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A hilarious alphabet adventure that will have readers racing from A to Z!A is for apple. B is for ball. C is for castle. But wait! D is NOT for dog. There's a wolf in this book and it's lurking right behind you. YOU are the hero of this story! Can you spot the sneaky wolf hiding throughout this book, escape its clutches and make it all the way to Z? You better watch out for its devious disguises!From the creators of award-winning How to Count to One, featured in the New York Times, comes this mad-cap story that will have you on the edge of your seat! How well do you know your ABC?Praise for How to Count to One:"Just as we once screamed at a pigeon not to drive the bus, we now, with similar glee, take on Salmon as he commands us not to count past one." - New York Times"This debut is more than a book; it's an invitation to have fun." - Observer"Counting book with a delightful difference" - GuardianIncludes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.

書系簡介：Guided Science Readers: Level A-F Parent Pack 科學引導讀本：參照美國小學實施的Guided Reading Level (引導式閱讀分級系統)，將科學知識性的讀本分為A-F六個級數，每盒收錄12-16本讀本。讀本涵括孩子們有興趣的主題，例如海底生物、農場動物、雨林生物等，搭配圖文相符的寫實照片，豐富知識並提升孩子的閱讀理解力。小朋友依照美國國小的課程進度，循序漸進地學習句型和跨科學字彙。 各級數句型難易度：Level A的讀本，每頁搭配1行非常簡單的短句，共16冊。Level B的讀本，每頁搭配2行簡單的短句，共16冊。Level C的讀本，適合給可以唸出一點點單字的小朋友，共16冊。Level D的讀本，適合給可以讀出好幾個單字的小朋友，每頁搭配1-2行簡單的短句，共16冊。Level E-F的讀本，適合給可以讀短句的小朋友，每頁搭配1-3街簡單的短句和寫真照片，幫助孩子輕鬆進階，共12冊。 全系列皆搭配寫真照片的自然讀本，可以提高小朋友閱讀信心和能力。每套組合都有收錄一本迷你單字活動本，和16張獎勵貼紙，以及家長指導單。爸爸媽媽可以按盒中的家長指導單與小朋友互動，透過學習生活知識與欣賞照片，達到有趣又有效率的學習成果。是小朋友在故事性讀本外，另一種知識性讀本的好選擇！ 各級套書目錄：級數書目Level A Box01. Bat Facts /02. Beautiful Butterflies/03. A Bunny Can Hop/04. Counting Bats/05. Counting Chicks/06. Fall Leaves /07. A Frog Grows Up /08. Harvest Time/09. Hello,Whale!/ 10. I Love Fall!/ 11. The Kitten /12. An Owl /13. Penguins Can Go!/ 14. This Pumpkin/15. Wolf Countdown/16. What Puppies LoveLevel B Box01.B

Get ready for a new series that brings readers deeper into the lush, romantic, and puzzle-filled world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games series (over 3 million copies sold!), set a year after we last saw Avery and the Hawthornes.Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year’s game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits—physically, mentally, and emotionally—it soon b

The second PHENOMENALLY FUNNY out-of-this-world adventure from YouTube sensation and TV presenter Adam B is perfect for fans of David Baddiel and Ben MIller!Thirteen-year-old Adam has made a lot of mistakes in his life, but this has to be the biggest.Thanks to a MASSIVE fight with his little brother Callum, the mysterious and magical computer algorithm Popularis Incrementum has exploded - and accidentally transported them both to a completely different world!No, not just a different world. A different dimension: one where Adam and Callum were never born and the internet doesn't exist, and neither does any of the technology they rely on to make their epic YouTube videos!Will the brothers survive in this strange Altiverse where everything is ALMOST like home but ISN'T? And how do you stop an evil villain from sabotaging your dad's world-changing technology when in this universe your dad doesn't even know who you are?But for now there's only one question in Adam's mind: how do they get ba

This is the story of how I became Anne of Greenville. It’s also the story of how I found my true true, and how I needed to maybe come to Greenville, of all places, to make that happen.In this modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, Anne is an ABBA-loving singer/actor/writer of disco-operas, queer, Japanese-American who longs to be understood for her artistic genius. Recently relocated to middle-of-nowhere Greenville and starting at a new school, Anne has a tendency to A) fall in love quickly, deeply, and effervescently and B) fly off the handle in the face of jerks. Both personality quirks quickly come into play when the soccer team boos the premiere of her disco performance, which—in a roundabout way—introduces her to her new BFF, Berry, and she soon after meets the girl of her dreams, Gilly.Falling quickly into that age-old trap of ignoring the best friend for the new crush, Anne soon becomes embroiled in a series of dramatic and unfortunate events, and quickly finds herself wrap

A deep journaling tool for becoming less reactive, and more responsive and open to loveIn her highly anticipated new book, How to Be Loving, Danielle LaPorte teaches that “resiliency is our capacity to respond from the heart―it has everything to do with love and inclusiveness, and nothing to do with getting tougher. Resilience is a foil to the ego’s way of dividing everything into ‘right or wrong.’”This journal is a resilience tool.Yearly vision quests are great, but regular reflection keeps us close to our life force―and to each other. And the more often we reflect on what’s meaningful in our life, the more light we will find to steer by. Every passage in this journal feels like a portal to your inner knowing.Reflection prompts take the individual on a journey from seeing themselves as “separate” to recognizing that we’re each part of the Divine Plan. The experience is punctuated by micro teachings on the virtues of Loving Kindness, Compassion, Forgiving, Wisdom, and Radiance.How to B

Now in paperback! From the authors of Unpregnant (a movie from HBO Max!), this teen twist on the cancer love story is dark humor mixed with quirky fun. When perennial nice guy Cam learns the girl of his dreams's boyfriend, Steve, has a potentially terminal illness, he decides the way to win her heart is by saving Steve's life. Steve Stevenson is a jerk. That might not be a cool thing to say about someone with cancer, but it’s true. Yeah, he throws legendary parties and is the most popular guy in school, but he also loves humiliating pranks, Cardi B, and doesn’t recycle. Worst of all, he’s dating Kaia―the girl of nice guy Cam’s dreams.But when a desperate Kaia asks Cam to help her raise money to pay for Steve’s experimental treatment, Cam offers to organize the biggest, most viral fundraising campaign―SaveSteve.org. Maybe then Kaia will finally see Cam as the perfect, thoughtful, altruistic, good guy for her. But Steve’s no fool. He’s totally on to Cam’s plan. And to stop him from steal

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a . . . Rebel Girl! Are you: A. Flying high in the sky like adventurous pilot Amelia Earhart?B. Catching air like Olympic skateboarder Sky Brown?C. Climbing your way into the clouds like mountaineer Junko Tabei?Quizzes for Rebel Girls is packed with 50+ quizzes guiding girls to discover the traits, strengths, and habits that make them unique. The quirky questions in this book will help curious readers explore their personalities, forecast their futures, and find common ground with extraordinary women who've come before. Colorful illustrations bring this book to life and make it extra fun to share with friends and family! This book is filled with playful quizzes like: Lights, Camera, or Action? What's Your STEM Style?Are You a Team Player? How Do You Use the Power of the Pen?Hometown Hero or World Traveler? What Is Your Super Power? Quizzes for Rebel Girls is brought to you by the team behind the New York Times best-selling series Goodnight Stories for Re

The translator, Mr S. S. Liu, who has combined several conspicuous careers in one lifetime, has selected for this Anthology of Chinese Poetry, 101 poems from 47 poets, beginning with Fu Hs?an, in the third century, down to Jennings Wong, in the twentieth. This is a parallel text edition with the Chinese originals on the left-hand page facing the English translations on the right-hand. Concordances to the works of 38 other English translators are given in the Appendix.Mr. John Cairncross, a distinguished poet and skilful translator, who contributed a further seven translations to Professor Liu's, says in his Foreword.'All translators of poetry, it has often been observed, are expected to combine the conflicting desiderata of fidelity and beauty. But the task of the writer who sets out to English the Chinese poets is even more exacting. He must not only produce a work of art in his own language but also devise means of giving his Chinese version a specifically Chinese touch....At first b

The ladybird and her farm animal friends have a clever crime-busting plan in this fantastic farmyard story, the second in the What the Ladybird Heard series.Join everyone's favourite ladybird in this fantastically funny farmyard caper from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard.Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble. They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, but now they're setting their sights higher and are planning to steal the fat red hen herself! Fortunately the quiet, clever ladybird is on their trail, and she and her farm animal friends have a plan of their own. With slapstick action, animal noises and a mysterious Snuggly Snerd bird, What the Ladybird Heard Next is a story you'll be reading over and over again.Now available as a board book, this much-loved classic is perfect for young readers, with b

The storms are coming.... Something has happened to Serafina. She has awoken into a darkness she does not understand, scarred from a terrible battle, only to find that life at Biltmore Estate has changed in unimaginable ways. Old friends do unthinkable things and enemies seem all around.A mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, a force without a name, bringing with it violent storms and flooding that stands to uproot everything in its path. Serafina must uncover the truth about what has happened to her and find a way to harness her strange new powers before it's too late. With only days to achieve the impossible, Serafina fights to reclaim herself as the Guardian of Biltmore, friend of Braeden, daughter of her Pa, and heroine of the Blue Ridge Mountains and all the folk and creatures that call it home. In the epic third installment of Robert Beatty's #1 bestselling series, Serafina takes her rightful place among literary champions as she battles fiercely to defend all she loves and b

在 Don't Eat Eustace 裡，Lian Cho 以畫筆與節制的幽默，塑造出一場意料之外的「午餐攻防戰」。孤獨的熊和機靈的魚 Eustace，原本是獵人與獵物的關係，卻因為一句「我有女朋友！」而開啟另一種可能。畫面動靜對比巧妙，角色神情豐富，讀者會從一場可笑又可愛的對峙中，感受到選擇、寬容與友誼的微妙力量。Author-illustrator Lian Cho of Oh, Olive! and Pig Town Party delivers her third hilarious picture book about a bear and the fish, named Eustace, that he's trying to make his lunch. But a dash of diversion, a pinch of luck, and the surprising power of friendship just might save Eustace after all!Today's Lunch Special: Freshly caught fish. Bear lives alone in a lighthouse. Bear mends their clothes, sweeps the floors, and catches their own lunch.Today's lunch is Eustace. Eustace would really like to live. (He has a girlfriend after all.)Will Eustace be released back into the sea? Or will he end up in Bear's stock pot? Find out in this funny adventure filled with brilliant illustrations and lots of humor.“DON’T: eat Eustace. DO: curl up with some hot chocolate and enjoy another excellent picture book from Lian Cho.” -Adam Rex, autho

從挪威到英格蘭，甚至遠征北美，本書以四則扣人心弦的真實歷史為背景，描寫孩子們在維京時代的生存挑戰與勇氣選擇。幽默筆調結合真實人物與事件，搭配插畫與延伸學習指引，是讓7歲以上孩子愛上歷史的好選擇！From the author of the blockbuster Horrible Histories series, now a TV show and movie, who has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Named 'outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books for Keeps Horrible Histories author Terry Deary presents a rip-roaringly funny collection of Viking tales based on thrilling true stories – four books in one! Perfect for history fans (and those who don't know they're history fans yet) aged 7+. The Eye of the Viking God: Norway, 793 CE.Fleece was snatched by Viking warriors when she was a young girl. Now she must work for a bullying farmer and his family, looking after their sheep. She longs to return to the country where she was born, but how will she ever make that journey back across the sea? The Battle for the Viking Gold: Whitby, Northern England, 867 CE.Edwin and Luke are young boys training to be monks. It's a quiet lif

將《全譯哈農鋼琴教本》，拆成上下兩冊，改用大音符表，重新打譜印刷，每個音符都清楚，視譜不吃力，每首練習曲均附有四種節奏的變奏，可讓小朋友的節奏感及觸鍵更加敏銳正確。下冊收納全譯本裡〔練習曲第21首至第38首〕--以十六分音符為彈奏單位音階包含：C, G, D, A, E, F, 降B,降E, 降A, 降D大調a, e, b, 升f,升c, 升ｇ, d, g, c, f, 降b小調，半音階分散合絃：C, G, D, F, 降B大調；a, e ,b, d, g小調 『一本特別的練習曲使鋼琴家能在短時間內練習完整的課程為心願。這個目的可由獲得以下問題的解決而達成。因兩手之五支手指如予以訓練成為均等，則無論如何困難的音符，亦能演奏，其惟一所剩的問題則是運指法的問題，而它僅加以一點研究就可解決。這個問題，由我們的作品“The Virtuoso-pianist in 60 Exercies”及其他作品得到了解決。本書載有習會完美無庇的演奏所不可缺少之因素，如手肘的柔軟，手指的敏捷，獨立性，手指的強韌，及完全均等等所必要的練習曲。加之這些練習曲之策劃，志在使左手能得到與右手同樣的熟練。僅在數處出現的少許練習曲以外，均是我們自己的作品，並且非常有趣，與那些乾燥無味的五指練習曲不同，並不須要以從事藝術所需的忍耐力來奮起練習心，也不會使學生感覺疲勞。這些練習曲，把譜面閱過二三遍以後就即刻能夠很快速地彈奏，所以不但手指之訓練可收宏效，練習時間亦無浪費。任何一個練習曲可同時用數臺鋼琴彈奏，故可引起學生們的競爭心，並可使他們習慣於合奏。凡有困難的地方，均有說明，並且其編曲，考慮到使手指能夠輪流休息，所以有機械性困難的地方，彈起來不致精疲力竭。而這種練習日積月累，手指就會變成敏捷可驚，終能體會到最高技術。本書之作，係以所有鋼琴練習生為對象。例如練習約有一年之學生也可教他練習。程度更高的學生，學會的時間更短，而可不必經驗手指與手肘等以前所感到過的堅硬苦澀。經常沒有十分練習時間的鋼琴家或教師，如欲取回手

本文是一篇中長篇的現代都市小說，講述了主人公賀情與應與將從結下樑子到放下偏見，共同合作，成為知己的故事。 應與將在A城的生意出現了點小問題，跑到外地來避風頭。賀情是B城的純情富二代闊少。 兩人的見面劍拔弩張，電光火石，據說是因為賀情欺負了應與將的弟弟。賀情發誓，讓他在B城圈子裡丟臉的債，一定要從那個男人身上討回來。 賀情在和應與將相識之後，漸漸改掉了之前的壞毛病，變得更加沉穩與有擔當。一向強硬的應與將也在跟賀情的相處中也懂得適當退讓。兩人互相幫助、相互學習，遇到挫折跟困難共同面對，並尋找解決方法，最後兩人都找到了適合自己的生活方式。

Hailed as a "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated novelist Andrea Barrett has for decades reached backward to find inspiration from the past and written acclaimed and prizewinning works of historical fiction. In Dust and Light, the first work of nonfiction of her extraordinary career, Barrett draws from that deep well of experience to explore the mysteries, methods, and delights of the form.Inspiration found in the past, she argues, can illuminate fiction, just as dust scatters light and makes the unseen visible. Barrett writes of lessons gleaned from the classic work of some of her guiding lights (Willa Cather, Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf), as well as the work of such contemporary masters as Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Colm T鏙b璯, and Jesmyn Ward. She reveals how she created some of her own beloved works, taking readers on a fascinating journey into some of the largest questions in the genre: How does a writer find me

National BestsellerWinner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction • Finalist for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Award in History • Winner of 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the 2024 Mark Lynton History PrizeNamed a best book of 2023 by New Yorker, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Barnes & NobleA New York Times Notable Book of 2023 • A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2023 • An NPR “Book We Love” for 2023“Eloquent and comprehensive. . . . In the book’s sweeping synthesis, standard flashpoints of U.S. history take on new meaning.”—Kathleen DuVal, Wall Street Journal“In accounts of American history, Indigenous peoples are often treated as largely incidental—either obstacles to be overcome or part of a narrative separate from the arc of nation-building. Blackhawk . . . [shows] that Native communities have, instead, been inseparable from the American story all along.”—Washington Post Book World, “B

兩個二戰的倖存者、美國士兵約翰和德國士兵A，施加於彼此的片刻“憐憫”卻改變了他們和他們所愛之人的一生。 1945年，一架美軍B-24轟炸機在進攻德軍時墜毀，倖存者約翰只能和一個德軍士兵A分享最後一點食物，然後各自踏上亡命之途。約翰如何憑藉對妻子哈莉特的愛拒絕死亡的誘惑；A如何在逃亡中變成法國人“雨果”，為了拯救孤兒馬丁被流彈削去一半頭部；終生為身世困擾的馬丁在養老院見證了雨果之死；陷入孤獨的導演丹

本書是二次元溫柔治癒係人氣插畫家小草首本個人插畫作品集。書中包含人物設定，世界觀設定，主題插圖和14組人物膠帶畫。本書適合15-30歲，喜歡動漫，愛好奇幻主題，想學習如何創作屬於自己的原創角色，收藏、臨摹人物立繪的讀者，和喜歡軟萌少女風插圖的讀者。本書特色：A.書中包含人物設定與世界觀設定B.收錄2021—2023 「魔法學院」「貓貓麵包房」「兔兔糖水舖」等主題插圖。C.收錄14組人物膠帶畫，方便讀者臨摹學習。D.隨書附贈明信片故事繪本《告別》（A Story about a Hug and Goodbye）

In twenty-six essays--one for each letter of the alphabet--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future. Climate change resists narrative--and yet some account of what's happening is needed. Millions of lives are at stake, and upward of a million species. And there are decisions to be made, even though it's unclear who, exactly, will make them. In H Is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the landscape of climate change--from "A", for Svante Arrhenius, who created the world's first climate model in 1894, to "Z", for the Colorado River Basin, ground zero for climate change in the United States. Along the way she looks at Greta Thurnburg's "blah blah blah" speech ("B"), flies an all-electric plane ("E"), experiments with the effects of extreme temperatures on the human body ("T"), and struggles with the deep uncertainty of the future of climate change ("

Through guided journaling prompts and exercises, Forget You Not provides a meaningful keepsake journal for anyone looking to heal after loss When a loved one passes away, the most common response from well-meaning friends and family is "there are no words." In reality, words are exactly what can help us heal. As an internationally recognized calligrapher and watercolor artist who lost her father at the age of 13, writing and art have influenced Brittany DeSantis's entire life for the better. Through a beautifully painted and guided keepsake journal, readers will be encouraged to use their words to reflect on and honor those who have passed with the following activities and sections: Repetitive writing exercises that help alleviate anxiety and overwhelmThoughtful prompts to commemorate, celebrate, and cherish those who have passedPages for attaching photographs, keepsakes, cards, and mementosSpace for reflection and letters to loved onesHand-painted quotes and words of wisdom that can b

Winner of the 2023 Griffin Poetry PrizeWinner of the 2023 Kingsley Tufts Poetry AwardFinalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry, the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – PoetryA New York Times Notable BookIn his brilliant, expansive second volume, Whiting Award–winning poet Roger Reeves probes the apocalypses and raptures of humanity―climate change, anti-Black racism, familial and erotic love, ecstasy and loss.The poems in Best Barbarian roam across the literary and social landscape, from Beowulf’s Grendel to the jazz musician Alice Coltrane, from reckoning with immigration at the U.S.–Mexico border to thinking through the fraught beauty of the moon on a summer night after the police have killed a Black man.Daring and formally elegant, Best Barbarian asks the reader: “Who has not been an entryway shuddering in the wind / Of another’s want, a rose nailed to some dark longing and b

The literary arts represent and provoke experiences of understanding and emotion, and this open access study examines how the practical pursuit of well-being in healthcare reveals purposes at the core of our engagements with and understanding of literature itself.During the past twenty years, much admirable work in the “health humanities” has focused upon what studies of literature contribute to the understandings and the practical work―the “worldly work”―of healthcare. Such a project aims at developing healthcare practitioners who bring greater care to those who come to them ailing or in fear or faced with terrible suffering. Literary Studies and Well-Being turns this inside out by examining the intergenerational caretaking of healthcare in a manner which allows us to comprehend the nature and discipline of literary studies in new ways. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded b

The literary arts represent and provoke experiences of understanding and emotion, and this open access study examines how the practical pursuit of well-being in healthcare reveals purposes at the core of our engagements with and understanding of literature itself.During the past twenty years, much admirable work in the “health humanities” has focused upon what studies of literature contribute to the understandings and the practical work―the “worldly work”―of healthcare. Such a project aims at developing healthcare practitioners who bring greater care to those who come to them ailing or in fear or faced with terrible suffering. Literary Studies and Well-Being turns this inside out by examining the intergenerational caretaking of healthcare in a manner which allows us to comprehend the nature and discipline of literary studies in new ways. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded b

A beautiful, healthy cookbook that highlights the ease of Caribbean cooking in the Western world.Discover the joy of bringing traditional Caribbean culture and cuisine into your kitchen.Riaz Phillips offers a selection of mouth-watering recipes made from ingredients that are available around the world―so that everyone, everywhere can introduce the sensational flavors of the Caribbean into their homes.With 100 traditional and delicious dishes that draw on Riaz’s personal memories, West Winds teaches you all there is to know about Caribbean cuisine and culture. Whether you are wanting to maintain a healthy lifestyle, experiment with new flavors, or reconnect with your Caribbean heritage, this flavor-filled cookbook is perfect. Featuring colorful and inspiring imagery and easy-to-follow instructions, this book also taps into popular trends, such as veganism, baking, fermentation, and zero-waste―it really does cater to all. If Caribbean food wasn’t on your radar before, it certainly will b

The Tārīkh al-fattāsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars for decades with its inconsistences and questions surrounding its authorship. In this study, Mauro Nobili examines and challenges existing theories on the chronicle, arguing that much of what we have presumed about the work is deeply flawed. Making extensive use of previously unpublished Arabic sources, Nobili demonstrates that the Tārīkh al-fattāsh was in fact written in the nineteenth century by a Fulani scholar, Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir, who modified pre-existing historiographical material as a political project in legitimation of the West African Islamic state known as the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi and its founding leader Aḥmad Lobbo. Contextualizing its production within the broader development of the religious and political landscape of West Africa, this study represents a significant moment in the study of West African history and of the evol

Accelerate your toddler's education in first words and colors using this engaging book designed by a professional artist and licensed speech pathologist. Wishy Washy takes your young child on an adventure as they learn new words through life-like paintings, bright colors, and an animal friend who guides them along the way. This book is more dynamic than other basic first words or color books because its pictures and words were strategically chosen to start with early developing phonemes (b, p, m, d, t) and to teach your child words they can easily say or approximate at a very young age (9 months to 2 years old) like puppy vs. elephant. Wishy Washy also provides tips for parents to help them encourage verbal approximations (acceptable substitutes). Plus, this engaging book comes with an attached wooden paintbrush and faux paint palette--a tactile, interactive tool that will provide your child with multi-sensory learning and help them better retain information on each page.

In this action-packed western from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, mountain man Smoke Jensen sets his sharpshooting sights on an unhinged outlaw who's carved out his own kingdom in the West--and declared war on the United States...Johnstone Country. Come visit. He calls himself The King. Once a respected professor, he was ruined by scandal. Now, he rules his own "country"--an area of western territory where an army of outlaws enforce his laws. Any town he claims as his own must pay "taxes," collected from bank, stagecoach, and train robberies. When he learns that President Rutherford B. Hayes and General William Tecumseh Sherman are venturing into the far west on a tour of the nation, The King devises a plan to kidnap America's leaders and expand his empire. But The King didn't reckon that Smoke Jensen had already staked his claim on the frontier. Traveling with the president's entourage, the mountain man is not about to let this bloodthirsty, evil

Big Data permeates all aspects of modern life, which is why author Henrik Skaug Saetra has written a book about the associated threats to liberty. The main puzzle surrounding the threats of Big Data to liberty are usually either a) lost in vagueness due to the concept of liberty being employed without a clear understanding of its content, or b) lost in definitions that employ flawed traditional understandings of what liberty really is. When the threat posed by an all-encompassing phenomenon that has grown to the proportions Big Data has, we have both an interesting, and potentially very important, puzzle on our hands. The phenomena discussed in Big Data's Threat to Liberty: Surveillance, Nudging, and the Curation of Information are related to how we are constantly under surveillance by various actors. Data is gathered from our homes, our cars, our smartphones, various devices around the house, in addition to general surveillance through ubiquitous camera surveillance combined with faci

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Packed with 'Well-I-never-knew-that' information and with fascinating and unusual examples throughout, we find out how many people it took to build the Great Pyramid, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). There's a wonderful mix of science, history and wit, all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics.Urgent and essential, Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to b

Jerusalem's Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif is the holiest place in the world for Jews, the third holiest place for Muslims and a constant feature in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet the gendered dimensions of inter-communal disputes over sacred space in Jerusalem, as well as in other holy places around the world, have been largely neglected, as have women's roles in these site-specific conflicts. An implicit association of women with peaceful politics and syncretic religious practices has obscured the fact that women are often key actors in inter-communal contestation of holy places. This study looks to three contemporary women's movements in and around Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade: Women for the Temple - a Jewish Orthodox movement for access to Temple Mount; The Murabitat - Muslim women activists devoted to the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Jewish claims; and Women of the Wall - a Jewish feminist mobilization against restrictive gender regulations at the Western Wall. Lihi B

Clash with the gods of Theros in this campaign sourcebook for the world's great roleplaying game.Play DUNGEONS & DRAGONS in the MAGIC: THE GATHERING world of Theros--a realm shaped by the wrath of gods and the deeds of heroes, where champions vie for immortal favor and a place among legends.- Rise above the common throng with SUPERNATURAL GIFTS, abilities that give you remarkable powers that set you on the path to legend.- Explore Theros as a SATYR or LEONIN--mythic cat-like heroes from Magic: The Gathering. Mythic Odysseys of Theros introduces these races to fifth edition D&D for the first time.- Master new powers with Magic: The Gathering-inspired SUBCLASSES like the Bard's College of Eloquence and the Paladin's Oath of Heroism.- Encounter MYTHIC MONSTERS, creatures whose power and renown are such that their names are truly living myths.- Wield the weapons of the gods--five signature artifacts used by Theros's deities.- Created in 1974, D&D transformed gaming culture by b

After school one day, a small curious boy slips into the forest to discover the cause of a strange sound. He soon realises that the sound means danger for all the animals who live there - including the shy pangolin. How can one small boy make the whole world listen to save the pangolin's home? Highly engaging, illustrated picture book to be read out loud to children aged 4-5 Ideal for reading aloud at home with your child Helps expose your child to rich language and curriculum-linked vocabulary Includes key terms from History and the topic area of connections and contexts Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools 'These books are a great start to addressing the wider curriculum and the vocabulary issues that schools are identifying.' - Assistant Head, Primary Academy The Bug Club Shared books are highly engaging, beautifully illustrated stories designed to be read out loud to children.The programme exposes children to rich, curriculum-linked vocabulary, helping to b

The Tārīkh al-fattāsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars for decades with its inconsistences and questions surrounding its authorship. In this study, Mauro Nobili examines and challenges existing theories on the chronicle, arguing that much of what we have presumed about the work is deeply flawed. Making extensive use of previously unpublished Arabic sources, Nobili demonstrates that the Tārīkh al-fattāsh was in fact written in the nineteenth century by a Fulani scholar, Nūḥ b. al-Ṭāhir, who modified pre-existing historiographical material as a political project in legitimation of the West African Islamic state known as the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi and its founding leader Aḥmad Lobbo. Contextualizing its production within the broader development of the religious and political landscape of West Africa, this study represents a significant moment in the study of West African history and of the evol

Why and how do social and cultural anthropologists make comparisons? What problems do they encounter in doing so, and how might these be resolved? What, if anything, makes one comparison better than another? This book answers these questions by exploring the many ways in which, from the nineteenth century to the present day, comparative methods have been conceptualised and re-invented, praised and rejected, multiplied and unified. Anthropologists today use comparisons to describe and to explain, to generalise and to challenge generalisations, to critique and to create new concepts. In this multiplicity of often contradictory aims lie both the key challenge of anthropological comparison, and also its key strength. Matei Candea maps a path through that entangled conversation, providing a ground-up re-assessment of the key conceptual issues at the heart of any form of anthropological comparison, whilst creating a bold charter for reconsidering the value of comparison in anthropology and b

Why and how do social and cultural anthropologists make comparisons? What problems do they encounter in doing so, and how might these be resolved? What, if anything, makes one comparison better than another? This book answers these questions by exploring the many ways in which, from the nineteenth century to the present day, comparative methods have been conceptualised and re-invented, praised and rejected, multiplied and unified. Anthropologists today use comparisons to describe and to explain, to generalise and to challenge generalisations, to critique and to create new concepts. In this multiplicity of often contradictory aims lie both the key challenge of anthropological comparison, and also its key strength. Matei Candea maps a path through that entangled conversation, providing a ground-up re-assessment of the key conceptual issues at the heart of any form of anthropological comparison, whilst creating a bold charter for reconsidering the value of comparison in anthropology and b

Do you know German already and want to go a stage further? If you’re planning a visit to Germany, need to brush up your German for work, or are simply doing a course,Colloquial German 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills.Colloquial German 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday German. It has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of German grammar and vocabulary.Key features of Colloquial German 2 include: revision material to help consolidate and build up your basicsa wide range of contemporary authentic documents, both written and audiolots of spoken and written exercises in each unithighlighted key structures and phrasesa grammar reference and detailed answer keysAudio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded b

本研究是在語用指稱觀的框架內，對非常規指稱現象---策略泛指進行的語用-認知二元維度的探討。在交際中，表達思想或意圖最重要的環節之一是：我們用語詞指稱人、事、物。而用A詞指稱與之相對應的A物是常規指稱，用A詞指稱B物則是非常規指稱。我們的研究立足於此，探討用泛指詞指稱具體物件的語用認知機制。本研究基於英漢戲劇語篇，旨在發現戲劇語篇中策略泛指的分佈規律，並用我們構建的語用認知模型對該語用現象進行釋解

Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is an important and wide-ranging study of post-war Irish emigrant culture. Wills analyses representations of emigrants from Ireland and of Irish immigrants in Britain across a range of discourses, including official documents, sociological texts, clerical literature, journalism, drama, literary fiction, and popular literature and film. This book, written by a leading critic of Irish literature and culture, discusses topics such as the loss of the finest people from rural Ireland and the destruction of traditional communities; the anxieties of women emigrants and their desire for the benefits of modern consumer society; the stereotype of the drunken Irishman; the charming and authentic country Irish in the city; and the ambiguous meanings of Irish Catholicism in England, which was viewed as both a threatening and civilising force. Wills explores this theme of emigration through writers as diverse as M. J. Molloy, John B. Keane, Tom Murphy, and Edna O'B

Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is an important and wide-ranging study of post-war Irish emigrant culture. Wills analyses representations of emigrants from Ireland and of Irish immigrants in Britain across a range of discourses, including official documents, sociological texts, clerical literature, journalism, drama, literary fiction, and popular literature and film. This book, written by a leading critic of Irish literature and culture, discusses topics such as the loss of the finest people from rural Ireland and the destruction of traditional communities; the anxieties of women emigrants and their desire for the benefits of modern consumer society; the stereotype of the drunken Irishman; the charming and authentic country Irish in the city; and the ambiguous meanings of Irish Catholicism in England, which was viewed as both a threatening and civilising force. Wills explores this theme of emigration through writers as diverse as M. J. Molloy, John B. Keane, Tom Murphy, and Edna O'B