Math Counts

This Spanish-language series presents the complete range of math concepts and skills students are expected to master during the third grade. The series moves sequentially, from easiest to hardest con

This Spanish-language series presents the complete range of math concepts and skills students are expected to master during the third grade. The series moves sequentially, from easiest to hardest co

A life-changing year. One month at a time.A heartwarming novel about what it means to chase the life — and love — of your dreams, from the bestselling author of The Unsinkable Greta James.As the clock counts down to midnight on New Year’s Eve, Billie — 39, single, an American film editor on a girls’ trip to Florence — makes a decision: this is the year she’s going to have a baby on her own. Less than an hour later, she meets Arthur — 44, single, a Scottish environmentalist celebrating a friend’s stag party — who seems perfect but for his conviction that kids are not for him. Over the course of the next year, Billie finds herself pursuing both versions of her life, moving back and forth between visits to fertility clinics and romantic getaways around the world as she tries to figure out what she wants most. But as she approaches the inevitable fork in the road, she’ll discover that it’s not so easy to follow your heart when it’s pulling you in two very different directions.Full of Jenni

Star Chapter Books are the perfect bridge for kids moving beyond beginning readers but not yet ready for longer chapter books. With short chapters, bold two-color illustrations, and fast-paced, funny stories, these confidence-building books make reading fun and rewarding. In this tip-top tale of chaos and mayhem, dog siblings Betsy and Bones take London by storm--bungling plans, muddling maps, and turning their sightseeing into one hilarious disaster after another! On their latest vacation, Betsy wants to stick to her carefully organized itinerary, but Bones is determined to follow his own whims. From Big Ben to Buckingham Palace to Tower Bridge, the siblings' clashing styles turn every stop into comic confusion--but when it counts, they will need to work together to make the most of their London trip. Each Star Chapter Book is 112 pages long, divided into six to eight short chapters with illustrated panels on every page to keep kids engaged from start to finish. This highly visual ear

Did you know the water in your glass could be the same water the dinosaurs drank? Discover more incredible facts about Earth's water, the challenges facing it, and how your actions can help defend this precious resource. Dive in! No doubt about it, water is fascinating! It's also essential. Every living thing on Earth needs it, from big blue whales to teeny, tiny bacteria. But our planet is facing some serious water problems: Drinkable water isn't easily accessible to everyone, the demands for water around the globe are increasing while the supply is limited, and some human actions are causing disastrous ripple effects downstream for ecosystems and the animals that live in them. Fortunately, there is hope! And that's where this book comes in. By learning the ins and outs of important water issues and making small but powerful changes in our daily life, we can help protect the water that connects us all on our beautiful blue planet. Features include: - What kids can do right now to comb

Plants are found almost everywhere on Earth, but to many people their lives are a mystery. Discover the secrets of more than 100 amazing plants in this treasury of intriguing flora.Learn how seagrass changes the environment around it, how the Venus flytrap counts to make sure it catches its prey, and why some tulips used to cost more than a house! This book explores the vast plant kingdom and explains how plants work, as well as the weird and wonderful relationships they have with animals. Plants provide us with food, fuel, and medicine, and without them, life as we know it would not exist. From orchids that grow vanilla pods to trees that cause headaches, and from bamboo that can be made into clothes to moss that soaks up vast amounts of carbon dioxide, plants shape our world in an endless variety of ways.The Secret World of Plants covers the key plant groups; the essentials of plant science, including photosynthesis, pollination, and germination; and what they mean to the people arou

A fact-based guide to plant-based diversity, explaining why everyone should consume more plants-at least 30 per week!-for better health, along with simple diet and lifestyle changes to boost your intake, and including over 80 delicious plant-packed recipesA fact-based guide to plant-based eating, explaining why a diverse diet is the key to better health―with 80 plant-packed recipesThe secret to a healthy gut (and a healthier body and mind) is all in the microbes: the trillions of microorganisms that live in our digestive tract. These microbes thrive on fiber―as many different types as they can get.That’s why Dr. Megan Rossi developed the Diversity Diet, a simple yet revolutionary way of eating that anyone can adopt to enjoy huge health benefits―increased energy, improved mood, and reduced risk of illness, to name a few. It’s all about eating a wider variety of plant foods―at least 30 different plants per week.Each plant counts as one point, and How to Eat More Plants shows readers exac

In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent, "disturbing, empowering, and essential" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the ways in which chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale, from renowned epidemiologist Shanna Swan. In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe--but the story didn't end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both men and women and even other species, and that the modern world is on pace to become an infertile one. How and why could this happen? What is hijacking our fertility and our health? Count Down unpacks these ques

Two teens meet after tragedy and learn about love, loss, and letting goNaima Rodriguez doesn’t want your patronizing sympathy as she grieves her father, her hero—a fallen Marine. She’ll hate you forever if you ask her to open up and remember him “as he was,” though that’s all her loving family wants her to do in order to manage her complex OCD and GAD. She’d rather everyone back the-eff off while she separates her Lucky Charms marshmallows into six, always six, Ziploc bags, while she avoids friends and people and living the life her father so desperately wanted for her. Dew respectfully requests a little more time to process the sudden loss of his parents. It's causing an avalanche of secret anxieties, so he counts on his trusty voice recorder to convey the things he can’t otherwise say aloud. He could really use a friend to navigate a life swimming with pain and loss and all the lovely moments in between. And then he meets Naima and everything’s changed—just not in the way he, or she,

「接下來是Q&A時間。」──你將獨自接受各方來勢洶洶的提問，而全場所有人都會看著你。這時你要如何回應？ 你一定會同意：在很多簡報、商業提案或更常見的公關回應場合時，真正能讓觀眾／客戶「信任你、做決定」的時刻，往往不在於講者簡報的內容，而是在Q&A時間。但是，我們很少能夠有機會知道如何準備這種溝通，也不知如何管理這種溝通中最常見的「挑戰性提問」。 美國企業界「上市說明會」權威顧問&a

'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, becasue the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing.'Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can perform extraordinary maths in his head, sees numbers as shapes, colours, textures and motions, and can learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in three days. He also has a compulsive need for order and routine.He eats exactly 45 grams of porridge for breakfast and cannot leave the house without counting the number of items of clothing he's wearing. If he gets stressed or unhappy he closes his eyes and counts. But in some ways Daniel is not all like the Rain Man.He is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autisitic disorders in being capable of living a fully-functioning, independent life. It is this incredible self-awareness and ability to communicate what it feels like to live in a totally extraordinary way that makes BORN ON

★ 暢銷奇幻話題作品，Goodreads年度提名★ 《基督山恩仇記》浪漫暗黑重述版，復仇 × 魔法 × 舊愛重燃★ 姐妹情誼與致命愛火交織，張力爆棚★ 獨立書店熱銷、Waterstones入圍肯定The instant-bestselling romantic fantasy retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo, where a girl seeks revenge against those who betrayed her—including the boy she loved—now in paperback!Three hundred and sixty-four days.Framed for a crime she didn't commit, Dania counts down her days in prison until she can exact revenge on Mazin, the boy responsible for her downfall, the boy she once loved—and still can't forget. When she discovers a fellow prisoner may have the key to exacting that vengeance—a stolen djinn treasure—they execute a daring escape together and search for the hidden treasure.Armed with dark magic and a new identity, Dania enacts a plan to bring down those who betrayed her and her family, even though Mazin stands in her way. But seeking revenge becomes a complicated game of cat and mouse, especially when an undeniable fire still burns between them, and the power to destroy her e

《Blood Water Paint》作者帶來為女性發聲之新作。在Em不懈的努力下，侵犯姊姊的犯人最終竟還是獲得無罪釋放。無情的打擊讓Em在罪惡與復仇的熊熊烈火中掙扎，試圖抓住一縷希望之光。From the author of the acclaimed Blood Water Paint, a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sister's rapist escapes with no prison time. Em Morales's sister was raped after a frat party. A jury found the attacker guilty on all counts--a remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little proud of, since her passionate social-media advocacy helped dissuade the DA from settling for a plea deal. But victory is short-lived. Justice vanishes as the judge turns the Morales family's world upside down again by sentencing the rapist to no prison time. While her family is stunned, Em is sick with rage and guilt. To make matters worse, Em tells a reporter the sentence makes her want to learn to use a sword--and the news clip goes viral. Em must find a new reason to fight on, and it comes in the unlikely form of the story of a fi

★ 十年精華回顧，歐洲最具指標性的公共空間大獎全紀錄★ 從城市廣場到日常街景，看見公共空間如何改變生活與社會★ 收錄普立茲克建築大師Rafael Moneo等重量級觀點本書以歐洲公共空間獎十年歷程為核心，透過精選案例與重量級學者論述，呈現公共空間如何回應城市中的社會、文化與設計議題。內容兼具實例與理論，帶領讀者重新理解城市空間的價值與可能。Ten Years of the European Prize for Urban Public SpaceMagda Angles,Bearing witness to the tensions of public space in Europe: this is the aim of the European Prize for Urban Public Space. It was established in 2000 by the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) and now counts with the collaboration of six other European institutions. This book is the first publication about the prize, which celebrates its 10th issue. It presents a selection of projects from former and new winners and theoretical texts from Manuel de Sola-Morales, president of the 2008 award, Dietmar Steiner, director of Architekturzentrum Wien and a jury member since 2002, the architect and president of the 2010 jury, Rafael Moneo and David Bravo, secretary of the 2010 award.

打開這本書的讀者可能已經對數學產生了一定的興趣，在以往的學習中你也許體會到了數學的非凡魅力，然而你也可能心存疑惑：數學這座恢弘的大廈是如何建成的，其中究竟裝了哪些奇珍異寶？ 代數主要關注數位和變數間的運算關係，也是與實際生活聯繫最緊密的一個數學分支。在本書中，我們將通過代數這個視窗，帶你踏上一段奇妙的數學探索之旅。這段旅途將穿越古希臘、古埃及、印度以及阿拉伯地區，我們將認識畢達哥拉斯、柏拉圖、歐幾裏得、阿基米德、丟番圖、斐波那契等偉大的數學家以及在數學發展中做出過重要貢獻的傑出人物，我們將看到數學源遠流長而又生機勃勃的一面。最後，我們將重返歐洲，看看笛卡兒、帕斯卡、歐拉、高斯等一代數學巨匠是如何將代數符號化並發展到今天這般面孔的。 還等什麼，讓我們開始吧。

◎以阿德勒心理學為導向，培育孩子逐步成為負責自立、適應力強且有貢獻的成人。 ◎教導父母和師長善用「關鍵四C」和「家庭會議」，教出品德與能力兼具的孩子。 ◎輕薄短小，內容豐富，可讀性強，現代忙碌的人們也可以輕鬆閱讀並且加以實踐。 本書提供詳細又具體的家庭會議實際操作方法，幫助父母運用親密及真誠的技巧召開家庭會議，養育出有能力且有意願在不斷變化之社會中脫穎而出的孩子，所有家庭和孩子，都可以從中受益。 ★洞察「關鍵四C」， 呈現家庭會議如何促進孩子發展必要的認知與技能： ‧Connection：我與家庭和社會有「連結」，我感覺到「歸屬感」。 ‧Capable：我有「能力」，我不斷「進展」，擁有達成家庭任務所需的一切知能。 ‧Counts：我有「意義和價值」，我可以對家庭和社會做出貢獻，我是被需要的。 ‧Courage：我有「勇氣」，我接受家人「鼓勵」，能嘗試新事物，且不害怕失敗。 ●本書旨在協助父母教出孩子具有 「溝通、自律、責任、良好判斷、合作」的技巧和能力， 與目前12年國教課綱的精神與理念相契合。

◎以阿德勒心理學為導向，培育孩子逐步成為負責自立、適應力強且有貢獻的成人。◎教導父母和師長善用「關鍵四C」和「家庭會議」，教出品德與能力兼具的孩子。◎輕薄短小，內容豐富，可讀性強，現代忙碌的人們也可以輕鬆閱讀並且加以實踐。本書提供詳細又具體的家庭會議實際操作方法，幫助父母運用親密及真誠的技巧召開家庭會議，養育出有能力且有意願在不斷變化之社會中脫穎而出的孩子，所有家庭和孩子，都可以從中受益。★洞察「關鍵四C」，呈現家庭會議如何促進孩子發展必要的認知與技能：‧Connection：我與家庭和社會有「連結」，我感覺到「歸屬感」。‧Capable：我有「能力」，我不斷「進展」，擁有達成家庭任務所需的一切知能。‧Counts：我有「意義和價值」，我可以對家庭和社會做出貢獻，我是被需要的。‧Courage：我有「勇氣」，我接受家人「鼓勵」，能嘗試新事物，且不害怕失敗。●本書旨在協助父母教出孩子具有「溝通、自律、責任、良好判斷、合作」的技巧和能力，與目前12年國教課綱的精神與理念相契合。

在快速變化的日常節奏裡，留給自己「一句話」的時間！讓泰戈爾的詩，與你的生活對話。寫出文字的力量，自然而然學會英文。抄寫力，就是你的超能力！⍟ 抄出感悟力──用名言深化生命 100句泰戈爾名言，伴你進入詩人的思想世界，遇見更深刻的自我。⍟ 抄出啟發力──點亮思考的火花 提筆抄寫經典名句，讓心靈與文字深度交融，點亮內在的創造火花。⍟ 抄出語言力──用英語連結世界100個英文單字解析，透過例句深度學習，自然而然學會運用。♥ 提筆書寫泰戈爾名言，與詩人共鳴！羅賓德拉納特．泰戈爾（Rabindranath Tagore），亞洲首位諾貝爾文學獎得主，他的詩歌和哲學思想跨越文化和時代。泰戈爾的文字，是對美、愛與生命的深刻詠讚，引領我們探索人性與宇宙的奧祕。《抄寫泰戈爾名句學英文》收錄的名言，節選自：Stray birds《漂鳥集》、Fireflies《流螢集》，及Fruit-Gathering《採果集》。♥ 本書特色：1. 一天抄寫一段句子，用最簡單的方法，把英語書寫變成一種習慣。2. 一次學習一個英語單字，藉由生活化的例句，深度掌握字彙用法。3. 全書英文名言、單字及例句皆搭配音檔，隨掃隨聽，方便跟讀。4. 每句名言都是對生命的省思，伴你在學習英語的同時，探索生命的意義。♥ 送給你的泰戈爾名言： 當你正在尋找靈感和內心的平靜時……No. 007 Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.讓生命如夏花般絢麗，讓死亡如秋葉般靜美。—《漂鳥集》#82 當你渴望激勵自己，繼續向前行時……No. 015 Do not say, “It is morning,” and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name. 不要說「這是早晨」，並以昨日之名將其匆匆略過。要將它視為第一次見面且尚未命名的新生兒。—《漂鳥集》 #235 當你期待用更深的視角來看待生活時……No. 038 The butterfly counts not mon

◆人生終極時間管理暢銷書《人生4千個禮拜》的專屬實踐指南。作者將「不完美主義」發揚光大，為平凡人特別量製28天／4星期的實踐計畫。包含心態調整、哲學省思、幽默玩笑、奇聞軼事、思想實驗，穿插作者的精彩點評與建議。◆一天一篇，點燃「洞察力火花」，做出微小但立即的改變，循序漸進，持續四週，行動自然發生。//不管人生有幾個禮拜，先陪你過好28天//人生終極時間管理暢銷書《人生4千個禮拜》──專屬實踐指南◇◆◇一旦你瞭解，人生永遠不會有完全準備就緒的一天，世界就會豁然開朗。【一堂「在心中修行」的無價課程】4週 × 7天‧28篇實用建言一天讀一篇，在混亂時代衝出重圍，過好「不完美的人生」。◆內容簡介在這個快速變遷的焦慮時代，不完美主義無比重要。不把自身的局限，當成活出有意義的人生的障礙，全心投入這一刻，我們將感受到全然的自由。 紐約時報暢銷書《人生4千個禮拜》的作者，為我們繪製這張地圖，帶我們踏上獲得自由的旅途，走向更有意義的人生。這場旅途始於我們目前真正的所在地，而不是幻想能在哪裡。 本書探討關於「活著」的基本問題，提出有力的新解方，讓我們在重要的事採取行動：作者柏克曼稱這種人生指導哲學為「不完美主義」，能協助我們處理日常冒出的挑戰，包括時間有限、分心的誘惑，以及不可能把任何事做到完美。 如何真心接受毫無商量餘地的人類限制？如何在有太多決定要做的時候，做適當的決定？如何擺脫幻覺，不再以為一旦「萬事俱備」，就能真正展開人生？柏克曼思考來自哲學、宗教、文學、心理學與自我成長的提問，探索各種實務工具與滴水穿石的每日轉變，得出提升生活的答案。那些答案出乎意料，挑戰多數耳熟能詳的建議，帶來一堂速成課，以深刻但趣味十足的方式，教我們更認真過生活。 本書可以是一場橫跨四個禮拜的「在心中修行」，也可以一口氣或兩口氣讀完，立即帶來安慰與靈感，協助我們度過更平靜、更自由、更迷人的生活。在這個令人焦慮的時代，我們迫切需要書中提到的大量真理。◇◆◇讀完《人生4千個禮拜》，千萬不能錯過的實踐祕方排除關鍵痛點，打敗完美主義的荼毒，由內而外克服拖延症──第1天　事情比你想的還糟：認輸帶來的解脫第2天　獨木舟與超級豪華遊艇：做就對了第3天　你只需要承擔後果：付出代價第4天　對抗生產力債務：「已辦清單」的威力第5天　資訊過多：閱讀與不閱讀的藝術第6天　你無法事事都關心：在混亂的世界維持理智第7天　未來