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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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March 2019Keep calm and travel
Jetzt fängt das Leben erst richtig an
by Brömme, Bettina
Leben ist das, was passiert, während du andere Pläne machst! Das erfährt Alwa bei ihrer Neuseeland-Reise am eigenen Leib. Ihr Praktikumsplatz existiert nicht und die spontan angenommene Stelle als Au-pair ist zum Davonlaufen. Wenigstens taugen ihre Erlebnisse für witzige Instagram-Posts. Alles scheint gut zu werden, als sie einen Job in einem Kinderhilfsprojekt ergattert. Denn zwischen Windeln wechseln und Wal-Touren lässt Laurin ihr Herz schneller schlagen. Doch dann erschüttert ein Erdbeben die Stadt und von Laurin fehlt plötzlich jede Spur. Alwa setzt all ihre Hoffnungen auf ihre Instagram-Follower: Irgendjemand muss ihn doch gesehen haben …
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Children's & YARoyal Horses (2). Crown Dream
by Jana Hoch
Paparazzi, a blaze of flashlights, scandals – day by day, Greta’s life is being turned upside down. And only one person is responsible for this: Edward. Or to be more precise, Prince Tristan. Greta still feels that he has deceived her with his lies. Why didn’t he tell her who he really was? But when Edward suggests that she should come to Caverley Green in order to escape from the media circus, she can’t say no. Especially because her heart always beats faster when she sees Edward working with the horses. Or when he looks at her in that special way…But is Greta really ready to become part of his world?
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Children's & YARoyal Horses (1). Crown Heart
by Jana Hoch
His world is that of the Royals – full of scandals and secrets. Falling in love with him was never part of her plan. Their paths cross at the royal stud farm... Greta just wants to get away: away from her school and away from the friends who have so endlessly disappointed her. The holiday job at the royal stud farm comes at just the right time for her. She might not have any interest in horses – and even less in princes and princesses – but the royal family’s palace still makes her heart beat faster. But on the very first day she quarrels with Edward, the horse trainer. He guesses that she is hiding a secret and wants to do whatever it takes to bring it out in the open. When, shortly afterwards, Prince Tristan appears at the stud farm, Greta’s life is completely turned upside down. She notices all too late that she is in the process of falling in love – and specifically with the boy that she actually wants to stay away from. Humorous and romantic, glamorous and exciting: ‘Royal Horses’ is the perfect love story for all readers from 12 to 99 years-old. Greta and Edward‘s story continues! Volume 2, ‘Crown Dream’ will be out in autumn 2020.
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Science fiction (Children's/YA)September 2019La Nacionalien
by Sandro Bassi
How often do you check your cell phone? Do you wear it while you walk or take the bus? In the subway? Do you have WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook? How many likes did you get this week? The cell phone is without any doubt your door to the rest of the world. It connects you, but more important, you disconnect.
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Children's & YAThings. My 200 Picture Book
by Magdalena Skala
The very smallest children can identify and name objects from their homes in this award-winning, large-format board book. Magdalena Skala’s fantastic illustrations use bright colours and clear forms to depict the most important objects from the nursery, kitchen, garden, lounge, bathroom – in short from children’s everyday worlds: a great start into the world of words – and books! Magdalena Skala was awarded the 2019 Meefisch Prize and the Marktheidenfeld Prize for picture book illustration for THINGS. MY 200-PICTURE BOOK.
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Children's & young adult: general non-fiction2020The Majestic Cathedrals of Ukraine
by Zirka Menzatiuk
This book will bring you closer to heaven. To the light. To beauty. It will help to open distant pages of history and reveal the secrets of sacred art. The temples that rise on the territory of Ukraine, built in different times, in different styles hide many secrets. Many legends are connected with their construction, and many miracles happened during the building and restoration. A special feature of the publication is that an ordinary schoolboy became interested in the history of the temples. He decided to tell about them on his Instagram blog to attract the attention of as many followers as possible. Did he succeed? Read it, take a look at the blog — and find out what happened.
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September 2023Trapped by Social Media
How we save our digital sovereignty
by Björn Staschen
— Who is behind the big platforms, what are their alternatives and why do algorithms contribute to polarisation? — A contribution to the discussion on current media policy in the EU It's a paradox: thanks to the countless platforms and channels that are around today, it has never been so easy to express your opinion. And yet never before have so few people decided on the rules of these platforms. Never before has the free formation of opinion, which is essential for our democracies, been in so much danger. And never before have the signs of recognising this been so obvious. So what needs to be done? In a controversial discourse on the effects of TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the rest, Björn Staschen reveals how we are slowly losing our freedom – and how we can get it back again.
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July 2018Vertraute Dinge, fremde Dinge
Essays
by Teju Cole, Uda Strätling
Teju Cole betrachtet Kunst, wie er die Welt betrachtet: mit dem Blick eines unsystematischen Historikers, der zunächst beobachtet, beschreibt, das Offensichtliche in den Blick nimmt, um zu dem weniger Sichtbaren vorzudringen, das darunterliegt. Seine Essays handeln von der Erfahrung des Unterwegsseins und von politischer Moral, von Rassismus und davon, warum auch ein Präsident, der die »richtigen« Bücher liest, in seinem Amt Menschen tötet. Und er schreibt über das, was ihn geistig nährt: über Baldwin, Sebald und Tranströmer; über Brasilien, Italien, Palästina; über die Ästhetik westafrikanischer Auftragsfotografie und über Instagram. In bereichernden, betörenden und originellen Essays offenbart Teju Cole den Reichtum seiner Interessen. Immer wieder zieht er erhellende Verbindungen, von der konkreten Gegenwart zur Dichtung, von der Geschichte zur Kunst. Vertraute Dinge, fremde Dinge wird zu einer Schule des Sehens.
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February 2022
Jolle und ich (1). Der Tag, an dem ein Pinguin bei uns einzog
by Frixe, Katja/ illustriert von Jeschke, Stefanie
Ein sprechender Pinguin als neues Familienmitglied – na, das kann ja heiter werden! Thea traut ihren Augen kaum, als sie plötzlich einen Pinguin in ihrem Garten entdeckt. Und dann spricht der auch noch! Ab diesem Moment wirbelt Pinguin Jolle den Alltag von Theas Familie gehörig durcheinander. Er richtet sich im Badezimmer häuslich ein, plündert die Vorräte der Tiefkühltruhe und wird bald zum beliebtesten Instagram-Motiv von Theas Schwester. Schnell werden Thea und Jolle die dicksten Freunde und stellen zusammen die Welt auf den Kopf. Doch wie viel Chaos verträgt eine Familie? Und kann Jolle wirklich bleiben? Erfolgsautorin Katja Frixe schafft beste Familien-Unterhaltung mit den turbulenten Abenteuern von Pinguin Jolle. Liebevoll und witzig illustriert von Stefanie Jeschke. Für alle Fans der Känguru-Chroniken!
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Gästebuch
Gespenstergeschichten
by Leanne Shapton
In Gästebuch erkundet eine der originellsten Erzählerinnen und Künstlerinnen der Gegenwart die gleichermaßen flirrenden wie verstörenden Ereignisse, die Menschen im Leben heimsuchen können, von denen sie sich aber kaum zu erzählen trauen. Ein Tennis-Wunderkind kollabiert nach jedem gewonnenen Match und schreibt den Sieg einer unsichtbaren, nicht ganz wohlwollenden Existenz zu. Eine Frau kehrt mit einem seltsamen Gefühl von einer Besichtigung der ehemaligen Gefängnisinsel Alcatraz zurück. Der Geist eines Gefangenen habe sich an sie geheftet, behauptet eine Freundin. Er habe ihr Mitleid für seinesgleichen gespürt. Ein Mann in einem blauen Anzug taucht auf zahllosen Society-Events überall in der Stadt auf – am selben Tag, zur selben Zeit. Leanne Shapton komponiert zahlreiche solcher Geschichten und Erinnerungen mit anderem Material – zufällig vorgefundenen Fotografien, eigenen Zeichnungen, Instagram-artigen Porträts – zu einem vielschichtigen Kuriositätenkabinett und verwandelt damit die klassische Geistergeschichte in etwas völlig Neues.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2025The return of the housewife
Why women are still cleaning up
by Emma Casey
An illuminating look at the world of cleanfluencers that asks why the burden of housework still falls on women. Housework is good for you. Housework sparks joy. Housework is beautiful. Housework is glamorous. Housework is key to a happy family. Housework shows that you care. Housework is women's work. Social media is flooded with images of the perfect home. TikTok and Instagram 'cleanfluencers' produce endless photos and videos of women cleaning, tidying and putting things right. Figures such as Marie Kondo and Mrs Hinch have placed housework, with its promise of a life of love and contentment, at the centre of self-care and positive thinking. And yet housework remains one of the world's most unequal institutions. Women, especially poorer women and women of colour, do most low-paid and unpaid domestic labour. In The return of the housewife, Emma Casey asks why these inequalities matter and why they persist after a century of dramatic advances in women's rights. She offers a powerful call to challenge the prevailing myths around housework and the 'naturally competent' woman homemaker.
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September 2023Talking to the Moon
by Sherin Nagib, Moon Notes
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Meine Stimme: Female Empowerment voller Musik. »Mit jeder Zeile meines Songs verliere ich mein Herz mehr an dich ...« Judy ist Feuer und Flamme, als an ihrer Uni ein Wettbewerb um einen Vertrag bei einer Plattenfirma ausgeschrieben wird. Eine Karriere als Songwriterin ist schon lange ihr Traum. Noch bevor sie überhaupt zum Wettbewerb zugelassen werden kann, schafft ein rassistischer Dozent es, in ihr Zweifel an ihrem Talent zu wecken. Doch dann trifft sie auf Jaad, der selbst Musiker ist und dem sie sich anvertraut. Auch er steht aufgrund seiner Herkunft vor großen Herausforderungen. Bei Kaffee-Dates unter der kalifornischen Sonne und bei abendlichen Musikproben entsteht zwischen Jaad & Judy mehr als nur berührende Liebeslieder. Doch ist Jaad wirklich da, wenn Judy ihn am meisten braucht? Talking to the Moon: Own-Voice Lovestory zwischen College, Songwriting und Coffee. Die zugleich empowernde wie romantische Own-Voice-Story einer Hidschabi. Freu dich auf den modernen Contemporary College-Roman unter der Sonne Kaliforniens. Autorin und Sensitivity Readerin Sherin Nagib, geboren 1991 als Tochter einer Deutschen und eines Ägypters, bloggt auf Instagram für und über rassismuskritisches Lesen. Behandelt wichtige Themen wie Antirassismus und Identität. Eine cozy New Adult Lovestory voller Bauchkribbeln und Musik.
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September 2023Fighting Fate
by Juli Dorne, Moon Notes
Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Götter und Gefühle – dein Portal in andere Welten. Wenn du moderne Versionen griechischer Mythen, starke Frauen und ebenso starke Gefühle liebst, ist dies dein Pageturner. Zwei Fremde, die ein göttliches Schicksal zusammenführt. Er ist der Prinz des Hades, sie seine Bodyguard. Seit Ewigkeiten fristet Taru ein trostloses Dasein: als Fluch für ein unverzeihliches Verbrechen darf er sein Appartement in New York nicht verlassen. Die Erinnyen warten nur darauf, ihn in Stücke zu zerreißen, sollte er es wagen. Das zufällige Zusammentreffen mit Rio ändert alles, denn an ihrer Seite ist er für die Furien unsichtbar. Und so heuert er sie an, ihn zu beschützen. Zusammen machen die beiden sich auf eine Reise durch die Welt, die reale wie die mythologische. Immer auf der Suche nach den Nymphen, der Sphinx und schließlich Pandora, die als Einzige Tarus Fluch aufheben kann. Doch nichts kann Rio und Taru auf das vorbereiten, was sie über sich selbst erfahren werden – und über einander. Fighting Fate: Göttliche Romantasy mit feministischem Twist. Ein Stierkopf im Penthouse? Hier erwartet dich griechische Mythologie in einer originellen Neuinterpretation. Female Power: Die beliebte Bodyguard-Thematik mal anders herum. Eine Göttergeschichte zwischen Romantasy und Modern Love. New York, Hawaii, Hades ... bereise die aufregendsten Schauplätze der echten und der mythologischen Welt. Young Adult und New Adult Fantasy ab 16 Jahren von Juli Dorne, die für euch auf Instagram über ihre Lieblingsbücher bloggt
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Children's & YAFebruary 2022Alles, was ich in dir sehe
New Adult-Roman mit viel Liebe und Humor
by Kyra Groh
All That I See In You All I See, All You Know, All You Have Been ...Anna, Polly and Anouk all have very different goals after graduating high school, but this does not harm their friendship. Quite the opposite: they have to stick together more tightly than ever. As there are a lot of things about life as an adult that no one has prepared them for – to not even mention their love lives! All these experiences are shared on a joint Instagram account, and each book tells the story of one of the girls.Two weeks in a luxury resort in Portugal - the perfect gift for graduation. Not for Anna, who would rather spend the summer at home with her two best friends. But because she always puts her own wishes on hold, she is now in the Algarve, lost between models and photographers. After escaping to a café, she befriends Helena, who invites her to help out on her dog farm. There, Anna meets the guy again who she bumped into at Frankfurt airport - not a good memory for both of them, as they instantly disliked each other. Fynn is not Anna‘s type at all and sees nothing more in her than a fashion doll. So, definitely not a dreamboat she could be falling for (she thinks) …• Original and modern twist on New Adult fiction – touching and an extra dose of humor• Girl power: 3 self-confident sisters as role models who stand up for themselves• Stories about first steps towards independence: Career choices, fear of the future, knowing and accepting yourself
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Children's & YAJuly 2022Das Buch der Seelen
by Mechthild Gläser
The Book of Souls A "Dorian Gray" story about the power of imagesFor generations, Elsie's family has owned a photography studio. Elsie loves the old cameras and the historic photographs; she is particularly taken with the portrait of the young lord Aidan Storm. Every now and then, she even tells the picture about her worries. What she doesn't know is that he can actually hear her. When Aidan's photo disappears from the album one day, Elsie is inconsolable. But then the young lord suddenly reappears. On Instagram, of all places - and then she meets him in real life.Aidan Storm was born in 1873 and there is a centuries-old curse on his family. With every newborn, a new ghost is born into the world. Aidan sets out to break the curse and recapture the spirits, using the new technology of photography to help him. Until Aidan himself gets captured in a photo that is found 120 years later by John's great-great-granddaughter Elsie. But who has summoned Aidan and the other ghosts that suddenly haunt modern Edinburgh back to reality? And why?Told in two time levels, the story alternates between the perspective of Elsie in modern-day Edinburgh and Aidan at the end of the 19th century. Like in Emma and the Forgotten Book, Mechthild Gläser takes inspiration from a 19th-century classic and brings the portrait of a young man quickly to life, in a modern-day story about the power of images. • Urban fantasy story combined with a tender, humorous love story• The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children• Set in picturesque Edinburgh • By internationally successful Mechthild Gläser (SERAPH Fantasy Award), who has been published in 14 languages
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FictionMirra, The Migrant Princess
by Pedro J. Fernández
In an era where the historical novel reigns supreme, "The Migrant Princess" emergesas a beacon of classical storytelling replete with the allure of bygone adventures. Theprotagonist's odyssey from a princess in the palatial splendors of India to a life ofcaptivity in New Spain captures the timeless quest for freedom. Catarina de SanJuan's narrative is not just a tale of physical liberation but a profound exploration ofself-discovery and personal growth. As readers, we embark on a journey that mirrorsour own — the inevitable transition from the innocence of childhood to thecomplexities of adulthood, underscored by the universal longing for a place we cancall home. This novel is a tapestry woven with threads of nostalgia, reminiscent of the serializednovels of the 19th century, each chapter a cherished installment that beckons thereader to a world both magnificent and mysterious. The author masterfully balancesthe historical accuracy of Catarina's epoch with a fictional reimagining that is bothengaging and relatable. It's a narrative that resonates with the adventurer in all of us,inviting us to rediscover our own world through the eyes of a princess far from home. "The Migrant Princess" is not only a novel but an experience. It is a reminder of why weread — to feel, to learn, and to dream. It beckons to readers across demographicswith its message of resilience and the enduring power of hope. This book is poised tobecome a beloved classic, and it would be a prestigious addition to your publication'sesteemed collection. Consider this novel a journey worth taking, an opportunity todive into the depths of human spirit, and a story that promises to leave its mark on thehearts of its readers.
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September 2022Lust
Fuckability, orgasm gap and #metoo
by Henriette Hell
Lust, a mortal sin? These times are over. In today's public perception, it is more likely for a boring sex life to be categorised as that. In statistical terms, people have never had as little sex with each other as they do today. And yet tips for a good sex life are to be found on every (digital) corner. Sex has mutated into a lifestyle product, and terms like 'fuckability' and 'MILF' trip lightly off our tongues. Henriette Hell takes a closer look at the thing about sex. She traces the history and genesis of 'sexual liberation', and sheds light on the 'cheating gene' and the #metoo debate. The author asks (and answers) the question of whether sex is becoming more and more antisocial and what actually still turns us on today. In doing so, she focuses on the former mortal sin of lust, which is inseparably linked to the systematic suppression of female lust (and its liberation).
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Health & Personal DevelopmentPause and Sense
by Emily Atallah
Thousands of people say things such as “I have no time”, “when did life pass me by”, or “I have nothing left to live for.” According to the WHO, nearly 700,000 people commit suicide every year, and conditions such as depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and lack of purpose are increasingly rooted in our societies, blocking our view to a life full of light and possibilities. In the age of instant connectivity, we have never been as disconnected, unmotivated and empty as we are now. In these pages, you will find 10 practical tools that will help you get unstuck, find your way through pain, and reconnect with your purpose towards a plentiful life. The book is divided in three sections that help you understand what is valuable about life, what we can give to the world as human beings, and how we can embrace challenges, increase connectivity with each other and increase our awareness. This book invites you to enrich your own life, through reflections that help you go deep inside, and examples of how others who when through similar experiences, got through them to live a happier, meaningful, and purposeful life.
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Business, Economics & LawDecember 2017Transforming Travel
Realising the potential of sustainable tourism
by Jeremy Smith
Transforming Travel combines stories from leading companies, interviews with pioneers and thinkers, along with thorough analysis of the industry's potential to make lasting, positive change. - A unique collection of case studies and stories of the most successful, inspirational, impactful and innovative travel businesses in the world. - A vital presentation of the latest research and statistics on the positive impacts and potential of transformative, sustainable tourism, - A positive and realistic vision of the scope of tourism to promote sustainable development at a time when travel and interaction with foreign cultures is facing numerous existential challenges. Written in a highly engaging style Transforming Travel presents an urgent argument for transforming tourism so it might reach its potential to promote tolerance, restore communities and regenerate habitats, while providing a vital guide for anyone looking to develop the successful sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations needed to do so.
