"One of those rare, transformative novels" KARIM MISKE"Funny and poignant" TIFFANY TSAO, author of The MajestiesInitially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile.The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift.Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales.The 1960s - Ferdinand arrives in Paris from Côte...

BY THE AUTHOR OF STANDING HEAVY - SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023Following the death of his parents, Dabilly, a young white man, seeks a life of colonial adventure in Cote d'Ivoire. It is 1880 and Dabilly joins a beleaguered French general trying to set up trading routes into a coast as yet untouched by colonisation.A century later, a Black boy born to communist parents in Amsterdam begins to research his family history. When he...

A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris.All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible among the wealthy flâneurs and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins to a Sephora on the Champs-Élysées, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum find their way as undocumented workers amidst political infighting and the ever-changing landscape of ...

Num tempo já esquecido, acredita-se que os pais detinham o poder de lançar maldições sobre seus próprios filhos. Ana, nascida numa família rica, tradicional, religiosa e provinciana na década de 70, decide, aos dezessete anos, abandonar o lar secretamente em busca de um amor proibido e fugaz com Mário, um jovem que foge da polícia de São Paulo para o interior. A tragédia se abate quando Mário é assassinado, e Ana, grávida, retorna à casa paterna. No entanto seu pai insiste que Ana entregue...

Um prédio de escritórios em Paris. Homens negros, imigrantes de diversos países africanos, sobem escadas e mais escadas em busca de vagas de emprego. Lá no alto, preenchem formulários e pegam seus uniformes: daquele momento em diante, e por tempo indeterminado, trabalharão como seguranças. Essa é a imagem que introduz o leitor no universo dos "de pé, tá pago", trabalhadores que recebem seu salário depois de passar o dia inteiro de pé. A narrativa parte do ponto de vista de um segurança, qu...

Paper Gauze Ballerina is a memoir of a Holocaust survivor. This book is one person's plight to rise above the ashes of the Holocaust and become a whole and functioning human being again. It will make you aware of how a genocide and the aftermath of a genocide extends through a lifetime, and sometimes for generations to come.With the help of this book, the author ceased to remain a victim, and most of all, got rid of all her feelings of revenge, anger, and hate, bottled up ...

Et si le vide n’était pas vide ? Et s’il possédait une texture, une consistance, capable de se déformer, de cristalliser ou de fusionner ? Ce livre explore une hypothèse audacieuse : considérer le vide comme un matériau, un métal d’antimatière structuré par des interactions électrostatiques. Une idée déroutante... mais peut-être pas plus que de penser l’air comme un fluide. Entre Relativité Générale, mécanique quantique et matière noire, cette étude invite à repenser les fondations de notr...

The Bolting & Filter Cloths - Gauze South Korea eBook provides 14 years Historic and Forecast data on the market for each of the 39 Products and Markets covered. The Products and Markets covered (Bolting & filter cloths, Gauze) are classified by the Major Products and then further defined and analysed by each subsidiary Product or Market Sector. In addition full Financial Data (188 items: Historic and Forecast Balance Sheet, Financial Margins and Ratios) Data is provided, as well a...

Emma is a young girl with a troubled home life where her parents are always fighting and she just wants to be anywhere else. She starts going to the local dog shelter with her friend Caleb where she meets Rocky, a pitbull puppy who also has a troubled past. They find strength and love and trust in each other. This is the first of a nine book series called the Grunge and Glam Heroes Collection.

After a brush with trouble and a court order he didn't see coming, Caleb finds himself in a place he never expected—a run-down animal shelter filled with misunderstood dogs and even more misunderstood people. Forced to trade his graffiti cans for paintbrushes, Caleb begins a community service project that slowly peels back the layers of his own pain. With every mural stroke, he discovers stories of survival, redemption, and fierce loyalty—from the dogs, the volunteers, and one very protect...

Elizabeth Morgan has been on the run from a serial killer for the past two years. Under the protection of the police, Elizabeth was relocated to New York City to await the killer's apprehension. But after the murder of a young girl and her parents on the outskirts of Nashville, Elizabeth must once again leave everything behind and seek refuge in a new life. (Warning: Explicit)

This is a story for kids to enjoy. Join Dorothy the gummy bear in her adventure!