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Sharp Rights Publishing Consultancy
Founded under lockdown in 2020, Sharp Rights publishing consultancy handles rights for independent publishers, agencies and authors, including The bks Agency, HopeRoad Publishing, Fledgling Press, FROM YOU TO ME, Little Island and Fine Feather Press. Founder Andrew Sharp is the former group rights director at Hachette Children's Group in London. He was The Bookseller Rights Professional of the Year in 2019. Our main focus is selling translation and English language rights for children's books. We also handle general trade titles. We are seeking publisher clients who require representation. We are interested to hear from publishers of adult fiction and non-fiction, children's non-fiction and picture books. We are particularly keen to hear from publishers whose lists focus on under-represented communities.
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Children's & YAWild Claws (3). A Target for the Sharks
by Max Held/ Timo Grubing
While diving offshore, Logan, Charlotte and Jack discover a shipwreck. Very interesting – but extremely dangerous. Because while the friends are examining it, they are attacked by a shark! Then more and more sharks approach and circle the wreck, as if they are watching over it. What lies inside the sunken ship, and what secret is being concealed by the underwater explorer Thornton, who is staying as a guest at the Wild Claws sanctuary? When Logan dives again, the sharks attack and Logan is trapped in the wreck. His air supply is running short, and time is racing by. Can Jack and Charlotte rescue him in time?
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March 2021Tian Hai Small Volume
by Yin Guang
Yelu is a "string singer" who wanders in three time and space. In the deep sea, she couldn't love it; in Jiuxiao, the hero had turned his head early; in the world, her best friend died in the sea of fire... The whole book is developed around the theme of "Oriental Classical Aesthetics + Juvenile Growth Fantasy", inspiring and moving. Time and Space 1. Love of the Sharks: Yelu loves freedom, is sensitive and passionate, enters the Sharks Deep Sea Yuefu, and worships the master Lingzhou who never accepts disciples. In the past, old friends came to visit one after another, and there were unusual life experiences hidden in a peaceful life. The Sea Emperor Festival is coming, Ye Lu is arranged to be on the altar, and when she finishes singing a long song in a foreign land, the mystery of her life experience is gradually revealed. Then the "red ghost" invaded the ocean and fought a war with the shark clan... Time and Space 2. The growth of the Yu clan: Ye Lu came to the "Nine Layers of Bi" of the Yu clan's life with the love of the sea under the sea. Here, she became friends with a group of Yu people. The talented and unconventional big brother "Leader" Solitre, the younger brother he brought out, the introverted and steady Knight, the combative deputy leader Kao... Yelu remembers this group infinitely, but Yuren Life is short, fighting time has become an impossible wish. Until the conflict broke out, Knight grew rapidly to replace the aging Solitre, Kao instigated it, and everyone’s pure feelings were met with suspicion... Time and Space 3. The magician’s fantasy: In the land of the magician world, the genius "swordsman" "Banxia was buried in the fire for the birthday of her best friend Ye Lu; ten years later, Banxia was resurrected for Ye Lu's wedding, and was once again given the mission of entering the fire. Banxia finally fulfilled Ye Lu’s wish, and Ye Lu, as the singer of Xian, was deceived by fate and remained alone in the world...
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Children's & YASeawalkers (2). Rescuing Shari
by Katja Brandis/ Claudia Carls
For the attention of all Seawalker fans: the marine shapeshifters are back, with Volume 2 of this bestselling, shapeshifter series about Tiago, the young tiger shark, and his friends! Tiago is happy because he’s not only been admitted to Blue Reef High School, but also because at last he’s found a friend in Shari, a dolphin shapeshifter. The young tiger shark really needs a friend, because not everyone is happy to have him around. He is constantly clashing with the shady lawyer Lydia Lennox, and he has made himself unpopular by trying to track down the rubbish gangsters who are poisoning the nature reserve near the school. The situation reaches a climax during an anthropological research trip to Miami. When Shari gets into serious difficulties, Tiago as both human and shark takes a huge gamble in order to save her and her dolphin friends. The Seawalker books are published every six months. Previous publication: Seawalkers (1). Dangerous Shapes.
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Children's & YASeawalkers (3). Wild Waves
by Katja Brandis/Claudia Carls
The students and teachers at Blue Reef High are worried sick. It’s not just because recently there’s been an influx of reptile and python shapeshifters who are causing chaos. Now there’s a powerful hurricane building up off the coast of Florida. Tiago, the shark shapeshifter, the dolphin girl Shari and all their friends decide to escape by swimming out to the open sea. But will they really be safe there? And will Blue Reef High still be standing when they return? Quite apart from the hurricane, Tiago has heard some unpleasant rumours – that some unscrupulous business people are going to organize fights between divers and sharks. Is this true, and if so, will the Seawalker friends be able to defend themselves?
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June 2018Wild und wunderbar (1). Zwei Freundinnen gegen den Rest der Welt
by Einwohlt, Ilona
Als Shark alias Sophie Hyazinth Amanda Ricarda Kornelius in der Wohnung unter ihr einzieht, steht Linns Welt Kopf. Denn die Neue sieht obercool aus mit ihren bunten Leggings und der karierten Haarsträhne und ist nie um einen frechen Spruch verlegen. Schon immer hat Linn sich eine Freundin gewünscht, die so selbstbewusst ist wie Shark. Nur wie soll sie es anstellen, dass die beiden Freundinnen werden? Sie, die schüchterne Linn, die täglich von der Mobbing-Clique drangsaliert wird? Doch Linn weiß noch nicht, dass auch Shark ganz dringend eine echte Freundin braucht…
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September 2019
Wild und Wunderbar (3). Freundinnen sind die besseren Schwestern
by Einwohlt, Ilona
Ein Buch wie Sommerferien mit der besten Freundin: turbulent, aufregend und unvergesslich! Linn und Shark sind als beste Freundinnen unzertrennbar. Doch kurz vor den Sommerferien herrscht bei Linn zuhause Familien-Patchwork-Chaos und Linn weiß nicht mehr, wo ihr der Kopf steht. Shark dagegen hat Angst, dass in Linns Leben kein Platz mehr für sie ist. Kurzerhand nehmen die beiden Freundinnen Reißaus - und ein wilder, wunderbarer Roadtrip in die Berge beginnt! Eine Reise ohne Ziel und Plan, aber mit der besten Freundin im Gepäck. Am Ende dieses unvergesslichen Sommers sind sich die beiden einig: Das einzige, was noch besser ist als eine beste Freundin, ist eine beste Freundin, die zur Schwester wird! Der dritte Band der neuen Reihe von Mädchen-Expertin Ilona Einwohlt. Für alle Mädchen ab 11 Jahren, für beste Freundinnen und ihre Mamas! Ein Freundschaftsgeschichte für starke Mädchen, und darüber hinaus vollgepackt mit Gedichten, Songtexten, Rezepten und Bastelideen zum Nachmachen - ein Buch wie ein selbstgebasteltes Geschenk von deiner besten Freundin! Ein Buch für alle, die zusammen mit ihrer besten Freundin unschlagbar sind! Alle Bände der Reihe: Wild und wunderbar. Zwei Freundinnen gegen den Rest der Welt (1) Wild und wunderbar. Gegensätze halten zusammen (oder?) (2) Wild und wunderbar. Freundinnen sind die besseren Schwestern (3) Alle Bände können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden. Ilona Einwohlt wollte eigentlich Ernährungswissenschaftlerin werden. Aber dann las sie mitten in einer Chemievorlesung „Das andere Geschlecht“ von Simone de Beauvoir - und widmete sich fortan der Literatur, insbesondere der für Mädchen und Frauen. Längst ist aus der Germanistikstudentin eine erfolgreiche Autorin geworden, die genau die Sprache der Mädchen trifft und Themen behandelt, die sie wirklich interessieren. Ilona Einwohlt, Jahrgang 1968, lebt mit ihrer Familie in Darmstadt.
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WONDERFULLY, PERFECTLY UNUSUAL
by Sharon Thayer
In a far-off ocean lagoon, a young ham-merhead shark pup who is different from the others learns how to deal with bullies, hearing his mom de-scribe
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories2020The Sworn Sword, or the Voice of Blood
by Arenyev Volodymyr
It was in time immemorial, now forgotten. Then heroes and monsters walked on earth, and the former could not always be distinguished from the latter. And the word in those days was sharper than the sword, although the swords then knew how to pronounce their sharp word... The new story by the well-known Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Arenyev, laureate of the BBC Book of the Year 2019 award, tells about the adventures of the sword and those who owned it, journeys and persecutions, magic and spells, as well as about Odin Stoymenny, Ms. Bramnytsya and two desperate men who dared to challenge them. The Sworn Sword is an independent story in the world of The Sworn Treasure.
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March 2022Greed
When Enough Is Not Enough
by Barbara Streidl
Rent sharks, financial speculators, businesses running on exploitative practices – all of them are motivated by greed. They want to make a profit, regardless of the cost. But it’s not only the “fat cats” that always want more. Everyone has the capacity for the deadly sin of avarice. People in the Global North live at the expense of the population in the Global South. We know this and yet we carry on. Why? Because we can. Because it’s normal for us to have plenty and to continually want more. This book shines a light on our greed: where it comes from, where we encounter it, what it does to us and how we can overcome it – if we want to at all ...
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April 2022Doble vida
by Magnus, Ariel
Can anyone deceive the loved one in order to protect him or her from the cruel truth of love? Like broken magnets that first repel and then attract each other, the characters of this comical tragedy of entanglements swing between love and lovelessness, between fantasy and reality, between dream and wakefulness. In the confusion of these parallel lives, they stray into a diffuse reality that becomes clear when they all accept that they have deceived and been deceived. In his extensive and brilliant literary career, Ariel Magnus usually approaches from a marginal sector the crucial issues that are being debated in society. As if he had an antenna capable of capturing the sign of the times, but with a certain lag that makes him decode reality from the eccentric -in the sense of being out of the center- and, therefore, paradoxically, in a sharper, more forceful and notably more uncomfortable way. His style is recognizable in the marks of humor, absurdity, polysemy, logical contradictions.
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Literature: history & criticismSeptember 2016Spenserian allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis
A context for The Faerie Queene
by Series edited by J. B. Lethbridge, Margaret Christian
Edmund Spenser famously conceded to his friend Walter Raleigh that his method in The Faerie Queene 'will seeme displeasaunt' to those who would 'rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large'. Spenser's allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis is the first book-length study to clarify Spenser's comparison by introducing readers to the biblical typologies of contemporary sermons and liturgies. The result demonstrates that 'precepts ... sermoned at large' from lecterns and pulpits were themselves often 'clowdily enwrapped in allegoricall devises'. In effect, routine churchgoing prepared Spenser's first readers to enjoy and interpret The Faerie Queene. A wealth of relevant quotations invites readers to adopt an Elizabethan mindset and encounter the poem afresh. The 'chronicle history' cantos, Florimell's adventures, the Souldan episode, Mercilla's judgment on Duessa and even the two stanzas that close the Mutabilitie fragment, all come into sharper focus when juxtaposed with contemporary religious rhetoric.
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October 2017Animox 3. Die Stadt der Haie
by Aimée Carter, Peter Kaempfe, Maren Illinger, Jonatan Frieden, Animox, Frank Gustavus, Frauke Schneider
Shark Alarm! Einfach abenteuerlich, was Simon und seine Freunde im dritten Teil dieser spannenden Heldengeschichte erleben. Diesmal führt es sie in die Tiefen des Pazifischen Ozeans, in die Stadt der Haie! Hier suchen sie unter großen Gefahren das zweite Stück der mächtigen Waffe des Bestienkönigs, und sie finden deren wahren Ursprung und den Grund für ihre Zerstörung. Simon bekommt Zweifel: Ist es wirklich richtig, die Teile wieder zusammenzufügen? Oder bringt er sich und die ganze Welt von Animox damit in allergrößte Gefahr? Dritter Band der erfolgreichen Animox-Reihe: Tierfantasy und spannendes Abenteuer. Alle fünf Bände sind als autorisierte Lesefassungen verfügbar: Band 1: Das Heulen der Wölfe Band 2: Das Auge der Schlange Band 3: Die Stadt der Haie Band 4: Der Biss der Schwarzen Witwe Band 5: Der Flug des Adlers Der Kampf um die Welt der Animox geht weiter, mit der Nachfolge-Reihe »Die Erben der Animox«: Band 1: Die Beute des Fuchses Band 2: Das Gift des Oktopus Band 3: Der Kampf des Elefanten Band 4: Die Täuschung des Kaimanen (Februar 2023) Band 5: Die Rache des Tigers (Dezember 2023)
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November 2012Shakespeares Doppelspiel
»Der Kaufmann von Venedig« neu gelesen
by Ivan Nagel
"Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ist eines der am meisten gespielten Stücke William Shakespeares. Weshalb also sollte es neu gelesen werden? Das Stück ist voll zwiespältiger Charaktere, Beweggründe, Handlungen, die einander und oft sich selbst widersprechen. Alle vier Protagonisten scheint es doppelt zu geben: Shylock als grotesken Bösewicht und leidenden Verfolgten; Antonio als selbstlosen Freund und todessüchtigen Homosexuellen; Bassanio als Liebhaber und Mitgiftjäger; Portia als Heldin eines Feenmärchens oder eines realen Entwicklungsromans: vom verwöhnten Schloßfräulein über die selig Verliebte bis zur Frau, die ihren Streit um den Geliebten kämpft und gewinnt. Die buchstabengenaue Lektüre des Stücks durch den Theatermann und Literaturforscher Ivan Nagel führt zu einem erstaunlichen Ergebnis. Shakespeare hat in diesem Stück zwei Stücke geschrieben: eines für sein Publikum von (laut Magistrat von London) »entlaufenen Dienern, Beutelschneidern, Pferdedieben, Zuhältern, Falschspielern« – ein anderes für die Wachsamsten seiner Zeit und der Nachwelt. Das Buch geht dem Stück bis in Shakespeares Probenarbeit als Theaterunternehmer, Autor und Regisseur nach. Er erscheint hier nicht als »ein Elisabethaner« – sondern als der Dichter-Dramatiker, der Genaueres vom Menschen wußte als irgendein anderer.
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Family & home stories (Children's/YA)October 2020Casas
by María José Ferrada, Pep Carrió
The authors of this book take us on a journey through the different ways of inhabiting a house. Based on illustrations by Pep Carrió made with acrylic markers, the writer María José Ferrada uses poetic language and humor to propose a set of micro stories that invite readers to observe their own ways of inhabiting the world.
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May 2024Fish in Distress
On the careful management of an endangered resource
by Manfred Kriener, Stefan Linzmaier
Consumers stand perplexed at the fish counter. Cod or salmon; mackerel or sea bass? Or perhaps rather carp and trout? How about flounder and dab? Dab what? A terrific flatfish, but sadly hardly anyone has heard of it. And what was it again about organic, aquaculture, wild-caught, and that little blue sustainability certificate? Is catching your own a way out? Before you start thinking it’s time to opt for a chop and fried potatoes instead, read this book. It provides readers with deep blue facts from the world’s waters and analyses the global and local habitat of the finned creature.
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December 2017Wake Me Up at 9 AM
by A Yi
The title comes from a Borges interview, in which Borges planned to write a short story entitled Wake Me Up At 9 AM but he didn’t write it at last. A Yi borrowed this title. In A Yi’s story, looped in the night of his birthday, Hong Yang asks his wife Jin Yan to wake him up at nine AM the next morning, but he doesn’t wake up any longer. The book recalls how Hong Yang, an illiteracy who has been simply considered as an outlaw, becomes well known in the town by taking advantage of his violence and necessary schemes, with the narrative of a hurried and perfunctory funeral. Love, belief, brotherhood and affection have nothing to do with him. The novel makes a scroll-type portrayal of the vanishing village and people living in the village by virtue of him.
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May 2023How Philosophers Fail Themselves
The somewhat different historyof philosophy
by Otto A. Böhmer
— Philosophy for beginners — For philosophy enthusiasts — A pleasant read This truly brilliant book tells of the sometimes sublime, sometimes exhilarating efforts of philosophers to maintain their attitude in everyday life without forgetting the meaning of their own words – and how they ultimately failed to do so. The minor, sometimes bizarre events in the lives of the great philosophers fit so aptly in the picture of the respective philosophy that one has to assume they could have been conceived to keep the associated intellectual giant in a strange and memorable mood. A book of cheerful science, full of wit, narrative and linguistic eloquence.
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Children's & YAAmazing Parasites:plants, fungi, animals
by Alyona Vasnetsova
We often use the word parasite meaning a lazy sponger. In biology however, organisms living at the expense of others are called parasites. We are surrounded by these creatures, they are everywhere, sometimes inside us, too! What a huge community! Plants, fungi, insects, even fish, birds and animals! Learn about how parasites live, why they are needed in nature and what use they can be to us.
