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Leonardo Boff 2013 FRANCIS OF ASSISI AND FRANCIS OF ROME
a new springtime in the Church?
author: Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff makes an analogy between these two symbolic figures, Francis of Assisi and Francis of Rome placing them close together. It is not only a comparison, but the assurance of a divine inspiration.
BOOK OF ARTICLES 14 x 21 cm / 72 pages 1-color paperback in 90g pólen bold ISBN: 978-85-60458-38-7
Saint Francis introduced a church which attended primarily to the needs of the poor, following Evangelion scriptures with underlying Ecological message treating everyone as brothers and sisters. This is the model of church that inspires Francis of Rome: a simple, evangelic, detached from opulence that includes ethic to look after and care for the humanity and all other living creatures on this planet. This book is a message of love, faith and hope; it’s the wish of the faithful who long for a better church. This book is also a message to the young people today who have the responsibility of promoting the future changes: to be kind to each other, to think of social injustice as the universal malady to be fought against; to be ecological in every aspect; to act responsibly in regard of the natural resources, to uphold Jesus simplicity and involve the Lord in all projects of life.
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L E O N A R D O B O F F ’S B O O K S THE STRENGTH OF TENDERNESS Thoughts for sympathizing, ecological, equal and loving world author: Leonardo Boff This book contains a selection of thoughts, aspirations and reflections which the philosopher and theologist Leonardo Boff developed during 30 years of intellectual research of the humanity, spirituality, Universe, God, Jesus, Freedom, Earth, ecology and crisis. There have been moments of absolute gratitude when nothing is questioned, it is the realization of the presence of God in our lives. There is a certain harmony, in the quietest of moments, the unit of all things connected to the source of everything that lives, exists and subsist. Such moments take place in one’s life. Maybe after a long cathartic process, after deep crisis, who knows, in the very heart of a lost and sinful life. God may emerge neither as a question nor as an answer to the doubtful heart but simply as a smooth and persistent presence. Leonardo Boff
SPIRITUALITY 10,5x15 cm / 112 pages 1-color paperback in 90g pólen bold ISBN: 978-85-60458-35-6
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PEDAGOGIC/EDUCATIVE Book + DVD (recommended for teachers) 14x21 cm / 56 pages 1-color paperback in 90g pólen bold ISBN: 978-85-60458-33-2
THE FOUR ECOLOGIES Environmental, Social-Political, Mental and Integral author: Leonardo Boff An updated reflection and new concepts about pressing ecological issues. A change of thinking and attitude to make a better world possible. Originally released on video and now available in DVD+book format. A guideline for educators is also included; developed by Prof Romualdo Dias – UNESP Rio Claro Campus – it intends to establish group dynamics and discussion to bridge the major effects between ideas and practices on the daily basis. This proposal is made on behalf of the education of young people and adults alike help them improve the discourse between thought and attitude, and facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge not only of new concepts of environmental ecology but also of political, social, mental and integral ones.
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Environmental & Ethic
BOOK OF ARTICLES 14x21 cm / 172 pages 1-color paperback in 90g offset ISBN: 978-85-60458-12-7
FROM ICEBERG TO NOAH’S ARKO the birth of a planetary ethic
author: Leonardo Boff Articles on crisis and growth, globalization, ecology, planetary ethics, spirituality and the future of humanity. Crises make us think. Personal and collective suffering enables us to grow. Against all that we wished for, we have entered the new millennium with all the contradictions aggravated that were left to us from last century. (...) On the other hand we see a growth of the process of globalization that overcomes economic-financial frontiers and opens up political, social, cultural and spiritual dimensions. Thanks to this opening, criminals who offended mankind are being put on trial in world tribunals.
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Perception of the ecological alarm is also growing. We are aware that the space ship Earth has unsurpassable limits and that most of its resources are not renewable. (...) And what if she disappears? Based on this real eventuality, how can we contemplate the significance of our emergency within the evolutionary process? Are we to lose the principle of intelligibility, lovingness and reverence? Based on this dramatic scenario, we pose the questions of a salvationist planetary ethic. At the same time we raise the question of spirituality that is indispensable for the future of mankind and for a new paradigm of civilization. Leonardo Boff
AUDIO BOOK (non-fiction) CD 14x12,5 cm / acrylic box ISBN: 978-85-60458-15-8
SPIRITUALITY – A path for accomplishment author: Leonardo Boff Human beings have more than just exteriority – the body – to take care of. They also have interiority – the psyche – whose energies they have to integrate. And they also possess the spirit – which they must cultivate. Herein lies the mystery, both human and divine. Hereforth comes spirituality which, when cultivated, gives life a radical meaning beyond this life and brings serenity and peace.
profile Spirituality & Ethic AUDIO BOOK (non-fiction) CD 14x12,5 cm / acrylic box ISBN: 978-85-60458-14-1
TIME FOR TRANSCENDENCE – the human being as an infinite project
author: Leonardo Boff The human being fits into no definition, no institution and no religion. We are made in the image and resemblance of God. That is why human beings are always breaking limits, knocking down barriers, creating spaces and new possibilities. Only in transcendence do we feel really human, creative: a project whose only proper objective is the Infinite.
BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SPIRITUALITY 9-12 years old 22,5 x 20,5 cm / 72 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matt ISBN: 978-85-60458-02-8
SUN OF HOPE – Christmas, stories, poetry and symbols author: Leonardo Boff Illustrator: Adriana Miranda The book is an ecumenical message that Leonardo Boff offers to children, and especially to parents who need to re-learn how to care for the child Jesus present in our boys and girls. Caring means respecting the importance of human existence, the whole community of life and the proximity of God. This is the new ecological paradigm that we need to make a part of our daily life.
profile Instructive THE EGG OF HOPE – the meaning of the Easter feast author: Leonardo Boff Illustrator: Adriana Miranda back cover: Ziraldo Leonardo Boff debuts as an author of children’s books when he offers the little ones some notions of compassion, cooperation, solidarity and generosity, whatever their belief or religion. The story is an explanation of the Jewish Passover and the Catholic Easter, together with their principal symbols: candle-light, the egg and the little rabbit.
SPIRITUALITY 6-9 years old 22,5 x 20,5 cm / 36 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matt ISBN: 978-85-60458-21-9
B O O K F O R Y O U N G A D U LT S ACID CHRONICLES 16 years old & up 14x21 cm / 44 pages 4-color paperback in 170g couché matt ISBN: 978-85-60458-34-9
SMILING TO THE CAMERA author: Zulema Rida graphic project: Glória Afflalo It establishes an unsuspecting dialogue with daily life situations overflown with feelings. To communicate the urgency of time, an universal subject, Zulema Rida unveils an inconspicuous, right-to-the-point way of writing, rich with imaginary and pungent humor.
profile fiction 500 STORMS author: Christiana de Caldas Brito A romance of 11 stories intertwines the lives of 8 characters, who live in Silvestre Slum, the highest hill of Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro. The ingredient – the rain – that nourishes and destroys at the same time, proclaims and radiates love and drama tales of such richly diversified people as Cariocas. The set-up – Brasil, 500 years of discovery, the party, the storm and the tragedy. The writer was born in Rio de Janeiro, but has lived in Rome for 30 years. Upon winning the second place of the 1st Literature Contest EKS & Tra with her book “Ana de Jesus”, she gained public recognition and was launched on a trajectory that led her to be considered one of the most prominent exponents of Italian migration literature. 500 Storms is her first book in Brazil.
NOVELS 16 years old & up 16 x 23 cm / 216 pages 1-color paperback in 90g offset ISBN: 978-85-60458-25-7 CHRISTIANA DE CALDAS BRITO
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BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FICTION 8-10 years old 15,5x23 cm / 64 pages 4-color paperback in 120g couché matt ISBN: 978-85-60458-37-0
profile education THE BOY AND CACO THE MONKEY authors: Leão Zagury & Tania Zagury illustrator: Rafael Doria It is a sweet little story of a close friendship .The text stimulates learning of the first words essential for competent literacy. The illustrations by Rafael Doria, who is a professor and plastic artist, combines movement and action in the balanced and colorful proportion.
THE ALLIGATOR THAT ATE THE NIGHT authors: Leão Zagury & Tania Zagury illustrator: Rafael Doria The tale of a high-spirited boy, bustling with energy, who does not like his bedtime. And to solve his predicament, he befriends an alligator. The illustrations of Rafael Doria, who is a professor and plastic artist, provided drawings for this entertaining story. Tania Zagury is a philosopher and a writer. Leão Zagury is an endocrinologist. Together they wrote the story inspired by the challenges of raising their children. Reading to young kids is an essential task and the family plays the main role in acquainting a child with this indispensable pastime.
FICTION 6-7 years old (recommended for developing literacy) 21x14 cm / 16 pages 4-color paperback in 120g couché matt ISBN: 978-85-60458-36-3
PSYCHOLOGICAL 6-9 years old 22,5 x 20,5 cm / 36 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matt ISBN: 978-85-60458-03-5
TWO HOUSES AND ONE BACKPACK author: Sonia Mendes illustrator: Jana Magalhães This is the strange story of Clara, a girl who endures the separation of her parents and is filled with confused sentiments and doubts about what is to become of her life. This book is for the whole family: boys and girls, father and mother, grandfather and grandmother. That is why it comes with a foldout with hints for the parents and children who need to understand their feelings better and to know how to deal with this new and delicate moment.
profile Instructive FREDIFISH – PRINCE OF THE SEAS author and illustrator: Luzia de Moraes back cover: Leonardo Boff Fredi is a fish who lives on the bottom of the sea and accepts the challenge of an important adventure to save the marine environment and consequently the entire planet at the request of King Neptune. The author’s idea is to make the “FrediFish Collection” an instrument to raise awareness in schools and homes as regards the importance of preserving water.
ENVIRONMENTAL 7-11 years old (with CD of the story and music) 22,5 x 20,5 cm / 32 pages 4-color paperback in 115g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-05-9
profile poetry FLOOD author: Olivia Rabacov Illustrator: Weberson Santiago This is the story in poetry of Dudu, a boy who lives protected from the world until he discovers his great loneliness. Designed for children and youngsters, the book enchants readers of all ages with a timeless story that has force and beauty together in the text and illustrations.
POETRY 6-7 years old (recommended for developing literacy) 18x14 cm / 36 pages 4-color paperback in 170g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-08-0
profile novels NOVELS 8-10 years old 13 x 18 cm / 152 pages 1-color paperback in 70g chamois ISBN: 978-85-60458-07-3
ROOTS – the memories of Emmanuel, a French boy author: Leny Werneck This is the first infant-juvenile novel in the France-Brazil Year by renowned author Leny Werneck, who writes children’s stories in both countries. The book is the story of Emmanuel, a clever, helpful, mischievous and sweet boy. He lives in Paris but his family is made up of people who come from many different places (even from Brazil).
Today’s Collection FICTION 9 -12 years old 16x22 cm / 20 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-16-5
THE MYSTERIOUS BACKPACK author: Zulema Rida Illustrator: Marcellus Schnell The tale of mystery about Dimitri’s backpack which he carries everywhere with him has begun with the arrival of a new student : Diogo Valente or Diogo “Zero” as he was nicknamed on the first day at school. Before Zero’s arrival, nobody ever noticed Dimitri nor his backpack. But Zero did, but so what? Zero might have overreacted a little, spreading rumors and silly suspicions through school’s corridors concerning the backpack contents to the point that he himself became delirious with curiosity on the account of a quaint-looking newspaper sticking out from the backpack’s pocket. ‘’Hush! There’s some mischief at work here’’, Zero would repeat incessantly.
OH! LELÉ author: Zulema Rida Illustrator: Marcellus Schnell Oh, dear ! Alvo was sheared ! They cut his beautiful wavy fur ! Alvo is a fuzzy dog… or was one… After shearing, good-bye curls ! He was naked and so ashamed of the way he looked that he hid under the bed where he lay feeling sorry for himself. To add insult to injury, they even put a goofy bow tie around his neck. ‘’My, oh, my! Now I look like any ordinary dog! How can I go for a walk looking the way I do? I do not want anyone to see me this ugly! I’m going to spend the rest of my days hiding ! I will never go for another walk ! ’’
FICTION 6 -9 years old 16x22 cm / 24 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-6045817-2
FICTION 6 -9 years old 16x22 cm / 28 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-18-9
CAT WING author: Zulema Rida Illustrator: Marcellus Schnell Some people say animals cannot speak… Others believe every animal in the world learn to speak since a very young age. Is it possible that cats communicate in “Catspeak”? Dogs converse in “Barkish”? And birds chirp in “Birdese”? Wow! Some believe animals speak “Animalish”. It is hard to imagine a caravan of camels walking for days on end through a desert where it doesn’t rain, where there are no trees, no water or grass, only sand and no one would say a single word. Not even a comment such as “Gee! How unbearably hot it is!!!” No, that is impossible to believe!
VEGETABLE CLOCK author: Zulema Rida Illustrator: Marcellus Schnell Thiago Maio has flaming-red hair. Caio Santeiro has straight blond hair like an angel in the rain. Marco Mil’s hair is short and black. Well, this is nothing’s new here, just like the 5th grade students, there are boys with spiky hair, straight or curly one, like they say –to each his own !
FICTION 9 -12 years old 16x22 cm / 20 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-19-6
Today’s Collection FICTION 6 -9 years old 16x22 cm / 20 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-23-3
THE JAPANESE DOG author: Zulema Rida Illustrator: Marcellus Schnell Luca enjoys walking by the river. One day when he was watching the ducks goose stepping like soldiers on a parade he heard someone shouting: “Hey there boy! Stay away from the water! This river is dangerous!” Luca turned around to see who was shouting . There was no one behind him ... Well… No one except the auburn, shaggy dog with huge green eyes.
THE X’S author: Zulema Rida Illustrator: Marcellus Schnell 8 year old John is famous for his ability to fix anything: rebind tattered books; repair broken toys among other much more complex things and invent fantastic accessories for bicycles. His friends could hardly wait to see his new amazing inventions. When it came Tina’s time, the youngest sister of John, she waited anxiously for her bike upgrade, she imagined her first ride filled with festive parade music and crowd cheering... but, but, but the day she was waiting for so eagerly was marred by a heavy rain.
FICTION 9 -12 years old 16x22 cm / 24 pages 4-color paperback in 150g couché matte ISBN: 978-85-60458-24-0
CO M I N G S O O N: FROM THENCE IT CAME ? author: Leonardo Boff Illustrator: Adriana Miranda SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN
The origin of Cosmos to children from 8 years old that involves several areas of knowledge, such as science, physics, theology and philosophy. THE WHITE GIRL AND THE BLACK SPOT author: Christiana de Caldas Brito Illustrator: Marco Miscia NOVELS FOR CHILDREN
The story of a girl who lives alone till the moment she finds and befriends a black spot on the 36th page of the book she was Reading. But her opinionated parents want her to steer clear of their friendship as they find it a little strange. How will it all end, then ? ECOLOGY, SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALIY author: Leonardo Boff BOOK OF ARTICLES
Articles of reflection upon urgent and topical issue : the survival of human race in the endangered world.
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