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September 2009Odessa Transfer
Nachrichten vom Schwarzen Meer
by Katharina Raabe, Monika Sznajderman, Andrzej Kramarz
Wie Raumstationen an den äußersten Ende des Universums erschienen den alten Griechen ihre Küstenstädte am Schwarzen Meers. Über Tausende von Jahren verlief hier die Grenze zwischen Europa und Asien, fast ein halbes Jahrhundert die zwischen Ostblock und westlichem Bündnis. Die dünne Schicht organischen Lebens über einer gewaltigen toten Tiefe; zwei Strömungen, deren obere westwärts, deren untere ostwärts zieht - das geheimnisvolle Meer symbolisiert geradezu die Spannung, die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen. „Last & Lost“, dem Atlas des verschwindenden Europas, folgt „Odessa Transfer“, eine Fahrt an die Grenzen früherer Imperien, an Orte des Exils und der Zuflucht. Was entsteht hier, zwischen Constanza und Odessa, Jalta und Sotschi, Batumi und Istanbul, auf den Trümmern der ältesten und der jüngsten Geschichte? In Essays, literarischen Reportagen und Erzählungen wird die Schwarzmeerregion sichtbar - als ein Raum, dessen Zauber und Zerstörtheit die poetische Einbildungskraft herausfordert. Mit Texten von Neal Ascherson, Attila Bartis, Mircea Cartarescu, Nicoleta Esinencu, Karl-Markus Gauß, Katja Lange-Müller, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Aka Morchiladze, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Katja Petrowskaja, Andrzej Stasiuk, Takis Theodoropoulos und einem Fotoessay von Andrzej Kramarz.
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July 2018Practical Feline Behaviour
Understanding Cat Behaviour and Improving Welfare
by Trudi Atkinson
Practical Feline Behaviour contains all the relevant information that a veterinary nurse or technician needs to understand and handle the behaviour and welfare of house cats, and to offer safe and practical advice to clients. There have been ground-breaking advances in our understanding of feline behaviour in recent years and, to protect the welfare of cats, it is increasingly important that anyone involved with their care, especially those in a professional capacity, keep up to date with these developments. This approachable and down-to-earth text describes the internal and external influences on feline behaviour; on communication, learning, social behaviour, the relationship between behaviour and disease, and the cat - human relationship. It also provides practical advice on how the welfare of cats in our care may be protected and how behaviour problems should be addressed and how to avoid them. In this book Trudi Atkinson draws on her extensive experience as a veterinary nurse and a Certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist to provide a rapid reference and an intensely practical feline behaviour resource for owners, breeders, veterinary professionals, shelter and cattery workers and anyone involved in the care of our feline companions. - Practical, down to earth guide detailing all aspects of feline behaviour - Rapid reference for instant access to information - Written by a well-known animal behaviourist who has extensive experience in treating feline behaviour problems and in advising clients to protect the welfare of their cats - Includes a foreword by John Bradshaw, School of Veterinary Science at University of Bristol, UK
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FictionTHE GERMAN GIRL
by Ulrike Sterblich
New York City in the sixties: the city that never sleeps, because they have plenty of pills for that. And in between, a girl from West Berlin. Mona is young, pretty and recently moved to New York to make a career for herself. The city that never sleeps hasn't been waiting for her. Although she does quickly meet two men: East Coast aristocrat Sidney, and dark-haired bohemian Adam. Torn between the two, Mona drifts through a world that is supplied with "vitamin injections" by Max Jacobson, aka Dr Feelgood, who fled from the Nazis in Berlin. And so a second thread weaves its way into the story: star photographer Mark Shaw, one of Dr Feelgood’s patients, is found dead in his apartment one day. A coroner starts investigating. There is a lot to be examined, and it involves the rich and beautiful and powerful all the way to the White House …
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TO MILK A UNICORN
Start-ups and Magic in the Holy Land
by Ron Weintraub & Zvi Morik
Start-ups and Magic in the Holy Land Roni Einav & Zvi Morik Eric Torrance and Ruth Lourie are two lovely American college graduates in their early twenties who met during their last year in college and quickly became a couple. The following summer, they plan to vacation together to Israel, the start-up unicorn valley and cradle of the world’s major religions. They look forward to an exciting journey. Eric, the third son of a New York Wall Street businessman and a stage performer, both of the Protestant faith, studied applied mathematics and computer science at Columbia University. Later, he moved to Berkeley, California, where he planned to earn his master’s degree and hoped to join the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley. Ruth is the elder daughter of a Jewish family from Los Altos, California, whose father was an Israeli navy officer and is currently a dentist, and her mother a Jewish American high school Spanish teacher, originally from Santiago, Chile. Ruth studied anthropology and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and is keenly interested in exploring ancient occult knowledge in Israel. In Tel Aviv the couple enjoys meeting Ruth’s father’s old-time friend, a leading start-up founder and investor with proven success who is ready to guide them and help Eric find his way into Israel’s high-tech ecosystem. While touring the country, the couple manages to explore other exciting magic worlds in Israel and meet a host of intriguing characters, including a powerful Kabbalah mystic in holy Safed, a terrifying Arab woman who tells their fortune, an expert of the secret Druze religion, peaceful Ahmadi Muslims in Haifa, and Good Samaritans on Mount Gerizim. The couple even experiences a Christian miracle at St. Peter’s Church in Jaffa, learns about the Neolithic sites of sun worshippers in the Golan, and is initiated into the original Israeli self-defense Krav Maga system. During this spiritual quest, Ruth and Eric encounter a series of hair-raising experiences and daring adventures—which they barely survive. Upon transitioning from vacation to professional work, they meet on October 7, 2023, with an agitating turn in their journey, when Hamas terrorists invade Israel in a bloody surge of violence against innocent civilians. Ron Weintraub is one of the first pioneers who initiated the myth of Israel’s high-tech industry, aka “Start-up Nation,” in the 1980s. Born to a modest blue-collar family in northern Tel Aviv, where he grew up and was educated, he learned that he could only count on his own skills and knowledge. Weintraub graduated with a degree in engineering and operations research from the Technion in Haifa, a highly acclaimed technical institute, and worked as a system analyst for Israel’s cutting-edge security infrastructure. After he followed his father’s advice to run his own business, Ron broke all Israeli records when he sold the 4th Dimension Software in 1999 for $675 million, a unicorn in modern terms, to BMC Software in Houston, Texas. Despite his impressive success, Weintraub didn’t slow down or retire. Instead, he kept busy and remained actively involved in various technology start-ups, founding more than thirty high-tech companies, including Jacada, Mend (formerly White Source), Cyboard, Guidde, and Eurekify. His dramatic and risky life story was depicted in Nordau to Nasdaq, which was translated and published in several languages. Ron Weintraub is married to Matia, an architect and town planner who also graduated from the Technion. They have raised four sons, all of them active in the start-up or academic scenes. They hope that their gifted grandchildren will also follow in their footsteps. Zvi Morik is a seasoned international publisher and editor with a solid academic background from Tel Aviv University in mathematical economics, stochastic processes, operations research, and game theory. His company, Dekel Publishing House (est. 1975), was initially an academic publisher that then branched out into various popular fields, such as martial arts and leisure activities. Its flagship product, the Israeli self-defense Krav Maga series, was successfully published and translated into English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and most European languages. Having noticed the key role that start-ups play in Israel’s economy and their benefits to society, he was delighted by the opportunity to write this book with Roni Einav, his charismatic youth movement instructor. Morik believes that this book will help interested readers to better understand the hidden magical facets of Israel as well as the spirit of its dynamic and often enigmatic modern start-up scene. Zvi Morik was born at an UNRRA DP camp in Odenwald, Germany, and immigrated with his parents to Israel as a baby. He is married to Pnina Ophir, a renowned Israeli copywriter. Their son, a Middle East expert, works as the export manager at Dekel Publishing House. An English-language edition has been scheduled for publication in Fall 2024. 176 pages, 15x 22.5 cm
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Journey in Trumplandia: The Rise of Populism in America
by Tiberiu Dianu
The book is a collection of essays about the transformation of America, which has turned from a united nation to one more divided than ever. Some pundits predict that, if things don’t change, another civil war could occur. Have we reached a point of no return? Hopefully, America is mature enough to learn from its mistakes and avoid further scars along its evolving history. "Trumplandia is a welcome addition toward understanding current events, Washington’s international policy, and the present American society; a society polarized and divided as it has not been since the Civil War.” NICHOLAS DIMA, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor and Research Associate, Nelson Institute, James Madison University, Virginia. "The book is fascinating. It provides background to, and insights into [the] current and past political history as well as offering a personal view... of the country and society. Presented in thematic form in chapters and sections, the insights offered provide a suggestive radiography...” Dr. DENNIS DELETANT, OBE, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC. "There has been this backsliding in... what a truly functioning rule-of-law state is, that has proper separation of co-equal powers, which, if you don’t keep working on that, you backslide. And I am even worried about that here, in the United States right now, about backsliding.” OBIE MOORE, Esq., OLM Advisors LLC, Washington DC “Indeed, Trumplandia should be a welcome addition to any scholar, student or layman’s library, especially in its international edition. If anyone loses sleep over its challenging assertions, then it will have been well worth it.” ERNESTO MORALES HIZON, Ph.D. Candidate in American and Comparative Politics at Claremont Graduate University, Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines ABOUT THE AUTHOR: TIBERIU DIANU has practiced law in Romania (as a corporate lawyer, judge, senior counselor at the Ministry of Justice, university professor and senior legal researcher), and in the United States (as a legal expert for the judiciary). He published several books and a host of articles in law, politics, and post-communist societies. Tiberiu currently lives and works in Washington, DC.
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureOrgy for coloring in
by Bebel Abreu (editor) / Alex Vieira (author) / André Valente (author) / Feppa Rodrigues (author) / Flavio Zerloti (author) / Indio San (author) / Janara Lopes (author) / João Montanaro (author) / Kiko Dinucci (author) / Laerte (author) / Luciana Bastos (author) / Luciano Feijão (author) /Marcelo Araújo (author) / Max Kisman (author) / Oga Mendonca (author) / Orlando Pedroso (author) / Samuel Rodrigues (author) / Tiago Elcerdo (author) / Adão Iturrusgarai (author) / Ale Kalko (author) / Alejandro Magallanes (author) / Christiano Mascaro (author) / Diego Sanches (author) / Eduardo Belga (author) / Gabriel Goés (author) / Fabio Zimbres (author) / Fernanda Guedes (author) / Flávio Flock (author) / Guma (author) / Maël Boutin (author) / Renata Miwa (author) / Rogerio Nunes (author) / Santiago Mourão (author) / Sen Hesse (aka Carlo Giovani) (author) / Thais dos Anjos (author) / Zé Otavio (author)
The first coloring book for adults only! 34 drawings of orgies in fun and naughty variations: marine, idyllic, somber, poetic and much more. Drawn by 35 different artists especially for this publication. The kit contains 2 sets with 17 different orgies each + crayons + sticker of the orgy drawn by the great cartoonist Laerte, wrapped in a special (and discreet) package.
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Cupid at The Kremlin Wall
by Aka Morchiladze
The Soviet Union, late 1930’s, a retired secret policeman (a.k.a chekist) Mr. Retinger is arrested in Tbilisi and no one knows if he is imprisoned, sent to Siberia, Spain or somewhere else. His wife, a well-known revolutionist and suffragist Musya Eristavi has no other option but to travel directly to Kremlin, Moscow. She sends a telegram to her old friend Joseph Stalin, informing him that she’s on her way to rescue her innocent husband. In his early years Stalin was hiding at Musya’s place and now the kindness must be paid back.The three-day journey in an isolated train of the isolated Soviet Union is chaotic, full of fear, stress and unexpected relations. Musya is surrounded by agents and we only know that she will definitly reach the Kremlin but from there her fate is unknown.Cupid at the Kremlin Wall, which is the first book of the forthcoming Cupid Trilogy is a perfect illustration of struggle of a rebelious soul during the Soviet time where even hoping for justice was hopeless. With his master writing, Aka Morchiladze perfectly awakened the past which left a massive legacy in every post-Soviet society.
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Obole
by Aka Morchiladze
Irakli, a playwright living an urban routine in Tbilisi, suddenly receives a call from his hometown saying that the roof of his ancestral house is damaged and requires a repair. While exploring the damage in the attic of the house he comes across a beautifully crafted flinlock, a family heirloom nicknamed obOlé after a Georgian word for an “orphan” because of a simple reason – the gun cannot fire; but legends say that it saved its owner during the wartime. Day by day Irakli’s long-forgotten childhood memories and the history of his province awakes and he struggles not to be lost between the reality and dreams. In the meanwhile locals team up with the province police; a noble criminal lady Madone is expected to show up at her father’s burial to mourn her loss. As she will not come alone, shooting is expected. obOlé is the book of symbols where the author mocks modern-day pseudo-heroism too. While it broadly overviews the culture and customs, attitudes and rituals of the mountanious regions, it keeps the detective storyline on each and every page.
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The Shadow on the Road
by Aka Morchiladze
The writer is describing the Soviet period in Georgia, beginning with the Stalin’s times and ending with the 1990s. He surveys the period in a very interesting way, decade by decade, examining the changes that occurred. The reader is given a vivid picture of a whole epoch, with its past lived in the shadows and with many unknown stories and events ‘that went on beyond the shadows’.
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Come addomesticare un umano
by Babas, with illustrations by Andrea Ferolla
This novel belongs to the best-selling and now well-established cat-genre. Barbara Capponi, aka Babas, former creative director of a major advertising agency and independent artist, has created a small masterpiece. Delicious, sharp and irresistible, this small book (12.5 x 18 cm) is enhanced by Daria Bignardi’s preface and by the illustrations of the world-famous fashion illustrator Andrea Ferolla. How to Train Your Human describes with great wit and irony the behavior of one of the most common pets: cats. Their oddities and bizarre behaviors are told from a reversed point of view: it is the cats who are examining the humans. Because there is one truth that humans will not admit, which that the real head of the household is always the cat. It is as if they seduce us, day after day, with their grace and their zen spirit and in the end, we have been tamed. Babas reveals the secret of this millenary art, because we, the humans, are extraordinarily skilled and intelligent but we are often guided by incomprehensible reasoning! A perfect gift book for holidays and celebrations, not only for cat lovers but also for those who view them with disdain: after reading, they will only admire them!
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Children's & YAOctober 2021La capitana Budell-buit i el mariner Ulls-de-falcó
by Oriol Garcia Molsosa
Ahoy mateys! Hold fast and play pirates with Captain Greedy-Guts! This is not just another pirate story. This is the amazing story of Captain Greedy-Guts and sailor Hawk-eyed. It is also a secret map that leads to a hidden treasure. Let’s read and sail until we find the delicious treasure! Together, Captain Greedy-Guts and Aurelio the lookout, aka Hawk-eyed, will cross the oceans to reach a very special port. Land ho! A fun picture book written by Oriol Garcia Molsosa and illustrated by Guridi, invites children to travel the seas and live amazing adventures in a carton box. Yo-ho-ho! Just an advice: Don’t read it if you are hungry!
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RelationshipsMay 2017Lover, Killers and Diamonds
by Angel Jonson
Lover, Killers and Diamonds is a story of a young and charismatic architect that is focused on establishing his career and enjoying the company of the ladies until the past of his family disrupts his life. He is forced to get involved in a deadly game and a search for diamonds in order to save his life.
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October 2020The Art of Pulp Horror
An Illustrated History
by Edited by Stephen Jones; foreword by Robert Silverberg
The companion title to the award-winning The Art of Horror and The Art of Horror Movies, and from the same creative team behind those acclaimed illustrated volumes, this third title in the series looks at the sexy, sleazy, and sensational subject matter in books, magazines, comics, and movies, which helped to shape modern horror. Compiled by multiple award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones, and with a foreword by prolific and acclaimed author Robert Silverberg, this visual history brings together insightful and revelatory comment from some of the genre's most highly esteemed experts.
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Children's & YAAugust 2022Dumbledore
The Life and Lies of Hogwarts's Renowned Headmaster: An Unofficial Exploration
by Irvin Khaytman
A BRILLIANT investigation into the motivations and methods behind the actions of Hogwarts’s renowned Headmaster! Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he’s “a biographer’s dream.” Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life?
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The Climate Change Game
by Bruno Pinto, Quico Nogueira, Nuno Duarte
An inspiring graphic novel for young adults who want to make a change! Sofia from Portugal has been commissioned by a European environmental initiative to develop a game that aims to popularize ideas for limiting climate change and adapting its consequences. In order to collect material, she sets off on a journey across Europe with her brother Gabriel.
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January 2020Scenes of a Reclusive Writer & Reader of Mumbai
Essays
by Fiza Pathan
"I am a recluse and I love books more than I love people." - So begins Fiza Pathan, the self-proclaimed Reclusive Writer and Reader of Mumbai. In this charming collection of personal essays, Fiza recalls important phases of her life, along with the books she was reading at the time and where she read them. Revealed along the way are Fiza's personal struggles, from the father who didn't want a girl child to the years she believed she wanted to be a nun to the college friends who shamed her for gaining weight.Her greatest victories are found here as well, among them the publication of her first story, the request to autograph her most popular book by an author she admired, the start of her own publishing company, and the acquisition of her very own office-cum-writing hut. Within her stories, you'll meet Fiza's beloved Mama, editorial partner (and uncle) Blaise, many other uncles and aunts, the librarians of her youth, and plenty of book salesman. All the people who have helped Fiza along her path to books, books, and more books. You'll also take a taxi with Narayan, Fiza's "Man Friday," to visit her favorite haunts, from libraries to kiosks to boutiques to vendors who pile their offerings on the sides of the road, and you'll learn the plots of her favorite comics, religious writings, medical thrillers, horror stories, activist writings, and so much more.Fiza believes that every one of the books she has read has helped her become the person - and the writer - she was meant to become. Scenes of a Reclusive Writer & Reader of Mumbai is her life in books!
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The Slave
by Anand Dilvar
Originally self published in Mexio The Slave (aka The Prisoner) soon became a bestseller and was later adopted as a university text in Mexico where it sold in excess of 1 million copies. Published in Italy in 2016 the book has now been translated into 29 languages and sales exceed 1.9 million copies. The books themes of guilt, love and discovering true meaning to life are universal and are movingly explored by the author.
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Reconnection: A Third Visit to The Café on The Edge of The World
by John P Strelecky
The latest title in this best selling series from John P Strelecky author of over 3 million books sold which have now been translated into 33 languages. His first book The Cafe on The Edge of The World (aka The Why Cafe) was first published in 2003 and remains at No 1on the Spiegel Taschenbucher bestseller list and has remained in that position throughout 2018, 2019 and 2020. and where he has three other titles in the top 10 books.
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Children's & YAHENRY! YOU’RE LATE AGAIN!
by Mary Bleckwehl
Late for school! What's a first grader to do? Henry has a BIG problem waiting every morning when he arrives late: MISS TIMBER-LANE, the school secretary, aka the BIG BAD WOLF! She is causing him a LOT of anxiety. This multiple award winner comes packed with quirky characters and priceless expressions all kids will relate to leaving everyone with a positive feeling about life’s little problems and teach us all to look for the silver lining in every cloud.
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HumourEphemera
Life is short
by Gregory Papadoyiannis
Is our life too short? Or is it too long? Before answering the question above, it would be worth asking a young ephemeron that has a whole day of life ahead of it and is already getting bored. Maybe this would change your mind about life's ephemeral nature. Ephemera (aka mayflies) is a species of insects that belong to the order of Ephemeroptera. They grow slowly into larvae in rivers and lakes and their adult life (if they are lucky) only lasts for one, single day. What kind of life is this? Who knows? If you ask an ephemeron (who’s still alive), it would surely reply that it could be worse...
