Introduction (Giriş Yazısı)
Free as a Bird! Can we really live without each other?
Carpe Diem is a dream … it is a dream of us, a group of college students. We have passions about the world we are living in, the lives we are leading. We are the kind of people who still believe in world peace, that it still has a chance.
Carpe Diem is more like a college club for us, it is our shelter. It is where we get together, share opinions, fiercely discuss philosophy, literature, poetry, love, and everything else that matters to us.
We would like to publish books that we love reading, we want to share our longings, dreams, and our one and only goal is to spread love around the world through the best means possible; through words.
We trust in the magic of words and you are invited to explore that magic too – any time and in any way you like. You are always welcome in the world of Carpe Diem.
Come and join us on our journey! Let us discover the beauty and magic together!
Easy, short and fun-to-read books (Kolay Kısa Keyifli)
• Easy, short and fun-to-read philosophy (Kolay Kısa Keyifli Felsefe)
The philosophy book you are looking for.
Do you want it totally unique ... or crazy ... or hip as a celebrity? Or do you prefer it a bit funny, very reliable, but above all easy, short and fun to read?
Then you will be reading just the right thing!
This book tells about the basics and summary of philosophy. It introduces philosophers chronologically and talks about their simple yet deep lives, telling us about their great thoughts.
You could call this book “a simple history of philosophy”. The author narrates the two thousand five hundred years-old thought journey of humanity in a story-like style. He has a simple, smart and resonating approach to his subject.
“We can’t imagine a philosophy book that comes even close to this one for sheer fun!”
Written By Ömer Sevinçgül
Illustrated By Ayşe Zinnur Çetin
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Easy, short and fun-to-read science (Kolay Kısa Keyifli Bilim)
We put an END to excuses like, “I haven’t read that part yet”, or, “Can you repeat the question please?”, when asked, “What is the theory of relativity?”!!!
After reading this book, when asked, “Who is Schrödinger, what was his invention?” you will say, “Ah, that scientist with a cat” cool as cucumber, instead of, “Who are you talking about, a soccer player, dude?”
This book is for those who need both to know and to laugh. It has never before been this fun to read about science.
Written By Çiğdem Can
Illustrated By Ayşe Zinnur Çetin
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Easy, short, fun-to-read literature (Kolay Kısa Keyifli Edebiyat)
Everyone needs to know a bit about literature. If you need a book that will summarize the subject for you without making you remotely bored, this is your book!
After reading it, you will;
... fearlessly join the conversations about literature with your circle of friends.
... know about the highly engaging lives of famous poets, writers, and their best-known works and ironic, wise quotes.
... want to read the works of writers you read about in the book.
... be envied by people when you give correct answers to the puzzles in papers, or during the lit. course.
Or can you imagine getting your crush’s attention by quoting from his/her favourite writer?
Written By Seda Şener
Illustrated By Ayşe Zinnur Çetin
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Easy, short, fun-to-read History
• Easy, short, fun-to-read Cinema
• Easy, short, fun-to-read Psychology
• Easy, short, fun-to-read Music
• Easy, short, fun-to-read Astronomy
• Easy, short, fun-to-read Geography
• Easy, short, fun-to-read Sports
Hot books (Bal Gibi Kitaplar)
Essays, all sorts of writing that winks at life, pinching and kissing it ...! These are all colourful, exciting short stories, poems, quotes and everything in between!!!
• Only Girls Should Read This Book – Only Guys Should Read This Book (Bu kitabı yalnız Erkekler Okusun)
On guys and girls, and their little games ...
For Girls:
• some fact that all girls should know about
• What men want
• Computers are in fact male, because...
• 10 ways for not to be a spinster
• Oh, such is boys!
• Things that you thank for being a girl!
For Guys:
• Oh, such is girls!
• What a girl say but what she exactly means
• Methods to get a girl’s attention
• Rules and Girls
• Things we will never hear from girls
• Things that you thank for being a guy!
Edited by Bilge Göksu
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Do Yourself a Favour (Kendine Bir İyilik Yap)
On being good, and white lies...
Life is a love story... experience it!
Life is a gift...take it!
Life is a puzzle...solve it!
Life is an opportunity... don’t miss it!
Life is a Favour...
Edited by Bilge Göksu
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (Durdurun Dünyayı İnecek Var)
On almost everything...
A little bittersweet... A little same, a little different...
If you are having a hard time in catching up with the world, as if it is too boring...this is your book, have a read and enjoy your life.
Edited by Kerem Toprak
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• You’re the Best Book I’ve Read, Mom (Okuduğum En Güzel Kitapsın Annem)
On moms, and being a mom ...
For those who know what real love means...for those who are away from their moms and endlessly miss them.. or if you are one of those who have never seen their moms.. ın the end we dedicate this book to all the mothers and children of the world!
Edited by Kerem Toprak
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• This is Love’s Smiling Face, This is Love’s Other Side (Bu Aşkın Gülen Yüzü Bu da Aşkın Öteki Yüzü)
On Simply Love...
Unforgettable love stories...love letters of celebrities... language of love.. what is love anyway?... What are the signs of love? The movies about love and its endless ways.. Do you think that love ever ends? Read this book and find out for yourself!
Edited by Bilge Göksu
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age:12+
Rights: World
Wise books (Bilginç Kitaplar)
Attention, please!
We are seeking readers who are adventurous, curious about everything, have endless questions about the world – and, of course, with an explorer’s mindset!
• Lost Civilizations (Kayıp Medeniyetler)
Unknown history of humanity and secrets of the past..
Written By Elif Kiral
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Da Vinci’s Notebook (Da Vinci’nin Not Defteri)
Edited notes from Leonardo Da Vinci’s personal notebook. Interesting analysis of the scientist, his discoveries, and mysterious prophecies.
Written By Leonardo Da Vinci
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 448pp.
Age:12+
Rights: World
• Explorers and Their Adventures (Kaşifler ve Keşif Maceraları)
Lives of explorers: full of exciting moments and blood-freezing moments.. The interesting stories of geographical discoveries. Adventure was their middle name, you know!
Written By Arzu Yüksel
Illustrated By Ayşe Zinnur Çetin
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Can I Ask a Question? (Bişey Sorabilir miyim?)
Why is the sky blue? Why does onion make you cry? Why is glass transparent? Do fish sleep at all? Why do humans have different kinds of voices? Many more questions and many more answers ...
Written By Elif Kıral
Illustrated By Ayşe Zinnur Çetin
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Inventors and Invention Stories (Mucitler ve İcat Öyküleri)
Who invented what and where. Hysterically funny and highly engaging stories of many well-known inventions.
Written By Çiğdem Can
Illustrated By Ayşe Zinnur Çetin
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• I don’t want to be an also-ran (Sıradan Birisi Olmak İstemiyorum)
“If I know anything about You, then I know these books will change your life!!”
You are a smart person, who reads, thinks, and wants to explore the meaning of life. Your mind is never still. You have questions, you even question the world you live in.
You don’t want to be just a face in the crowd. You are asking: “Who am I? Why am I in the world, where am I going to, what’s going to happen after death?”
Our following series is just for you and your concerns. You will find a way out from feeling trapped with the answers books offer you.
• I Want to Speak Well (Güzel Konuşmak İstiyorum)
We all need to speak in a confident manner. Jokes, exercises, anecdotes brought together with genuine style.
Written By Esra Uluç
Format: 11,5 X 21 Cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• I Want to Be a Writer (Yazar Olmak İstiyorum)
A brilliant guide book for those who are moving towards becoming a writer with clues to producing good and impressive writing. Basic suggestions for those who would like to be published, with concise notes and practical information.
Written By Ömer Sevinçgül
Format: 11,5 X 21 Cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Life is Beautiful When You Love (Hayat Sevince Güzel)
Omer Sevincgul, writer for young readers, offers perhaps the happiest book ever. If you are the type who enjoys small details, is curious about the colourful, inspiring lives of others, and if you want to read a book with a true Mediterranean soul, then this is for you!
Written By Ömer Sevinçgül
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• The Infinite Life Awaits You (Sonsuz Hayat Seni Bekliyor)
You can’t live without thinking. You can’t stop that voice coming from your heart... I believe that you don’t think you can control the energy you have inside any more. It feels as though the wings of your soul touch the sky, and you believe with all your heart that infinite life awaits you ...
You need a “free-thinking book like yourself” that will answer your questions, that will speak to your heart...
Written By Ömer Sevinçgül
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• There’s Someone who Loves You (Seni Seven Biri Var)
Written By Ömer Sevinçgül
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
There is smart young girl, who think, questions and reads a lot. She neither denies nor believes in God.. She likes literature. She writes.. and is into philosophy.
Then one day she meet a guy on the internet. He is an intelliget writer, who has similar interest, whose lifestyle is actually based on these interests.
Then there comes a strong connection, chemistry between them..This books is a door to a journey that they started together.. a story of searching for the truth.
Books by Mine Sota (Mine Sota Kitapları)
Ladies and gentlemen!
Books that may be at all the bookstores, and you will in no way find such stories, sometimes hilarious, sometimes shocking, anywhere else. When you first open the pages and look at the contents, you will actually see the content of your very self.
Warning! Because of the very likely risk of spraying your companions, don’t read your book while you’re drinking water. Its expiry date is valid till you lose it somewhere when you are tempted to carry it with you everywhere you go, or till you lend it a friend and never get it back. Keep it hidden under the light of your smile and the warmth of your heart …
• We Are All Humans (Hepimus Insanus)
World’s greatest problem is not global warming, nuclear weapons, carcinogenic foods or rating wars of television channels. World’s greatest problem is desperation. So its greatest need is some hope. With the exhaustion and lethargy on our shoulders caused by life, there is nothing more difficult than living itself, is there? And just think how it would be like to make life easier for people.
You might need this book because this is neither a self-help book nor a utopist life philosophy. This book is just a loyal friend for the road that lies before us; and it encourages us to go on our way.
Written By Mine Sota
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• You’ll Make Me Laugh from Dying (Siz Adamı Ölmekten Güldürürsünüz)
You might need this book because smiles are getting less and less these days that people begin to pay for them. You might need this book because smile reserves of the world are about to run out...
Written By Mine Sota
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• Don’t Laugh at Your Neighbour, You Never Know (Gülme Başına Gelir Komşuna)
You will find everything about nothing, and many things about everything in this hysterically funny book by Mine Sota. Vignettes from our everyday, ordinary lives...little surprises, big jokes..
Written By Mine Sota
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
Soul-touching thoughts (Ruha Dokunan Düşünceler)
Here’s an opportunity for those who have a busy life, or just less time to read – legendary writers in one book. Is there anyone who hasn’t heard of them? Soul-touching thoughts from legendary names of the world of literature on love, marriage, happiness, faith, hope, hate, life and death. These pages are eagerly waiting for you, to touch your soul with words of wisdom.
• Soul-touching thoughts from Dostoyevsky
Have you ever imagined seeing the world through the perspective of a great thinkers, through the eyes of Dostoyevsky? We have picked the most essential elements of his art and collected them in this book for you.
Edited By Esra Uluç
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Albert Camus
Camus is a philosopher and a great novelist who questioned life, existentialism and tried to defend individual against the hardships of modern world. This book has been edited for you to understand Albert Camus and his depth.
Edited by Ömer Sevinçgül
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Shakespeare
Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers of all time, with his real characters, universal subjects, and profound thoughts. Love, marriage, death, crime, betrayal, loyalty, hatred, pain, everything about life is kept in his writing. We invite you to explore this literary legend with us.
Edited by Asli Aker
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Tolstoy
Is there anyone in the world who hasn’t heard his name yet? We don’t think so. There are lots of soul-touching thoughts by Tolstoy in this book; things he said about love, wrote about Christianity, Islam, life and death..
Edited by Esra Uluç
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Rumi
This is such a book that will take you to a trip through the skies, and become your key for the door opening to other worlds you contemplate on. Thoughts that are going to touch you soul by Rumi about existence, world, love, human and more delicate issues... This is worth reading regardless of the perspective you look from...
Edited by Asli Aker
Format: 11,5 X 21 Cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Balzac
Balzac is among those legends who thinks through his pen. With his brilliantly intense observations on human conditions, reading his thoughts will open new doors to your world.
Edited by Esra Uluç
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Kafka
We think there is no writer like him, who could tell about the loneliness, individualism, pains of twentieth century. Kafka is the symbol of seeing things differently, being at the edge of dreams and reality.
“Writing . . . is a sleep deeper than that of death, and just as one would and cannot tear the dead from their graves, so I must not and cannot be torn from my desk at night.” ~Kafka
Edited by Cem Küçük
Format: 11,5 X 21 Cm
Paperback – 180pp.
Age:12+
Rights: World
• Soul-touching thoughts from Goethe
Poet, thinker, scientist, writer... To read Goethe in a way is to read yourself.. He is the man of all nations and all times.
Edited by Ceren Baykal
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 12+
Rights: World
• The Traveler’s Guide (Gezi Kitabı)
This is a guide book for travelers from all around the world by Professor Orhan Kural, who is founder and president of the Travelers Club. He has traveled to 187 countries, giving a record-breaking number of lectures and conferences in 20 different countries.
How to pack your bag most efficiently... How to get the best bargain for a trip… Things you need before you hit the road... Practical suggestions in case of an accident during your trip... What to be careful about when taking pictures during your trips... Illnesses you can catch on your travels, and the precautions you need to take... Things you need to know about other countries... Where to go in each country... Places you absolutely must visit in Turkey... These and many more necessary and fun details...
Do not even consider hitting the road without this guide in your hand!
Written By Prof.Dr.Orhan Kural
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 200pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
• The Cook’s Guide for Newlyweds, Singles, and Students (Yemek Kitabı)
With ingredients that are easy to find, and cheap, this book offers you the chance of cooking easy, practical, yet “simply wonderful” foods to decorate your table, and (yum) to please your stomach. These dishes are also inspired by the world-famous, mouth-watering, gourmet-pleasing cuisine of Turkish culture.
Written By Firdevs Altindaş
Format: 11,5 X 21 cm
Paperback – 260pp.
Age: 9+
Rights: World
