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Petra Schier, Jahrgang 1978, lebt mit Mann und Hund in einer kleinen Gemeinde in der Eifel. Sie studierte Geschichte und Literatur an der Fernuniversität Hagen und arbeitet seit 2003 freie Autorin. Ihre sehr erfolgreichen historischen Romane erscheinen u.a. im Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, ihre ebenfalls sehr beliebten Weihnachts- sowie Liebesromane bei Rütten Loening, MIRA Taschenbuch, HarperCollins und Weltbild.Unter dem Pseudonym Mila Roth veröffentlicht die Autorin verlagsunabhängig verschiedene erfolgreiche Buchserien.
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The soviet realia are not entirely clear to modern adolescents. Childhood in the late Soviet Union was not like it is now. Back in those days, everything was different and even scary to some point: a premonition of the nuclear war, propaganda, shortages, and confusing household items. The main characters of the book, a teenage Matvii and his father Petro, go to Lviv to visit their grandmother. There are still heaps of Soviet things in her ceiling cabinet and they are good at telling stories. Paretns are good at this as well, if you ask them well. The book gives a reason to talk about feelings of nostalgia and values.
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Chipka is an artificially intelligent robot, and Petro is an engineer. The two engage in frequent conversations. They crack jokes at times and bicker at others. By listening to their conversations, you can learn about their favorite topic, which is, of course, robots. You'll discover many interesting things from them, starting from the stories behind the earliest strange mechanisms to the development of small nanorobots, and even robots made from skin cells or the heart of an African frog, created today! People have invented so many fascinating things! We live in a world where automobiles drive themselves, planes are controlled remotely, and machines learn, clean up, win at chess, and explore the depths of the sea. What will the future hold? From 7 to 11 years, 7500 words Rightsholders: publishing@man.gov.ua
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Petro Pjatotschkin geht noch zur Schule, als er sein phänomenales Gedächtnis entdeckt. Ein Blick ins Buch genügt, um den Unterrichtsstoff abzuspeichern. Seine skurrile Begabung macht ihn zum Außenseiter und Grübler, der sich in wissenschaftliche Werke über Zeit und Bewußtsein vertieft. Er experimentiert mit sich selbst und stellt fest, daß er sich auch an Ereignisse erinnert, die er nicht erlebt haben kann. Im "Café Kosmos", dem russischen Buchladen in Lemberg, lernt Petro eine junge Künstlerin aus Montreal kennen, die sich der abstrakten Malerei verschrieben hat. Ihre Bilder mit Titeln wie "Misted Mirror" oder "Intent!" erscheinen ihm als Symbole seiner "Gedächtniskunst", er meint darin ihre Fähigkeit zu erkennen, wie er Parallelwelten zu sehen. Eine leidenschaftliche Liebe beginnt …
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The book contains articles and essays describing the life of the outstanding German-speaking poet of the 20th century, a native of Chernivtsi, Paul Celan. The book explores his Bukovinian roots (Bukovyna is a historical region located both in Ukraine and Romania), little-known pages of his biography, connections with the Slavic and Jewish groups, personal and creative contacts with such authors as Alfred Margul-Sperber, Ingeborg Bachmann, Bertolt Brecht. The reader will also take a note on the role and significance of music in Celan’s works. The book is published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth and 50th anniversary of his death. The publication is intended for literary critics, philosophers, cultural experts and anyone interested in the history of development of the 20th century German lyrics.
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Paul Celans poetisches Werk ist bereits seit dem Ende der 1950er Jahre zum Objekt einer außergewöhnlich breitgefächerten literaturkritischen und literaturwissenschaftlichen Aufmerksamkeit geworden. Seitdem avanciert der Dichter zum meistgedeuteten Lyriker der Nachkriegszeit. Wie aber war Paul Celan als Mensch – als Spiel- und Schulkamerad, als Kollege und Gefährte, als Freund und Geliebter? 55 Autoren, die ihn in verschiedenen Phasen seines Lebens gekannt haben, erinnern sich an ihre Begegnungen mit dem Dichter und beschreiben ihn aus unmittelbarer Nähe. Die in diesem Buch versammelten Materialien stellen den ersten übersichtlichen Versuch dar, dem menschlichen Bild Celans anhand der Fülle hinterlassener veröffentlichter und teils unveröffentlichter oder in deutscher Sprache zum ersten Mal erscheinender Erinnerungen in konzentrierter Form näher zu kommen. In diesem Sinne ist das vorliegende Buch nicht nur an Celan-Spezialisten, sondern auch an den breiteren Kreis der Leser gerichtet, die über menschliche Eigenschaften des Dichters, über seine Charakterzüge und Neigungen sowie über seine literarischen und ästhetischen Präferenzen mehr erfahren wollen.
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A former prisoner of conscience who was imprisoned for nearly 14 years presents fifty articles he has written during 20 years of freedom. They tell about his cellmates Vasyl Stus, Yuri Lytvyn, Oleksa Tykhyi, Valeriy Marchenko, Levko Lukianenko, about prisoners of conscience Oksana Meshko, Mykola Rudenko, Petro Hryhorenko, Ievhen Sverstiuk and other outstanding personalities.
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Flipping through the pages of the cultural history of Odesa in the 20th century, the author of the book analyses the frontier identity that developed in this peculiar city. In the first part of the book, the general processes that determined the cultural face of Odesa are analysed, in the second, portraits of prominent artists are presented - Volodymyr Zhabotynskyi, Petro Leshchenko, Mykhailo Zhuk, Boris Necherda, Boris Khersonskyi. Each of them in their own way embodied the image of the beach and sea city in its changing identity and constant charm. And if the above personalities are forgotten today, then we have a good opportunity to get to know and appreciate them more deeply, at the same time rethinking the phenomenon of Odesa in the 20th century.
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Our forests are shrinking every year due to fires forestry. Trees and all life that inhabits them, from tiny microorganisms to families of birds and animals are destroyed by flames that in most cases, are caused by we, humans.
Alki Zei, the legendary novelist, has shaped modern Greek literature and children’s fiction like none other. Petros’ war, one of her monumental novels, that has been translated in 11 languages, is being transformed into a graphic novel, with her own blessing before her recent passing. With respect to the original text and its spirit and atmosphere, Angeliki Darlasi and Dimitris Mastoros adapt this classic work of Greek literature for the new generation. Petros, a nine year old boy, is very sad because his cricket is dead. His elder sister, Antigone, wants to give him the box of her bracelet for burying it. Petros prefers to squeeze it in the crevice of the girder. But he doesn’t have the time. The next morning he is waken up abruptly by his mother. “Wake up and get ready. There is war! Can’t you listen to the sirens?” It is the 28th of October 1940. Petros knows about the war in his books. He is thrilled by heroes, shields, swords and victories. Is it the same in reality? Young Petros lives the war, occupation and resistance together with his parents, his sister, his grandfather and his turtle, Theodore. We follow him in his long walk with all the real adventures that take place between October 1940 and October 1944, when Greece was liberated.
The nearly forgotten story of Soviet dissidentsIt has been nearly three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Unionenough time for the role that the courageous dissidents ultimately contributed to the communist system’s collapse to have been largely forgotten, especially in the West. This book brings to life, for contemporary readers, the often underground work of the men and women who opposed the regime and authored dissident texts, known as samizdat, that exposed the tyrannies and weaknesses of the Soviet state both inside and outside the country.Peter Reddaway spent decades studying the Soviet Union and got to know these dissidents and their work, publicizing their writings in the West and helping some of them to escape the Soviet Union and settle abroad. In this memoir he captures the human costs of the repression that marked the Soviet state, focusing in particular on Pavel Litvinov, Larisa Bogoraz, General Petro Grigorenko, Anatoly Marchenko, Alexander Podrabinek, Vyacheslav Bakhmin, and Andrei Sinyavsky.His book describes their courage but also puts their work in the context of the power struggles in the Kremlin, where politicians competed with and even succeeded in ousting one another. Reddaway’s book takes readers beyond Moscow, describing politics and dissident work in other major Russian cities as well as in the outlying republics.
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THE PESKY TRIO: PESTS FROM THE WARDROBEWritten by Andrej E. SkubicIllustrated by Tanja Komadina What a scare Lija gets from a puppet made out of clothes by her sister Adela! The Pesky Trio decide to strike back. What will happen? Sometimes a “joke” can cause real fear. How to act when you are being intimidated? Format: 14 x 20 cm72 pages | Age: 6+
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WHALE ON A BEACHWritten by Vinko Möderndorfer Whale on a Beach is a story about differentness, normality and about the many struggles involved in growing up for modern-day teenagers, caught between family and peers. Theatrical premiere in Ljubljana in September 2018. Nika, a lively, curious teenager, moves house with her parents. She goes to a new school now, in a new place with new classmates. All seems lovely and just as it should be. Nika is popular, she makes friends easily; she is outgoing and witty. But it turns out that she keeps a secret; a secret that quickly gets out of the bag and will now change the lives of everyone around her... This heartwarming story about accepting difference is bound to appeal to young adults and adults, too. Winner of the Desetnica Award 2017, IBBY Honour List 2018. Format: 14 x 20 cm224 pages | Age: 12+
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THE PESKY TRIO: THAT DOOR SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OPENEDWritten by Andrej E. SkubicIllustrated by Tanja Komadina Liam and Tomaž really like to play tricks on Petra, Julija and especially Lija, who they think is clumsy. At the beginning of this series, which talks about the everyday life of children who are good friends, we come across them slinging dirt clods and teasing. It turns out that the friendship is not yet all that solid and that Lija, Tomaž and Liam – the Pesky Trio – are about to experience many trials and tribulations. Format: 14 x 20 cm72 pages | Age: 6+
Milo Malart, detective of the Catalan State Police, faces a particularly cruel and complex case. Monday at dawn a young man shows up at the police station covered in blood from head to toe. "Everyone is dead," he whispers before fainting. Analysis of his clothes confirms that the blood belongs to at least three people. Are the police looking at yet another victim, the survivor of a massacre? But why does he remain silent when he regains consciousness? There is another possibility: that he is the murderer. However, everyone describes him as a docile boy, unable to hurt a fly. Who is Lucas Torres really?
Can a football match trigger a war? Can football serve the cause of democracy against a dictatorship and vice versa? Footballitics shows us that there is no relevant contemporary historical episode that is not reflected in the trajectory of some football club. Through its stories it is possible to relive most of the events that have marked the last century: anti-colonial rebellions and the class struggle, Nazism and communism, national conflicts and the fight against dictatorships… Footballitics is full of anecdotes and facts which, with the dizzying pace of the greatest matches, tell us the story of these extraordinary political actors that are football clubs and invite us to reflect on their often crucial role as symbols of ideologies, ethnic groups, oppressed communities or rebellious minorities.
Carlos da Cruz’s Scalebooks are inspiring children’s science books about the amazing size of animals. Some creatures make human beings feel like giants, others like Tom Thumb. In Fish Scalebook the focus is in the oceans, lakes and rivers of the world. Which kinds of fish live in the water, out of the human sight? Which fish can have inspired the stories about sea monsters? What surprises are there in the bottoms of the oceans?
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I AM ANDREJWritten by Vinko MöderndorferIllustrated by Jure Engelsberger Fifteen-year old Andrej has started a new school and has lots of problems. It starts with his name, then the fact that his parents are divorced, plus he’s supposed to be popular … But it is not all bad. He makes friends with the unique Sonja. Gradually, life gets better and better … Nominated for the Desetnica Award in 2019 Format: 14 x 20 cm184 pages | Age: 12+
The book Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation is intended as a text book of micro irrigation design and practices for the students of the agricultural sciences and the professionals and workers in the field of micro irrigation. The book discusses the type and components, hydraulics and design, installation and maintenance of micro irrigation system. It contains good number of numerical as example and task to get the students familiar to the requirements, complicacies, and possible remedies in actual working condition. In addition to conventional broad and short questions in every of the book there are multiple choice questions to assist the students in preparing the competitive examinations.
