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        The Barefoot Crew and the Stolen Granny

        by Jörg Steinleitner/ Daniela Kohl

        Something smells of adventure: summer holidays in the country can be like a whodunnit – where else can you find a missing Granny together with a real treasure and eight bare feet? Jörg Steinleitner brings his readers a true sense of well-being, in a world full of adventure. With varied and powerful illustrations by bestselling illustrator Daniela Kohl. Whoever thinks that summer holidays in the village are boring is mistaken: on the very first day of the holidays, Tanne’s Granny Schnitzel disappears without trace. It’s a good job that Corvin (9), Kiki (10), Ben (10) and Tanne (11) were just about to form a gang: the Barefoot Crew. And soon they have more than just bare feet and a kidnapped Granny to contend with – there’s also a real treasure! A hugely exciting criminal case with a breathtaking natural backdrop, together with varied feel-good factors that prompt readers to dream, discover and share in the story’s thrills. Best-suited for boys and girls aged 8+.

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        Comme, Quoi ?

        by Gideon Bar-Sinai

        Comme, Quoi ? Casse-têtes Graphiques pour Jeunes Lecteurs par Gideon Bar-Sinai Comme beaucoup d’adultes, les enfants sont curieux de nature. Ils assimilent facilement les principes, découvrent les défis et adorent le affronter ; mais comment allez-vous encourager leur curiosité ? Lorsqu’ils trouvent un livre original de ce genre, c’est comme une mine de surprises : stimulant, intelligent et fascinant. Il s’agit d’un concept unique, destiné avant tout à distraire les lecteurs, jeunes ou adultes. L’exploitation et l’encouragement de leur curiosité naturelle accroissent le plaisir que procure le livre. L’ensemble de la série comprend 81 casse-têtes graphiques multicolores qui couvrent un univers d’événements riches et variés. Chaque casse-tête renferme une énigme, dont la découverte constitue un défi par soi-même. En essayant de déchiffrer le mystère, le lecteur développe des capacités de créativité et d’esprit investigateur, ainsi que des dons d’abstraction, de perception spatiale et d’imagination. L’auteur Gideon Bar-Sinai explique : « Ce livre fait davantage que de stimuler la curiosité du lecteur et son désir de chercher, que de le confronter avec la complexité du monde où nous vivons. Il prouve que le monde n’est pas aussi simple et structuré que le suggèrent tous les livres de psychométrie qui constituent l’antithèse dogmatique et unidimensionnelle de Comme, quoi ? » Cette brillante série déploie l’imagination du lecteur par le pittoresque et l’humour qui y ont été investis ; bien qu’il ne contienne que peu de mots, il procure aux jeunes lecteurs – et à leurs parents qui n’ont pas encore perdu leur curiosité naturelle – à la fois de l’amusement, de l’instruction, de l’intuition et du plaisir. En tant que livre universel sans mots, il transcende les barrières de l’âge, du langage et de la culture, et cela en fait un cadeau idéal. Un prochain livre, avec 27 autres casse-têtes graphiques, va bientôt être publié. Gideon Bar-Sinai, 49 ans, marié et père de trois enfants, ancien pilote et licencié en informatique, a travaillé durant de nombreuses année dans le développement de logiciel et a tenu des postes supérieurs de direction dans plusieurs entreprises hi- tech. Comme, quoi ? est le premier volume de cette série originale de livres de casse-têtes graphiques.

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        Children's & YA
        2017

        Dance of the Wild

        by Richa Jha and Ruchi Mhasane

        Little Shilu loves to dance around naked. She wants to be like the animals; like Pirate, her cat. When her grandmother Nannu says she can’t because she is now a big girl, Shilu gets down to understanding why she can’t. Peppered with Nannu’s loving chiding, intimate grandma-granddaughter bonding over conversations, and a heart-to-heart between the mother and this little inquisitive daughter, this book is a reflection of the wild and free nature of childhood.  Rhuchi Mhasane’s soft evocative illustrations rendered in pencil with watercolour, and put together digitally, create a dreamlike charm. Richa Jha’s gentle, affectionate and lyrical text takes the reader into the mind of the little girl who can’t wait to get the answers to her ‘Why can’t I?’

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2020

        Houses built on sand

        by Simon Mabon

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        Chang Yu figure painting

        by Chang Yu

        In the modern Chinese painting circle, Chang Yu is a leader, once alternately refreshing the Chinese oil painting auction record. Painter Chang Yu has had ups and downs throughout her life, and insists on going her own way in art. He is recognized in the West as a world-class painter, a Chinese Modigliani, a painter who creates freely for his artistic beliefs and makes remarkable achievements. Chang Yu turned from the most familiar Chinese art to another brand new western art field, and constantly explored and pursued on the basis of Chinese painting, finally achieving Chang Yu's special painting style of simplicity and fluency. Chang Yu is an indelible Oriental pearl. Few books of Chang Yu are published in China. We popularize such art and publicize Chang Yu's achievements in the history of Chinese art in the 20th century.The series consists of 3 books. This book is a collection of Chang Yu's figure painting works, which contains more than 60 of his important and iconic figure works. Chang Yu's female body works are different from the expression Angle of nude paintings, and he uses the whole body outline of a naked woman to express the scenery in his mind. There are not many slim naked women in Chang Yu's works, but mostly plump and fat women. Quite the author "do not talk to people, alone in the dark" self-pity mode.

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        Un ours dans mon lit et un chacal dans mon four

        by Avinoam Lourie et Cissy Shapiro

        Un ours dans mon lit et un chacal dans mon four De drôles d’aventures d’un zoologue de la vie sauvage israélien par Avinoam Lourie et Cissy Shapiro   Combien de personnes peuvent se vanter d’avoir eu un ours syrien dans leur lit ? Ou d’avoir réchauffé un chacal dans leur four ? D’avoir été chargé par les cornes d’un chevreuil jaloux ? D’avoir été attaqué par un tigre ? Ou encore de voir des singes se balancer du lustre de leur salon ? Et d’avoir égaré un serpent dans un avion ? Ce sont quelques unes des expériences passionnées, amusantes et éducatives qu’a vécues, avec une variété d’animaux sauvages exotiques, le zoologue israélien Avinoam Lourie, ainsi que les membres de sa famille. Il les raconte avec enthousiasme et humour, de sa manière spirituelle et la sagesse bien connues qui captivent ses lecteurs. Avinoam Lourie a participé à amener en Israël plusieurs espèces en danger ; il s’est vu décerner la Médaille d’Honneur du Président de l’Etat d’Israël et il a été sélectionné comme l’un des « 100 Notables de la Ville » de Haïfa.  « Ayant accompagné Avi sur le terrain quand il apprenait à de nouvelles générations d’israéliens à connaître leurs écosystèmes natifs, c’est une joie de partager le drame, l’humour, et les dessous refermés dans ce recueil fascinant », Sneed Collard III, auteur et éditeur, habitant à Missoula, au Montana, lauréat du Prix des œuvres non fictionnelles de la Guilde du livre d’enfants du Washington Post.  « Beaucoup de nos amis avaient des chiens, des chats et autres animaux domestiques, mais aucun n’a vu son père rentrer à la maison avec un tigre, un ours ou même un singe, comme cela arrivait chez nous ! », Dr Barak Lourie (le fils  cadet d’Avinoam), de Haïfa, Israël.  « Il m’a appris que les animaux sont juste comme les personnes : conduisez-vous bien vis-à-vis d’eux et ils vous traiteront de même » résumé du message d’Avinoam par un de ses étudiants à la classe de 4ème de l’école secondaire de  Vie naturelle et d’écologie de premier cycle de Green Bay, au Wisconsin.

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        Children's & YA
        2016

        Decapitado

        by Medardo Ángel Silva, Humberto Fierro, Arturo Borja y Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño

        “There is poetry, and there are poets, that never disappear. They circulate through new channels, at times hibernate, and with a certain persistence they are laid bare, until someone revives them.”

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        Powèm entèdi ak lòt powèm (Forbidden poems and other poems)

        by Guy Régis Jr

        Forbidden poems and other poems are a book designed with a series of words that say without lure all cause people fear to speak daylight. It gathers all the sweet words that make life thrive at night. Every poem in this book is a ochan so life can be plagued even when at night bare the sun at the tip of the dawn. It's a song the poet's hopes bring, a veve he draws for love spread without measure like the hay pid of Christmas.

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        January 2008

        »Außerhalb des Tages und des Schwindels«

        Hermann Hesse – Alfred Kubin. Briefwechsel 1928-1952

        by Hermann Hesse, Alfred Kubin, Volker Michels, Volker Michels

        Gegensätzlichere Naturelle lassen sich kaum denken als der von den Dämonien der Natur und des Menschen angezogene Maler und Zeichner Alfred Kubin (1877–1959) und Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), der ebendiese Kräfte in seinen Erzählungen und Gedichten zu bändigen versuchte. Doch war es das Kraftfeld gerade dieser Unterschiede, das sie zusammengeführt hat. Beide waren Außenseiter, die in selbstgewählter Zurückgezogenheit weitab vom zeitgemäßen Kulturbetrieb gelebt und produziert haben und die Jahre des Nationalsozialismus in Repression und finanzieller Not erlebten: Hermann Hesse im Tessin in Montagnola, Alfred Kubin im österreichischen Zwickledt bei Wernstein am Inn.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        2021

        Bad Roads

        by Nataliia Vorozhbyt

        Nataliia Vorozhbyt became famous when she worked as a screenwriter on the cult TV series To Catch the Kaidash, based on the life of the Ukrainian classic writer Nechuy-Levytsky, and even played a role in it as a supporting actress. Her play Bad Roads was written for the Royal Court Theatre in London; it was also staged by the Kyiv Academic Theatre of Drama and Comedy and later adapted into a hit film. Bad Roads consists of six episodes: they are the stories of ordinary men and women whose fate brought them to Donbas during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Some episodes have even shocked audiences, like the episode where a naked eighth-grade schoolgirl is found in a military dugout. Disputes over Bad Roads are still raging, but they only manage to increase interest in Vorozhbyt’s work.

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        Memoirs
        2022

        77 days of February. Ukraine between two symbolic dates of the Russian war ideology

        by Marichka Paplauskaite (Compiler), Authors: Inna Adrug, Anna Argirova, Kateryna Babkina, Tetyana Bezruk, Oleksandra Gorchynska, Inna Zolotukhina, Vera Kuriko, Olena Livytska, Olga Livytska, Svitlana Oslavska, Marichka Paplauskaite, Eva Raiska, Anya Semenyuk, Zoya Khramchenko, Margarita Chimyris, Iryna Yaroshynska

        As a child, she could not understand why people in films about the blockade of Leningrad were always lying down. And when Mariupol was besieged by the Russians, and she and her husband lived for many days without water, food and heat under constant shelling, she realized that when you lie down, you save strength and energy. "77 Days of February" included reports written by journalists of the Reporters media in the period between February 23 and May 9 — two symbolic dates for Russian military ideology. The invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine stopped the number of days and pushed Ukrainians back to the intervening time, where February — the month of the beginning of the great war — still lasts. In the meantime and in these candid stories, there is pain, fear, hatred, and sometimes despair. But the main thing is hope. This is a bare nerve and an honest voice of the new Ukrainian reality.

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        The Arts
        July 2016

        Making sense of the Bayeux Tapestry

        Readings and reworkings

        by Anna Henderson, Bill Sherman

        This book aims to make sense of the Bayeux Tapestry by bringing together answers to a number of questions which this famous hanging presents to the viewer. How did the embroiderers organise the stitching of the Bayeux Tapestry? Are its limited colours used with greater sophistication than viewers have recognised? What do we know of the Tapestry's supporting cast: naked figures in the margins and clerics present at events in the main register? Can we learn anything about the original purpose of the Tapestry from detailed examination of Bayeux Cathedral's 1476 Inventory, the first known reference to the Tapestry's existence? This book combines up-to-the-minute research with an introduction that draws on the contributors' personal observations in order to interrogate the Tapestry's enduring value. Bringing together contributions from leading specialists and newer voices in the field, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of the Bayeux Tapestry, medieval art and culture. ;

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