Set in industrial Pittsburgh in the mid-eighties, Michael Chabon's breakthrough coming-of-age novel chronicles the last summer of Art Bechstein's youth. Art meets the witty and beautiful Arthur Lecomt
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Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, top researchers Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo set the new standard for corporate finance textbooks. Corporate Finance blends cov
This study concerns Early Bronze Age burials excavated on the mound of Tell Bia (northern Syria). The author discusses the material evidence, the theoretical basis, and the methods used for inferring
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Explores the fascinating life-cycle of a sunflower. This book features a mixture of torn-paper illustrations and diagrams that bring the subject to life. It contains fact boxes, informative captions,
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Traces the economic journey of sea island cotton from the Andes and Caribbean to its cultivation throughout the southeastern United States, its demise as an important agricultural force in the region,
This one-semester intermediate program is designed to meet the needs of those programs that offer Introductory Spanish in three semesters and need a one-semester intermediate program to follow. Entre
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For nearly 50 years, Paddington Bear has captured the hearts of children everywhere, and these unique cross stitch patterns based on the instantly recognizable bear will become instant favorites. In a
Fundamentals of Investments was written to: 1. Focus on students as investment managers, giving them information they can act on instead of concentrating on theories and research without the proper co
Words Matter features a conceptual approach to teaching mid- to high-level vocabulary. Each chapter introduces ten words linked together by theme, such as humor, light, heat, and friendship. This comm
The latest reader in the FIRST-GRADE FRIENDS series by bestselling author Grace Maccarone and Caldecott-Award-winning illustrator Betsy Lewin will be a Level 1 Scholastic Reader!Toothbrush? Check! Paj
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The American Empire: To the American mind, these words sound like an oxymoron.Suggesting to Americans that their country has a compelling lust for political, economic and military hegemony over the re
The American Empire: To the American mind, these words sound like an oxymoron.Suggesting to Americans that their country has a compelling lust for political, economic and military hegemony over the re
The American Empire: To the American mind, these words sound like an oxymoron.Suggesting to Americans that their country has a compelling lust for political, economic and military hegemony over the re
"Programming with C++, Second Edition", is an update of the highly successful first edition - a bestseller in Schaum's computer science line - and reflects the new ISO standard for C++, rendering prev
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This short course for young students is based on the highly successful Cambridge English for Schools series. Listening and Speaking Packs for self-study provide extra practice in listening, speaking a
This short course for young students is based on the highly successful Cambridge English for Schools series. Listening and Speaking Packs for self-study provide extra practice in listening, speaking a
This short course for young students is based on the highly successful Cambridge English for Schools series. Listening and Speaking Packs for self-study provide extra practice in listening, speaking a
This short course for young students is based on the highly successful Cambridge English for Schools series. Listening and Speaking Packs for self-study provide extra practice in listening, speaking a
This short course for young students is based on the highly successful Cambridge English for Schools series. Listening and Speaking Packs for self-study provide extra practice in listening, speaking a
This short course for young students is based on the highly successful Cambridge English for Schools series. Listening and Speaking Packs for self-study provide extra practice in listening, speaking a
English for International Negotiations is built around the case-study method, and covers a variety of negotiation situations set in more than twenty countries around the world. The Student's Book addr
Bear, Mouse, Blue Jay, Squirrel, Rabbit, and Skunk pitch in to make a new winter friend in a snowman, in a first-level early reader that features jubilant animal artwork. Original.
Beginning with Darwin's work in the 1870s, Foundations of Animal Behavior selects the most important works from the discipline's first hundred years--forty-four classic papers--and presents them in fa
