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      • Reading Luxembourg

        Reading Luxembourg is Luxembourg's export programme. Beyond the annual national stand at Frankfurt Book Fair, Reading Luxembourg is in charge of various missions, such as the presence at other fairs, festivals and literary events, a training offer for professionals of the book and publishing sector and strategic support to foreign rights sales. Reading Luxembourg is linking up publishers and authors from Luxembourg with stakeholders on an international level and providing information on available translation and publication grants.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2026

        The poetry of suicide

        Lessons in grief from the lives and deaths of poets

        by J. T. Welsch

        A profound exploration of the connection between poetry and suicide. 'Suicides have a special language,' Anne Sexton wrote in her 1964 poem 'Wanting to Die'. But is it a language we can learn to read? In The poetry of suicide, J. T. Welsch interweaves stories of poets who took their own lives with the long history of suicide in his own family, searching for a new way of understanding these difficult deaths. Beginning with Hamlet's 'To be or not to be?', he delves into the work of Dante, Sylvia Plath, Vladimir Mayakovsky and others, asking what it can teach us about suicide's messy reality. Suicide is more like poetry than we realise, Welsch argues. Both are filled with ambiguities, contradictions and unknowable intentions. Both demand and resist interpretation. Recovering the personal dimension often lost in our medicalised public discourse, Welsch finds practical ways of confronting suicide's poem-like difficulties.

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        September 2022

        Gluttony

        Blow-out

        by Jürgen Dollase

        One of Germany's best-known restaurant critics, Jürgen Dollase knowledgeably traces the ups and downs of our love of food. Following the historical-theological classification of the 'mortal sin' that is gluttony, he illuminates not only the physical and medical but also the so important psychological aspects of food. We learn just why his weight loss self-experiment was not successful in the long term as well as various enlightening facts regarding the fateful role of the discounters. This book is not an appeal for moderation, but a plea for moderate indulgence.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2021

        The Red and the Black

        The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic

        by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg

        The Russian Revolution of 1917 was not just a world-historical event in its own right, but also struck powerful blows against racism and imperialism, and so inspired many black radicals internationally. This edited collection explores the implications of the creation of the Soviet Union and the Communist International for black and colonial liberation struggles across the African diaspora. It examines the critical intellectual influence of Marxism and Bolshevism on the current of revolutionary 'black internationalism' and analyses how 'Red October' was viewed within the contested articulations of different struggles against racism and colonialism. Challenging European-centred understandings of the Russian Revolution and the global left, The Red and the Black offers new insights on the relations between Communism, various lefts and anti-colonialisms across the Black Atlantic - including Garveyism and various other strands of Pan-Africanism. The volume makes a major and original intellectual contribution by making the relations between the Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic central to debates on questions relating to racism, resistance and social change.

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        Biography & True Stories
        February 2024

        Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic since 1917

        by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg, Alan Rice

        Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. The volume introduces new perspectives on the intellectual trajectories of well-known figures and critical activists including C. L. R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell. This biographical approach brings a vivid and distinctive lens to bear on how racialised social and political worlds were negotiated and experienced by these revolutionary figures, and on historic black radical engagements with left political movements, in the wake of the Russian Revolution.

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        Psychology

        Paul and the Red Balloon

        A Book for Children Who Want to Become Courageous and Find New Friends

        by Franziska Meister, Felix Hamacher, Stephan Weingarten

        The story is about Paul, who feels very lonely and has no real friends. He spends his time playing with beetles and other insects and is not comfortable asking other children if they want to play with him. He thinks of himself as boring and believes that the other children find him rather peculiar. A red balloon changes his attitude and makes him dare to do things he had never thought possible. The aim of this book is to make it easier for affected children to understand their current situation. They are taught that they are not alone and how to overcome their fears. The book provides parents, siblings and therapists of children who have social anxiety with  important information about the emotional disorder along with practical tasks and  exercises.   For: • children (ages 6–12) who suffer from the fear of isolation• parents, relatives• therapists

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2024

        Borrowed objects and the art of poetry

        Spolia in Old English verse

        by Denis Ferhatovic

        This study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (Exodus, Andreas, Judith) and Beowulf in order to uncover the poetics of spolia, an imaginative use of recycled fictional artefacts to create sites of metatextual reflection. Old English poetry famously lacks an explicit ars poetica. This book argues that attention to particularly charged moments within texts - especially those concerned with translation, transformation and the layering of various pasts - yields a previously unrecognised means for theorising Anglo-Saxon poetic creativity. Borrowed objects and the art of poetry works at the intersections of materiality and poetics, balancing insights from thing theory and related approaches with close readings of passages from Old English texts.

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        August 2025

        Red Flags

        Was, wenn die falsche Person die richtige ist? | Scharfsinnige Enemies-to-lovers RomCom über Red Flags beim Dating und in Beziehungen | Mit Farbschnitt exklusiv in der ersten Auflage

        by Sophie Jo, Jana Körner

        +++Aufwendig gestaltete limitierte Erstauflage mit Farbschnitt, nur solange der Vorrat reicht+++ Die achtzehnjährige Poppy hatte noch nie eine richtige Beziehung. Bislang hat jeder Junge ihre hohen Erwartungen enttäuscht. Zu einem zweiten Date kommt es nie, denn Poppy hat noch bei jedem einen Fehler gefunden. Auch Cams Beziehungen halten nie lange, denn immer wenn es ernst werden könnte, ergreift der Achtzehnjährige die Flucht. Als Poppys Freunde sie auffordern, zwei Monate lang jemandem eine Chance zu geben, beschließt sie, es mit Cam, ihrem Crush aus dem Bus, zu versuchen. Auch Cam hat sich etwas vorgenommen: Er wird dieses Mal nicht derjenige sein, der Schluss macht. Schon beim ersten Date sehen beide Red Flags, bei denen sie normalerweise sofort davonlaufen würden. Doch so einfach will keiner von beiden aufgeben – und dann kommen auch noch die Gefühle dazwischen …

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2020

        A history of humanitarianism, 1755–1989

        In the name of others

        by Silvia Salvatici

        The book traces the history of international humanitarianism from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. It is based on an extensive survey of the international literature and is retold in an original narrative that relies on a close examination of the sources. The reconstruction of humanitarianism's long history unfolds around some crucial moments and events: the colonial expansion of European countries, the two world wars and their aftermaths, the emergence of a new postcolonial order. In terms of its contents, narrative style, interpretative approach the book is aimed at a large and diverse public including: scholars who are studying and teaching humanitarianism; students who need to learn about humanitarianism as part of their training or research; operators and volunteers who are engaged in the field; non-specialist readers who are interested in the topic because of its relevance to current events.

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        November 2021

        The Forest of the Future – A New Reality

        Understanding the ecosystem

        by Hans Jürgen Böhmer

        What happened with forest dieback? The predictions of the 1980s that forests would be in decline across Europe have not come true. Currently, attention again focuses on the doom scenarios of the loss of entire forests and cultural landscapes in an emotional and sometimes hysterical debate. Biogeographer Hans Jürgen Böhmer refers to updated case studies and his 30 years of research experience on global ecosystems to demonstrate extremely complex interrelations of the natural world that various actors monitor in contrasting ways and characterized by different times and ideologies. Böhmer advocates to embed the sustainability debate more strongly in the living environment, rather than relying exclusively on model calculations.

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        The Arts
        May 2010

        A loss of innocence?

        Television and Irish society, 1960–72

        by Robert Savage

        This book explores the evolution of Ireland's national television service during its first tumultuous decade, addressing how the medium helped undermine the conservative political, cultural and social consensus that dominated Ireland into the 1960s. It also traces the development of the BBC and ITA in Northern Ireland, considering how television helped undermine a state that had long governed without consensus. Using a wide array of new archival sources and extensive interviews Savage illustrates how an increasingly confident television service upset political, religious and cultural elites who were profoundly uncomfortable with the changes taking place around them. Savage argues that during this period television was not a passive actor, but an active agent often times aggressively testing the limits of the medium and the patience of governments. Television helped facilitate a process of modernisation that slowly transformed Irish society during the 1960s. This book will be essential for those interested in contemporary Irish political and cultural history and readers interested in media history, and cultural studies. ;

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        March 2021

        Die Olchis. Willkommen in Schmuddelfing

        by Erhard Dietl, John Chambers, Toby Genkel, Robin Brosch, Die Olchis, WunderWerk, Verlag Friedrich Oetinger

        Ohren auf, Nase zu: Das krötige Hörbuch zum Olchi-Kinofilm. Als die Olchis mit ihrem Drachen Feuerstuhl auf dem Müllberg von Schmuddelfing einziehen, fühlen sie sich sofort muffelwohl. Wie herrlich faulig es hier duftet! Und so viel krötiges Essen überall! Nur leider möchte die Frau Bürgermeisterin, dass der Müllberg so schnell wie möglich aus ihrem Städtchen verschwindet. Mit dem Bauunternehmer Hammer schmiedet sie einen gemeinen Plan. Und schon rücken die Bagger an! Ob die Olchis zusammen mit ihren Freunden Max und Lotta ihr neues Zuhause retten können? Von Schmuddelfing ins Kino und weiter ins Kinderzimmer – ungekürzte Lesung von Robin Brosch.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2026

        A Confucian theory of power

        by Sungmoon Kim

        In the book's lead essay, Sungmoon Kim offers a comprehensive analysis of Confucian power. Through a blend of philosophical, political, and historical analysis, Kim challenges the dominant idea that Confucianism is primarily centred on virtue ethics. Instead, he argues that Confucianism perceives power through the prism of responsibility. Kim not only traces this perspective throughout history but also demonstrates its relevance to contemporary society. He contrasts this Confucian perspective with Western political theory's view of power as control. Political theorists and philosophers will offer essay responses to Sungmoon Kim's provocation, offering a dialogue approach to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Confucian conception of power.

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        The Arts
        October 2013

        The reality of film

        by Richard Rushton

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        February 2023

        Red - Der Club der magischen Kinder (Band 1) - Alles im roten Bereich

        Erlebe superwitzige Abenteuer mit den Reds! - Spannende Detektivgeschichte für Kinder ab 9 Jahren

        by Sonja Kaiblinger, Vera Schmidt

        Gedanken lesen, in die Zukunft schauen, magische Tränke brauen und die Natur kontrollieren: Die Kinder des Geheimclubs Red haben supercoole Fähigkeiten und lösen rätselhafte Fälle im Nu! Wie genial ist das denn?! Die Farbe Rot ruft bei manchen Menschen magische Fähigkeiten hervor. So auch bei den Zwillingen Ronja und Rob, deren Familie zur Geheimgesellschaft der Rotlinge gehört. Diese hilft der Polizei undercover bei kniffligen Fällen. Rob und Ronja finden die Rotlinge allerdings total spießig und lahm. Als eines Tages eine Mitschülerin verschwindet und Ronjas pupsender Kakadu Kiki entführt wird, nehmen die Zwillinge den Fall selbst in die Hand. Dabei stoßen sie auf ein dunkles Geheimnis … Alarmstufe Rot für die Reds!

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