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      • Amicus

        Since 2010, Amicus has published books for children that educate and inspire young readers. Our library imprints—Spot, Amicus High Interest, Amicus Illustrated, and Sequence—offer informational books in a variety of formats that make reading to learn fun and encourage life-long learning. Our retail imprint, Amicus Ink, features original picture books and board books, each sharing a child’s-eye view of the world.

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      • Sandu Publishing Co., Limited

        Established in 2001, Sandu Publishing (China) embraces a global vision ever since. Specialized in international design and visual communication, Sandu keeps abreast with the latest design trends and diffuse outstanding and all-round design information. So far Sandu has published Chinese and English books and magazines in more than 70 countries worldwide. Amongst Design 360°, Asian Pacific Design and a series of professional design books are highly appreciated by design institutes and designers. For more info, please go to www.sandupublishing.com and www.design360.cn.

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        July 2007

        Vater – Abba – Papa!

        Wie Jesus von Gott und mit Gott spricht

        by Hubka, Christine

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        Mafoya and the Finish Line

        by Ayo Oyeku

        Mafoya is an accomplished sprinter but she is tired of being second-best. She hatched a wicked plan and succeeds in beating Amina in the 100-metre dash. Elated by her victory, Mafoya decides to employ the same trick again in the athletic championships but things take an unexpected turn. In the middle of the race, a strange whirlwind sweeps Mafoya away to Musanga Kingdom – the land of talkin animals and birds. Mafoya faces both hostility and friendship as she travel an impossible journey back to the world she knows.

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        March 1998

        Die dunkle Seite

        Roman

        by Abbas Maroufi, Anneliese Ghahraman-Beck

        Abbas Maroufi wird 1957 in Teheran geboren. Nach der Grundschule muss er seine schulische Weiterbildung auf den Abend verlegen, um tagsüber Geld zu verdienen. Er leistet seinen Militärdienst ab und beginnt in der Freizeit zu schreiben. Das Ende seiner Militärzeit fällt mit der Revolution zusammen, weshalb er sein Studium der Dramatischen Literatur an der Universität Teheran von 1980 bis 1982 unterbrechen muss. Im Jahr 1990 gründet er die Zeitschrift Gardun (»Himmelsgewölbe«), die er als verantwortlicher Herausgeber leitet, bis er im Januar vom »Gericht für Presseangelegenheiten« wegen »Beleidigung« der islamischen Grundwerte zu sechs Monaten Gefängnis, zwanzig Peitschenhieben und zweijährigem Publikationsverbot verurteilt wird. Grund für das Urteil sind Beiträge verschiedener Autoren in Gardun, die angeblich Schmähungen der religiösen Werte und des Revolutionsführers enthalten. Aufgrund internationaler Proteste wird das Urteil vorerst nicht vollzogen, jedoch wird der Zeitschrift Gardun die Lizenz entzogen. Der Autor kann überraschenderweise ohne Schwierigkeiten das Land verlassen. An der Bewerkstelligung der Ausreise beteiligt sind deutsche Stellen sowie der deutsche PEN (mit Günter Grass). Maroufi hat in Iran zahlreiche Romane sowie Erzählbände, Theaterstücke und Essays veröffentlicht. Am bekanntesten wurde seine Symphonie der Toten. Auf Deutsch erschienen ist darüber hinaus u.a. der Roman Die dunkle Seite, eine Variation von Hedayats Blinder Eule. Diesem größten persischen Roman des 20. Jahrhunderts hat Maroufi zudem ein Nachwort gewidmet. Zuletzt lebt Maroufi mit seiner Frau Akram Abooee, einer Malerin, und den drei Töchtern in Berlin. Dort hat er die Buchhandlung Hedayat gegründet. Am 1. September 2022 verstirbt Abbas Maroufi im Alter von 65 Jahren.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2021

        Ana e os três gatinhos

        by Amina Hashimi Alawi

        Three kittens observe that Maria's belly is getting bigger and bigger. Many questions and doubts emerge about Maria's pregnancy and the birth of the baby. The arrival of the baby turns upside down the peaceful and happy life they were living. They become anxious and jealous of the newborn baby. They make an effort to get their parents' attention. Step by step they are reassured, they regain their confidence and their worries fade away.

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        Children's & YA
        October 2020

        Sabes o que eu vejo?

        by Amina Hashimi Alawi

        A dialogue between Hani and Nour. Hani describes what he sees with his eyes and Nour what she feels with her other four senses. The text is poetic and will explore the five senses.

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        Fiction
        January 2016

        The Autumn of Innocence

        by Abbas Beydoun

        In his novel, The Autumn of Innocence, prominent Lebanese poet and novelist Abbas Beydoun artfully weaves a tragic story of a father-son relationship that ends disastrously with the son's violent death. This story unfolds along with the Arab Spring movement and explores the motivations behind religious extremism and questions cultural constructs of masculinity.   The novel opens with a letter from Ghassan to his cousin, describing how his father Massoud strangled his mother to death when Ghassan was just three years old. Afterward, Massoud flees the village in southern Lebanon. For 18 years, no one hears from him, and Ghassan grows up stigmatized by his father's violent crime.   In time, Ghassan's aunt Bushra-Massoud's sister-makes a confession: She encouraged Massoud to kill his wife, believing that his wife's low socioeconomic status would bring embarrassment to their wealthy family. Bushra also reveals that Massoud was driven to kill his wife because he feared that she would tell someone that he was impotent, undermining his sense of manhood and social status.   Meanwhile, Massoud has moved to southern Syria, where he remarried and had two more sons. During the Arab Spring, the militant groups fighting the Syrian regime transform him into a religious extremist.   In the second half of the novel, Massoud return to the village in southern Lebanon. He brings with him a group of men. Together they seize control of the village and terrorize its inhabitants. After killing the dogs, they begin murdering the villagers in the name of religion. One of Ghassan's friends is among the victims, and Massoud also threatens his family. Ghassan decides that he must kill his father, avenging the death of his friend and the deaths of the other villagers. In the end, he fails and is beheaded by Bushra's son, his cousin, who is has joined Massoud's thugs.   Beydoun captures the shifting points of view in a family shattered by the tyranny of normative masculinity and the resulting violence. The victims are women, of course, but also the men like Ghassan who reject these social and cultural expectations. The novel also portrays the rise of religious extremism and the terrorism it can inspire, which wreaks havoc on the lives of ordinary people. Beydoun's engaging language imbues the characters and the places they inhabit with a vibrancy and vitality that transcends the difficult subject matter.

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        To Love Life

        by Alawiya Sobh

        The novel revolves around the heroine Basma, who suffers from a neurological disease. The sedative medications prescribed by her doctor have affected her memory and so she has become confused. She tries to restore her memory and her body, which has been plagued by painful spasms – something difficult for someone like her, a dancer and choreographer.   The novel unfolds inconsistently, telling the story of Basma from childhood on, experiences with her first boyfriend, Ahmad, and her sickness after following the tragic departure of him and her father during the Lebanese civil war. In addition to Basma’s story, we read about the lives of the people she knew and liked throughout her life, including her friend, Anisa, and her emotionally and financially tight husband, and how writing changed her life and helped her fight her disability. We also read about Amina, who is emotionally hungry, and Nizar who investigated different politics and beliefs, ending up insane. In addition to other characters with stories that run in parallel with the main character, Basma, whose life centres on her relationship with her lover and husband, Youssef. A creative painter, his shifts towards fundamentalism lead her to separate from him as she is passionate about life, love and dancing.   The novel accurately describes the similarities between her sick body and that of Arab cities collapsed due to the sectarian wars that took place after the so-called ‘Arab Spring’. The heroine documents her sickness to a virtual friend, describing what made her sick and how she resists her illness with will and determination. Her narrative expresses her rejection of religious, sectarian and terrorist extremism of all sects and religions, especially those that diverged from the true Islamic religion and its compassionate teachings.   In this novel we find poignant human details and a graceful narration full of expressions that make the reader anxious to know more about the destinies of all its characters. Between the memory of a past saturated with loss and love, and a crueler present witnessed in collapsing cities, Basma clings to her body that keeps on betraying her.   Who said that our lives and our bodies are different from the stories of our cities? Who among us knows if our most recent dance was the farewell dance, or a new beginning?

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        April 2008

        Aminas Restaurant

        Ein modernes Märchen

        by Lüders, Michael

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        January 1993

        ABBA

        by Bartels, Sabine

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        March 2011

        ABBA Vater

        Der literarische Befund vom Altaramäischen bis zu den späten Midrasch- und Haggada-Werken in Auseinandersetzung mit den Thesen von Joachim Jeremias

        by Schelbert, Georg

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        October 2019

        Ein neuer Divan

        Ein lyrischer Dialog zwischen Ost und West

        by Barbara Schwepcke, Bill Swainson

        Goethes Gedichtsammlung West-östlicher Divan markiert einen Höhepunkt des dichterischen Austauschs zwischen Orient und Okzident. Inspiriert wurde Goethe von den Werken des persischen Dichters Hafis, in dem er einen Seelenverwandten – einen Zwilling, wie er selbst sagte – erkannte. Goethe selbst empfand sein Werk als noch unvollendet und hoffte auf einen künftigen Divan – der mit dieser Anthologie nun vorliegt. 24 Dichterinnen und Dichter – je 12 aus dem „Westen“ und aus dem „Osten“ – haben in ihrer Muttersprache ein Gedicht verfasst. Thematisch orientieren sich die Gedichte an den zwölf Büchern des Divan Goethes. Eine Vielzahl prominenter deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller – darunter Nora Bossong, Elke Erb und Lutz Seiler – haben die Übertragungen ins Deutsche erstellt. Alle Gedichte werden sowohl in der Originalsprache als auch in der Übersetzung abgedruckt. Ergänzt wird der Band durch vier Essays, die sich dem interkulturellen Dialog und der Frage der Übersetzung aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht nähern. Die Anthologie bietet ein vielstimmiges Panorama der globalen Lyrik und zeigt die entgrenzende Kraft der Literatur. Ein wichtiger Beitrag in einer Zeit, in der manche Grenzen lieber aufbauen als überwinden würden – und zugleich eine Feier des gemeinsamen kulturellen Erbes von Orient und Okzident.

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        February 2016

        Ohrfeige

        by Khider, Abbas

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