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Welcome to Mouse Mansion - a busy and exciting place and home to two young mice, Sam and Julia. Sam and Julia love nothing more than heading off on an adventure together and exploring the wonderful wo

An authoritative guide to preventing, reversing, and managing prediabetes and diabetes, featuring a comprehensive and holistic diet, fitness, and lifestyle plan, along with 100 recipes, from the autho

Shuster and Meany present students, academics, and educational professionals with an exploration of the practical and theoretical aspects of successful competitive public speaking and debate. The auth

The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their “special relationship” meant for Great Britain and the United States

The Fourth Pig, originally published in 1936, is a wide-ranging and fascinating collection of fairy tales, poems, and ballads. Droll and sad, spirited and apprehensive, The Fourth Pig reflects the hop

Everyone's favorite bird heroes and those Bad Piggies have turned into Autobirds and Deceptihogs who can race and chase and transform! Learn all about their transformative talents and epic robot battl

Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans. This is the first book to integrate scientific, socia

Leading and Managing in Nursing, 6th Edition offers an innovative approach to leading and managing by merging theory, research, and practical application to better prepare you for the NCLEXR exam and

Description This title in the You Can’t… series provides a fun and informative look at brains--insect brains, bird brains, dog and cat brains, monkey brains, and our brains--and how they have each ad

Using the tips, truths, and stats they explore in their New York Times bestseller Scorecasting, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming f

Peter and Penguin wake up to snow on the ground and immediately get bundled up to play outside. After making snowballs and a snowman and enjoying the perfect winter day together, they return inside to

An autobiographical and artistic study by Vincent Van Gogh highlights 230 paintings in color and black-and-white, and conveys the artist's vivid directness while offering insight into his intelligence

Introducing the fields of nanomaterials and devices, and their applications across a wide range of academic disciplines and industry sectors, Donglu Shi bridges knowledge acquisition and practical wor

Jan Pienkowski brings traditional Polish fairy tales to life with vibrant and witty paper-cut illustrations.Dragons and kings, frogs and spells, witches and mermaids?—?all the hallmark characters of t

Alfred E. Neuman is the embodiment and mascot of MAD Magazine: satire and stupidity, mischief and mayhem, and damn good looks too. Since 1954, he has graced every MAD cover with his jug ears, gap-tooth grin, and off-kilter eyes. Now, fans can enjoy all the zany fun with this Alfred E. Neuman bobblehead and 32-page mini book of quotes and images. Whether at the office or home, with Alfred E. Neuman around, you’ll be asking, ?What, me worry?”

Once upon a time, artist Scott Gustafson set out to illustrate classic stories, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes. Decades later, his immediately recognizable paintings have made bestsellers of Peter Pan, The Night Before Christmas, Classic Fairy Tales, and Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose. Now he gives us Classic Bedtime Stories, a lavishly illustrated, oversized collection of some of his favorite tales.Stories such as “Sleeping Beauty,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and “Sambha and the Tigers” leap off the page thanks to Gustafson's exquisite paintings and lively retelling of these classics. “The Lion and the Mouse” and “The Country Mouse and the City Mouse” demonstrate his talent at creating uncanny anthropomorphic characters who keep us smiling even as they teach us about tolerance, diversity, and the Golden Rule.A book that even adults will enjoy reading aloud again and again, Classic Bedtime Stories will keep youngsters of all ages engaged for hours. Gustafson's unique style m

Charlie and his best friend Marv are on a search for strange and tricky creatures. And they would like to search without Lola bothering and interrupting. But Lola wants to join in, and she knows exact

Includes cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, and street-by-street maps of all the cities and towns of Caribbean. This title is packed with photographs and illustrations lea

Year after year Maui makes and often tops travelers' lists of the best islands in the world, and it's not just because of the great resorts and golf courses. Perfect beaches, green rain forests, and d

"For those studing to be a lighting designer or interior designer, Designing with Light offers a comprehensive introduction to the aesthetics, technology, and practice of lighting design. Beginning with a look at the lighting design profession, Livingston describes the physics of light, human perception of light (including psychology), and goes on to describe lamps and fixtures in use today, as well as those on the horizon. Communication of design ideas and the design process is emphasized, urging thereader to think about how the design will make a space should look and feel. The practicalities of documenting the design, and consideration of architectural details, lighting controls, photometrics and calculations are explained in a clear manner, with ancillary exercises and pedagogy to help give the reader a working knowledge. Finally, issues of sustainability (including daylighting), lighting and health, and building and energy codes are each addressed in their own chapters.This comple

LEVEL 2 – BEGINNING TO READ ALONE up to 35 words per pageText is accessible and engaging with plenty of interest and repetition. Vocabulary is easy and familiar, and sentences are mainly short and sim

LEVEL 2 – BEGINNING TO READ ALONE up to 35 words per pageText is accessible and engaging with plenty of interest and repetition. Vocabulary is easy and familiar, and sentences are mainly short and sim

LEVEL 2 BEGINNING TO READ ALONE up to 35 words per pageText is accessible and engaging with plenty of interest and repetition. Vocabulary is easy and familiar, and sentences are mainly short and simpl

Addresses all aspects of a young woman's beauty, from skin care and diet to exercise and hair care, providing coverage specifically for teens and twenty-somethings and for all races, skin types, and l

Uses Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi spellingsOver 50,000 entries and related phrases and idiomsOver 200 illustrationsScientific and technical vocabularyWords of common and current usage including those f

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w

A fun and funny Halloween romp for children and parents alike! It's Halloween night, and creatures and critters from near and far are starting to gather outside the front door. And now here comes a w