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Ageing and Health
The mythical 'demographic timebomb' can be defused through policies that reduce inequalities between and within generations.
In Hexenwäldern und Feentürmen
Tief verborgen in verwunschenen Wäldern leben magische Wölfe, weben finstere Hexen mächtige Zauber und suchen mutige Recken nach Erlösung. Lausche dem Gesang der Sirenen, triff den König der Feen und tanze mit den Wesen der Anderswelt im Mondlicht. Doch achte auf deine Schritte. Denn wer sich in den Schatten dieser Welt verliert, bleibt auf ewig verschwunden. Eine märchenhafte Anthologie
Mediocracy
There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they never read. Canadian intellectual juggernaut Alain Deneault has taken on all kinds of evildoers: mining companies, tax-dodgers, and corporate criminals. Now he takes on the most menacing threat of all: the mediocre.
Self Portrait in Green
'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.
Durch Eiswüsten und Flammenmeere
Es war einmal eine Zeit, in der Schneeköniginnen die Welt mit Eis überzogen und Hexen Menschen in Tiere verwandelten.So jedenfalls erzählt man sich.Was aber wäre, wenn Zauberinnen Mädchen in Türme sperrten, um sie zu schützen?Wenn der Herzkönigin einst selbst das Herz gebrochen wurde?Wenn man fortgehen muss, um sich selbst zu finden?Es ist an der Zeit, auch die Stiefmütter, die Wölfe und die Todesfeen zu Wort kommen zu lassen.Bist du bereit für ihre Geschichten?Durch Eiswüsten und Flammenmeere ist die vierte Märchenanthologie des Drachenmond Verlages. Dieses Mal haben sich auch Sagenadaptionen ans Lagerfeuer gesellt.Alle Anthologien können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.
Action and Knowledge
Technical problems require technical solutions that are innovative, simple, cheap, robust and easy to maintain. This book lists 100 winning inventions in the first International Inventors Award competition, organized in Stockholm.
Solange Schnee vom Himmel fällt
Vier Herzen. Zwei Epochen. Eine Geschichte. 1915 – Marinas Welt steht Kopf. Verheiratet mit einem tyrannischen Ehemann begegnet sie unverhofft ihrer großen Liebe. Der neu ernannte Admiral der baltischen Flotte lässt ihr Herz mit jeder Begegnung immer höherschlagen. Doch zu einer Zeit des Umbruchs, in der Rebellionen und Schlachten das Leben regieren, bleibt kaum Zeit für Romanzen. Gegenwart – Für Lucy bricht eine Welt zusammen, als ihre geliebte Urgroßmutter ihr am Sterbebett ein lang gehütetes Geheimnis offenbart. Getrieben von dem Wunsch, der Geschichte auf den Grund zu gehen, stürzt sie sich in die Recherche. Noch in der gleichen Nacht öffnet sich das Tor in eine andere Zeit und die Vergangenheit erwacht zu neuem Leben. Auf den Spuren ihrer Urgroßmutter muss Lucy sich zwischen Marinas Glück und ihrer eigenen Zukunft entscheiden.
A Short Philosophy of Birds
The greatest wisdom comes from the smallest creatures There is so much we can learn from birds. Through twenty-two little lessons of wisdom inspired by how birds live, this charming french book will help you spread your wings and soar. We often need the help from those smaller than us. Having spent a lifetime watching birds, Philippe and Élise – a French ornithologist and a philosopher – draw out the secret lessons that birds can teach us about how to live, and the wisdom of the natural world. Along the way you’ll discover why the robin is braver than the eagle, what the arctic tern can teach us about the joy of travel, and whether the head or the heart is the best route to love (as shown by the mallard and the penguin). By the end you will feel more in touch with the rhythms of nature and have a fresh perspective on how to live the fullest life you can.
Nameless Queen
One girl must make a name for herself--or die trying--in this royal fantasy where an unknown peasant becomes the ultimate ruler. But how long can she keep the crown if everyone wants her dead? Perfect for fans of Furyborn, Red Queen, and Everless. Everyone expected the king's daughter would inherit the throne. No one expected me. It shouldn't be possible. I'm Nameless, a class of citizens so disrespected, we don't even get names. Dozens of us have been going missing for months and no one seems to care. But there's no denying the tattoo emblazoned on my arm. I am to be queen. In a palace where the corridors are more dangerous than the streets, though, how could I possibly rule? And what will become of the Nameless if I don't? "A thrilling tale of identity and found family wrapped up in epic, politically-charged worldbuilding. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop...on the list of my favorite fantasies, Nameless Queen has won its way to the top!" - Crystal Smith, author of Bloodleaf
The Mosquito Bite Author
Originally published in 2011, The Mosquito Bite Author is the seventh novel by the acclaimed Turkish author Barış Bıçakçı. It follows the daily life of an aspiring novelist, Cemil, in the months after he submits his manuscript to a publisher in Istanbul. Living in an unremarkable apartment complex in the outskirts of Ankara, Cemil spends his days going on walks, cooking for his wife, repairing leaks in his neighbor’s bathroom, and having elaborate imaginary conversations in his head with his potential editor about the meaning of life and art. Uncertain of whether his manuscript will be accepted, Cemil wavers between thoughtful meditations on the origin of the universe and the trajectory of political literature in Turkey, panic over his own worth as a writer, and incredulity toward the objects that make up his quiet world in the Ankara suburbs.
