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The new edition of an international bestseller helps individuals and organizations shift to a new mindset that will improve performance, spark collaboration, accelerate innovation, and make your life and the lives of everyone around you better.Without even being aware of it, many of us operate from an inward mindset, a single-minded focus on our own goals and objectives. This book points out the many ways, some quite subtle and deceptive, that this mindset invites tension and conflict. But incredible things happen when people switch to an outward mindset. They intuitively understand what coworkers, colleagues, family, and friends need to be successful and happy. Their organizations thrive, and astonishingly, by focusing on others they become happier and more successful themselves! This new mindset brings about deep and far-reaching changes. The Outward Mindset presents compelling true stories to illustrate the gaps that individuals and organizations typically experience between their a

Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and th

Terry and the Brilliant Book is a warm and witty book about sharing and the joy to be found in reading and playing with friends. Terry and Sue are best friends. And every year, for their birthdays, th

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Maté is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology – and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds is a must-read for parents – and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psychology of the human brain.Scattered Minds:- Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental delay- Explains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy – and why- Shows how ‘distractibility’ is the psychological product of life experience- Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours- Expresses optimism

The Cambridge Companion to World Literature introduces the significant ideas and practices of world literary studies. It provides a lucid and accessible account of the fundamental issues and concepts in world literature, including the problems of imagining the totality of literature; comparing literary works across histories, cultures and languages; and understanding how literary production is affected by forces such as imperialism and globalization. The essays demonstrate how detailed critical engagements with particular literary texts call forth differing conceptions of world literature, and, conversely, how theories of world literature shape our practices of readings. Subjects covered include cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, internationalism, scale and systems, sociological criticism, translation, scripts, and orality. This book also includes original analyses of genres and forms, ranging from tragedy to the novel and graphic fiction, lyric poetry to the short story and world cine

A beautiful picture book that explores what poverty and hunger are and how they affect children all over the worldSensitively illustrated by award-winning artist Hanane KaiThe Children in Our World picture book series helps children make sense of the larger issues and crises that dominate the news in a sensitive and appropriate manner. With relatable comparisons, carefully researched text and striking illustrations, children can begin to understand what poverty and hunger are, how they affect people in countries all over the world and how readers can help those affected. Where issues aren't appropriate to describe in words, award-winning illustrator, Hanane Kai, uses striking and sensitive illustrations help children visualise the people and situations impacted by poverty and hunger with images that are suited to their age and disposition.The series forms an excellent cross-curricular resource that looks at refugees, war, poverty and racism, and this book is ideal for tying into discus

Shortlisted for a National Book AwardDiscover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . . THE PERFECT ADDITION TO EVERY BOOKSHELF THIS CHRISTMAS. ___________No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses.In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds.Mythos captures these extraordinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.___________*SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD*'Ebullient and funny' The Times'Entertaining and edifying' Daily Telegraph'A rollicking good read' Independent'Fry exhibits enormous erudition and enthusiasm' Mail on Sunday'Fry takes us from Zeus to At

★「審查資料」-您與大專院校的第一次接觸★大學各校系辦理指定項目甄試時，學生必須提供「審查資料」，供評審評分或面試及相關甄試項目評分參考；各校系依其個別要求列出所需資料項目，及不同的評分比重，約佔錄取成績10-40％。●學生們必須經過書面審查的方式才能夠順利的進入大學，這是一本因應多元升學的管道，教您製作書面「審查資料」的實用書籍。●輔導學生們準備「審查資料」，不只在文字的織羅撰寫，更輔以電腦軟體

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018Selin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard and finds herself dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthood. She studies linguistics and literature, and spends a lot of time thinking about what language - and languages - can and cannot do. Along the way she befriends Svetlana, a cosmopolitan Serb, and obsesses over Ivan, a mathematician from Hungary.Selin ponders profound questions about how culture and language shape who we are, how difficult it is to be a failed writer, and how baffling love is. At once clever and clueless, Batuman's heroine shows us with perfect hilarity and soulful inquisitiveness just how messy it can be to forge a self.

Biff, Chip and Kipper make tin can feet in Tin Can Tracks. The non-fiction book that accompanies this title is Animal Tracks. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics.Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 1, which are wordless and provide engaging stories and non-fiction through illustration and photographs.All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.

You Must be Very Intelligent is the author’s account of studying for a PhD in a modern, successful university. Part-memoir and part-exposé, this book is highly entertaining and unusually revealing about the dubious morality and desperate behaviour which underpins competition in twenty-first century academia.This witty, warts-and-all account of Bodewits´ years as a PhD student in the august University of Edinburgh is full of success and failure, passion and pathos, insight, farce and warm-hearted disillusionment. She describes a world of collaboration and backstabbing; nefarious financing and wasted genius; cosmopolitan dreamers and discoveries that might just change the world… Is this a smart people’s world or a drip can of weird species? Modern academia is certainly darker and stranger than one might suspect…This book will put a wry, knowing smile on the faces of former researchers. And it is a cautionary parable for innocents who still believe that lofty academia is erected upon mora

The Sharing a Shell Sticker Book is a must-have for fans of the bestselling picture book Sharing a Shell. It's packed with games, activities and over 400 stickers. Perfect for birthdays, rainy days and school holidays - a great gift for any child.From Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, an unstoppable picture book pairing, and creators of the modern classics What the Ladybird Heard and What the Ladybird Heard Next. Other Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks sticker books to collect: Sugarlump and the Unicorn Sticker Book, The Princess and the Wizard Sticker Book and The Rhyming Rabbit Sticker Book.

The joyful and heartwarming picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator ofThe Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog. Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay Were scarecrows. (They scared Lots of crows every day.) Harry loved Betty, and Betty loved Harry, So Harry said, 'Betty, my beauty let's marry!' Two scarecrows are planning the perfect wedding and set off to find everything on their list.But wicked cigar-smoking scarecrow, Reginald Rake, has other ideas and almost ruins their special day. Harry O'Hay must become a hero before he and Betty O'Barley can have the wedding of their dreams. Shiny foil highlights on the cover makes this a special gift for toddlers A wonderfully funny story with drama, humour, originality - and a happy ending from the UK's number one picture book author and illustrator Perfect read-aloud rhyming text and stunning pictures on every page with lots of details to spot From the creators of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog, which have all been made into anim

An easy-to-use guide to grammar and punctuation with sections on nouns, pronouns, verbs, apostrophes, quotation marks and more. Clear explanations, fun illustrations and lively example sentences will help children develop their writing style and skills and there are short quizzes to test their knowledge. A useful reference book for home and school.

Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper StoriesAuthor and Series Creator Roderick Hunt, Illustrator and Series Creator Alex Brychta, and Illustrator Nick SchonSuitable for: Pupils at Oxford Level 1 [Pre-Book Band Lilac, Letters and Sounds Phase 1] 4-5 year olds YR / P1 Foundation Stage teachersPack contents:Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: The Picnic on the Hill Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: The Lemon Pip Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: The Tin Can Man Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: Hit and Miss Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: Too Hot Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories Decode and Develop: Level 1+: The Big, Bad SnakeExciting new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. These phonics-based stories are perfect for embedding and building on children's ph

DescriptionThe Man and the Lion Level 3-9A man thinks he is strong and brave. A lion thinks he is strong and brave. Who is stronger and braver? The man and the lion argue about this. How can they find

This book covers the essential aspects of pen and ink drawing and more. It explores basic materials and instruments; fundamental properties of strokes and pen control; key elements of shading; and ind

眼力大挑戰，尋找威利在哪裡🤓Where's Wally? Wow (6平裝+拼圖組)風靡各國三十餘年，所有人都在找的那個人回來了！跑遍古今世界、完美隱身在人海中的威利，這次要帶給你不只6倍的驚喜！六冊主題找找書+一組拼圖🧩，附精美書盒，方便收納及展示。鮮豔活潑的滿版圖畫，能引起孩子的興趣，在表情各異、動作生動的人群中找出威利，更能訓練觀察力及專注力。搭配每頁左上角淺白易懂，且令人會心一笑的場景介紹，即使獨自挑戰也能體驗無窮樂趣；親子共讀，彼此合作或競賽更添互動及趣味性。無論是威利的敵人Odlaw，還是狗狗Woof，威利班底全員到齊。大小朋友一起睜大眼睛、仔細觀察，誰能先在滿滿的人群裡，發現他們的蹤影？如果找到了每一頁的威利—恭喜你，快翻開書末的清單，還有很多物件要挑戰你的眼力！本套書包含以下六冊：Where's Wally? 威利在哪裡？Where's Wally Now? 威利在哪裡？穿越時空之旅The Fantastic Journey 威利在哪裡？奇幻大冒險In Hollywood 威利在哪裡？電影夢工廠The Wonder Book 威利在哪裡？驚奇魔法書The Great Picture Hunt 威利在哪裡？大圖版Six classic Where's Wally? books and a jigsaw presented in a magnificent slipcase. Featuring the first six best-selling Where's Wally? adventures: Where's Wally?, Where's Wally Now?, Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey, Where's Wally? In Hollywood, Where's Wally? The Wonder Book and Where's Wally? The Great Picture Hunt. Plus a Where's Wally? jigsaw.Hours of eye-boggling, puzzling fun!

"Fee!" he said, and "Fi!" he said, and "Fo!" he said and "Fum!" Look out children, the Giant of Jum is grumpy and hungry and he's off in search of a tasty snack. And the tastiest of all is a boy known

Join Nellie and Gus and their parents for a day at the zoo, where they see all kinds of children and families - both animal and human! To top off their day, Nellie and Gus invite friends and relatives

Spectrum Reading for Grade 5 includes focused practice for reading comprehension including fiction and nonfiction passages, theme and summarization, integration of knowledge and ideas, and key ideas a

What do you do in your teenage years when you realise what your parents taught you wasn’t enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself.It’s 1990.

First published in 1818, The World as Will and Representation contains Schopenhauer's entire philosophy, ranging through epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, aesthetics and philosophy of art, to ethics, the meaning of life and the philosophy of religion, in an attempt to account for the world in all its significant aspects. It gives a unique and influential account of what is and is not of value in existence, the striving and pain of the human condition and the possibility of deliverance from it. This translation of the first volume of what later became a two-volume work reflects the eloquence and power of Schopenhauer's prose and renders philosophical terms accurately and consistently. It offers an introduction, glossary of names and bibliography, and succinct editorial notes, including notes on the revisions of the text which Schopenhauer made in 1844 and 1859.

The follow-up to the number one bestseller PAPER AEROPLANESIt's a year and a half on from PAPER AEROPLANES, and Renee is now living idyllically with her Auntie Jo. They even have geese, and Renee likes to sit and watch them, wondering if she'll ever find 'the One' - someone who will love her no matter what, and be there for her no matter how bad things get. She and Flo are in their final year at school, and they've got some tough choices to make - like will they go to university? And if so where - and will they go together? Renee's usual ambivalence on the matter shocks Flo, who had assumed they'd continue as they were, the best and closest of friends, forever.She feels as though she needs Renee's support more than ever, so when a handsome young boy enters Flo's life, she finds herself powerfully drawn to his kindness, and his faith. Renee and Flo's friendship will soon be tested in a way neither of them could have expected - and if PAPER AEROPLANES was a book about finding friendship,

I just can't imagine me without you... It's the mid-1990s, and fifteen year-old Guernsey schoolgirls, Renee and Flo, are not really meant to be friends. Thoughtful, introspective and studious Flo couldn't be more different to ambitious, extroverted and sexually curious Renee.But Renee and Flo are united by loneliness and their dysfunctional families, and an intense bond is formed. Although there are obstacles to their friendship (namely Flo's jealous ex-best friend and Renee's growing infatuation with Flo's brother), fifteen is an age where anything can happen, where life stretches out before you, and when every betrayal feels like the end of the world. For Renee and Flo it is the time of their lives.With graphic content and some scenes of a sexual nature, PAPER AEROPLANES is a gritty, poignant, often laugh-out-loud funny and powerful novel. It is an unforgettable snapshot of small-town adolescence and the heart-stopping power of female friendship.

Joey has a dog. And a ball. And a great throwing arm. Jet has Joey. And a job to do. And do. And do. And do. They make a fine pair. If you were Joey's ball -- the one with the blue stripe --

Great friends aren’t hard to find—they’re right here! With original art and text from Marshall’s storybooks and themes that will resonate with beginning readers, these deeply humorous, deeply honest stories are sure to inspire a love of books and reading. George and Martha: Round and Round contains the classic stories “The Clock,” “The Trip,” and “The Artist.” Includes fun and educational activities!

International health and aid policies of the past two decades have had a major impact on the delivery of care in low and middle-income countries. This book argues that these policies have often failed to achieve their main aims, and have in fact contributed to restricted access to family medicine and hospital care. Presenting detailed evidence, and illustrated by case studies, this book describes how international health policies to date have largely resulted in expensive health care for the rich, and disjointed and ineffective services for the poor. As a result, large segments of the population world-wide continue to suffer from unnecessary casualties, pain and impoverishment. International Health and Aid Policies arms health professionals, researchers and policy makers with strategies that will enable them to bridge the gaps between public health, medicine and health policy in order to support robust, comprehensive and accessible health care systems in any political environment.

This is a fascinating and unique account of Britain's rise as a global imperial power told through the lives of over forty individuals from a huge range of backgrounds. Miles Ogborn relates and connects the stories of monarchs and merchants, planters and pirates, slaves and sailors, captives and captains, reactionaries and revolutionaries, artists and abolitionists from all corners of the globe. These dramatic stories give new life to the exploration of the history and geography of changing global relationships, including settlement in North America, the East India Company's trade and empire, transatlantic trade, the slave trade, the rise and fall of piracy, and scientific voyaging in the Pacific. Through these many biographies, including those of Anne Bonny, Captain Cook, Queen Elizabeth I, Pocahontas, and Walter Ralegh, early modern globalisation is presented as something through which different people lived in dramatically contrasting ways, but in which everyone played a part.

From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt. Said writes with great passion and wit about his family and his friends from his birthplace in Jerusalem, schools in Cairo, and summers in the mountains above Beirut, to boarding school and college in the United States, revealing an unimaginable world of rich, colorful characters and exotic eastern landscapes. Underscoring all is the confusion of identity the young Said experienced as he came to terms with the dissonance of being an American citizen, a Christian and a Palestinian, and, ultimately, an outsider. Richly detailed, moving, often profound, Out of Place depicts a young man's coming of age and the gen

Katy Carr is untidy, tall and gangling and lives with her brothers and sisters planning for the day when she will be "beautiful and beloved, and amiable as an angel". An accidental fall from a swing s

Speaking Clearly aims to help intermediate and advanced learners of English overcome problems of understanding and being understood by other speakers of English. It integrates pronunciation and listening; provides systematic ear-training and practice from individual words and sounds to longer stretches of speech; contains diagnostic tests and explains phonological features in clear, non-technical terms.

Two centuries after they were published, Kant's ethical writings are as much admired and imitated as they have ever been, yet serious and long-standing accusations of internal incoherence remain unresolved. Onora O'Neill traces the alleged incoherences to attempt to assimilate Kant's ethical writings to modern conceptions of rationality, action and rights. When the temptation to assimilate is resisted, a strikingly different and more cohesive account of reason and morality emerges. Kant offers a `constructivist' vindication of reason and a moral vision in which obligations are prior to rights and in which justice and virtue are linked. O'Neill begins by reconsidering Kant's conceptions of philosophical method, reason, freedom, automony and action. She then moves on to the more familiar terrain of interpretation of the Categorical Imperative, while in the last section she emphasises differences between Kant's ethics and recent 'Kantian' ethics, including the work of John Rawls and othe

本書基於SQL Server 2016介紹數據庫系統的基本概念、基本原理和基本設計方法，以面向工作過程的教學方法組織安排各章節的內容。本書突出適用性，減少理論知識的介紹，並設計了大量的課堂實踐和課外拓展，符合高職高專教育教學的特點。本書分為三篇，由9個項目組成。知識儲備篇（項目1和項目2）從理論層面介紹數據庫；基礎應用篇（項目3～項目6）基於SQL Server 2016介紹創建數據庫和數據庫的基本應用；高級應用篇（項目7～項目9）介紹數據庫的高級應用和維護SQL Server 2016數據庫的安全。本書可作為高職高專院校、成人教育類院校數據庫原理及應用課程的教材，也可供參加自學考試的人員、數據庫應用系統開發設計人員、工程技術人員及其他相關人員參閱。

全書共7章，主要內容包括：數據庫系統概述、關係模型及其操作、關系數據庫標準語言 ——SQL、關系數據庫理論、數據庫優化和管理、數據庫設計、SQL Server高級應用。本書除介紹數據庫技術的基本原理外， 還以SQL Server 2022為背景介紹了數據庫技術的實現，使讀者可以充分利用SQL Server 2022 平臺深刻理解數據庫技術的原理，達到理論和實踐的緊密結合。本書適用於計算機及相關專業本科生作為數據庫原理相關課程教材。

全書共7 章，主要內容包括：數據庫系統概述、關系數據庫、關係數據標準語言SQL、關系數據庫理論、數據庫安全保護、數據庫設計和SQL Server 2012 高級應用。本書除介紹數據庫技術的基本原理外， 還以SQL Server 2012 為背景介紹了數據庫技術的實現，使讀者可以充分利用SQL Server 2012 平臺深刻理解數據庫技術的原理，達到理論和實踐的緊密結合。

本書通過原創性地分析、設計與開發系列教學案例，實現對會計信息系統中主要的子系統―進銷存系統、賬務處理系統案例的分析、設計與開發。各章節貫穿從案例引入、系統分析設計、SQL應用、會計軟件開發到最終業財一體化系統的實現；同時，進一步闡述業務、財務數據接口的處理方法，根據業務數據通過開發接口程序自動生成對應機制憑證、自動進行各類賬表計算，從而打通業財系統，實現業務、財務數據一體化處理。本書強化應用SQL處理會計數據的技能提升，全面展示了應用信息技術去發現問題、分析問題和解決問題的綜合能力培養。

本書以Oracle 19c for Windows10為實踐平臺，以學生-課程數據庫和員工-部門數據庫為實踐案例，重點介紹數據庫的基本原理、設計與實現方法，對傳統的數據庫理論進行精煉，保留核心與實用部分，采用案例教學的方式撰寫，強調知識的層次性和技能培養的漸進性。全書共分為7章，分別介紹數據庫系統緒論、關係運算理論、關係數據庫標準語言SQL、數據庫設計與規範化理論、數據

本書在全面、系統講述數據庫原理、數據庫應用技術的基礎上，著重介紹數據庫系統設計原理、設計方法和開發技術，案例全面，配以圖表和準確的代碼，採用最新的數據庫軟件SQL Server 2019作為應用學習的基礎；以模擬實現ATM櫃員機系統為例，詳細介紹複雜數據庫系統的設計與開發；最後介紹數據訪問技術，以人事管理系統、公交網站和物流管理系統的開發為例，詳細說明如何使用C#、Java、PHP語言和SQL S

本書集關系數據庫設計、技術和實踐於一體，設計的目標是幫助學生掌握關系數據庫結構設計和行為設計的方法；技術的目標是幫助學生掌握關系數據庫SQL語言；實踐的目標是幫助學生通過實驗和課程設計能進行數據庫應用系統的開發。全書共分三篇10章，第一篇內容包括關系數據庫基礎、數據庫建模、關系數據庫模式設計和關系數據庫設計，第二篇內容包括SQL Server 2012綜述、SQL Server的T-SQL I和S