Malaysia, lives Sansarinaga. Unfortunately, the boy’s family does not own a buffalo. And so Sansarinaga is always left alone when the neighbouring children ride exuberantly on their animals. But then the boy has an idea that changes everything. This picture book about friendship, loneliness, and childlike inventiveness is an »expressive
In 1927, a Jewish doctor built a summer house for himself and his family on the Groß Glienicker lake. In colourful, unique pictures, the book presents major historical events up to the present day in a child-friendly way, based on the ninety-year history of the house. The focus is on
A general determines that no one is allowed to enter the right side of the book. So, more and more people gather on the left side of the book. But when a boy accidentally kicks his ball to the right, the flood gates open. This hilarious felt-tip comic about state
A general determines that no one is allowed to enter the right side of the book. So, more and more people gather on the left side of the book. But when a boy accidentally kicks his ball to the right, the flood gates open. This hilarious felt-tip comic about state
An orange falls from a tree, a volcano erupts, and a ship fights its way through a storm. In the space of a second, the story races page by page from Tokyo to New York, from Morocco to Venezuela, and to many other places. The colour-saturated double-page illustrations and the
In 1927, a Jewish doctor built a summer house for himself and his family on the Groß Glienicker lake. In colourful, unique pictures, the book presents major historical events up to the present day in a child-friendly way, based on the ninety-year history of the house. The focus is on
In her first novel, the daughter of Chinese immigrants recounts the flight of two orphans across the prairies. In the final stages of the American gold rush, they search for a home in a strange world and are filled with longing for an identity that transcends the boundaries of origin
In her family saga, the author touches on German colonial history. Before World War I, her grandparents had left Bava ria for New Guinea as Christian missionaries with a sense of duty in order to convert the »heathens« and thus experience selfvalorization in a hierarchically constructed world. »His torically enlightening
The female narrators in Rumena Bužarovska›s eleven ironically disparaging stories in the volume »My Husband« paint portraits of their husbands that are in part affectionate, but almost always merciless, and the author always has them question their own life goals and hopes. »Bužarovska’s collection of stories is an elegantly and
1935: Ethiopia is about to be invaded by Italy. Orphaned Hirut works as a maid for an officer in Haile Selassie’s army. When the emperor goes into exile, Hirut hatches a plan: With the help of a peasant disguised as the emperor, she plans to boost morale ― but then
The year is 2040: Sahar and Lorca lead a happy family life with their daughter. When Tishka disappears, Sahar believes it is a kidnapping. Lorca, on the other hand, is certain that Tishka is with the titular »stealthies«, mysterious beings who, according to an urban legend, live in the blind
Cardiff, 1952: Charming and articulate, Mahmood Mattan, a father and smalltime crook who knows the Tiger Bay waterfront like the back of his hand, makes his way through life. When a murder occurs, suspicion falls on him. Mohamed’s novel depicts the true story of a man innocently executed. »When Mohamed›s
