As their grandchildren point out the crotchety foibles of their elders, three senior citizens explain where the habits came from, in a story of survival and the desire to be loved
In recent years, water resource management in the United States has begun a shift away from top-down, government agency-directed decision processes toward a collaborative approach of negotiation and p
Facilitate a love of language in students in kindergarten through grade 2 with Sight Word Stories! This 64-page book develops fluency, increases motivation, and boosts reading test scores by introduci
This collection of occasional essays is brimming with elegance and charm. With the keen eyes of an artist, the author turns homely things into interesting subjects, produces curious vignettes from the
BarronA's First Thesaurus, written and illustrated for primary school children, will help them build their vocabularies as they are introduced to the idea of a thesaurus. The first thing they learn
Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics?series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship,
The original title is Missionação e Missionários na História de Macau. However the importance of missionaries and other Church people in Macau is not indisputable for some specialists, we cannot ignor
NPCR is a new serics of textbooks designed for native English speakers to learn Chinese.It consists of seventy lessons in six volumes for three years of instruction.Basic sentence patterns and functio
A bond servant in Master Sarkkhan's dragon barns, young Jakkin Stewart hopes to obtain his freedom by stealing a dragon hatchling and secretly training it to become a champion fighter. Reissue.
At Thanksgiving dinner, when Katie breaks a treasured gravy boat that her mother and uncle bought when they where children, Katie's grandmother shows her that love is more important than objects.
Amanda Caler comes to realize she's afraid of the soccer ball, and as if that weren't enough, it looks as if someone is trying to steal her spot at halfback. Illustrations.
Playing on Zola's famous letter denouncing the anti-Semitism of the French government throughout the Dreyfus affair, Aharon Shabtai's title can be taken literally: it charges his government and his pe
This book represents the script and film stills from the major silent film of Eleanor Antin's invented Soviet film director Yevgeny Antinov. Throughout her career Antin has explored various persona su
Essays on the design of financial systems for countries in transition to a market-based economy. This collection examines the design of financial systems for central and eastern European countries e
For ten long years, Oscar Campbell has done everything from picking up his boss's drycleaning to FedExing her tropical fish. His job as personal assistant to a legendary -- and temperamental -- publis
In the seventeenth century, the pilgrim-poet Basho undertook on foot a difficult and perilous journey to the remote northeastern provinces of Honshu, Japan's main island. Throughout the five-month jou
The instrumental arrangements in this series are completely compatible with each other and can be played in ensembles or as solos. Each instrument book includes a fully-orchestrated accompaniment CD t
(Music Sales America). A revolutionary resource for all guitarists. You can now see over 400 chords in easy-to-read diagrams with clear color photographs showing the hand and finger positions.
Hailed as "astonishingly powerful" by The New York Times, and "written perfectly" byThe Washington Post, Joe Klein's #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, was the most-talked-about politi
translated, edited, and with an introduction by Max Pensky Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of exp
This series presents economic research on health care and health policy issues. The papers are written primarily for a policy audience. Each volume contains approximately five papers from an annual co
A collection of short stories, poems, biographical accounts, and essays about the struggle for civil rights that address the question, "How do we achieve the ideal of equal rights for all?"
At the beginning of 2000, the U.S. economy was enjoying the longest period ofsustained growth and economic prosperity in its history. According to The Internet Upheaval, part ofthe explanation for thi
This work offers an overview of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, one of the most popular art movements that included artists such as William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett.
Carmen is a multi-movement work, and this arrangement provides all the lustre from the original orchestral score equally shared by the two pianists, creating a most exciting performance piece. Movemen
A Seventh-Day Adventist mother explains to her son the history and development of the Christian church from the first century to today, emphasizing the Protestant Reformation, the history of religion
The MIT Encyclopedia of the Japanese Economy was the first English-language encyclopedia to cover all major aspects of Japan's postwar economy. The second edition has been fully revised and expanded,
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, part of the National Galleries of Scotland, provides a unique visual history of Scotland, told through portraits of the figures who shaped it: royals and rebels
Illustrated by Frances Zweifel This companion to the popular 365 Simple Science Experiments fills a whole new year with fun, easy and educational hands-on experiments. Kids will learn basic scientific
Few modern technologies are designed to stand alone. Because most machines must now fit into systems and be compatible with other technologies, the creation of standards has become a fundamental eleme
This new edition of the hacker's own phenomenally successful lexicon includes more than 100 new entries and updates or revises 200 more.This new edition of the hacker's own phenomenally successful lex
Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headli
These eight lectures by noted economist William Cline provide a clear and concise account of some of the most important macroeconomic issues facing the world economy. Designed for the nonspecialist bu
A major testament by an essential 20th century writer composed of five strikingly elegant "memory exercises" about his life and work--now available in paperback. With visionary passion, the author tra
After the shy and vulnerable Turtle helps Nanabosho find fish to eat, Nanabosho wants to give thanks. The gift he gives is one to make Turtle brave to face the world.
Teased and tormented by the other farm animals, a cow who can only say "oink"--instead of "moo"--is delighted by the arrival of a pig who can only say "moo."
An extraordinary debut by a Scottish mystery writer, this cult classic of crime fiction presents Detective Jack Laidlaw, a policeman as complex and self-critical as you'll ever meet. Laidlaw follows
This book is the first to provide a coherent review of current research in shared memory multiprocessing in the United States and Japan. Shared memory multiprocessors are becoming the dominant archite
Rebel Lions, Michael McClure’s first book of poetry since the retrospective Selected Poems (1985), spans a decade of profound personal change and poetic evolution for the author. In an introductory no
"Eerie, disturbing...joins mega-tech nightmare with the nature mythology of the gentle tribes who share their karan, or 'spirit double,' with the wise and sentient trees. The story becomes increasingl
