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      Children's & YA

      Woodwalkers & Friends (1). Fantastic Feline Friends

      by Katja Brandis/Claudia Carls

      You have never seen the Woodwalkers like this before: find out about the lives of the puma boy Carag and his shapeshifting friends outside the school walls. The young puma shapeshifter Carag is really looking forward to the school holidays. He’s going to visit the family of his girlfriend Tikaani for the first time, so that they can celebrate her birthday together. But before they can head for the far north, they are overtaken by events. First, two self-willed companions join them, and then Carag receives a call for help from his own puma family. A hostile wolf pack has taken over their old den close to Clearwater High. There is something not quite right about these wolves. As the situation becomes increasingly fiery, Carag and Tikaani know they can rely on help from Holly the chipmunk. But will the three of them be able to save the day?

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      Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
      February 2003

      Trees, Crops and Soil Fertility: Concepts and Research Methods

      by Edited by Goetz Schroth, Fergus L Sinclair

      Successful agroforestry requires an understanding of the complex relationship between trees, crops and soils. This book provides a review of both economic and biophysical aspects of soil use and research in agroforestry, with an emphasis on nutrient-poor forest and savanna soils. Key topics covered include the economics of soil fertility management, cycling of water, nutrients and organic matter, soil structure, and soil biological processes. The book combines synthetic overviews of research results and a review of methods used in research.From the foreword: “The book is written within a particular context - soil fertility development under agroforestry. At first this may seem very specific and thus limited in appeal and application. But over the last decade or so agroforestry research has been one of the most influential in developing new insights into soil biology and fertility and thus provides a very suitable framework for review of progress. Furthermore the influence of trees on soil is profound and of significance beyond agroforestry systems, so the book is likely to be of interest in the wider spheres of agriculture, forestry and ecological sciences.” Mike Swift, TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya

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      Geography & the Environment
      April 2009

      The Charm of Folk Customs

      by Hong Jiang

      This volume gives an authentic introduction and brief explanation of Chinese folklore and customs from such aspects as mascots, zodiac, folk deities, birthday customs, traditional wedding and funeral ceremonies.

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      DETEKTIF ERIKA

      by Nurul Husna Abdul Halim, Anuar Ismadi Hassim, Rusli Abd Wahab, Maski Yu Latif Yu

      Erika is an introverted kid who enjoys reading at home. Her favourites are the investigation series. Erika was invited to Sofea's birthday party one day. A piece of cake went missing during the party. How did the cake vanish? Who stole it? Erika began investigating the incident.

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      Children's & YA
      2014

      My Sheepdog Chiche

      by Susana Aliano Casales

      Chiche was a brown sheepdog that my grandfather gave my older brother for his birthday. When I was born, Chiche had already lived with us for a few years, so he was part of the family before me.

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      January 2015

      Tilda Apfelkern. Happy Birthday

      Immerwährender Geburtstagskalender

      by Illustriert von Schmachtl, Andreas H.

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      Limnology (freshwater)
      September 2003

      Soil Fertility Decline in the Tropics

      With Case Studies on Plantations

      by Alfred E Hartemink

      Wide coverage of soils and perennial cropping systems in the tropicsSynthesis of decades of researchChallenges assumptions on the benefits of plantations for soil fertilityIt is generally assumed that soil fertility decline is widespread in the tropics and that this is largely associated with annual cropping and subsistence farming. In contrast, perennial plant cover (as in plantation agriculture) provides better protection for the soil.This book reviews these concepts, focusing on soil chemical changes under different land-use systems in the tropics. These include perennial crops, annual crops and forest plantations. Two case studies, on sisal plantations in Tanzania and sugar cane in Papua New Guinea, are presented for detailed analysis. The author demonstrates that soil fertility decline is also a problem on plantations.

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      Children's & YA
      October 2021

      Bella becomes a giraffe princess

      by Christine Warugaba/Valerie Bouthyette

      On her ninth birthday, a lonely orphan named Bella gets a visit from a giraffe. The giraffe later takes her to Giraffe Land to meet the queen. While in Giraffe Land, Bella breaks the spell of of a witch who had planned on destroying Giraffe Land.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      May 2025

      Fertile expectations

      The politics of involuntary childlessness in twentieth-century France

      by Margaret Cook Andersen

      An engaging history of motherhood, demography, and infertility in twentieth-century France, this book explores fraught political and cultural meanings attached to the notion of an "ideal" family size. When statistics revealed a sustained drop in France's birthrate, pronatalist activists pushed for financial benefits, propaganda, and punitive measures to counter declining fertility. Situating infertility within this history, the author details innovations in fertility medicine, cultural awareness of artificial insemination, and changing laws on child adoption. These practices offered new ways of responding to infertility and formed part of a growing expectation of being able to control one's fertility and family size. This book presents the political and cultural context for understanding why private questions about when to start a family, how many children to have, and how to cope with involuntary childlessness, evolved and became part of state demographic policies.

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      Children's & YA

      Little Tiger is not Afraid

      by Wang Zuming

      This book tells us a story about a tiger’s growth. The little Tiger doesn’t get along well with other animals because he always shows off himself. But one day, he burst out crying loudly because his paws are injured by the thistles and thorns. After others animals tried to help him without hesitation, he finally understood that friendship isn’t gained by power and force. Meanwhile, he shared a birthday cake made by his mother with other animals and he gained happiness and joy as well.

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      Myth & legend told as fiction
      January 2023

      An act of love

      by Tania Tinajero

      American supermodel Lena Miles go to a paradise Mexican beach resort to celebrate her birthday along with her rockstar boyfriend and some friends, but she disappears all of a sudden. Now it's the turn for police detective Erendira Sandoval to solve the mystery. But just when the FBI gets involved to hurry up procedures, Erendira finds out the amount of Mexican anonymous women who have also vanished and tries to solve their cases as well.

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      April 2023

      Compass Men's Health

      Healthy, fit and potent at any age

      by Dr. med. André Reitz

      — The book on men's health — Confessions from a urologist — Compact, competent, concise Men are often unwilling to seek medical advice when they have problems. However, a lot of diseases can only be treated if they are detected in time. This book contains comprehensible and entertaining information on all the important questions relating to men's health, from the erection and its disorders, fertility and prostate issues, to sexuality in old age. The author knows what matters to men: he speaks from his experience as a urologist.

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      February 2023

      Tobias Mayer

      or measuring the earth, sea and sky

      by Thomas Knubben

      —300th birthday of Tobias Mayer in February 2023 — The rediscovery of a great scientist — A chapter in the fascinating history of science The story of Tobias Mayer's life (1723 to 1762) is that of a child prodigy and orphan who became a pioneer of the Enlightenment as a cartographer, mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Having never been to university, at the age of 28 he was appointed a professor in Göttingen by the Elector of Hanover and King of England. He revolutionised cartography with his zeal and skill, helping sailors to find the right path across the seas and providing people with the firstever clear view of the moon. 17th February 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Tobias Mayer. High time to recall this prototype of a scientist.

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      April 2016

      The Beautiful Daily Life of Chef Huang

      by Huang Lei

      The Beautiful Daily Life of Chef Huang is a collection of essays in which Huang Lei shares with the readers his memories as a gourmet and his secret recipes. In his nostalgic account, he tells about the delicacies his parents prepared and how he cooked each meal for his wife and children when he grew up. The passage of time has enabled Huang Lei to transform into Chef Huang and to share with the readers his private recipes and the emotional memories associated with them. He is trying to tell the readers that the kitchen harbors happiness and that food brings joy and expresses the life philosophy of “leading a simple but rich life”.

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      April 2023

      Evolutionary Epistemology

      by Gerhard Vollmer

      — The seminal work reissued — A science and philosophy classic — On the occasion of the author's 80th birthday According to evolutionary epistemology, the fact that we can know the world is neither coincidence nor divine providence, but has a natural explanation. Thinking and cognition are achievements of the human brain. Our cognitive structures fit into our world because they have evolved in adaptation to this world. This fit is not ideal, but it is enough for survival under competition. Gerhard Vollmer was instrumental in developing evolutionary epistemology. In his standard work, he explains the achievements and failures of our cognitive apparatus.

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