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With his astonishing future vision, Howard V. Hendrix has emerged as one of the new masters of science fiction, drawing extraordinary praise from his debut novel Lightpaths and the follow-up, Sta
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For visitors traveling with children, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are a wonderfully exciting, not to mention educational, destination for a day trip. This action-packed source of fun facts and acti
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This is a collection of the best essays, stories and interviews from "Terra Nova", the cutting-edge literary journal of environmentalism. It explores the complex and multifarious ways humanity is loos
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This course for young students is a success story all over the world, winning praise for its innovative approach that really does work. The Teacher's Book is clear and comprehensive and includes an 'A
作者保羅˙奧斯特（Paul Auster）回憶錄。第一部為「一位隱形人的畫像」（The Invention of Solitude），第二部為「記憶之書」（The Book of Memory）。前者敘述他在父親死後抽絲剝繭家族真相的故事，一張曾被撕毀的照片、一個巧的不能再巧的奇遇、加上親人与自己的回憶組合，他逐漸拼湊出父親的複雜畫像-相當不同於他所認知的父親生前之形象。他終於明白父親之所以不擅表
「害怕數學的人，請舉手！」相信全地球有2/3以上的人都會怯生生地把手舉起來吧。但《Strength in Numbers》作者斯坦教授卻不認為那是因為大家都沒有數學細胞的緣故，他認為數學就像那頭被盲人辨識的大象，沒人認得清全貌。因此「（學校老師應該）第一次就把數學教對！」 這本書將數學的正確觀念傳遞給每個人。對於那些在學校裡有不愉快經驗而放棄數學（通常是12歲以前），或漠不關心數學的人，作者希
Set between the two arms of the river Seine, the lle de la Cite offers the passerby one of the most beautiful jewels of the French capital, and one of Europe's masterpieces of Gothic architecture: the
Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. A schoolgirl affecting the course of aboriginal politics. Elvis and cocktail
有沒有人跟你說，其實貓咪也有自己的聖誕節、聖誕歌謠和過節方式？或者，當初瑪麗亞生下耶穌的那一刻，同時也有一窩小貓在馬槽內出生？作者簡介史蒂芬妮‧薩麥克(Stefanie Samek)／曾任廣告主管，在為「維斯卡和西巴貓食公司」所做的促銷活動中，獲得「麥迪遜大道貓淑女」的美譽。她還著有《貓咪的千禧年守則》(Cat’s Guide to the Millennium)和《怒吼燈光》(Purring i
Architecture functions between tradition and innovation, between historical archetypes and that which as yet has no form. The historicity and concurrent openness to futurity are two of the subjects di
This introduction to statistics uses everyday examples such as sports, cars, gambling and the stock market to motivate readers. Problems begin with basic number crunching and move to more complex real
The author describes her experience of being a caregiver to her mother, and her aunt who were stricken with Alzheimer's disease, and how she used humor to enrich their lives as well as her own
Focusing on the Confucian process of self-cultivation, Tu (Chinese history and philosophy, Harvard U.) explores the spiritual dimension of the fundamental tradition. The 12 essays set out the central
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Marcus Didius Falco is ready to make new contacts and start a new career, and a dinner for the Society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica seems like the perfect opportunity. But when two dinner guests
Further Ahead is a Business English course at lower-intermediate level. To meet the demand for BEC Preliminary Exam we have added a CD-ROM to the Learner's Book that provides a walk and talk through t
Interspersed among the wide assortment of month-by-month recipes (the vodka penne is outstanding), are poems, memories, and thoughts to ponder while waiting for the water to boil. Young, author of eig
Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces abo
Updates materials and polymer scientists on developments during the ten years since the previous book devoted to the subject. Provides information on the orientation of macromolecules that largely det
Further Ahead is a Business English course at lower-intermediate level. To meet the demand for BEC Preliminary Exam we have added a CD-ROM to the Learner's Book that provides a walk and talk through t
Perfect mini picture books to collect and to treasure.Her grandmother's tales of the beautiful, enchanting whales' song that once filled the ocean leads Lily on a wondrous journey of imagination....
A leading scholar of twentieth-century American history looks again at the beginning of the century, this time giving us a remarkable portrait of the emergence of modern society and its distinctive tr
Charity Alive: Sisters of Charity, Halifax, 1950-1980 is the sequel to Sister Maura Power's chronicle of the first one hundred years of the congregation's history (Ryerson, 1956). Based on congregatio
Noted political philosopher Judith Shklar declined to write a book about American political thought because, she once claimed, "the subject is too hard." She finally took on this formidable
Cambridge English for Schools offers: ‧ an approach centred around the whole educational context of learning English at school ‧ links across the school curriculum to other subject areas throughout th
For students from 10-12 years upwards, Grammar Works is a series of three lively, colourful workbooks designed to supplement and consolidate the grammar content of a course book.
For students from 10-12 years upwards, Grammar Works is a series of three lively, colourful workbooks designed to supplement and consolidate the grammar content of a course book.
