Ventura Press is one of Sydney’s leading independent publishers and has become synonymous with high quality titles and internationally respected authors. Our list covers a unique and specific market – books to enhance life. The Ventura mission is to provide boutique, innovative and exciting publishing in Australia and world wide – with particular focus on bringing strong, female Australian voices to the global stage.
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Babel-Bridge specialises in translation rights representation world-wide on behalf of publishing houses and agencies. At Babel-Bridge, every single book is carefully selected for its potential ability to travel, be it for its universal theme, its commercial hook or stunning artwork, or indeed all three. Babel-Bridge represents mainly books from the Nordics and the UK, but we wish to grow the portfolio to include beautiful books that tick the aforementioned boxes from other corners of the world. To that end, Babel-Bridge will rely on close collaboration with subagents, who are strongly placed to identify the books that are most likely to travel, but where the rights holder lacks the network abroad.
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As the longest canal in the world, the Grand Canal connects five rivers in the land of China. This human-made river not only witnessed history of several dynasties, but also made great contribution to the economic, cultural, and political unification of the southern and northern China. This title explores large amount of historical materials concerning the Grand Canal, picturing a complete record of the canal during 2000 years.
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The world is about to hit a population level of EIGHT BILLION people on one small planet. Through Allen’s analysis of the situation, the realization sets in that the fights by environmental and world aid groups are all for naught as every gain is soon overwhelmed by the pressures of more growth. Our planet's greatest threat is of too many people depleting the Earth's resources and contributing to climate change. Allen offers a thorough analysis of our environmental, social, political, and economic crises; then offers a treasure trove of solutions and success stories that we can all take to heart.
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Es ist das Jahr 1997, Indien feiert den 50. Jahrestag seiner Unabhängigkeit. Kishor Babu, zweiundsiebzig, hat es in seinem Leben zum wohlhabenden Geschäftsmann gebracht und wohnt mit seiner Familie in einem der besten Viertel von Kalkutta. Da ereilt ihn ein Unfall: Ihn trifft ein Schlag auf den Kopf, und von da an geht eine seltsame Veränderung mit Kishor Babu vor. Seine Geschäfte, denen er fünfzig Jahre seines Lebens nachgejagt ist, interessieren ihn auf einmal nicht mehr. Statt dessen vertieft er sich in alte Tagebücher, studiert Artikel aus vergilbten Zeitungen, streift ziellos als Beobachter durch die Armenviertel Kalkuttas und taucht immer tiefer ein in Erinnerungen an sein vergangenes Leben. Auch seine Jugendfreunde, Amolak, der Gandhi-Anhänger, und Shantanu, der revolutionäre Kämpfer im Befreiungskampf des Landes, kommen ihm wieder in den Sinn. Durch seine täglichen Spaziergänge verwandelt sich der gestrenge Patriarch in einen unerbittlichen Kritiker der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse, selbst das Kastenwesen und die ungleiche Rollenverteilung der Geschlechter stellt er in Frage – und ausgerechnet seine Ehefrau ist es, die, beunruhigt durch seinen Sinneswandel, Ärzte und Wunderheiler zu Rate zieht, in größter Sorge, das Familienoberhaupt könne den Verstand verloren haben. Ironisch-humorvoll erzählt Alka Saraogi vom Leben eines Mannes, der alles hinter sich läßt, um einen neuen Anfang zu wagen. Von der Kritik gefeiert und mit Arundhati Roy (Der Gott der kleinen Dinge) verglichen, läßt Saraogi die Geschichte Kalkuttas und Indiens zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Traum und Wirklichkeit, Tradition und Moderne lebendig werden.
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This book helps the readers know the european Renaissance, religious reform. geographic discovery and the formation of a national government，USA.
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Erika is an introverted kid who enjoys reading at home. Her favourites are the investigation series. Erika was invited to Sofea's birthday party one day. A piece of cake went missing during the party. How did the cake vanish? Who stole it? Erika began investigating the incident.
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This book examines the distinctive aspects that insiders and outsiders perceived as characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand. When, how, and why did Irish and Scots identify themselves and others in ethnic terms? What characteristics did the Irish and the Scots attribute to themselves and what traits did others assign to them? Did these traits change over time and if so how? Contemporary interest surrounding issues of ethnic identities is vibrant. In countries such as New Zealand, descendants of European settlers are seeking their ethnic origins, spurred on in part by factors such as an ongoing interest in indigenous genealogies, the burgeoning appeal of family history societies, and the booming financial benefits of marketing ethnicities abroad. This fascinating book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of empire and the construction of identity in settler communities, as well as those interested in the history of New Zealand.
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"Winter” is the first of the four-season series Charming Stories about the adventures of Alice and her charming friends Fairy La La and Martha the Cat, this time with Snowflake and Snowy. Like a golden thread, faith in the fulfilment of desires, the power of team spirit, and the value of friends’ support run through these light and kind stories. The author Zoi Linska, with the illustrator Lena Lion, invite you to a journey into their world of fantasy and kind magic. From 3 to 8 years, 8568 words Rightsholders: author@zoilin.com
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“Spring” is the second of the four-season series Charming Stories about the adventures of Alice and her charming friends Fairy La La and Martha the Cat, this time with Droplet, Ray, and Tomtit. Is the Flowers and Colors Party really happening? And what about a prophecy that our protagonists will hear in Fairyland magical history classes? Will Alice manage to have a present ready for her mum? The readers of these stories will find out about these, and many more amazing adventures, by immersing themselves in a world of fantasy and kind magic. From 3 to 8 years, 7502 words Rightsholders: author@zoilin.com
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Alone of his contemporaries, J.M.W. Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today. On Turner's death in 1851 he was already known as an adventurous, even baffling, painter. But when the Court of Chancery decreed that the contents of his studio should be given to the nation, another side of his art was revealed that effected a wholescale change in his reputation. This book acts as a guide to the reactions of art writers and curators from the 1850s to the 1960s as they attempted to come to terms with his work. It documents how Turner was interpreted and how his work was displayed in Britain, in Europe and in North America, concentrating on the ways in which his artistic identity was manipulated by art writers, by curators at the Tate and by designers of exhibitions for the British Council and other bodies. ;
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Dieter M. Gräf, geboren 1960 in Ludwigshafen/Rhein, lebt seit 1991 als Schriftsteller in Köln, und an Orten seiner Projekte. Intermediale Kooperationen, zuletzt Tussirecherche (2000), Rauminstallation + Katalog (zusammen mit Margret Eicher). Seit 1996 Mitglied im P.E.N.-Zentrum Deutschland.
