This book presents the fascinating world of the classics through thirty aphorisms that have lasted through the ages, accompanied by evocative illustrations inspired by the Mediterranean landscape. Faced with the temptations of greed, envy, laziness, and pride, the ancient Greeks and Romans championed self-knowledge, effort, honesty, accepting one’s limits, the will to learn, hope and true friendship. The author, having devoted his professional life to guiding teenagers into the thought and beauty of the ancient world, answers questions of our time and invites us to cultivate the best of human nature.

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Josep Maria Mallarach & Verónica Fabregat | Akiara, Spain | 64 pp | 23 x 15 cm

Indigenous peoples are the primordial peoples. Many of them are still alive today, in a wide range of ecosystems. They are the most deeply rooted and enduring societies. But in many places, they face serious threats. Their lands shelter the greatest biodiversity in the world. They are true masters of sustainability. They speak complex languages and preserve a wealth of traditions and knowledge. Their ancestral wisdom embraces all dimensions of existence, both visible and invisible, and is a great source of inspiration for our societies in crisis.

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Do you wonder what animal can fit inside this 22 cm book?

Let’s follow this curious child who, for the occasion, has made herself very small.

And start from the smallest animal to the largest.

– How about an ant?

– YES! Lots of ants, actually!

– A chick?

– YES! It fits!

– A mouse?

– YES! Even three!

– What about a cow?

– Well…

Of course, all these creatures can’t fit into a 22 cm square. Only a tiny bit, sometimes! So, what animal is hiding on each page?

Up to you to find out!

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With this book, we want to explain what living on the streets is like, and what could bring a person to live there. We want to show the backgrounds of violence, abandonment, loneliness; the loss of self-esteem, dignity and hope suffered by the people who live on the streets. And we also want to ascertain whether it’s possible to get off the streets, how to do it and why it’s so difficult. Two women and four men who don’t have decent housing tell us what their lives were like before; why and how they lost the house where they lived and what their current lives on the streets are like. These are stories full of pain and injustice, but also full of solidarity and forgiveness. The testimonies that we present invite us to change our perspective, shatter prejudices and rethink how we relate to people who have lost everything.

In the same serie: Forced to leave 

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This illustrated book shows six stories from real life, six journeys full of difficulties and challenges. Six migrants, three women and three men, tell us about their lives before leaving; why they had to leave, how they managed to complete their journey, and how they live nowadays in their new country. These are stories of self-improvement, but also of pain, loneliness, hospitality, and integration. Stories that, despite everything, end well. These real-life accounts invite us to change our perspective, and to give a name and a face to the experience of so many people who are forced to risk their lives in the search for a more promising future.

In the same series: I sleep in the streets 

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As the aurora borealis dances across the sky, a weather keeper crosses the icy plains to measure the temperatures at the edge of the world. Every three hours, she records movement and pressure, and if it’s warmer or cooler, to keep the seafarers, farmers, and community safe. Just like her mother did. And her mother’s mother did before her, and just like the daughter telling this story will do, too, one day.  Structured like a ballad, this story celebrates a female lineage of weather keepers stationed on a farm where the extreme temperatures make their job impossible for machines to do. This is a world where humans are still needed and still very much one with the natural world around them. The Weather Keeper beautifully foregrounds the awe-inspiring force that is Nature and the strength of people who choose the life they wish to live, however unconventional or full of hardship it might seem to others. Poetic, atmospheric, and inspired by a true story, this picture book about family, calling, and belonging tells the story of an Icelandic weather keeper in a world of ice, sea, and sky.

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Twenty-five miles off the coast of Massachusetts, there is a little island that is only four miles wide and 12 miles long, and yet it contains as much history per square mile as can possibly be imagined. From the Native American tribes who first lived on Nantucket and the English settlers who prospered there, to the booming whale industry and the battles of the American Revolution, Nantucket is a special place whose story is told here through a gripping text and striking woodcuts in vivid greens, blues, oranges, and blacks. This picture book reissue from 1967, from internationally renowned Japanese Canadian woodcut artist Naoko Matsubara and famed artist and author Fritz Eichenberg, celebrates the island of Nantucket and its varied history, as well as woodcut printing at its best.

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Rosa Álamo | Tres Tigres Tristes, Spain | 76pp | 21 x 27 cm

yangA giant spider, a dagger from the stars, canned soup, a rag frog, an ancient door leading to Babylon… All of this in a museum? Yes!

Come on an astonishing journey through museums around the world, stopping at unexpected, fun, curious, and extraordinary works. You’ll see not only paintings and sculptures, but also toys, urban art, fossils, everyday objects, inventions, and technological pieces that will make you rethink what art is and why it is where it is. Every museum is an open door to imagination and wonder. This book is an invitation to discover them with wide eyes and an open mind.

Because in a museum… the whole world fits.

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Before, everything took us longer. Today we do everything faster.

But what about the extra time we have left? Do we take care of it… or do we let it slip by without even realizing it?

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Interweaving science and storytelling, spirituality and art, a neuroscientist and an artist guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is. Starting from science, while reaching for spiritual truth, The Forgotten Teachers charts the evolution of life on Earth under the mentorship of six teachers: Ocean, Air, Theia (through collision with this planet, Earth was set on its tilt), Sun, Plants, and Symbionts. Ideas from the field of evolutionary biology, accompanied by watercolor illustrations, guide this factual yet mytho-poetic exploration of life. Motivated by their shared concern over the severance of science from the sacred, and humans from their place within nature, Isett and Biçen set out to write a scientific wonder story for our times—to enchant readers with the strangeness and beauty of evolutionary biology, while reintegrating us into the natural world. As Rachel Carson did in her time and as Wendell Berry has done as a poet and essayist across the years, Isett writes with precision and urgency to remind us that we participate in a story that is far larger than ourselves, and that to see ourselves more truly would be to see the many ways in which we belong to the molecules and mysteries of the living world

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