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Georges de La Tour's haunting depiction of a repentant Mary Magdalen gazing into a mirror by candlelight; Jean Simeon Chardin's perfectly balanced image of a young boy making a house of cards; Jean Ho

"Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese" covers the five Cs--communication, cultures, comparisons, connections, and communities--and follows three communicative modes in lesson design: interpersonal, interpret

?This collection of essays explores the survival of Catholic culture in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England—a time of Protestant domination and sometimes persecution. Contributors examine not o

At the age of twenty-four, Dang Thuy Tram volunteered to serve as a doctor in a National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province. Two years later she was killed b

The first major comparative study of the causes and consequences of violent conflict that integrates and addresses the issue of self-determination. The authors show that with violent conflict in the d

Uncle Will of Wildwood is a warm and humorous memoir of the nineteenth-century Bluegrass that recalls a defining period of Kentucky's past. It was a time of self-sufficient country estates when, as Th

Since the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today. Although th

Illustrated by Frances Zweifel This companion to the popular 365 Simple Science Experiments fills a whole new year with fun, easy and educational hands-on experiments. Kids will learn basic scientific

This volume presents over 2000 Italian idiomatic words and expressions accompanied by sample sentence and the English translation. Here is a helpful handbook for students of Italian who wish to increa

This interdisciplinary reader provides a distinctive introduction to the way social, political and economic life is coordinated. It brings together three quite different models of coordination - mark

主角Solo雖然年僅十歲，卻背負著沉重的現實。他和患有精神疾病的母親相依為命，在經濟困頓中掙扎求生。他只想像其他孩子一樣「正常」，卻在一次意外中成了媒體焦點。本書以細膩筆觸描寫成長中的孤單、友情的渴望，以及家庭間那脆弱卻堅韌的愛，令人落淚又充滿勇氣，適合每一位正學習面對世界的孩子。“A really lovely book, so tender and truthful.” - Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling author of The Story of Tracy Beaker“A tender, moving story beautifully capturing life in all its light and shade” - Hannah Gold, author of Waterstones Children's Book Prize Winner The Last Bear“It is a beautiful, heartfelt gem of a book, I loved it.” - Tom Vaughan, author of Hercules“This story is full to the brim with heart” - Helen Rutter, author of The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh“A moving...and thought-provoking story” - Cath Howe, author of Ella on the Outside It's not easy to fit in when you're the boy in the suit... Ten-year-old Solo - embarrassingly, that isn't short for anything - just wants to be normal. He wants a name that doesn't stand out.He wishes he had a proper school uniform that fitted him. He dreams about a mum who doesn't get the Big Bad Reds, like

Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental

Places of the Mind focuses on landscape drawing in the Victorian and Modern age, challenging the perception that the best British watercolors were produced between 1750 and 1850. Drawing on the Britis

The second edition of the NCLEX-RN© review book that "helps you think like a nurse" is fully updated to reflect the 2016 test plan. It includes more complex case studies reflecting the increasing diff

The five shortlisted stories for the BBC National Short Story Award 2015 appear here in this excellent anthology of leading short fiction writers. The shortlisted authors and story titles are announce

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - seven of the world's most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative murder

This book represents the refereed proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing that was held at the University of New South Wa

This book is the first comprehensive examination of the relationship between dance and geography. It includes articles from geographers, anthropologists, dance historians, architects, and urban planne

This report presents the results of a series of surveys and semistructured interviews intended to identify and characterize determinants of physician professional satisfaction.

Collects essays by women critically analyzing aspects and themes of the television series "Doctor Who," with an emphasis on the role of women and feminism throughout each season.

Recent work on emotional regulation gives a powerful new lens through which to view the evolution across childhood and adolescence of the lived experience and clinical presentation of depression. We

In the summer of 1881, Robert Justus Kleberg rode across the hot, dusty South Texas brush country to the palatial home of Capt. Richard King to consult with the cattle baron about attending to his leg

Materials characterization through nano-scale investigation is key to the great leaps that nanotechnology is bringing to materials creation. The editors acknowledge that advances are proceeding at a b

Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's

Fence Magazine is a print an online literary publication containing original fiction, poetry, art, and criticism of an experimental or avant garde nature (but still considered accessible to the genera

Fence evades the tedium of the decade with this anthology, co-edited by eleven editors, past and present. A stunningly eclectic compendium of poetry, short fiction, criticism, and creative nonfiction,

This archaeological report is one of an ongoing series of informative books on excavations of medieval sites in Britain. Covering digs in the late 1980s and 1993, the contributors are drawn from the f

Ethnicity has long been a central concern of Mesoamerican ethnography, but for methodological reasons has received less attention in the archaeological, historical, and art historical literat

A breathtaking achievement, this Concise Companion is a suitable crown to the astonishing production in African American literature and criticism that has swept over American literary studies in the l

In this completely revised and updated edition of the most authoritative book on world hunger, three of our foremost experts on food and agriculture expose and explode the myths that prevent us from

本書以一隻與眾不同的撲滿小豬為主角，從一開始就打破「慢慢存錢」的傳統形象。Piggy 一心想快速達成存錢目標，四處搜刮零錢，沙發縫、口袋、洗衣籃，全都不放過，彷彿一台高速運轉的存錢機器。然而，急著前進的 Piggy 卻忘了最重要的事：耐心。他沒讀過撲滿使用手冊，也沒留意塞子是否放好，結果一路掉錢、目標落空。當忙碌與空虛同時出現，Piggy 才慢慢明白，真正的累積不是速度，而是持續與等待。本書以輕快的故事，帶出「慢慢來」的價值，讓孩子在笑聲中，理解存錢與成長其實很相似。Descended from a long line of patient, persistent savers, this piggy bank breaks the mold, flying in fast with a goal to gather cash. He's a supersonic saving machine! When his friends give him his first savings goal, Piggy hits the scene, rallying coins and cash in all the classic spots--from couch cushion to laundry pockets. Go pig or go home! But in his rush to save, Piggy leaves behind his stopper, and forgets to read The Official Bank Handbook, trailing the coins he's collected and failing to meet his savings goals. With his high-speed ways leaving him empty inside, Piggy must come to his cent-ces--reading the handbook, playing it cool, slowly saving, and paying with patience--if he ever wants to hit his goals and live up to the Bank name. Readers o

本書講述18世紀兩位自然科學家──林奈與布豐──之間的對比與競爭。他們都嘗試完成一個艱鉅任務：為地球上的所有生物進行分類與描述。林奈相信生命可以被整齊地歸類，而布豐則認為自然是多變而複雜的。他們的觀點分歧，影響了後世對自然、演化與人類角色的理解。作者經過多年研究，以清晰的筆法呈現這段真實歷史，讓讀者了解兩人如何推動生物學的發展，也反思科學與文化如何交織影響至今。Pulitzer Prize for BiographyFinalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearThe dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life.In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster’s flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France’s royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic, ever-changing swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible–how could the planet possibly hold more than a few th

★ 英國媒體與童書界熱烈推薦的成長小說★ 失去一條腿，也不能阻止她活出最精彩的人生！★ 笑中帶淚的青春故事，關於友情、勇氣與重新開始★ 暖心又幽默，適合喜歡真實成長故事的讀者意外失去一條腿後，Maya決定完成自己以前寫下的願望清單，在友情變化與青春挑戰中重新找回勇氣與自信。作者Ella Dove以真實經歷為靈感，寫出一個鼓舞人心的故事，提醒讀者無論遭遇什麼困難，都能勇敢活出自己的精彩人生。"A book to race through, heart thudding, cheering Maya's courage - a book to keep forever because it''s so subtle, so surprising, so very special." JACQUELINE WILSON"An inspiring and uplifting story that celebrates friendship, family and overcoming challenges." The Week JrWhen Maya finds a list she made before losing her leg, she decides she''s still going to do everything on it - even though her former bestie has ditched her for the cool kids. Before she turns 13, she''s going to . . . * Get her ears double-pierced * Learn how to roller-skate* Stay up all night at a sleepover* Go viral* Have the best birthday party ever* MAKE HER EX-BEST-FRIEND SOPHIE REALISE WHAT SHE''S MISSING!!!This funny and uplifting story by journalist and amputee Ella Dove is a celebration of friendship, family and ove