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On the day Cato came into the world, her mother left it. Cato's dad
has been a mere shadow of a person ever since, and Cato has given
up reaching out to him. When she finds a mysterious card from an
abandoned movie theatre and discovers it has reopened, Cato decides
to go take a look. There appears to be something strange about the
cinema. The movies showing there are no ordinary movies and somehow
the cinema seems to be in connection with the past... Looking for
adventure and the truth about her mother, Cato is swept into a
dangerous journey through time and memories, straight to a place
deep within her heart. A place she had always managed to keep
locked away. And then she faces a choice that will change her life,
and that of her father, forever.
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Girls (Hardcover)
Annet Schaap; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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A determined girl gives up on kissing a frog. A fearless heroine
comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf. A monstrous
princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free.
Within this book are seven famous fairy tales turned into
enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for
today's world, about girls with their own dreams and desires. These
are no damsels in distress, but real young women of flesh and blood
- who certainly don't need rescuing.
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Legend of St. Nicholas (Hardcover)
Anselm Grun; Illustrated by Giuliano Ferri; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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R438
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A beautiful retelling of the life of Saint Nicholas Many stories
are told about Saint Nicholas -- stories about his generosity and
his miracles, stories about the concern he showed for those in
poverty. This warm, inviting books tells many of these stories,
both familiar and lesser-known. It recounts how he ended a famine
by multiplying grain from a merchant ship and how he walked on
water to rescue sailors from a terrible storm. And, of course, it
tells the story of how Nicholas gave his inheritance to prevent a
desperate man from selling his daughters into slavery. Anselm
Grun's simple, graceful text and Giuliano Ferri's beautiful
paintings combine to provide the perfect way to introduce young
readers to the rich life of this beloved saint.
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Talking to Alaska (Paperback)
Anna Woltz; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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A powerful story of two unlikely friends brought together by the
love of a dog 'Timeless and clever.' Sophie Dahl Sometimes rivals
just need a helping paw... It only takes one day at their new
school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a
terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is
desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than
"that boy with epilepsy." When Parker discovers her beloved dog
Alaska - who she had to give away last year - now belongs to Sven,
she's determined to steal Alaska back. Of course, that's easier
said than done...
Discover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation
and transmission to what we can do to stop them, in this
science-based resource for kids 8 to 12. If we didn't know it
before, we certainly know it now: Viruses can be powerful-so
powerful, in fact, that they can hold the world in their grip for
months at a time. But what exactly is a virus? Where do they come
from and what do they do to our bodies? How do they spread, and
what can we do to protect ourselves? Author Marc ter Horst tackles
these questions with playfulness and humor, while Wendy Panders'
quirky and enlightening illustrations bring the text to life. Snot,
Sneezes, and Super-Spreaders is an accessible and engaging guide to
help young readers understand our current world, with information
on: Pandemics, addressed in an age-appropriate way that goes beyond
doom and gloom. The value and importance of vaccines for addressing
viral diseases. Fascinating, icky diseases of the past-and those
that still hang around today. The science behind how to protect
ourselves and our communities from current and future viruses.
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Of Salt and Shore (Hardcover)
Annet Schaap; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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A Tiger Like Me (Hardcover)
Michael Engler; Illustrated by Joelle Tourlonias; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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Life is more fun when you're a tiger like me! A little boy-um, no,
a tiger!-tells us all about what he gets up to on an ordinary day:
how he wakes up in his tiger den, what he eats for breakfast at his
feeding spot, and how little tigers feel when they are wide awake,
hungry, thirsty, or in the mood for adventures. But at night, even
the wildest of tigers is happy to curl up in bed with Tiger-Mom and
Tiger-Dad and become a cuddly little tiger cub. With warm
illustrations and playful text, this delightful story first
published in Germany shows just how sweet life can be for a little
tiger!
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Later, When I'm Big
Bette Westera; Contributions by Mattias De Leeuw, Laura Watkinson
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Talking to Alaska (Paperback)
Anna Woltz; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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A powerful story of two unlikely friends brought together by the
love of a dog 'Timeless and clever.' Sophie Dahl Sometimes rivals
just need a helping paw... It only takes one day at their new
school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a
terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is
desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than
that boy with epilepsy. When Parker discovers her beloved dog
Alaska - who she had to give away last year - now belongs to Sven,
she's determined to steal Alaska back. Of course, that's easier
said than done...
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The Longest Night (Paperback)
Otto de Kat; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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A masterpiece of literary craft and concision; sparse, beautiful
and hugely affecting - Daily Mail Since the liberation of the
Netherlands, Emma Verweij has been living in Rotterdam, in a street
which became a stronghold of friendships for its inhabitants during
the Second World War. She marries Bruno, they have two sons, and
she determines to block out the years she spent in Nazi Berlin
during the war, with her first husband Carl. But now, ninety-six
years old and on the eve of her death, long- forgotten memories
crowd again into her consciousness, flashbacks of happier years,
and the tragedy of the war, of Carl, of her father, and of the
friends she has lost. In The Longest Night, his impressive,
reflective new novel after News from Berlin, Otto de Kat deftly
distils momentous events of 20th-century history into the lives of
his characters. In Emma, the past and the present coincide in
limpid fragments of rare, melancholy beauty. Translated from the
Dutch by Laura Watkinson
A perfect book for STEM learning: Kids ages 8-12 will love these
creepy X-Rays of bugs, reptiles, mammals, and more! A Smithsonian
Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year Using incredible X-ray
techniques, Inside In displays creatures and their natural habitats
in a never-before-seen way. Kids will learn the awesome answers to
questions like: What does a bee look like under its furry coat? How
does a seahorse protect itself with armor and a skeleton? How does
a tree frog use its eyes to swallow? This visually stunning and
highly original book is perfect for keeping kids engaged during
home-schooling and online learning: X-ray images are cool and fun
to look at! Simple text helps kids understand the animals and
plants in each image. Pops of neon colors make animals and plants
come to life.
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The Golden Cage (Hardcover)
Anna Castagnoli; Illustrated by Carll Cneut; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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R606
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Shortlisted for the English Association Picture Book Awards 2020!
Valentina the emperor's daughter is an obsessive collector of
exotic birds. Her servants track down every bird she desires - just
one remains unfound: a bird that talks. Servants search far and
wide to fulfill her impossible quest - and she beheads those who
fail. In Valentina's palace, heads roll every day! Will the golden
cage ever be filled? A deliciously dark European fairy tale with
words as rich as its bold and luxurious illustrations.
"A lyrical 'book of days' . . . A bejewelled mosaic" Financial
Times "Humane, insightful and deeply cultured" Times Literary
Supplement Though a tireless explorer of distant cultures, for more
than forty years Cees Nooteboom has also been returning to Menorca,
"the island of the wind", and it is in his house there, with a
study full of books and a garden taken over by cacti and many
insects, that the 533 days of writing take place. The result is not
a diary, nor a set of movements of the soul organised by dates, but
"a book of days", with observations about what is immediately
around him, his love for Menorca, his thoughts on the world, on
life and death, on literature and oblivion. Every impression opens
windows onto vast horizons: the Divine Comedy and the books it
generated, the contempt of Borges for Gombrowicz, the death of
David Bowie, the endless flight of the Voyagers, the repetition of
history as a tragedy, but never as farce. 533 is a meditative
rhapsody that would like to exclude the noise of current events,
yet must return to them several times, and sceptically contemplates
the threat of a disintegrating Europe. Reading this book is like
having an extraordinary conversation with an extraordinary mind.
"The very first pages are so powerful that you suspect the author
must have binned the preceding pages that were needed to climb to
such heights" De Volkskrant "The 533 days captivate in their
undisguised openness to the world" Suddeutsche Zeitung Photographs
by Simone Sassen * Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson
A fascinating guide to Van Gogh's itinerant life, with vibrant
images and stories about the many places where he lived and worked
This exciting publication familiarizes readers of all ages with the
many fascinating facets of Vincent van Gogh (1853--1890)-artist,
correspondent, traveler, and modern explorer of Europe's cities and
countryside. Thanks to Van Gogh's wanderlust and the rapid
expansion of the railway system in Europe in the late 19th century,
Van Gogh covered thousands of miles in his lifetime. He lived and
worked in more than twenty locations: from the peaceful countryside
of the Netherlands and the south of France to the hustle and bustle
of big cities such as London and Paris. Authors Nienke Denekamp and
Rene van Blerk trace the artist's route across Europe "from Z to
A," beginning in his birthplace of Zundert in the southern
Netherlands and ending where he died, in Auvers-sur-Oise near
Paris. Each location is described with lively and accessible texts,
comprehensive timelines, city and country maps, contemporary
photographs, and related artworks by Van Gogh. Featuring an
eye-catching design, captivating excerpts from Van Gogh's vast body
of letters, and hundreds of color images, The Vincent van Gogh
Atlas offers a truly unique version of the enduringly compelling
story of Van Gogh and instills an appreciation of the many
journeys-literal and figurative-that the artist made throughout his
life.
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Bear Is Never Alone (Hardcover)
Marc Veerkamp; Illustrated by Jeska Verstegen; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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R433
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Post Mortem (Paperback)
Peter Terrin; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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Emiel Steegman, an unknown writer with a handful of novels to his
name, is seeking a way to escape a dinner with Estonian colleagues.
Although things are plodding along quite happily, he cancels at the
last moment "due to a rather difficult time for the family". A
nasty feeling immediately comes over him: is he inviting trouble
for his family in doing so? And what if a biographer stumbled on
this? Would he not then suspect that something significant had
happened in his life? The thought gives him a great idea for a new
novel about a successful author, T, who becomes famous with an
existential crime novel and increasingly worries about what his
future biographer will write about him, so he withdraws entirely
from public life. But Steegman's initial misgivings prove well
founded. Because fate does strike. One afternoon, his daughter
Renee falls asleep and it is impossible to wake her . . .
I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how
does a man write letters to a god? From his Mediterranean garden on
the island of Menorca, Cees Nooteboom writes to the
trident-wielding deity, Poseidon, initiating a dialogue not only
with the past, as Alberto Manguel observes in his Preface, but with
an entire world that seemed lost for ever. Offering a seductive
interweaving of keen observation and the fruits of a vast
knowledge, Nooteboom explores questions of human existence through
the minutiae of the living world around him, and marvels at the
secrets of the deep. He recalls figures in history, places he has
travelled to, objets trouves, works of art and literature, and
takes a fresh look at the ancient myths. At once playful and
poignant, beautiful and bizarre, Nooteboom's Letters to Poseidon
are couched in the glittering prose of one of Europe's outstanding
stylists.
"Witty and meditative by turns, the overall effect is like being
shown around by a wonderfully self-effacing, but impressively
erudite guide" The Sunday Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR "Nooteboom has
achieved the impossible: to say something new about the ageless
city about which everything has been said" ALBERTO MANGUEL "The
whole book is the illuminating testimony of a man who cannot look
away and so sees things that others, even those with more
specialist knowledge, have missed" GREGORY DOWLING, Wall Street
Journal VENICE: "A dream of palaces and churches, of power and
money, dominion and decline, a paradise of beauty." By the author
of Roads to Santiago and Roads to Berlin With this treasury of his
time spent in Venice over a period of fifty-five years, Nooteboom
makes himself the indispensable companion for all lovers of "the
sailing, amphibious city", and for every new visitor. Because he is
a master storyteller with an inexhaustible curiosity, and always
with a suitcase of books (to which new discoveries are added), he
brings vividly and poetically to life not only the tumultuous
history of the Republic but along the way its doges, its villains,
its heroes, its magnificent painters, its architects, its scholars,
its skies, its canals and piazzas and alleyways, and on his
expeditions its "bronze voices of time". Those who know and love
this city and its literature will recognise Nooteboom - in Laura
Watkinson's fine translation - as the dazzling heir and companion
to Montaigne, Thomas Mann, Rilke, Ruskin, Proust, Brodsky, and
Donna Leon. His homage to Venice is a generous introduction,
learned and enchanting, and worthy of its magnificent subject. "His
writing is lyrical and densely textured. He is a poet of time and
memory" - COLIN THUBRON Translated from the Dutch by Laura
Watkinson
A gripping sea adventure featuring a lost father and a cursed ship.
When Ravian's father doesn't return home from sea for his son's
birthday, Ravian is certain he must be in danger. Hearing tales of
a cursed ship that captures fishermen, Ravian goes in search of his
father accompanied by his only friend Marvin the seagull. Before
long, the pair find themselves trapped on the ship with a kindly
boy and a bad-tempered pirate for company. The ensuing voyage is
beset with battles with giant squid and fierce storms, and Ravian
despairs of ever finding his father. Featuring stunning
illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Karl James Mountford. A
wonderful story of friendship and overcoming fears, translated from
Dutch by Laura Watkinson, Carnegie-Medal 2020 short-listed
translator of Lampie by Annet Schaap.
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Roads to Berlin (Paperback)
Cees Nooteboom; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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Roads to Berlin maps the changing landscape of Germany, from the
period before the fall of the Wall to the present. Written and
updated over the course of several decades, an eyewitness account
of the pivotal events of 1989 gives way to a perceptive
appreciation of its difficult passage to reunification. Nooteboom's
writings on politics, people, architecture and culture are as
digressive as they are eloquent; his innate curiosity takes him
through the landscapes of Heine and Goethe, steeped in Romanticism
and mythology, and to Germany's baroque cities. With an outsider's
objectivity he has crafted an intimate portrait of the country to
its present day.
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The Longest Night (Hardcover)
Otto de Kat; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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A masterpiece of literary craft and concision; sparse, beautiful
and hugely affecting - Daily Mail Since the liberation of the
Netherlands, Emma Verweij has been living in Rotterdam, in a street
which became a stronghold of friendships for its inhabitants during
the Second World War. She marries Bruno, they have two sons, and
she determines to block out the years she spent in Nazi Berlin
during the war, with her first husband Carl. But now, ninety-six
years old and on the eve of her death, long- forgotten memories
crowd again into her consciousness, flashbacks of happier years,
and the tragedy of the war, of Carl, of her father, and of the
friends she has lost. In The Longest Night, his impressive,
reflective new novel after News from Berlin, Otto de Kat deftly
distils momentous events of 20th-century history into the lives of
his characters. In Emma, the past and the present coincide in
limpid fragments of rare, melancholy beauty. Translated from the
Dutch by Laura Watkinson
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Freetown (Paperback)
Otto de Kat; Translated by Laura Watkinson
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R261
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"He was a Fula. I say 'was', because I haven't seen him for a long
time. I don't know if he's still alive or where he might be. He
just disappeared." Maria is independent, unconventional and
unafraid. She is trying to find an explanation for the
disappearance of Ishmael, a refugee from Sierra Leone who came to
her door as a newspaper boy and stayed for seven years. He was like
a son to her. Vincent is a psychologist. Once he and Maria had an
all-encompassing relationship, but since their break-up he has been
living in a kind of haze. One day, Maria asks for his help. In the
encounters that follow, Ishmael is pushed into the background by a
rekindling of the old love between Vincent and Maria. The stories
and memories that resurface come to replace the sadness at the loss
of the boy. But despite the distraction of their new situation,
Ishmael proves impossible to forget. Otto de Kat is known for
concise novels that are beautifully observed, subtle and precise,
and Freetown is no exception. Translated from the Dutch by Laura
Watkinson Laura Watkinson is a translator from Dutch, Italian and
German whose translations include works by Cees Nooteboom, Jan van
Mersbergen, Tonke Dragt and Peter Terrin. With the support of the
Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
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