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"Here is Paris presented as a series of memories by a parent who understands that 'the special things' to share with a child are not always the attractions featured in the guidebooks....The photograph

Be on the look-out for the wildest mammals with Agent Osprey as she explores the animal kingdom in search of all things fierce and friendly! Mammals! includes a 1.8-metre-long timeline, featuring over

Be careful what you wish for...With big-time villains Rumpelstiltskin and Alva still on the loose and the citizens of Enchantasia on high alert, things at Fairy Tale Reform School have been a little..

Can you be brave if you're afraid? Why do we "know better" and do things anyway? What makes a family? Philosophers have wrestled with such questions for centuries. They are also the stuff of playgroun

Being a superhero isn’t easy. But surviving a middle school dance? That’s when things get really hard…Amanda Price never dreamed she’d turn into Bug Girl, a hero with the powers of the insect kingdom.

Emma is used to things going her way. Her father is headmaster of her prestigious boarding school, her friends take her advice as gospel, and she's convinced that a relationship with her long-time cru

Laugh along with the adventures and misadventures of Little Captain Jack. Great things can come in all shapes and sizes, big or small.Once upon a time, there was a little pirate.He was so very little

Imagine a force that can toss boats around like toys, wash away bridges, and create waves as high as eighteen feet. With fierce winds and torrential rains, hurricanes can do all of these things. The

Finding Dory reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. Dive into this middle grade novel

Sweet, succulent, cooling, and often with a beguiling floral fragrance, a ripe melon can be one of the most delicious things you sink your teeth into. As Sylvia Lovegren shows in this book, the melon’

Written in the voice of Mikey, a fourth-grader who believes that eating crunchy things will get your neurons to fire,The Lost Celt follows Mikey's adventures after a chance encounter with what he thin

Bugs come in all shapes and sizes, and insects do amazing things — now your child can explore the fascinating world of bugs and creepy crawlies with pictures and games through Eye Wonder: Bugs. As you

A journal with a difference - for those who want to be creative and follow their own rules.This is no ordinary journal. Anti-journalling is a route to creative discovery; a way of seeing things differ

The Gadsby family will capture your heart yet again in this heartwarming sequel to Indie Next List Pick After Iris Life with the Gadsby family is always chaotic, but now things are spinning of contro

(Book). Steal Away the Night: An Ozzy Osbourne Day-by-Day aims to add to the shockingly slight representation of all things Oz-man in book form with celebrated metal expert Martin Popoff plotting th

Contemporary teen fiction with romance, secrets, scandals, and ESP from the author of Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have).We weren't always like this. We used to be average New York City h

Hop in for a droll read-aloud vrooming with sound words and intricate illustrations of all things that go.What’s this? A huge traffic jam? But everyone’s in a hurry! There’s the family in the paneled

Little sister, big big brother, and (mostly) good friends — Annie and Simon are back in a second wry and warmhearted early chapter book.Annie loves to draw and fill sheets of paper with the things she

Help Maisy to grow her very first garden with a vegetable patch and LOTS of flowers. See things spring to life in this fun-filled novelty book!Digging, planting, weeding, watering … Maisy is getting h

Following on from the major BBC1 TV series screened in the spring of 2010, this Halcyon River activity book engages children on everything to do with wildlife in streams and rivers. It offers things t

Calvin Coconut needs to fix things with Stella—and fast!Stella from Texas is now officially a member of the Coconut household. As if getting a bossy babysitter isn’t bad enough for Calvin, Stella teas

Become more proficient with searching the site. Explore obscure databases you didnt know existed. Create and develop your own family tree. You will learn to do all of these things and more in The Offi

With a simple clap of hands, an itty-bitty beboppin' baby gets his whole family singing and dancing. Sister's hands snap. Granny sings scat. Uncle soft-shoes--and Baby keeps the groove. Things start t

Big Brave Brian is the bravest man in the world. His house is filled with hideous beasts: disgusting, slimy bog monsters, fearsome giants, and all manner of mysterious things that go bump in the night

For thirteen–year–old Nathaniel, an indentured servant in colonial Virginia, life is hard. Though things improve with the help of a kind master named Basil–who shares mus

When you're with someone you love, every moment is extra special. Join a mother and her little one as they spend the day doing all of their favorite things together--playing games, climbing trees, and

In Primas a little girl lives in two opposite worlds. There’s the house where she lives with her father and grandmother that is full of beautiful and expensive things, but rather quiet. Then there’s h

The Ladders series is a delightful look at children's favorite topics. Each book is filled with the perfect mix of fun, facts, and fiction. Inside each book are:-- Questions to answer and things to fi

Before you close your eyes tonight and drift off into sleep, there are some things that you should know - some thoughts for you to keep ... With its gentle lullaby-like text and warm, comforting art, Before You Close Your Eyes encourages children to reflect on their day, be proud of what they've achieved and let go of the things they can't control as they head off to sleep. From bestselling author Scott Stuart and award-winning illustrator Jess Racklyeft comes your family's new bedtime ritual.

Focusing on what actuaries need in practice, this introductory account provides readers with essential tools for handling complex problems and explains how simulation models can be created, used and re-used (with modifications) in related situations. The book begins by outlining the basic tools of modelling and simulation, including a discussion of the Monte Carlo method and its use. Part II deals with general insurance and Part III with life insurance and financial risk. Algorithms that can be implemented on any programming platform are spread throughout and a program library written in R is included. Numerous figures and experiments with R-code illustrate the text. The author's non-technical approach is ideal for graduate students, the only prerequisites being introductory courses in calculus and linear algebra, probability and statistics. The book will also be of value to actuaries and other analysts in the industry looking to update their skills.

A delightful and inspiring picture book about making time for the little things that make life rich and beautiful, from author Paola Quintavalle and award-winning illustrator Miguel Tanco Watching a flower grow. Taking time to say goodbye. Giving yourself the chance for another try. Holding hands and letting go. And welcoming the night when the moon is up. These are all things for which we need to make time--things that involve both imagination and intention, even though they are ordinary. By sharing these small moments, this playful, conceptual book inspires us not to waste but to fill the precious time we have on our hands.“A sunny look at living life with intention... Stresses the importance of making space not only for the momentary encounters in life but also for the emotions involved. Tanco’s pen illustrations are delicate and textured... A reminder to embrace the smaller moments in life with purpose.”-Kirkus Reviews"Short, evocative lines of text accompanied by loosely sketched,

This treatment provides an exposition of discrete time dynamic processes evolving over an infinite horizon. Chapter 1 reviews some mathematical results from the theory of deterministic dynamical systems, with particular emphasis on applications to economics. The theory of irreducible Markov processes, especially Markov chains, is surveyed in Chapter 2. Equilibrium and long run stability of a dynamical system in which the law of motion is subject to random perturbations is the central theme of Chapters 3-5. A unified account of relatively recent results, exploiting splitting and contractions, that have found applications in many contexts is presented in detail. Chapter 6 explains how a random dynamical system may emerge from a class of dynamic programming problems. With examples and exercises, readers are guided from basic theory to the frontier of applied mathematical research.

Put your thoughts, dreams, and inspirations to paper in this one-of-a-kind guided journal that serves as a time capsule to record your likes/dislikes and favorite things. Packed with full-color art an

What do knights in shining armor have to do with slimy snails and porcupines? A lot, actually! Armor & Animals brings together two things kids love to provide an entryway into the world of art. The ar

People with ideas are dreamers. People who get things done are doers. One doer is worth eight dreamers. There are three kinds of people who make up an innovator. There are inventors (people who have n

We’re in the money! Many things come with instructions. Unfortunately, money isn’t one of them. Most people learn how to use it—or lose it—by trial and error.Dollars & Sense is a basic operat

A celebration of the countless ways teachers change the world-with a free Back-to-School poster! Teachers are amazing! They teach you new things, make you laugh, and help you meet new friends. They al

Feeling stuck? Get inspired by the Writer’s Block Journal. With over 300 blank pages, feel free to ramble on and on. And if you run out of things to say, it makes for a nifty paperweight.

Daisy has always loved making lists of her favorite words. When her neighbor invites her to a poetry party, Daisy learns many new wondrous things she can do with the words she's collected. But can she

This kit comes with a bubble wand, capable of producing bubbles up to twelve feet long and six feet tall. The book includes instructions, bubble recipes, games, and fun things to do. Great fun for the