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September 2006

Dritte Fluggeschwindigkeit

Roman

by Lotta Lotass, Sabine Neumann

Erreicht ein Raumschiff die dritte Fluggeschwindigkeit von 16,6 km/Sekunde, kann es das Sonnensystem verlassen und weiterfliegen zu anderen Welten. Vom sowjetischen 'Kosmodrom' Baikanur startet 1961 die erste bemannte Raumkapsel ins All. An Bord: Juri Gagarin, Held Nr. 11.175 der Sowjetunion. Einfühlsam und sehr poetisch verknüpft Lotta Lotass Mythen und Fakten zu einem Roman über den großen Pionier der Raumfahrt. Sie erzählt von seiner Kindheit in der Kälte Sibiriens, von der Besessenheit des jungen Kosmonauten, von den Sehnsüchten und Träumen, von Schrecken und Angst des Auserwählten. Aber auch die Männer an Gagarins Seite läßt Lotass zur Sprache kommen und schafft auf diese Weise eine vielstimmige Erzählung über Triumphe, Niederlagen und menschliche Tragödien. Dritte Fluggeschwindigkeit ist ein fesselnder Roman über den Beginn der Raumfahrt, über Entdeckungsreisende, die in ihrer Sehnsucht nach der Erforschung anderer Welten an ihre Grenzen stoßen.

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April 2012

Der Sommer, in dem Linda schwimmen lernte

Roman

by Roy Jacobsen, Gabriele Haefs

Alles ändert sich im Leben des zehnjährigen Finn, als plötzlich seine kleine Halbschwester Linda mutterseelenallein vor der Tür steht – mit einem himmelblauen Koffer und jeder Menge emotionalem Sprengstoff … Es ist das Jahr 1961 – das Jahr, in dem John F. Kennedy Präsident wird, Gagarin in den Weltraum fliegt und der Bau der Berliner Mauer beginnt. Finn wächst in einer schmucklosen Vorstadt von Oslo auf, das Leben ist einfach und sozialdemokratisch. Er ist ein schmächtiger Junge, aber vielleicht der Klügste seiner Klasse. Wacker schlägt er sich mit seiner Mutter durch den Alltag, seit der Vater gestorben ist. Bis eines Tages die kleine Linda Einzug hält: Die Sechsjährige wirkt merkwürdig, pummelig ist sie, abwesend und schweigsam. Auch die Mutter, der einstige Fels in der Brandung, ist anders als sonst. Für Finn beginnt ein Sommer, den er nie vergessen wird … »Der Sommer, in dem Linda schwimmen lernte« ist ein Familienroman voller Wärme und Magie und eine ergreifende Geschichte über die große Macht des Kleinen.

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October 2010

Die Geschichte von Yuri Balodis und seinem Vater, der eigentlich Country-Star war

by Toutonghi, Pauls / Übersetzt von Bonné, Eva

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March 2009

Die Geschichte von Yuri Balodis und seinem Vater, der eigentlich Country-Star war

by Toutonghi, Pauls / Deutsch Bonné, Eva

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

2021

40 Rules to Survive the Apocalypse

by Yuri Nikitinsky

What to do if there was an explosion, zombies are wandering around, viruses or aliens are creeping, and the Angry Cockroach is crunching the on the cookies left in the kitchen? First and foremost, you should not panic and be prepared. Of course, the cases are very different - real and fictional - but the advice in this book is always valid and useful for each of them. So if you are seriously prepared, no apocalypse will get you!

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September 2018

Das Haus der Regierung

Eine Saga der Russischen Revolution

by Yuri Slezkine

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September 2005

Paradoxe Moderne

Jüdische Alternativen zum Fin de Siècle

by Slezkine, Yuri

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Literature & Literary Studies

2013

Triptych on Ukraine's Destination

by George Shevelov

The book consists of three essays by the outstanding Slavist Yury Shevelyov (1908–2002): "Moscow, Maroseika", "Over the lake. Bavaria", "The Fourth Kharkiv". Published to celebrate the author's 110th anniversary.

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Memoirs

2018

The light of People

by Vasyl Ovsiyenko

A former prisoner of conscience who was imprisoned for nearly 14 years presents fifty articles he has written during 20 years of freedom. They tell about his cellmates Vasyl Stus, Yuri Lytvyn, Oleksa Tykhyi, Valeriy Marchenko, Levko Lukianenko, about prisoners of conscience Oksana Meshko, Mykola Rudenko, Petro Hryhorenko, Ievhen Sverstiuk and other outstanding personalities.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

2015

More or Less

by Oleksandr Boichenko

The role of the intellectual in Ukraine and the world, the sense of irony, the Nazi and communist totalitarian regimes depicted by Tadeusz Borowski and Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski. Taras Shevchenko depicted through the eyes of Hryhoriy Hrabovych. Ivan Franko depicted through the eyes of Yaroslav Hrytsak. Lesya Ukrainka depicted through the eyes of Oksana Zabuzhko. Yuri Andruhovych depicted through the eyes of Karl-Josef Zumbrunnen. The Maidan and post-revolutionary confusion, reconciliation with Poland and the war with Russia, Crimea and Donbas. This is an incomplete list of topics covered more or less in this collection of essays.

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March 2011

Abgesang des Königs

Roman

by Herrera, Yuri / Spanisch Lange, Susanne

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August 2014

Der König, die Sonne, der Tod

Mexikanische Trilogie

by Herrera, Yuri / Spanisch Lange, Susanne

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September 2020

Polyethylene

by Kissin, Yury V.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

September 2017

The future of western capitalism?

by Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi, Yuri Kazepov

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2023

Yuri Gagarin, angel of the proletariat

by Félix Ruiz

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Ema a Max. Rozprávka o psíkovi Gagarinovi / Ema and Max. A Tale about Gagarin the Dog

by Jana Šajgalíková

A story about the power and fragility of the friendship between Ema, Max and the dog named Gagarin. Eight-year-old Ema has two homes since her parents had separated and she is in alternating child custody. Her best friends are the ten-year-old Max and his doggie Gagarin. Together they want to write a book for the adults so that they can better understand the children's world. Their friendship and their whole life is turned upside down when Gagarin gets lost. Daniela Olejníková has provided the book with beautiful illustrations.

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Film scripts & screenplays

August 2020

Convertible

by Åshild Norun

It's 1967, and a young Norwegian family leaves Norway for California, looking for opportunity and the free and easy lifestyle. The young immigrants settle in a nice house in the suburb. The couple both find jobs, and the twin girls go to school. Dad buys a convertible, just like mom always wanted. She invites her three siblings for a Christmas visit. Two of them stay on, and the younger sister finds an American boyfriend. Every one wants a piece of the American pie, but the price gradually dawns on the blue-eyed immigrants, as they discover simmering racial divides and unrest over the Vietnam war, and watch the terrifying assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy on the nightly news. The American dream is bittersweet.

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Fiction

November 2021

Les grands espaces

by Annie Perreault

In the North, Anna sets out across Lake Baikal, a huge stretch of ice twenty-five million years old. When she collapses from fatigue, a man known as the Grizzly goes to her rescue and brings her to his den. The two loners gradually open up to each other, recounting their nomadic lives, loss of friends, and relationship with the great outdoors. In the West, fiery Eleonore dreams of surfing the waves, gaining some freedom, and having a torrid love affair with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. It’s the early sixties, and the girl’s wild spirit will soon be reined in by family obligations and later by the controversial practices of Dr. Walter Freeman. In the East, back in the nineties, a young Anna shares a compartment aboard the Trans-Siberian with Gaby, a globetrotter from California. The two girls soon form a friendship that will be rocky but life-changing. In the South, an invisible writer pieces together fragments from her life that have filtered into her novel. The artistic process she reveals is a graceful and subtle form of autofiction that evokes Deborah Levy’s writing. All these characters share a desire to follow their instincts and a need to reconcile their hunger for space and adventure with their roots and the ties that bind them. In this powerful road novel, Annie Perreault has created a fragmentary and polyphonic work, a tale of daring journeys across landscapes too vast to feel at home in. To see all the information about this title: https://editionsalto.com/droits-rights/les-grands-espaces/

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Fantasy

Lyre

by Helen Harper

Yuri, a half Japanese-half English girl, has struggled ever since her beloved father drowned when she was a child. The circumstances of his death were anything but natural - he was drawn into a storm by the sensual singing of a group of sirens and Yuri's life has been overshadowed by the threat of the gods of Olympus ever since. However, when she meets Ozzy, a soulful singer who goes on to become one of the country's biggest rockstars, she attempts to put her past behind her. Unfortunately, fate has not finished messing with her just yet. The second book in the Olympiana series, although able to be read as a stand-alone, Lyre follows the classic tale of Orpheus and Eurydice.

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Uno e sette

by Gianni Rodari e Beatrice Alemagna

Gianni Rodari tells the story of seven children of different nationalities who are actually the same child - a story about childhood, equality, solidarity, and peace between peoples. Beatrice Alemagna pays homage to the words of the great author with incredible illustrations. A story about equality and the beauty of diversity, an invitation to peace and international solidarity

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