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      • MIS Publishing Co., Ltd.

        MIS Publishing Co., Ltd. is one of the creators of best-selling educational books and materials in Thailand. Our mission is to create high-quality books at a reasonable price everyone can afford. . Our company produces high-quality content and hi-tech learning multimedia with care in every detail for people of all ages, especially young learners. We have a strong team of creative writers in different specific fields, and native speakers with perfect accents to ensure that all products will be pleased and accurate. . From small beginnings, MIS has been growing at a rapid pace. We never stop developing new products for all book lovers. We have sold book rights to many foreign publishing houses in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and still counting.

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      • Trusted Partner
        September 2019

        Conga Line on the Amazon

        by David Myles Robinson

        David Myles Robinson was eight years old when he first got hooked on travel. Since then, he’s seen most of the world—all its continents plus, he laments, “far too many places where travel is now off-limits.”After a lifetime of visiting near and far, in heat and in cold, in comfort and in danger, Robinson has put it all together now in this unique collection of the varied travel adventures he’s found—and the lessons he’s learned from them. A Fellini-esque view of the Amazon, a Mercedes caravan to Istanbul, Jane Goodall's amazing chimps—just part of a travel trunk full of experiences guaranteed to keep you seesawing from “Boy, I'd love to do that" to “Sure glad it was him, not me.”In Conga Line on the Amazon, Robinson brings to his first travel book the same gift for intriguing narrative and sharp characterization that has won praise for his six highly successful novels. Some of his tales may be for the strong of heart, but they’re all for the reader with a yen to be entertained by one intrepid man’s adventures and misadventures exploring the strange and wonderful world we live in.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        History on Track Number 14

        by Nastya Muzichenko (Author), Khrystyna Lukashchuk (Illustrator)

        On Christmas’ Eve, toy steam locomotive Hriuk lost its owner at the Kyiv-Passenger railway station. But thanks to this mishap, it got acquainted with its unique relatives – the residents of track number 14, where the Museum of Railway Transport of Kyiv is situated. Now young Drezyna, fast Manevrovyi, Mr Steam Locomotive from Budapest, and other residents of the museum exhibition will help and comfort baby Hriuk. They will also tell him and you more about themselves and Ukraine's railway heritage.   From 4 to 9 years, 3500 words Rightsholders: publishing@man.gov.ua

      • Trusted Partner
        March 2020

        The Buddies

        by Qin Wenjun

        This volume is short, the language is simple and fluent, and it tells the naughty story of "I" (Zhu Duoxing) and cousin Xiaosha in a first-person perspective. Zhu Duoxing and his cousin Xiaosha are in the same class, and they are messing around all the time. But Xiaosha has really bad luck, because his name sounds like "Xiaosha", which means "little dumb". Unlike the usual stories of little troublemakers, these stories are told from the standpoint of troublemakers. For example, watering the flowers and grass downstairs with a shower nozzel, and spray graffiti on the walls, etc. When female writer writes a boy story, you can feel how the boys are both naughty and dashing at the same time, which fully demonstrated the writer's solid writing skill. You will read the reason for every trick or trouble they make. Looking at the world of adults from the child's perspective, it is hard to tell if the child is ridiculous or the other way around. According to Qin Wenjun, many of the stories of these two little troublemakers evolved from the actions of her two younger brothers. Those are some remarkable naughty days, full of fun and innocence.

      • Trusted Partner
        January 2020

        Nuclear Accidents and Disasters, Revised Edition

        by James A. Mahaffey, Ph.D.

        A nuclear accident can involve an explosion, destroying equipment or an entire building and spreading radioactive material over a wide area. When readers think of an explosion, they imagine a large, orange fireball and a great deal of yellow flame. In reality, that is not an accurate depiction of an explosion anywhere except in an oil refinery. Movie directors tend to enhance the drama of an explosion by including a few barrels of gasoline, so that there is a lot of color and a big ball of fire. The results of a nuclear explosion are equally as devastating, but there is no fireball. Written in easy-to-understand language, Nuclear Accidents and Disasters, Revised Edition is an examination of the learning process that has occurred over the last half century regarding the nuclear power industry. This updated, full-color resource features information on the massive reactor explosion at Chernobyl in Ukraine, Jimmy Carter's experience with a reactor meltdown in Canada, and the ghost village of Pripiyat, Russia. It also examines the various lessons learned from a half century of mishaps and how the nuclear power industry has changed operating procedures and equipment designs due to detailed accident analysis.

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        AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A ZEN MONK

        by Taisen Deshimaru

        A story of bravery and false starts, Autobiography of a Zen Monk candidly recounts the author’s development from a highly mischievous Japanese boy into a world-renowned Sensei (Teacher) of Zen. While countless memoirs exist written by Zen students and teachers, few are as engaging and as tantalizing as Taisen Deshimaru’s. Looking back at his early life, growing up in Japan, from the viewpoint of his status as a Zen teacher in Paris, the author reflects on his earliest misadventures—from defacing a valuable painting of Bodhidharma as a child, to turning the “Zen stick” on a young monk during a retreat. Adventures abound with stories about alcohol and women, during his student years, and his activities during World War II in working for the arms industry in Malaysia, where he was sympathetic to the underground freedom movement. This first English-language translation of Taisen Deshimaru’s autobiography will be prized for its clear and honest documentation of this great master’s life. Many people all over the world have been influenced by Deshimaru’s Zen teachings, especially his book on Zen and the martial arts. This memoir fills an important gap in our knowledge of his teacher, Kodo Sawaki’s influence on the world of Zen. The story of how Deshimaru met Sawaki as a boy, even slept in the same room with him, and later received monastic ordination is the story of a lifelong friendship of two extraordinary characters in the history of modern Zen. Deshimaru’s influence extends beyond Zen practitioners, though, especially in those interested in the martial arts, as he touches on his martial arts experience as a young man and offers a look into the master’s early training. Additional interest extends to historians who recount the supposed “scandals” of Zen masters’ participation in the war effort. Although Deshimaru’s viewpoint is decidedly subjective, he was intimately acquainted with priests and generals alike, and approaches the difficult subject with a refreshing lack of judgmental disdain which counterbalances many other more lopsided works. Translator, Richard Collins, a longtime Zen practitioner, and currently the Abbot of the New Orleans Zen Temple, is a literature scholar and author of several books including No Fear Zen, Hohm Press, 2014. His knowledge of the subject matter and his finesse with language combine to make this book a delightful read for those who appreciate wellwritten memoir.

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        Children's & YA
        2019

        Darling

        by Jessica Bosworth Smith

        From the illustrator of The Straw Giant & The Crow comes a new picture book, Liefie. Explore the wonders and worries of having a surprise new child with this heart-melting family of otters! 'Liefie' by Jessica Bosworth Smith is an incredibly heart-warming and humorous take on a family of otters, who have a surprise laat-lammetjie (Afrikaans term — "the late lamb" — which is a South African phrase for a surprise child born long after their siblings).

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        Children's & YA

        Nyiragitwa: Daughter of Sacyega

        by Mr Ndamyumugabe (Author), Jerome Irankunda (Author), Erin Jessee (Author), Christian Mugarura (Illustrator)

        This graphic novel tells the story of Nyiragitwa, a Rwandan woman who is believed to have lived in the seventeenth century. It is based on an oral tradition that was shared by a man named Ndamyumugabe with the Belgian historian Jan Vansina in 1958 and raises important questions about how Rwandan women might have lived and contributed to their communities in the past.

      • Football (Soccer, Association football)
        April 2008

        Worst of Football, The

        From Brawls to Bribery, the Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game

        by Nigel Henderson

        Subtitled ‘From Brawls to Bribery, the Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game’, The Worst of Football is one of the best-selling titles in Pitch’s popular ‘Worst of Sport’ series. The book takes a humorous look at the whole catalogue of malevolence, misadventure and madness associated with the sport – corruption, violence, drunkenness, incompetence – on and off the pitch. The Worst of Football gets right under the skin of game: from the superstars to the lowliest fan, the book reveals the true nature of the contest and those who live for it. Presented in loving detail, here are all the very worst elements of football. From the worst imaginable gamesmanship to the worst thrashings and injuries; from the worst missed penalty to the worst instances of cheating, brawling and attempting to set fire to the manager’s wife, the book will simultaneously delight and appal any player, supporter or aficionado of the game.

      • Cricket
        November 2008

        Worst of Cricket 2, The

        More Malice and Misfortune from the World's Cruellest Game

        by Nigel Henderson

        “You do well to love cricket,” said Lord Harris, “for it is more free from anything sordid, anything dishonourable, than any game in the world.” Harris, who captained the first England team to do battle with the Australians in this country, obviously never got his hands on a copy of The Worst of Cricket. If that volume failed to totally convince you that the sport is designed to disturb, dismay and disgruntle in equal measure, then maybe it was because it only scratched the surface. Subtitled ‘More Malice and Misfortune in the World’s Cruellest Game’, The Worst of Cricket 2 completes the job, taking up where its predecessor, one of the best-selling titles in Pitch’s popular ‘Worst of Sport’ series, left off. The book takes another humorous look at the whole catalogue of malevolence, misadventure and madness associated with the sport – corruption, violence, drunkenness, incompetence – on and off the pitch!

      • January 2019

        Latte e sangue (Milk and Blood)

        by Carlo Silini

        In the murky days of the 17th century, gory events unfold on the Alpine foothills, in the lands between the Duchy of Milan and the southern bailiwicks of Switzerland. Maddalena de Buziis is the only survivor of a beastly series of abductions, rapes, and murders. The culprit is the Wizard of the Canton, a mysterious practitioner of necromancy, who has fled Vimercate for the safety of Switzerland. The story of the Wizard is told in the previous novel (The Girl Snatcher). As a traumatised Maddalena struggles to recover from her misadventure, someone starts to hunt her down, determined to find her at all cost. Her pursuer belongs to the fiercest criminal gang that preys on the lands between Italy and Switzerland. The man behind it all, though, is a dark mystic devising his eerie schemes from his bleak abode on Monte Generoso, known as l’Uomo dei Trii Böc (“The Man of the Three Holes”).

      • Duke

        by Sara Tilley

        Winner of the BMO Winterset Award Winner of the NL Heritage and History Book Award for Fiction Longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Award (IMPAC) 2017 Shortlisted for the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Fiction A Vancouver Sun Top Pick for 2015 *** 'This dense, complex work defies easy labels. The cover says “a novel,” but you’d swear it was a prose poem. Read deeper and see author and character share their last name. Is it a kind of memoir? All of the above?'...'Tilley doing Duke’s voice – repentant, unsure, dirty, loving – is one of the best ventriloquism acts you’ll come across lately.' -Jade Colbert, Globe and Mail 'For the avid reader, there’s nothing more refreshing than a book that reads like nothing you’ve read before. For its innovative structure and diction, Sara Tilley’s Duke is a very novel novel. It’s exciting to hold a book in your hands that is visibly busting out a brand new narrative form'...'the characters in this book – like the narrative structure – are dynamic, well-drawn, and memorably impressive.'-Chad Pelley, The Overcast 'A dense and challenging but wonderfully rewarding—and technically impressive—novel of (mostly) shuffled journal entries that date from June 30, 1893 to April 24, 1955, Sara Tilley’s sophomore effort had its roots in the Tilley family’s past. In her acknowledgements she mentions a 2004 visit to a property in Elliston, NL that her dad had inherited. After her father managed to pry open a stuck cupboard the two discovered “a mass of family letters, log books, postcards and ledgers, as well as magazines, school primers, medical texts and other documents dating back to the 1880s.” Composing “a work of fiction from those pages,” Tilley crafts a misadventure story, a dark family history, and a heroic tale of “Reckoning” that’s all the more affecting because it’s such a failure'…'Whatever the original found documents might have been, Sara Tilley has alchemized them and given her readers a fascinating, momentous, and complexly layered vision of the past. The novel’s a feat that any writer would be proud of and fans of literary fiction will enjoy.' -Brett Josef Grubisic, The Winnipeg Review 'Duke is a ground-breaking achievement — text-breaking, everything-breaking. It’s breathtaking.'  -Joan Sullivan, The Telegram

      • Health & Personal Development
        August 2014

        Cry for Health, Volume 1

        Health: The Casualty of Modern Times

        by Jesse Sleeman

        Cry for Health is the first volume of a brilliant treatise that explores vitally important issues for everyone working in healthcare, ecology, sociology, environmental and biological sciences. In fact, for anyone concerned about our survival. In essence, it unravels the hidden story behind the moderrn pandemic, death by doctoring, the failure of medical science to fully understand heatth, and the health impact of man-made chemicals, electropollution, and modern farming and food processing practices. Author Jesse Sleeman has over 30 years' experience in the practice and teaching of natural and traditional therapies and medical philosophies.

      • Memoirs
        January 2014

        Seen and not Heard

        by Jennifer Jane Sherriff

        Past generations of Jennifer's family were farmers and that was her life also, until her mid-teens.  Despite many childhood adventures it had been a bumpy ride, with heartbreak, umpteen house moves and three mothers. How could she be any other than obnoxious and difficult.  Until ultimately, aged sixteen, her father told her to move on. But these were the swinging 6os - rock-n-roll, jazz and flower power.   She went in search of love and happiness, but was it just sweet talk? Then her sister got married and Jennifer was left holding the baby.    What was she going to do about it? She found herself a charming gentleman, who, unbeknow to her, was a compulsive womanizer with the power to destroy lives. And that is where her writing began and the basis of her next story - titled 'The Promiscuous Husband'

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        May 2021

        The Misadventures of Nicholas Nabb

        by Jenny Moore

        Nicholas Nabb is your friendly neighbourhood sewer scamp, trying to scrape by on the dingy Victorian streets. When a bread roll burglary goes wrong and Nick is chased by the police, he is saved by a mysterious veiled widow called Annie and what he thought he knew about his past spirals out of control. Only Annie vanishes before Nick can get any sort of answers from her and he's left riddled with questions: why does she have a locket with a baby photo of him inside? And, most importantly, where is she now? Nick is determined to find out.

      • Education
        2017

        The Reconciliation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

        A step-by-step lesson plan for primary school teachers, scaffolded with thinking tools, cartoons and extension materials

        by Eric Frangenheim

        A one-day to six-day teaching and learning unit to extend all students in foundation and higher-order thinking as well as co-operative thinking skills. This lesson plan is based on a well-known story and Eric Frangenheim’s sequel, which charts Goldilocks’ dismay at her break-and-enter and her successful attempts at redemption. This unit is all about the use of thinking skills and thinking tools to encourage students to do their own thinking and become reflective, analytical and optimistic thinkers and learners. It is also a template for most teachers to modify any of their learning and teaching units, offering their students greater opportunities to engage in their own learning and to have FUN and experience SUCCESS.

      • August 2020

        Blue Sky Kingdom

        An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya

        by Bruce Kirkby

        One morning at breakfast, while gawking at his phone and feeling increasingly disconnected from family and everything else of importance in his world, it strikes writer Bruce Kirkby: This isn’t how he wants to live. Within days, plans begin to take shape. Bruce, his wife Christine, and their two children – seven-year-old Bodi and three-year-old Taj – will cross the Pacific by container ship, then travel onward through South Korea, China, India, and Nepal aboard bus, riverboat, and train, eventually traversing the Himalaya by foot. Their destination: a thousand-year-old Buddhist monastery in the remote Zanskar valley, one of the last places where Tibetan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting.   In this refuge, where ancient traditions intersect with the modern world, Kirkby discovers ways to slow down, to observe and listen, and ultimately, to better understand his son on the autism spectrum – to surrender all expectations and connect with Bodi exactly as he is.   Recounted with wit and humility, Blue Sky Kingdom is an engaging travel memoir as well as a thoughtful exploration of modern distraction, the loss of ancient wisdom, and the challenges and rewards of intercultural friendships.

      • Fiction
        October 2012

        My Dead Women

        by Guillermo Fadanelli

        Domingo has decided to fulfill the mission entrusted to him by his older brothers: placing a tombstone on his mother's grave. Time passes and the tombstone remains in the trunk of his car without having this man organizing himself to set out for the cemetery. Drunkenness is a difficult obstacle to overcome. Every morning he promises his absent mother that he will fulfill the mission, but once again breaks his oath. The death of his wife ends up undermining his lucidity and placing him in a state of constant delirium. Time transforms him into a melancholic, sullen and harmless man who quotes passages from Russian novels by heart and talks to his dead women. While this is happening the eyes of a teenage girl do not stop observing his behavior, it is her neighbor, the youngest of all the women with whom Domingo has managed to establish a true friendship. "Is it possible to communicate with people of that age?" He wonders as his confusion grows. My Dead Women is a novel about melancholy and human loneliness faced by a man whose drunkenness made him an expert on the states of the soul. guillermofadanelli.com

      • January 2016

        What Does it Mean to Be an Entrepreneur

        by Rana DiOrio

        When Rae witnesses an ice cream-and-doggie mishap, she’s inspired to create a big-scale solution to help get dogs clean. Rae draws on her determination, resilience and courage until she—and everyone else in her community—learns just what it means to be an entrepreneur.

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