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Das Rätsel des Tunnels in der Baselstraße – ein Krimi für junge Leser von Pnina Ophir Eine Gruppe von Schülern aus einem typischen älteren Teil von Tel Aviv, bemerkt eines Tages, wie sich ihr Viertel dramatisch zu verändern beginnt. Plötzlich rücken Planierraupen an und reißen Gebäude ein, um Raum für moderne Hochhäuser und einen großen gepflasterten Platz zu schaffen. Die Kinder entdecken, daß außer den Erdarbeiten für die Neubauten noch weitere Grabungen stattfinden. Ein Ganovenpärchen nutzt den Lärm und Aufruhr in der Gegend, um eine rätselhafte Schatzkiste auszugraben, die vor langer Zeit unter der Feuerwehrstation vergraben wurde. Mit List und Mut schaffen es die Kinder, die Ganoven um ihre Beute zu bringen und schließlich das Geheimnis des Schatzes zu lüften. Die Journalistin Pnina Ophir wurde 1947 in Haifa geboren und lebt in Tel Aviv. Sie veröffentlichte bereits zwei Gedichtsammlungen. Ein zweites Buch dieser Serie mit dem Arbeitstitel Der Zauberer aus der Motzkinstraße wird 2005 publiziert. Rechte in deutscher und anderen Sprachen noch erhältlich
Le mystérieux tunnel de la rue Basel, par Pnina Ophir Cette fascinante histoire se déroule dans un vieux quartier typique du centre de Tel-Aviv. Il y avait depuis bien longtemps une station de pompiers, des ambulances de la croix rouge, ainsi qu’un marché coloré. Un jour, la nature de la rue changea complètement. Des bulldozers commencèrent à détruire les immeubles du quartier, pour les remplacer par deux tours modernes d’habitation et un jardin public. Des enfants de 6ème habitant le quartier découvrent alors, qu’un plus des excavations de la société de construction, d’autres excavations privées se préparent. Deux criminels décidèrent de profiter du bruit et du tumulte dans le quartier pour chercher le mystérieux trésor qui avait été enterré il y a bien longtemps sous la station de pompiers. La curiosité et le courage des enfants permirent finalement de prendre les criminels sur le fait, et d’éclaircir ainsi tout le mystère.
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El misterioso túnel de la calle Basel por Pnina Ofir El relato se escenifica en un típico barrio de los viejos tiempos en el centro de Tel Aviv. Durante décadas podían verse en el barrio una estación de bomberos, una clínica para emergencias médicas y un colorido mercado popular al aire libre. Hasta que un día el aspecto de la calle cambió por completo. Enormes palas mecánicas comenzaron a derribar los edificios para reemplazarlos por dos modernas casas de varios pisos y una plaza pública pavimentada. Un grupo de niños del sexto grado que viven en el barrio descubren que además de las excavaciones realizadas por la compañía constructora hay alguien excavando simultáneamente por su propia cuenta. Se trata de un par de criminales que aprovechan el ruido y el tumulto de la construcción para desenterrar un misterioso baúl que había sido enterrado hace mucho tiempo bajo la estación de bomberos. La curiosidad y el valor de los niños conduce a la captura de los criminales momentos antes de la aparición del baúl resolviendo así el misterio.
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The story is set in a typical old-timers’ neighborhood in central Tel Aviv. For several decades, the neighborhood contained a firehouse and an emergency medical center, as well as a colorful open-air market. But one day, the character of the street changes completely: Bulldozers begin tearing down the buildings, which are to be replaced by two modern multistory houses and a paved public square. A group of sixth-graders living in the neighborhood discovers that, in addition to the construction company's excavations, another private excavation is under way. It transpires that a pair of criminals decided that the noise and commotion in the area provided a one-time opportunity to unearth a mysterious "treasure chest" that was buried under the old firehouse long ago. The children’s curiosity and courage ultimately lead to the capture of the criminals moments before the chest is found, which in turn solves the mystery. A second book in this series, named The Magician from Motzkin Boulevard has already been written and a Hebrew-language edition will be published later this year. 96 pages, full-color hardcover with B/W illustrations inside, 15X22 cm
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The novel aims to depict the social reality. Being deft at describing the underclass and social outcasts, He Dun, the author, continues to take the underclass people as the main roles in the novel. Compared to The Street of Huangniportraying the youth full of vigor and hope from urban underclass, the protagonists of the novel are a gang of young people from a small town. Ranging from 1950s till now, the novel has narrated the experience of those young people during “the Cultural Revolution” and Working in the Countryside and Mountainous Areas in a chronological way, and also told of their stories during the Reform and Opening-Up.
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A realistic novel that reflects modern society with a touching romance story. The story centers on Lin Youhong, a woman who quits her job as an executive at a foreign invested company to work as a community coordinator on Guixiang Street. The novel evidences Lin’s struggle between personal ambitions and her sense of social responsibility. Her selfless decision catalyzes a pursuit for meaning in life, one which seeps into both the quotidian and unusual aspects of Lin’s existence.
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The novel narrates the “possible” amour of Lady X, which arouses the discussion of local people. Every character has his own view towards this event which even acquires a more vital status than the event itself. The characteristic narration style of Can Xue has imbued the ordinary event with distinct aesthetic connotation.
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"Huang Ni Street" is Can Xue's debut novel. The work describes people on a street and many things on Huangni Street. Huangni Street is always dirty, even the rain is gray. Can Xue made a detailed description of this street, but this description is different from the description of ordinary writers, with a big jump in thinking and no consistent storyline. There are simple characters and simple stories. Can Xue's first novel constructed Can Xue's very significant writing characteristics later, and these rich images give readers a very special reading experience. Can Xue breaks the usual thinking and framework of traditional novels, and has the typical characteristics of Can Xue from the beginning.
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There is a prison operating in present-day Ukraine, where horrific torture techniques are being utilized. This prison is, in reality, a concentration camp, beyond whose fencing no laws reach. Life there is lived in humiliation, fear, and uncertainty. Wounds and burn marks cover bodies that are filled with pain from broken bones and, often too, broken wills. The principal tasks here are surviving after the desire to live has forsaken you and nothing in the world depends on you any longer, preserving your sanity as you teeter on the brink of madness, and remaining a human being in conditions so inhuman that faith, forgiveness, hate, and even a torturer locking eyes with his victim become laden with manifold meanings. The journalist Stanislav Aseyev, imprisoned in this torture camp on trumped-up charges of “espionage,” wrote this frank, emotional, and probing memoir in an attempt to both survive and recover from the hell he was cast into. He offers more questions than answers in this book, as testament to the fact that the lives of those released from the prison at 3 Paradise Street will forever remain divided into “pre-” and “post-.”
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Selling Points: The NO 8 Pedoffie Street is a novel created by Hungarian writer Pettifer Galguay for the beautiful Childhood International Children's Coming-of-age Novel series. Focusing on the lives of "left-behind children" in contemporary Hungary, the work depicts the difficult trade-off between parents going out to earn money and spending time with their children, who grow up alone in the face of competition, frustration and danger.The work is full of life atmosphere and the energy of The Times. The parent-child relationship is simple and warm. The display of Hungarian culture and pastoral style highlights the characteristics of foreign culture, which is suitable for children to read at present. Brief Introduction: The story takes place in Hungary after 2014. Anna lives in Budapest, Hungary, with her brother Simon. Anna's dream is to be a painter while Simon wants to be a racing driver.In order to earn more money, Anna's parents went to Germany to work, leaving the children with her aunt Clara.During this period, the children are in all kinds of trouble, feel lonely and helpless and are eager to be with their parents. The summer vacation comes, the children spend a happy summer at their grandparents' home. During getting along with the elderly, they find the answers to their puzzles, gradually understand how to understand the world, explore the inner strength, and learn how to work hard to realize their dreams.
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The introduction to this extraordinarily beautifully illustrated book gives a fascinating overview of the history and architectural heritage of Dar es Salaam, and an insight into the efforts of those seeking to preserve it. The book captures 'fragments of the atmosphere, the sun bleached charm and the dynamic energy' of Dar es Salaam. Generic class and concrete skyscrapers are replacing human sized old Dar, and the frenzy to modernise shows little sign of abating. The city's cultural and historic memory is being erased by property development and its profits for the few. Through her drawings, the artist has recorded the vanishing city centre. She gives portraits of its colourful and dynamic people: living, going about their business, worshipping and gathering in its age old restaurants and tea rooms to spend time as generations have done so before. An important part of the book is short pieces of prose and poetry by some of the best creative writers in Dar today. They are snapshots of Dar and its people: the privileged, the poor, those who walk the streets going to places or aimlessly ambling, those in love and those who passed through Dar and left a record of their sojourn.
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Jürg Laederach geboren 1945 in Basel, studierte Mathematik in Zürich und Romanistik, Anglistik und Musikwissenschaften in Basel. Als Schriftsteller und Übersetzer war er korrespondierendes Mitglied in der Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Laederach wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem Italo-Svevo-Preis 2005. Er starb am 19. März 2018 in Basel.
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Jürg Laederach geboren 1945 in Basel, studierte Mathematik in Zürich und Romanistik, Anglistik und Musikwissenschaften in Basel. Als Schriftsteller und Übersetzer war er korrespondierendes Mitglied in der Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Laederach wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem Italo-Svevo-Preis 2005. Er starb am 19. März 2018 in Basel.
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Jürg Laederach geboren 1945 in Basel, studierte Mathematik in Zürich und Romanistik, Anglistik und Musikwissenschaften in Basel. Als Schriftsteller und Übersetzer war er korrespondierendes Mitglied in der Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Laederach wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem Italo-Svevo-Preis 2005. Er starb am 19. März 2018 in Basel.
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