Otter-Barry Books is an exciting publisher of culturally diverse and inclusive high quality illustrated books for children. Our list includes great read-aloud picture books, non-fiction titles, poetry and graphic novels with fantastic art by some of the top authors and illustrators working today, including Steve Antony, Barroux, Jackie Morris, Joseph Coelho, Yu Rong, Roger McGough, Petr Horacek, Elizabeth Laird and Mehrdokht Amini.
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Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, la maison d’édition d’une des plus grandes universités de recherche au Canada et l’une des plus grandes universités bilingues au monde, proposent un programme d’édition en sciences humaines primé, évalué par les pairs, adapté à une économie du savoir et à la réalité de la mondialisation. Les PUO visent l’excellence en recherche et en édition, y compris en accès libre viable. Son catalogue annuel de 25-30 titres, de 4 revues savantes et de 2 marques (Mercure; Harvest House) avance le savoir et est axé sur les grands débats. The University of Ottawa Press, the publishing arm of one of Canada's top research universities and one of the world's top bilingual universities, offers an award-winning, peer-reviewed HSS publishing program for a knowledge-based, globalized world. UOP is committed to excellence in scholarship and publishing practices, including sustainable OA. Its annual catalogue of 25-30 titles, 4 journals and 2 imprints (Mercury Series; Harvest House) advance knowledge and engage with today’s issues.
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Alexander von Humboldt wurde am 14. September 1769 in Berlin als Sohn eines preußischen Offiziers geboren und wuchs auf Schloß Tegel auf. Er, wie auch sein Bruder Wilhelm, genossen eine Ausbildung, die sich auf aufklärerisches Gedankengut gründete. 1787 nahm er das Studium der Kameralistik in Frankfurt an der Oder auf und beschäftigte sich dazu mit Medizin, Physik und Mathematik. Bald schon ging er aber an die Universität Göttingen, dem Zentrum aufklärerischen Denkens der Zeit. Dort widmete er sich verschiedenen Naturwissenschaften und beschäftigte sich besonders mit geologischen Fragestellungen. Es folgte eine Englandreise an der Seite von Georg Forster, die auf der Rückkehr mit einem kurzen, aber für Humboldt eindrucksvollen Aufenthalt im revolutionären Paris endete. Er nahm schließlich das Studium des Bergbaus auf und machte sich als Oberbergmeister einen Namen, ehe er mit dem Erbe der gestorbenen Mutter eine Entdeckungsreise nach Mittel- und Südamerika antrat. 1804 kehrte er als gefeierter Wissenschaftler und Entdecker nach Paris zurück, wo er die nächsten Jahre im Dienst Friedrich Wilhelms III. verbrachte. Es folgten weitere Reisen nach Asien und Rußland. Als Schriftsteller wurde er für seine unzähligen Reise- und Wissenschaftsberichte, insbesondere den Kosmos bekannt. Er gilt als Mitbegründer der empirischen Geographie und trug mit seinen Schriften bedeutend zu einem erweiterten Wissen über die Welt bei. Humboldt starb am 6. Mai 1859 in Berlin. Ottmar Ette, geboren 1956, ist Romanist und Komparatist an der Universität Potsdam und gehört zu den führenden Experten zu Humboldts Werk. Ette ist u. a. Leiter des Forschungsprojektes zu Alexander von Humboldts Amerikanische Reisetagebücher sowie seit 2015 Leiter des Langzeitprojekts Alexander von Humboldt auf Reisen – Wissenschaft aus der Bewegung, dessen geplante Laufzeit 18 Jahre beträgt. Er ist Begründer und Mitherausgeber der viersprachigen elektronischen Zeitschrift HiN – Alexander von Humboldt im Netz und der Humboldt-Plattform avhumboldt.de. Ottmar Ette, geboren 1956, ist Romanist und Komparatist an der Universität Potsdam und gehört zu den führenden Experten zu Humboldts Werk. Ette ist u. a. Leiter des Forschungsprojektes zu Alexander von Humboldts Amerikanische Reisetagebücher sowie seit 2015 Leiter des Langzeitprojekts Alexander von Humboldt auf Reisen – Wissenschaft aus der Bewegung, dessen geplante Laufzeit 18 Jahre beträgt. Er ist Begründer und Mitherausgeber der viersprachigen elektronischen Zeitschrift HiN – Alexander von Humboldt im Netz und der Humboldt-Plattform avhumboldt.de.
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Der berühmte Essay über den Akt des Lesens, in dem Roland Barthes erstmals seine Ästhetik der Lust formuliert, markiert nicht nur eine entscheidende Wende in seinem Denken, sondern ist einer der Schlüsseltexte des Poststrukturalismus und ein Klassiker der neueren französischen Textkritik.
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Die Entdeckung der Neuen Welt ist neben dem Kosmos das Hauptwerk Alexander von Humboldts. Es bildet den Schlußstein seiner Amerikabücher, in denen er mit epischem Schwung seine große Amerikareise (1799-1804) auswertet. Zum erstenmal seit der Erstveröffentlichung vor 170 Jahren liegt das Werk nun wieder auf deutsch vor – zusammen mit dem zugehörigen prächtigen Atlas von Humboldts eigenen und der von ihm erwähnten Karten. Im exakten Titel des Buches steckt sein Programm: »Kritische Untersuchung zur historischen Entwicklung der geographischen Kenntnisse von der Neuen Welt und den Fortschritten der nautischen Astronomie im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert«. Es geht um die technischen und geistigen Voraussetzungen, unter denen sich Europa am Beginn der Neuzeit anschickte, unter dem Schock der Erkenntnis von der Kugelförmigkeit der Welt einen transatlantischen Horizont auszubilden. In der Analyse historischer Karten, der vergleichenden Lektüre von Reiseberichten früher Amerikareisender, aber auch in zeitgenössischen Legenden entsteht das Bild eines Europas im Aufbruch und einer im Dunst der Zeugnisse langsam Kontur gewinnenden Neuen Welt. Nach mehr als drei Jahrzehnten der Recherche überblickte Humboldt den gewaltigen Stoff vollständig. Der Fünfundsechzigjährige stand auf der Höhe seines Denkens wie seiner Kunst des Schreibens. Der zweite Band dieser Ausgabe präsentiert in weit über 100 aufwendigen Farbreproduktionen den Atlas Alexander von Humboldts und den Unsichtbaren Atlas aller von ihm bearbeiteten Karten. Die von Humboldt gewollte Einheit von Text und Kartenwerk wird so überhaupt zum erstenmal greifbar.
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Meet the twelve new Popagami characters, such as VERMEER the MEERKAT and MONTY the MOUNTAIN LION in this first book of the Popagami series. The World of Popagami takes you step by detailed step through our bespoke origami folds to make these very cute and unique three-dimensional finger puppets. The book also has three photocopiable designs where you can make your own unique animals. Read and try the fun activities each of the characters suggest, that include; magnetic fishing, Easter Egg hunts and making your Popagami animals fly. This book series is also well supported by a dedicated website that features regular blogs & news, competitions, games, activities, movies and information on the latest releases. The World of Popagami book can be purchased with a Supplementary Pack of the loose origami sheets that you, your friends and all the family can make. Table of Contents: Welcome 3 Contents 4 Instructions - Key 5 Instructions - Step 1-14 6-12 Popagami Animals and Activities 13-37 Photocopiable Animals 38-40 Website 41 Farewell 42
Meet the twelve new Popagami characters, such as VERMEER the MEERKAT and MONTY the MOUNTAIN LION in this first book of the Popagami series. The World of Popagami takes you step by detailed step through our bespoke origami folds to make these very cute and unique three-dimensional finger puppets. The book also has three photocopiable designs where you can make your own unique animals. Read and try the fun activities each of the characters suggest, that include; magnetic fishing, Easter Egg hunts and making your Popagami animals fly. This book series is also well supported by a dedicated website that features regular blogs & news, competitions, games, activities, movies and information on the latest releases. The World of Popagami book can be purchased with a Supplementary Pack of the loose origami sheets that you, your friends and all the family can make. Table of Contents: Welcome 3 Contents 4 Instructions - Key 5 Instructions - Step 1-14 6-12 Popagami Animals and Activities 13-37 Photocopiable Animals 38-40 Website 41 Farewell 42
It's 1967, and a young Norwegian family leaves Norway for California, looking for opportunity and the free and easy lifestyle. The young immigrants settle in a nice house in the suburb. The couple both find jobs, and the twin girls go to school. Dad buys a convertible, just like mom always wanted. She invites her three siblings for a Christmas visit. Two of them stay on, and the younger sister finds an American boyfriend. Every one wants a piece of the American pie, but the price gradually dawns on the blue-eyed immigrants, as they discover simmering racial divides and unrest over the Vietnam war, and watch the terrifying assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy on the nightly news. The American dream is bittersweet.
A young Jewish girl, Anna Sophie, is magically caught inside a brick wall during World War II, while German soldiers are raiding the library where she works. Just as magically, her presence inside the wall is discovered seventy years later by a young Muslim immigrant named Yakamoz. The wall in this story can be found in real-life central Oslo, next to the National Library, where Anna Sophie worked. Is The Man and the Wall fantastic realism, or is it realistic fantasy? Whatever it might be, the story of Anna Sophie and Yakamoz keeps you captured till The End.
A PDF file contains 36 beautiful old coloured guild marks, guild marks, craft marks, coat of arms with description and explanations of the professions. In addition, these graphics are supplied in excellent quality in the formats jpg, png as well as the vector graphic formats, ai = Adobe Illustrator, cdr = CorelDraw from version 11, svg = Inkscape, cdr xar = XaraXTREME.- real vectors, scalable to any size,- universally applicable for all design tasks.The graphics may be used royalty-free for company logos, guild signs, family coats of arms, guild trees, outriggers, on gravestones and for similar purposes.The following professions are included: - Car mechanic, - baker, - brewer, - bookbinder, - printer, - roofer, - turner, - electrician, - hairdresser, - violin maker, - tanner, - glazier. - Goldsmith, - hatter, - chimney sweeper (chimney sweep), - basket weaver, - cooper, - painter, - bricklayer, - butcher (butcher, butcher), - miller, - optician, - saddler and upholsterer, - locksmith, - blacksmith, - tailor, - carpenter (joiner), - shoemaker, - rope maker, - tinsmith (plumber) and plumber, - stonemason, - potter, - watchmaker, - wainwright (cartwright), - weaver, - carpenter. The graphics and a PDF file can be found on the CD-ROM independently of the platform.
The CD-ROM contains guild marks, guild marks, craft marks and coats of arms for the following professions:Baker, barber (hairdresser), miners, cooper, brewer, bookbinder, printer, roofer, turner, dyer, fisherman, tanner, glazier, goldsmith, coarse smith, glove maker, hat maker, button maker, coppersmith, furrier, Painter, bricklayer, cutler, miller, nail smith, saddler, mariner, butcher (butcher, butcher), locksmith, tailor, chimney sweeper, shoemaker, soap boiler, wheelwright, carpenter, potter, clockmaker, weaver, Carpenters
White Raven 2021Every time Keete looks at pictures from her childhood where she’s holding her teddy bear Pätsu in her lap, she wonders what life would have been like without war. Her parents would certainly have been able to keep working as teachers without living in terror of the communists deporting them to Siberia. The whole family could have spent nights without having to hurry to the bomb shelter or see their precious hometown in ruins. In peacetime, she could have kept living on the second floor of their cherry-red home instead of setting off on a harrowing journey across the Baltic Sea to Sweden. Years and years later, Keete thinks about how lucky today’s kids are to grow up without war. And she still cradles Pätsu in her arms – a teddy bear who helped her get through life’s perils.
Become an eco-citizen day after day ! Learn, discover, experiment, create, become aware without feeling guilty. Take action step by step and start by what you prefer without any constraint.
There sure is a lot going on in auntie Tiia's vegetable patch! The cauliflower's deepest desire is to get married, the carrots are solving the mystery of the baby carrots, the onion wants to become a stand-up comedian and the tiny pea is crying her eyes out from loneliness. The chili and the bell pepper cannot figure out who is related to whom, the pumpkin growing in the far corner yearns for a more central position, the radish however does not want to become a salad, but to go on a round-the-world trip. It's no wonder that the potato who rules over this kingdom is completely exhausted by the autumn.
Ever since Prehistory and the Venus of Willendorf, women have been the objects of all fantasies. Goddesses or prostitutes, virgins or witches, loving mothers or sexualized daughters: their bodies, all of their body parts and their faces have been represented, staged and overexposed by a mostly male gaze. With a stunning iconography, from Botticelli to Cindy Sherman, from Picasso to Frida Kahlo and many other illustrious artists, this book is an account of the evolution of the status of women, akin to a journey through their sexual and political emancipation.
Akin to Emma Cline’s The Girls and classic Thelma & Louise, I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS is an emotionally-charged whirlwind of a debut novel, loosely based on the infamous ‘I don’t like Mondays’ 1979 school shooter Brenda Ann Spencer, focusing on the months leading up to the event. ‘Her name was Elisabeth Sumner, but I called her B. She made my life an adventure when I thought nothing was ever going to happen. I have to tell the story of her and everything we experienced, because in all other stories, she was just the girl behind that shooting. And I need to write about my own guilt in what was to come.’ San Diego 1978. Fifteen-year-old Julie leads a lonely, closeted life in a white picket fence suburb, when her neighbour B suddenly knocks on her door. B brings with her adventure, danger and kisses tasting of cinnamon and whisky—along with the scent of dead birds, gunpowder and rage. What was to follow sent shock waves throughout the USA and the world, reverberating still today. Forty years later, when B escapes from prison where she’s been jailed for the 1979 shooting, Julie’s memories of their wild, impossible summer come back to haunt her; the summer B took her on an unbridled road-trip where danger and desperation were their constant companions. But what happened that summer to cause B to commit the heinous act, and what was Julie’s role in it? In this absolutely remarkable debut novel, Clara Clementine Eliasson pens a deft and passionate tale about the obsession of first love, the utter despair of feeling doomed from the start, and of the freedom of running wild in the hot, feverish nights among the flowering citrus trees of southern California. Hurtling at an impossible speed toward a dreadful end, I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS reminds the reader of the tragic yet life-affirming Thelma & Louise, the hope of innocence in the face of evil in Emma Cline’s The Girls, as well as the blinding fury toward an unfair world in Joyce Carol Oates’ Foxfire. * The term ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ was coined by Brenda Ann Spencer in an on-air radio interview minutes after the shooting. Spencer’s bizarre response to the question why she opened fire on the elementary school across the road inspired Bob Geldof to pen the unforgettable hit song of the same name. The character B in Eliasson’s book is inspired by the real life Brenda Ann Spencer.
