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      • Thienemann - Esslinger Verlag GmbH

        Thienemann is one of the leading children’s books publishers in Germany. We are specialized in fiction from 6-14 and in high quality picture books. Our main authors are: Michael Ende, Otfried Preussler, Oliver Scherz, Daniela Kulot, Daniel Napp and Nele Neuhaus. Our Imprint Gabriel is specialized in religious children’s books. Our imprint Planet Girl focuses on books for girls from six to sixteen. And our imprint Esslinger focuses on commercial picture books and reprints. Our imprint Aladin is our sophisticated picture book imprint.

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      • Dogs as pets
        March 2015

        Essie

        by David Hartley

        “You have done what? Are you out of your mind? Don't think for a second we will be looking after her for you". This was the first response to the news that our daughter had bought a puppy. On her own, with a full time job, a two bedroom city flat and now a puppy, life was definitely about to become interesting. And how wrong we were, as Essie became an integral part of the family. Essie is the story of a white Boxer who really should not have survived, but went on to enrich the lives of everyone who met her. Take a look through Essie's eyes as she reflects on her life as it draws to a close. A relatively short life filled with love, fun and adventures. An intelligent and gifted dog, with a beautiful nature but highly selective hearing! Smile warmly and remember with us as we celebrate Essie's life through the pages and photographs of this short story. All the profits from this book will be donated to the Happy Landings Animal Rescue Centre, Somerset.

      • Mystery
        2012

        Papoosed

        An Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mystery

        by Patricia Rockwell

        The Happy Haven Assisted Living Facility is a home for senior citizens--not newborn babies.  So, when one of the kitchen workers asks ninety-year-old resident Essie Cobb to secretly care for his missing co-worker’s infant, she is flabbergasted, but determined.  Along with her intrepid friends–Marjorie, Opal, and Fay–amateur sleuth Essie sets out to hide and protect the baby–and find his missing mother.    Unfortunately, she isn’t expecting to have to deal with exterminators, suspicious neighbors, virus outbreaks, and the snowstorm of the century.  Luckily, Essie is one smart cookie and if anyone can manage to reunite a mother and child right before Christmas–it’s Essie.

      • Mystery
        2012

        Valentined

        An Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mystery

        by Patricia Rockwell

        The Happy Haven Assisted Living Facility is a home for senior citizens--not newborn babies.  So, when one of the kitchen workers asks ninety-year-old resident Essie Cobb to secretly care for his missing co-worker’s infant, she is flabbergasted, but determined.  Along with her intrepid friends–Marjorie, Opal, and Fay–amateur sleuth Essie sets out to hide and protect the baby–and find his missing mother.    Unfortunately, she isn’t expecting to have to deal with exterminators, suspicious neighbors, virus outbreaks, and the snowstorm of the century.  Luckily, Essie is one smart cookie and if anyone can manage to reunite a mother and child right before Christmas–it’s Essie.

      • Mystery
        2013

        Ghosted

        An Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mystery

        by Patricia Rockwell

        It’s Halloween and time for the goblins to come out.  But for Essie Cobb, senior sleuth, and her pals at the Happy Haven Assisted Living Facility, there’s nothing quite so spooky as a good mystery.  Maybe it’s the strange new resident who resembles Mark Twain.  Why does he collect a box surreptitiously each day from a stranger behind the kitchen entrance?  Or maybe it’s Felix Federico, Happy Haven’s new manager.  Where did this Italian heart throb of all the female residents, develop his charming ways?  And will Essie’s pals be able to convince her to go on a field trip to a local haunted house despite her aversion to any activity that takes her away from a nearby restroom?  But most important––why is Essie seeing things?  Such as large rodents in her shower, faces in her crossword puzzles,  and the ghost of her dead husband on her favorite television game show?  Is she being haunted or is age finally catching up to this ninety-year-old lady?  Essie isn’t one to just sit around and wait for an answer.  She’s going into detective mode and find out why she’s being GHOSTED.

      • Crime & mystery
        2011

        Bingoed

        An Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mystery

        by Patricia Rockwell

        Why would spry senior Bob Weiderley suddenly fall into a coma after winning a game of Bingo?  After all, he was the most physically fit of all the men at the Happy Haven Assisted Living Facility—able to bend over to tie his own shoes and use the stairs rather than the elevator.  It was just very suspicious.  That’s why Essie Cobb and her friends and fellow residents--Opal, Marjorie, and Fay--decided to investigate.  Was it possible that someone was out to get the friendly old gentleman?  Maybe it was Violet, Happy Haven’s manager, trying to cover up her shady past.  Or Sue, the activities director, whose behavior was strange to say the least.  Maybe it was one of the three women who sat at Bob’s regular table in the dining room.  Or the mysterious man who had recently sent Bob a startling letter.  Essie Cobb is determined to find out—and she’s not going to let her age (90), her weak bladder, or her various infirmities hold her back.  Welcome to Happy Haven.  If you thought most elderly residents of assisted living facilities spent their days sitting in the sun watching television, you haven’t met senior sleuth Essie Cobb and her three detecting buddies.  These four elderly ladies have curiosity and drive unusual for women in their 80’s and 90’s.   They may not be able to get around as fast as youngsters in their 60’s, or navigate the Interstate or Interweb (or whatever that computer thing is called), but they can solve a mystery.  And they’re starting with this one.

      • Children's & YA
        July 2020

        Sei Gufo o Allodola? – Guida al buon sonno per bambini e adulti consapevoli

        by Maria Costanza Cipullo

        Questo libro ha lo scopo di favorire una maggiore conoscenza del sonno e delle sue funzioni e di promuovere degli stili di vita adeguati in un'ottica di prevenzione, non solo dei disturbi del sonno, ma anche di tutte quelle patologie spesso facilitate, o comunque peggiorate , da un sonno insufficiente per qualità e quantità. Dedicato ai bambini, ma indirizzato anche ai genitori e agli insegnanti, illustra come e per quanto tempo dormono alcuni animali. A ciascuno di essi è collegata una regola del sonno. Nelle ultime pagine sono presenti dei disegni da completare e un breve questionario che consentirà a ciascun bambino di scoprire, in base alle proprie abitudini, a quale animale somiglia di più.Con questo libro si vuole dare, pertanto, un piccolo contributo perché un sonno tranquillo, sin da piccoli,

      • The Arts

        A Bible in Ivory

        Mediterranean art in 11th century Salerno

        by Valentino Pace

        In the late 11th century, one of the greatest historical and artistical times in Campania, in the South of Italy, a significant role was played in this sense by Alfano, the Archbishop of Salerno. He personally committed the episcopal throne inside the Cathedral, with the intention to catch the eye of anyone who entered as a symbol of the ultimate devotion. Of this work, with scenes from the Old and New Testament, only 67 ivory plaques still remain. The throne was realized in ivory, a precious material which can be considered inferior only to gold. Working with ivory required advanced skills from the artists, who had to know how to extract the thin layers from an elephant tusk before being able to delicately carve a scene. Possibly planned and executed for the Cathedral of Amalfi, it is the most extensive series of ivory panels to an artifact that predates the Gothic Era. They prove to be an artistic production that, due to the valuable nature of its material and the quality of its execution – not to mention the inherent interest of its narrative sequence –, is without comparison.

      • The Arts

        The Journey of the Three Wise Men

        by John of Hildesheim

        Written in the second half of the 14th century, this book by John of Hildesheim is an outstanding document of Medieval literature and historiography. The text is accompanied by some of the most wonderful illustrations taken from the great artistic tradition dating from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and it shows the inspiration that John of Hildesheim has given to the whole Christian iconography of Christmas and to some of the most outstanding works of art. “The remarkable iconography accompanying this volume, with forty-three different representations of the story of the three wise men (from Gentile da Fabriano to Lippi, from Giotto to Botticelli, from Benozzo Gozzoli to Piero della Francesca), is an evidence of the appeal of a story in which history, devotion, theology are closely intertwined, starting from the very journey of those three figures as the symbolic guiding thread of the Gospel narration.” (Card. Gianfranco Ravasi)

      • January 2019

        La città post-secolare

        Il nuovo dibattito sulla secolarizzazione

        by Paolo Costa

        The secularization debate went through a big change during the last fifty years. Could this change be described as a paradigm shift? The volume, after an introduction that deeply analyses the “secularization” concept, picks up and discusses in eight chapters several exemplary figures in the recent debate (H. Blumenberg, D. Martin, C. Taylor, H. Joas, T. Asad, M. Gauchet, J. Habermas, G. Vattimo).Thus, the Author gives for the very first time, a systematic reconstruction of the changes and developments in this debate, ending in a real paradigm shift. The conclusion is however hesitant. It is unclear, Costa claims, whether this concept is still helpful to understand what is going on around us now and is in store for us in the near future. Winner of the Book Prize of the European Society for Catholic Theology (category: senior scholar)

      • Ancient Peoples

        by Giorgio Bergamino

        A lively book for those children who want to learn everything about the ancient Romans, Greeks end Egyptians. Many beautiful illustrations and fun comics throughout.

      • Children's & YA

        Le favole a rovescio

        Gianni Rodari riscrive le fiabe classiche

        by Gianni Rodari

        "Where are the fairy tales? There is one in all of those: in the wood of the coffee table, in the glass, in the rose” (cit. Gianni Rodari) From Aesop's talking animals to Pinocchio, as well as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood... Classic fairy tales come alive with new life in Gianni Rodari's modern, fun versions. The most beautiful classic fairy tales revisited by the Master of Fantasy and accompanied by Angelo Ruta's illustrations. A book for everyone, young and old, to fly on the wings of imagination and discover or rediscover the imaginative power of words.

      • April 2019

        Migrazioni e modernità

        Una lettura generativa

        by Emanuele, Iula

        This book starts with an upside down turn of perspective. If a sense must be searched and found in the phenomenon of human mobility, we cannot content ourselves with the knowledge of a possible future for migrants in their country of arrival. We could rather ask whether these people give a future and open up new understandings to the societies they come to. This turn is the cornerstone offered by a “generative thinking” to the debate on migration.

      • Praticare e raccontare i santi segni

        by Franco Giulio, Brambilla

        In 1927 Romano Guardini wrote a precious little book on The Holy Signs, with pages of incomparable depth. Franco Giulio Brambilla, a well-known theologian and pastor, takes up and revisits the theme in a current and captivating language. The liturgical signs are here characterized by their prevailing trait: bodily signs (standing, kneeling, beating one’s chest, raising and imposing hands), creatural signs (water, light/fire, oil, bread and wine) and ritual signs (candle, ash, incense, robes, bells). The result is a surprising journey that renews these symbols to hand over the fire of existence to the new generations.

      • Made in Italy

        treasures, ingredients and traditional recipes

        by Marino Marini

        A book dedicated to all that is typical of Italian gastronomy, with particular attention given to the concept of excellence: Italian delicacies, places and flavours, and above all, 150 of the best traditional recipes. The book is grouped into 10 geographic areas: for each, we present the most representative dishes, the best typical products and producers of excellence, as well as a selection of eateries and restaurants, which are often outside the “official” circuit but always characterized by great quality. A masterpiece that is a must-have for the bookcase of every gourmand, tourist and simple food-enthusiasts.

      • Children's & YA

        Come ali di gabbiano

        by Lorenza Farina, Anna Pedron (illustrator)

        One day Anne Frank meets a friend dressed in a red and white plaid dress. It is love at first sight. Anna confides to him what will happen to her in the two years of forced segregation lived in the secret quarters to escape the Nazi raids. He will be of great comfort to her, he knows how to dry her tears and keep her secrets. He will fly high as a seagull over all forms of violence, making the world aware of the message of peace that his young friend has engraved on his white wings. Anna is certain that no one will ever tear those wings and the words that are written on them. This desire will come true, making it a symbol of the Shoah and of a humanity trampled and vilified, thanks to her living witness today more than ever. To those who have not yet read the famous Diary, this story in images and words is an invitation to learn more through a new original point of view.

      • Food & Drink
        October 2022

        The Heart of Cocoa

        500 Years of Chocolate History

        by Napoleone Neri

        The temptation par excellence, that craving that suddenly arises and we cannot fight it unless we satisfy it: the desire for chocolate. Perhaps it is because of this power that it is called the most loved food on the planet. Or perhaps it is because its cultivation, production and consumption - which has been growing strongly in the last 10 years - are spread across all continents. Napoleon Neri tells its story, starting with the plant and its fruit, from the pioneers of chocolate, to the birth of confectionery factories in the 19th century and then the great modern industries. He describes in detail the processing and transformation of cocoa beans, their beneficial properties, the sensory characteristics of the finished product, and spices everything up with a thousand anecdotes and curiosities that only those who have lived and worked in this world for so long can know.

      • Learning Music

        by Emanuela Carletti

        An illustrated little manual teaching the basics of musics, with drawings, games, curiosities and tests for the young musicians!

      • Memoirs

        Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust

        by Jerry Stahl

        In September 2016, Jerry Stahl was feeling nervous on the eve of a two-week trip across Poland and Germany. But it was not just the stops at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau that gave him anxiety. It was the fact that he would he would be traveling with two dozen strangers, by bus. In a tour group. And he was not a tour-group kind of guy. The decision to visit Holocaust-world did not come easy. Stahl’s lifelong depression at an all-time high, his career and personal life at an all-time low, he had the idea to go on a trip where the despair he was feeling—out-of-control sadness, regret, and fear, not just for himself, but for our entire country—would be appropriate. And where was despair more appropriate than the land of the Six Million? Seamlessly weaving global and personal history, through the lens of Stahl’s own bent perspective, Nein, Nein, Nein! stands out as a triumph of strange-o reporting, a tale that takes us from gang polkas to tour-rash to the truly disturbing snack bar at Auschwitz. Strap in for a raw, surreal, and redemptively hilarious trip. Get on the bus.

      • November 2020

        10 IN SCIENCE – THE STORY OF LIFE ON EARTH

        by Giuliano Menghini

        10 questions, 10 games, 10 topics to discover the secrets about living beings that have inhabited the earth in the last 4 billion years! The notebook consists of 10 sections, each dedicated to a different phase of the evolution of living beings on Earth. What is a living being? How did life on Earth appear? Why did dinosaurs dominate the world but then go extinct? These are some of the questions you will need to try to answer by LOOKING, EXPERIMENTING, AND PLAYING. In the worksheets accompanying the notebook you will find all the materials needed to assemble the 10 SCIENTIFIC GAMES with your own hands. A journey through time that allows you to explore the history of our wonderful planet from the window of an exceptional means of transport also used by great scientists from all over the world, the EXPERIMENTAL METHOD, and all from your home and without the need for special tools.

      • Tantalum's rule

        by Claudio Forti

        Una luce penetrante. Un uomo confuso recuperato dalla polizia. E tante, troppe cornacchie.  Norman Barclay è un dirigente di successo, uso a tutti gli agi di New York, ma da quattro anni non dorme più. Le sue notti sono devastate dal ricordo ancora vivido di quella luce e alleviate solo dalle inebrianti prostitute di Madame Trilly. L’improbabile equilibrio è rotto da un uomo grigio e misterioso: John Smith. Così anonimo da non lasciare alcuna traccia di sé, se non un enigmatico biglietto da visita: ‘Professor Jeremy Kalwinsky, psicopatologo della memoria’.  Sarà un secondo biglietto, lascito di una coinvolgente notte d’amore, a spingere Norman a cercare l’aiuto di Kalwinsky per sbarazzarsi dei ricordi che lo tormentano. Insieme al sollievo dell’oblio arriverà però una inattesa discesa negli inferi dei dimenticati. Qui Barclay scoprirà una grigia verità ben più inquietante dei ricordi...

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