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      • Harvard Square Editions

        An Independent US publisher cooperating with publishers all over the world to bring books of multicultural, environmental, and social value to light in new markets.

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      • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

        For nearly two centuries, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has published some of the world's most renowned works. Its distinguished author list includes ten Nobel Prize winners, forty-eight Pulitzer Prize winners, fifteen National Book Award winners, and more than one hundred Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and Sibert Medal and Honor recipients. Current and recent authors include Tim O'Brien, Natasha Trethewey, Tim Ferriss, Paul Theroux, Ursula K. Le Guin, and a celebrated roster of children's authors and illustrators including Kwame Alexander, Lois Lowry, and Chris Van Allsburg. HMH is also home to The Best American series® The Whole30®, Weber Grill, How to Cook Everything®, and other leading lifestyle properties; books by J.R.R. Tolkien; and many iconic children's books and characters, including Curious George®, The Little Prince, and The Polar Express.

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      • Trusted Partner
        September 2012

        Was zählt – 2013

        by Simone Achermann, Stephan Sigrist, Burkhard Varnholt, Michèle Wannaz, Gerd Folkers

        Alles, was Sie 2013 wissen müssen. Was kommt, was geht, was bleibt, was zählt? Der vorliegende Band gibt Antworten mit Fakten, Trends und Visionen aus den Bereichen Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft, Technologie, Ökologie und Politik. In kurzen Essays erfahren wir, was die Herausforderungen von morgen sind und wie wir uns ihnen stellen. Dabei kommen Denker und Macher von Heinrich Steinfest bis Eva Illouz zu Wort. Darüber hinaus erklärt ein Ideenblog unter anderem, wem Amerikas Schulden gehören, welcher Berufsstand am meisten fremdgeht, welches Open-Source-Auto zu Ihnen passt, wann es an der Zeit ist für Facebook-Harakiri und welches Bartmodell Sie beim nächsten Vorstellungsgespräch besser nicht tragen. Wissenschaftliche Seriosität und Unterhaltung, inhaltlicher Tiefgang und Überblick, Wissenswertes und Skurriles – das Buch führt all das zusammen und bietet anspruchsvolle Unterhaltung für alle, die mehr als das Gewöhnliche erwarten. - Mit Abbildungen

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        Medicine
        October 2017

        Health Benefits of Green Tea

        An Evidence-based Approach

        by Yukihiko Hara, Chung S Yang, Mamoru Isemura, Isao Tomita, R Agnihotri, Z Apostolides, T Asakawa, Z. M. Chen, S Gaur, Yukihiko Hara, M Inai, Mamoru Isemura, T Kakuda, T Kan, M. J. Lee, Z Lin, M Maeda-Yamamoto, S Masuda, S Meguro, T Minami, N Miyoshi, M Monobe, H Moriwaki, Y Nakamura, O Numata, K Saeki, K Sayama, Y Shimamura, M Shimizu, T Suzuki, H Tachibana, P. W. Taylor, I Tokimitsu, I Tomita, T. A. Tomita, K Unno, H Wang, H Yamada, C. S. Yang, H Yokogoshi

        This book provides evidence to support the health-promoting components of green tea for human health. It explores the significance of green tea and its catechins represented by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), demonstrating their beneficial effects on diseases including cancer, obesity, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, hepatitis, and neurodegenerative diseases. The present status of human studies and avenues for future research are discussed. It is written by a team of experts from across the globe and makes significant Japanese findings available to international researchers. It is an essential resource for researchers interested in the biochemistry and pharmacology of green tea, and functional foods and beverages.

      • November 1987

        The Zorori series            The Incredible Zorori Fights the Dragon

        by Yutaka Hara

        Zorori, a male fox, and his two henchmen, the twin boars Ishishi and Noshishi, become entangled in an endless variety of incidents in which they mess things up, or look out only for themselves, yet somehow or other wind up being the heroes who help the weak. Illustrations appear on every page and are sometimes broken up into cartoon-style boxes.   Key selling points • 35 million copies sold • best-selling children’s book series in Japan • published since 1987, 66 volumes, ongoing series • TV animation programs will start from 2020 in Japan. • The books full of tricks that will enthrall the readers — its riddles and mazes are not exceptions!

      • December 2006

        The Zorori series            Zorori Saves the Dinosaur Egg!

        by Yutaka Hara

        Oh no! A typhoon sweeps Dinosaur Mama’s egg into the sea! So much for Zorori’s relaxing vacation. He and the boars save the huge egg from a giant octopus, rocky volcanic terrain, a terrifying fall into a gorge, and a hungry gorilla family with problems of its own. But can the great Zorori return the egg to Dinosaur Island unbroken?   ★English sample translation is available.

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        Children's & YA

        PEEKABOO'S PICTURE DICTIONARY

        by NATAŠA BUCIK

        PEEKABOO’S PICTURE DICTIONARYSLOVENE-ENGLISH-FRENCHWritten by Nataša Bucik, Kaja BucikIllustrated by Ana Zavadlav With single and double page illustrations this picture dictionary introduces over 1200 words. The dictionary is suitable for children aged 3 years and up, when they start paying greater attention to naming things in their environment. It will also be a welcome picture dictionary for learning foreign words for children (up to the age of 10). Peekaboo’s Picture Dictionary is published in various language editions (3-5 languages). Illustrator Ana Zavadlav was given the Smrekar Award for popular science illustration for her dictionary illustrations. Format: 23 x 30.5 cm | 96 pages | Age: 3+

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        Children's & YA

        HERBS OF THE LITTLE WITCH

        by POLONCA KOVAČ

        HERBS OF THE LITTLE WITCHWritten by Polonca Kovač and illustrated by Ančka Gošnik Godec The little witch is a friendly witch, and she knows not only how to turn a mean mouse into a friendly one but also all about the magic secrets of healing herbs. This is a classic prizewinning Slovene illustrated book, which can be picked up again and again and enjoyed in all its charms great and small, including its descriptions and methods of using more than 30 healing herbs. The book Herbs of the Little Witch was selected for the Ibby Honour List 2000. Format: 23 x 29.5 cm76 pages | Age: 4+

      • Agriculture & farming
        August 2022

        The Economic and Heritage Plants of Kashmir Himalaya

        by Nazir Ahmad Zeerak

        The Economic and Heritage Plants of Kashmir Himalaya is a ready reference source book, contains Botanical, English, Hindi /Urdu, Ladakhi and Kashmiri names of plants of Economic importance in Kashmir and Ladakh, with brief notes on their habit and habitat, morphology and utility. It largely reflects the regions existing Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture. Approximately, 1300 economic plant species and 500 crop varieties, existing in its agro-ecosystems, in wild as well as cultivated forms, arelisted in the book. Every possible effort has been made to give the latest nomenclature of plants together with their synonyms. Indices of English, Hindi, Kashmiri and Ladakhi names of the plants are appended at the end. The book should be useful to the students of Botany, Agriculture, Horticulture, Pharmacy and those interested in the Cultural Heritage of the region. It can also be helpful to researchers and planners working on the management and conservation of biodiversity of Indian Himalayan regions.

      • Horticulture
        June 2011

        Fundamentals of Vegetable Production

        by M.K. Rana

        This book on fundamentals of vegetable production includes the on prospects and scope of vegetable farming, constraints in vegetable production, importance of vegetables in human nutrition, classification of vegetables, types of vegetable gardening, climatic impact on vegetable production, seed treatment, nursery management, sowing and transplanting, manures, fertilizers, biofertilizers, water management, mulching and weed management in vegetable crops since the information on the previously mentioned aspects is scattered at diverse sources. This book is self-contained document aimed at imparting elementary knowledge to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, Horticulture Development Officers of the State Horticulture Department and others who have interest in gaining basic knowledge in the field of vegetable crop production. Adoption of scientific knowledge will definitely be rewarding to the vegetable growers and the nation, which ultimately achieves the goal of obtaining higher production. This book is aimed at providing systematic information on all modern principles of vegetable production at a single source. The book contains latest information on fundamentals of vegetable production. The book has been written in a very simple language, which is easy to understand. It is believed that this book will find wide acceptability and undoubtedly assist the students in developing knowledge, skills and expertise regarding principle aspects of vegetable production. This book will prove to be a milestone for the undergraduate students of Agriculture and postgraduate students of Vegetable Science, teachers, Horticulture Extension Specialists, Horticulture Development Officers of the State Horticulture Department and it can also be of great use to the progressive farmers who are intended to take up vegetable cultivation either on a small or commercial scale.

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