A diverse slate of books that range from board books to literary fiction. We discover, develop, create and package original books and comics with the potential to build multimedia franchises around them. Ferly’s carefully curated catalog features a wide range of books and popular licensed brands from all over the world. We are seasoned storytellers who specialize in finding emerging voices with a rare and cultivated expertise in the Nordics.
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A small independent Publishing house, with branches in Tripoli, Cairo, and London. Established in 1950's in Libya.
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Salif is a good student, but a soccer fan. His father finds that he spends too much time playing in the street with "thugs". In no time the passion turns to obsession. The father gives nothing. From hope to disappointment, from running away to depression, how will this showdown for a ball end?
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A city girl gets lost while visiting her grandparents. Accompanied by a young native, she must pass several trials to find her way back.
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Art as worldmaking is a response to Alex Potts's provocative 2013 book Experiments in modern realism. Twenty essays by leading scholars test Potts's recasting of realism through examinations of art produced in different media and periods, ranging from eighth-century Chinese garden aesthetics to video work by the contemporary Russian collective Radek Community. While the book does not neglect avatars of pictorial realism such as Menzel and Eakins, or the question of nineteenth-century realism's historical antecedents, it is contemporary in orientation in that many contributors are particularly concerned with the questions that sculpture, photography and non-traditional media pose for realism as an aesthetic norm. It will be essential reading for students of art history concerned with art's truth value or more broadly with conceptual problems of representation and the intersections of art and politics.
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Organic poultry production has increased significantly in recent years to keep up with increasing consumer demand for organic eggs and meat. There are many guidelines and restrictions on what should go into the feed of organically-farmed poultry, from which difficulties arise when trying to ensure a well-balanced nutritious diet without the use of any unapproved supplements. This, the second edition of Robert Blair's classic and bestselling book on the nutrition and feeding of organic poultry, presents advice for organic producers, and the agencies and organizations serving them. It covers: - Selecting suitable ingredients. - Preparing appropriate feed mixtures and integrating them into organic poultry production systems. - International standards for organic feeding. - Breeds that are most suitable for organic farming. - Examples of diets formulated to organic standards. Completely updated and revised to address how to formulate organic diets in situations where there is a declining supply of organic feed, this new edition also includes up-to-date information on the nutritional requirements of poultry and feed-related disease incidence in organic flocks. Also including the feasibility of utilizing novel feed, such as insect meal, and their acceptability by consumers of organic meat products, this book forms a comprehensive reference for students, organic farmers, veterinarians and researchers.
Only the paranoid can see the conspiracy. And only those who see it, can tell it. The protagonist of this story is a TV screenwriter. Curious eyes follow her on the street, she receives threatening phone calls, her scripts appear with miserious modifications, and she keeps getting intercepted by a spy in the most various disguises. This is how she gets entangled in a flawed sci-fi intrigue: the important information isn’t properly hidden and the villains don’t seem to want to hide their plans. Is it worst to ignore, or to know? Fernando Calvi plays with the basic elements of this genre (aliens, heroes, power) and displays all of its rules. Those who can follow them precisely may destroy the Final Boss. The protagonist from To the king of constantinople is a TV screenwriter. Laughing eyes follow her around, she receives threatening phone calls, her screenplays are rewritten, and a spy hidden in the most various disguises keeps getting in her way. Just like that she will get entangled in a deficient sci-fi conspiracy: information is not duly hidden, and the villains don’t seem to want to hide their plans. What’s worse: to know or to ignore?
The zoo, snacks, friends, walking with your parents, the first girlfriend,childhood delights ... or not?Bubbles, (like Peanuts. Little Lulu, Nancy, Mafalda or Calvin & Hobbes)is a cartoon about childhood. But not the nostalgic childhoodsweetened by memory; the disturbing childhood lived by a child:Bubbles.During this journey Bubbles will face his first love, summer naps,walks, the consciousness of death, the circus, games and all experiencesthat today, from afar, seem normal and simple, but lived forthe first time, are intense and, at times, terrifying.
Altavista is the story of the enigmatic sailor Barragán, his journeythrough the oceans, his encounters with glittering characters, hisexploration of the mysteries of the world. A story-blog made ofscraps, lost and found images, sensations that rise and fall likewaves.Under the trap of a travel diary, it is an ode to the forms of comicbooks and their ways of existing, from Dragon Ball to Tintin, notonly without guilt but with an absolute sense of exploration, playfulnessand tradition . It is the first graphic novel of the 20th centurypublished in the 21st century, and yet it remains as a beautiful loveletter to the future of a character, a medium, and its possibilities.
Look around you. You must be surrounded by plastic. This material is omnipresent in our life because it has many advantages: it’s moldable, resistant, and cheap. So resistant that it will take years to biodegrade and so cheap that we manufacture objects with it meant to be used only one time. This has made plastic spread to all corners of the planet. In this book, Patri y Fer of vivirsinplastico.com retrace the history of this material and the dangers that its unlimited consumption represent for the environment. Through their own story, with lots of humor thrown in, they outline creative ways to get rid of plastic and live a fuller life. It seems impossible, but it isn’t. The first step is agreeing to try. What do you say?
The Food and Sex book spells out all the ingredients needed for a wide range of recipes and sexipes and clearly instructs readers what to do with them for great food and sex.The aim is to encourage creative, imaginative and adventurous treatment of food and body, resulting directly in well-being; interest for old and young alike. Something for everyone.There are 149 great recipes and when all the ideas in dice sex, oral sex techniques, orgasmic challenge, sixty nine, and orgasm on demand are added up, the 34 sexipes expand to 122 super sensuous suggestions; all organised in sections.Recipes: Meat: Red & whiteFish & seafoodVegetablesSpicySalads & mini saladsOmelettesSoupsSauces & gunksCurry powdersBBQBreakfastsSexipes: ToysAu Naturel (well, mostly)TiedOn demandThe recipes and sexipes are easy to follow, with direct and explicit language leaving nothing in doubt. The essentials that should always be on hand for good food and good sex are spelled out clearly in the introduction and the photographs are helpful, sometimes erotic and suggestive, but never prescriptive or pornographic.The food part is for thoughtful cooks; people who want to cook good food, well prepared from good ingredients. From simple dishes to the more complicated; scrambled eggs in the microwave or asparagus soup with poached eggs and pancetta for breakfast, to barbequed salmon, or ray wings in saffron milk sauce for dinner. It is about good, interesting cooking; some is quick and easy, some takes longer and is more complicated.Even those 'ordinary' fall backs chili con carne and spaghetti Bolognaise are enthusiatically included as well as the 'different' aubergine and dolcelatti sandwich, and mussels poached in cider with chorizo thyme and leek.The sex part is for thoughtful lovers, which both partners will enjoy. Women might want to select their favourite sexipes for their partners to read through prior to sex or lovemaking. Men might want their partners to read through some of the light ‘bondage’ sexipes in the ‘Tied’ section to show them that it is not all about pain, sadism, and weirdness, and to ley them know what will be happening. By following the sexipes men will also be able to show they can do bondage in an erotic and loving way, not to mention use their fingers and tongues more effectively!
Jacky, brillant élève, se destine à devenir médecin. Sa droiture se révèle autant une force qu’un écueil dans une société durement frappée par une crise économique sans précédent. Complaisance, la mégalopole dans laquelle il vit, sombre de plus en plus dans la corruption et l’inégalité sociale. Alors que le gouvernement impose une main de fer dans un gant de velours, l’impensable se produit. Un attentat provoque un grand nombre de victimes dont la plupart sont des ministres en poste. Afin de stabiliser la situation vécue dans la mégalopole, l’état d’urgence est ordonné. Le blocus imposé sépare familles et couples, ne permettant plus à certains de rejoindre leur lieu de travail ou d’études.
A thrilling series of adventures with humour, chases and cunning… a lot of cunning. A new adventure full of humour and nods to real life. This time in New York! This Coscorrón sisters have to travel to New York, where the International Granny Detective Conference is being held, the world’s biggest conference of its kind. The Plaza Hotel is full of celebrities: the Tiatrappo sisters from Italy, the Akí Mekedos from Japan, and even Donald Trompazo himself. Amid the hubbub there is a mystery: the hotel’s toilet paper has all disappeared without explanation. The Coscorróns, Marcel and his new friend Max follow the trail of a culprit. Who will it be?
Blade runner, I, Robot, 2001... Science fiction has often looked at the question of what would happen if machines became human. But what would happen if the mind of a human was transplanted into a machine?In a world where humanity has had to reorganize to survive after an ecological catastrophe, it is now possible to buy immortality: all you have to do is upload the consciousness of a dead person to a computer system. Laura Verns, terminally ill, decides to purchase one of these “extended lives” before dying.Twenty years later, after her body has died, Laura’s virtual life is threatened, and she will have to look deep into her memories to see what it is that’s threatening her.
A fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of the iconic Disney Studios, A Whole Life To Remember is a fast-paced and utterly absorbing story which captures a beloved bygone era with acuity, wisdom, and heart. A Whole Life to Remember is the story of Sophie Simmons, a talented young girl from New York, who travels to Los Angeles in the 1930s to become a cartoonist. The story follows Sophie in her way to achieve her dream in a world of men at the golden beginnings of the Disney Studios. Love, friendship, tragedy and glamour are all the ingredients of this fascinating novel that will transport you to the backstage of the big first Disney cartoon productions, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Dumbo accompanied by a heroine who will stay with you for a long time.
By the author of Half-Life (Nadal Prize 2017), a new novel about family relationships that reflects on the ways a secret from the past can make our future come tumbling down. Reina receives an unexpected call from the mayor of a small village in the Pyrenees. Renovation work on the cemetery has forced them to open up some of the more neglected tombs, among them her father’s. The mayor begs her to do something about his remains and invites her to a solemn ceremony.There is, in addition, a delicate matter he would like to speak to her about, one far from easy to discuss: the discover of another body next to her father’s. Surprised, Reina has no idea who it could be; she knows next to nothing about the man except that he killed himself forty-five years ago, and her mother tried her entire life to conceal it. Against her will, she goes to the village to put things in order.A journey that will take Reina to a tiny town in the heart of Catalonia, but also to a faraway past to the thirtys when her father was a young man in love.
At 17, Seïs Amorgen is nominated to incorporate the biggest brotherhood of Asclepion’s kingdom. If he says yes, he will become one of the best warriors of the monarchy. If he says no, he will stay the frivolous and arrogant boy playing with the robbers in his hometown. While the shadow is extending through the country, Seïs must take a decision which will impact his life, and he must faces his own demons.
Winner of the 2020 Josep Pla Prize. A group of friends. A house in front of the sea. A sea of stars and an unresolved past. A group of friends meet five years after a tragic accident in a house in Cap de Creus, an idyllic seaside enclave, with the excuse of seeing a sea of stars.They enjoy the reunion and share secrets, but jealousies also flourish, and an old love story and still-smoldering sentiments unearth an issue from the past that remains unresolved.None of them can imagine how the night will end. A night that has one more surprise in store.“She couldn’t say if it was because Nis had asked her or because she had let herself be dragged along. But she had come. It was two weeks ago. With two suitcases and an uncertain future, following the steps of the man who had seduced her. ‘We’ll be happy there, Olivia, we’ll be good. Trust me,’ Nis had repeated into her ear.”
A fantastic blend of inspiration and awareness brings us close to happiness through a great voyage. With exceptional warmth, this book gives the reader the tools to reach happiness through wisdom that has built up in humanity over the course of the centuries all over the world. An open, vivid book that invites us to take a fascinating journey and gives us a thousand possibilities so that each one of us can find their own way to feel good.
Drunkard, poet, redneck. Especially with his column »Notes of a Dirty Old Man« Charles Bukowski cultivated his image as an underdog from the underground. Frank Schäfer draws a different picture. His Bukowski can’t be compared with the American Dream or the Sixty-eight is countering the promise of salvation, scornfully registered by the establishment of the literary establishment, with the sound of his typewriter.Schäfer’s »Notes on a Dirty Old Man« result in a narrative, to a certain extent unlexicographic encyclopaedia, a personal Bukowskipedia, well-founded and stirring at the same time.
The term ‘bullying’ has been receiving a lot of attention in Germany since the early 1990s. The media often report stories about this targeted oppression and hassling. However, this is mostly limited to bullying at the workplace and thus the adult world. Unfortunately, bullying has started to take place increasingly among children and teenagers throughout the last years. Since then, the question has been what bullying looks like in schools and what impacts it has. The phenomenon, hardly known among pupils so far, is difficult to notice. Parents experience an increasingly withdrawn and isolated child und may be confronted with a lack of enthusiasm for school, or active refusal to attend school. In at least 50% of cases the cause remains obscure, because children decide not to speak out for fear of not being able to make the situation at school any better. Since having first been diagnosed in Sweden in the early 70s, bullying as social aggression among students has received considerable attention in research and in the media (see Schäfer, w/o year). According to Mechthild Schäfer, bullying is a part of pupils’ culture, as in German schools at least one child out of ten is bullied, and more than one out of ten bullies other children. However, it is still questionable which dimensions bullying really reaches and which causes can be held accountable for the phenomenon. The question most relevant for Heitmeyer and Schröttle (2006, p. 189) is whether school as an institution with its structures actually promotes violence, or whether it ‘only’ facilitates it by creating opportunities for violence. The authors are of the opinion that a combination of prevention and the improvement of school quality are vital. This book will first review the way bullying is defined in literature and what its causes are, before introducing preventative measures.
