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★ YA時間迴圈話題作！《今天暫時停止》×《忌日快樂》的震撼結合★ 英國卡內基獎、YA Book Prize入圍！愛爾蘭 Great Reads Award 得主★ 一場必須改變自己、才能改變命運的24小時輪迴當時間一再重來，你會選擇改變什麼？《The Eternal Return of Clara Hart》以扣人心弦的時間迴圈敘事，帶領讀者直視青少年文化中的沉默與暴力。當主角 Spence 一次次回到悲劇發生前的那一天，他必須重新檢視友情、責任與勇氣，才有機會改寫命運。這是一部震撼、深刻又極具討論價值的YA小說。A sensational YA debut about toxic masculinity and gendered violenceIn this YA sensation, a teen boy becomes trapped in a time loop of the day of his classmate’s death and must confront toxic masculinity, his own complicity and the courage it takes to change the future.Louise Finch’s Carnegie shortlisted time-loop YA novel ‘tackles sexual assault, toxic masculinity, and grief with precision and courage’ (Kirkusstarred review).Wake up. Friday. Clara Hart hits my car. Go to class. Anthony rates the girls. House party. Anthony goes upstairs with Clara. Drink. Clara dies. Wake up. Friday again. Clara Hart hits my car… Why can’t I break this loop?Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classma

Boost your reading skills with Marvel’s Avengers on their world-saving journey in this fun-filled Level 3 reader, carefully levelled to help children progress in their reading ability.Join the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as they battle villains and protect the world – and power up your reading skills at the same time!Packed with fun facts, exciting colour images, simple vocabulary and a fun quiz, this Level 3 reader will engage young Marvel Super Hero fans and help them build confidence in reading.The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by:*Covering engaging, motivating, curriculum-aligned topics.*Building knowledge while progressing Years 4 and 5 reading skills.*Developing subject vocabulary on popular topics, including Super Heroes and other pop culture icons.*Boosting understanding and retention through comprehension quizzes.Each title, which has been levelled using MetaMetrics®: The Lexile Framework for Reading, integrates science, geography, history, nature,

Join beloved picture-book creator Beatrice Alemagna on a messy, magical adventure of self-discovery!Annoyed by her big brother and her own bad temper, Yuki throws her house keys down a manhole. When she goes after them, she arrives in a strange underground world, ruled by the mighty Mud Princess. In a place where lost things are found and anger tastes delicious, Yuki finds new friends and learns that she's not the only person living with difficult feelings...

Join Freya and her friends in this Sylvanian Families picture book, with all your favourite characters from the animation Freya's Happy Diary.Join the Sylvanian Families on their summer adventures in this sweet picture book, based on the animation Freya's Happy Diary, now showing on Youtube!The kids are opening a bakery, with bread they've baked themselves! Freya and her friends, Ralph and Lyra, can't wait to get started. Frasier Chocolate, the town's resident baker, is helping them out.There's just one problem . . . Freya can't remember what she put in her bread! Can the friends work out Freya's recipe before the bakery opens?This delightful picture book features artwork from the animated Sylvanian Families series, Freya's Happy Diary, and brings the classic and beloved toy range to life as never before.Also available: The World of Sylvanian Families: The Official Guide, Easter Search and Find and more!Join the Sylvanian Families on their summer adventures in this sweet picture book,

A market-leading text, Microeconomics presents economic theory in the context of real, data-driven examples, and then helps you develop your intuition through hallmark Solved Problems. The text places emphasis on modern theories, such as industrial organization theory, game theory, and transaction cost theory, which are useful in analyzing actual markets. At the same time, a step-by-step problem-based learning approach demonstrates how to use microeconomic theory to solve business problems and analyze policy. The 9th Edition, Global Edition, has been substantially updated with new or revised real-world examples, applications and problems. This gives you a practical perspective, seeing how models connect to real-world decisions being made in today's firms and policy debates.

Human Resource Management introduces you to the daily tools and skills you'll need to function as successful managers, in both HR and business in general. Using a practical approach, the text explores the evolution of the field, highlighting the introduction of revolutionary new technologies and social media platforms.With a heavy focus on emerging industry trends and the positive impacts of technology on HR, the 17th Edition prepares you with everything you need to be effective managers and HR personnel in the 21st century.

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Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers takes a comprehensive and contemporary approach that aims to bridge the gap between how statistics is taught and applied in the business world. This title not only prepares students in basic statistics but also gets them excited about further exploration of data analytics. The authors emphasize communicating with numbers rather than number crunching, through relatable case studies with relevant statistical methods and takeaways. This title incorporates timely examples from various fields, reinforces core features from previous editions, uses Excel and R to analyze data and solve problems, and includes new improvements, such as a revised chapter on data visualization, an exclusive chapter on logistic regression, and digital enhancements such as a big data capstone project with algorithmic exercises that span across multiple chapters.

Gain an understanding of how econometrics can answer today's questions in business, policy evaluation and forecasting with Wooldridge's "Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Cengage International Edition" 8th Edition. Unlike traditional texts, this book's practical, yet professional, approach demonstrates how econometrics has moved beyond a set of abstract tools to become genuinely useful for answering questions across a variety of disciplines. This title is updated to introduce the latest developments in the field, including the recent advances in the so-called "causal effects" or "treatment effects," to provide a complete understanding of the impact and importance of econometrics today.

Gain a solid understanding of what is arguably the most critical and complex component of global supply chains with Novack/Gibson/Suzuki's TRANSPORTATION: A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE, 10E. You learn the fundamental role and importance of transportation in companies and society as you study the current complex environment of transportation service. The authors introduce the role of transportation in supply chains and provide an overview of the operating and service characteristics, cost structure and challenges that today's transportation providers face. Updates throughout this edition highlight critical transportation management issues with insights into the strategic activities and challenges in the movement of goods through the supply chain. You examine global topics with the latest coverage of hard and soft technology and interesting discussions of fuel, energy, managerial, economic and environmental issues.

Business and Economics is a highly regarded title that equips students with a conceptual understanding and interpretation of statistics and its applications in the business world, while also promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. The 2024 release takes a step-by-step approach, ensuring that beginners can easily grasp the concepts and succeed in a basic statistics course. With a focus on real-world application, this title uses examples and exercises to illustrate how statistics can be applied to solve current business scenarios. Additionally, the authors recognize the growing importance of data analytics and support the development of these basic skills through an application-based section on data analytics at the end of each chapter along with easily accessible data sets for practice. This title primarily uses Excel, Minitab, and MegaStat to demonstrate statistical analyses, helping users create graphical and descriptive statistics and conduct hypothesis testing.

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Erin Hunter’s #1 bestselling Warriors series continues with the third book in the Changing Skies arc. Two cats--an elder and an apprentice--believe that only they can save the Clans from certain destruction.Moonpaw finally confesses to her Clanmates that her dead sister has been torturing her in her mind, and the Clan rallies around her in support. But as Moonpaw grows closer to Goldenpaw, her sister's threats become more ominous, and even turn bloody. Moonpaw worries she's a danger to her entire Clan. Would Thunderclan be better off without her?Tawnypelt is sure that the prophecy she received from Bluestar is a dire warning--and she believes that only the Elders can see the Clans through the oncoming danger. Frustrated with his mother, Tigerstar bans her from speaking of the prophecy, so Tawnypelt takes refuge in ThunderClan. She begins to wonder if her true place is in the Clan of her birth.Amidst all this, Starlingpaw grows bolder in his belief that he alone must save the Clans. But

Emperor Li Longji (r. 712–756), also known as Tang Xuanzong and the Brilliant Emperor (Minghuang), ruled over China at the height of her political, military, and cultural dominance. While his Tang dynasty reached the zenith of its power under his reign, his fascination with women and religion, coupled with his neglect of government, sowed the seeds of decline. The empire ultimately collapsed in a nationwide rebellion. Emerging from the crisis greatly weakened and deprived of power, Longji lived day by day, hoping for a reunion with his beloved woman, who had been murdered and was now in heaven.

By the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inner Excellence, this book offers a transformational blueprint for building the life you long for. Each one of us has a deep need for meaningful relationships, where love is unconditional and fully reliable, and where we can rest secure, with the deepest contentment, no matter what the circumstances around us. In the busyness, the stresses, and the comparisons we face each day, it's easy to lose sight of what's possible, of the life we were created for: a life lived with a love you can feel in your heart that enlivens every experience - everything you think, feel, and do. It's a life marked by courage, facing your fears, and living out your longing for depth, for meaning, and for fullness of life. Each of us has a deep need for something that this world cannot fulfill, and we spend most of our lives searching for it. Drawing on over 2,000 years of wisdom along with hard-won lessons from his own journey, bestselling author and performan

The acclaimed author of the "disorienting, creepy, paranoia-inducing" (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World) A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with potentially murderous side effects. Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he carries the weight of his childhood trauma and millennial ennui around his waist and in his soul. After trying every diet under the sun, he remains stuck--in his dead-end job, in love, and in his body. Desperate for help, he enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product called Obexity. The treatment is as horrifying as the results are miraculous and as Emmett sheds pounds at superhuman speed, every part of his life improves overnight. Unfortunately, Obexity comes with some killer side effects, including lost stretches of time and overwhelming cravings. Worse, people who were cru

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldn't be farther apart.Cass has a rule about dating summer girls--just say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with summer girls, the obnoxious daughters of the rich, who stay in their families' summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass. Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. She's the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriend's very expensive car. Birdie's punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beach--but it won't be a vacation. He's enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards. At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesn't want

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2025 ---- "Enchanting, joyful, full of light and warmth, and glittering with real-world magic." - Sophie Anderson From the New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke, known for the INKHEART series, comes a new adventure book featuring foil edges and a metallic-effect cover. Enter the story of Caspia, who sets out to solve a series of riddles, and as she does, she meets friends she could have never imagined. Anywhere can feel like home if you are brave enough to put down new roots... Caspia's summer is transformed when she discovers a bundle of letters containing ten botanical riddles in this enchanting adventure. Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to stay in Brooklyn. But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, hidden in an old dresser. Each letter contains a 'green' riddle, with clues leading to a different plant. The newest

Join the world of KPop Demon Hunters with this official full-color activity--with more than 50 vibrant and charming stickers! Featuring the beloved characters from Netflix's hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters, this full-color activity book features dozens of puzzles, mazes, games, and coloring pages! With more than 50 stickers, this activity book is perfect for fans of HUNTR/X, Saja Boys, Derpy Tiger, Sussie and more. Based on the screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris AppelhansBased on KPop Demon Hunters, the film Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans

Join the phenomenon and discover why BuzzFeed has called this “one of the best fantasy YA series ever written.” The first three books in Tracy Deonn’s spellbinding #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle are now available together in a paperback boxed set.After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies.A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’

It's The Pigeon's BIRD-DAY! And wait . . . it is Duckling's bird-day too! And that flock of fluffy, adorable, itty-bitty, just-hatched today baby chicks? It is their bird-day too! HAPPY BIRD-DAY TO EVERYONE! Get ready for to have a bird-day ball in this color and activity book packed with birthday games, puzzles, and coloring, plus DIY gifts, cards, decorations, a two-sided pullout poster, stickers, and plenty of surprises.

跨越心中那道綠色樹籬：當我們放下偏見，世界就此相連。「他們和我們不一樣嗎？」在一道高大的綠色樹籬兩端，兩個孩子互相張望。「他們不是我們這邊的人，」其中一個孩子篤定地說。接著，一連串充滿好奇的對話展開了：「他們會飛嗎？」「他們有觸角嗎？」「他們是機器人嗎？」「還是……他們跟我們一樣，也會思考、也會感受？」由《紐約時報》冠軍暢銷作家 Kobi Yamada 與大師級插畫家 Charles Santoso 聯手打造。這不只是一本給孩子的繪本，更是一本寫給大人的寓言。A universal story of kindness, compassion, and the importance of looking for the best in others by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Do with an Idea?You have to wonder what they’re thinking. The other people.They’re not from here. They’re over there.They’re different.Standing by the hedge that divides them, two children wonder what the people on the opposite side are like. They're not like us, one child insists. The other child wonders: How are they different? Can they fly? Do they have tentacles? Are they machines? Or are they human? And if they are, do they think and feel? Maybe, just maybe, the people here and the people there are not so different after all.Written with gentle humor and illustrated with spare, emotionally powerful pi

Have you got what it takes to keep Dennis and Walter from erasing each other from history? It's a week night and you have a sleepover round Dennis's house! It's going to be EPIC!... Is what you thought before Dennis pulled a prank that shut the school down and you were forced to go to work with his parents. BORING!... Is what you thought before you, Dennis, Gnasher and Walter got sucked into a time machine that sent you back in time to when their parents were your age! AWESOME!... Is what you thought before Dennis and Walter messed with the timeline and started disappearing.Can you make the right decisions and get history back on track before it's too late? Find out in this pick your own story, where YOU are the main character!

From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning -- based on unprecedented access -- with one of the world's most brilliant and driven tech visionaries and his game-changing company. Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called visionary leaders possessed of the godspark of genius, Demis Hassabis is universally recognized as a special case. Born poor in North London to immigrant parents, a dominant chess prodigy by age five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven figure offer before he turned 18 to feed his insatiable scientific curiosity at Cambridge. Later, he added a neuroscience PhD to his computer science skills to pursue the dream of artificial general intelligence, his ultimate goal to solve the world's hardest problems and usher in an era of super-abundance. And along with a small group of fellow travelers around the world, that is the path he is very much still on, winning a Nobel Prize a

An official graphic novel retelling of Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters with full-color scenes and dialogue from the movie! When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they protect the world from demons with their musical abilities. Follow their band HUNTR/X, as they make music and face their greatest challenge yet--Saja Boys, the hottest new boy band with a dark secret. This official paperback graphic novel retells Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters using full-color images and dialogue from the hit movie. Based on the screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris AppelhansBased on KPop Demon Hunters, the film Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans

Science, Culture, and Climate: Navigating Change is a timely textbook that explores the transdisciplinary nature of climate change, by welding together different theoretical approaches to bear upon the topic. It makes an engaging, approachable, and provocative case for salvaging trust in science as the best way out of the climate crisis. It proposes trust in science as a key for policy making and long-lasting climate solutions. This concise textbook uses a respectful, non-divisive and conversational voice to connect the stories of humanity's ancient connection to the climate with the political and moral climate challenges that face us now, framed in our culture and history, and sprinkled with easy-to-follow scientific concepts related to climate change. The initial chapter of the book traces the ancient nexus of climate change and the evolution of our human society, and how a colorless, odorless gas - a byproduct of our success - has turned that connection into a crisis. The following

Molly lives in the jungle with all the other monkeys, dancing and playing and being silly among the treetops.But Molly has a secret.Molly is a pig.When Norman becomes suspicious that an imposter has infiltrated the monkeys, he sets them all some monkey tests.Will Molly be discovered?

Step into the jungle in this topsy-turvy search-and-find book that whisks young explorers away on a thrilling journey, with flaps to lift and habitats to explore.Can you match the jungle babies to their mothers? Can you spot the teeny caterpillar amongst the butterflies?This interactive search-and-find book takes little explorers deep into the jungle, where they can spot hidden animals, match babies to their mothers and uncover clues like footprints and food trails. With bright, intricate artwork and lift-the-flap surprises, children will stay engaged for hours while developing their observation and matching skills.

Build your awesome Pete the Pilot LEGO® minifigure and plane mini-build, before using both to help you with the activities and adventures in this fun-packed puzzle book.Build your awesome Pete the Pilot LEGO® minifigure and plane mini-build, before using both to help you with the activities and adventures in this fun-packed puzzle book.Build your awesome Pete the Pilot LEGO® minifigure and plane mini-build, before using both to help you with the activities and adventures in this fun-packed puzzle book.In this hilarious Bricktivity book you can use your minifigure and accessories on the page, completing the puzzles and joining in with the imaginative play ideas.Find out all about Pete’s life as a pilot, before colouring in pictures, spotting differences and making your way through mazes. Help Pete’s firefighter friend find his helmet, find out who Pete meets on a tram, complete the story about the pilot’s day at the racing track and loads more. There are even two fun comics to read and

In this revolutionary book, pioneering Harvard Kennedy School professor and behavioral scientist Julia Minson reveals the counterintuitive secret to a life of less drama and more impact.We are in a disagreement crisis. The average person would rather go to the dentist than have a twenty-minute conversation with someone that they strongly disagree with. Yet disagreement is both inevitable and essential for everything from navigating decisions at home to running innovative and agile companies to governing democratic societies.In How to Disagree Better, Minson brings to bear her decades of research into understanding the psychology of disagreement and its relevance to negotiations, conflict resolution, and decision-making, revealing the hidden skill that all the best mediators and negotiators share: displaying receptiveness to opposing views.The science shows that receptive individuals don't just fight less, they also get more done-they are better decision-makers, better peacemakers, and

An essential exploration of Polish literature, with a foreword by Olga TokarczukA revelatory and richly varied collection of Poland's greatest short stories, with a foreword by Nobel Prize-winner Olga TokarczukWitty, surprising and sparkling, this anthology is an essential exploration of Polish literature. Its thirty-nine superb stories run the length of the literal and imaginative creation of Poland, from 1918 (when Poland regained its independence after 123 years of colonization by the neighbouring empires) to the present.The stories include ‘Miss Winczewska’, by the acclaimed twentieth-century writer Maria Dabrowska (1889—1965), based on her experience of helping to establish a library for soldiers at the Citadel military base in Warsaw in the interwar period; and 'In the Shadow of Brooklyn' by Stanislaw Dygat (1914—1978), the comical tale of a young man's envy of what he imagines to be his father's success with women. At the contemporary end, it includes a story by Nobel Prize winn

Discover 11 toast toppings from around the world in this delightful toast-shaped board book.What do you put on your toast? Beans? Egg? Cheese? Anything goes, just don’t burn it! This fun, sturdy, toast-shaped board book is a playful introduction to the things we eat.Filled with bright, beautiful illustrations and the perfect size for little hands, Toast is a wonderful companion to weaning or for young chefs exploring new flavours.Yu Akinaga’s gorgeous pictures, created from paper cuts, introduce 11 international toast toppings and the characters that choose them. The mice family choose ooey-gooey cheese, but the alien prefers avocado, all creamy and green. There’s even a cheeky bite taken out of the final slice! Who did that?!With its novelty shape, fun illustrations, simple language and tasty toppings, Toast is a delicious treat for any baby or toddler.

Grab your backstage pass to Netflix’s hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters with this glossy full-colour poster book that features foil on the cover and more than 35 posters!This official poster book is full of exciting artwork featuring the world-renowned girl group HUNTR/X, Saja Boys, Derpy Tiger, and Sussie! Fans of all ages can cover their walls with these full-colour, collectible images. Perfect for fans of K-pop and demon slaying!Based on the screenplay by Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.Based on KPop Demon Hunters, the film Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.