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September 2024Enia und der Regenzauber
by Antonia Michaelis, Sanna Wandtke
Auf der Suche nach dem Regenmacher Die 11-jährige Enia und ihr Biologen-Papa reisen nach Madagaskar, um auf die Suche nach einem als ausgestorben geltenden Tier zu gehen: einem winzigen Lemuren mit Flügeln. Angekommen in einem kleinen Dorf im Süden des Landes erfahren sie, dass dieses Tier magische Fähigkeiten haben soll: Es kann angeblich Wasser finden! Und das brauchen die Bewohner des Dorfs unbedingt, denn schon viel zu lange ist es trocken. Wenn die Regenzeit auch dieses Jahr ausbleibt, müssen sie ihre Felder endgültig aufgeben. Zusammen mit einigen Kindern aus dem Dorf macht Enia sich auf eine gefährliche Suche nach dem Lemuren. Denn auch eine skrupellose Räuberbande, die Dahalos, möchte das Tier unbedingt in die Finger bekommen … Enia und der Regenzauber: Ein großes Abenteuer auf Madagaskar Empathisch und inspirierend: Ein wunderbares Kinderbuch ab 10 Jahren über die tiefe Freundschaft zwischen Enia und den Kindern des Dorfes, welche zeigt, dass Zusammenhalt und Mut Berge versetzen können. Abenteuerliche Geschichte: Eine spannende Abenteuergeschichte mit dem Zauber ferner Länder - ideal für alle, die von Abenteuern und fernen Welten träumen. Magischer Realismus: Eine faszinierende Mischung aus magischer Fantasy und realistischen Elementen, die die Fantasie der Kinder beflügelt. Starke Figuren: Die wunderbaren Charaktere sind mutig, eigensinnig und ideenreich und zeigen die Kraft, die entsteht, wenn man fest an etwas glaubt. Wichtiges Thema: Der Kinderbuchroman sensibilisiert junge Leser*innen für die Folgen des Klimawandels und regt zum Nachdenken an. Erfahrung aus Madagaskar: Autorin Antonia Michaelis bringt ihre persönlichen Erlebnisse aus Madagaskar ein, wo sie eine Dorfschule gebaut und ein Patenprogramm für Kinder ins Leben gerufen hat.
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Geography & the EnvironmentChasing Lemurs
My Journey Into The Heart of Madagascar
by Keriann McGoogan
At age 25 Keriann McGoogan scored the research project of her dreams--a chance for fieldwork studying lemurs in the remote forests of Madagascar. It is an exotic adventure story, a surprise journey of self-discovery, and a deeply personal appreciation of a place that is unlike any other. She also encountered an incredible challenge when her right-hand man became delirious with malaria. Keriann was left to lead her small band of locals on a three-day trek to safety.
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November 2020ON THE LIVES OF LEMURS
A short treatise on natural history
by ANDREA ANTINORI
Have you ever heard a lemur sing? And did you know that in the morning they sunbathe in a position reminiscent of yoga? With a strictly invented story and many completely true facts, Andrea Antinori takes us on a journey to discover the habits and quirks of one of the funniest animals on the planet. A story that begins 50 million years ago, when they left Africa on board a sperm whale and landed in Madagascar…
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2019Music Boxes
by Tonja Drecker
“I only desire your talent...” Twelve-year-old Lindsey McKay's biggest dream is to be a famous ballerina. But after moving to New York, she ends up at the Community Center with a teacher who’s a burly bear in tights. When she meets Madame Destinée, the teacher of a top dance school who offers her classes for free, Lindsey can't believe her luck. In exchange, she must perform in the school’s exclusive midnight shows, ones sure to make her a star. But something’s not right... One by one, the other dancers disappear. Each time they do, a music box with a figurine just like the missing ballerina joins Madame Destinée’s growing collection. If Lindsey doesn’t discover the truth about the dance school, she might end up a tiny figurine herself.
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2020Bubba and Squirt's Mayan Adventure
by Sherry Ellis
An ancient Mayan civilization! That's what Bubba and Squirt find when they travel through the mysterious vortex for another wild adventure. There they meet archeologists who are unearthing priceless artifacts. But someone is stealing them. And an encounter with the Tate Duende awakens magic within Bubba. Throw in the mysterious Alux and a new discovery and things get sticky. Will Bubba and Squirt solve the mystery, or will they be stuck forever in the jungles of Belize?
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2020Lost Helix
by Scott Coon
Lost Helix is the key… Stuck on an asteroid mining facility, DJ dreams of writing music. His dad is a corporate hacker and his best friend Paul intends to escape to become a settler in a planet-wide land rush, but neither interests DJ. When his dad goes missing, DJ finds a file containing evidence of a secret war of industrial sabotage, a file encrypted by his dad using DJ's song Lost Helix. Caught in a crossfire of lies, DJ must find his father and the mother he never knew. When the mining company sends Agent Coreman after DJ and his guitar, DJ and Paul escape the facility and make a run for civilization. Will DJ discover the truth before Coreman catches him?
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2020Voyagers
The Third Ghost
by Yvonne Ventresca, Katharina Gerlach, Roland Clarke, Sherry Ellis, Rebecca M. Douglass, Bish Denham, Charles Kowalski, Louise MacBeath Barbour, Beth Anderson Schuck, L.T. Ward.
Journey into the past… Will the third ghost be found before fires take more lives? Can everyone be warned before Pompeii is buried again? What happens if a blizzard traps a family in East Germany? Will the Firebird help Soviet sisters outwit evil during WWII? And sneaking off to see the first aeroplane – what could go wrong? Ten authors explore the past, sending their young protagonists on harrowing adventures. Featuring the talents of Yvonne Ventresca, Katharina Gerlach, Roland Clarke, Sherry Ellis, Rebecca M. Douglass, Bish Denham, Charles Kowalski, Louise MacBeath Barbour, Beth Anderson Schuck, and L.T. Ward. Hand-picked by a panel of agents, authors, and editors, these ten tales will take readers on a voyage of wonder into history. Get ready for an exciting ride! Founded by author Alex J. Cavanaugh, the Insecure Writer’s Support Group offers support for writers and authors alike. It provides an online database; articles; monthly blog posting; Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram groups; #IWSGPit, and a newsletter.
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2016Matowak
Woman Who Cries
by Joylene Nowell Butler
A murder enveloped in pain and mystery... When Canada's retired Minister of National Defense, Leland Warner, is murdered in his home, the case is handed to Corporal Danny Killian, an aboriginal man tortured by his wife's unsolved murder. The suspect, 60-year-old Sally Warner, still grieves for the loss of her two sons, dead in a suicide/murder eighteen months earlier. Confused and damaged, she sees in Corporal Killian a friend sympathetic to her grief and suffering and wants more than anything to trust him. Danny finds himself with a difficult choice—indict his prime suspect, the dead minister's horribly abused wife or find a way to protect her and risk demotion. Or worse, transfer away from the scene of his wife’s murder and the guilt that haunts him...
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2015Dragon of the Stars
by Alex J. Cavanaugh
The ship of legends... The future is set for Lt. Commander Aden Pendar, son of a Hyrathian Duke. Poised to secure his own command and marriage to the queen’s daughter, he’ll stop at nothing to achieve his goals. But when the Alliance denies Hyrath’s claim on the planet of Kavil and declares war on their world, Aden finds his plans in disarray. Entrenched in battle and told he won’t make captain, Aden’s world begins to collapse. How will he salvage his career and future during Hyrath’s darkest hour? One chance remains–the Dragon. Lost many years prior, the legendary ship’s unique weapon is Hyrath’s only hope. Can Aden find the Dragon, save his people, and prove he’s capable of commanding his own ship?
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2010CassaStar
by Alex J. Cavanaugh
To pilot the fleet’s finest ship… Few options remain for Byron. A talented but stubborn young man with a troubled past and rebellious attitude, his cockpit skills are his only hope. Slated to train as a Cosbolt fighter pilot, Byron is determined to prove his worth and begin a new life as he sets off for the moon base of Guaard. Much to Byron’s chagrin the toughest instructor in the fleet takes notice of the young pilot. Haunted by a past tragedy, Bassa eventually sees through Byron's tough exterior and insolence. When a secret talent is revealed during training, Bassa feels compelled to help Byron achieve his full potential. As war brews on the edge of space, time is running short. Byron requires a navigator of exceptional quality to survive, and Bassa must make a decision that could well decide the fate of both men. Will their skills be enough as they embark on a mission that may stretch their abilities to the limit?
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2012CassaFire
by Alex J. Cavanaugh
CassaStar was just the beginning… The Vindicarn War is a distant memory and Byron’s days of piloting Cosbolt fighters are over. He has kept the promise he made to his fallen mentor and friend - to probe space on an exploration vessel. Shuttle work is dull, but it’s a free and solitary existence. The senior officer is content with his life aboard the Rennather. The detection of alien ruins sends the exploration ship to the distant planet of Tgren. If their scientists can decipher the language, they can unlock the secrets of this device. Is it a key to the Tgren’s civilization or a weapon of unimaginable power? Tensions mount as their new allies are suspicious of the Cassan’s technology and strange mental abilities. To complicate matters, the Tgrens are showing signs of mental powers themselves; the strongest of which belongs to a pilot named Athee, a woman whose skills rival Byron’s unique abilities. Forced to train her mind and further develop her flying aptitude, he finds his patience strained. Add a reluctant friendship with a young scientist, and he feels invaded on every level. All Byron wanted was his privacy…
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2013CassaStorm
by Alex J. Cavanaugh
A storm gathers across the galaxy… Commanding the Cassan base on Tgren, Byron thought he’d put the days of battle behind him. As a galaxy-wide war encroaches upon the desert planet, Byron’s ideal life is threatened and he’s caught between the Tgrens and the Cassans. After enemy ships attack the desert planet, Byron discovers another battle within his own family. The declaration of war between all ten races triggers nightmares in his son, threatening to destroy the boy’s mind. Meanwhile the ancient alien ship is transmitting a code that might signal the end of all life in the galaxy. And the mysterious probe that almost destroyed Tgren twenty years ago could return. As his world begins to crumble, Byron suspects a connection. The storm is about to break, and Byron is caught in the middle…
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2021The Window
by Dave Cole
A dark window to the future… Everything changed the day Brian Bingham looked out the attic window and saw something that wouldn't happen for another week. Through a mysterious window no one else can see, Brian gains a portal into the future. But the future is not always something he wants to see. Brian has enough troubles in the present without worrying about the future. His parents are constantly fighting, his grades are plummeting, and his new relationship with Charlotte, a girl way out of his league, is in jeopardy. When the window reveals his best friend's brutal death, Brian’s world is turned upside down. He must find a way to change the future…or die trying.
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Veterinary medicineSeptember 2022Wildlife Medicine and Health Management
by M.G. Jayathangara & Gunjan Das
The book with a title of Wildlife Medicine and Health Management has been prepared primarily with an idea of satisfying the criteria of the wildlife related syllabus for the veterinary students undertaking their degree programme in various veterinary institutions of this country. However, this book has additional information with regard to the catering of wildlife veterinarians serving in various zoos or wildlife regions of this country as well as in other countries. Different photographs pertaining to the health and disease management in wild fauna have been duly presented in places where they are required and the requirements pertaining to carrying out the therapeutic approaches in wild animals are also concurrently presented. Understanding about the various species of wild animals is the basis for exercising the wildlife medicine at any zoo or zoological park or zoological garden. In this manner, this book has incorporations with regard to the identification of various parasitic fauna in captive wild animals. Various features pertaining to the captive breeding of wild animals, housing and feeding are being dealt in this book, carefully. To name the few special information, the technical features with regard to the management of health and diseases in elephants, reptilian features and clinical examination procedures to be adapted with regard to the aviary species have also been incorporated in this book. Gadgets with regard to the physical as well as the chemical restraint of wild animals that are frequently encountered by the veterinarians in the field condition are also detailed elaborately, in addition to the dose rates of various drugs useful for the chemical control of wild animals. Different sampling procedures including the ones in crocodiles and elephants are presented in a good manner, so that the readers esp. the veterinary students doing their undergraduate degree in veterinary sciences and animal husbandry can understand about this subject in a clarified manner.
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Children's & YAJune 2020The Great Maze Adventure
Light Heroes Look for The Demon Lord of Darkness
by Yuka Yamaoka / Momoko Murata
Shine a black light to make 290 kinds of monsters & mazes appear to save the Kingdom of Light with the fairy Luna, a flying cat named Tobi and Ai, the Guardian of the Sword. As the 4th title in our Black Light series, 9 exciting maze stages - starting from “Castle Town” and “Light Castle”, to “The Sea of Kraken”, and “The Island of Fury” - are full of fun illustrations and printed in 7 colors(RGB+CMYK). In the appendix, details of each unique monster, as well as bonus challenges, are included.
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Travel & holiday guidesJune 2014Madagascar
by Hilary Bradt & Daniel Austin
Madagascar, the naturalist's 'promised land', attracts visitors with its stunning scenery and endemic wildlife, from lemurs and aye-ayes to mantella frogs and sunbirds. From the Nosy Be archipelago to the enchanting coastal town of Fort Dauphin via the capital Antananarivo and the bizarre limestone plateau at Ankarana, Bradt's Madagascar covers all the national parks and protected areas, with itineraries to suit all interests and budgets. Co-authors Daniel Austin and Hilary Bradt have guided mesmerised visitors on more than 30 trips to Madagascar and their personal anecdotes and unparalleled knowledge, combined with input from around 50 experts, make this the most informative and indispensable guide on the market.
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October 2020Adventures in Conservation
A Wildlife Vet in the Jungle
by Hannah Emde
The jungle makes her feel at home: Hannah Emde is a twenty-sevenyear old veterinarian dedicated to wildlife conservation. Sheworks with the elusive clouded leopard in Borneo, with endangeredscarlet macaws in Guatemala or occasionally with a four-metre-long python in the wild. The young vet travels all across theglobe to protect animals from extinction and is fascinated by thetropical rainforest. Emde writes compellingly about the beauty ofthe jungle and describes in powerful, urgent terms why exotic animalslike lemurs in Madagascar or bull sharks in Costa Rica becameendangered. She points out how each and one of us canhelp protecting their habitats.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesGOOD INTENTIONS, BAD IDEAS
by Zhou Xiaofeng
This is a story about communication and understanding. The boy Andy, who had lost Tata the rabbit, was determined to become a vet when he grew up. One day, he got a chance to take care of the baby animals that had lost their parents somehow in the zoo. Here he met Ouch the gibbon, Tutu the wombat, Toady the ruffed lemur, Bell the meerkat, Clumsy the bird and Black Flash the crow duo.... He gave medical advice to those animals, stayed by their side in their most painful time and looked after them, but the baby animals could not understand his good intentions—they made all kinds of trouble for him and even called him “Devil”. It was a battle of wits and courage every day...
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Travel & holiday guidesAugust 2012Madagascar Highlights
by Daniel Austin & Hilary Bradt
Madagascar's isolation means most of its mammals, birds, and plants exist nowhere else on earth. _x000D_ This guide showcases the best of the island with details of all the sights included in tour operators' itineraries; trips along the Route Nationale 7, around Nosy Be, days trips around Antananarivo, and tours to the east and southwest of the country. Detailed maps include 'the top spots' - the six places most favoured by tour operators, and a birders' map identifies the island's key locations to spot birds. An authoritative chapter on conservation discusses many of the islands projects and outlines how visitors can help. With full colour photographs throughout, this handy book also acts as a field guide to lemurs, chameleons and a host of other exotic plants and animals. _x000D_ _x000D_
