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23 6 y separately published work icon The Diplomat James Aldridge , ( trans. Ojars Sarma with title Diplomats ) Riga : Liesma , 1988 Z328045 1949 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Par latviesu tautas dziesmu Teodors Tomsons , Riga : Liesma , 1983 Z1498732 1983 selected work criticism
43 22 y separately published work icon Mary Poppins P. L. Travers , ( trans. Vizma Belsevica with title Merija Popinsa ) Riga : Liesma , 1983 Z797048 1934 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

The first of P.L. Travers's novels about the magical nanny, Mary Poppins.

When Katie Nana, the much-tried nanny to the Banks family of 17 Cherry Tree Lane, finally storms out in a huff, the wind blows in Mary Poppins and her carpetbag. The Banks children find that Mary Poppins is stern, vain, and usually cross – but also has a touch of magic about her.
9 9 Black Lightning Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Maija Andersone with title Melnais zibens ) Riga : Liesma , 1980 Z42161 1964 single work novel
— Appears in: Hohullam Berlinben [and] Fekete villam 1969; (p. 540)

'For Tempe Caxton, glamorous television star, life has lost its lustre. Her son was killed in the war, her lover has walked out on her, her job is over and life seems meaningless. Suicide seems to promise an easy way out.

'While recovering from a failed attempt, she discovers a surprising secret in the pages of her dead son's diary - she has a granddaughter. And she soon finds out that her grandchild is in trouble - the family that have raised her are being unfairly evicted from the land they have held for four generations.

'Gradually Tempe is pulled into an alien world, with a new purpose; she is forced to rethink her long-held prejudices, fight for principles she has never before thought about, and find a new reason for living.' (From The House of Books imprint, Allen & Unwin website, 2012.)
16 26 y separately published work icon The Ambassador Morris West , ( trans. M. Vests with title Sutnis ) Riga : Liesma , 1969 Z529190 1965 single work novel

'American ambassador Maxwell Gordon Amberley has a reputation as a tough negotiator. Yet when he is sent to Vietnam, the dilemma he faces throws him into self-doubt. He is made arbiter of his nation's fate on the one hand, and of the life and death of the ruling house of Vietnam on the other.

'Out of every international crisis comes at least one great book. From the explosive, bitter and savage battlefront of Vietnam, Morris West's masterly novel The Ambassador brings to life the early days of the Vietnam War and its backroom political dealings, foreshadowing the repercussions that continue today.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
12 13 y separately published work icon Say No to Death Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Unknown with title Saki navei-ne! ) Riga : Liesma , 1969 Z42833 1951 single work novel Business is booming in Dymphna Cusack's Say No to Death, a story of post-war Sydney, black marketeering, and sacrificial romance. The same cannot be said for a public health system that struggles to offer a future for cash-strapped tuberculosis patients, such as the doomed heroine of this novel, Jan. For contemporary readers, however, the trajectory of Jan and Bart's relationship may seem less interesting than Cusack's evocation of the failings of government health policy in Australia and the fine account of this devastating illness in a city beset by wartime shortages. (Source: Susan Carson)
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