Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize: an electrifying novel about beauty, envy, and carelessness from Deborah Levy, author of the Man Booker Prize finalists Hot Milk and Swimming Home.
A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHIn this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return to time and again and that helped make them the writers they are.WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM :Nick HornbyRuth OzekiAnn PatchettBenjamin Zephaniah Marian Keyes Elizabeth Strout Deborah Levy Tessa Hadley Elif Shafak George The Poet Leila Slimani Ali Smith Derek Owusu Dolly Alderton Paris Lees Jojo Moyes Paul Mendez Sebastian Faulks Diana Evans Meena Kandasamy Lisa Taddeo Nikesh Shukla Taiye Selasi Monica Ali Nina Stibbe Caleb Azumah Nelson Elizabeth Day Sara Collins Damon Galgut Naoise Dolan William Boyd Emma Dabiri Fatima Bhutto Kit De Waal
★ 嚴選權威機構美國心理學會APA出版,品質保證、佳評如潮!★ 榮獲亞馬遜網站5顆星評價!★ 兒童精神科醫師-蔡幸芳、林璇音 專業推薦!★ 諮商心理師-陳碧玲、陳聰興、曾正奇 專業推薦!本書是必備的一本注意力不足/過動症書籍,可以提供孩子、父母及專業人員在處理注意力缺陷疾患時必須知道的技巧及技術,充滿了許多改善組織能力、專心、讀書及寫作業技巧的實用方法。本書給予注意力不足/過動症孩童一些方法求得校內外的成功經驗,書中也包含有交朋友、控制情緒以及保持健康的更多策略。有了這本書的幫助,孩子將會有前所未見的賦權感。好評推薦:「在患有注意力不足/過動症的孩童家中,以及所有學校裡面,還有專門治療及支持這些孩童的專業人員辦公室裡面,這本新版書是一本必備的書籍。」――Sandra F. Rief「本書幫助孩子得到足夠的賦權,以便掌握他們的注意力不足/過動症。它充滿了實用的點子,有助於建立真實生活管理的技巧。就算大人來讀,也一樣會有所收穫。」――Karen J. Miller 醫師「不管孩子是否患有注意力不足/過動症,本書都是孩子了解自己及本身狀況的一本極佳書籍。本書會教導你許多事情,從上課如何專心到學習如何交朋友。」――Emily J. Levy,六年級生
Levy County was founded in 1845 and was named after Florida's first senator, David Levy Yulee. Levy County is a visitor's paradise with the small island of Cedar Key's romantic charm, shops, restauran
Julien Levy (1906-1981) was one of the most influential art dealers of the twentieth century. The Julien Levy Gallery, which opened in New York in 1931 and closed in 1949, played an essential role in
This volume presents recent developments in the area of Levy-type processes and more general stochastic processes that behave locally like a Levy process. Although written in a survey style, quite a f
Uriah Levy’s naval career spanned the age of sail to the era of steam-driven ironclads. As one of the few Jewish Americans in the U.S. Navy, Levy was the target of prejudice and was court-martia
An American "Dreyfus Affair" By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, h
Andrea Levy has emerged as one of the most significant and popular voices in contemporary black British writing both in the UK and abroad. Drawing on a familial history of emigration, her critically-a
Andrea Levy has emerged as one of the most significant and popular voices in contemporary black British writing both in the UK and abroad. Drawing on a familial history of emigration, her critically-a
An American "Dreyfus Affair" By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, h
Amy Levy has risen to prominence in recent years as one of the most innovative and perplexing writers of her generation. Embraced by feminist scholars for her radical experimentation with queer poeti
Amy Levy has risen to prominence in recent years as one of the most innovative and perplexing writers of her generation. Embraced by feminist scholars for her radical experimentation with queer poeti
This book is an introductory guide to using Levy processes for credit risk modelling. It covers all types of credit derivatives: from the single name vanillas such as Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) right
Driving along Levy County highways, one can always see crops of corn, watermelons, peanuts, cantaloupes, and vegetables. The county contains the cities of Cedar Key, noted for its romantic atmosphere
After a century of critical neglect, poet and writer Amy Levy is gaining recognition as a literary figure of stature.This definitive biography accompanied by her letters, along with the recent publica
After a century of critical neglect, poet and writer Amy Levy is gaining recognition as a literary figure of stature.This definitive biography accompanied by her letters, along with the recent publica
This powerful book tells the story of Anne Skorecki Levy, a Holocaust survivor who transformed the horrors of her childhood into a passionate mission to defeat the political menace of reputed neo-Nazi
Humanity in the Street: New York City 1960-1989 documents the resilience and power of the multiracial humanity that American photographer Builder Levy experienced in the city streets of New York du
This biography tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music, Morris Levy (1927–1990). At age nineteen, he cofounded the nightclub Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, wh
This biography tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music, Morris Levy (1927-1990). At age nineteen, he cofounded the nightclub Birdland in Hell's Kitchen, wh
This is the story of perhaps the world's most unusual Jewish community, told through the eyes of the oldest member of one of its most unusual families. Solomon 'Momy' Levy is one of the best known fig
?This book covers Levy processes and their applications in the contexts of reliability and storage. Special attention is paid to life distributions and the maintenance of devices subject to degradatio
Levy processes are the natural continuous-time analogue of random walks and form a rich class of stochastic processes around which a robust mathematical theory exists. Their application appears in the
This is the story of perhaps the world's most unusual Jewish community told through the eyes of the oldest member of one of its most unusual families. Solomon 'Momy' Levy is one of the best known figu
This is the second volume in a subseries of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics called Levy Matters, which is published at irregular intervals over the years. Each volume examines a number of key topics
Forty-seven years of joyous celebrations after victories and crushing disappointments after defeats are encompassed in Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?, but it is about more than just touchd
This edited transcript of over 900 pages of testimony, charges, interrogatories, examinations and cross-examinations of the witnesses for and against Navy Captain Uriah Phillips Levy at the Naval Cour
Julien Levy (1906-1981) was one of the most influential proponents of photography and Surrealism during the second quarter of the twentieth century. In his gallery, which operated from 1931 to 1949, L
Moses Elias Levy (1782–1854) was one of the antebellum South’s most influential and interesting Jewish citizens. Only recently, however, have historians begun to appreciate his role as a social activi
Berne and Levy Physiology has long been respected for its scientifically rigorous approach and now includes major updates to bring you all of the latest knowledge in the field. Bruce M. Koeppen and Br
The ultimate baking book for everyone from best-sellingauthor and "diva of desserts" Rose Levy Beranbaum In this book of no-fuss recipes everyone should know, trusted baking expert Rose Levy
The book provides an extensive introduction to queueing models driven by Levy-processes as well as a systematic account of the literature on Levy-driven queues. The objective is to make the reader fam
Hanna Levy-Hass, a Yugoslavian Jew, emerged a defiant survivor of the Holocaust. Her observations shed new light on the lived experience of Nazi internment. Levy-Hass stands alone as the only resista