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      Children's & YA

      The Candy Guild (1). The Magic Pact

      by Tanja Voosen/ Viktoria Gavrilenko

      The most magical adventure since the discovery of chocolate! Do you believe in magic and miracles? Everyone in the little town of Belony takes magic and miracles for granted – everyone except Elina, who thinks it’s all a load of nonsense. That is, until her nervous neighbour Charlie happens to get hold of a bar of chocolate that has a very strange effect on her. Suddenly Elina is convinced that Charlie has fallen under a spell. Of all people, it’s shy Robin who comes to the girl’s rescue. He is a member of a Candy Guild family – people who have the ability to create magic sweets that will help others. This is how he knows that only the mysterious Candy Guild can lift the curse on Charlie. With a suitcase full of magic sweets, the three of them set out on a dangerous quest. Because not everyone keeps to the pact that magic sweets should only be used to do good… The Candy Guild. The Magic Pact is the first in a new series of magic-fantasy books for children of 9+ - as enchanting as chocolate and as wild as a Christmas cracker!

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      November 2000

      Shy Boy

      Gespräche mit einem Mustang

      by Roberts, Monty

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      November 2019

      The Alien Spies

      by Yang Peng

      Could one timid school-girl defeat aliens who plan to take over every junior school-kid’s body? In London, timid teenager Amie sees nasty bullies beating up her school-friends and hypnotizing female teachers. She can’t get anyone to take the attacks seriously, then discovers that the bullies are shape-shifting, gravity-defying aliens intent on taking over the bodies of kids in junior schools all over the world. When the massive, invulnerable alien Mothership arrives, with 100s of smaller space-ships with laser-guns, the Government launches 100s of war-planes and soldiers to battle the invaders. But, they’re invulnerable and only Amie can beat them. Can she find new courage to save herself, family, friends and the school-kids by defeating the aliens?

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      Children's & YA
      2020

      Why does Panther have spots?

      by Ulrich Talla Wamba

      "Why does Panther have spots?" is a short tale that tells the story of a lazy and unruly little panther. A book that tells in an innocent and naive way the origin of the black spots on the skin of panthers to toddlers.

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      2024

      Matatu from Watamu Drove Into the Sea

      by Muthoni Muchemi

      A Rasta driver drives his matatu into the deep blue Indian Ocean. Hoping to make lots of money from shy passengers, he hires an octopus as his tout. When the matatu drives as badly in the sea as it does on land, sea creatures are shocked and outraged. Read along, cheering for or against the 'Matatu From Watamu

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      Fiction
      February 2025

      Dear Algorithm

      The Wed Luck Show

      by Michael Afenfia

      Two sisters living in two different cities, one in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and the other in Saskatoon, Canada have big announcements to make to their parents about marriage and finding love. While the older sister, Mondi appeared unsure of where she stood between convention and what she desired, her younger sister Yola was all set for an extreme adventure that threatened to tear their family apart.

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      Children's & YA

      Amazing Parasites:plants, fungi, animals

      by Alyona Vasnetsova

      We often use the word parasite meaning a lazy sponger. In biology however, organisms living at the expense of others are called parasites. We are surrounded by these creatures, they are everywhere, sometimes inside us, too! What a huge community! Plants, fungi, insects, even fish, birds and animals! Learn about how parasites live, why they are needed in nature and what use they can be to us.

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      Children's & YA

      The Makers Club

      Game On!

      by Reimena Yee, Melanie Ujimori

      Timid artist Nadia is in awe of her new teammate. Priya’s a gamer, she’s smart, andshe knows how to code—so this environmental video game they’re building shoulddefinitely win the top prize at the Pangolin Secondary School Science Fair, right? ButNadia and Priya soon discover that there’s a lot more to making a game than codingand sprites. Will the girls be able to overcome their differences or will it be gameover for them far too soon?

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      The Land of Zeekola

      by Amr Abdelhamid

      Can you imagine entering a crypt to find yourself in a strange land whose people deal with intelligence units? You work and do not take your wage in cash, but rather your intelligence units increase, and if you buy something, they decrease. It is the wondrous land of Zeekola, where there is no place for lazy ones. Whoever runs out of units will be killed. A strange adventure in which the novel takes us with its hero Khaled, who suddenly finds himself there to get to know that country. We live with its people, witness his meeting with the doctor Aseel, and go with him on a path he never choose.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences
      August 2010

      Dictionary of British Politics

      Second edition

      by Bill Jones, Bill Jones

      From Diane Abbott to Hugo Young via Keynesianism and Thatcherism, from Major to Millbank and from New Labour to Norman Tebbitt, this book is the ultimate student reference guide to British politics. The 2nd edition has been fully updated to take account of all the changes that have taken place in British politics since 2004. With over one thousand entries, the book covers the personalities, policies and institutions that have shaped British politics, with special emphasis on developments since the beginning of the twentieth century. This is the ideal instant reference book on British politics. It provides the reader with short, authoritative explanations and definitions of key terms, institutions, offices of state, political events, processes and policies as well as biographies of well known politicians, political thinkers, movements and theorists. Any student unsure of a term, an event, the details of the life of a prominent politician, or the inner workings of an institution can turn to this book for immediate assistance. ;

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      Literature & Literary Studies
      June 2004

      Secret Shakespeare

      Studies in theatre, religion and resistance

      by Richard Wilson

      Shakespeare's Catholic context was the most important literary discovery of the last century. No biography of the Bard is now complete without chapters on the paranoia and persecution in which he was educated, or the treason which engulfed his family. Whether to suffer outrageous fortune or take up arms in suicidal resistance was, as Hamlet says, 'the question' that fired Shakespeare's stage. In 'Secret Shakespeare' Richard Wilson asks why the dramatist remained so enigmatic about his own beliefs, and so silent on the atrocities he survived. Shakespeare constructed a drama not of discovery, like his rivals, but of darkness, deferral, evasion and disguise, where, for all his hopes of a 'golden time' of future toleration, 'What's to come' is always unsure. Whether or not 'He died a papist', it is because we can never 'pluck out the heart' of his mystery that Shakespeare's plays retain their unique potential to resist. This is a fascinating work, which will be essential reading for all scholars of Shakespeare and Renaissance studies. ;

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      March 2020

      Little Xianggu and Little Devil's Bone

      by Qin Wenjun

      This book is a classic work created in the image of Qin Wenjun's daughter Xiaoniao. "Little Xianggu and Little Devil's Bone" contains 27 stories, shaping a group of girls with distinctive characters. Little Xianggu is a girl with small hands and a timid heart, but can give the world warmth and true feelings. An incident made mother who were gentle enough to be a nurse and father who were handsome enough to be on TV every day suddenly started ignoring her, thus starting a series of life stories at her grandmother's house. Little Xianggu, who lives in grandma's house, and several of her cousins form a small world of girls. The big man He Sang, the bud girl Xianggu, the ingenious Meihua, etc. They have different temper and characters, but they all share a shining and beautiful in their youth that deeply rooted in the heavy real life—to observe and feel the whole world in the eyes of children, its enriched writing content contains profound life philosophy.

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      Children's & YA
      June 2021

      T wie Tessa - Plötzlich Geheimagentin (Band 1)

      by Frauke Scheunemann

      T for Tessa - Suddenly Secret Agent (Vol. 1) T for Tessa and top secret! The first volume of a new secret agent series combines coolness, a touch of romance, and a ton of humor as Tessa trips into her first detective case. Together with her Mongolian gerbil Hector, a talking sidekick, Tessa soon turns into a real top-notch agent. Of course, she still retains her chaotic nature, which makes for a lot of situation comedy. Extremely shy and clumsy – it’s no wonder Tessa would rather be someone else. Like a member of Gimme Four, for example, the super famous girl group at her school. Then the unimaginable happens: Tessa passes the audition and makes it into the band! But it’s not exactly what she thought it would be. The rehearsals are disrupted by sketchy fans, wild chases at night, and ruthless mafiosi. And Tessa’s new band mates seem to have other hobbies besides music. Or how else would you explain the weapons in the instrument cases?

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      2020

      Development as Rebellion

      A Biography of Julius Nyerere

      by Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, Ng’wanza Kamata

      This is the first comprehensive biography of Julius Nyerere, a national liberation leader, the first president of Tanzania and an outstanding statesman of Africa and the global south. Written by three prominent Tanzanians, the work spans over 1200 pages in three volumes. It delves into Nyerere's early days among his chiefly family, and the traditions, friends and education that moulded his philosophy and political thought. All these provide the backdrop for his entrance into nationalist politics, the founding of the independence movement and his original experiment with socialism. The work took six years to research and write, involving extensive and wide-ranging interviews with persons from all walks of life in Tanzania and abroad. Among these were several leaders in East and Southern Africa who were based in Dar es salaam during their liberation struggles. The authors also visited several British universities and archives with material related to Nyerere and Tanzania, thus enriching the work with primary sources that not available in Tanzania. The book does not shy away from a critical assessment of Nyerere’s life and times. It reveals the philosopher ruler’s dilemmas and tensions between freedom and necessity, determinism and voluntarism and, above all, between territorial nationalism and continental Pan-Africanism.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences

      Life Skills for autistic adolescents

      Life Skills for autistic adolescents aims to help autistic teens address that challenge and develop the necessary skills to cope successfully.

      by Alice Kassotaki - Speech Language Pathologist MSc, BSc

      Life Skills Age Group: 12 years and over This book includes 40 stories designed to help readers acknowledge and understand different social norms and learn how to respond appropriately. Each story is accompanied by activities that encourage adolescents to practice their learned skills in a structured manner. Additionally, the book covers important topics such as: Developing empathy and self-awareness to help adolescents identify and accept their feelings. Guidance for parents and teachers to support adolescents in developing social skills effectively. "Life Skills for Autistic Adolescents" is a valuable resource for helping older children improve their social skills and build healthy relationships.

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      Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's/YA)

      Picture Books about Emotion Management for Girls

      by Le Fan, Liu Chanjuan, Liu Jiaxi

      While growing up, girls are more likely than boys to receive contradictory expectations from different aspects of their lives: parents, teachers, peers, society, and themselves. They could be rebellious but at the same time remain "good girls". They could express anger against bullies at school while simultaneously meeting teachers' expectations of nonaggressive behavior. They could be powerful and competitive at the same time that they worry about being considered "unfeminine". Girls struggle with these conflicting messages in their everyday lives, trying to please all these other people and losing track of themselves. Writer Le Fan, who has experienced the same contradictions as growing up, hopes that girls could love themselves, put themselves first a little more. So here comes the Picture Books about Emotion Management for Girls. The series contains five stories of five courageous little girls who were experiencing confusion in their lives. Little Le Fan in I am not Just a Good Girl tried to find the balance between two sides of herself—a cool girl and a good girl. Xiaoxiao in I love myself learned to be more confident and accepted her new look after her baby teeth fell out. Jiang in I'm so Jealous learned to deal with jealousy towards her best friend. A timid girl Xiao in I can Say No strived to express herself and stop the little boy's bullies. Feng in I Really Want to Win embraced her inner "tomboy" with daddy's encouragement. All the five little girls, though struggling, broke out of cultural and societal stereotypes swirling around them and became their true selves.

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      Humanities & Social Sciences

      Transitions for autistic adolescents

      This book is an excellent resource tailored to autistic adolescents and all adolescents struggling to cope with the complexity of change.

      by Alice Kassotaki - Speech Language Pathologist MSc, BSc

      Age Group: 12 years and over This book is an essential resource for autistic adolescents and all young people who struggle with coping with the complexity of change. It provides a comprehensive approach to managing transitions, covering everything from simple everyday adjustments to significant life events. The book is structured into two key sections: Part One: Features sixty compelling stories about transition, each with a set of options and a detailed timeline to guide adolescents through the stages before, during, and after the change. Part Two: Focuses on the importance of communication through writing, offering tools to help adolescents describe their feelings, identify challenges, and set personal goals. By fostering an environment of understanding and practical strategies, Transitions for Autistic Adolescents helps young people manage changes with confidence and resilience. It takes into account the unique needs, preferences, and strengths of autistic individuals, ensuring a personalized approach to transition management. Through preparation, support, and structured strategies, this book reduces the stress of change and empowers adolescents to handle transitions smoothly.

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