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Discusses the ecological life and inhabitants of the rain forest, describing the plants, the animals, and how they live and work together.

Details how animals and plants are linked in the food chain, and describes the eating habits of herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers.

Me and my shadow - a perennially fascinating theme for children. Plyful and funny text from best selling award winning author and illustrator.

This collection of stories focuses on the whimsical adventures and misadventures of little Nicolas and his friends at school and at play.

Archaeological and scholarly investigation underlies a study of the cultural, political, architectural, social, and historical development and significance of the ancient metropolis

Play a game of hide-and-squeak with all of New York’s mice.They’re flocking to the famous sights, so make sure you look twice!A stripy cat and Marilyn Mouse peep out of every pageAnd every building’s packed with mice: the city is their stage!It’s a typical morning in New York City. Hard-working mice are crossing town on the subway and making their way to work. Some bake bagels inside the Chrysler building, while others organize the bookshelves in the Strand Book Store. Glimpse inside iconic buildings and landmarks and see a wonderfully frenetic world of industrious mice. Every page is teeming with surprises and invites children to play ‘hide-and-squeak’ with a black-and-white cat, a mouse in a bee costume and a mysterious wrapped gift hidden on every page. You’ll never see New York in the same way again!

A concise, informative, and entertaining guide to key concepts of Ignatian spirituality and Jesuit culture—from Awareness to Zeal and everything in between.

This book explains the functions of different organs and systems. Lively and informative text is supported by clearly labelled illustrations and detailed photographs.

How to understand and program interactive devices so that they are reliable and easyto use; includes wide-ranging programming insights, tools, and code.

Surveys the Irish dramatist's life, work, times, and historical background, with summaries and analyses of the six major plays and six minor ones

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world.Most people think of themselves as ';good,' but it's not always easy to determine what's ';good' or ';bad'especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and booby traps and bad advice. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for millennia and they have guidance for us. With bright wit and deep insight, How to Be Perfect explains concepts like deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism, ubuntu, and more so we can sound cool at parties and become better people. Schur starts off with easy ethical questions like ';Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?' (No.) and works his way up to the most complex moral issues we all face. Such as: Can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people? How much money should I giv

“An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I wept at it, laughed with it, was entirely fascinated by it. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew.”―Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk and Vesper FlightsEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the story of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of the role that loss and discovery play in all of our lives. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering―a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief. A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Lost & Found is an enduring account of love in all its many for

Includes cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, and street-by-street maps of all the cities and towns of Canary Islands.

The complete story of what we don't know, and what we should know, about Americanfood production and its effect on health and the environment.

Provides people in small and medium-sized businesses with practical information and advice on how banks operate and how to do business with them

Randal the Elephant is a story of courage and self-identity. Randal the otter dreams of being something bigger, a LOT bigger—an elephant—and has the courage to follow his dream. Randal looks at the diversity in his world and sees its beauty and majesty and his friends embrace his choice and express their enduring love for him, no matter what his chosen outward identity. Join Randal on his journey of self-discovery, one in which he never forgets who he is, as he explores who he can become.

A richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar system, with stories and information about constellations, planets, comets, the northern lights, and more. Combining art, mythology, and science, What We See in the Stars gives readers a tour of the night sky. This beautifully packaged book covers the night sky's most brilliant features--such as the constellations, the moon, the bright stars, and the visible planets--as well as less familiar celestial phenomena like the outer planets, nebulae, and deep space.

A Non-linear Graphic Novel . Poetry and Illustrations about women and children in detention centers and the current dangers of migrating to the united states.

Clear step-by-step instructions on basic braiding and knotting techniques, using a variety of cord materials, from leather and hemp to silk and ribbon.

Philosophical and scientific defenses of Indirect Realism and counterarguments to the attacks of qualiaphobes.Many philosophers and cognitive scientists dismiss the notion of qualia, sensory experienc

Introduces twelve works of American art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in various media and styles, paired with questions to stimulate discussion and interaction.

Traces the life and career of the popular "X-Files" star and discusses behind-the-scenes details of the show and the actress's future endeavors

Covers the latest research in areas such as theoretical foundations, constraints, concurrency and parallelism, deductive databases,language design and implementation, non-monotonic reasoning, and logi

Are you ready to start down the road toward robust health and total well-being? Explore The Holistic Guide to Wellness, your all-around friend in finding the natural and potent universe of herbal therapies. This book is meant to motivate, inform, and empower you to use time-tested herbal remedies supporting general wellbeing and vigor to take charge of your health. Discover the background and ideas of herbal medicine, study the science underlying these natural beauties, and bust some common misunderstandings and false beliefs. This book will help you to fully appreciate the complex customs and contemporary uses of herbal treatments. The Holistic Guide to Wellness is a road map for a better, more balanced existence, not only a book. Whether your experience with herbal treatments is fresh or seasoned, this thorough handbook offers the knowledge and skills you need to use nature's power for unbounded health. Starting your path towards holistic wellness right now will help you to discover

Bestselling author, co-host of the hit podcast The Murder Squad, and true-crime investigative journalist Billy Jensen goes to Columbus, Ohio, where he examines the unsolved cases of eighteen dead and missing women, whom he suspects were the victims of serial killers on the loose and operating under cover of the opioid epidemic in America's heartland.In Chase Darkness with Me, readers and listeners learned Billy Jensen’s journalist origin story, his struggles, his call to adventure, and his first successes in solving murders.In Killers Amidst Killers, readers will ride shotgun with Jensen as he takes on serial killers who are walking among us and planning their next moves in real time. The facts are not in old police reports and faded photos. They unfold before our eyes on the page.Our story begins in 2017, when two young women, best friends Danielle and Lindsey go missing in Columbus, Ohio, within weeks of each other, and their bodies are found soon thereafter.As Jensen investigates Da

A groundbreaking, authoritative explorationrich with powerful personal stories and convincing researchof the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his bodybut the patient never regained consciousness and died. Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who'd shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the ';shared crossing' experience. The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include

Wonderful things can be accomplished when people come together! In this moving story, a king banishes anyone who looks different than him and builds a wall to keep them away. Soon, he sees that without people with various types of talents and expertise, his kingdom can no longer flourish. Realizing his mistake, he orders the wall to be knocked down so he can meet and thank all the talented people that make the community beautiful. With simple yet profound illustrations, dimensional elements, and an important lesson about diversity that’s relevant to the world today, children will see how a society can be harmed when barriers are built and thrive when people work together.From the same authors of the popular children’s books We Are All Dots and Mario and the Aliens, Giancarlo Macri and Carolina Zanotti provide more tender wisdom in The Wall, along with the colorful visual aid of illustrators Mauro Sacco and Elisa Vallarino.

Audacious and highly innovative collection that cunningly engages with the assumptions and boundaries around translation, identity, and gender.In Sawako Nakayasu’s first poetry collection in seven yea

Short Story Day Africa brings together writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, teachers, and schoolchildren to write, submit, read, workshop, and discuss stories which explore true and alternative

This book focus on these major topics: Historical Background, Geography, Society, Economy, Transportation and Telecommunications, Government and Politics and also National Security along with many oth

In recent years, technologies of production and communication have multiplied exponentially, creating new modes of expression and storytelling. The Internet and cell phones allow instantaneous communi

Describes the life and career of the pop singer, from her childhood and early career to her rise to international stardom and her recent family life.

Presents an introductory field guide to observing and appreciating the night sky, introducing celestial phenomena and providing practical advice for using binoculars and telescopes for observation.

Explains Swedish managerial attitudes and approaches, types and problems of collective bargaining, the foreman's role, the operation of labor-management committees, and personnel procedures; also comp

Do you want to be successful? Are you ready to improve yourself? Are you looking for a better and happier life? Harry Lorayne's unique system of memory builders and his secrets for unlocking your mental power will help you achieve these goals. Never again will you need to use reminders, notes, or post-its to remember facts and figures. You will be able to remember to-do lists, names, faces, and even phone numbers. Here in one volume, you will learn his unique proven techniques to:- Increase your powers of memory and concentration- Strengthen good habits and discard bad ones- Improve your powers of observation- Deliver a speech without fear- Become more organized and time-efficient

Frequent speaker and engaging writer offers 100 encouraging, insightful devotions to help women defeat discouragement and toxic thinking and reminds them that they can always begin again.

Young, old, and everything in between, everyone benefits from being physically fit. Regular exercise provides the strength, stamina, coordination, and flexibility that leads to happier, healthier, and

In this overview of Soren Kierkegaard’s life and work, Elmer Duncan helps readers understand Kierkegaard’s principal philosophical and theological insights and their ongoing effect on current religiou

This report examines relations between Native Americans and border town residents and officials, specifically, the nature and status of discrimination Native Americans may face in communities contiguo

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood brain disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and