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Kia Persia Literary Agency
KIA Literary Agency was founded in 2002 in Tehran with the aim of promoting and supporting fine literary works in all forms throughout the world. It brings about opportunities for authors, illustrators, publishers, translators, and those involved in this field to meet their counterparts. And at the same time, it introduces them to the world and will inform them of all the related events which take place in the world of art and literature.
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September 2004Die Früchte der Gelassenheit
Was ein Garten lehren kann
by Pera, Pia / Übersetzt von Krieger, Karin
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May 2004Istanbul
Ein Reisebegleiter
by Barbara Yurtdas
Istanbul ist eine Literaturstadt. Barbara Yurtdas führt in acht Spaziergängen durch die Gassen und Basare, Paläste und Bäder, zu den Prinzeninseln und ans Ende des Bosporus, in Moscheen, Kneipen und Bordelle. Der Leser erlebt die faszinierende Stadt mit den Augen der Schriftsteller, besucht das plüschig-luxuriöse Pera Palas Hotel, in dem Agatha Christie ihren Mord im Orientexpreß schrieb, oder den Friedhofshügel in Eyüb, wo Pierre Loti sein Liebesnest mit der schönen Aziyadeh ansiedelt. Für europäische und amerikanische Autoren wie Umberto Eco, Stefan Zweig, Gerd Heidenreich, Barbara Frischmuth, Konstantinos Kavafis, James Lovett, Graham Greene und viele andere war Istanbul ein poetischer Ort. Durch ihre Texte ebenso wie durch die Romane, Erzählungen und Gedichte türkischer Schriftsteller bekommt die Topographie der Stadt eine ganz andere Dimension, ein geheimes Leben.
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Mozart: El hombre detrás de la música
by Amos Navon
Mozart: El hombre detrás de la música, por Amos Navon La historia deja constancia de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart como alguien cuyas melodías parecen haber brotado de ángeles, que llegaban a su mente más rápido de lo que podía anotarlas. ?Cómo logró desarrollarse y superarse profesionalmente a pesar de las tragedias familiares: la muerte de cuatro de sus seis hijos y graves problemas de salud? ?Cómo logró ser el músico más prolífico en la Europa del siglo XVIII a pesar de sus graves problemas económicos y de la dificultad para encontrar un trabajo permanente remunerador? ?Qué fue lo que impulsó a este asombroso erudito musical? En Mozart: El hombre detrás de la música, el Dr. Amós Navón, flautista clásico y consumado biógrafo, responde a preguntas profundas e hipnóticas acerca del hombre detrás de la música. Para ello, examina los elementos en la vida de Mozart que forjaron su personalidad y determinaron su destino, a medida que el lector acompaña al genial compositor en la travesía que plasmará la creación de su poco reconocida obra maestra, la ópera seria Idomeneo. El autor también describe el extraordinario desarrollo de Mozart al escribir música para instrumentos de viento para virtuosos amigos. También examinamos la colaboración de Mozart con Lorenzo Da Ponte, el libretista de sus tres óperas más importantes: Las bodas de Fígaro, Don Giovanni y Cosi fan Tutte. Pero no se trata sencillamente de un árido examen de composición. Aprendemos a conocer al Mozart tan humano, a Constanza, quien a duras penas sobrevivió como la esposa de Mozart y la madre de sus hijos y que tras su muerte, dedicó su vida a mantener vivo el recuerdo de su esposo. El lector sufre al seguir las desdichas económicas de Mozart en la época en que vivió en Salzburgo y posteriormente en Viena, sus interacciones con el barón Raymond Wetzlar von Plankenstein e incluso sus «cartas de súplica» a Michael Puchberg. El completo relato de este ser intensamente humano refleja la dependencia de Mozart en épocas de necesidad económica, el rol de los juegos de azar en su vida diaria, su actitud hacia la religión y si su sueño supremo de vivir una vida próspera y burguesa alguna vez se hizo realidad. Dr. Amós Navón, graduado de la Universidad de Tel Aviv y de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén. Distinguido biólogo, flautista y miembro de conjuntos de música de cámara reconocidos a nivel nacional, que ha publicando anteriormente tres libros de poesía. En la tapa: retrato de perfil de W.A. Mozart por Hieronymus Löschenkohl, 1785.
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The ArtsNovember 2017Vivien Leigh
Actress and icon
by Kate Dorney, Maggie B. Gale
This edited volume provides new readings of the life and career of iconic actress Vivien Leigh (1913-67), written by experts from theatre and film studies and curators from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The collection uses newly accessible family archives to explore the intensely complex relationship between Vivien Leigh's approach to the craft of acting for stage and screen, and how she shaped, developed and projected her public persona as one of the most talked about and photographed actresses of her era. With key contributors from the UK, France and the US, chapters range from analyses of her work on stage and screen to her collaborations with designers and photographers, an analysis of her fan base, her interior designs and the 'public ownership' of Leigh's celebrity status during her lifetime and beyond.
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Humour collections & anthologiesLife is better if you laugh
by Pera Toons
A game book from the international influencer Pera Toons, author of Who killed Kenny
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Picture books, activity books & early learning material2021Open Up Your Heart!
Ô les coeurs !
by Alexandra Brunbrouck et Fanny Falgas
A poetic album on the importance of opening our hearts. This is the story of a heart, how emotions come and go. The story of the heart which is an important part of every being, and surprisingly both unique and the same. Alexandra Brunbrouck uses the mesmerizing qualities of this vital organ to bring about the importance of relationships, self-confidence and love in our lives.
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Children's & YA2020SAM AND THE POWER OF WORDS
by Marjorie Danna, Nicolas Haverland
Sam is an 8 year-old boy and he is going to have a magical day. As soon as he wakes up, he fights with his parents, then with his best friend, with his teacher... That’s when he has a strange encounter with Mrs. Com-Com. This godmother like no other is going to teach him a super power to better communicate with others. This is the first title in the collection The Adventures of Mrs Com-Com, which aims to give children, families, parents, and teachers relational communication tools to better communicate. Sam and the Power of Words explores and focuses on NonViolent Communication (NVC) tools.
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General fiction (Children's/YA)2019From Sayings to Poems
by Fran Nuño, Jan Barceló
Our everyday proverbs are the main characters, they transform into poems full of humor, games of words, rhymes and double meaning. Each poem is accompanied by an illustration in a merger that creates a book full of color that is perfect for reading out loud and sharing with family and friends. A book-shaped journey to remember that poetry is necessary, playing with words as well, and humour as an smart option. A surprise full of vitality, drawings and verses to have always at hand, enjoy it often and live with joy!
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The Arts2010Die flote im Tango / Le flute dans le Tango
Grundlegende schule des tangospiels
by Paulina Fain
“Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies. CONTENTS » Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar. » All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises. » 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert. » Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel. THE FLUTE IN TANGO CONTENTS » Expressive melody. The art of fraseo, the authentic shaping of the expressive melodies. » Rhythmic melody. The performance of rhythmic melodies and the articulation specific to tango. » Use of ornaments and extended techniques applied to tango, guidelines to playing in a tango ensemble, the history of the flute in tango, the different styles of the genre and more. » 5 original works for flute and piano. » 105 audio examples.
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The ArtsThe Flute in Tango / La Flauta en el Tango
Fundamental method for playing tango music
by Paulina Fain
“Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies. CONTENTS» Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar.» All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises.» 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert.» Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel. THE FLUTE IN TANGO CONTENTS» Expressive melody. The art of fraseo, the authentic shaping of the expressive melodies.» Rhythmic melody. The performance of rhythmic melodies and the articulation specific to tango.» Use of ornaments and extended techniques applied to tango, guidelines to playing in a tango ensemble, the history of the flute in tango, the different styles of the genre and more.» 5 original works for flute and piano.» 105 audio examples.
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Learning Music
by Emanuela Carletti
An illustrated little manual teaching the basics of musics, with drawings, games, curiosities and tests for the young musicians!
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IllustrationOctober 2022Intervals
The silence of images
by Guridi
In this new book, Guridi off ers us his creative vision of the picture book. He delves into the relationship between images and text, between space (physical and mental) and characters, and especially the intervals—the interstitial spaces that give rise to deep meaning of works of this kind, inviting the active participation of readers. His practical advice sets us on the path to our own truth and shows us how to capture it through the empty spaces of images.
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Children's & YAMay 2020Cat learns the colours
by Emma Martínez
A new series of sound books for the little ones to learn vocabulary. Cat will show you more than 100 words in your language and also in English! Let’s go!
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Libelo de Sangre
by Sandra Aza
Madrid, winter of 1620. The happiness of the marriage formed by Sebastián Castro, a renowned clerk of the Villa, and Margarita Carvajal staggers when both become the main suspects of a blood libel: lawsuits that blame the Jews for sacrificing Christian children to collect their blood and whose jurisdiction belongs to the Holy Inquisition. With the bonfire hanging over them, their son Alonso, a thirteen-year-old boy, begins a desperate search for a way to save them, a purpose that tears her out of her warm existence and shows her the ice of life. In spite of everything, three headlights turn on light in the shadows of her misfortune: friendship, hope and a dream. Friendship is provided by Juan and Antonio, two rogue vagabonds. Hope beats in a bag full of money that seems to be pulling the strings of destiny. And the dream awaits him in college, where he plans to study law, become a lawyer, and exercise a law capable of preventing innocent people like his parents from suffering the rigors of injustice. Blood Libel is a fascinating story of love and friendship set in Madrid during the Golden Age, a vibrant but bleak time in which, while faith in God lit hearts, crimes against it lit bonfires.
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FictionTHE SECRET CALLED ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ
by SLAVKO PREGL AND LEON POGELŠEK
THE SECRET IS CALLED ERICH ŠLOMOVIČ (Skrivnost se imenuje Erich Šlomovič) Bata, a Belgrade antique dealer who does not speak any foreign languages, chooses young Leon from Ljubljana as his assistant for deals around Europe. Bata seems to be someone who will introduce the ambitious art student into the society of elite gallerists and high earnings. This promise becomes even more tangible when in an old villa in Zagreb, whilst buying a magnificent Vienna book case, they come across a dusty catalogue of Šlomovič’s exhibition, in which there is a list of French Impressionist paintings, and others from Modigliani to Renoir, from Kandinsky to Picasso, etc. The paintings disappeared one night in 1939 when two trains collided on their way to an exhibition in Belgrade and since then their fate has been shrouded in mystery. Occasionally they appear on the art market or in articles at home and abroad, even a film has been made about them … In Pregl’s novel, however, the story about the “secret of the Šlomovič” collection, full of lies, twists, deceptions, humour, hedonism and eroticism, is for the first time told by a player who created it from within.
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Children's & YABenni, Celestina e 3 piani in ascensore
by Patrizia Fortunati, Roberta Procacci
The story of a great friendship between different generations. The last bell of the year rings and Benni is finally free from the school! Will she be able to relax? Of course not! She will have to get to work immediately to save the old De Profundis from a sad destiny: the retirement home. With her, the inseparable parrot Celestina, a group of old friends and a Chinese maid with a Sicilian accent. Amidst twists and small lies, the brigade will devise the most adventurous plans to save De Profundis... Will they be able to save their old friends? They certainly will not give up easily!
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Religious buildingsJuly 2019LINA BO BARDI COLLECTION
by Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz
This collection presents six of the most remarkable architectural projects by Lina Bo Bardi: Glass House, São Paulo Art Museum (MASP), Sesc Pompeia Factory, Oficina Theater (all in São Paulo), Unhão Manor (Bahia) and Espírito Santo do Cerrado Church (Minas Gerais). Besides texts by the editor Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz, this work features contributions by researchers and professionals who worked with Lina. The six volumes also contain writings by Bardi and a rich iconographic material composed of drawings, building plans and photographs. São Paulo Art Museum | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and Aldo van Eyck | 64 pages Sesc Pompeia Factory | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz and Cecília Rodrigues dos Santos | 64 pages Oficina Theater | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi, Edson Elito and José Celso Martinez Corrêa | 48 pages Glass House | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz | 48 pages Espírito Santo do Cerrado Church | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and Edmar de Almeida | 48 pages Solar do Unhão | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and André Vainer | 48 pages
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Literary FictionNovember 2017Chasing Butterflies
by Manuel Aguilera
Chasing Butterflies is a thriller combining the suspense of a crime investigation with a mystery that takes readers back centuries to one of the darkest figures of Mexican history: Agustín de Iturbide, who liberated the young nation from the Spanish rule but then betrayed his own ideals and crowned himself Emperor. This is the story of three friends who meet again after a 20 years hiatus, and who see their lives crossing the path of a killer, a mystery involving a treasurer, and an unexpected hero.
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FictionWhat Would the Pope Say?
by Jaime Larrain
Pope Francis is at a crossroads. The Catholic Church, still reeling from the cases of child abuse and the corruption scandals of the Vatican Bank, has an opportunity for redemption or for a final nail in the coffin, after the Pope’s closes advisor, Cardinal Bullbridge, is kidnapped. While the Pope ponders the destiny of the Church, Aum, the leader of the Chrysallis Team that in 2016 kidnapped business moghul Brian Feller, has set for himself the tremendous challenge of gathering the most important religious leaders of the world so they can witness The Experiment, a mysterious process that could breathe new life into the Catholic Faith. The Experiment was born in the island of Ithaca in 2010, thanks to the work of Aum and Father Thomas, the guardian of the Vatican´s secret files. The motivations of Aum and Thomas are not merely academic, there’s a much larger political agenda at play. Being 86 years of age, and with a very sick son, Aum rolls the dice and brings together the Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, historian Yuval Harari, philosopher Michael Onfray, and many others. But Cardinal Bullbridge wants to put an end to his, which he sees as a threat to the Papacy. And Commissioner Scorza, Vatican Chief of Security, is trying to solve the riddle while also dealing with some scandals of his own making. What Would the Pope Say? Is not just a history of the Vatican, it is the history of an ancient dream that can now become reality, a dream we all carry inside: a spirituality that goes beyond religions, and that is one and universal.
