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      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        January 2023

        Ukrainian mal’opys: the (un) told story

        by Ruslana Koropetska, Vira Kordoba

        No one knows for sure at what point in history one should start talking about comics. It depends on the narrator and the point on the map where he is. Even though we are going to talk about Ukrainian mal’opys* here, we should stop at the start and by leaps and bounds to see from a bird's eye view that we are not alone in the multiple births, nativities, and discoveries of the ninth art form.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        2022

        The Holiday I Had to Take

        by Kateryna Yehorushkina (Author), Sonia Avdieieva (Illustrator)

        When the holidays draw near, schoolchildren begin to think about rest and travel. Sadly, this time, Vira's (Faith) holidays will be different due to the war. She, along with her parents and younger brother, has to move to the basement floor of their apartment building to hide from the bombardments. The family members do all they can to adapt to this new reality: they melt snow when they run out of water, try to warm themselves up by singing when they run out of heating, and reassure themselves that all the people close to them are safe when they cannot hear from them. The usual way of life seems like a distant memory, surviving perhaps only in our imagination or in computer games. Yet, even in these activities, and in supporting our loved ones, we can learn how to find a light inside that no missile will ever be able to reach. The Holiday I Had to Take is not only the moving story of Vira; readers of Kateryna Yehorushkina's book will also find advice and soothing practices from psychologist Svitlana Royz to support everyone finding themselves in difficult times   From 3 to 8 years, 2138 words. Rightsholders: Natalie Miroshnyk,   n.miroshnik@vivat.factor.ua

      • Trusted Partner
        Literature: history & criticism
        2020

        Rebels: New woman and modern nation

        by Vira Aheieva, Iryna Borysiuk, Oksana Pashko, Olena Peleshenko, Olga Poliukhovych, Oksana Schur

        This book is about true rebels: late 19th and early 20th century Ukrainian female writers. They find their own voices in literature and start to defend theis own space, both private and public. 12 stories of life and work of Marko Vovchok, Lesia Ukrainka, Olha Kobylianska, Iryna Vilde, Sophia Yablonska and others.

      • June 2022

        Memento Monstrum

        Caution, Hairy! ∙ Vol. 2

        by Jochen Till, Wiebke Rauers

        Stories from Grandpa Dracula   - The true stories behind King Kong, Frankenstein's monster, and van Helsing - Deluxe edition with large 4-colour illustrations and special cover decoration - Tongue-in-cheek storytelling by “Lucifer Junior” author Jochen Till - Brilliantly illustrated by Wiebke Rauers   What is the story behind the giant ape King Kong? Was Frankenstein's monster really as terrible as Mary Shelley would have us believe? And who turned van Helsing into a zombie? The morning after the wild monster party, Grandpa Dracula and his friends go on telling their stories over blood-red rolls and coffee with a shot of blood orange juice, and bring to light many an incredible monster truth.   The reasonably true memoirs of Count Dracula – tales to delight the whole family!

      • Sagas
        August 2017

        O Onironauta

        Devaneio - Livro 01

        by Otaviano Lacet

        “Between reality and Dreaming, a third force emerged... capable of destroying both!” Allow yourself to embark on an epic journey through a universe hidden in the dreams of human consciousness. Endowed with incredible worlds and beings, heroes unlikely and powerful forces in the midst of the outbreak of war, this combination explosive promises to give the reader a unique experience to be lived in one breath! Together with Aziz Mandral, a frustrated and bankrupt young journalist, unveil dreamlike secrets of a reality that can only be seen with closed eyes. Travel with him through ‘lucid dreams’ showered with a lot of rock n ’roll, confusions and selfdiscoveries, all mixed with a dose of frank humor that will captivate from start to finish. Live a world where time is nothing more than a piece to be shaped by skillful hands, like Kazuo's - The Cartographer of Dreams. And if you still with your eyes closed, get drunk on Seiji's confused adventures Miura: a mercenary and warrior monk from the forests of Mt. Ōmine will drive through trails, at least, mindblowing! But don't be fooled by the charms of the dream world and don't whistle so loudly carefree songs, my dear Onironaut... for here you never know what that lurks behind the blackness of the night. Know that where the grass scorching sands are on the rise - and the term ‘nightmare’ gets new Meanings... Yes, a lifetime in one night ... this is the proposal, no less. But you're not a coward, are you? So sleep now: you are challenged to be won over!

      • Children's & YA
        2020

        Ed & Pierre: the red book mystery

        by Lucy Silva, Regina Mara Conrado

        Ed and Pierre are inseparable friends. Alicia is a very strange girl. This is the perfect ingredient to spark fear in Pierre, curiosity in Ed, and cause lots of trouble. A mysterious red book, a world full of adventure, magic, action and suspense, as well as a touch of humor.

      • Children's & YA
        2019

        Sherlock and the Adventurers: The Problem of the Machine Calculus

        by A.Z. Codenonsi

        IN THIS SECOND ADVENTURE of the young Sherlock Holmes and the Adventurers, he will need to use all of his cunning to uncover the sneaky plans of the Great East Company. Exploring the underworld of London, he has no idea just how far Mr. Brown and his henchmen are willing to go to get rid of them in order to carry out the Baron's sinister plans.  When all the efforts of Sherlock Holmes, Irene Lupin, and Nikola Tesla seem to fail, the gang must turn to a new ally. It's Ada Lovelace's turn to leap into action, a young mathematician who will become one of the leading scientific minds of the Victorian era and one of the founders of modern computing. Facing the wrath of murderers, the cleverness of a slippery thief, and the animalistic fury of a prehistoric monster, Sherlock and his companions will need much more than luck and courage to survive this new adventure.  Follow this plot of intrigue, mystery, and adventure and embark on the memories of a boy destined to become the greatest detective of all time. For Young Sherlock and the Adventurers... ​The Game Continues!

      • Fiction
        May 2019

        Assesta's Short Stories - Water

        by Assesta

        In this second volume of short stories by the authors of Assesta (Writers Association of Alentejo), water was the chosen theme to bring to life the imagination of writers and illustrators of Assesta.Short stories or poetic prose wanderings, the reader will find everything in these small texts followed by marvellous illustrations, all made in Alentejo.

      • Fiction
        2019

        Witch, However

        by Carol Chiovatto

        Ísis Rossetti is a witch. Her job is to monitor crimes involving supernatural activity in the city of São Paulo. And only those crimes. The rules are clear: if there is no magic involved, she is not allowed to intervene. But in the midst of the city’s suffocating chaos , the lives of common people are in constant danger. She can’t just sit there and watch. Everything escalates when, caught between two extraofficial investigations, Ísis receives a mission from a deity. She must then relive personal issues she would much rather leave buried in the past, kept under lock and key by her friends, all while trying to handle the Magistrate and his watchful gaze.

      • Children's & YA
        December 2019

        Imperfect knots

        by Mayra S. Mayor

        With the suggestive title 'Imperfect knots’, Mayra S. Mayor tells the parallel, but at the same time, crisscrossing stories of Lulu, Nana, kill and Sofia. In Rio de Janeiro youth destined to live deep and intimate experiences, the more independent they become, the more are hostages of their own personal conflicts. Vaporous dialogues, the most sweeping statements, draws attention in this work, the writer's ability to begin, develop and create links between the conflicts in the degree that explores the personalities of the four protagonists, weaving the actions of this with their transformations in the future.

      • December 2020

        Why I can't like him/her?

        by Anna Claudia Ramos, Antônio Schimeneck

        Adolescence is a time of many doubts, anxieties and uncertainties. In this phase, sexuality is unfolding, and we are going through — because everyone has gone, is going or will go through — self-questions about all conditions, all desires, including regarding sexuality. If on the one hand, we see in beautiful social networks beautiful movements of self-acceptance and discovery, on the other hand we live in a time of great obscurantism and attempt to cage the desires and contain the experiences of young people – whether at home or at school, and unfortunately, many times, with public authority initiative. This book asks this of young people, who often find themselves trapped by a cultural need (or family pressure) to create heteronormative bonds, when, in fact, they feel the desire for people of the same sex. But this book also understands that it is necessary to take this issue to the world, so that everyone reflects on otherness, sexuality and, mainly, the many possibilities of affection and desire. Por que não consigo gostar dele/dela? is a book with two sides, two covers, four stories and many testimonials.

      • November 2020

        Epaminondas Goiabeira & the Hapiness Machine

        by Júlio Emílio Braz

        Julio Emilio Braz brings us a story where time is the preponderant element: the past dialogues with the more-than-perfect past tense. And, in this confluence of times, the Spanish flu comes, a more striking plague that plagued humanity in the last century. Lightly, but at the same time dense, Júlio brings strong themes such as the loss of loved ones and new affectionate relationships. The graphic design is by Raquel Matsushita, who already brings some of the gear of this time machine to the cover. Finalist book AEI-LIJ Literature Award.

      • Fiction

        Paris-Capitale

        by Feldrik Rivat

        VINGT ANS APRÈS LA 25E HEURE, QU'EST DEVENU LE MONDE ? « À quoi sert de conter l’histoire des grands hommes du passé si nous ne pouvons pas les faire revenir à la vie ? » Il est dit que maintenant, à Paris, les tours Cuprifères grimpent jusqu’aux cieux. Que la ville flotte pour moitié dans le vent, portée par des ballons de verre. Que les morts reviennent à la vie. Il est dit que maintenant, à Paris, les savants d’antan conversent avec les savants d’aujourd’hui. Que les artistes, les penseurs, les ingénieurs de tous les temps travaillent à construire le monde de demain. Il est dit que maintenant, à Paris, des messagers d’argile soufflent la parole des anciens avant de tomber en poussière.  Les rumeurs volent, depuis les cercles polaires jusqu’aux sables libyens, mais qui, en vérité, pourra vous dire ce qui se trame à Paris-Capitale ?

      • Fiction
        2019

        A Jorney to the Abyss

        by Nikelen Witter

        This is the story of advancing deserts that covered cities. The story of a world on the verge of destruction. It is about the people who inhabited that world, their alienation and the violent war in which they lost themselves. This is the story of a young woman, who healed wounds, and her best friend, who ran a brothel, and how they faced all that was thrown at them. It is also the story of a tiger and a little girl. But, when you get to know all of them, you will have to answer the call to look into the future and plunge into the abyss.

      • Fiction
        July 2020

        Men who talks with stars

        by João Torcato Justa

        In this novel by John Torcato Justa, a narrator witnesses the history of their ancestry through the protagonist, mother and best friend uncle, recreating a line of magical time crossing the border of Alto Alentejo and reaches the neighboring plain Extremadura, in Spain. Anthony, known in the small Alentejo village by Lobo, is an adventurous young bohemian, fearless and womanizer. The day that your heart is taken away by the unmistakable beauty of the Spanish Soledad, wife of one of the most powerful men in Spain, marks the beginning of a journey defined by Destiny, the Stars and the courage of men and women who make miracles. As background, a rural Alentejo marked by the customs of a Portugal, in the times of Salazar, and the neighboring Spanish province of Extremadura, in a terrible process of healing wounds of the Civil War. John, a participant narrator, invites us to the family memories that turned his family and region, revealing the amazing dramatic density of his characters and an unconventional plot affective links and metaphysical touch with reality.

      • Trusted Partner
        Biography & True Stories

        BORIS PAHOR - THAT'S HOW I LIVED

        STOLETJE BORISA PAHORJA

        by TATJANA ROJC

        The life story of BORIS PAHOR (1913), a Slovene writer and centenarian, is at the same time a story about one of the most turbulent centuries in human history. With his clear standpoints and engagement, the author has always challenged current authorities and found himself in some of the most difficult situations of the 20th century. That’s How I Lived is also a story about Trieste and the lives of the people who moved there from rural areas, about the sad fates of Pahor’s patriotic friends and, of course, about his own Calvary through the Third Reich’s concentration camps. It offers an insight into Pahor’s private life, his first experiences of love and the first meetings with people with similar intellectual views and allies. The reader follows Pahor through his much-noticed conflicts with Slovene politicians and his activities on the international stage in favour of the rights of minority cultures. The narrative is supplemented with documents and photographs.

      • October 2020

        Markov's Prize

        by Mark Barber

        Markov's Prize is an isolated planet within the Determinate, cut off since the 6th Age. Its human population have thrived and advanced over the centuries but now, recently rediscovered, they find themselves simultaneously invaded by the aggressive and bloodthirsty Ghar Empire and the expansionist PanHuman Concord. The Ghar are looking to plunder the planet for resources and slaves while the Concord desire to assimilate the planet into their collective whole, believing it to be the best course of action for the Concord and the planet's people.Strike Commander Ryen Tahl is a soldier in the PanHuman Concord, responsible for a Company of some sixty troopers who are at the forefront of the invasion. Previously a famous martial arts champion with a deadly reputation, he has softened and matured over the years and now prioritizes the safety of his men and women above all else.Tahl's Company is not Special Forces; there is no secret mission and no universe changing event they will be involved in. They are ordinary people embroiled in the daily operations of a front line war against a vicious adversary and the stoic defenders of Markov's Prize.

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