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Children's & YA2019Yanou a le palu
by Vincent Nomo
Malaria kills millions of people every year around the world. Dying from malaria is the daily life of people in tropical areas. This book is an excellent fun tool for the potential patient but also, more broadly, for learning to read and the cognitive development of children in Africa.
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Children's & YAOctober 2020The old man, the child and the donkey
A tale from Senegal in French and in Sereer
by Boucar Diouf/Mary-des-ailes
An old man decides to show the world to his grandson, he hits the road with the child and with a donkey. But whether they are riding the donkey or walking alongside it, there are always criticisms looming over it: impossible to please everyone!
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September 2023Farbe bekennen
Alte Bilder, neue Zeiten
by Kia Vahland
Große Malerei stellt große politische und persönliche Fragen. Und bewegt damit die Menschen in allen Zeiten. Kia Vahland befragt berühmte historische Gemälde auf ihren aktuellen Gehalt. Wie sich die Humanität retten ließe vor Krieg, Gewalt und Machtmissbrauch beschäftigte schon Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens oder Artemisia Gentileschi. Ausnahmekünstlerinnen und -künstler wie sie zeigen nicht nur Leid, Diktatur und Unterdrückung, sondern suchen nach Hoffnungsschimmern und Handlungsperspektiven. Wassily Kandinsky feiert den kulturellen Rausch, Lotte Laserstein die Freundschaft in finsteren Zeiten, Tizian den Stolz einer Republik. Die Geschichte der Kunst hilft, die Gegenwart klarer zu sehen und sie zu gestalten.
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Sai Weng Shi Ma（Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise--）
One Story a Week
by Chen Jiafei
Once upon a time there was an old man who lived near a fort in the north and owned a horse. One day the horse ran away to a northern barbarian nation. His neighbors pitied him. But the old man told them to wait and see id this misfortune could not lead to something good. And, indeed, one day the horse returned accompanied by a beautiful Mongol horse. The neighbors congratulated him.” Don’t be rash," said the old man,” this may yet bring misfortune." Sure enough, shortly afterwards his son was thrown off the new horse and became a cripple. When the neighbors condoled with him, the old man answered:” Who knows if this misfortune will not turn out happily?" Soon the Huns invaded the district, and all its young man were called up. Nine out of ten of these men were killed. The cripple, of course, stayed at home, and so the old man until death had a son to support him.
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June 2016Short Story Collection: The Man Who Lost His Past Love
by A Yi
Latest collection of short stories by A Yi written during 2012-2015. Eight profound stories about the reality of people from bottom of the society. A Yi is like a magician who touches the urban life, past and present and the vision of ordinary people, and presents modern society’s pain of desire. The illiterate old woman came to the city and lived with her granddaughter together, but they hated each other gradually and died in two days successively; the villagers chased a mysterious old man and showed the extraordinary creativity of brutality after getting the optional disposal right; the prominent writer suffered a lot due to the talented rookie and could not face the judgment of fate since then
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The ArtsSeptember 2013Huang Yongyu's Literary Undertaking
by Li Hui
This book has a brief introduction of the author, the author's self-introduction, his words, and remarks from others. It has many sections such as "Theme Variation", "An Old Man Older than Me", "Texts and Pictures—Pure Creativity", "The Endless Sorrow-free River", which picture a unique literature from many aspects. Thus the book is an original kind of documentary.
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November 2020Wise Man
by Wang Yimei, Muhd Noh
Once upon a time, there was a small village whose inhabitants were so slow-witted that they went to an old man called Wise Man for advice on any problem they had. He was considered by the villagers to be a man of great learning. The Wise Man also has five loyal followers who are always on hand. But when faced with life's problems and the villagers' difficult requests, the Wise Man's way of dealing with them is ridiculous.
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A Sugar Figure for Grandpa
by Pi Kou, Duzi Dudu
"Rat-a-tat, a little drum turns like a windmill faster and faster. Puff-a-puff, an old man blows a sugar figure harder and harder." As soon as Little Douzi’s grandpa shouts out, the lane is alive with kids coming out. With the passage of time, Litte Douzi grows up, while Grandpa gets old and sick. Little Douzi and Dad carries Grandpa's sugar load, and blows, kneads, pulls and cuts the sugar syrup. Then a sweet sugar figure warms the bleak autumn, cold winter and the sick Grandpa. Love will finally overcome all difficulties.
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FictionMay 2017 - May 2022Straw House
by Cao Wenxuan
This classic novel depicts the unforgettableyears of Sangsang’s primary school life, for he witnesses a succession of ordinary but emotional events, such as the pure love and friendship of the teenagers, the pathos of a misfortuned boy struggling for life, the indefatigable pursuit of dignity of a disabled boy, the noble personality of a dying old man, the delightful but complicated feelings between adults…all of these initiated Sangsang into the true meaningof life. The novel, with its elegant style and beautiful language, deeply touches the hearts of young readers. This book has sold 5,000,000 copies after the first edition was published in 1998.
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October 2013Frauen mit Geschmack
Vom Vergnügen, eine gute Köchin zu sein
by Katja Mutschelknaus
Die Geschichte der Köchin erzählt von Heldinnen des Alltags: von der italienischen »Mamma«, die aus Eiern und Mehl den Mythos der Pasta erschuf, von der englischen »Mistress of the Household«, die stolz war auf ihre Puddings und Shepherd’s Pies, und von der französischen »Madame«, die sonntags ein Huhn in den Topf warf und es so mit Estragon zu parfümieren verstand, dass Monsieur ihr schnurrend zu Füßen lag. Diese Frauen konnten allerdings mehr als nur kochen: Sie waren Pionierinnen der Kochbuchliteratur, Gründerinnen von Kochschulen und heimliche Herrscherinnen im Haushalt berühmter Persönlichkeiten. Katja Mutschelknaus stellt Köchinnen und Kochbuchautorinnen vom 16. Jahrhundert bis heute vor und erzählt die Geschichte ihres Könnens, ihres Geschmacks und ihrer Kreativität.
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FictionOctober 2018Broken Bridge，Remnant Snow
by Wang Xufeng
“Ten Scenes in West Lake” is the work of Wang Xufeng, the famous writer and Mao Dun Literature Award winner, in the background of Hangzhou West Lake. It is a collection of novellas with the historical " Ten Scenes in West Lake " as the starting point. The ten novellas are independent stories ,and are also connected to each other, forming a series of books that are saturated with the charm of Jiangnan. The book Broken Bridge，Remnant Snow is one of the novellas. The author uses the broken bridge scenic spots in the West Lake to tell the readers stories among the old man Xu Xuan and Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing and Master Hai. In the misty and rainy West Lake, a piece of past events begins.
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Food & DrinkA cup of Tea for Healthcare and Dispelling Diseases
by Cai Ming
Everyone including the old man, children, women and office workers can find the most suitable healthy tea. It includes 1,000 small folk prescriptions, diet tea, tea for maintaining beauty, four seasons tea, health tea, tea for reducing hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, tea for maintaining five viscera and different effect of teas. It is guaranteed that active ingredients of herbal are fully dissolved, not damaged to function a effect beyond of brewing medicines through brewing repeatedly everyday. It is made of delicious food or herbals without odor and bitterness. It tastes better than tisane and has a better effect than that taking medicine. You will find that almost any herbal in the life is used for making tea and it is easy to make a cup of health tea.
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Watching Whale
by Chang Li
The Picture Book of Philosophical Stories for Children inspired by four Chinese and foreign literary classics (Tales from a Carefree Studio, Moby Dick, Don Quixote, and A Midsummer Night's Dream), this book carefully retells the works of four famous writers - Pu Songling, Herman Melville, Cervantes, and Shakespeare - all set in the context of modern children's lives, containing profound philosophical ideas, and skillfully incorporating the true meaning of wisdom and discernment. The form of this book is children's favorite picture books style, so that children can talk to literary classics and understand the philosophy in the stories.Against Melville's Moby Dick, retaining Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, and inserting Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea, the relationship between humans and whales is reconstructed to make a modern reflection on the relationship between man and nature in the present and the future. A stranded whale goes missing and a kind girl goes to sea to look for it ...
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True stories2015Ilovaisk
by Yevhen Polozhii
Ilovaisk (2015) is a novel about the tragic events of the summer/autumn 2014 when part of Ukrainian Armed Forces were ambushed by the Russian army near Ilovaisk in the Eastern Ukraine. The author interviewed more than a hundred servicemen in hospitals and on the front lines - those who took part in the campaign. Based on their recollection of events, he written 16 short stories, all connected by characters, time and place. The book has become a bestseller and has several reprints in Ukraine. The book was turned into a screenplay. The movie called “Border” is currently being produced based on the book. A theatre play Eastern Vacations by Stozhary Theater was staged in Montreal, Canada. A sculpture of the soldier and a little girl has been mounted in the Museum of Anti Terroristic Operation in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine to commemorate the story of Ilovaisk defenders told by the old man named Ivan in the book. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Book Institute, Ilovaisk is among 30 iconic books since Ukraine's independence.
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Children's & YAFebruary 2014Red Line
by Samar Mahfouz BarrajIllustrated By: Mona Yakzan and Mira El-Myr
Mazen, a young boy, is one day surprised by their neighbor Bassam shouting with anger in the street “My parking spot is a red line!” Does this mean he plans to paint the street red, asks Mazen to his mother? The mother explains to Mazen that what Bassam means is simply that no one is to park in his place. The notion is still vague to Mazen: Why red? Does it have anything to do with red traffic lights? The mother tries again “When something is a red line, it means that it is off limits to others”. In this illustrated album, Samar Barraj boldly addresses the delicate issue of child sexual abuse. Acknowledging the complexity of the boundary it tackles, the book determines it through examples the mother and child raise in their conversation. Mazen’s spontaneous remarks and comments point out the difficulty of defining this red line, and make of the book a realistic example of such a conversation. The illustrations develop the notion further, by representing situations in which the red line might be crossed – one may be on his bicycle, at his computer, or approached by a respectable-looking old man in the street. The body parts are not named, but are represented in a naïve drawing Mazen made, though the text insists on the importance of preserving the body as a whole. The colorful images and constant presence of the mother and parents make of the book a reassuring experience despite the gravity of the topic.
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The Deathmaster
by Hugo N. Gerstl
Does the rescue of 1600 men, women, and children justify aiding and abetting the murder of more than half a million others? Under these circumstances, is it morally imperative for one man to bring down an entire government? A young attorney defends an old man accused of criminal libel and must confront these agonizing ethical questions arising from the Holocaust. Jerusalem, 1953-1954. A 72-year-old pensioner, Malchiel Greenwald, publishes a mimeographed newsletter accusing Rudolph Kasztner, Deputy Minister for Trade and a prominent Israeli politician, of being complicit in the deaths of 800,000 Hungarian Jews during 1944, when he was Chairman of the Hungarian Jewish Rescue Committee. Kasztner demands that the State of Israel bring a criminal libel action against the virtually penniless Greenwald for this defamatory publication. Greenwald manages to convince brilliant lawyer and former Irgun “terrorist,” Samuel Tamir, to take on his defense at no cost. On a frigid December day in 1953, Greenwald could not know, nor could he imagine, that he was about to walk into the history of Israel; and that fourteen months later, when the trial concluded and the verdict was announced, the government of Prime Minister Moshe Sharett would be brought down, and the Holy Land would never be the same again. Even today, more than 65 years later, this tale, which has been largely suppressed until now, remains a “hot potato” in Israel. And international bestselling author Hugo N. Gerstl, author of Assassin, The Wrecking Crew, Scribe, and Against All Odds, himself a nationally known trial lawyer, brings the proceedings to the forefront in this riveting historical thriller. Published by Pangæa Publishing Group,2020. 426 pages – 23 cm x 15 cm
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March 2021Columbus, the Discarded Explorer
Disaster of the legendary sailor
by Wolfgang Wissler
There he stands, the man the whole of Spain cheered, before whom the most catholic regents Isabella and Ferdinand rose to their feet, his eyes on his ship Capitana, devoured by shipworm, stranded off Jamaica. Some of the crew mutiny, the locals can no longer be fobbed off with glass beads, the Spanish on the nearby island of Hispaniola do not help, the world doesn‘t want anything to do with him, the demanding whinger. He, Christopher Columbus, is a John Lackland, a king without land, a conqueror without conquest. Between fiction and historical truth, Wolfgang Wissler recounts the legendary sailor‘s last expedition in an entirely new way – and what a story it is!
