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The iBooksquare Evenings - "Words and Coffee" is a different concept to put as much light as possible on the authentic values and young people today by encouraging them to believe in what they are doing. By placing them in favorable contexts, thus becoming inspirational for those around them.At the iBooksquare "Words and Coffee" event, we shall have three guests that we shall hear talking about dreams and the strength to believe in them, about the effort made to reach them, and how the road to success is based on the desire to be oneself. On July 25th, 2019 we meet with Adriana Ungureanu (writer), Ciprian Ursu (musician) and Adrian Bila (entrepreneur) at NTB Librarium.   Host of the event: Gabriel Voicescu   Our partners are the IL Caragiale National Theatre of Bucharest and iBooksquare.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Doina Rusti and her guests tell the story of a character every Wednesday evening at 7pm at NTB Librarium! In the 6th edition of the Story of a Character, we place a female character in the foreground! We invite you , on July 24th, 2019, from 7.00 p.m., to NTB Librarium, alongside Doina Rusti and the well-known cultural columnist Maria Capelos, to discuss the character Mrs. T, from Camil Petrescu's novel "The Procrustean Bed". See you there! Our partners are the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest, film-carti.ro and bookblog.ro   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Doina Rusti and her guests tell the story of a character every Wednesday evening from 7pm at NTB Librarium! In the 5th edition of The Story of a Character, we turn the spotlight on a famous character! On Wednesday, July 17th, 2019, from 7.00 p.m., we invite you to NTB  Librarium, alongside Doina Rusti and short story writer and SF & Fantasy novelist Marian Coman, to discuss the character Jack Torrance, from the beloved novel written by Stephen King, "Shining". See you there! Our partners are the "IL Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest, film-carti.ro and bookblog.ro.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The iBooksquare Evenings - Words and Coffee is a different concept for highlighting the authentic values ​​and today's young people by encouraging them to believe in what they are doing. Let us place them in favourable contexts, so that they become inspirational for those around them. At the iBooksquare - Words and Coffee conference, we shall have three guests that we shall hear talking about dreams and the strength to believe in them, about the effort made to achieve them and how the path to success is based on the desire to be true to oneself. On July 11th, 2019, 6.30 pm, we shall encounter Iraida Florea (writer and visual artist), Alina Ciolca (musician) and Corina - Florina Cubici (artist - jeweler) at NTB Librarium. Host of the event: Gabriel Voicescu Our partner is the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Doina Rusti and her guests tell the story of a character every Wednesday evening at 7 pm at the NTB Librarium! We return to the Shakespearian sphere with a very complex character! We invite you on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019, from 7.00 p.m. to NTB Librarium, to discover Hamlet, alongside Doina Rusti and actor Adrian Titieni, well-known through theatre, but especially through top-rated films such as "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu ", "Hooked", "Child’s Pose" or "Graduation". See you there! In case you do not make it to the event, you can find us live on Facebook. Our partners are the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest and film-carti.ro.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

  Doina Rusti and her guests tell the story of a character every Wednesday night from 7 pm at NTB Librarium! We have reached the third edition of the Story of a character! So we invite you Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019, from 7.00 p.m., to NTB Librarium, where, along with Doina Rusti and the university professor, critic and historian Paul Cernat, we will discover the brave soldier Švejk. See you there! In case you do not make it to the event, you can find us live on Facebook. Our partners are the IL Caragiale National Theatre of Bucharest and film-carti.ro. Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Doina Rusti and her guests tell the story of a character every Wednesday night from 7.00 pm at NTB Librarium! The Story of a Character continues, this time with 2 guests who will transpose us into the mysterious world of Agatha Christie's novels. We invite you on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019, from 7.00 p.m. to NTB Librarium, where, along with Doina Rusti and the presenters of the show "In Community" from Bucharest FM, Mihaela Ionita and Razvan Ursuleanu, we will put "our small gray matter" to work and we will narrate about the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.  See you there! In case you do not make it to the event, you can find us live on Facebook. Our partners are the "IL Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest and film-carti.ro.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Doina Rusti and her guests tell the story of a character every Wednesday night from 7.00 pm at NTB Librarium! Beloved or detestable, histrionic or indifferent, strong or weak heroes - the life of a character acquires different valences depending on the writer and the reader who judges it. Every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., we turn the spotlights on to the best-known characters in literature, along with Doina Rusti and her guests, in a special project at NTB Librarium! We will share ideas and rediscover the lives of our favorite heroes and at the end we will delight in the elixir of writing, a special nectar made after an old Romanian recipe. So we invite you on June 19th, 2019, from7:00 p.m., toNTB Librarium, where, together with Doina Rusti and actor Ion Caramitru, we meet with Shylock, from William Shakespeare's comedy "The Merchant of Venice." See you there! In case you cannot make it to the event, you can find us live on Facebook.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

On Friday, April 5th, 2019, from 6:00 p.m., NTB Librarium shall host the launch of Dynasty of Eagles by Alessandro Baussmerth. The third published volume of the author challenges readers to reflect on an ongoing debate: leaders, power, and the way it is used. The event takes place in the presence of the writer Alessandro Baussmerth and the guests: Prof. Vlad Nistor, University of Bucharest PhD Dan Peretianu Univ. Lecturer Serban Tarciziu, Faculty of Theology The moderator of the event is Flori Mihalache. What did good governance mean in the past, but especially now? What is the relationship of those who hold power with others? The time of the narrative takes us through the present, the past, and the future precisely to show the reader how topical the theme of power is. "The third novel with historical pretext by Alessandro Baussmerth uses the circumstances of the ascension and decay of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, as well as many of the events in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in Europe to actually challenge us to a never-ending debate on power, exercise and the meaning of exercising it. The narrative moves from contemporaneity into the Middle Ages, with a projection to the future, precisely to emphasize the perenniality of this theme - who benefits from the exercise of power, which is the relationship between those who hold it and those who bear the consequences, what is a "good" governance "in the past, but also today. (...) " Prof. Vlad Nistor " When was the future? When will the past be? Time is contemporary: today may be yesterday or may be tomorrow, depends on how we perceive it: in a linear or spiral shape. " Alessandro Baussmerth Alessandro Baussmerth was born in the house of a storyteller. He spent his childhood ina world of colour, sound and life. The child was king. In the grandparents' house, on long and rainy days, little Alessandro looked curiously at the old books of history in unknown languages. Fascinated by pictures and paintings, he sinks into the mysterious world of a mysterious past. Living in the past becomes his hidden pleasure. Over time, he realizes that the present is born from the past. He quickly discovers that the past has different faces that can change according to the narrator. He accompanies his father on long journeys, where he meets special people and secret places. The imagination of the young man always blends the present with the past. History becomes a space into which he can escape. Throughout life, he adapts to reality, practicing various activities. He learns languages ​​and thus, he reaches the sources, searching for the signs of time among them. This further stirs his desire to find out the truth.   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The Studio Zona Association launches the book of the historian Andrei Razvan Voinea, The Ideal of Bucharest: the family with the house and the garden. The Communal Societies plots for cheaper housing - Bucharest (1908 - 1948). The book is the first in the series dedicated to urban history and is based on the author’s PhD thesis, sustained in 2017 at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture. The study investigates the activity of the Cheap Housing Society and the ideal that governed a generation of physicians, politicians, engineers and architects: living in a home surrounded by the garden at an affordable price. This ideal proved to be impossible to put into practice in a Bucharest dominated by tuberculosis, inequality and lack of social rights, away from romantic narratives published after 1989. Between 2015 and 2018, Studio Zona Association led a civic awareness initiative of the history of each of the 25 housing-type plots developed by the Society by drafting and distributing flyers to each family living in over 4,000 dwellings built between 1908 and 1948. The occupants of the plots are invited to the event. The launch shall take place on Monday, March 4th, 2019, from 7.00 p.m. at the Bucharest National Theatre, the Media Hall Foyer. The book can be purchased at the price of 15 RON, being subsidized by the Architectural Stamp. Razvan Voinea (born 1985 - Campina) is a graduate of the Faculty of History (2008), of the Master of British Cultural Studies (Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and Literatures, 2010), both at Bucharest University and the Central- European University of Central Europe (Budapest, 2012). Holder of a PhD in Architecture History (UAUIM, 2017). Scholar of the Romanian Academy (2014-2015) and Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh (2016-2017).   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu