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Children's & YAEscondida (Hidden)
by Adolfo Córdova, Amanda Mijango
A poem and two lyrical voices intertwine in this book that invites the reader to get closer to the secret life of a girl who, with her voice, tells us about the complexity and richness of her inner world. A world that although it is not visible to the adult, has grown within her. On the other hand, there is the voice of the adult, who approaches and distances the girl, recognizing that inner world and its uniqueness. This poem written by Adolfo Córdova is extremely delicate and finds its counterpart in the work of Amanda Mijangos, who with pencil, oil monotype on paper, watercolour, and digital work, shows us that inner world with visual metaphors. The book contains a wonderful surprise: it is an accordion book (with a hardback spine) that allows the two voices and images of nature to be traversed. A book that talks about the intimate life of childhood and the relationship between this and adulthood.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2021Sara Paretsky
Detective fiction as trauma literature
by Cynthia Hamilton
Sara Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. But Paretsky does more than this. Her novels also illustrate the extent to which detective fiction acts as a literature of trauma, allowing Paretsky to address the politics of agency in ways that go beyond the personal, for trauma always has a social and a political dimension. Paretsky's work also exploits the way detective fiction mirrors the writing of history. Here, Paretsky uses the form to expose the partiality of historical accounts - whether they be personal, institutional, or national - that authorise 'forgetting' of a particularly insidious kind. Significantly, all these issues are explored within the framework of the traditional hard-boiled detective novel. As a result, Paretsky's achievement forces us to acknowledge the deeply subversive potential of detective fiction.
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The ArtsFebruary 2019Bertrand Tavernier
by Lynn Anthony Higgins
Bertrand Tavernier is widely recognized as the leading French filmmaker of his generation. Both a consummate artist and a controversial public figure, he is a passionate advocate for social causes and also a tireless defender of world cinema in general and the French cinematic heritage in particular. Lynn Higgins' book offers a guided tour through Tavernier's oeuvre, taking into account both its prodigious diversity and its unifying themes. It explores his use of genre and adaptation, his work with actors and his affection for characters, his treatment of France's colonial history, his explorations of the powers of art and the complexities of intergenerational relations, both among fictional characters and within French cinema history. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly book about Tavernier. Original and lively, sophisticated and engaging, the book will appeal to anyone interested in film studies, gender studies, and French cultural studies including academics, students, cinema enthusiasts, and Tavernier fans.
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November 2019Missing Boy
Thriller
by Candice Fox, Thomas Wörtche, Andrea O’Brien
Ein achtjähriger Junge ist spurlos verschwunden, und sein Verschwinden gibt Rätsel auf: Er und seine drei Freunde befanden sich in einem Zimmer auf der 5. Etage des White Caps Hotel, während ihre Eltern im hoteleigenen Restaurant unten zu Abend aßen. Als Sara Farrow um Mitternacht nach den Kindern sieht, ist ihr Sohn Richie weg. Die anderen drei Jungs schwören, dass sie in ihrem Zimmer geblieben sind, und die Aufzeichnungen der Hotel-Überwachungskameras bestätigen, dass Richie das Gebäude tatsächlich nicht verlassen hat. Da seine Mutter kein Vertrauen in die Fähigkeiten der örtlichen Polizei hat, wendet sie sich an das Ermittlerduo Ted Conkaffey und Amanda Pharrell. Für Ted hätte der Auftrag jedoch nicht zu einem schlechteren Zeitpunkt kommen können: Zwei Jahre zuvor hatte ihn eine falsche Anschuldigung seine Karriere, seine Reputation und seine Ehe gekostet, nun aber ist gerade seine junge Tochter Lillian auf dem Weg zu ihm nach Crimson Lake, seinem nordaustralischen Refugium. Er muss die übelsten Typen der Gegend aufspüren, um den vermissten Jungen zu finden – und könnte dabei sein eigenes Kind in tödliche Gefahr bringen …
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The ArtsDecember 2011Bertrand Tavernier
by Lynn Anthony Higgins, Diana Holmes, Robert Ingram
Bertrand Tavernier is widely recognized as the leading French filmmaker of his generation. Both a consummate artist and a controversial public figure, he is a passionate advocate for social causes and also a tireless defender of world cinema in general and the French cinematic heritage in particular. Lynn Higgins' book offers a guided tour through Tavernier's oeuvre, taking into account both its prodigious diversity and its unifying themes. It explores his use of genre and adaptation, his work with actors and his affection for characters, his treatment of France's colonial history, his explorations of the powers of art and the complexities of intergenerational relations, both among fictional characters and within French cinema history. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly book about Tavernier. Original and lively, sophisticated and engaging, the book will appeal to anyone interested in film studies, gender studies, and French cultural studies including academics, students, cinema enthusiasts, and Tavernier fans. ;
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March 2022Amanda Gorman
Little People, Big Dreams. Deutsche Ausgabe | Kinderbuch ab 4 Jahre
by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Queenbe Monyei, Silke Kleemann
Schon als kleines Mädchen las Amanda alles, was ihr in die Finger kam, ob es nun ein Buch oder die Werbung auf der Cornflakes-Packung war. Da sie an einem Sprachfehler litt, schrieb sie ihre Gedanken lieber auf. Schon früh stand für sie fest: sie wollte Dichterin werden. Aber wie hätte sie ihre Gedichte vorlesen können, mit ihrem Handicap? Durch harte Arbeit überwand sie ihr Stottern, und im Januar 2021 trug sie bei der Amtseinführung von Präsident Joe Biden ihr weltberühmt gewordenes Gedicht »The Hill We Climb« vor, eine einzigartige Botschaft der Hoffnung und Zuversicht auf eine bessere Zukunft für Amerika – und die Welt. Little People, Big Dreams erzählt von den beeindruckenden Lebensgeschichten großer Menschen: Jede dieser Persönlichkeiten, ob Künstlerin, Pilotin oder Wissenschaftler, hat Unvorstellbares erreicht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren: mit großen Träumen.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Bertrand Blier
by Sue Harris
The most complete study of Blier's work to date, Harris traces the director's career from the early 1960s until the present. Outlines the forms, themes and style which dominate in Blier's work, and challenges the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself. Provides an original and controversial discussion of Blier's alleged 'misogyny', and invites the reader to understand the scatological and corporeal aspects of Blier's filmmaking in terms of long-established traditions of popular dramatic culture. Brings to light the comic mechanisms underpinning Blier's films and identifies strategies which navigate through one of the most entertaining and disconcerting bodies of work of recent years. The first book on Blier published in English.
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April 2019Crimson Lake
Thriller | Vorlage zur Mini-Serie »Troppo«
by Candice Fox, Thomas Wörtche, Andrea O’Brien
12.46 Uhr: Die dreizehnjährige Claire Bingley steht alleine an einer Bushaltestelle. 12.47 Uhr: Ted Conkaffey hält mit seinem Wagen neben ihr. 12.52 Uhr: Das Mädchen ist verschwunden … Sechs Minuten – mehr braucht es nicht, um das Leben von Detective Ted Conkaffey vollständig zu ruinieren. Die Anklage gegen ihn wird zwar aus Mangel an Beweisen fallengelassen, doch alle Welt glaubt zu wissen, dass einzig und allein er es gewesen ist, der Claire entführt hat. Um der gesellschaftlichen Ächtung zu entgehen, zieht sich der Ex-Cop nach Crimson Lake, einer Kleinstadt im Norden Australiens, zurück. Dort trifft er Amanda Pharrell, die ganz genau weiß, was es heißt, Staatsfeind Nr. 1 zu sein. Vor Jahren musste sie wegen angeblichen Mordes ins Gefängnis. Nun tun sich die beiden Außenseiter zusammen und arbeiten als Privatdetektive. Ihr Fall: Ein berühmter Schriftsteller mit Doppelleben und kaputter Familie ist verschwunden, die örtliche Polizei behindert die Arbeit der beiden mit harschen Methoden. Dann platzt das Inkognito von Conkaffey, die Medien erzeugen Hysterie. Lynchstimmung macht sich breit. Während er den Fall seiner neuen Partnerin wieder aufrollt und sie versucht, ihn zu entlasten, nimmt der Fall des Schriftstellers überraschende Wendungen …
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2020La rosa en el viento
by Sara Gallardo
"The rose that is destroyed in the wind lets its petals fly in a burned light," says this hallucinatory novel by Sara Gallardo, her latest publication, an extraordinary culmination for a dazzling, always precise, always unique, always captivating body of work. In La rosa en el viento, all the characters move, embarking on journeys that are sometimes physical and sometimes emotional, but in every case, they take them far from whom they were at the beginning. Olaf, a Swedish immigrant who has escaped a terrible episode in Italy, becomes a sheep breeder in Patagonia alongside Andrei, a Russian journalist who, in turn, seeks to win over an unconquerable woman, whose story reaches us in flashes, much like that of Oo, the Indian woman bought by Andrei, or Lina, who follows Andrei south, and Olga, who two generations earlier followed Alexis the revolutionary to an America that, for these characters, is both a land of promises and forgotten dreams that never truly materialize. Kaleidoscopic, polyphonic, synthetic, and modern, La rosa en el viento brings together all of Sara Gallardo's talent for storytelling and emotional impact, and it demands that we read it again.
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May 2016La mujer de la guarda
by Sara Bertrand, Alejandra Algorta
Jacinta wants to know how her mother is able to breathe inside the coffin, but her aunts tell her it’s better if she concentrates in taking care of her brothers. Jacinta remembers some things about her mum, like the sound of the spoon in the cup when she stirred the milk until it was smooth. When her father arrives early, Jacinta and her brothers eat together and laugh at dessert time when he draws milk toffees and chewing gum from behind their ears. Jacinta is a weirdo in a world where other children have a mother. Jacinta has no guardian angel, but a woman traveling on a blue horse watches over her.
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Fiction2015Pantalones azules
by Sara Gallardo
Pantalones azules is a novel with a deceptively simple appearance. As Leopoldo Brizuela has noted, fifty years after its first publication, it "reveals itself as the recounting of a process infinitely more subtle" than an impossible love affair, which was the key interpretation by its contemporaries. On the contrary, Pantalones azules is a story of multiple disillusionments: those of Alejandro, the young protagonist from a well-to-do family, Catholic and anti-Semitic, who encounters the limits of his convictions upon meeting Irma, an immigrant with a Jewish mother who lost her parents in the European war; those of Irma, who receives not compassion but the inhuman brutality of Alejandro’s convictions; and those of Elisa, Alejandro’s virgin fiancée, who must decide her position within the patriarchal family structure and whether to accept her role as a future wife subjected to the tacit violence of her fiancé. But more than a story of love and disillusionment, Pantalones azules is a prodigious representation, for its freshness and vitality, of the distances that separate social groups, cultures, generations, and genders within the same time and place. A prime example of Sara Gallardo’s extraordinary ability to bring her characters to life with wisdom, humor, a touch of malice, and a surprising economy of resources, this second novel by the author also broadens her perspective on the landscape: the countryside, the city, and the river are depicted here with unusual accuracy, possible only for someone who has experienced landscape and language as a unique amalgam, a defining characteristic of her works. First published in 1963, Pantalones azules has circulated only minimally since then. Fiordo is proud to bring this superb novel by one of Argentina’s greatest writers back to readers.
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August 1984Autobiographie
1872-1914. Deutsch von Harry Kahn
by Bertrand Russell, Harry Kahn
Bertrand Russell, geboren 1872 in Wales, studierte Mathematik in Cambridge. In seinen schriftstellerischen Tätigkeiten widmete er sich zunächst der Mathematik, später wandte er sich vermehrt philosophischen Themen zu. 1950 erhielt er den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Bertrand Russell verstarb 1970 in Wales.
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May 1984
Autobiographie II
1914-1944. Aus dem Englischen von Julia Kirchner
by Bertrand Russell, Julia Kirchner
Bertrand Russell, geboren 1872 in Wales, studierte Mathematik in Cambridge. In seinen schriftstellerischen Tätigkeiten widmete er sich zunächst der Mathematik, später wandte er sich vermehrt philosophischen Themen zu. 1950 erhielt er den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Bertrand Russell verstarb 1970 in Wales.
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August 2014Amandas Suche
Roman
by Isabel Allende, Svenja Becker
Amanda ist lebensklug und ausgesprochen eigensinnig. Sie wächst in San Francisco auf, der Stadt der Freigeister. Ihre Mutter Indiana führt eine Praxis für Reiki und Aromatherapie und steht im Mittelpunkt der örtlichen Esoterikszene. Der Vater ist Chef des Polizeidezernats und ermittelt in einer grausamen Mordserie. Auf eigene Faust beginnt Amanda Nachforschungen dazu anzustellen, unterstützt von ihrem geliebten Großvater und einigen Internetfreunden aus aller Welt. Doch als Indiana spurlos verschwindet, wird aus dem Zeitvertreib plötzlich bitterer Ernst. Und Amanda muss über sich hinauswachsen, um die eigene Mutter zu retten. »Amandas Suche« erzählt den Weg einer furchtlosen jungen Frau, die mit allen Mitteln verteidigt, was sie liebt – ein fesselnder Roman über das kostbare Band zwischen Müttern und Töchtern und die lebensrettende Kraft der Familie.
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2024Los galgos, los galgos
by Sara Gallardo
There are beginnings in literature that encapsulate in a few words the entire conflict and grandeur of a work. Thus begins Los galgos, los galgos: “From my father, I inherited a house, half a field, and some money. I cried a lot over his death, but I can’t say that the inheritance took me by surprise. Sitting in the morning light, toward the end of the wake, I suggested to my brother that I would exchange my house for his part of the field, and as he immediately agreed and I had to sign a lot of papers, I realized I had made a bad deal.” These are the words of Julián, the protagonist and narrator of this novel, which can certainly be read as a story of love and heartbreak, but is so much more: an essay on the erosion of our convictions by time, a subtle commentary on the customs and practices of a class, and the impact of those customs and practices on certain fantasies and dissatisfaction, as well as a representation of the countryside, animals and plants like no other in Argentine literature. First published in 1968, Los galgos, los galgos won the Municipal Literature Prize and is considered a major work within Sara Gallardo’s extraordinary oeuvre. Written in a state of grace, infused with a melancholic sense of fatality but imbued with intelligent and refined humor, this is a novel that leaves an indelible mark, profound admiration, and eternal sorrow.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022A Tale Of Light
by Khrystyna Lukashchuk (Author), Khrystyna Lukashchuk (Illustrator)
This unique picture book is a creation of Khrystyna Lukashchuk, a well-known Ukrainian author and artist recognized as one of the best illustrators of independent Ukraine. From the emergence of Ukraine through its darkest times to its final victory over evil, A Tale Of Light allows us to find answers to dramatic questions: how can we explain to children why there is a war in their country? Why can not the enemy leave the Ukrainian land in peace? What will help us to defeat the enemy for good? The profound symbolic images that the author recreated will guide the readers along their journey. Ukrainians have been tapping into them for long times to find a source of harmony and internal strength – they are a powerful source of Light sustained by Ukrainian history, culture, and language. No enemy, however big or conniving, can destroy this Light. From 3 to 6 years, 719 words Rightsholders: bondarenkosvetlak@gmail.com
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Children's & YALa memoria del bosque (The memory of the forest)
by Sara Bertrand, Elizabeth Builes
The memory of the forest tells two stories. One, that of a little girl and her mother, and the other story told by the mother to her daughter: a princess who has seen her village burn, a princess who has known fire and violence up close, a princess who hides, turns into a ball; but she is discovered by another - a cat - who makes her remember, questions her. It is a story that is permeated by the dialogues between mother and daughter around the story being told. Elizabeth Builes’ illustrations, with their gestural strokes, her impeccable handling of a palette of soft tones, her skill in the handling of nature and the creation of intimate scenes, give life to a story that goes beyond what is narrated in words.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2019At the Ocean
by Yuriy Nikitinskiy (Author), Marichka Ruban (Illustrator)
This story is full of a cheeky sense of humor that little readers will adore. In this book they can find funny poems and beautiful watercolor illustrations to give them the feeling of diving in the ocean. This unique and amazing book was created by the famous Ukrainian writer Yuriy Nikitinskiy and by the fabulous illustrator Marichka Ruban. From 3 to 8 years, 422 words Rightsholders: kovalenko@artbooks-publishing.com
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The General History of Chinese Costume
by Author: Liu Yonghua Illustrator: Liu Yonghua
The General History of Clothing holds a large time span from the ancient Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the present, and the splendid clothing culture of China appears on the scroll of three meters. The scroll is designed to present on both sides. The front side shows the features of different clothes in different ages with the history of its handcraft, color blending, accessory and military. The back side shows the clothes features of each of china’s 56 nationalities. The Readers can lead the children to appreciate different culture charm and nourish the children’s cultural confident by researching different clothes.
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September 2015Deine Briefe lege ich unter die Matratze
Ein Briefwechsel 1971 - 2002
by Astrid Lindgren, Sara Schwardt, Lena Törnqvist, Birgitta Kicherer, Steffi Pelzl
"Deine Briefe lege ich unter die Matratze" ist ein tief berührendes Werk, das aus einer einzigartigen Brieffreundschaft zwischen der legendären Kinderbuchautorin Astrid Lindgren und der jungen Sara Schwardt hervorgeht. Beginnend mit einem Brief von der damals zwölfjährigen Sara an Lindgren im Jahr 1971, entwickelt sich über die Jahre ein außergewöhnlicher Austausch, der nicht nur Einblicke in persönliche Gedanken und Erlebnisse beider bietet, sondern auch eine Generationen übergreifende Verbundenheit offenbart. Trotz eines Altersunterschieds von 50 Jahren teilen sie ihre Sichtweisen auf das Leben, die Liebe und menschliche Beziehungen, was diesen Briefwechsel zu einem Zeugnis tiefer Menschlichkeit und Verständnis macht. Bereichert wird das Buch durch zahlreiche Fotos und Faksimiles der Originalbriefe, die einen authentischen und sehr persönlichen Blick in das Leben und den Charakter von Astrid Lindgren gewähren. Einzigartiger Einblick in das Leben von Astrid Lindgren: Dieses Buch bietet eine seltene Gelegenheit, die persönlichen Gedanken und Ansichten einer der beliebtesten Kinderbuchautorinnen aller Zeiten zu entdecken. Tiefe, generationenübergreifende Freundschaft: Eine berührende Geschichte einer ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft, die zeigt, wie zwei Menschen unterschiedlichen Alters einander verstehen und bereichern können. Umfangreiches Material: Angereichert mit Fotos und Faksimiles der Originalbriefe, bietet das Buch einen authentischen und visuell ansprechenden Einblick in den Briefwechsel. Inspirierend und bewegend: Die Offenheit und Ehrlichkeit, mit der Sara Schwardt und Astrid Lindgren ihre Gedanken und Gefühle teilen, macht dieses Buch zu einem inspirierenden Leseerlebnis. Hoher literarischer Wert: Die Kritiken heben die literarische Qualität und die menschliche Tiefe des Buches hervor, was es zu einem wertvollen Bestandteil jeder Bibliothek macht. Empfohlen für alle Altersgruppen: Obwohl es die Korrespondenz zwischen einer Erwachsenen und einem Kind darstellt, ist das Buch sowohl für Jugendliche als auch für Erwachsene eine bereichernde Lektüre. Pädagogisch wertvoll: Das Buch wird empfohlen für alle, die mit Kindern, Jugendlichen oder Familien arbeiten, da es wertvolle Einblicke in die Gedankenwelt junger Menschen und die Bedeutung einer Mentorfigur bietet.
