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Bilingual Books for Babies & Toddlers Time to take a drive! Featuring full-color photographs of cars, buses, trucks and more, CARS is ideal for children who love seeing things that go. Each page features a brilliantly photographed image along with a title so you...

The idea that a wave of distrust has swept over established democracies in recent years is commonly accepted. This book presents a contrary view. Drawing on various datasets, it reveals a disconnect between the popular commentary and the empirical reality. The Trust Gap suggests...

This book is a light-hearted, yet informative narrative that discusses agriculture in the United States from a historical, social and financial perspective. It uses a storytelling technique to share the authorâ (TM)s widely varied experiences on food and farming as he sees it. Written...

Like a safari though the backyard garden, Too Much Fun... Digging in the Dirt takes readers on a journey though nature that is both imaginative and educational as a little boy and his grandma work together to clear the summer garden of weeds and...

Many people seem tugged along through life by forces they can't seem to completely understand or control and have difficulty rising above. Would it be okay to have more choices about your emotions and direction? Would you like to be in control of your...

Around the last part of the eighteenth century or at the beginning of the nineteenth century, this family landed on the shores, in chattels, of what is now the United States of America. Since the middle name of Hilda is May, the schooner named...

Mapping the transformative personal journeys of the displacedThe travel writing genre has long been associated with a certain kind of privileged and autonomous journey, encouraged by society and geared toward individual growth. Presenting an important counterpoint to this tradition, Invisible Exile considers a diverse...

Probability for Data Scientists provides students with a mathematically sound yet accessible introduction to the theory and applications of probability. Students learn how probability theory supports statistics, data science, and machine learning theory by enabling scientists to move beyond mere descriptions of data to...

Hello, Loretta! Welcome to the world of books. This colorful, personalized keepsake is just for you. In Loretta's Reading Log, your family and friends will be able to record the first 200 books you read and prepare you for a lifetime of reading, achievement,...

Hello, Adilyn! Welcome to the world of books. This colorful, personalized keepsake is just for you. In Adilyn's Reading Log, your family and friends will be able to record the first 200 books you read and prepare you for a lifetime of reading, achievement,...

Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know gathers a generous selection of classic fairy tales, folk tales, literary fairy stories, and wonder tales that have shaped childhood reading for generations. This collection brings together princes and princesses, clever animals, enchanted transformations, giants, witches, magical helpers,...

Chaucer's Dream Visions gathers some of Geoffrey Chaucer's most important shorter poems, where dream, allegory, love, grief, fame, and moral reflection meet in richly imaginative medieval verse. These works show Chaucer before and alongside the achievement of The Canterbury Tales, experimenting with inherited European...

Originally published in 1896, The Murder of Delicia centers a wealthy woman whose husband's infidelity and self-indulgence leads her to an unexpected yet fateful end. The woman is forced to face the harsh and cruel reality of her marriage. Delicia Vaughn is a successful...

Author Marie Corelli's brilliant commentary on the personal and professional politics of the literary community full of colorful characters fueled by fame, criticism and competition. It's a bold and insightful depiction of nineteenth century publishing. At the time of publication, Marie Corelli was an...

A rich old man, who is entering his last days, leaves his sprawling estate to seek out friendship and is surprised by what he finds. It's a heartwarming story about the true meaning of love and happiness. A lonely man becomes disenchanted with his...

Offered is must read for all who are seriously seeking a holistic view of worship. The author, Bill Morrison, is someone I have known for nearly three decades and his life experience as a follower of Christ shines through the content of this book....

Ezra works as a live-in groundskeeper on a celebrity couple's enormous rental property in Los Angeles. When the magnetic Sybil sets her sights on Ezra and gradually lures him in, he is as conflicted as he is tempted. Then Grant, her husband, approaches Ezra...

70 delicious recipes that prove that too much cauliflower is never enough. Cauliflower, the world's most versatile and best-loved super vegetable, is all at once a healthy wholefood staple, a culinary fashion statement, and the key ingredient for a cozy, comforting winter dinner at...

As the Zika virus continues to spread throughout North America, people need answers. What are the origins of this virus? How does it spread? Should we be concerned? How can we stop the spread of infected mosquitos? With the increasing prevalence of Zika, concrete...

About the Great Debates in Law Series: The Great Debates series is designed to provide engaging and accessible analysis of the more advanced legal concepts. For books in the major taught subjects, such as Public Law, the series is designed for use by ambitious...

This book provides an account of the most important and controversial aspects of the principle of legality in the United Kingdom. It explores the many complexities surrounding the historical origins, field of application, mode of operation, and subject matter of legality. Despite its long...

"Exhilarating, refreshing, and rejuvenating.... 'Breathing Into Life' will liberate you from your old hurts and traumas and release you into the joy of life." DEEPAK CHOPRA, M.D.Author: Bija BennettISBN-10: 1504330692ISBN-13: 9781504330695Publisher: Balboa PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2015Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d

Author: Anne ElliottISBN-10: 1503583155ISBN-13: 9781503583153Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2015Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population. Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty percent of the national territory is nothing short of extraordinary. In Managing Multiculturalism, Jean E. Jackson examines the evolution of...

Shonen Knife-an all-female punk trio from Osaka, Japan-cultivated a global fan base that has included the likes of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. Their 1998 album Happy Hour, filled with tunes about delicacies ranging from sushi to banana chips, encapsulates the...

At the height of Tim Maia's soaring fame, he joined a radical, extraterrestrial-obsessed cult and created two plus albums of some of Brazil's-and the globe's-best funk and soul music. This book explores the career of the man often hailed as the James Brown or...

This open access book offers a feminist cultural history of Spain of the 1970s, exploring the work of women in the audio-visual industries who joined the workforce in significant numbers over this decade of Transition from the Franco dictatorship, to a democracy that enshrined...

More than simply a paragon of Brazilian samba, Dona (Lady) Ivone Lara's 1981 Sorriso Negro (translated to Black Smile) is an album deeply embedded in the political and social tensions of its time. Released less than two years after the Brazilian military dictatorship approved...

What makes a song sound foreign? What makes it sound "American," or Brazilian? Caetano Veloso's 2004 American songbook album, A Foreign Sound, is a meditation on these questions-but in truth, they were questions he'd been asking throughout his career. Properly heard, the album throws...

Author: Eric RobertsISBN-10: 1499053525ISBN-13: 9781499053524Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2014Pages: 92Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Author: Edward BlaineISBN-10: 1499080557ISBN-13: 9781499080551Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2014Pages: 188Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

The goal of the book is to provide basic and advanced knowledge of design, analysis, and circuit implementation for electronic instrumentation and clarify how to get the best out of the analog, digital, and computer circuitry design steps. The reader will learn the physical...

Praise for the Second Edition: "The authors present an intuitive and easy-to-read book. ... accompanied by many examples, proposed exercises, good references, and comprehensive appendices that initiate the reader unfamiliar with MATLAB."--Adolfo Alvarez Pinto, International Statistical Review "Practitioners of EDA who use MATLAB will...

At some point in their careers, many health professionals and students wish to engage in overseas work. Learning from other systems, people and cultures is invaluable and in some cases life changing.This book is a unique resource that offers necessary insights into making the...

Veterinary Forensics: Investigation, Evidence Collection, and Expert Testimony will provide anyone involved in an investigation of an animal involved crime or civil action with the knowledge and tools that can give guidance for their actions in completing a forensic investigation. All 50 U.S. states,...

MATLAB(R) has become one of the prominent languages used in research and industry and often described as "the language of technical computing". The focus of this book will be to highlight the use of MATLAB(R) in technical computing; or more specifically, in solving problems...

While medical professionals continue to practice traditional allopathic medicine, the public has turned toward nutritional and integrative medical therapies, especially for addressing the proliferation of chronic diseases. Written by leaders in the academic and scientific world, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine: A Primer for Clinicians...

Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS): Newton Power-Flow Modeling of Voltage-Sourced Converter-Based Controllers introduces different voltage-sourced converter (VSC)-based FACTS controllers and VSC-based high-voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) systems and their working principles, explaining how FACTS controllers exchange real and reactive power with systems. Subsequently, the book:...

Updated with chapters on ventilating and exhausting systems and HVAC systems, this third edition of a bestseller covers the range of HVAC systems. The coverages is into components and controls for air, water, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning and readers will learn why one...

Phylogenetic Systematics: Haeckel to Hennig traces the development of phylogenetic systematics against the foil of idealistic morphology through 100 years of German biology. It starts with the iconic Ernst Haeckel--the German Darwin from Jena--and the evolutionary morphology he developed. It ends with Willi Hennig,...

Environmental Sustainability Using Green Technologies explains the role of green engineering and social responsibility in the development of chemicals, processes, products, and systems. Examining the relationship between economy, ecology, and equality--key factors in developing a sustainable society--this book covers several aspects of environmental sustainability,...

The agricultural industry is dealing with enormous challenges across the globe, including the limited availability of arable lands and fresh water, as well as the effect of climate change. Machinery plays a crucial role in agriculture and farming systems, in order to feed the...

Sleep and Psychosomatic Medicine presents an overview of sleep medicine and the management of common sleep disorders seen in a wide variety of practice settings.Chapters have been written by experts in the field in order to provide physicians of a wide range of interests...

Power Quality Issues: Current Harmonics provides solutions for the mitigation of power quality problems related to harmonics. Focusing on active power filters (APFs) due to their excellent harmonic and reactive power compensation in two-wire (single phase), three-wire (three-phase without neutral), and four-wire (three-phase with...

Detailing the advantages and limitations of multi-carrier communication, this book proposes possible solutions for these limitations. Multi-Carrier Communication Systems with Examples in MATLAB(R) A New Perspective addresses the two primary drawbacks of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication systems: the high sensitivity to carrier...

Sustainable practices within the mining and energy sectors are assuming greater significance due to uncertainty and change within the global economy and safety, security, and health concerns. This book examines sustainability issues facing the mining and energy sectors by addressing six major themes: Mining...

This book is designed to introduce typical cleanroom processes, techniques, and their fundamental principles. It is written for the practicing scientist or engineer, with a focus on being able to transition the information from the book to the laboratory. Basic theory such as electromagnetics...

Mammalian Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology provides comprehensive and current coverage of the area of endocrinology and male reproductive biology, covering not just humans, but mammals in general. Written by international experts in their respective fields, this multi-author book also covers the latest developments...

Originally published in 1982 by Pearson/Prentice-Hall, the Forensic Science Handbook, Third Edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in scientific testing, analysis, and interpretation of forensic evidence. World-renowned forensic scientist, author, and educator Dr. Richard Saferstein once again brings...

Solved and Unsolved Problems of Structural Chemistry introduces new methods and approaches for solving problems related to molecular structure. It includes numerous subjects such as aromaticity--one of the central themes of chemistry--and topics from bioinformatics such as graphical and numerical characterization of DNA, proteins,...