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Birth, puberty, marriage, and death are, in all cultures, marked by ceremonies which may differ but are universal in function. Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957) was the first anthropologist to note the r

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr.

Plutarch's Greek Lives can be seen as a summing up of the classical Greek age and its great writers.The nine Lives translated here and arranged in chronological order follow the history of Athens from

Proceedings of an international conference on the atomic mechanisms of fracture. Papers on cleavage, ductile, fatigue, and high-temperature mechanisms of fracture for metals, ceramics, and polymers, w

One hundred and fifty years after the Black Death killed a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox -- commonly known as the French disease --

Violet and Jessie begin an adventure when they journey to Centerville to keep Aunt Jane company on the family farm.

Momo can't wait to use the red boots and umbrella she received on her birthday. All she needs now is a rainy day! Soft illustrations portray a thoughtful story about patience and growing independenc

Verses compiled from ten previous volumes condemn the violence, hate, and injustice of the modern world and express trust in the eventual triumph of divine love and the good in human nature

“A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. . . . Illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky somehow manages to combine quaintness with sophistication and his doughty frog, the coy mouse

Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And

What would you say about eye-brows? Miss Krauss and the many children who made suggestions, re-visions, additions (and subtractions) to this book say, "Eyebrows are to go over eyes." A face? "A face i

Intimate insights from the saint to whom Our Lord gave the Sacred Heart revelations. Includes Our Lord\'s own words to her and tells how she sought out suffering for the love for God. A very famous bo

(Southern Music). Trumpet players/students around the world rely on this collection of studies for the development of embouchure, lip flexibility, breath control and extraordinary tonguing techniques

IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND, THE ONE-EYED MAN, OFCOURSE, IS KING. BUT HOW ABOUT A LIVE WIRE, A SMARTBUSINESSMAN, IN A CIVILIZATION OF 100% PURE CHUMPS?SOME THINGS HAD NOT CHANGED. A POTTER'S WHEEL WAS

A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.

When Alice tumbles down, down, down a rabbit-hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit she finds herself in Wonderland. And there begin the fantastical adventures that will see her

Continuing with The Life of a Saint series for young people, Therese: The Little Flower of Lisieux tells the story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, France, the young Carmelite nun known as the Little Flow

New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

In thirteenth-century England an eleven-year-old boy roams the countryside as he searches for his father and his stolen dog

The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.

Easy First Reading is a three-level introductory series designed to teach students how to read. The series uses an engaging step-by-step approach to build the reading skills of English language learners through practice of phonetic decoding and high-frequency word reading. Each unit features two illustrated passages with useful, carefully graded vocabulary and simple sentence patterns. These books were written and designed to motivate language learners to enjoy English language reading from the very beginning. Students who complete this series will achieve a strong reading foundation?setting them up for fluency and success in reading, listening, speaking, writing, and pronunciation.FeaturesTwo original reading passages per unit developed around fun, kid-friendly reading topicsColorful, captivating illustrations to aid in understandingHigh-frequency words and review words to promote reading competencyIllustrated, simple, kid-friendly vocabularyReading comprehension activities to build l

The full-color manhua (comic) adaptation of the hit danmei/Boys' Love novel--and in the same universe asLegend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu!A historical fantasy set in an ancient China where magic has been nearly extinguished, and two young men must work together to prevent the destruction of all life.It has been three hundred years since magic disappeared from the Divine Land. Chen Xing is the last Great Exorcist—a young man with a tenuous grip on magic whose life is destined to end on his twentieth birthday. As whispers about the return of the demonic entity known as Mara echo across the land, Chen Xing is burdened with a daunting task: to seek out his fated counterpart, the Protector Martial God, and together, to save the world.Enter Xiang Shu, a condemned man with a haunted past. Accused of unspeakable atrocities, Xiang Shu is an enigma—handsome, skilled, and facing execution for crimes he claims he didn't commit. As their destinies intertwine, Chen Xing and Xiang Shu embark toget

Peep says it’s time for Egg to start using the potty. But Egg does not want to use the potty—and no amount of lemonade-drinking, running water, or toilet-paper tutus can change that! When things start

JDBC 是一種用來提供執行動態 SQL 語法敘述的 Java API，也是在 Java 和關聯式資料庫互動中，最被廣泛使用的一項機制。假使你正在撰寫與資料庫溝通的 Java 程式，你大概會用 JDBC。也釦A也正在使用 Oracle，如果是的話，那麼，你將需要嬝玟o本書。在本書中，作者 Donald Bales 分享了他在 Oracle 上實作 JDBC API 時，所辛苦得來的知識。在 Ora

Using the venerable literary device of the bedtime story, which links fictions as different as The Arabian Nights and Charlotte's Web, John Barth ingeniously interweaves stories from an ongoing, high-

Evil Mayor Maximus Kligore plans tocrush the hopes and dreams of Sleepy Hollow forever using Easter to do it. HarryMoon says enough is enough, in an adventure like no other. Harry discovers thatin ord

Simulations help people understand large, complex problems using smaller, simpler models. This book delves into the history and thinking behind simulations. Readers will learn about Georg Leopold von

Why is having a choice important when it comes to both life and coding? How can coders include choices for the user? This book explains the concept of conditionals and introduces readers to the If/The

另見附頁。書中從五大湖地區後工業時期的城市收縮談起，將鐵銹地帶的城市衰退經驗引申應用到次貸危機之後美國南部陽光地帶，通過調查分析解讀美國南部近些年來面臨的城鎮人口收縮和住房空置問題。其次，書中生動地介紹了弗雷斯諾、菲尼克斯、奧蘭多三個城市中共9個收縮片區的案例研究，分別闡述了美國西南、中南、東南部的城市收縮現象、機制和政策應對。作者不僅是寫作經驗豐富的學者，同時也具有在地方政府部門從事城市與區域規劃的工作經驗，因此，本書不僅僅描述現象、解釋機制，也不回避從政策制定角度評論各種收縮規劃工具的優劣。書中對鐵銹地帶過去五十年中主要的規劃政策應對工具（如土地銀行、精明收縮等）進行了總結和分析，對陽關地帶建設中的出現的新政策方法（如精明增長、政府住房贖回、社會穩定政策等）進行較為詳細介紹，也提出了“彈性區劃（Relaxed Zoning）”和“反向土地開發模型（The Reverse Landuse Allocation Model）”等新政策設想。

Includes a special introduction by Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 bestseller Girling Up! Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens, including entries by David Levithan, Nova Ren Suma, and more!A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. A group of Jewish friends take the trip of a lifetime. A girl meets her new boyfriend's family over Shabbat dinner. Two best friends put their friendship to the test over the course of a Friday night. A Jewish girl feels pressure to date the only Jewish boy in her grade. Hilarious pranks and disaster ensue at a crush's Hanukkah party. From stories of confronting their relationships with Judaism to rom-coms with a side of bagels and lox, It's a Whole Spiel features one story after another that says yes, we are Jewish, but we are also queer, and disabled, and creative, and political, and a

Batman and Superman are back at it, each trying to save the world by rescuing it from the other. The follow-up story to the prequel tale of the smash-hit video game of 2017 continues in Injustice 2 Vo

From an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. With humorous black & white illustrations thro

Get closer to your favorite animals through amazing nature photographySee the world's most fascinating animals closer and more vividly than you've ever seen before, through stunning, larger-than-life

A Level 2 Reader based on an episode of Llama Llama's animated Netflix television series, perfect for little ones dealing with stage fright!Look out, world--Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved chara

***LORDS OF SIN NOVELS ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER***Her touch is his salvation…His touch is her destiny…She strokes his fevered body with her healing hands and wills the tor

***LORDS OF SIN NOVELS ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER***The hellion who changed everything…The pirate who transformed her…Mast Iverson, captain of the brigantine ship Athena, ha

A rerelease of a classic picture book by the creators of the Caldecott Honor-winning A Very Special House shares the timeless story about the unbreakable bond between a young girl and her best friend.