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        Literature & Literary Studies
        December 2016

        Partners in suspense

        by Steven Rawle, Kevin J. Donnelly

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        Nature, the natural world (Children's/YA)
        March 2020

        Earth Takes a Break

        by House, Emily

        From children's book author Emily House comes a wonderful story that re-connects us with our planet. A modern fable inspired by recent events, Earth Takes a Break is a touching picture book jam-packed with fun illustrations and woven together with a message of hope. When Earth feels unwell, she goes to the doctor to ask for help. What the doctor prescribes seems impossible to Earth, until she wakes the next day to find a surprising change!

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        Children's & YA

        Terra (4). Afterglow

        by Jennifer Alice Jager

        Humankind’s battle against Nature is entering its decisive stage. Once more the explosive showdown of the apocalyptic TERRA series keeps the reader in breathless suspense. Humanity appears to be on the brink of destruction. Vast areas of land have been wiped off the face of the Earth, vegetation has reconquered its living space, but Terra Mater has by no means finished with the human bacillus. The hate-filled spirit of Nature that is claiming Younes’ body for itself, and wants to see all humans destroyed, gives him undreamt-of powers, but it also threatens to set him, his little sister and Chloe against one another. But there is even more at stake: if Younes and the other children from his visions (he had dreams about the other kids) do not stop Terra Mater soon from fulfilling her plans, every single human being will disappear from the planet. In order to prevent that from happening, they must come face to face with raging Mother Earth, and must not only conquer their fear but must also look Death in the eye.

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        October 2016

        Dreams of Moonlight

        by Tao JIN

        This book include 3 pieces of science fictions.They are not only focus on future techonology, but also aim at exploring human nature.There contains rich sci-fi elements in this book,and the author uses suspense techniques to attract the readers to enter the sci-fi world to think about human nature.

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        November 2017

        The Secret of La Rosa

        by Donald Willerton

        It was just a short cross-country ski outing over the Christmas break for Mogi Franklin and his sister, Jennifer–until they find themselves suddenly caught in a vicious blizzard. Near collapse, they ski into a mysterious valley with an ancient hacienda, a busy Spanish family, and a village with no electricity, no plumbing, no cars, no phones, and definitely no Walmart.A vacation that began a few days earlier helping his Granddad clean and decorate for a huge family celebration had now become a mind-boggling mystery. And young Mogi's anguish trying to come to terms with his grandmother's death from cancer the previous Christmas turns to fear and danger when he is accused of stealing a religious icon the town prizes above all others–and which holds the key to solving an ancient legend of missing Spanish gold.It's the latest book of the exciting Mogi Franklin Mysteries–shadowy figures, secret societies, a town like no other. Is this all reality or illusion? Mogi must find the answers, even as he struggles with the memory of his grandmother's death and the mysteries of faith it brought him which he now must answer as well.

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        Fiction
        2015

        The House in Baiting Hollow

        by Vasyl Makhno

        Events, described by Vasyl Makhno in a debut collection of short prose, are happening at different times and in different places, and no matter who the storyteller is – a man over fifty, a grey-headed widow or a little boy – you believe them; because there are no author’s generalizations, conclusions or guidelines. These impartial stories tell us about fates of completely different people, honestly and without pathos. It is honesty and simplicity that make this prose so different; common and simple details, at first sight, add mystery and hold the reader in suspense throughout the entire book.

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        1977

        Suspensive Interpretation

        Am Beispiel Franz Kafkas

        by Steinmetz, Horst

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        Children's & YA

        Under the Azure Sky

        by Shi Lei

        This picture book tells a meaningful growth story through a boy and his father saving, raising, and releasing a pigeon. The boy rescued a wounded pigeon and looked after it carefully. When the pigeon recovered, the boy and his father began to train it to increase its flying distance from 30 kilometers to 80 kilometers and more. The story comes to an abrupt end after the climax, leaving a great deal of suspense for readers. It did not give a clear answer to where the pigeon finally went. Perhaps it went back to the free sky, since the sky is the real home for a flyer. The same is true of children's growth. Only after experiencing trials and hardships can they fly to their own stages of life.

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        The City of Melancholy

        by Zhang Min

        The novel has discussed the inherent complexity of human emotions. Yi Hong, a successful woman with perfect career and family, commits suicide for no reason, and she is also both the unforgettable first love and ex-fiancee of the protagonist. Driven by a series of suspense, the career development and emotional experience of the protagonist have gradually surfaced along with the rapid urbanization process since the beginning of 20th century and the restless desire in human life. Taking an objective perspective, the novel has depicted the intricate secular life and exposed the nature of emotions by taking away the excessive covers over life: in the end, the lost love, the possession and loss in life as well as the tangled cause-and-effect transmigration are a mirror that the middle-aged who are tempted by reality and desire fear to look into.

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        August 2005

        Die politische Suspension des Ethischen

        by Slavoj Žižek, Jens Hagestedt

        In seinem neuen Buch unterzieht Slavoj Æiæek die derzeit prominenten Ethiken einer fundamentalen Kritik: Er setzt sich mit den Entwürfen u. a. von Judith Butler, Frederic Jameson, Emmanuel Lévinas, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Michael Hardt/Antonio Negri und Jacques Rancière auseinander und zeigt, wie das Politische das Ethische zu eliminieren droht. Gleichzeitig unternimmt er eine Standortbestimmung linken Denkens, das sich weder von der Realpolitik noch vom ethischen Anspruch trennen lassen möchte.

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        February 2016

        Bay Window

        by Liu Xinwu

        A vivid illustration of contemporary Chinese society. The frst realist novel from renowned Chinese writer Liu Xinwu. A novel of reality. A novel of allegory.  Pang Qi swears he’ll kill someone if he gets back onto the streets, but no one knows his target or his motive. Filled with suspense, Bay Window begins with this dramatic announcement, before slipping back into the seemingly mundane lives of a cast of characters drawn from all ranks of Chinese society: the mysterious and cunning Maye, whose wealth and power are kept secret; the robust and loyal bodyguard Pang Qi, whose transformation drives the development of the narrative; the retired engineer Xue Quji, a representative of contemporary China's intelligentsia.  Through the intimate portrayal of more than thirty characters,their struggles and the choices, they face on a daily basisthe author exposes a darkness hidden by economic development and social transformation, constructing a panoramic picture of contemporary China. Peeking through the Bay Window, we as readers are both spectators and participants of this picture.

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        Children's & YA
        August 2020

        Cryptos

        by Poznanski, Ursula

        Where do we go when Nowhere is the only destination left?   Kerrybrook is Jana‘s favourite virtual escape. An idyllic fishing village with beautiful nature and, every now and then, a breeze of fresh air from the nearby sea. Jana, is this world‘s designer and person in power, she’s satisfied with her masterpiece. Best job so far. Until one day, a dead body is found, in both, ’Virtual Reality‘ and the real world. In times of climate change, VR is the only safe place for humankind. That‘s why Jana needs to solve the crime, she’s responsible for stopping the destruction.   • CliFi Thriller (Climate Fiction): Climate change & virtual reality • For fans of Black Mirror (Netflix) • All age readers • Strong, female protagonist • Highly relevant topic   WHITE RAVENS recommendation (2021):   "In the not too distant future, the world is an inhospitable place: droughts, storms, floods. That’s why world designers construct »alternative realities«, such as landscapes populated by dinosaurs, life at court in the Middle Ages, and surfing and chilling out on a beach. People can switch between these worlds at will and, when they die there, they are not truly dead; instead, they merely return to the »real world« – same as at night when they sleep. Then they are reunited with their body, which is lying inside a capsule.   In »Cryptos«, Ursula Poznanski pulls out all the stops of storytelling: She embeds numerous references to human and intellectual history in an action-packed and extremely suspenseful thriller plot. In the process, she raises central existential and ontological questions that result from the interplay between the real and the virtual worlds. This complex dystopian novel is narrated in such an enjoyable way that readers will hardly notice their brains going into overdrive as they devour it."

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        October 1999

        Ohne Pause

        Drei Stücke: Hausputz / Begegnung / Beerdigung

        by Nádas, Péter / Deutsch Rakusa, Ilma

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        December 2017

        Ohne Pause

        Drei Stücke: Hausputz / Begegnung / Beerdigung

        by Nádas, Péter / Übersetzt von Rakusa, Ilma

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        Children's & YA
        September 2022

        Das Bücherschloss - Ein verhängnisvoller Pakt (Band 4)

        by Barbara Rose

        The Enchanted Book Castle – Fatal Pact (Vol. 4) Nasty creatures and a treacherous plan in the Enchanted Book Castle Becky Librum moves to an old dilapidated castle with a secret children's library, and she is chosen to save the books before they turn to dust forever. A magical series that entices young readers aged 8 and up by playing with popular themes of friendship, suspense, and plenty of humor. “The Enchanted Book Castle” not only has classic potential, it also is a tribute to imagination and reading.   What happens in Volume 4:It's time for the Queen's departure now that her story has been written down. As a thank you, she wants to grant Becky, Hugo and Ben a wish. But then the image of Mo, the boy on the flying carpet, appears in Glimmeria's crystal ball. He has been captured in the book world by the mean Prince Alvar from the North Country and his nasty helpers! With Becky's help, Mo manages to read his way into the real world; however, the goblins, poison dwarves and the prince latch onto his heels and end up in the Castle as well! Becky and her friends have to transport the nasty creatures back into the magical world as quickly as possible.

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        Art: general interest (Children's/YA)

        Títeres trashumantes (Transhumant puppets)

        by Mario Martín del Campo, Silvia Eugenia Castillero

        In the stretch of emptyness where no one dwells, changing beings are born as drops, as enigmas, as suspension points... They take a little bit of light and then steal shade from darkness. Thus these puppets grow strong, stealthy, and alive in the multiple sceneries of their theatre.

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