Fish in a Box

From early childhood to a celebrated career in academia and industry, acclaimed statistician George E.P. Box offers personal insights and a first-hand account of his professional accomplishments in th

SHARKS IN A BOX combines complementary fiction, nonfiction, and activities, offering young readers different ways to connect to their favorite underwater predator!SHARKS IN A BOX contains a photo-driv

co-published with Guangxi Normal PressThe Orient Explorer Collection is a series of interesting texts written by Westerners travelling in China in the 1800s and early 1900s. Each volume has been reprinted from scans of the original publication and is included under a particular theme.The box set focuses on the theme “Women Writers” and features seven books written by women from various walks of life. It is suitable for readers interested in early China depicted by women travellers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Each volume of the collection is to reignite interest and also to allow readers to explore how these books relate to the region today. With the Empress DowagerKatharine A. CARLThis book provides a sensational account of the author’s time with the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Chinese Court while painting her portrait for an exposition in St. Louis in the United States.978-962-937-405-1 • HK$278 / US$36Jan 2024 • 140 x 216 mm • 396 pp • PbA Woman in ChinaMary GAUNTThis

Your one-stop resource for learning Spanish, from the brand that brought you North America's bestselling Spanish dictionaries!For years you have trusted VOX for the best in Spanish dictionaries in Nor

A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on he

Two fun puzzles based on the popular singalong Over in the Meadow. With 12 and 24 pieces to provide a range of difficulty. Engaging and colourful pictures with a clear design that makes matching piece

★結合日記、信件和錄音等多媒體線索，呈現獨特的解謎體驗。★充滿懸疑氣氛的兒童推理小說，適合年輕讀者培養邏輯推理能力。★講述古老謀殺案與現實危機交織，故事張力十足令人欲罷不能。《A Box Full of Murders》是暢銷作家Janice Hallett首次為兒童讀者打造的推理小說，適合喜歡Robin Stevens和Rhian Tracey作品的年輕偵探愛好者。故事講述Ava和Luke在閣樓發現一個裝滿紙張的神祕盒子，裡面藏有信件、日記、報紙剪報和秘密錄音。隨著他們揭開這些線索，發現一宗數十年前未解的謀殺案竟然正在眼前重新展開。兩人決心親自破解謎團，卻愈深入調查，愈發覺兇手仍然在暗處，甚至可能就在他們身邊。讀者同時擁有所有事實與線索，挑戰在主角之前解開真相。'Pure catnip for budding young sleuths' The TelegraphThe first children's murder mystery from number-one-bestselling author of The Appeal, Janice Hallett, perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Rhian Tracey.When Ava and Luke discover a mysterious box of papers in their attic they are instantly curious about secrets it might hold. As they read through letters, diary entries, newspaper cuttings and listen to secret recordings, they realize that a decades-old, still unsolved, murder mystery is unfolding right in front of them . . .Ava and Luke decide to try and crack the case themselves. But as they work through the clues, it soon becomes clear that the myster

致所有在悲傷中掙扎的靈魂這是一部溫柔而深情的成長小說。23歲的她，在妹妹溺水身亡後被悲痛吞噬。她獨自來到紐約，卻在一個夜晚遇見一條奇異的「幽靈魚」，並堅信這就是她妹妹的歸來。她將幽靈魚養在玻璃罐中，小心翼翼地保護著，彷彿只要有它在，就不再孤單。但當她在新生活中逐漸成長，她必須面對一個問題：這條幽靈魚，究竟是妹妹的歸來，還是她用來逃避現實的幻象？《幽靈魚》是一部關於失落與療癒的動人故事。A tender coming-of-age novel about a young woman haunted by her sister's death, who starts to believe that her beloved sibling has returned to her--in the form of a ghost fish, for fans of Sweetbitter and Our Wives Under the Sea. Alison is mired in loneliness and grief. Freshly twenty-three and mourning the loss of her younger sister, who has drowned at sea, she's moved out of her hometown and into a cramped apartment on New York's Lower East Side. Now she's living the clich?-barely making rent as a restaurant hostess, avoiding her roommates, and watching the bright, busy passersby from her bubble of grief. She doesn't need originality; she just needs to be alive. So why does she feel she isn't truly living? Until late one night, when she rounds the corner and sees a shape in the air--a ghost. A

A story for anyone who has felt like a fish out of water There’s a boy in class who doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t yell when a student steps on his foot, and he writes his answers to the teac

《How to Think Like a Fish》是《River Monsters》主持人 Jeremy Wade 畢生釣魚心得結晶，教你像魚一樣思考，解鎖水下世界的秘密！想釣到大魚，卻總是空手而歸？Jeremy Wade 帶你走進魚腦！從亞馬遜巨鱗到印度聖魚，他用親身近失誤變勝利的精彩案例，教你觀察水流光影、研究魚的覓食本能、培養耐心與直覺，甚至「讓腦袋警覺空白」進入忘我狀態。本書不只釣魚指南，更是人生哲學──解讀環境、擁抱試錯、持續學習，適用所有挑戰不確定性的場景。無論是釣魚迷還是人生玩家，這本都讓你收穫滿滿！The defining part of this story, I think—the part that made the real difference—is the time I spent looking into the water, letting my mind drift, as I tried to think like a fish…What brings the big fish is an artful blend of drawing on experience and keeping an open, active mind. The secret ingredient is as simple as that.--from Chapter 6Jeremy Wade, the star of Animal Planet’s River Monsters, with nearly forty years of angling exploration behind him, shares a meditation on the art of angling—part science, part art, and part elusive something else. Thoughtful and funny, brimming with wisdom and, above all, adventure, How to Think Like a Fish is filled with reflections that anyone who has ever fished will identify with, for ultim

In a world where no one can go outside for fear of something terrifying that when seen drives people to deadly violence, single mother Malorie and her two children must attempt a terrifying twenty-mil

Developed from the authors, combined total of 50 years undergraduate and graduate teaching experience, this book presents the finite element method formulated as a general-purpose numerical procedure

This book is about the philosophy and practice of Evolutionary Operation (called EVOP for short), a simple but powerful statistical tool with wide application in industry. Experience has long shown th

A proven decision management methodology for increased profits and lowered risksKnowledge Automation: How to Implement Decision Management in Business Processes describes a simple but comprehensive me

Recognized in his day as a man of letters equaling Rousseau and Voltaire in France and rivaling Samuel Johnson, David Hume passed from favor in the Victorian age--his work, it seemed, did not pursue T

Recognized in his day as a man of letters equaling Rousseau and Voltaire in France and rivaling Samuel Johnson, David Hume passed from favor in the Victorian age--his work, it seemed, did not pursue T

Praise for the First Edition "This book . . . is a significant addition to the literature on statistical practice . . . should be of considerable interest to those interested in these topics."—Intern

Masterworks in process improvement and quality technology-- by George Box and friendsGeorge Box has a unique ability to explain complex ideas simply and eloquently. This revised edition of his masterw

What do you get when you cross a fistful of pens and an enormous stack of blank paper with somebody who resents the sweet-smelling muzzle of good manners and polite conversation, who delights in alway

This inspirational work encourages Public Administration professionals to participate in progressive social change by advocating progressive values to counter the regressive values currently dominant

In this frankly normative discussion of the relationship between public administration and society, Box (public administration, U. of Nebraska at Omaha) assesses the ability of those people involved i

Stanley Fish is one of America's most stimulating literary theorists. In this book, he undertakes a profound reexamination of some of criticism's most basic assumptions. He penetrates to the core of

In the stark television drama The Fugitive, Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man convicted of murder, is on the run from the police and in pursuit of the real killer. The award-winning show, which air

Creating a truly unique “storybook” wedding album involves combining black and white wedding candids with more traditional formal color photographs—as well as mementos and bits of text, poetry, and re

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Broadening the agenda for social work, Julie Fish here provides an in-depth survey of how social workers involved with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans people can provide appropriate care across the l