Christopher Reid’s Mr Mouth or one of Hugo Williams’s frank self-portraits. But Peeper also belongs to the wider family of “the little man”, struggling under a weight of circumstance he has no notion how to negotiate. Living among, without managing to live by, conventions, the Peeper is a descendent of that wry Everyman who has suffered and been compromised since mediaeval times. He is a Good Soldier Svejk, a Charlie Chaplin, more than he is a Humbert Humbert or an Alexander Portnoy.

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        September 2020

        It was always love

        by Hotel, Nikola

        She’s had enough of men, but he can’t get enough of her...   Away. Just get out of here. That's all Aubree thinks about when she gets kicked out of college after a party. She buys an incredibly old car, throws the few things she owns into the trunk and flees to her best friend Ivy in New Hampshire.    There, all she wants is to pull the blanket over her head and think of nothing else. Not about that night. Not about the party. And most of all, not that picture that's been circulating on the Internet ever since. But it doesn't work. Because instead of her friend, she meets Noah, Ivy's stepbrother. With his impulsive but surprisingly sensitive nature, Noah evokes feelings in her that she doesn't need right now. And which, nevertheless, sweep her away like a storm...     Second volume of a romantic and exciting dilogy with 20 lavishly illustrated hand-lettered pages by Carolin Magunia. Including a playlist that can be found on Spotify and contains songs which match perfectly with the story! It was always you (Vol. 1) entered the Spiegel bestseller list immediately after its publication. Both titles can be read separately. For all fans of Mona Kasten, Laura Kneidl and Kelly Moran! 30.000 copies of vol. 1 + 2 were sold since June 2020!

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        Family & home stories (Children's/YA)
        2013

        The Other Home

        by Oksana Lushchevska

        The early 21st century. The humanity is on the verge of the apocalypse, or so they tell on every TV channel. But the mass psychosis sometimes covers up more important problems, so people don’t see the true collapse is looming over their private lives. The life of Polya and Artem, the protagonists of Oksana Lushchevska’s ‘The Other Home’, has divided into two parts – before and after their parents divorced. Now the kids have to build new relationships with their Mom and Dad separately. Can they do it? Can they make themselves at home at the other home? Can they accept new circumstances and overcome the challenges? And what’s more, will the teenage love be an obstacle or a driver of change?

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        January 2013

        Let the Death Live long

        by Chen Ximi

        The book is written by Chen Ximi, the wife of Chinese famous writer Shi Tiesheng. It is a heart-touching memorial essay collection. The death of Shi left Chen in endless loneliness, which made her start to make a effort to write this book. She tried to converse with the great philosopher in human history by reading, meditation, walking and writing, searching the meaning of void. By this way, she deepened her thinking, became a broad-minded woman, learnt to explore the meaning of life. The stylish writing skill and touching heart whisper is on the page .In her true and beautiful word, readers can find the meaning of life and death, love, honesty, solitary, time and life, feel the light of wisdom.

      • Health & Personal Development
        September 2021

        Loving, Lying, and Healing

        Heal an infidelity and renew your love pacts so as not to suffer

        by Tere Díaz Sendra

        Is fidelity an agreement with an expiration date?Does infidelity always involve heartbreak and conflict?After we discovered an infidelity, is it possible to repair and restore trust?Living a committed and loving relationship is a deeply human longing. The issue ofinfidelity (a frequent love conflict) must be addressed by integrating thecontradictions and ambivalences of human nature, particularly on the topic oflove. Infidelity is a very complex phenomenon that is characterized by theexistence of a “villain” and a “victim”. Many times it is explained in a moralistic wayand that prevents exploring the motivations that drive it, the beliefs that supportit and the procedures that complicate it. Love requires commitment andcertainties, while erotic desire opens different paths within the same territory oflove. The correct management of these two forces is key to understanding andovercoming infidelity.

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        July 2016

        The Last Love

        by Can Xue

        This novel by Can Xue presents a whole range of characters with strong personality, such as Joe, Maria, Vincent, Lisa, Reagan and Ida. They are full of vitality and are accordingly unsatisfied with their present status. They actively explore unknown field of life and firmly embark on the journey of spiritual exploration. The novel focuses the complicated and intertwining relationship between husbands, wives and lovers to uncover the hidden inner desire of each character. Boiling wild nature and advanced civilization collide with each other before they finally become one unity. For the readers, entering the world of these characters is like entering their own inner world.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2024

        ‘Survival Capitalism’ and the Big Bang

        Culture, contingency and capital in the making of the 1980s financial revolution

        by Emma Barrett

        This book about the Thatcher government and the City of London tells the compelling human story of the people and processes that made Britain's 1980s financial revolution. Fusing insider testimony with new archival discoveries, it examines high stakes and networked solutions, and uncovers new objectives that drove reforms. In so doing it demystifies a major shift in capitalism. This has implications for our understandings of government and capitalism, from the way we think about the origins of subsequent financial crises to today's growing inequalities. Survival Capitalism offers new insights into the last major restructuring of the City, disrupts myths surrounding the logics of the market, and pays attention to people and processes at a time when the City of London again faces major change as Britain seeks to find its place outside the European Union in the wake of Brexit.

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        November 2023

        Literally Love 1. Paperthin Touch

        by Tarah Keys, Moon Notes

        Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Buchstäblich Liebe: der unbekannte Autor und ich. Stell dir vor, du bist eine junge Lektorin und darfst das neue Buch des gefeierten Autors Bryn Spurling betreuen. So ergeht es Clio. Das ist zwar eine Riesenchance für sie, aber auch eine echte Herausforderung. Spurling gilt als extrem schwierig. Außerdem weiß niemand, wer hinter dem mutmaßlichen Pseudonym steckt. Doch was kompliziert angefangen hat, wird in den Kommentaren am Manuskriptrand professioneller, wird … flirty? Der zunehmend intensive Austausch bringt Clios Herz ganz schön aus dem Takt. Kann es sein, dass die Protagonistin immer mehr Ähnlichkeit mit ihr selbst bekommt? Schneller als gedacht, bekommt sie Gelegenheit, es herauszufinden – ihre Programmleitung ruft sie mit einer überraschenden Nachricht zu sich: Bryn will sie treffen!  Paperthin Touch: Wer verbirgt sich hinter dem mysteriösen Starautor? Aufregende Young Adult Romance ab 16: Wer ist der unbekannte Love Interest? Spannende Insights in die Welt der Verlage – gemacht für Buchliebhaber*innen wie dich. Geniales Setting: England und das Literaturmilieu. Zwei deiner beliebtesten New Adult Tropes: One Bed und From Enemies to Lovers. Als Book Lover wirst du diesen spicy Roman-im-Roman verschlingen, der dir neben prickelnden Momenten auch einen spannenden Blick hinter die Kulissen der Verlagswelt gewährt!

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        September 2011

        Ihre Hoheit

        by Herman Bang, Ulrich Sonnenberg

        Ihre Hoheit Maria Carolina in Bangs Erzählung ist eine unglückliche Prinzessin im goldenen Käfig. Von Kindheit an wird sie auf die ihr vorgezeichnete Rolle als adlige Repräsentatin gedrillt. Die aufkeimende Liebe zu einem jungen Schauspieler bleibt unerfüllt. Vorbild für Maria Carolina ist Prinzessin Marie Elisabeth aus der thüringischen Residenzstadt Meiningen, deren ritualisiertes öffentliches Leben Bang 1886 beobachtet hat. Zum 100. Todestag von Herman Bang am 29. Januar 2012 erscheint "Ihre Hoheit" in einer neuen, aktuellen Übersetzung.

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        February 2007

        Exzentrische Existenzen

        Erzählungen und Reportagen

        by Herman Bang, Ulrich Sonnenberg, Ulrich Sonnenberg, Ulrich Sonnenberg

        Furios war Herman Bangs Start ins literarische Leben: Bereits als Fünfundzwanzigjähriger hatte er acht Bücher und 140 Feuilletons geschrieben und einen Pornographieskandal überstanden. Tatsächlich kam der 1857 geborene Pastorensohn eher notgedrungen zum Schreiben. Nach dem Tod seiner Eltern war er gezwungen, sich einen Broterwerb zu suchen, um sein dandyhaftes Leben aufrechterhalten zu können. Innerhalb kurzer Zeit wurde er zu einem der bekanntesten Journalisten Kopenhagens – aber auch zu einem der umstrittensten. Denn seine exzentrische Lebensweise und seine offen gelebte Homosexualität provozierten die bürgerliche Gesellschaft. Der vorliegende Band versammelt Erzählungen aus allen Schaffensperioden in einer neuen, der kraftvollen Sprache Bangs gerecht werdenden Übersetzung, so die psychologische Studie Irene Holm, das Eifersuchtsdrama Die vier Teufel oder die bissige Satire Ein schöner Tag. Ergänzt wird der Band durch Reportagen, unter anderem über den Brand von Schloß Christiansborg oder den Besuch im belgischen Gheel, der »Stadt der Wahnsinnigen«. Herman Bang, der mit seinen Romanen Das graue Haus und Das weiße Haus berühmt wurde, entwirft in seinen Erzählungen genaue Porträts von Menschen, oft am Rande der Gesellschaft. In seinen Reportagen, die hier großenteils zum ersten Mal in deutscher Übersetzung erscheinen, erweist sich Bang als kritischer Beobachter seiner Zeit.

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        Children's & YA

        Changeling

        by Kotryna Zylė

        Changeling is a rebellious novel about creativity, youth and the raging intensity of teenage emotional life. The gripping story plunges the reader into the depths of a mystical town, a haunting and haunted place, where boundaries between the real and the otherworldly become dangerously blurred. A strange and electrifying tale of teenage disenchantment, Changeling is a work of stunning emotional force that captures the twisted complexities of family relationships and friendships, first love, and the quest for self-definition. Guided by short introductions to Baltic mythology, readers will find themselves in an urban landscape steeped in pagan and post-Soviet history.

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        May 1978

        Das graue Haus

        Aus dem Dänischen und mit einem Nachwort von Walter Boehlich

        by Herman Bang, Walter Boehlich, Walter Boehlich

        Herman Bang (1857–1912), als Pfarrerssohn in der dänischen Provinz aufgewachsen, versuchte sich als Schauspieler, Regisseur und Feuilletonist, ehe er sich ganz der Literatur zuwandte. Lesereisen führten ihn durch ganz Europa. Bang gilt als Vollender der impressionistischen Erzählkunst, stilistisch wie thematisch gehört er zur künstlerischen Avantgarde seiner Zeit. »Bang war ein Zauberer impressionistischer Tableaus.« Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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        Myth & legend told as fiction
        January 2023

        An act of love

        by Tania Tinajero

        American supermodel Lena Miles go to a paradise Mexican beach resort to celebrate her birthday along with her rockstar boyfriend and some friends, but she disappears all of a sudden. Now it's the turn for police detective Erendira Sandoval to solve the mystery. But just when the FBI gets involved to hurry up procedures, Erendira finds out the amount of Mexican anonymous women who have also vanished and tries to solve their cases as well.

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