A little boy watches Shelly Hen as she feeds on bugs in the grass, chats to her friends and settles down in the nesting box to lay an egg. With extra information, a quiz and a

A scientific exploration of the advanced ancient civilization known as Doggerland or Fairland that disappeared 5,000 years ago - Looks at the latest archaeological and scientific evidence preserved beneath the North Sea and on the tiny island of Fair Isle - Examines Doggerland\'s sophisticated technology, including how its people were able to melt solid rock to create vitrified structures far stronger

In Martin Amis\'s short stories whole worlds are created - or inverted. in \'Career Move\', screenplay writers submit their works to little magazines, while poets are flown first-class to Los Angeles; And in \'The Coincidence of the Arts\' an English baronet becomes entangled with an African-American chess

IF IT\'S ON THE TEST, IT\'S IN THIS BOOK. The Princeton Review\'s MCAT(R) Physics and Math Review brings you everything you need to ace the physics and math concepts found on the MCAT, including thorough subject reviews, example practice questions with step-by-step explanations, hundreds of practice problems, and 3 full-length practice tests. Inside this book, you\'ll find proven strategies for tackling

\'Smart and funny... Wild Pets is an instant set text of the emerging canon of millennial fiction.\'Guardian\'A wickedly funny and emotionally complex novel.\'Jenny Offill, author of Weather and

Secrets of the Jam Factory Girls is a moving saga novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood.Elsie\'s worked her way up at Swift\'s Jam Factory from the shop floor to the top, and now it\'s her time to shine. But when she\'s involved in an incident involving her half-sister Millie\'s new husband, she is forced to keep it secret - the truth could threaten

Agile is one of the most popular software development methodologies used by organizations all over the world. It is characterized by adaptability, flexibility and self-organization, but what does it mean to truly \"be\" Agile instead of just \"doing\" Agile? This book offers in-depth commentary and explanations on the Agile methodology\'s foundation, the Agile Manifesto. Larry Apke, a seasoned Agile

Read the modern classic about a young witch and her clever cat that started it all! Nostalgic fans of the Hiyao Miyazaki film, Kiki\'s Delivery Service and newcomers alike will love this exciting new translation of the beloved fantasy story. This new translation is perfect. --School Library Journal Half-witch Kiki never runs from a challenge. So when her thirteenth birthday arrives, she\'s eager to

A translation that describes Dante\'s descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide. It depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. It also includes explanatory notes and illustrations showing the different layers of

From Facebook Messenger to Kik, and from Slack bots to Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and email bots, the new conversational apps are revolutionizing the way we interact with software. This practical guide shows you how to design and build great conversational experiences and delightful bots that help people be more productive, whether it\'s for a new consumer service or an enterprise efficiency product.

Over the Hedge, created by T Lewis and Michael Fry, takes a freshly skewed look at suburban living from the perspective of the animals who lived there first. The strip stars RJ, a mischievous raccoon, and Verne, his sensitive best-buddy turtle. Together they fight to save their wooded wonderland from the evils of encroaching suburbia but end up becoming distracted by wide-screen TVs, discarded fast

What is Latin American History? surveys the development of this vibrant and dynamic field of study in North America, Latin America, and Europe. After briefly sketching the growth of the topic up to the 1960s, Marshall Eakin focuses on the past half-century, from the dominance of social history to the cultural turn. He surveys innovative work on topics including slavery, indigenous peoples, race, the

This volume is the third in a series on depressive illness. The first volume, entitled Phenomenology of Depressive Illness, is devoted to a de- scription of depressive illness from a variety of perspectives that include those of the patient, the clinician, and the psychiatric researcher. It de- scribes the major subtypes of depressive illness and places them in the context of the life cycle. The second

This comprehensive compendium describes a parametric model and algorithmic theory to represent geometric entities with dependent uncertainties between them. The theory, named Linear Parametric Geometric Uncertainty Model (LPGUM), is an expressive and computationally efficient framework that allows to systematically study geometric uncertainty and its related algorithms in computer geometry.The self-contained

The classic first book about Percy Jackson, the troubled boy who discovers he is the son of Poseidon, and his adventures with demigods, monsters, and Greek gods. This classic by #1 New York Times best selling author Rick Riordan has sold millions of copies throughout the worldIt has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 10 yearsRead in classrooms across the USAdapted into a movie,

2018 Reprint of 1952 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Writing at the beginning of the twentieth century, Akutagawa created disturbing stories out of Japan\'s cultural upheaval. Whether his fictions are set in centuries past or those close to the present, Akutagawa was a modernist, writing in polished, superbly nuanced prose subtly exposing

Magic and intrigue go hand in hand in Mairelon the Magician and The Magician\'s Ward, two fast-paced novels filled with mystery and romance, set against the intricate backdrop of Regency England. When a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into a traveling magician\'s wagon, Kim doesn\'t hesitate. Having grown up a waif in the dirty streets of London, Kim isn\'t above a bit of breaking-and-entering.

Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should this be interpreted as evidence for the progress of psychiatry, a discipline that is now able to identify and treat mental illnesses that have always existed, or might it be the case that modern life somehow creates new conditions, or social pathologies?