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      • Children's & YA
        October 2020

        Lost landscapes of Earth

        by Aina Bestard

        The history of the Earth describes the most important events and fundamental stages in the development of the planet Earth from its formation to the present day. The age of the Earth is about 4.56 billion years. Nearly all branches of science have helped us understand the main events of the Earth’s past. Geologic time is the billions of years since the planet Earth began developing. Geologists study rocks and fossils, or remains of living things that have been preserved in the ground. The rocks and fossils tell the story of Earth from when its crust formed billions of years ago to the present. This book follow the major events of the history of Earyh through marvelous illustrations accompanie by a comprehensive text that helps the reader understand the science behind these drawings and the geologic remains and fossils that they portray.

      • Fiction
        January 1933

        The New Farmer and the Devil

        by Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš

        At the beginning of the novel The Farmer and the Devil, the retired Latvian army officer Krasts is building his new farm. Together with his wife Aina and her father Andrāns, he works tirelessly to complete it, turning the surrounding spruce forest into pastures and putting up new farm buildings. However, a devil, a figure in Latvian tradition who is more of a trickster than a diabolical villain, has lived in this part of the forest for centuries and is angered by the destruction of his home, so he directs a series of misfortunes at the farmer – a beautiful woman named Manga, lack of money, etc. – to try and make him leave. At first the farmer is somewhat susceptible to the devil’s temptations, but in the end he pulls himself together and defeats them, so that good triumphs after all at the end of the novel.

      • Children's & YA

        Eia’s Wintertime Adventure

        by Anu Aun, Sirly Oder

        Drawing – especially nature and animals – is ten-year-old Eia’s favorite activity. When the girl’s mother, a ballet dancer, has to substitute for an injured colleague on a tour abroad and her father has no way of getting out of work, she is sent to spend winter break in the snowy countryside. There, deep in the woods, lives a warm-hearted man named Ott who is tasked with looking after Eia. The girl’s days are filled with fun activities, particularly when she makes friends with the neighbors. Soon, however, Eia and the villagers face the fight of their lives: saving the wild environment around them from clearcutting. In the process, Eia also discovers a closely guarded family secret.

      • Children's & YA

        Dachshund and Dane

        by Kadri Hinrikus, Elina Sildre

        Dane has recently moved in near Dachshund, and has already won over the hearts of many with his kind nature. Husky and Basset, Bernard and Corgi, Labrador and Collie—all the neighbors are blown over! Dachshund likes Dane so much that she wants to invite him over for Christmas, to go sledding, to sniff spring scents, and to dig up flower beds, just the two of them! At the same time, their friends just want to lie on the couch and think about everything beautiful in the world.

      • Business, Economics & Law
        January 2020

        Malaysia’s Taxation System

        Contemporary Practices, Issues and Future Direction

        by Mohamed Ariff, Yeah Kim Leng

        Malaysia’s Taxation System: Contemporary Practices, Issues and Future Direction is a comprehensive analysis of current taxation practices, issues and changes in Malaysia. It comprises 10 chapters contributed by eminent academics and leading legal, accounting, and tax administration professionals whose collective expertise offers unique insights into the evolution of Malaysia’s taxation system and highlights the need for a holistic review of the system.   Commissioned by the Malaysian Tax Research Foundation, this book fulfils the government’s call for greater industry–academia collaboration and serves as a timely reminder about the importance of taxation in moving our country forward. This book about tax reformation comes at a pivotal time as we venture into new Malaysia.   This book is a relevant and useful resource for scholars and policymakers alike as they seek to understand Malaysia’s taxation system.   Click here for more information.

      • Children's & YA

        The Elephant

        by Kadri Hinrikus, Kadi Kurema

        Kärt feels that she doesn’t really belong anywhere. Her relationship with her classmates is not a happy one- either she is being bullied for the way she looks or taunted because she knows the answers to teacher’s questions. It’s not going much better at home either- her father is not exactly happy about Kärt preferring books and reading to maths and computers.  Her support from her mum is nonexistent as well as she just starts to cry and despair hearing about Kärt’s problems.Alas, after a particularly bad day at school, Kärt meets a spunky Croatian girl Lucija who slowly helps Kärt to realise that exactly her kind of girl is needed and cherished in different situations.

      • Children's & YA

        The Potato’s Kingdom

        by Helena Koch, Anne Pikkov

        There sure is a lot going on in auntie Tiia's vegetable patch! The cauliflower's deepest desire is to get married, the carrots are solving the mystery of the baby carrots, the onion wants to become a stand-up comedian and the tiny pea is crying her eyes out from loneliness. The chili and the bell pepper cannot figure out who is related to whom, the pumpkin growing in the far corner yearns for a more central position, the radish however does not want to become a salad, but to go on a round-the-world trip. It's no wonder that the potato who rules over this kingdom is completely exhausted by the autumn.

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