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        Kronosova žetev/The Harvest of Chronos

        by Mojca Kumerdej

        The Harvest of Chronos looks at Central Europe, the Inner Austrian lands, modern-day Slovenian territory, an area plagued by ceaseless battles for supremacy between the Protestant political elite and the ruling Catholic Habsburg Monarchy. The battles for supremacy are fought among the rulers and between the rulers and the people. In this epic saga, history and fiction intertwine in wavelike fashion, producing a colourful portrait of the Renaissance, permeated by humanist attempts to resurrect antiquity through art, new scientific findings, and spirited philosophical and theological debates. This was a time of intrigues, accusations of heresy, political betrayal and burnings at the stake, an age that produced executioners, scapegoats brought to the sacrificial altar in the name of God, the sovereign or the common good, and extraordinary individuals who were prepared to oppose the dominant beliefs of the masses and dared to believe in a new order.In a language that is deliciously rich and slightly elevated, at times deliberately archaic but always cheerfully contemporary and imbued with humour, the novel tackles superstition, false beliefs and selective memory as well as the questions of God, of being and of nothingness.

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        SOPHIA THE CROW

        by MOJCA OSOJNIK

        SOPHIA THE CROW AND HER NESTWritten and illustrated by Mojca Osojnik  This book tells the story of the vain crow Sophia, who looks down on her fellow sparrow and starts making her nest in a unique way. However, it soon turns out that the high-flyers are usually the ones who fall the lowest. Format: 24 x 26 cm32 pages | Age: 4+

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        VLADIMIR THE SNAIL

        by MOJCA OSOJNIK

        VLADIMIR THE SNAILWritten and illustrated by Mojca Osojnik Vladimir the Snail sets off for the lettuce growing in a neighbouring garden and asks some of his animal friends to help him get there fast. Unfortunately, not all journeys are successful, and in the end, Vladimir the Snail decides to take the trip alone. The proverb ‘More haste, less speed’ turns out to be true. Format: 24 x 26 cm36 pages | Age: 4+

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        LITTLE WALRUS

        by PETER SVETINA

        THE LITTLE WALRUSWritten by Peter SvetinaIllustrated by Mojca Osojnik The little walrus’s adventures appeared some years ago in two books; now they are joinedtogether in one picture book in a larger format. In the first story we meet a walrus who does not want to cut his nails, but precisely because of this gets a job as a double bass player in a polar orchestra. In the second story he has trouble with his eyesight. And although the idea of a walrus wearing glasses is rather unusual, everything turnsout well.  Nominated for the Original Slovene Picture Book Award 2004. Format: 24.5 x 24.5 cm36 pages | Age: 3+

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        THE CONTRACT

        by MOJCA ŠIROK

        Nominated for The Kresnik Award in 2019 (Award for the best novel in Slovenia). The first body of a man is discovered by the police in a prestigious city quarter, in the villa belonging to one of the most successful lawyers in Rome. This murder is followed by a traffic accident at the other end of Rome and a suicide of a mafia boss in prison. But coincidences exist only in novels, says the chief police investigator. By examining the events behind the scenes, Pogodba, through juicy language, lively dialogues and unexpected plot twists takes the reader into the very heart of mafia activities. The detectives, prosecutors, journalists and politicians often share past connections. Their love affairs and friendships are interwoven with their professional duties, and the lines between where the state ends and the mafia begins, are very fuzzy.

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        Children's & YA

        A HOUSE SEARCHING FOR SUNSHINE

        by MOJCA OSOJNIK

        A story about a lonely house that has never seen a ray of sunshine. “Sunshine must be very important, if people praise it so highly. But what is the sun,anyway? And what does it look like?”A multi-layered story about a lonely house that has never seen a single ray of sunshine.But houses are not meant to live alone. The collage illustrations include many interesting and humorous details that will appeal to both children and their parents.Format: 20.5 x 26 cm32 pages | Age: 5+

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        February 2020

        The Church

        by Avgust Demšar

        The Church is a typical whodunnit crime novel. The crimes once again take place in native Slovenian surroundings, mostly in the fictitious village of Vodnjaki, where it seems that a special type of evil resides. The tenth, jubilee novel by Demšar is more extensive, the story is more complex and the side stories are even more surprising. The author lures us into a whirlwind of events and holds the reader in suspense even when he delves into the relationships between his mainstay characters known from his previous novels and their characterisation. The rising action that triggers further events is the murder of a high-level church dignitary. Even before the criminal investigators can get down to work, new murders and crimes are reported. In addition to the main storyline, Demšar touches on many different current social issues. This intensely suspenseful read full of intellectual challenges leads the reader on a path to solving an exceptionally complex case.

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        Belo se pere na devetdeset/Whites Wash At Ninety

        by Bronja Žakelj

        Whites Wash at Ninety is an exhilarating debut, a powerful, witty and most of all inspiring novel that tells the story of the narrator, who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s. In her childhood, her world revolves around her parents, her brother Rok, her grandmother Dada, her aunts and uncles, the Sarajevo Winter Olympics and all the other big and small things that made up the world of every child growing up in Yugoslavia back then. And although it speaks about all these things, the novel is mainly a story of growing up, of facing loss and illness, of overcoming fears and of everything that we do not want to see until we are inevitably faced with it.This is a book that delves into eminent questions of life and death, with humour and charm, and without a trace of moralising or self-importance.

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        THE PARTISANS

        by JOŽE PIRJEVEC

        This long-awaited book is the first to contain a comprehensive account of the emergence and development of the Partisan movement in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which occupiers and Quislings tried to erase from the map of Europe in 1941. The book contains a considerable amount of information obtained by the author through research in archives in London, Washington, Berlin, Munich, Helsinki and Moscow which to date has remained unknown since some parts of the archives were only opened recently. This extensive monograph is without a doubt Dr. Pirjevec’s life’s work. It is the first comprehensive and synthetic account of the emergence and development of the Partisan movement in the whole of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, from the attack on and disintegration of Yugoslavia in April 1941 up until the end of the war. The author describes the strained relations within the movement, as well as the relations between the Partisans and other military formations (White Guards, Chetniks, Ustashe, Ballists, etc.) and between the Partisans and allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. The book demonstrates that there would have been no national liberation movement without the Communists and their utopian belief that they would create a better future, without their fanaticism, organization and discipline. Above all, the Yugoslav Partisan movement contributed significantly to the defeat of the Third Reich and its satellites and brought victory to the Yugoslav nations. Serbs, Montenegrins and Croats were saved from the shame of collaborationism, and Slovenes and Macedonians were also recognized as European nations with mapped out borders and statehood.

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        LET'S PLAY WITH PEEKABOO

        by NATAŠA BUCIK, ANA ZAVADLAV

        LET’S PLAY WITH PEEKABOOWritten by Nataša BucikIllustrated by Ana Zavadlav The Peekaboo series of educational activities, collected in five thematic sets prepared by developmental psychologist Nataša Bucik in collaboration with top illustrator Ana Zavadlav, offers the possibility of combining different thematic sets.  They can be printed together in one book (70 pages) or separately in five notebooks. 1. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ONE VOLUME BOOK: Format: 20 x 27,5 cm | 112 pages | Age: 5+ 2. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SERIES: Format: 20 x 27,5 cm | 24 pages | Age: 5+ 1,2,3 ... 10! LET'S COUNT LET'S EXPLORE LET'S OBSERVE LET'S OBSERVE (ADVANCED) IT'S NEVER BORING FOR US

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