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Thriller / suspense2022Porcelain Doll
by Natalia Chajkovska
Martha's husband was found dead. Friends express their condolencess to her, but Martha finally feels free. It all started 5 years ago. Martha was going through a difficult period after her mother's death. So, when she met the man who proposed to her, she did not hesitate, believing that a new start will help to overcome her loss. But soon something strange began to happen. Martha's life turned into hell. And, it seemed, there was only one way out of this hell ...
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Humanities & Social Sciences2012Mirrors of Identity. Studies in the History of Concepts and Ideas in Ukraine (16th through the Early 18th Century)
by Natalia Yakovenko
A book by a prominent Ukrainian historian, professor of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Natalia Yakovenko includes selected articles on identity formation, worldview, the concept of “correct” power and duty of the nobility in early modern Ukraine
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2009An Essay on the History of Ukraine from Ancient Times to the End of 18th Century
by Natalia Yakovenko
In her book, Natalia Yakovenko, Doctor of Sciences in History, Professor at NaUKMA (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), examines the "national-state" paradigm of Ukrainian history and revises inherited methodologies of the bygone age, starting from populist historiography, that still nourish (not to say ‘feed’) our academic historiography.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2007Introduction to the history
by Natalia Yakovenko
The new book by the well-known Ukrainian historian, chief of the Department of history of National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, professor Natalia Yakovenko, despite being a university textbook and a propaedeutic course on a professional subject, is written in a simple and easy to read manner which is far from academic cliché and embodies high academic style in its best meaning. However, the word 'textbook' even in its most positive meaning applies to this book only as a kind of mask that hides much more complex structure, not only stylistically but by its content and pragmatism as well. As the professor herself admits, this book does not belong to any classic genres. This is not a history of historiography, not a methodology of history and this is not an introduction to history as well.
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September 1991Ein Mann und eine Frau
Aus dem Italienischen von Arianna Giachi
by Natalia Ginzburg, Arianna Giachi
Natalia Ginzburg erzählt Geschichten über eine Zeitkrankheit: über den Zerfall familiärer, ehelicher, freundschaftlicher, verwandtschaftlicher Beziehungen. Sie erzählt ohne Pathos und ohne Sentimentalität, unaufwendig und daher um so wirkungsvoller, um so radikaler in ihrem Protest gegen die italienische Gesellschaft mit ihrem Familien-, Mütter- und Kinderkult. »Ein Mann und eine Frau« ist die Geschichte eines Mannes, der im überholten, ermüdenden Rahmen einer Familie lebt und ständig mit dem konfrontiert ist, was hätte sein können: seine einzige echte Beziehung war die zu der Frau, mit der er vor seiner Ehe gelebt hat. Die zweite Erzählung »Borghesia«. »Das Lied vom Bürgertum« erzählt von einer Frau, die mit ihren Katzen lebt, die kommen und gehen, geboren werden und sterben. Und wie in einer Parabel läßt sich das Leben ihrer Katzen auf das ihrer Familie überragen: man kommt, man geht, lebt unverbindlich, beziehungslos wie die Katzen.
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Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's/YA)2015Dientes (Teeth)
by Antonio Ortuño, Flavia Zorrrilla Dragol
After the accidental loss of a baby tooth, Natalia recounts the girl´s questions, what happens at home with her mother and her bunny Paz, with her father and his books, how she comes to find the skull and skeleton, and about Hugo, the big kid at school. It starts as something as small as a baby tooth and turns into something as large as the human body, the world... and the solution to what seems like child´s game, turns to be what matters the most.
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Biography: general2020Outstanding Women in Ukrainian History. Biographical sketches in historical settings. Book One. 10-18 centuries
by Serhii Seheda
In his book, a famous Ukrainian anthropologist Professor Serhii Segeda, tells about famous Ukrainian women who left their mark on the country's history. From the legendary Princess Olha to Natalia Rozumovska, the mother of the last Ukrainian Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovsky, these women lived lives full of struggle, setbacks and breakthroughs, and had a significant influence on political decisions and statesmen. Their amazing stories will fascinate even the most seasoned readers. For a wide range of readers, history buffs, university students and history teachers.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2023Nombres propios (Proper nouns)
by Mercedes Alvarado
In the face of uncertainty, we have lost the right to mourn; in the face of this, perhaps all that remains is to search, to ask, to name. This is a book that puts memory in the foreground, a recognition of the collective mourning that runs through us. Nombres propios is an approach to the legitimate and loving resistance that sustains the living victims of violence in Mexico. As Natalia Mendoza notes in the prologue: Alvarado's verses point to the concrete mechanism that could inaugurate a new time.
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July 2009¡Ehemänner!
Erzählungen
by Ángeles Mastretta, Petra Strien-Bourmer
Ana sieht keinen Grund, sich zwischen ihrem zuverlässigen, zugegebenermaßen etwas eintönigen Ehemann und ihrem phantasievollen Liebhaber zu entscheiden; Natalia beschleicht mit einem Mal das Gefühl, ihr Körper werde alt und ihr Herz dagegen immer jünger; Señora Fez hat ihre Pflicht an dem Tag erfüllt, an dem sie ihren Mann zu Grabe trägt – in den kurzweiligen, amüsanten, manchmal nachdenklichen und bewegenden Geschichten von Angeles Mastretta geht es um Frauen jeden Alters, die Enttäuschungen, Trennungen, aber auch das kleine Glück des Alltags und solche Ehemänner erlebt haben, die einen auch nach Jahren noch überraschen, in jeglichem Sinne …
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Children's & young adult poetry, anthologies, annuals2018Snow Poems For Kids
by Sashko Dermanskyi, Halyna Malyk, Mariand Savka and other
Children love poems. So before Christmas, the Old Lion and a group of modern Ukrainian poets and illustrators created this elegant book to read in the family circle. Snow Poems for Kids are full of fun snow games, magical gifts from St. Nicholas and magical moments of Christmas and New Year. Also, the Old Lion reminds young readers to take care of birds and animals in winter. The collection includes poems by Mariana Savka, Halyna Malyk, Halyna Kirpa, Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Oleksandr Dermanskyi, Ihor Kalynets, Oksana Lushchevska, Oksana Krotiuk, Hryhorii Falkovich, Tetiana Vynnyk, Yulia Smal, Natalia Poklad, Olesia Mamchych, Ivan Andrusiak , Oleksandr Orlov. Compiler - Natalka Maletych. Illustrated by: Dasha Rakova, Oksana-Olexandra Drachkovska, Yuliia Pylypchatina, Nataliia Oliynyk, Bohdana Bondar, Oksana Bula, Marta Koshulynska, Kateryna Sad.
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True stories2020Lost Island
by Natalia Gumenyuk
The Lost Island is a collection of reportage pieces from the Russian- occupied Crimea by a well-known journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk, who visited the peninsula in 2014– 2019. Her book tells the true stories and tragedies of people whose lives took a drastic turn after 2014. Some of these Crimean residents live under occupation, others in a different country. What is the unvarnished truth of their stories? Businessmen and retirees, Crimean Tatars, students and activists, human rights advocates and soldiers, people of varied political and ideological affiliations tell their stories: some want to share their quiet, long suppressed pain while others are tired of silently succumbing to fear.
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November 2012Die organisationsbezogene Beteiligung im Strafrecht.
Das tatbestandsmäßige Verhalten der Organisationsdelikte und das Phänomen der Terrorismusfinanzierung.
by Eroshkina, Natalia
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2018Varta in the Game
by Natalia Matolinets
Dark sorceress Varta Tarnovetska used to live a quiet life in Lviv: she worked in a cafe, hanged out with her friends and occasionally clashed with light sorcerers. But everything changed, when the Game began in the city. Power in the Central European Conglomerate for the next century is at stake of this decisive battle. Despite all her efforts, Varta can’t stay away from this violent competition. The marks waiting for sorcerers’ blood, the story of a demon and the secret of what happened a hundred years ago are lying ahead of her. The game is on...
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Children's & YA2021Kerim’s Crimea
by Natalia Smyrnova
Home, family, blooming pomegranates, children’s mischief. One day all of this is swept away by World War II. And the next day, after so many losses, it turns out that being a Crimean Tatar is a sentence. Hasty deportation, weeks in the freight trains, heavier losses yet, unfriendly new settlements, hard work. Memories of the lost Crimea. How can one find meaning, strength to live, and faith in people?
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2019Spies from Artemis Оrphanage
by Natalia Dovgopol
The year is 1907. A fight occurs in a theatre. A respectful gentleman publicly accuses a messenger boy of stealing. Without a shadow of fear, the teenager rejects the accusations, not yet suspecting that this is his first exam, an invitation to his new life. Herr Friedrich not only recognized a disguised girl in a green cap, but also found a prospective student for his orphanage, the secret school named Artemis, where professional spies are trained.
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Humanities & Social Sciences2021Women Emirate? The Female Politicians of Muslim World
by Natalia Malynovska
If you ask someone the name of a famous politician, you will probably hear a European or American name. And this will once again confirm how little we know about women in politics from other parts of the world. In our book you will find stories of famous politicians and statesmen from different Muslim countries. These women not only became the first parliamentarians, prime ministers, ministers, speakers of parliament in their countries, but went through a thorny path, became influential and famous both at home and abroad. The book will help to understand the Muslim world and the nature of women’s rights in Islam, the contradictions and combinations of feminism in the conventional «West» and «East». The author examines social movements and organizations public campaigns and protests in Muslim countries that have influenced women’s political rights and led to significant changes in the Middle East and beyond.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2008Ukrainian nobility
by Natalia Yakovenko
The monograph "Ukrainian nobility from the end of XIV to the middle of XVII centuries. Volyn and Central Ukraine" by doctor of history, professor Nataliya Yakovenko is dedicated to the history of elites in Ukraine as a part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish Crown. The author examines the formation of different groups and princely elites of the united "noble people" as well as its development during the two ages from the joining of its lands to the GDL and to the Cossack revolution of 1648. An origin and social structure, legal and property status, as well as personal and numerical strength of Ukrainian nobility are the main objects of the author's research. The first edition of the book, written at the end of 1980th, was published in 1993.This researh immediately became a bestseller and bibliographic rarity as it inspired a range of further fruitful scientific studies by Ukrainian and foreign historians in the same field. The new edition has been fundamentally revised and updated.
