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Cat Ninja is back in an adventure-packed volume featuring new friends, old foes, and the Cat Lady who started it all! When a notorious band of ninjas discovers a certain Metro City hero wearing their colors and practicing their Kat Fu, their leader sets out to settle an old score. Plus, a nocturnal ninja flaps into town, Octopunch puts up his dukes (all eight of 'em!), Adonis plays hero, Master Hamster's creative kitchen repairs end with a scorching surprise, and our favorite frenemies-against-the-odds compete in the villainous Vroomin' Race!

"Investing is a simple activity, which an entire industry strives to make complicated to justify its existence."At a time when a record number of people are investing in the stock market, this book by award-winning financial writer Nicolas Bérubé reveals how any investor can get rich and beat the professionals at their own game by investing less than an hour a year of their time.Admitting that he felt like a 'zero' after his first mistakes as a beginner investor, Nicolas has never stopped trying to understand what separates the winners from the losers. He has observed how the greatest investors around the world think and act, meeting and interviewing many of them, and going on to include the revealing results here.He also uses little-known examples, such as the forgotten theft of the Mona Lisa, Isaac Newton's stock market disaster, and the mistake made by one of the world's greatest investors, to make learning about investing a compelling journey through history, psychology, and financ

Return to #1New York Timesbestseller Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began withThe Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion inThe Lost Metal.For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set―with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders―since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate―whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose―and Bilming is even more entangled.After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial’s god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming ha

A fun sticker activity book for kids to accompany the release of Disney’s WishFollow Princess Asha and her goat Valentino on an epic starlit adventure in Disney’s Wish with this book packed with stickers.This fun activity sticker book features images and artwork from Disney’s movie Wish. Wish upon a star and celebrate Disney’s 100th year with all the key characters, locations, and moments and relieve the movie magic with more than 100 stickers.Disney Wish: The Ultimate Sticker Book will help kids relive the wonder of Disney’s newest movie. Fun stickering activities will keep kids aged 5–7 entertained for hours, and, with more than 100 stickers, there are plenty of extra stickers, too.

Count down to Christmas with Maisy and her friends!Unwrap twenty-four super stories to share in the run-up to Christmas and keep to read again and again, all year round. Enjoy a story every single day of advent with this collection of pocket-sized family-favourite picture books, starring Maisy, Charley, Tallulah, Cyril and Eddie on all kinds of adventures!This story collection is beautifully presented in a large hardback with a special pocket for each book and a festive red ribbon. The perfect gift in the run-up to the festive season.

Count down to Christmas with Maisy and her friends!Unwrap twenty-four super stories to share in the run-up to Christmas and keep to read again and again, all year round. Enjoy a story every single day of advent with this collection of pocket-sized family-favourite picture books, starring Maisy, Charley, Tallulah, Cyril and Eddie on all kinds of adventures! This story collection is beautifully presented in a large hardback with a special pocket for each book and a festive red ribbon. The perfect gift in the run-up to the festive season.Maisy Advent Calendar Story Collection (降臨曆) + Maisy's Christmas Letters (精裝操作書)(英國版)共兩本書商品除瑕疵品外，恕不接受退換貨因拍攝略有色差，圖片僅供參考，顏色請以實際收到商品為準

※ 2024年The Business Book Awards 「Sales & Marketing類型」高度推薦 ※「任何考慮為產品訂價的人必讀本書。」──Booking.com共同創辦人，安迪‧菲利普斯（Andy Phillipps）博士╭───────────────────────────╮不靠賣得多，不靠亂漲價，這樣的定價策略最有效解決你賺不到錢的獲利指南！╰───────────────────────────╯你知道：要價20元和100元的礦泉水，有什麼不同嗎？許多倒閉的企業經過證實，只要售價增加1％左右就可以不必慘賠！但是我們經常認為漲價是大事，會影響銷售、帶來負面觀感，極少隨時因應環境改變，重新審視定價結構。你可能覺得……「我怕訂價太高，就沒人會買了。」「我們賣得比競爭對手都貴耶！」「客戶一定都選便宜的……」學會訂價，不等於漫天開價！鎖定正確的成長結構，才能找出讓企業長久營運的獲利模式！《哈佛商業評論》研究發現，提高定價對公司的影響，幾乎是銷售成長的四倍！麥肯錫（MicKinsey）也發現，每增加1％的售價，可以使EBITDA表現提升22％，股價上漲25％！正確的定價策略，可以讓公司保持成長、持續研發，同時讓客戶和股東保持滿意！本書作者是華頓商學院MBA，將全面解答你對訂價的各種問題，包括：◆如何運用心理效應提高定價？💰1.用不同價位販售根本上相同的產品。大眾願意為專門用途付出更高的金額，就像平平是止痛藥，背痛藥、經痛藥、偏頭痛藥就是可以賣得更貴！💰2.提供中間選項。《經濟學人》提供了三種訂購方案：✔僅網站版，60美元（16%的人購買）✔僅紙本版，120美元 0%✔網站版＋紙本版，120美元（84%的人購買）每名顧客的平均花費為114美元，而中間選項看起來很多餘。然而把看似多餘的中間選項去除掉，再做一次實驗，結果如下：✔ 僅網站版，60美元（68％的人購買）✔網站版＋紙本版，120美元（32％的人選）結果每名顧客的平均花費為降到80美元，對公司的利潤是一大打擊！◆如何測試漲價，又不會激怒顧客？1.進入新市場2.推出新產品3.創造平行產品4.讓顧客難以比價另外還有：◆如何檢視自家產品在價格與績效上的市場定位？◆怎麼從損益表中計算合理利潤？◆14種常見的價格設定模型？◆客戶在怎樣的情況下願意買貴的？懂得定價科學，才能讓公司賣得輕鬆、賺得有餘

A first novelty book telling the story of the Nativity, with push, pull and slide mechanisms.Busy Nativity introduces young children to the wonderful story of the First Christmas. Push, pull and turn the tabs to join Mary and Joseph on their long journey to Bethlehem, marvel as a host of angels appear and see beautiful baby Jesus in his crib.The perfect gift for toddlers with inquisitive fingers and minds, they will love playing with the easy-to-handle mechanisms in this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and magical illustrations by Emily Bolam.Listen along to an audio recording of this story by scanning the QR code on the back cover.Keep little ones busy with more festive favourites, like Busy Christmas and Can You Find Santa?.

The perfect gift for any child this Christmas. From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of festive favourites How Winston Delivered Christmas, How Winston Came Home for Christmas and The Grumpus, comes a gorgeous retelling of children's Christmas classic The Nutcracker - a Christmas Story in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters.The Mouse King is up to some very sneaky shenanigans. The night before Christmas, he steals the key to the Kingdom of Sweets and sets out to cause as much festive mayhem as he can!Clara and Fritz Strudel, and their new friend the Nutcracker, are the only ones who can stop him. But when a magical curse is put on Fritz, it's a race against time to make it to the Kingdom of Sweets and find the Sugar Plum Fairy – the only one who can break the spell!Can the adventurers stop the Mouse King's naughty plan and save Fritz, before it's too late?With irresistible colour illustrations, a festively foiled cover and a chapter to enjoy each day in December, The Nutcracker And the Mo

A mortal curse laid upon a baby princess, magic fairies, and true love's first kiss... Will Princess Aurora escape her tragic destiny? This magnificent paper cut-out book plunges us into the enchanting world of the famous ballet, Sleeping Beauty.

Santa needs a new reindeer in this third hilarious Christmas must-have picture book, from the duo who brought you Santa's New Beard and Santa's New Sleigh!One week to go 'till Christmas Day,The final touches underway,A ribbon here, a flourish there,And presents piled up everywhere. Santa smiled. 'What could go wrong?'He didn't have to wait too long .. . Out of the sky a whirling blur,Of antlers, legs and soft brown fur,Came crashing through the workshop roof,And that's how Rudolph sprained his hoof .. . Oh no! Another Christmas disaster! The sleigh can't fly without Rudolph.Luckily, head engineer Lizzie is on hand to help . . .introducing ROBO-REINDEER! Christmas is saved once more.

Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique!Isadora is special because she is different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she's a bit of both. Isadora and her family are visiting the Frost Festival, a huge celebration of the winter fairies! There's ice skating, fairground rides, gingerbread houses and lots of delicious fairy hot chocolate.It's magical!But in the hustle and bustle Isadora gets separated from both her family and Pink Rabbit. Can she find them before the grand fairy lights are switched on?

Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023 A new book from award-winning illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo, Lost is the story of a polar bear who finds himself lost, in a big concrete city. He politely asks the city folk for help but everyone is much too busy and impatient to help the newcomer. He finds himself travelling on the subway only to be noticed, finally by a little girl.The girl takes the homesick bear by the paw and under her innocent wing. Under the nose of her seemingly unaware mum, she feeds him dinner, gives him a bath and they read stories together. When the polar bear wistfully looks at a poster of the North Pole on her bedroom wall, the little girl realises that her friend needs help to get home. This is a story about the power friendship has to help you feel found, and even to transport you home.

Kitty is a superhero-in-training with feline superpowers. She dreams of being just like her superhero mum one day, but she's still got a lot to learn. Join her for a series of enchanting adventures by the light of the moon.In Kitty and the Snowball Bandit, a sneaky snowball thrower is ruining all the fun at the Winter Fair. The way they throw, hide, and run makes it seem like they have superpowers. Could this be a supervillain? It's up to Kitty to track them down and find out.

跟人有關的事，不能只看數字！統計數據過度簡化人的複雜性，忽略了人類物種發展的多元性及可能性看What更看Why，大數據無法掌握的事，讓人類學家來告訴你導讀 ｜ 阿潑（媒體工作者）審訂 ｜林浩立（清華大學人類學研究所副教授） 「人類學讓你用別人看待你的視角看待自己，因此，它是最能改變世界的領域。」——譚亞．魯爾曼（Tanya Luhrmann），美國心理人類學家最有系統的人類學思想入門人類學——最擅長挑戰概念、質疑「常識」的學科顛覆你慣常的思考模式，當今世代最需要的一門知識人類學是一門研究人及其文化的學科，擅長以全貌觀和比較觀點理解當代與過去社會，以在不同空間與時間尺度中移動的多重視角，理解人類社會的複雜面向，對思考現代世界提供了非常有用的方法。在《人類怎麼學》中，馬修．恩格爾克透過「文化」、「文明」、「價值」、「血液」、「認同」等文化人類學時常提到的概念做分類，細說人類學家如何思考闡述這些概念，而他們對此概念的田野實例為何、理論如何推進和相互補充、面臨哪些不足，系統地詳述這些概念在文化人類學中怎麼被呈現與論證。了解文化乃至於文化人類學的概念，對於認識人類社會的歧異性十分重要，必須先認知到有差異，才不會帶著文化本位看待他者或異文化，也才能感知人類世界的多樣性。恩格爾克希望讀者帶走的是人類學的敏感性，將人類學觀點帶到自己周遭的世界，像人類學家一樣思考——我們了解別人，所以成為更好的人。媒體名人讚譽《人類怎麼學》是這個領域極好的入門著作，文筆優美，講述動人，引人入勝，它抓住了這門學科的基本特徵：人類學是一種觀看和思考的方式。人類學讓你用別人看待你的視角看待自己，因此，它是最能改變世界的領域。——譚亞．魯爾曼（Tanya Luhrmann），美國心理人類學家活潑且敏銳的恩格爾克，邀請讀者了解人類學的迷人歷史及真知灼見。這個優雅的綜合體告訴我們，這個學科如何改變人們對世界的看法。——凱特琳．札魯姆（Caitlin Zaloom），《走出深淵》（Out of the Pits）作者這是一本生動、新穎且全面的人類學導論，它既是一門學科，也是一種生活方式，既通俗易懂，也極具洞見。它結合了高超的敘事技巧，涵蓋範圍廣泛──從經典著作到作家自己的田野經驗，它也顯示人類學為何應被視為社會科學的核心：這是一門訓練人的大腦深入觀察和同理他人生活的學科。——查爾斯．金（Charles

An irresistible festive follow-up from award-winning author-illustrator Emma Yarlett, with hilarious letters and parcels to open.Santa receives post from children all over the world. But when Amy sends him a letter, he just can't work out what she wants as her gift. Will Santa manage to find Amy the right present in time for Christmas Eve?This joyous story sparkles with Emma Yarlett’s vibrant illustrations and quirky humour."A joyful festive novelty picture book, crammed with real letters to open and explore." The Bookseller

From former Birmingham Young Poet Laureate Nyanda Foday comes this inspirational, poetic introduction to the vital need for every child to see themselves in the books they read.What does a book mean to those who search for acceptance and understanding? A place to find friends, feel part of a family, or to be your true self. A good book takes you to new worlds, the right one shows you can exist in this one. So for all bookworms – lovers of books – the world is waiting for you.

"Laugh out loud funny and full of heart" Noel Fielding"Funny, bonkers and brilliant" The Stylist"Very funny, with brilliant illustrations. It should be called The Book That Everyone Wanted To Read." Nadia Shireen"One book that I really think children should read is The Book That No One Wanted to Read." David BaddielHave you ever thought about how it feels to be a book? To be left under a whiffy pant pile or shelved, forever collecting dust? To have your pages bent backwards or your spine BROKEN? What if you don’t have a sparkly unicorn or dragon adorning your cover – who will pick you out of the bookshop then? This is the story of the sadly neglected Book That No One Wanted To Read – can its destiny change when it finally meets the right reader? Spoiler alert: yes.From Ambiguous to Zealous, the words in this book are for 7-to-12-year-olds. It may seem inconceivable for one book to encompass such a wide age span! But in fact, inconceivable – and all the other words in this book – were s

Christmastime is here! Get ready for the festive season with Sylvanian Families in this official sticker dress-up book, packed with over 300 stickers and all your favourite characters. The perfect gift to enjoy this Christmas!Join Freya the Chocolate Rabbit and her friends as they get ready for Christmas in Sylvanian Village. Sticker woolly hats and scarves for them to wear in the snow, decorate the Red Roof Country Home with lights and baubles, and then sticker costumes for the babies to wear in their Christmas parade! At the back of the book, find beautiful templates and detailed instructions to make a Christmas card to give to friends and family.With over 300 stickers to bring the world of Sylvania to life, Sylvanian Families: Sticker Dress-Up Christmas has everything you need to create the perfect Christmas!Look out for more Sylvanian Families books from Macmillan Children's Books, including The World of Sylvanian Families.

《我想念我自己》影后茱莉安‧摩爾點名致謝《週日泰晤士報》暢銷書作者無所畏懼的最後之作你為結婚、生子、買房、退休做足準備何不同樣認真對待人生中最必然的事――死亡？無懼推薦王培寧 國立陽明交通大學神經學科兼任教授，一森診所記憶健腦中心總監常佑康 台北慈濟醫院放射腫瘤科主治醫師、「預立醫療照護諮商門診」諮商醫師畢柳鶯 衛福部台中醫院復健科資深教學醫師、《斷食善終》作者陳乃菁 陳乃菁診所院長、高雄長庚醫院兼診醫師趙可式 國立成功大學醫學院名譽教授、台灣安寧緩和療護推手蘇益賢 臨床心理師、初色心理治療所副所長「我與母親無所不談，除了癌症，以及即將到來的終點。要是我們當時談論了死亡，或許我就可以讓她知道，如果她還能表達對這一切的恐懼，那就表示她離盡頭還有段距離。但所有的時間卻都浪費在等待死亡前來叩門，所有原本可以好好把握的時光，就這樣永遠失去了。」二○一四年，溫蒂．蜜雪兒被診斷出罹患早發性失智症，她曾以為，人生就將這樣戛然而止。但她錯了，在與失智症共處的這些年裡，她成了暢銷書作家，瞭解到任何病症都有前、中、後期，臨終也是一樣。從預立醫療規劃、拒絕治療到自主停止飲食（斷食善終），溫蒂想邀請你進入這場她與自己、親友和醫師的對話之旅。一路上，她會提供你各種思考與建議，你可以參考她的答案，但你必須親身透過對話釐清自己的想法，因為善終這件事，不該由別人代替你做出決定。打動人心……一場關於善終的探索，全面且深思熟慮。……藉由談話，找出你自己對善終的真正想法，同時認識並支持他人的選擇。――西里雅‧基欣格（Celia Kizinger），加地夫大學榮譽教授溫蒂，謝謝你寫下這本書，謝謝你聆聽這麼多的聲音，從中找出線索，瞭解自己所需要知道的一切。謝謝你公開自己的想法，讓我們知道你釐清一切的過程，讓我們有路可以跟隨……你的書將給許多人帶來希望與勇氣，因為正如我們都知道的，當我們談論死亡時，我們也是在反思生命。這本美麗的書令人振奮而充滿勇氣。――凱薩琳‧曼尼克斯（Kathryn Mannix），緩和照護醫師，《週日泰晤士報》年度之書《以終為始》（With the End in Mind）作者睿智又美妙，這場關於死亡的重要對話既關乎蜜雪兒，也關乎我們自己。毋須害怕談論死亡，你會很慶幸自己參與了蜜雪兒的旅程。――湯姆‧莎士比亞（Tom Shakespeare），倫敦衛生與熱帶醫學院教授非凡之作……對於我們

正當Bonnie準備放假休息，與Grampa Banks前往離島渡假，燈塔竟傳來死亡消息──又一樁案件降臨！本來被當作意外的事故，卻讓Montgomery Bonbon的鬍子不安顫動，顯示危機四伏。當島上再發生第二起命案，線索悄然交錯，Bonnie是否能單槍匹馬揭開謎底，或需要雙倍偵探，一起解開雙倍謀殺？The second instalment in a brilliantly clever, funny and highly illustrated murder mystery seriesThe most troublesome thing about being a detective is that it is almost impossible to go on holiday.When Bonnie Montgomery finally gets a break from cracking cases as her alter-ego, Montgomery Bonbon, something terribly fishy happens the moment she and Grampa Banks arrive on Odde Island for half-term – and it''s not just the smell of the harbour. There''s been a mysterious death at Leerie Lighthouse, and what everyone assumed was an accident is setting Bonbon''s moustache all a-quiver: a sure sign that something is Highly Suspicious.When a second death takes place on the other side of the island, Bonnie is sure the two are connected. But can she solve this case alone, or will she need double the detectives to solve double the murder?

熱鬧的「霜之市集」即將登場，動物小鎮滿懷期待，但突如其來的大雪卻讓準備工作陷入混亂。面對這場冰雪危機，Pedro 和冒險鼠小隊出動了！他們要在寒冬中齊心協力，讓節慶如期展開，為大家帶來溫暖與歡樂。The Frost Fair is coming! But when a surprise snowfall puts the mice's plans at risk, it's upto Pedro and the team to save the Fair and bring joy to the town! Guaranteed to warmhearts everywhere.

The multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question: how does Santa go down the chimney?When Santa arrives at a child’s house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there’s no chimney? Maybe he slides under the door, as thin as a piece of paper? Or is it possible he pours himself through the tap? What happens once he’s inside?Mac Barnett’s iconic talent for earnest deadpan humour and Jon Klassen’s irresistibly funny art honour this timeless question with answers both ridiculous and plausible, mounting in hilarity as the night continues. Channeling a child’s fanciful explanations, this latest collaboration by a bestselling team will find a secure spot among family Christmas traditions.

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