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i am a bookworm
Welcome to the i am a bookworm rights area. We are a UK based packager and publisher of children’s novelty books, board books, activity books and bath books. We create beautiful children’s books that excite and inspire a love of reading in 0-5 year olds.
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August 2024A Place Beyond the Heart
by Irehobhude O. Iyioha
A Place Beyond the Heart is a collection of short stories exploring issues at the intersection of war and love, terror and (dis)order, as well as identity, gender, and sexuality. The stories capture the lives of people facing personal, societal and transcultural challenges that define, transform, and ultimately create shifts in the way they see and experience the world.
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Boogers Talking
by Peng Weiran
Boogers talking is a book about boogers, it is full of illustrations which explain boogers in the view of science and represent the mental world of it. It will help people treat the boogers in a rational way and see something different. Sweep the barcodes in the book will show you 20 seconds animation that corresponding the work, which can make reading much more fun and rich the reading experience.
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Children's & YALeo and Bogey-Man
by Johanna-Iisebel Järvelill, Kristina Tort
Leo went for a swim at the pool, but on his way home he caught a chill and is now down with the flu. Leo doesn't like to blow his nose and refuses to take any medicine. Instead, Leo wipes his nose on the sofa. The Bogey-Man, who Leo wiped out, doesn't want to stay put on the sofa, he wants to play with Leo instead. Leo is kind enough to agree, but it turns out the Bogey-Man is rather horrible and mean. What on earth should Leo do now?
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Children's & YASpooks
by Tereza Oľhová, Eva Škandíková
Every house has its boogeymen. Ours too. You can find them everywhere. On the balcony, in the washing machine, under the elevator, and right behind you. What they're doing there, you'll find out in a picture book meant for all kids who can laugh and still haven't stopped being afraid. Foreign Rights: books@owlagency.org
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FictionY avait-il des limites si oui je les ai franchies mais c'était par amour ok
by Michelle Lapierre-Dallaire
WERE THERE LIMITS IF SO I CROSSED THEM BUT IT WAS OUT OF LOVE OK? In this uncompromising work of autofiction, the author attempts to reconcile herself to a world that endlessly denies her voice, her femininity and her trauma. Summary Michelle’s life starts in early childhood with unspeakable abuse that will haunt her into adulthood. The narrator suffers from borderline personality disorder, which blurs the line between excessive behaviour and hypersensitivity, revealing a woman furiously attached to the need to love and be loved. The first book by Michelle Lapierre is disarmingly, unsettlingly frank. A rare incursion into the borderline psyche, Were There Limits… features a kaleidoscope of barely bearable scenes and luminous reflections on mental illness, family, romantic relationships—told in breathtakingly beauty prose. *** French sample : https://flipbook.cantook.net/?d=%2F%2Fwww.entrepotnumerique.com%2Fflipbook%2Fpublications%2F111787.js&oid=255&c=&m=&l=&r=&f=pdf See other PDF for English sample.
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FictionA Heart Too Big
by Eider Rodríguez
UN CORAZÓN DEMASIADO GRANDE (A Heart Too Big), is a wonderful book of short stories by Eider Rodríguez. The book was published in 2018 in Basque and in 2019 in Spanish and Catalan (Literatura Random House and Edicions del Periscopi). Eider Rodríguez (1977) writes in Basque and translates herself into Spanish. The Basque edition was awarded the Euskadi Prize for Literature (the most prestigious in the Basque language) and the Booksellers of the Basque Country Prize (alongside with Vivian Gornik’s Fierce Attachments). Great reviews have appeared in the most influential and prestigious Spanish literary supplements (Babelia, El Cultural, ABC, La Vanguardia). El País/Babelia chose the book as ‘Book of the week’. And the author has been compared to other talended writers such as John Cheever, Samantha Swheblin, Sara Mesa or Raymond Carver. The editions in Catalan and Spanish consist of the complete translation of Eider Rodríguez's last book of stories in Basque (also entitled A Heart Too Big, which is about 120 pages) followed by a selection of stories from the three previous books by Eider Rodríguez. Un corazón demasiado grande was included in the list of Best Books of 2019 by newspapers as El País and ABC.
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FictionJune 2013ShadowGrimm Tales
by Clive Gilson
Clive Gilson's ShadowGrimm series of tales have in various degrees been published in magazines and online over the last seven or eight years, with a number also appearing in short story anthologies in the UK.In his ShadowGrimm world of make-believe Clive first developed his love of traditional story-telling, and has taken a number of established tales from Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Perrault et al, and twisted them into modern tales of magical realism and fantasy - very much in the tradition of Angela Carter and Frank Baum.This new collection, published for the first time under the name ShadowGrimm, finally brings Clive's many and varied earlier tales together for the very first time.
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September 2020Black Water
Family, Legacy and Blood Memory: A Memoir
by David A. Robertson
David A. Robertson, the son of a Cree father and a white mother, grew up with virtually no knowledge or understanding of his family’s Indigenous roots. Without his father’s teachings or any knowledge of his life experiences, he has spent a lifetime putting together the pieces of his identity. This is the memoir of his search for understanding, a search that culminates in a father-son journey to the northern trapline where his father was raised. As father and son travel to the past to create a new future, they revive a story nearly erased by the designs of history, reclaiming their connection not only to the land but also to each other.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories“Mischievous JC” series
by Nancy Lee
The series currently contains 23 titles:《Call Me JC!》《I Ate A Tooth!》《The Strongest Cosplay On Earth!》《Sunny Side Up, Grow Up Quickly!》《The Volcano Has Erupted!》《Roar! The Tigress is here!》《I Have A Birdie!》《Pretty Boy, I Love You》《Ah! My Scalp Is So Itchy》《Being A Mum For A Day》《They Just Couldn’t Stop Touching》《My Dad is a Woman》《An Invisible Classmate!》《“Boobs” Up!》《Horrible Messages!》《I Don’t Want to Go to School!》《The ‘Egg’ is Gone!》《Girls Are Terrible!》《Booger Man!》......
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Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)2020Toc-Toc in the Owl's Ground
The Secret of the Bird Woman
by Albert Wendt
Three female scientists live on an abandoned factory site, the Owls’ site, and pretend to be homeless. They maintain a number of well-calculated deceptions in order to avoid detection. Only the children cannot be deterred and come to the site to pursue their activities. That is why the researchers need a bogeyman. A student friend, wrestler and now author of children's books, seems suitable. But which secret are they trying to protect? The women observe an extremely rare bird during reproduction and care of the brood. There's a secret about it that will only be revealed at the very end: Its plumage is like a magic hood. How this works would of course be highly interesting for the weapons industry, hence the strict secrecy. External threats must be warded off and the pitfalls of living together must be mastered.
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Science fictionNinetoes
by Tim Andrews
What if an NPC (non-playable character) dismissed with contempt by the players of your role-playing game was to become an adventurer? Ninetoes is a wizard, which is unusual for a hobgoblin, and more unusual still, he’s no longer an NPC. The world of Adrenon is a game world and a twist of fate has made Ninetoes an Adventurer. With this new status comes access to power, magic and skills that his kind can rarely attain, but more, it is a chance to grow and become the centre of his own story. In his first quest, among the ancient ruins of Kavralach, Ninetoes faces danger and intrigue. Failure will mean the destruction of his home and his people, for whom he now has the potential to become their champion. Ninetoes must master the magic system of the game, advance as rapidly as he can, and find friends. For a wizard alone is vulnerable. If he can prevail, the hobgoblin Adventurer might someday become the hero he needs to be.
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Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's/YA)Les crottes de nez contre-attaquent
by Linda Conchaudron & Mariko
Cachées au fin fond de tes narines, elles sont une barrière naturelle contre les intrus qui veulent envahir ton corps !Découvre leur combat quotidien dans cette bd qui suit au plus près ces petites crottes qui peuplent ton nez !
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Children's & YAApril 2024One Alley Summer
by Anne Ylvisaker
The summer before middle school is a time of anxiety and change. A pitch-perfect novel in verse about one girl’s wish to simultaneously break free and to belong. In the summer before her first year of middle school, word-chanting, rope-skipping Phee skips her way to imagined fame, writes down her innermost secret thoughts from the safety of a treehouse, and imagines in horror that her new classmates will eat her alive. Suddenly, her well-worn alley world feels too small. So when Mercy Jones moves next door, along with Mercy’s skateboard and her don’t-mess-with-me attitude, Phee sees the chance for her universe to expand. Even if it means leaving some things behind . . . It is a time of dares, of a legendary dog named Bull, of stretching comfort zones, and of old friendships made over in new ways. And it all takes place over the course of one alley summer. Using pitch-perfect, richly rendered verse, Anne Ylvisaker captures the tone and insights of one girl’s wish to simultaneously break free and to belong.
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El niño de maíz / The Boy of Maize
by Mario Bencastro (author), Christina Rodriguez (illustrator)
This gorgeous bilingual picture book introduces children toindigenous origin story of Latin America.
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Historical fictionMay 2015Bloodie Bones: A Dan Foster Mystery
by Lucienne Boyce
“Parsons and tyrants friends take note. We have born your oppreshuns long enough. We will have our parish rights or else Bloodie Bones will drink your blood.” When Lord Oldfield encloses Barcombe Wood, depriving the people of their ancient rights to gather food and fuel, the villagers retaliate with vandalism, arson and riot. Then Lord Oldfield’s gamekeeper, Josh Castle, is murdered during a poaching raid. Dan Foster, Bow Street Runner and amateur pugilist, is sent to investigate. Dan’s job is to infiltrate the poaching gang and bring the killers to justice. But there’s more to Castle’s death than at first sight appears. What is the secret of the gamekeeper’s past and does it have any connection with his murder? What is Lord Oldfield concealing? And did someone beside the poachers have a reason to want Josh Castle dead? As tensions in Barcombe build to a thrilling climax, Dan will need all his wits and his fighting skills to stay alive and get to the truth.
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September 2014Sex and Race, Volume 1
Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands -- The Old World
by J. A. Rogers
Classic work of black study provides detailed historico-biographical surveys of black history
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Classic crimeJanuary 2016Ein MORDs-Team - Der Fall Marietta King 1: Die vergessenen Akten / The Young Investigators - The Case of Marietta King 1: The forgotten Files
by Andreas Suchanek, Nicole Böhm, Ute Bareiss
Mason, Olivia, Randy and Danielle are four teenagers as diverging as they could be. When Mason is wrongly accused of a crime, a cascade of events is set in motion which unites all four in friendship. Together they try to identify the mastermind behind the crime. During their investigations, the team discover a secret room in an old mansion, which houses files about a 30-year-old murder. They are shocked to learn that their parents are also part of an enormous mystery which stretches all the way into the present. They start investigating to answer the one question overshadowing everything: Who killed high school student Marietta King 30 years ago? An obscure crime boss, a murder from the 1980s, a secret room in an old mansion and an all-encompassing mystery are now governing the lives of the four friends. The Preview and supporting information are available in english language.
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Classic crimeJune 2016Ein MORDs-Team - Der Fall Marietta King 2: Spiel im Schatten / The Young Investigators - The Case of Marietta King 2: A Game of Shadows
by Andreas Suchanek
In the aftermath of the shocking revelations uncovered in the course of their last case, Mason, Olivia, Randy and Danielle are more determined than ever to solve the Marietta King Case. A note from Olivia’s contact at the Barrington Cove Gazette leads the four young investigators to an old orphanage in a nearby village. Did Marietta give birth to her child there? The investigation continues...
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Classic crimeJuly 2017Ein MORDs-Team - Der Fall Marietta King 3: In den Trümmern / The Young Investigators - The Case of Marietta King 3: Burried
by Andreas Suchanek
Founding Day ends in disaster. A bomb deposited at the school by Kaminski tears through the building in a massive explosion. Trapped inside, the survivors must fight to survive. And as Chris Archer’s life hangs in the balance, Olivia pushes herself to the limit to help her friends in the schoolhouse.
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Classic crimeApril 2018Ein MORDs-Team - Der Fall Marietta King 4: Das Echo des Schreis (Finale Case 1) / The Young Investigators - The Case of Marietta King 4: Echo of a scream (Finale Case 1)
by Andras Suchanek
Following Marek’s death, Mason, Olivia, Randy and Danielle are determined to unmask the murderer. The four investigators team up with Sonja to chase down several leads. But the earl (Barrington Coves Moriarty) and the murderer have plans of their own. A race against time begins that only one person can win...
