Good values
Picture books on values and social issues. (Kidible imprint)
View Rights PortalWhite 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.
A different narrative of love between a Jewish girl and a Muslim boy This novel is a narration of the life of the Jewish minority in Iran and their coexistence with Muslims. It’s the story of a girl called Mona living in a fanatic and strict Jewish family. She sings and plays the Taar. She meets Shahriar, a Muslim musician from a traditional family. Love sparkles and the story begins. According to Islamic and Jewish law, their marriage is not allowed unless one of them converts, yet conversion is forbidden in both religions. Mona’s aunt, Javahir-Jan, is a wise woman who also plays the Taar and is her only true supporter in the family. When young, she was also involved in a forbidden love story. Mona’s rebellious sister, Edna, who is bold enough to follow her own way, takes traditions for nothing and moves to Israel to buy her freedom. Mona is bound to make a choice: either forget about love or converts and marries Shahriar. Should she choose to go to Edna’s way or Javahir-Jan’s? Is there any other choice leading to a different destiny?
FROM THAT FLAME follows journalist Michelle Garrett as she interviews the legendary Commander Ahmed Shah Massoud – the “Lion of Panjshir” – in Afghanistan’s rugged Hindu Kush Mountains. Without warning, an attack by Taliban and al-Qaeda troops propels Michelle into a wartime adventure with Commander Massoud and his Mujahidin, one in which a friendship between the journalist and Massoud grows, giving her a unique perspective into the man the Wall Street Journal credited as being “the Afghan who ended the Cold War.”
Global family business advisor and authority Reg Athwal delivers the ultimate how-to guide, drawing upon his extensive global expertise and international research. Athwal shares with you the basics relevant to all first-generation entrepreneurs who are thinking about their next generation, combined with insights for well-established family firms who need to understand the pitfalls and legacy blockages that prevent 97% of family businesses from lasting beyond the 4th generation. In this book, you’ll learn: About your “DNA Profile” and how it impacts other family members, professional teams and your overall business How to build family structures and create the right job roles aligned to multi-generational challenges and your succession planning needs How to build a family vision and values charter