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      • Kindberg

        Spanish literary fiction. House founded in 2015 in Valparaíso (Chile). We want to provide a haven for readers in times of storm. Now that the arrival of new titles is overwhelming, at Kindberg we are committed to a detailed rhythm, to slow-publishing instead of disposable titles. The books we choose are the ones we like and that is why we believe in them and we want other readers to like them. And yes, we only publish fiction, because "poetry, beauty, art, love are the things that keep us alive".

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        Fischer Kinder- und Jugendbuch Verlag GmbH

        Fischer Kinder- und Jugendbuch Verlag GmbH mit den Imprints FISCHER KJB, FISCHER Kinder- und Jugendtaschenbuch, FISCHER Sauerländer, FISCHER Duden Kinderbuch und Rotfuchs

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2022

        Affective intimacies

        by Marjo Kolehmainen, Kinneret Lahad, Annukka Lahti

        This volume provides a novel platform to re-evaluate the notion of open-ended intimacies through the lens of affect theories. Contributors address the embodied, affective and psychic, sensorial and embodied aspects of their ongoing intimate entanglements across various timely phenomena. This fascinating collection asks how the study of affect enables us to rethink intimacies, what affect theories can do to the prevailing notion of intimacy and how do they renew and enrich theories of intimacy in a manner which also considers its normative and violent forms. Lively and thought-provoking, this collection contributes to timely topics across the social sciences, representing multiple disciplines from gender studies, sociology and cultural studies to anthropology and queer studies. By so doing, it advances the value of interdisciplinary perspectives and creative methodologies to understanding affective intimacies.

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        Yitzhak Rabin – Die Laufbahn einer Führungspersönlichkeit

        by Shaul Webber

        Yitzhak Rabin – Die Laufbahn einer Führungspersönlichkeit Von Shaul Webber „Schon vor der Ermordung von Yitzhak Rabin sah ich in ihm immer einen rätselhaften Helden“, schreibt der Autor Dr. Shaul Weber.Dieses Rätsel wurde nach seiner Ermordung noch verstärkt.Rabins Auftritte in den Medien und den Aussagen von denen, die ihm nahe gestanden haben, zeigten eine Komplexität, die nicht ignoriert werden konnte.Obwohl er ständig von Menschen umgeben war, war er emotional ein Einzelgänger.Er war ein Politiker, dem politische Normen widerstrebten, ein Mann von Integrität und Moral. Dennoch war er bereit, im Interesse der nationalen Sicherheit von seinen Idealen abzugehen.Trotz seines undiplomatischen Erscheinungsbildes, wurde er ein hochrangiger Diplomat und nationale Führungspersönlichkeit. Rabin war am Anfang seiner Karriere emotional zurückgezogen, schüchtern und schonungslos offen. Er forderte kompromisslose Perfektion von sich selbst und anderen.Er verfügte über beeindruckende analytische Fähigkeiten und stellte deutlich seine Führungsqualitäten unter Beweis, auch wenn er noch nicht ganz bereit war, die anspruchsvolle Aufgabe der militärischen Führung zu übernehmen, als diese Rolle ihm durch die Umstände aufgezwungen wurde. In seinen frühen Tagen mit der Palmach erschien Rabin als ein Mann, der Kameradschaft verherrlicht, aber einsam, schüchtern und unfähig zu kommunizieren war.Obwohl er ständig das „wir“ in seinen Reden verwendete, sonderte er sich von anderen ab und errichtet um sich eine Barriere von Individualismus und extrem hohen Ansprüchen.Obwohl er kühl und analytisch war, hatte er paradoxerweise ein hitziges Temperament und war bekannt dafür, unverblümte, bisweilen sogar beleidigende Äußerungen zu machen.Doch in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens lernte er seine Gefühle besser auszudrücken und mehr Wärme auszustrahlen. Als Pädagoge und Historiker geht Dr. Webber davon aus, dass jeder Mensch ein Produkt seiner Kindheit und Erziehung ist. In diesem Buch werden schlaglichtartig Episoden aus der Kindheit und Jugend Rabins sowie von seinem Leidensweg als Kommandeur der Harel-Brigade während des israelischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges von 1948 geschildert.Während seines Lebens, besonders jedoch nach seinem Tod, galt Rabin als das „Salz der Erde“. Es scheint jedoch, dass man eine Menge bitterer Kräuter essen muss, um sich diesen hehren Titel zu verdienen.Dieses Buch handelt von diesen bitteren Kräutern. Shaul Webber wurde in Tel Aviv geboren.Nach seinem Wehrdienst schloss er sich dem Kibbutz Ha'on nahe Kinneret an (See Genezareth).Nach dem Ende des Sechstagekrieges ging er ins Kibbuth Merom Golan in den Golan-Höhen und arbeitete dort als Erzieher und Lehrer.Der Autor erhielt seinen B.A. in Philosophie und Pädagogik von der Hebrew University in Jerusalem, einen M.A. in Pädagogik von der Haifa University und einen Ph.D. von der Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Heute lebt er in Ramat Gan und lehrt Pädagogik und Geschichte an der Open University.Dies ist sein drittes Buch.Sein erstes Buch, Ein blaues Hemd auf schwarzem Hintergrund, wurde 1998 veröffentlicht und beschreibt das Verhältnis der Jugendbewegungen in Eretz Israel zur Diaspora während und nach dem Holocaust.Sein zweites Buch, Mystery Hill, im Jahr 2003 veröffentlicht, analysiert die berühmte Schlacht von Ammunition Hill aus seiner persönlichen Sicht als ein Soldat, der an diesem schrecklichen Blutbad teilgenommen hat, sowie aus der Sicht eines Forschers und Historikers.Sein kürzlich erschienenes Buch, Der Spion, der vergessen wurde, handelt von Major Max Bennett – einem der umstrittensten und tragischen israelischen Undercover-Agenten, ein brillanter Geheimdienstoffizier, der leichtfertig von seinen Vorgesetzten in die berüchtigte gescheiterte Geheimoperation in Ägypten in den frühen 50er Jahren geschickt wurde und dort in einer Gefängniszelle umkam

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        Yitzhak Rabin – The Growth of A Leader

        by Shaul Webber

        “Even before Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, I always saw him as an enigmatic hero,” writes the author Dr. Shaul Weber. This enigma only intensified after his assassination. Rabin’s appearances in the media and the testimony given by those close to him reflected a complexity that could not be ignored. Always surrounded by others, he stood out as an emotionally distant loner. A politician who projected unease with the political norms, and basically a man of integrity and morality, he was nevertheless willing to stray from his ideals in the interests of national security. Despite his undiplomatic image, he became a senior diplomat and national leader. Rabin, emotionally withdrawn, shy and blunt throughout his formative years, demanded uncompromising perfection from himself and others. Blessed with impressive analytic capabilities, he demonstrated the qualities of leadership, even when not quite ready to assume the onerous mantle of military leadership when that role was forced on him by circumstances beyond his control. In his early days with the Palmach, Rabin comes across as a man who glorified camaraderie, but who was lonely, shy and unable to communicate. Although he spoke in terms of “we,” he closed himself off from others, putting up barriers of individualism and fastidiousness. Cool and analytic, he paradoxically had a hot temper and was known to speak bluntly, even offensively. However, in the latter years of his life, he learned to better express his feelings and project more warmth. As an educator and historian, Dr. Webber assumes that every human being is a product of his childhood and upbringing, which offers only partial solutions to the riddle of Rabin’s boyhood, his adolescence, and his painful ordeal as commander of the Harel Brigade during Israel's 1948 War of Independence. Throughout his life, and especially after his death, Rabin was said to be the “salt of the earth.” It appears, however, that in order to earn this noble title, one has to eat a lot of bitter herbs, too. This book is about those bitter herbs. Each year the president and the prime minister of Israel present prizes – usually to writers – for the best works related to one of each of their predecessors. This year the prize winner for memorizing Yitzhak Rabin was Dr. Shaul Weber for his book The Growth of a Leader, which follows Rabin’s path from childhood through to his youth in the Palmah and subsequently in the army, and sheds fresh light on what influenced Rabin’s growth as a military leader, a diplomat and a political leader. Shaul Webber was born in Tel Aviv. After his army service, he joined Kibbutz Ha'on nearby the Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee). When the Six-Day War was over he joined Kibbutz Merom Golan in the Golan Heights, and worked there as an educator and teacher. The author received his B.A. in philosophy and education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, an M.A. in education from Haifa University, and his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Today he lives in Ramat Gan and teaches education and history at the Open University. This is Dr. Webber’s third book. His first book, A Blue Shirt on a Black Background, was published in 1998 and describes how the youth movements in Eretz Israel related to the Diaspora during and after the Holocaust. His second book, Mystery Hill, published in 2003, analyzes the famous battle of Ammunition Hill from his personal point of view as a soldier who participated in that terrible bloodshed, as well as from the perspective of a researcher and historian. His recently published book, The Spy Who Was Forgotten, is about Major Max Bennett – one of Israel's most controversial and tragic undercover agents, a brilliant intelligence officer who was recklessly involved by his superiors in the notoriously failed secret operation in Egypt in the early 50s, and who tragically ended his life there in a prison cell. An English-language eBook edition was published in spring 2013 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc., CA.) 374 Pages, 15 x 22.5 cm.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2013

        Melisa, Tiresome Old Witch

        Witch & Wizard

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Anise and Sage had a lot of plans for the spring break: hunt toads, swim in the river, hike... but they did not imagine that they would have to spend their entire vacation in the company of their old aunt! When aunt Melisa arrives with tons of suitcases, a screechy voice, and a pet potted plant, the girls decide to make her go away in any way they can. But how will they get rid of a witch with a dire love for disgusting things and a peculiar taste?   This is the fifth installment in the Witch and Wizard book series. The Witch and Wizard series (7 books) is a fantasy book series for beginner readers. It's funny and easy to read. It captivates youngsters with the unusual adventures, activities, names and foods that are part of day to day life in this alternate world of witches and wizards.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2012

        Rose's Blossom

        Emerald, Fairy-Child

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        "œShe suddenly felt a sharp piercing pain through her shoulder blades. It hurt. It wasn't intolerable pain, but it definitely was troubling. Then, in a second, something miraculous happened that Emerald could only imagine. Two delicate white wings hatched from her shoulder blades, and her body started to slowly shrink."œ Eleven years old Emerald, never heard of Magic-Land until she got her wings and became a Fairy-Child. When her mother tells her about this magical world, Emerald hurries to visit it, but discovers that it is in trouble. Now she needs to find a way to help the wonderous, magical creatures that she only envisioned in her dreams, and to embark on the adventure of her life. This is the first installment in the Emerald, Fairy-Child book series.   The Emerald, Fairy-Child series (4 books) is a follow-up series to the best-selling series Winter-Blue, Fairy-Child. Winter Blue is all grown up now, and as with all fairy-children, she lost her wings and her ability to visit Magic-Land. Emerald is Winter's daughter, and she is following in her footsteps, taking her own distinct path.

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        January 2014

        The Secret of the Maya

        Emerald, Fairy-Child

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        "œWhat's the secret of the Maya? No one knows, but the lucky one to discover it, will receive great powers, greater than any other." The people of the cult are plotting again. This time they want to find the source of power of the Maya people and use it to destroy Magic-Land. The children have no choice but to find the Maya secrets before the cult and defend them. Unfortunately, Emerald's magic powers are running astray just when she needs them most.   This is the third installment in the Emerald, Fairy-Child book series.   The Emerald, Fairy-Child series (4 books) is a follow-up series to the best-selling series Winter-Blue, Fairy-Child. Winter Blue is all grown up now, and as with all fairy-children, she lost her wings and her ability to visit Magic-Land. Emerald is Winter`s daughter, and she is following in her footsteps, taking her own distinct path.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2012

        Henley's Wings

        Tales from Windydust

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Don't bother looking up Windydust on your map - it's written in invisible ink. But if you are brave enough, you could join Theo the Click and his friend Henley on a journey through this legendary land. Just be careful, it won't be a pleasant journey, but rather a wild adventure where you'll meet, not entirely sane creatures, have a picnic near a field of eye-fruits. You might get Spinach-Spontanins to purr, fly on the back of an angry Dichuzoaurous, get a ride on the tricycle of a rather nice Truid - whatever it takes to get to the dark forest of the Triksons. There Henley plans to unravel her secret plan. Will she succeed? Will they make it?   This is the first installment in the Windydust book series.   The Windydust series (3 books) is a fantasy book series for young adults. The stories are presented in the hilariously insane and made-up world of Windydust. Be prepared to be surprised every step of the way.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2013

        The Mysterious Scarlet Dragon

        Tales from Windydust

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        "œI untied the purple ribbon and opened the box. I think I almost fainted when I saw its contents. It was an egg. A pretty big egg, a little bigger than my head. It was shiny and had kind of a red color to it. In the name of the click gods, Henley, what did you bring me!?" When Henley, the trikson, brings Theo the click a rare dragon egg for his thirteen birthday, he immediately decides that it has to be returned. Together they set out on a hilarious and surprising journey and will learn a thing or two about the place that is closest to the heart.   This is the second installment in the Windydust book series.   The Windydust series (3 books) is a fantasy book series for young adults. The stories are presented in the hilariously insane and made-up world of Windydust. Be prepared to be surprised every step of the way.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2014

        The Blue Amanita Mushroom

        Tales from Windydust

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        How many times you told a white lie to a friend in order not to insult him? That's exactly what Theo does when Melody sets out to participate in a singing competition. At first, he supports her, but when he listens to her terrible singing, he understands that only magic can save her from the inevitable upcoming humiliation. Now he has no choice but to go out and search for the craved Blue Amanita Mushroom, which bestows the voice of a nightingale upon whoever eats it. But finding it is not simple, Theo will have to visit a desolated island, raise Japanese Persimmon worms and do business with a common Bolon.   This is the third installment in the Windydust book series.   The Windydust series (3 books) is a fantasy book series for young adults. The stories are presented in the hilariously insane and made-up world of Windydust. Be prepared to be surprised every step of the way.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2014

        Cichorium, the new wizard on the block

        Witch & Wizard

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Every neighbourhood gets new neighbours from time to time, but when they move into a deserted house, houtend by the spririts of long passed dragons, it's clear that this is the begining of an adventure. Anise and her friends meet Cichorium, their new neighbour, and immediately start warning him about the weird residents of the house his family choose. But Cichorium is not afraid, as he does not belive in ghosts, and especialy dragon ghosts.   This is the sixth installment in the Witch and Wizard book series. The Witch and Wizard series (7 books) is a fantasy book series for beginner readers. It's funny and easy to read. It captivates youngsters with the unusual adventures, activities, names and foods that are part of day to day life in this alternate world of witches and wizards.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2015

        Cumin, a wizard who knows it all

        Witch & Wizard

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        Cumin is an exceptionally bright wizard-child. He knows all the spells and potions and knows the meaning of the most confusing terms.  Only one thing he does not know: how to have fun. How can he eat sugared worms candy when he knows that extra sugar can cause the terrible sucrazitus-limfotzitos illness? How can he play with a unicorn when he holds in his hand the third volume of the "œspell and magic" trilogy? Slowly Cumin's friends drift away, and even his parents are worried that maybe he is too smart for his own good. Who will teach Cumin that he can not find all the answers in his books?   This is the seventh installment in the Witch and Wizard book series. The Witch and Wizard series (7 books) is a fantasy book series for beginner readers. It's funny and easy to read. It captivates youngsters with the unusual adventures, activities, names and foods that are part of day to day life in this alternate world of witches and wizards.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2013

        The Shadow Creatures

        Emerald, Fairy-Child

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        "œRumor has it that your mother and her friends are responsible for the stealing of the manuscripts. And her you, Emerald, come into the picture: we need you to find and return them to us. The manuscripts might hold information about the Shadow Creatures. Hopefully, we can discover a weakness and find a way to fight them..."   Danger lurks once more - horrible and deadly creatures appear in peaceful lake Waker near Emerald's hometown. Only a few have seen them and remained to tell about it. When all attempts to beat them fail, Emerald and her friends have only one more thing to try, but it entails finding the ancient manuscripts that were long lost and possibly cooperating with their sworn enemies.   This is the second installment in the Emerald, Fairy-Child book series.   The Emerald, Fairy-Child series (4 books) is a follow-up series to the best-selling series Winter-Blue, Fairy-Child. Winter Blue is all grown up now, and as with all fairy-children, she lost her wings and her ability to visit Magic-Land. Emerald is Winter's daughter, and she is following in her footsteps, taking her own distinct path.

      • Children's & YA
        January 2015

        The Lost Children

        Emerald, Fairy-Child

        by Eshkar Erblich-Brifman

        "œYou are..." uttered the boy and stared at the tiny Emerald, flapping her shimmering wings. "A Fairy-Child," replied Emerald bravely, "œAnd you are?" "œYour new worst enemy," said the boy and smiled deviously. A terrible rain is pouring down over the human world as well as Magic-Land and is disrupting the ordinary way of things. But that's not the only storm brewing. Emerald`s neighborhood, is repeatedly plagued by mysterious youngsters with only one thing in mind: destroy everything. When the Fairy-children are summoned to an emergency meeting in Magic-Land, the truth starts to unveil: the residents of the magical children`s island have escaped into the human world with no intention of going back. Who are these children? What do they have to do with the fairies? And how can their mayhem be stopped?   This is the fourth installment in the Emerald, Fairy-Child book series.   The Emerald, Fairy-Child series (4 books) is a follow-up series to the best-selling series Winter-Blue, Fairy-Child. Winter Blue is all grown up now, and as with all fairy-children, she lost her wings and her ability to visit Magic-Land. Emerald is Winter`s daughter, and she is following in her footsteps, taking her own distinct path.

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