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        May 2022

        Feline Reproduction

        by Aime Johnson, Michelle Kutzler

        Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world, and as homes become smaller, and single-person households become more common, it is predicted that the numbers being bred and kept will only grow. In Feline Reproduction, the global author team cover all aspects of reproduction in the queen and the tom. Beginning with basic anatomy and normal reproduction, it goes on to cover practical knowledge about pregnancy, neonatal care, breeding soundness exams, and semen cryopreservation. It also includes an overview of factors, diseases, and abnormal conditions affecting reproduction, such as infertility, causes of abortion and contraception. Covering both pet patients and nondomestic species, this book provides a thorough grounding in feline reproduction for the general veterinary practitioner, veterinary student, animal scientist, and experienced cat breeder.

      • The Lost Kitten

        by Komako Sakai, LEE, Kathy Hirano (translator)

        A tiny kitten turns up on Hina's doorstep one day. "It's really alive, isn't it?" she says to her mother. This beautifully illustrated and eagerly anticipated new picture book from Komako Sakai, and written by LEE, explores a young child's feelings of attachment - and also her worries about being lost - as she learns to care for her new pet.

      • Children's & YA
        April 2020

        The Last Paper Crane

        by Kerry Drewery | Illustrated by Natsko Seki

        One thousand paper cranes to achieve your heart’s desire. 1945, Hiroshima: Ichiro is a teenage boy relaxing at home with his friend Hiro. Moments later there is a blinding flash as the horrific nuclear bomb is dropped. With great bravery the two boys find Hiro’s fiveyear- old sister Keiko in the devastated and blasted landscape. When Hiro succumbs to his wounds, Ichiro is the only one who can take care of Keiko. But in the chaos Ichiro loses her when he sets off to find help. Seventy years later, the loss of Keiko and his broken promise to his dying friend are haunting the old man’s fading years. Mizuki, his grandaughter, is determined to help him. As the Japanese legend goes, if you have the patience to fold a thousand paper cranes, you will find your heart’s desire; and it turns out her grandfather has only one more origami crane to fold . . . Narrated in a compelling mix of prose, free verse and haiku poems, this is a haunting and powerful novel of courage and survival, with full-page illustrations by Natsko Seki.

      • Poetry
        October 2023

        A Thousand Years of Zen Japanese Poetry

        A Buddhist Anthology

        by José Carte

        This volume presents a wide sample of the best Japanese Zen Buddhist poetry of the last millennium. Throughout its pages we find texts imbued with the thought of one of the most refined cultures in the world. José Carte brings together a wide range of works by Zen monks, poets and philosophers with their corresponding biographical notes and succinct explanations that give meaning to this oriental imaginary profusely nourished by concepts such as Ku [sunyata in Sanskrit] or daruma [dharma in Sanskrit]. This anthology offers texts written during the Heain dynasty (794 to 1185), passing through the origins of the Soto school led by Dogen, the Rinzai tradition and the School of the Five Mountains, among others. The result is a wide selection that includes compositions by authors who lived ten centuries ago to others of the twentieth century, offering a historical retrospective of the best Japanese poetry enriched with explanatory comments and in many cases with the phonetic transcription of the poems in their original language, which allows us to know how they sound in their recitation. In this book we find beautiful compositions in various traditional stanzas (including haiku), as well as the translation of poems by great Zen masters such as Basho, Issa, Takahashi or Kodo Sawaki. The edition has been rigorously revised by Professor Keiko Suzuki.

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