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Bastei Lübbe AG, based in Cologne, Germany, is a large, both traditional and modern company in the German publishing industry, specializing in the publication of books, audio books and eBooks with fiction and popular science content. The company's core business also includes periodically published novel books. The product range of the twelve imprints of the media company currently comprises a total of around 3,600 titles from the fiction, non-fiction, children's and youth book sectors. International and national bestselling authors such as Ken Follett, Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Rebecca Gablé, Petra Hülsmann, Andreas Eschbach, Timur Vermes and many more have published their books at the Cologne publishing house, some of them for decades. Die in Köln ansässige Bastei Lübbe AG ist ein großes, sowohl traditionsreiches wie auch modernes Unternehmen im deutschen Verlagswesen, das auf die Herausgabe von Büchern, Hörbüchern und eBooks mit belletristischen und populärwissenschaftlichen Inhalten spezialisiert ist. Zum Kerngeschäft des Unternehmens gehören auch die periodisch erscheinenden Romanhefte. Das Angebot der zwölf Verlage und Imprints des vor mehr als 60 Jahren gegründeten Medienhauses umfasst derzeit insgesamt rund 3.600 Titel aus den Bereichen Belletristik, Sach-, Kinder- und Jugendbuch. Internationale und nationale Bestsellerautoren wie Ken Follett, Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Rebecca Gablé, Petra Hülsmann, Andreas Eschbach, Timur Vermes und viele mehr veröffentlichen ihre Bücher zum Teil seit Jahrzehnten im Kölner Verlagshaus.
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Is it possible to identify the positive and negative effects of globalization on religious tourism or to estimate the transformation of the internal and external constructs of pilgrimage by these effects? In order to address these questions, this book highlights the importance of the search for identity and transformative experience during religious tourism. It also looks at how, recently, globalization has played a part in the changes of the concept of personal and social identity and the transformative experience of pilgrimage. The chapters, consisting of carefully selected case studies, analyse possible effects including the adoption of different new rituals, new pilgrims' values, changes of tradition, acceptance of technologic innovations, development of new business models, and other environmental and sociocultural changes. The book provides: · a conceptual framework for understanding the impacts of globalization; · integrated cross-disciplinary approaches; and · an insight into major religious travel practices in the age of identity challenges and worldwide transformations. It will be suitable for researchers and students of religious tourism, pilgrimage, identity tourism, as well as related subjects such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, theology, history and cultural studies.
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Im Frühjahr 2001 hat Christoph Schlingensief mit seiner Hamlet-Inszenierung am Zürcher Schauspielhaus für öffentliches Aufsehen gesorgt - weil er aussteigewillige Neonazis in seine Theaterarbeit integrierte, weil er bei seinen Straßenaktionen unter anderem zum Verbot der Schweizerischen Volkspartei aufrief, weil er den deutschen Innenminister Otto Schily dazu aufforderte, die Mehrheitsanteile von Torsten Lemmer, dem Produzent und Teilhaber des weltgrößten Vertriebes für rechtsradikale Musik, zu kaufen, und zuletzt, weil er zusammen mit dem Ensemble den Verein „REIN e.V.“ für weitere aussteigewillige Neonazis gründete.
Gülşah Özdemir Koryürek's second children's book, The Oyster Tells Fables, appears as a story of awareness. Living in a deep blue sea alone for a long time, Oyster the Storyteller couldn't tell a fable to anyone. When The Oyster sees the pebble stone soaring from top to the bottom of the sea, spreads its shell, puts the pebble stone into its belly, and starts telling him a fable. The Oyster's fable is about a seahorse having physical disabilities. Because of these obstacles, the seahorse cannot speak properly, has a tilted tail and big lips, and can neither make friends nor build a home for itself. One day when the seahorse is wandering unhappily in the sea comes across an algue. The algue discerns the gorgeous ability of the seahorse, and suddenly, the life of the seahorse gets better; it makes lots of friends and has a loving house. The story, which tells that life's obstacles can be overcome with patience and acceptance, meets the readers with a review by pedagogue Necla Çağlayan.
Gülşah Özdemir Koryürek completes the journey which she has started with The Trip of the Small Pebble Stone to the Sea by emphasizing the power of experience to change our lives. The curious pebble's journey to the sea gives way to a fascinating transformation, and the small pebble stone now metamorphoses into a pearl. Will this change make it happy? Is the curious peeble aware of its own worth? How is its life going to change? As the big old stone says: "Everything we learn changes us, no matter we want it or not."
The story begins at a most colourful seaside tells the naive struggle of a curious pebble to reach the sea. The curious pebble stone that lives in the shore's inner part has to pass all the beaches rolling to reach the sea. The journey, which begins under the baking-hot sun, continues with the colourful pebbles and the crabs walking in the moonlight. When the power of the small pebble is consumed, a small child who resembles itself lends a helping hand to it… And the small pebble lastly arrives the cool waters of the sea, meeting the fish whom it always dreamed of and finding itself in a natural process of transformation. Like every journey starts with determination, the small pebble reaches its goal and begins a brand new life.
Close your eyes and imagine a kid who can dream even when putting his socks on, a kid who can turn those dreams into games instantly. On top of that, he is a kid who can solve practical daily life problems withing these games. That kid is Denis Knotty. In their first children’s storybook, Hilal Gürsu ve Müjde Başkale introduce us to the hilarious character who discovered how to deal with his fears using his imagination. The story, which enriches with Müjde Başkale’s illustrations, carries away its readers to the depth of space from the depth of Denis Knotty’s imagination. This journey leads to many discoveries, from the world’s most silent ball to the most original fictional characters.
"Time Traveler Kreta" is a science-fiction children's book that tells the effects of our consumption habits on the climate crisis to children aged 8 and above, through the adventures of two alien friends, Kreta and Shiva. While the text is based on the climate crisis, topics such as sustainability, how the world works, time and space, exploration, scientific and technological progress are also covered. The adventurous Earth journey of Kreta and Shiva progresses in a fictional reality that emerges with the narration of scientific data about the climate crisis and ends with proposals for solutions. Kreta, an inquisitive and excited time traveller, want to embark on every adventure without thinking about the end and thus become an experienced time traveller. Once Kreta gains enough experience, they will find their profession and acquire new skills. On the other hand, their friend Shiva is a mature, somewhat lazy, poet alien cat who tries to rein in Kreta in every adventure. Kreta and Shiva travel to the planet Earth to meet humans, but they encounter strange creatures that are not human-like: dinosaurs! Yes, they find the Earth, but they are at the wrong time to meet people. They don't get along well with the dinosaurs and leave Earth, but Kreta is determined to find humans. When they try their luck once again, this time, they go to the 2070s of the world. Despite technological progress, they encounter a dark and hot planet where oxygen and water are scarce. In the world of the 2070s, among robots and other strange creatures, they finally find a human being: Omer. What they learn from Omer, an engineer specializing in climate research, surprises Kreta and Shiva. In the 2070s, the world is struggling with the effects of a big problem called climate change, and this problem cannot be solved. In the light of this information, a brand new task comes before Kreta and Shiva. This mission is to go back to the 2010s, the deadline when the climate crisis can be averted, and deliver a video message to the people. When Kreta and Shiva reach the world of the 2010s, they accidentally land in the middle of Omer's birthday party. Their aim is to deliver the video message to Omer, but during the party, they fail to do so, and they start following Omer. Both at the birthday party and while they follow Omer, Kreta and Shiva witness the culture of waste in the World of the 2010s: huge vehicles designed for people's tiny bodies, aeroplanes, plastic packaging used to present gifts, decorations, single-use plastic serving plates and glasses and vast amounts of waste food... Kreta and Shiva understand why they have been teleported to this date when problems of the 2070s could have been prevented. Kreta and Shiva eventually find Omer in an enormous hotel where his Youtuber mother is visiting for a launching event. They have funny moments when they introduce themselves to Omer. Yet, they manage to deliver the video to Omer and tell him about the problems that will happen in the future. However, when he watched the video, Omer realizes that the problem cannot be solved immediately. He thinks that he cannot persuade other people, either alone or as a child; he cannot change their consumption habits. He tries to ask his mother for her support, but he can't make his mother, who is always busy, listen to him. Kreta and Shiva decide to stay a little longer and help Omer, and they achieve their goals in the launching meeting of Omer's mother. They manage to show the video to thousands of people. The fact that most of the viewers are children is a great advantage because they understand the climate change problem best. Children do not remain silent to the call of the message and take action for the Earths future. The book's pedagogical structure and the scientific data on which it is based were established with experts in these fields. The reading of scientific data was done by the engineer members of the Sustainability Steps Association. The reading in the pedagogical context was carried out by PCG Teachers. The video mentioned in the story is embedded in the book via QR code and can be watched with English subtitles on Youtube.
Memories that leave traces begin with believing in the same fairy tale... Lori has birds, apricot trees and cheerful songs. Her grandmother has stories and deep lines... Every evening, when the first star appears, her grandmother tells Lori a story, and Lori asks her about the lines on her face. Days come and go like this, autumn comes. Lori reluctantly starts school, and her grandmother forgets fairy tales. Then she starts to forget everything else slowly… Then would be silent together and not speak. When Lori lost her grandmother, she lost her hope and stopped speaking. But one day, Lori sees a book on the teacher’s desk with a peacock on it, she remembers the peacock tale that her grandmother used to tell her. Her fears disappear and her voice is heard again. The beloved author of contemporary children’s literature, Züleyha Ersingün, relieves a child’s school anxiety with the healing power of literature. Müjde Başkale’s drawings between dreams and reality invite her readers to the streets of an ancient city
Think about it, even if Einstein or my grandpa forgot himself, who could forget them? I have a lot more to live with him before my grandpa completely forgets me! Mete is ten years old. A little lazy, a little mischievous, like every kid. He finds it both confusing and frightening that his grandpa, forgets him every time. When he starts to spend more time with his grandpa during one of his visits, the bond between them gets stronger as Mete witness his grandpa perspective on the world. Mete starts to leave notes for his grandpa and prepare a dictionary, so that his grandpa will be able to remember things he forgets with these notes and the dictionary. On the other hand, he has to do a project homework for school. Even though doing homework and being with his grandpa may be a bit difficult for him, the solution he finds will both bring him closer to his grandpa and enable him to successfully complete his project assignment. This is the story of Mete and his grandpa who has dementia. Işıl Şahin and İnci Özdemir tells the story of a grandpa who has dementia from the eyes of his grandson. Their touching story with the beautiful illustrations of Pelin Turgut will warm your heart.
Real life is a surreal story where real heroes take roles. The water tells the story of the world, and the human kind. The myths about the Creation of the World starts with the saying “In the beginning there was water.” “What Water Disremembers” is a contemporary fairytale which honors the wisdomof the water and healing power of remembering.
