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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      September 2020

      Friendship among nations

      by Evgeny Roshchin

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      Children's & YA
      January 2011

      The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air

      by Abdo Wazen

      In his first YA novel, cultural journalist and author Abdo Wazen writes about a blind teenager in Lebanon who finds strength and friendship among an unlikely group. Growing up in a small Lebanese village, Bassim’s blindness limits his engagement with the materials taught in his schools. Despite his family’s love and support, his opportunities seem limited. So at thirteen years old, Bassim leaves his village to join the Institute for the Blind in a Beirut suburb. There, he comes alive. He learns Braille and discovers talents he didn’t know he had. Bassim is empowered by his newfound abilities to read and write. Thanks to his newly developed self-confidence, Bassim decides to take a risk and submit a short story to a competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education. After winning the competition, he is hired to work at the Institute for the Blind. At the Institute, Bassim, a Sunni Muslim, forms a strong friendship with George, a Christian. Cooperation and collective support are central to the success of each student at the Institute, a principle that overcomes religious differences. In the book, the Institute comes to symbolize the positive changes that tolerance can bring to the country and society at large. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is also a book about Lebanon and its treatment of people with disabilities. It offers insight into the vital role of strong family support in individual success, the internal functioning of institutions like the Institute, as well as the unique religious and cultural environment of Beirut. Wazen’s lucid language and the linear structure he employs result in a coherent and easy-to-read narrative. The Boy Who Saw the Color of Air is an important contribution to a literature in which people with disabilities are underrepresented. In addition to offering a story of empowerment and friendship, this book also aims to educate readers about people with disabilities and shed light on the indispensable roles played by institutions like the Institute.

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      Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's/YA)
      August 2018

      The Straw Giant and the Crow

      by Bosworth-Smith, Jessica

      The Straw Giant and The Crow by Jessica Bosworth Smith is a heartfelt and off-the-wall story about a mysterious relationship between a straw giant and a crow. There is a field afar that holds an incredible secret... a giant lives there who is made of straw. One winter, grumpy and miserable with his cold surroundings, the Straw Giant chases away all the other animals in his field. That is, until the Crow arrives and begins to leave him little gifts each morning. A sweet and subtle friendship emerges — but will the Crow be able to last the Winter Solstice? Will their friendship defy the cold clutches of winter and last out?

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      Children's & YA

      I will nerver forget you

      by Jean de Dieu Munyurangabo

      It is a book story where Benitta help Zoe a child with disabity who was a begger on the street she decided to take her to school hence the friendship...

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      Children's & YA
      2020

      Momo, The Strange Cat

      by Morteza Rokhsatpanah

      Momo really wants to find a friend, but it’s not easy for him to do this at all. Because, you know… Momo is a little bit, just a little bit strange. “Momo, the Strange Cat” is a story about friendship. It helps children to understand what it takes to make friends and how they should act on their needs.

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      Children's & YA

      I Dream of Being a Concrete Mixer

      by Hussain Al Mutawaa

      An uplifting tale about the power of friendship, finding your place in the world, and realising your dreams while remaining true to who you are. Tumbledown is a little demolition truck growing up in a loving family. His parents go to work every day demolishing buildings with their big wrecking balls. But soft-hearted Tumbledown doesn’t like to destroy. He’d rather build things. He dreams of being a cement mixer. When Tumbledown cries, his wrecking ball swings out and destroys everything it touches. When Tumbledown laughs, his wrecking ball swings out and destroys everything it touches. His soft heart can’t skip a beat without leaving a trail of destruction. At school other students laugh at him, but still he won’t let go of his dream. When Tumbledown makes friends with a feisty troop of metal springs, they hatch a plan to save him from himself. They fan out over his wrecking ball and every time it swings they do their best to absorb the shock. The day comes when the worn-out springs turn to the Wise Old Crane for help. Tumbledown can never be a cement mixer, but maybe there are other ways, better suited to his nature. After some search, the Wise Old Crane finds a new job for Tumbledown at a construction site using his wrecking ball to smooth out the cement on the ground. It’s hard work but Tumbledown is finally happy, and he grows stronger and more skillful with every passing day.

    • Trusted Partner
      March 2020

      Cousin Arrived

      by Qin Wenjun

      “Cousin Arrived" is an anthology of short stories. The story involves family love and friendship, as well as the children's little confusion when facing growth. This book contains small stories such as "Mysterious Mascot" full of spiritual inspiration, "Little Brother's Green Manor" that encourages children to choose their own growth path and etc. For children facing their own challenge of growth, this is a good interpretation book of mood and emotions that accompanies children’s growth.

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      Children's & YA
      September 2028

      Picture book "Karl"

      by Meggie Berns

      Feodora + Gino present: KarlFeodora and Gino go on a picnic. They notice a small beetleamong the many other little crawlers. It looks pretty sad. Ittakes the children a while to find out what's wrong with thepoor little creature. But now they need help fast! Educational approach:This story is all about affection and friendship. It describes howimportant they are and how, without affection, you can evenfeel unwell.

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      Children's & YA
      September 2019

      Eu não tenho medo

      by Niccolò Ammaniti

      The hottest summer of the century. Four houses lost among the wheat fields. The big ones are locked in the house. Six children, on their bicycles, venture into the burning and abandoned countryside. In the middle of that sea of ears hides a frightening secret, a secret that will change forever the life of one of them, Michele, a 9-year-old boy. The story is set in the torrid summer of 1978, in the countryside of an unidentified southern Italy, but evoked with rare descriptive force. In this landscape dominated by the contrast between the blinding light of the sun and the darkness of the night, Ammaniti alternates, with wise narrative moments, comedy, the world of children's relationships, the language and the burlesque wisdom of children, their tenacity, the strength of friendship and the drama of betrayal. And at the same time he sketches an unforgettable display of adult characters. A novel of self-discovery through the most extreme risk and the need to face it, Io non ho paura becomes a poignant farewell to the age of play and amazement, to the magical energy that makes us fight monsters. And it insinuates itself under the skin of all of us, like a light stab in the chest.

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      March 2020

      A Music Box

      by Qin Wenjun

      This book carefully sorts out the latest correspondence between Teacher Qin and young readers and some essay collections from hundreds of thousands of words. In this book, Mrs. Qin as a friend answers the doubts encountered by young readers during their growth, showing Mrs. Qin’s class book with the same theme. This "A Music Box" is different from other volumes in style. The script presents the delicate sincerity of a female writer, about friendship, about happiness, about time, about how to deal with life... They all exemplify the life reflection of the writer from self-experience and the concern for the growth of young people. The sincere words, like the beautiful music, are rippling in the hearts of young readers; they also are like little orange lights, illuminating the path of the little reader.

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      Children's & YA
      2018

      The Chalk Giraffe

      by Kirsty Paxton

      What if your drawings magically came to life, only to prove rather demanding art critics? Oh, the hassle! In The Chalk Giraffe we follow an artistic child who finds herself drawing a giraffe with chalk… but she is surprised when her creation comes alive and demands changes to his surrounding landscape. What follows is a quirky and humorous tale of creativity and perspective, with the beautiful African landscape as a backdrop to this new and unlikely friendship.

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      Children's & YA
      December 2018

      The Tree Boy

      by Srididhya Venkat and Nayantara Surendranath

      Sid is a lonely boy who detests idle, lonely trees. He has good reasons though. At least he likes to think so. He does not notice the friendship between the dangling leaves, dancing to the song of the wind. He ignores countless birds returning to the safety of their comfy homes, nestled in the soft spots of rough branches, after a long day of collecting worms. So when he is called a brainless tree for missing a save in soccer at school, it is easy for him to decide he never wants to be a tree, until one morning he wakes up to have transformed into one. Srividhya Venkat spins a delectable fantasy around thinking twice about what you wish for, or not and depicts the transformation of Sid’s lonely life after he embraces the excitable voices of kids twisted in his vines and the ecosystem hovering above him. Nayantara Surendranath’s eccentric combination of art collage and digital creation expresses the refreshing quirks that breathe life into the tale.

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      Children's & YA

      First Things First

      by Farhad Hasanzadeh

      A little mouse who loves watching the sunset comes across a snake on its way one day. Scared for his life, the mouse tries his best to come up with anything that would create a friendship between him and the snake. Would his efforts work? “First Things First” is a sweet story in the appreciation of friendship. It helps children understand that sometimes the unlikeliest friendships could be built with enough effort, passion, and care.

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      August 2024

      Dino + Ricky (6) and the Cherry-Red Head Little Masterman

      by Peter Kruck

      The bookworm has his health back. But not only his health, his friendship with Frehdrich is also restored. Somehow, their quarrel seems to be connected to Uncle Rupert's disappearance. Who knows ... maybe now they can find out what really happened to him? All the threads come together at the uncle's house. Edgar and the secret agents think so too. Dino and Ricky would like to get to the bottom of it all. If only they weren't so busy with the for the Festival of Peaceful Coexistence ... and that stupid fraternity kiss. To make matters worse, that insufferable Master Planowiak keeps forcing himself into the spotlight. He presides over the whole spectacle and infuriates our children with his obnoxious behavior.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      November 2024

      Beyond nationalism

      Acting and thinking for the common good in the European Union

      by João Labareda

      This book discusses the meaning of the common good in a European Union thorned by nationalist tendencies and presents concrete policies to improve its achievement. It analyses the normative relevance of EU values as a shared moral standpoint that allows highly diverse member states to label a given collective choice as 'good' or 'bad'. It discusses the role of EU institutions as both guardians and enablers of EU values in a globalised world and introduces a few proposals for institutional reform at the EU level that could strengthen this role. It also presents six strategies to improve civic friendship in the EU, in the absence of which any institutional efforts to promote the common good may be undermined by the citizens' lack of willingness to share its burdens.

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      Children's & YA
      2017

      The Owl Who Wanted To Become a Lark

      by Halyna Vdovychenko (Author), Khrystyna Lukashcuk (Illustrator)

      The Owl Who Wanted To Become a Lark tells the story of two birds and their sleeping habits. Each of them has their own lifestyle, one nocturnal, one diurnal. But what would happen if one day owls were to hunt in the morning, and larks were to sing at night? How would they adapt to each other? And would the different lifestyles become a threat to their friendship? This book demonstrates that we are all different but equally beautiful. A lark is no better than an owl, and vice versa; differences like these are not an obstacle to a true friendship. From 3 to 8 years, 1757 words Rightsholders: booksxxi@gmail.com

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      Children's & YA

      The Makers Club

      Starting Up!

      by Reimena Yee, Tintin Pantoja, Melanie Ujimori

      Childhood friends Aqilah and Yong Qiang have lost touch over the years. Whenthey are unexpectedly reunited in Pangolin Secondary School, they discover thatthings are very different and life seems a lot more uncertain than it once was. Willthey have the courage to start up a brand new school club and convince everyone,including themselves, that they’re ready for independence? Find out how the foundingmembers of The Makers Club forged a friendship that would change their lives forever.

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      The Arts
      August 2022

      Robert Guédiguian

      by Joseph Mai

      Intervening at the crossroads of philosophy, politics, and cinema, this book argues that the career of Robert Guédiguian is the result of one of the most original and coherent projects in contemporary French cinema: to make a committed, historically-conscious cinema, in a local space, over a long period of time, but most especially with friends. The account starts with in-depth consideration of friendship and its relation to philosophy, politics, time, and space. The book chronologically traces this project as it begins in Guédiguian's hometown, the Communist-leaning Marseille. It further unfolds through the political transformations of the 1980s Left and the local activism and utopias of the 1990s, and spreads into Guédiguian's varied explorations of genre and register. Close analysis is accompanied with historical and social contextualization, but also with a consistent return to the underlying, radical and philosophically rich project.

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