Highlights for Children is a multi-media brand that has nurtured children for more than 70 years. Our books and digital products - puzzles, trade and educational - are devoted to helping children around the world become their best selves.
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Created in 1989 by Azeddine GUERFI, operating in the field of publishing and distribution of books. It has 1500 titles in extracurricular, university, professional training, literature, history, children's books and art-books.
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Die intrigante Dichterin Mieko benutzt die ihr hörige Schwiegertochter, um sich an den Männern für die ihr versagten Lebensmöglichkeiten zu rächen. Ist sie eine moderne Hexe? Am Beispiel eigenwilliger Frauengestalten gestaltet die Autorin Enchi Fumiko (1905-1986) deren Lebensmöglichkeiten in einer patriarchalisch geprägten Welt. Der 1958 erschienene Roman Frauen, Masken, der sich durch eine subtile Erotik und effektvolle Dramatik auszeichnet, gilt als eines ihrer Meisterwerke.
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A hugely popular Web serial! Masterful comic essays by manga artist Ryoko Chiba based on her personal experience with a developmental challenge that, on average, affects three students in a classroom of forty. ＜Contents＞ Chiba’s son Fuyu was having problems learning to write even after reaching the second grade. It would take him an hour to fill a single notebook page with practice characters, and his teacher often erased the blackboard before he was able to copy what was written there. He wasn’t having problems in other areas, so Chiba remained flummoxed in her search to learn the cause of his writing difficulties. During summer vacation when Fuyu was in the fifth grade, Chiba attended a lecture sponsored by the board of education, where she first heard the term “developmental dyslexia” to describe children who were having problems learning to read and write, despite having no other problems in their intellectual development. Some could not remember characters they’d practiced writing. Others could not comprehend the shapes of characters, or memorize their forms. Some could guess how to read characters by context, but made mistakes when writing them. What she heard was a perfect description of what she saw with Fuyu, and after testing at a learning institute she realized he had developmental dyslexia. Dyslexia is not an illness, so there is no “cure.” A thorough understanding of its mechanisms and characteristics, however, allows appropriate training, through which writing skills can improve. Having become aware of her son’s disability, it was time to do something about it. And so, with the support of his mother and the other members of his lively family, Fuyu’s battle began. Why do schools consider providing their students with necessary support as “special treatment”? The challenge of high school entrance exams… The danger of being held back due to poor grades… How to find a job after graduation… This is a heartwarming story, depicting the growth of a mother and her child as they overcome many difficulties.
This book received the 2020 Akutagawa Prize, one of the most prestigious awards given to new writers of Japanese literature. An exceptionally old museum full of Okinawa’s historical archives – no visitors, hardly an existence. But this is Minako’s favorite place. She’s skipped school to sit alone and read through all the artifacts in this museum since she as little. After many years, Minako now voluntarily helps out by storing the artifacts at the museum digitally. Her paid job is an online operator that gives quiz questions to and has subtle conversations on various fields of knowledge with people in unknown, faraway places. Minako had never enjoyed the company of other people in her life, but somehow she enjoys connecting with these people and sharing knowledge. One morning after a stormy night, a Miyako horse (a protected species of horse in Okinawa) appears wandering in her backyard. This touching story illustrates the meaning of preserving information and history –the past and the present –and sends the world an important message through a quiet life of solitude and strength.
To provide better understanding of use, benefits, significance and impact of functional food ingredients on human health and to disseminate the recent developments in such a rapidly expanding field, this book has been compiled and edited. There are seventeen chapters in this book which not only cover many aspects of functional foods and bioactive compounds from various natural sources and its impacts, but also discuss on sources and applications of natural antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics. The contributing authors are experts in their respective fields. This book will be of interest to a wide spectrum of professionals from food scientists and technologists, nutritionists, biochemists, and engineers to entrepreneurs worldwide. It will also serve as a unique reference for food scientists for the R&D departments of food companies that are working with functional foods and ingredients. Additionally, it will serve as a source of basic information for college and university students majoring in food science and technology, food processing, and engineering. Readers will obtain sound scientific knowledge about various aspects of nutraceuticals and functional foods or food ingredients, fermented functional food, various natural bioactive compounds and antioxidants.
