Where there are novels and other books?
No one can learn (German) all day. The nerves needs variety and the soul flowers. Books are available in almost all languages. In bookstores you can order and buy them, in libraries read and borrow them - from Harry Potter in French to German-Turkish poetry collections.
Which books are available in which languages? That you can see at online-bookstores as buecher.de.
Who wants to have a book in Arabic or Persian, will find it in specialized online-bookstores as tamakai.
In libraries, you can borrow books. But you have to pay it. But read there an existing book, is for free.
For Bremen: If you want to take library books home, you need a BiB-Card. That is free for refugees, pupils and students.
books and language learning programs
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Recommended reading: Easy arrival - A short guide for immigration to Germany
What: A Guide: Immigration and Balanced Integration into German Society, 2015, 111 pages, 6,50 Euro
By whom: Rose Baaba Folson
In which language: english
To order: by Minerva Consulting Bremen, rfolson@ymail.com
Not only the immigration to Germany is difficult, but also the integration. One reason is the legal system. There are laws for working times and a dual educational system, special ID-cards for the disabled and counselling for pregnant women, which are difficult for even many Germans to understand, and much more complicated for those who did not grow up here. Further more, they need to know the laws and regulations for residency and the process of "Einbürgerung" ("Naturalisation").
The guide, "Immigration and Balanced Integration into German Society", gives a short and easily comprehensive overview of these important areas in English. It is written by the sociology professor Rose Folson. She comes from Ghana, worked a long time in Canada and has been counselling non-Germans in Bremen for several years.
In her booklet she answers questions she has been asked over and over again - from "how does the system of Mietdeponat/rent deposit or the notification of change of address" to "do you need the original packaging, if you want to change something". She needs only one paragraph to explain areas, such as labor law and child benefit - from Labour Law to legal weekly hours of work. She gives a compressed introduction, which offers important internet addresses.