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Editions Larousse SAS
Major French publisher of books on cooking, crafts and hobbies, gardening, health and well-being, gardening nature and animals, art and history, essays as well as children's books and games for all ages. Around 600 new titles each year. Since 1852.
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Humanities & Social Sciences2002Ukraine Incognita
by Larysa Ivshyna
“Ukraine Incognita” is a book dedicated to the biographies of outstanding Ukrainians whose talents are recognised both internationally and nationally. The history of the Ukrainian people, starting from the Scythians and Sarmatians and up to the tragedies and achievements of the 20th century. The book describes the times when Ukrainians reached the heights of their historical creativity, and the times when they suffered under the yoke of total despotism. The history of the spiritual achievements of Ukrainians – creators of the beautiful cathedrals, painters, composers, soldiers and ambassadors. The story of a thousand-year struggle of people for freedom and dignified life. The reader will find all of these facts in the collection of historical essays about biographies of famous Ukrainians. History should not be Terra Incognita: it is our responsibility to the future generations to tell the story.
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Children's & YA2019The Book of Horrors: A Collection of Scary Stories
by Volodymyr Arenev, Mia Marchenko, Larysa Andrievska, Ivanka Kravtsova, Yozha Kotsun, Slava Svitova, Yuriy Nikitinsky, Maria Artemenko. Illustrations by Irena Panarina
“The Book of Horrors” is a collection of scary stories by modern Ukrainian children’s writers. In the dark dark room, on the black black shelf, there is a scary scary book…. It contains eight thrilling stories about various mystical, sometimes otherworldly and utterly unexpected events and creatures, including children. If you’re not afraid yet, then meet Mia Marchenko’s black tulips (‘The Black Tulips’), Volodymyr Arenev’s inhabitants of the abandoned attic (‘The Wheeled Coffin’), Larysa Andriyevska’s ugly monsters (‘Monsters from under the Child’s Bed’), Ivanka Kravtsova’s bleeding cuckoo bird (‘Cuckoo’), Yozha Kotsun’s beasts (‘The Beasts’), Slava Svitova’s pygmy witch (‘The Pygmy Witch’), Yuriy Nikitinsky’s ghosts (‘Ghost of Olya and the Real boy named Kostyk’) and Maria Artemenko’s philosopher worms (‘This Fairy Tale is not about an Apple’).
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Humanities & Social Sciences2020Bridges Instead of Walls, or What Unites Ukrainians?
by Tetiana Teren
In this collection of essays, twenty Ukrainian intellectuals reflect on the phenomenon of social bridges and walls. Why do they both exist? Do bridges always bring understanding? Or do they perhaps sometimes allow crossing boundaries? Do walls necessarily separate? Or do they occasionally protect? With whom and how should we build bridges, and from whom shall we isolate by walls? The result of the media project of the Ukrainian branch of the International PEN Club, published in the New Time publication, is now under one cover. On the pages of the book, you will find essays by the following authors: Kateryna Kalytko, Kateryna Botanova, Vakhtang Kebuladze, Zoya Kazanzhy, Ostap Slyvinskyi, Olena Stiazhkina, Larysa Denysenko, Myroslava Barchuk, Viktoriya Amelina, Vitaliy Ponomariov, Vasyl Makhno, Volodymyr Rafeenko, Mykola Riabchuk, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Svitlana Pyrkalo, Borys Gudziak, Ihor Isichenko, Halyna Vdovychenko, Pavlo Kazarin, Vitaliy Portnykov. Compiled by Tetiana Teren. Foreword by Andriy Kurkov.
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Humanities & Social Sciences2022Tempting Fate, Hardening the Will: Ukraine and Ukrainians in the XX - Early XXI Century. In Three Books
by Larysa Yakubova (project coordinator)
The transformation of a mental Ukraine into a real Ukraine, people - into a nation, a territory – into a state is a semantic axis of this trilogy. Book 1. Ukraine and Ukrainians in 1917-1939 The first book is devoted to the interwar period – a key stage of ethnic modernization and mobilization of Ukrainians, the culmination of the Ukrainian Revolution, and the battle for Ukraine in the context of the First World War. Book 2. Between World War II and the Cold War: Wars in the Destiny of Ukraine The second book tells about Ukrainians in the Second World War, after which the Ukrainian lands were united within one state, and in the Cold War, which made possible the sovereignty of Ukraine. Book 3. 30 Years of Independence: Challenges, Trials, Answers The third book is dedicated to the period of Ukrainian Independence and summarizes the thirty years of Ukrainian post-totalitarian transit. Contradictions of internal development, geopolitical challenges, three modern Ukrainian revolutions, and the Russian-Ukrainian war are the focus of understanding the path of Ukraine and Ukrainians in the global world.
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Humanities & Social Sciences2016300 Years of Solitude: Ukrainian Donbas in Search of Senses and the Roots
by Stanislav Kulchytsky, Larysa Yakubova
In recent years, Donbas has been at the epicenter of a heated public discussion. This book is a comprehensive study of the historical experience of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It highlights several problems of rapid social and economic growth and painful stagnation, powerful migration processes and the multi-ethnic population structure and, as a result, an unstructured identity and short historical memory. The authors explore the origins of the Soviet mythologemes of the "people of Donbas”, “All-Union stokehold”, “melting pot”, which have been influencing the formation of the consciousness of the region’s population and the collective image of the Ukrainian Donbas for a long time. This book presents a detailed analysis of the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the factors that preceded the creation of quasi-states, as well as possible ways and tools to overcome the social and cultural consequences of the military conflict.
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Children's & YAOctober 2019Kai Flammersfeld und das Erwachen der Geysira
by Hagen Röhrig
Die Vampirgeschwister laden Kai und Sandra in ihre Gruft ein, um ihnen zu zeigen, wie schön Vampire wohnen. Dabei entdecken sie tief unter der Erde einen geheimen Raum, in dem die Vampireltern gerade mit einigen anderen versammelt sind. Kai traut seinen Augen nicht: unter den Anwesenden ist auch sein Vater! Die Kinder werden entdeckt und es stellt sich heraus, dass Kais Vater für die Vampire als Spion in der Menschenwelt tätig ist. Doch dies ist nicht die einzige Überraschung für Kai. Er muss in ein Versteck, eine alte Kirche, umziehen. Die von Greifendorfs organisieren auf einer Burg eine internationale Vampirkonferenz. Währenddessen entdecken Kai und seine Freunde, dass im Wald etwas Seltsames vorgeht. Aus Erdspalten dringen Licht und Geräusche. Sie steigen in das Höhlensystem hinab und entdecken, dass Rufus Wankelmann und Wieland von Wünschelsgrund dort mit Hilfe der Hexe Cylinda Krieger herstellen, die gegen die Vampire kämpfen sollen. Da die Konferenz nicht mehr abgesagt werden kann, gilt es, Wankelmanns und von Wünschelsgrunds Pläne zu durchkreuzen. Doch dies gelingt nur teilweise. Eine ganze Horde Krieger zieht zur Vampirburg. Der unausweichliche Kampf beginnt. Kai, seine Großmutter und seine Freunde werden zur Sicherheit in Kais Versteck gebracht – und laufen direkt in eine Falle, denn dort wartet von Wünschelsgrund auf sie. Der Vampirjäger erkennt in Kais Oma die verschollene Tante Geysira der Vampirkinder wieder. Einst jagte er sie und wollte sie mit dem Trunk der Trautelbeere vernichten. Doch versehentlich gab er ihr den Saft der Trügerischen Trautelbeere, der Geysira zu einem Tagvampir machte und alles Vampirische in ihr erlöschen ließ. Die anderen Vampire kommen Kai und seinen Freunden zu Hilfe und schlagen Wieland in die Flucht. Für Kai hat sich alles verändert. Er ist mit den von Greifendorfs verwandt, sein Vater spioniert für die Vampire in der Menschenwelt, seine Oma ist Tagvampirin. Und auch er kann Tagvampir werden – wenn er die Trügerische Trautelbeere findet.
