Youngsters will delight in this enchanting tale, complete with talking furniture and a magical rose, of a bold girl who teaches a terrifying beast to believe in love, forever breaking an ancient spell
After Buster defeats Brain in a math contest and is chosen to compete in the school marathon, Brain becomes convinced that he is no longer smart and so dubs Buster the new "brain" of the class.
A new chapter book, this volume features Arthur and his friends for fans ready to read on their own. Arthur is in top form as he tries to convince the brain to team up with Buster to help warn everyon
Beautiful Lady Rose, the fiercely independent mistress of Somerford, reluctantly agrees to hire a bold Viking warrior, Gunnar Olafson, and his mercenaries to protect her undefended lands. But although
The fun and informative "facts and ideas" in this book were gleaned from 5 years of William C. Roberts'' musings as editor-in-chief of the Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, and will intere
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., chronicles the short life of the Kennedy family's second presidential hopeful in "a story that leaves the reader aching for what cannot be recaptured" (Miami Herald). Schle
Manufacturing engineer Brethauer walks engineers and managers through 16 tools and techniques for moving new products from research and development through manufacturing to the market. He concludes wi
Word Family Tales are humorous read-aloud stories created to build early phonics skills by teaching children to recognize "families" of words that share the same spelling pattern. This key reading str
Frank McGuinness presents scintillating new versions of two of August Strindberg's plays -- one a major work, the other less well known. Miss Julie is Strindberg's examination of power, sex, and class
Public Key Infrastructure Implementation and Design is a complete, concise guide for professionals. This book offers a complete reference on all aspects of public key infrastructure including architec
This groundbreaking collection brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature. Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look a
A textbook primarily for students who will be practicing design engineers, but also those who will study mechanics academically or will use it now and then in the context of another field. The classic
Human PolyomavirusesMolecular and Clinical perspectivesEdited by Kamel Khalili and Gerald L. StonerOur understanding of human polyomaviruses has evolved profoundly in the last fifteen years, creating
Why, just two decades after international celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall, are so many nation-states building elaborate walls at or near their borders? Why walls now, given growing global
Updated and filled with enchanting new illustrations by a Caldecott Medalist, a story first published in 1967 follows a toy mouse and his son, discarded because they are broken, as they try to find a
In a companion book to Anansi and the Talking Melon, Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargain
Savannah is a city of mercurial history and enigmatic charms. Home to cotton barons, shipping magnates, antiques dealers, and tireless preservationists, it has helped define Southern elegance, manner
The numbers are astonishing: of the 45 million Americans who invest in today's stock market, only 5 million realize they can invest commission-free through dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) and dire
This highly original collection brings together contemporary articles from a variety of sources to present the key topics in game theory. The book includes a combination of classic and contemporary re
Written by the experts at RSA Security, this book will show you how to secure transactions and develop customer trust in e-commerce through the use of PKI technology. Part of the RSA Press Series.
First there were ten--a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unkonwn to all of them, is nowhere t
This edited collection brings together some of the most authoritative voices in contemporary debates in geography: Michael Dear, Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Cindy Katz, Don Mitchell, Gunnar
Jane Austen is enjoying August, 1806, among Derbyshire's craggy peaks, sparkling streams, and cavernous gorges. That is, until she discovers the corpse of a young gentleman whose blond curls and delic
The organic revolution is upon us -- let these fresh, modern, and inspiring sourcebooks be your guide. Fresh, additive-free natural foods are essential for the healthy development of all children. No
An important volume in the “Tribology in Practice Series” (TIPS). This classic work edited by the world-renowned tribologist Professor Kragelsky, has been updated by Professor Nikolai Mysh
Emphasizing concepts and principles, this book provides readers with an accessible approach to software design. It presents several examples of commercial and research systems throughout the chapters
Matthew's imagination is set racing after a day of playing Secret Monopoly and watching his mother balance her cheque book. At midnight he awakes to find that the money he planted in the yard has bloo
Start up the engine, blow the horn and start digging! Imagine yourself in the operator's seat of a tractor, a giant excavator, a landfill compactor, a wheel loader and a massive off-highway truck. Wi
The first book to publish in our new series The Classics of Golf Course Maintenance and Construction. This vintage book is an exact reprint of the highly sought-after, circa 1906, Golf Greens and Gree
This work presents recent research in fluvial geomorphology related to the assessment and characterization of riverine and riparian habitat and the response of biota to changes in their environment. S
Fluoroscopic guidance plays a central role in an increasing number of minimally invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures. Fluoroscopic apparatus and related resources continue to evolve in su
This book is about the process of design and the skills that individuals should develop in order to execute that process. Its focus is on explaining the engineering design process but the authors hav
This study investigates the types of movement and movement-like relations that linkpositions in syntactic structure. David Pesetsky argues that there are three such relations. Besidesovert phasal move
