Kirja-haiku

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The Passenger (tekijä: Jean-Christophe Grangé)

We recognized that books are not only a popular commodity but also a gateway to knowledge and entertainment, making them a valuable addition to our product portfolio. By offering a selection of books, including new releases and bestsellers, we aimed to appeal to a broader audience and enhance our brand reputation as a one-stop shop for quality products.\
As a general trading company Dubai, Chiyo General Trading Co. L.L.C. has always been on the lookout for innovative and high-demand products to offer our customers. The decision to sell books, including recent releases like "Passenger" by Jean-Christophe Grangé, was influenced by our commitment to diversifying our product range and catering to the diverse interests of our customers.

Our decision was also influenced by the thriving literary scene in Dubai, with a growing number of bookstores and literary events catering to the city's diverse population. We saw an opportunity to tap into this market and provide our customers with access to a wide range of books, including international bestsellers like "Passenger."
Overall, selling books has been a strategic decision for Chiyo General Trading Co. L.L.C., aligning with our goal of offering diverse and high-quality products to our customers in Dubai.

Oikeuden pitkä käsi (tekijä: Eric Ambler)

Istanbul, Sofia,
il suit le génial brigand,
"vrai mort" à Paris.
(Tiercelin)

Dyyni (tekijä: Frank Herbert)

Foretold one gets dumped
in desert, then goes native.
Returns, beats baddies!
(ed.pendragon)

Dyyni (tekijä: Frank Herbert)

Fear the mind killer
Worm vomit expands the mind
Kwisatz Haderach
(amweb)

Nuoren Wertherin kärsimykset (tekijä: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

An alpine meadow / Sweet scent of grass and flowers / Below - the abyss. (KangarooRat)

Nuoren Wertherin kärsimykset (tekijä: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

An artist doomed,
Consumed by helpless longing,
He needed Prozac.
(hillaryrose7)

Pompeji (tekijä: Robert Harris)

Honest man observes,
Science-based plans. Acts quickly.
Volcano explodes.

Vienna Blood (tekijä: Frank Tallis)

Serial killer
on the loose amid growing
antisemitism.
(passion4reading)

Que le meilleur gagne (tekijä: Jørn Lier Horst)

Quatre, trois, deux ... il veut
tuer que des gens célèbres,
même la fille de Blix.
(Tiercelin)

Uhri 2117 (tekijä: Jussi Adler-Olsen)

Assad à Berlin
Retrouve sa famille ôtage
D'un vil Irakien
(Tiercelin)

Glorious Exploits: A Novel (tekijä: Ferdia Lennon)

'Do you know any
Euripides? Let's stage a
play in the quarry!'
(passion4reading)

The Abyss and a Mustard Seed (tekijä: Kaeleen Brave)

Journey of a soul.
Raw and honest words unfold.
True self-acceptance.

Wagner : Siegfried [libretto] (tekijä: Richard Wagner)

Siegfried mends his sword,
kills dragon then dwarf, gets Ring.
"Das ist kein Mann!" Wow!

The Maze Runner (tekijä: James Dashner)

Teen must run through maze
To figure out his past and
Survive scary plot.
(legallypuzzled)

Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille (tekijä: Douglas Adams)

Arthur's drab lifestyle
The answer is forty two
What is the question?
(hreilly)

Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille (tekijä: Douglas Adams)

Wet, McKenna muttered
A curse up to God;
The clouds laughed.

Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille (tekijä: Douglas Adams)

Shall we hitchhike space?
Let's, for to stay here on Earth
Is mostly harmless.
(benscripps)

Amsterdam (tekijä: Ian McEwan)

"Nouveau Beethoven",
et "grand éditeur de presse",
se fâchent, s'entre-tuent.
(Tiercelin)

Newcomer (tekijä: Keigo Higashino)

A Nihonbashi,
L'air de rien, son œil voit tout,
Chronique japonaise.

Tikli (tekijä: Donna Tartt)

Liked a goldfinch chained / Booze, drugs can't erase the pain / Of his mother's death (LynnB)

Tikli (tekijä: Donna Tartt)

Blast kills mother.
Painting of a goldfinch
dominates life's remainder.
(Bebedee)

Psyko (tekijä: Robert Bloch)

Mutter tötet Frau,
ihr Sohn verwischt die Spuren,
sein Geist ist verwirrt.
(ElBarto)

Une chose à cacher (tekijä: Elizabeth George)

C'est l'Afrique à Londres,
l'une fait des mutilations,
l'autre les répare.
(Tiercelins)

Shifting Seas (tekijä: Weinbaum Stanley Grauman)

A volcano blew
It leveled Nicaragua
Ted rebuilt the land

Firefly racing with the dolphins (tekijä: Chalat Rajaram)

Who asked for this gift?
All our science reveals it exists.
Behold the fearful awe.

Jaakko ja jättipersikka (tekijä: Roald Dahl)

James escapes his aunts
on board a giant peach with
huge friendly insects.
(passion4reading)

Sota ja rauha (tekijä: Leo Tolstoy)

There's a bear in there
and people as well. Stories
to tell, and a war.
(alsoCass)

Mastermind (tekijä: Andrew Mayne)

Jess rescued Theo
Heywood voided out cities
They turned the tables

Muistin piinaamat (tekijä: Arnaldur Indridason)

Un islandais tombe
Bombes atomiques en Islande?
Squelette d'une jeune fille
(tiercelin)

Julius Caesar (tekijä: William Shakespeare)

Men plot a murder
against a would-be tyrant.
Then they start a war.
(marcusbrutus)

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (tekijä: Ally Carter)

Taught to take a life,
Romance not quite right,
Spy and girl collide
(Rose7771)

Just Listen (tekijä: Sarah Dessen)

A truth kept secret,
A family poised to break,
Music lights the dark
(Rose7771)

A Black and Solemn Silence (tekijä: Danielle Thompson)

When a fox is shot
Love blossoms like blood in leaves
But lies hide danger.

Speak (tekijä: Laurie Halse Anderson)

A party turned foul,
Pain rooted in memory,
Stay silent or speak
(Rose7771)

Theme Music (tekijä: T. Marie Vandelly)

She wants to go home
to where her father killed them.
But did he do it?
(CTyner)

Black Run (tekijä: Antonio Manzini)

Rocco loin de Rome,
Sévit dans les neiges d'Aoste
Pas sympa du tout

The Bone Season (tekijä: Samantha Shannon)

In the Republic
of Scion, "unnaturals"
must fear for their lives.
(passion4reading)

Dear Mr M (tekijä: Herman Koch)

Who is the author?
Book within a book. Puzzles
"M". Who is Herman?
(pickupsticks)

Cupidité (tekijä: Deon Meyer)

Policiers ripoux,
mais un hacker les découvre,
il est enlevé
(Tiercelin)

The Way of Kings (tekijä: Brandon Sanderson)

Slave must now fight, again.
A woman must be a thief.
King sees the world's past.

The Way of Kings (tekijä: Brandon Sanderson)

Something is coming
A dark something is coming
Something is coming

Le chant des innocents (tekijä: Piergiorgio Pulixi)

Le Marionettiste
pousse les ados à tuer.
Mais Vito déprime
(Tiercelin)

ghost riders in the sky and other lines (tekijä: Laughton J Collins Jr)

ghost riders appear
in the sky for all to see
victory is theirs—
(LaughtonJCollinsJr)

Wombling songs (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.

Wombling songs (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.
(Frederick W. Harrison)

Remember You're A Womble (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.

Remember You're A Womble (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.
(Frederick W. Harrison)

Underground Overground: The Ultimate Wombles Collection 2CD (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.
(Frederick W. Harrison)

Superwombling LP (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.
(Frederick W. Harrison)

Superwombling LP (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.
(Frederick W. Harrison)

W Factor CD (tekijä: The Wombles)

Cute furry creatures
Play Beatle-esque music
That will delight you.
(Frederick W. Harrison)

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (tekijä: Cary Elwes)

Sweet Wesley describes
filmmaking shenanigans
joyful endeavor
(BekiLynn)

The day lasts more than a hundred years (tekijä: Chingiz Aitmatov)

A man on the steppe,
His life and loves, his camel,
And space aliens.

A Short Walk Through a Wide World: A Novel (tekijä: Douglas Westerbeke)

Strange sickness tracks her,
so she walks the world over.
To what end? Escape?

Murha Mesopotamiassa (tekijä: Agatha Christie)

A dig near Baghdad
A woman fears for her life
Murder most puzzling
(passion4reading)

Our Country Friends (tekijä: Gary Shteyngart)

Deux Russes, un Indien,
deux Coréens, isolés,
comme dans une isba.
(Tiercelin)

Très chers amis (tekijä: Gary Shteyngart)

Deux Russes, un Indien,
deux Coréens, isolés,
comme dans une isba.
(Tiercelin)

And Now For Something Completely Different (tekijä: Jodi Taylor)

Max boldly goes where
no one has gone before to
record Mars landing.
(passion4reading)

The Clarion (tekijä: Nina Dunic)

Peter plays trumpet
Disconnection, loneliness
Stasi smokes some more
(JenMDB)

Brave in Season: A Novel of Race, Railroads, and Baseball (tekijä: Jon Volkmer)

Railroaders, farmers--
Fears, rumors of The Other,
Redeemed by baseball.

Good Omens (tekijä: Terry Pratchett)

The novel's message:
"Heaven. Hell. They are both dull.
On Earth, there's sushi!"
(WilliamOrmond)

Balance of Estubria (Brobots, #3)

Boy get baddies kill, saving the planet bonus, ride this ship with me!

A Tale of Two Cities (tekijä: Charles Dickens)

Two men look alike.
They love the same good woman.
They’re all in danger.
(marcusbrutus)

Wildful (tekijä: Kengo Kurimoto)

Slip through a locked gate
Into a place wild and free,
Shared with those you love.

Karamazovin veljekset (tekijä: Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Sad Russian people
griping about God and stuff.
Wish Dad was still here.
(LeBoeuf)

The Battersea Barricades (tekijä: Jodi Taylor)

Country in turmoil
Rise against the government
Rebels reminisce
(passion4reading)

The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without (tekijä: John Oakes)

A book about the/
Power of emptiness that/
Is not itself void.
(John Oakes)

Akhilleen laulu (tekijä: Madeline Miller)

Short introduction
To the classic Iliad
With misplaced passion.
(legallypuzzled)

Billy Summers (tekijä: Stephen King)

Il tue pour l'argent,
mais seulement des méchants
Il écrit sa vie.
(Tiercelin)

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (tekijä: Mary Beard)

Hut, village, market town,
Kingdom, Republic, Empire,
Rome, unstoppable.
(sibyx)

Bath Tangle (tekijä: Georgette Heyer)

The marquis is mad!
What, wed that ninnyhammer?
Odious Ivo!

The Housemaid (tekijä: Freida McFadden)

Elle l'a embauchée
pour lui permettre d'échapper
à son mari-monstre
(Tiercelin)

Frankenstein (tekijä: Mary Shelley)

Ein künstlicher Mensch
sucht Liebe und verzweifelt
und rächt sich grausam

Frankenstein (tekijä: Mary Shelley)

Forscher voll Ehrgeiz
schafft einen Menschen und flieht
und wird schwer gestraft

Frankenstein (tekijä: Mary Shelley)

The creature awakes,
Horrible yet innocent,
Abandonment scars.
(hillaryrose7)

Frankenstein (tekijä: Mary Shelley)

It is dangerous,
To play God with life and death,
Horror the result.
(hillaryrose7)

Frankenstein (tekijä: Mary Shelley)

Monster destruction
Could have been avoided, Vic.
Parental neglect.
(captainfez)

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (tekijä: Neal Stephenson)

It could be a tool,
Could be a weapon as well,
When interests clash.
(DeusXMachina)

The Darkness (tekijä: Ragnar Jónasson)

Deux émigrées russes,
Hulda qui les cherche, jamais
sera en retraite
(Tiercein)

Eläinten vallankumous (tekijä: George Orwell)

"The old king is dead!
"The farm overflows with good things."
"We'll let you know."
(one-horse.library)

Eläinten vallankumous (tekijä: George Orwell)

"Wake, Boxer, with cause!"
Friends offer snake-sly wisdom.
The wheel turns, grates on.
(one-horse.library)

Tress of the Emerald Sea (tekijä: Brandon Sanderson)

Smart and resourceful
Tress turns pirate and sprouter
to rescue a friend.
(passion4reading)

Robinson Crusoe (tekijä: Daniel Defoe)

He leaves home to sail
He ends up marooned alone
finds Friday and leaves

Mukava homma (tekijä: David Lodge)

Entrons dans la danse
De la carpe et du lapin,
Jeu de société.

Das Café ohne Namen: Roman | Der neue Roman des Bestsellerautors von "Der Trafikant" (tekijä: Robert Seethaler)

Tartines de saindoux,
Schnaps et cornichons, Simon
les accueille tous.
(Tiercelin)

Leçons (tekijä: Ian McEwan)

Une prof de piano,
Alissia, auteure célèbre
et la douce Daphné
(Tiercelin)

Parfyymi (tekijä: Patrick Süskind)

smell everything /
got lost in a world of greed /
devoured at market 
(aychan)

Parfyymi (tekijä: Patrick Süskind)

basic boy meets girl/
boy's fine nose loves girl's fine scent/
boy wants girl pomade
(hauntedpuppydome)

A Desolation Called Peace (tekijä: Arkady Martine)

envoy and linguist
bring eighty more years of peace
and Cure the hivemind

The Tea Dragon Festival (tekijä: K. O'Neill)

Rinn meets a dragon
fast asleep for eighty years
who shows them their gift.
~(aljovi)

The Tea Dragon Society (tekijä: Kay O'Neill)

Greta learns the art
of tea dragon care-taking,
love, and memories
~(aljovi)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

So I'm a thief now.
What I really should have took?
Comfortable shoes.

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

The dwarves had a plan.
They didn't say anything
about hungry trolls.
(Carnophile)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

Nasty Bagginses
stole the Precious, yess, and we
hates them forever!
(ed.pendragon)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

A ring in a cave?
I’ll take it. I doubt that the
owner will miss it.
(Carnophile)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

Wizard at the door?
Twelve dwarves too? You'll be telling
me a dragon's next!
(ed.pendragon)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

In the quest of dwarves
Darkness reigns midst golden veins.
"You'll come," says Gandalf.
(one-horse.library)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

Don't go off the path,
but if you find you just must,
make an adventure.
(MissTeacher)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

An odyssey on
furry feet: no wine dark sea.
There and back again.
(TimSharrock)

Hobitti, eli Sinne ja takaisin (tekijä: J. R. R. Tolkien)

Found a magic ring.
Turns out it makes me vanish!
Wonder whose it is…
(Carlpoppa)