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by David A. AdlerMath booster author David A. Adler and artist Ed Miller make pie charts easy-as-pie charts with this fun and vibrantly illustrated guide to data collection.For students, STEM topics don&’t always feel like a walk in the park. But what if they were more like a day at the fair? Follow Janet and Ben from the Ferris Wheel to the carousel as they use graphs and data collection to make decisions about their day. This is the sixteenth book in this duo&’s math picture book series. Combining elements of a graphic story with engaging and accessible nonfiction text, David A. Adler combines his well-established STEM know-how with Edward Miller&’s vibrant, high contrast art to take young readers on a wild ride through the world of bar graphs, pictographs, pie charts, and more!
The Scarred Woman (Department Q)
by Jussi Adler-OlsenTHE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR27 MILLION BOOKS SOLDWINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARDJussi Adler-Olsen returns with his most captivating and suspenseful novel yet...In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. Though the case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide from over a decade ago, the police cannot find any connection between the two victims. Across town a group of young women are being hunted down. The attacks seem random, but could these brutal acts of violence be related? Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q is charged with solving the mystery.Back at headquarters, Carl and his team are under pressure to deliver results: failure to meet his superiors' expectations will mean the end of Department Q. Solving the case, however, is not their only concern. After a breakdown, their colleague Rose is struggling to deal with the ghosts of her past - a past seemingly connected to one of the division's most sinister case-files. It is up to Carl, Assad and Gordon to unearth the dark and violent truth plaguing Rose before it is too late.Translated by William FrostPerfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.
Gute Finanzentscheidungen: Mit der richtigen Balance von Bauch und Verstand zu klugen Lösungen (essentials)
by Georg Adlmaier-Herbst Gabriele HornigDieses essential bietet wissenschaftlich fundierte Modelle und Werkzeuge für gute Finanzentscheidungen. Ob Hauskauf, Nachfolgeregelung oder Sparpläne: Viele Finanzentscheidungen werden mit dem Verstand getroffen. Doch selbst wenn die Gründe für eine Entscheidung rational sind, stellen sich oft diffuse, ungute Gefühle und Körperreaktionen ein: ein Kloß im Hals, ein leichter Schauer über den Rücken oder ein flaues Gefühl in der Magengegend. Solche Gefühle können Menschen lange verfolgen und selbst vernünftige Entscheidungen immer wieder in Frage stellen. Die zentrale Frage lautet daher: Wie können Menschen sowohl eine vernünftige Entscheidung treffen als auch eine, bei der sie sich rundum wohl fühlen? Wie kann man Kopf und Bauch in Einklang bringen und kluge Entscheidungen treffen?
Parenting Cyber-Risk: Opportunities and Challenges Raising Children with Digital Environments (Routledge Studies in Crime, Justice and the Family)
by Michael Adorjan Rosemary RicciardelliOn the back of their last book, Cyber-risk and Youth, and building on a new research project, Adorjan and Ricciardelli marshal current research to explore parenting in the digital age.Utilizing 70 original interviews from rural and urban area Canadian parents, the book provides an overview of research on “digital parenting” and illuminates the modern parental experience of managing children’s access to internet-connected technologies. The book explores parents’ experiences with cyberbullying and nonconsensual sexting, as well as concerns over breaches of privacy, screen time and internet addiction. It also investigates parents’ views regarding effective and ineffective strategies in mediation of technology and cyber-risk, including new directions such as restorative practices intended as a response to online conflict and harm. While framing their discussions among sociological theories, Adorjan and Ricciardelli also deliberately emphasize the gendered nature of the book’s discourses and encourage critical reflection of various online surveillance technologies, often marketed to mothers, to keep children safe.As such, Parenting Cyber-Risk is a standout research monograph which not only offers broad insight into 21st-century parenting challenges but also offers solutions. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminology, sociology and any other related fields.
Actor Training the Laban Way (Second Edition): An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement
by Barbara AdrianThe Groundbreaking Actor Training Guide, Enhanced with New Videos and Expert Advice from Acting Professionals Actors, teachers, and students of performing arts: sharpen your skills and release your potential with Actor Training the Laban Way, a groundbreaking approach to physical and vocal movement. Utilizing theories of preeminent movement theorist Rudolf Laban, acting teacher and performer Barbara Adrian integrates voice, speech, and movement training with illustrated individual and group exercises that include: Breath Support Building Dynamic Alignment Expanding Vocal Tone and Range Articulation and Rhythmic Exploration Enhancing Strength and Stamina Improving Balance and Flexibility Developing a Relationship to the Environs Revealing Your Emotional State through Physical and Vocal Action This second edition also includes an all-new chapter of advice from acting professionals on how they deploy these exercises and techniques in their acting preparation, practice, and performance. New appendices offer readers links to video supplements as well as exercises in IPA.Actor Training the Laban Way will make any performer more impulsive, imaginative, and expressive.
The Road is Good: The powerful and inspiring memoir from the Orange Is The New Black star
by Uzo AdubaA powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, maternal love, and a unique coming-of-age story by Emmy-winning Orange Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba. Actress Uzo Aduba - known for Emmy-winning roles in Orange Is the New Black and Mrs. America - grew up in one of the few Black families in a white Massachusetts suburb. But she and her siblings were also grounded by a fierce sense of belonging and worth that stemmed from their mother's powerful vision for her children, and by their connection to generations of family in Nigeria. The alchemy of being out of place yet driven by fearless conviction powered Uzo to success - and fuels her intimate and inspiring memoir.Deeply mining her family history and the gripping tales handed down to her by her mother, aunts and uncles, Uzo weaves together a moving story filled with guiding lessons that are both personal and profoundly universal. Framed by two powerful turning points - Uzo's mother's illness and her eventual death - The Road Is Good is both a story of a young woman determined to survive early adulthood and create an identity for herself, and a testament to matriarchal power and the guiding light of maternal love.
The Road Is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose
by Uzo AdubaA powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, the story of an unforgettable matriarch, and a unique coming-of-age story by Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba.The actress Uzo Aduba came of age grappling with a master juggling act: as one of few Black families in their white Massachusetts suburb, she and her siblings were the unexpected presence in whatever school room or sports team they joined. But Aduba was also rooted by a fierce and nonnegotiable sense of belonging and extraordinary worth that stemmed from her mother&’s powerful vision for her children, and their connection to generations of family in Nigeria. The alchemy of being out of place yet driven by fearless conviction powered Aduba to success. The Road Is Good is more than the journey of a young woman determined to survive young adulthood — and to create a workable identity for herself. It is the story of an incredible mother and a testament to matriarchal power. When Aduba&’s mother falls ill, the origin of her own power crystallizes and Aduba leaps into a caretaker role, uniquely prepared by the history and tools her mother passed along to become steward of her ancestoral legacy. Deeply mining her family history—gripping anecdotes her mother, aunts, and uncles shared in passing at family celebrations and her own discoveries through countless auditions in New York and her travels to Nigeria—Aduba pieces together a life story imbued with guiding lessons that are both personal and profoundly universal.
Bigger Than a Dream
by Jef AertsPeople fear death. We don't know how to talk about it, especially to children, and we're afraid to bring it up for fear of making people sadder.Yet children, especially, have questions, and this incredibly gentle and surprisingly light story is full of both comfort and vividly imagined "answers." The first one gives the book its title: A boy hears the voice of his sister calling him one day, a sister he's never met because she died before he was born. The sister in the faded photograph on the wall. So that night he asks his mother what death is like and she tells him, "It's like dreaming, only bigger."That's lovely, but he still has questions, which it turns out his sister can answer! On a dreamy, carefree adventure they ride their bikes together, (not always on the ground), visiting places that were special to her when she was alive. And she talks to him in the older sister, teasing, straightforward, loving way that is exactly what he needs. (It turns out that death is not the only thing that can be Bigger Than a Dream.)Much, much more than bibliotherapy, this is a work of art that speaks with honesty and tenderness about one of life's great mysteries.
Blue Wings
by Jef AertsTwo brothers bound together by affection and responsibility. Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger, and smaller; but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high.Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.
Take Control of Podcasting
by Andy AffleckStart podcasting or take your podcast to the next level with start-to-finish guidance from Andy Affleck. You'll learn tricks of the trade as you assemble your hardware and software, make recordings, edit and mix the audio, and encode and publish your shows. This book covers all the steps needed to make a podcast using a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.
Bitter Eden: A Novel
by Tatamkhulu AfrikaONE OF NPR'S GREAT READS OF 2014 A modern classic being introduced to the United States for the first time, Tatamkhulu Afrika's autobiographical novel illuminating the profound and incomparable bonds forged between prisoners of war.Bitter Eden is based on Tatamkhulu Afrika's own capture in North Africa and his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II in Italy and Germany. This frank and beautifully wrought novel deals with three men who must negotiate the emotions that are brought to the surface by the physical closeness of survival in the male-only camps. The complex rituals of camp life and the strange loyalties and deep bonds among the men are heartbreakingly depicted. Bitter Eden is a tender, bitter, deeply felt book of lives inexorably changed, and of a war whose ending does not bring peace.
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve
by Drew AfualoThe empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo. Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s “Crusader for Women” and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s rising stars. Loud is part manual, part manifesto, and part memoir. It makes it clear that behind her fearsome laugh is a mission and a life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out, and a pathway to once and for all remove men from the center of how women and femmes think about themselves.Afualo has amassed more than nine million followers across her social platforms. When she first started creating content in 2020, she realized that men on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and other apps were creating sexist content aimed at disparaging women, and also containing rampant fatphobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry, with very real-life consequences. It didn’t take long for her to step into the role of unofficial watchdog for misogyny, and her signature laugh is now recognized as a feminist call to arms, a summoning cry to rid the internet (and our hearts, minds, and lives) of “terrible men” and create a space to fight outdated patriarchal ideals.
Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood
by Jennie Agg'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written' Pippa VosperAfter losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg's path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy - as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook - Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives:· Why are we told miscarriage can't be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos?· Why is it normal not to tell anyone you're pregnant for the first three months? · Why don't we know why labour starts? Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.
Quantitative Aptitude - 2024 Edition - Competitive Exam
by Dr R. S. AggarwalThe reference book Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Dr. R.S. Aggarwal, published by S. Chand and Company Limited, is designed for candidates preparing for a wide range of competitive exams such as IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, UPSC, and more. It provides comprehensive coverage of mathematical topics essential for quantitative reasoning, with over 2000 solved examples and more than 10,000 practice questions. The content is organized by topics such as the number system, HCF and LCM, decimal fractions, simplifications, square roots, and various types of arithmetic problems. It also includes shortcuts, detailed solutions, video content, and mock tests for thorough exam preparation.
Great Idea Malia!
by Alliah L. AgostiniMalia has big ideas and boundless energy for problem-solving her mom&’s new job in this joyful picture book that&’s perfect for young families juggling work and play.Malia loves two things: spending time with Mom and dreaming up Great Ideas. That&’s why they call her Great Idea Malia! (Or at least . . . they should!)When Mom gets a big new job, she is busier than ever. Malia realizes that Mom needs help. Time for some Great Ideas!1. Malia cleans Mom&’s office—sweeping her paperwork into the recycling. 2. Malia answers all her emails—with random emojis. 3. Malia even jazzes up her presentation— with cute dinosaurs and unicorns.When it turns out this was not the help Mom had in mind, Malia needs a better-than-ever Great Idea to make things right.Explore the big power of &“small&” ideas in this relatable story with a lovable mother-daughter duo, fabulous art, and inspirational—if slightly misplaced—energy.
Sustainability in Digital Transformation Era: International Conference on Sustainability in Digital Transformation Era: Driving Innovative & Growth
by Rajeev Agrawal Arun Pratap Srivastava Akihiko SugiyamaIn the past few weeks, OpenAI has released ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer). ChatGPT emerges as a formidable chatbot, surpassing various iterations of the GPT model, and plays a transformative role in user interactions with AI systems. In the dynamic realm of AI technologies, influential applications like ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, mir□ror the transformative consideration of the simplicity on multiple facets of our daily lives. This potent technology holds the potential for significant positive changes, particularly in healthcare where the introduction of GPT and chatbot models opens promising avenues for disease treatment and technological innovation.
Seven Small Inventions that Changed the World
by Roma AgrawalTechnology and engineering surround us. From HUGE things, like spaceships and skyscrapers, to much smaller things like the toaster in our kitchen and the shoes on our feet. But all of these things only exist because of seven small inventions: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, the pump and ... string. And each of these inventions has a fascinating story to tell.Travel through centuries of history, through ancient Egypt, along the Silk Road, across the high seas and even into space, and discover how each of these seven small inventions came to be, how they work and how they changed the world forever. Find out how it's thanks to the potter's wheel that the International Space Station exists, and how the same nails that built pirate ships hold together the tallest buildings in the world. In this children's illustrated adaptation of her adult book, Nuts and Bolts, award-winning engineer turned bestselling author Roma Agrawal makes STEM accessible, intriguing and aspirational, and encourages children to be endlessly curious about the 'things' that make up our world.
The Lost Island of Tamarind (The\book Of Tamarind Ser. #1)
by Nadia AguiarMaya Nelson isn't your typical thirteen-year-old. She's spent her whole life living on the sea with her marine biologist parents, her younger brother, Simon, and baby sister, Penny. Maya used to love living on a sailboat, but lately, everything feels terribly claustrophobic. Maya longs to go to school on land. To make friends. To lead a normal life. But when a violent storm hits and Maya's parents are washed overboard, life becomes anything but normal. The children manage to steer the boat toward a mysterious island, to a place that doesn't exist on a map.Welcome to Tamarind, where fish can fly, pirates patrol the waters, jaguars lurk, the islanders are at war, and an evil, child-stealing enchantress rules the jungle.Maya never imagined she'd have to face so many dangers. But then, who could have imagined a place like Tamarind. . . .?In her stunning first novel, Nadia Aguiar presents a heart-pounding adventure tale about a haunting, fantastical island cut off from the outside world.
Secrets of Tamarind (The\book Of Tamarind Ser. #2)
by Nadia AguiarIt's been four years since Maya, Simon, and Penny Nelson left the lost island of Tamarind. For Maya, the island is a nearly forgotten part of her childhood; for Penny, it's a secret place she can't remember, but longs to see; and for Simon, it's an adventure waiting to happen. An evil group called the Red Coral Project is lurking around the Nelson's home in Bermuda, and the children discover that the project has moved into Tamarind, and are desiccating it to ruin. Only the Nelson's can save the island.In Tamarind, there is the mystery of the magical mineral ophalla that Red Coral is greedily mining, their old pirate ship, the Pamela Jane, and the secret of their friend Helix's parentage. This time, it is up to Simon to put the clues together, and save his sisters from the island and the nefarious Red Coral Project—and defeat Red Coral before the magnificent island is put to ruin. Nadia Aguiar's sequel to The Lost Island of Tamarind, crafts a vivid story reminiscent of such classics as Peter Pan, full of adventure, magic, and haunting beauty.
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy
by Anne M. R. Agur Arthur F. Dalley IIFor more than 75 years, Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy has maintained a tradition of excellence while continually adapting to meet the needs of each generation of students. The updated 16th edition is a visually stunning reference that delivers the accuracy, pedagogy, and clinical relevance expected of this classic atlas, with new and enhanced features that make it even more practical and user-friendly. Illustrations drawn from real specimens, presented in surface-to-deep dissection sequence, set this book-only version of Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy apart as the most accurate reference available for learning human anatomy. These realistic representations bring structures to life and provide students with the ultimate lab resource.
The Devil Crept In: A Novel
by Ania AhlbornAn unforgettable horror novel from bestselling sensation Ania Ahlborn—hailed as a writer of “some of the most promising horror I’ve encountered in years” (New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire)—in which a small-town boy investigates the mysterious disappearance of his cousin and uncovers a terrifying secret kept hidden for years.Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing in the small town of Deer Valley, Oregon, the locals are starting to lose hope. They’re well aware that the first forty-eight hours are critical and after that, the odds usually point to a worst-case scenario. And despite Stevie Clark’s youth, he knows that, too; he’s seen the cop shows. He knows what each ticking moment may mean for Jude, his cousin and best friend. That, and there was that boy, Max Larsen...the one from years ago, found dead after also disappearing under mysterious circumstances. And then there were the animals: pets gone missing out of yards. For years, the residents of Deer Valley have murmured about these unsolved crimes…and that a killer may still be lurking around their quiet town. Now, fear is reborn—and for Stevie, who is determined to find out what really happened to Jude, the awful truth may be too horrifying to imagine.
Dedh Sayani: डेढ़ सयानी
by Ashfaq Ahmad"डेढ़ सयानी" अशफ़ाक़ अहमद द्वारा लिखी गई एक ऐसी पुस्तक है जो जीवन की सूक्ष्मताओं और मानवीय स्वभाव को बड़े ही रोचक और व्यंग्यात्मक ढंग से प्रस्तुत करती है। इस पुस्तक में कई छोटी-छोटी कहानियाँ या निबंध शामिल हैं, जिनमें समाज, रिश्तों, और जीवन के विभिन्न पहलुओं पर गहरी अंतर्दृष्टि दी गई है। अशफ़ाक़ अहमद की लेखनी में हास्य का पुट होने के साथ-साथ एक विशेष प्रकार की सूफियाना समझ भी है, जो पाठक को न केवल हंसाती है बल्कि उन्हें जीवन के गहरे और विचारोत्तेजक सत्य से भी रूबरू कराती है। "डेढ़ सयानी" में वे साधारण जीवन के असाधारण पहलुओं को उजागर करते हैं, और हर कहानी या निबंध के माध्यम से एक संदेश या सीख प्रस्तुत करते हैं। इस पुस्तक में हास्य और व्यंग्य के माध्यम से मानवीय कमजोरियों, समाज की विडंबनाओं, और जीवन के उन पहलुओं को दिखाया गया है जिन्हें हम अक्सर अनदेखा कर देते हैं। "डेढ़ सयानी" न केवल मनोरंजन करती है, बल्कि जीवन को एक नए दृष्टिकोण से देखने का अवसर भी प्रदान करती है। यह पुस्तक उन लोगों के लिए खास है जो सरल, सटीक और विचारशील लेखन पसंद करते हैं, और जो जीवन के गहरे अर्थों को समझने के इच्छुक हैं।
Nonlinear Systems of Fractional Differential Equations
by Bashir Ahmad Sotiris K. NtouyasThis book studies the theoretical aspects for a variety of coupled fractional differential systems involving Riemann-Liouville, Caputo, ψ-Riemann--Liouville, Hilfer, ψ--Hilfer, Hadamard, Hilfer--Hadamard, Erdelyi--Kober, (k, ψ)-Hilfer, generalized, Proportional, ψ-Proportional, Hilfer--proportional, ψ-Hilfer--proportional type fractional derivative operators, subject to different types of nonlocal boundary conditions. The topic of fractional differential systems is one of the hot and important topics of research as such systems appear in the mathematical modeling of physical and technical phenomena. As the book contains some recent new work on the existence theory for nonlocal boundary value problems of fractional differential systems, it is expected that it will attract the attention of researchers, modelers and graduate students who are interested in doing their research on fractional differential systems.
Anthropology and Ethnography are Not Equivalent: Reorienting Anthropology for the Future (Methodology & History in Anthropology #41)
by Irfan AhmadIn recent years, crucial questions have been raised about anthropology as a discipline, such as whether ethnography is central to the subject, and how imagination, reality and truth are joined in anthropological enterprises. These interventions have impacted anthropologists and scholars at large. This volume contributes to the debate about the interrelationships between ethnography and anthropology and takes it to a new plane. Six anthropologists with field experience in Egypt, Greece, India, Laos, Mauritius, Thailand and Switzerland critically discuss these propositions in order to renew anthropology for the future. The volume concludes with an Afterword from Tim Ingold.
Social Inequalities (New Approaches to Sociology)
by Anya Ahmed Deirdre Duffy Lorna ChestertonPart of the New Approaches to Sociology series, Social Inequalities is a relevant and valuable exploration of how we see the world, through a decolonised lens. Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, this textbook offers a critical re-reading of traditional approaches to understanding social inequalities and responds to the call from university administrations, academics and students to decolonise the curriculum and challenge its lack of diversity. It presents an intersectional approach to understanding diversity and social inequalities and, in so doing, allows for alternative knowledge sources and voices to be heard. From looking at social groups such as race, age, sexuality and class alongside a nuanced evaluation of traditional sociological theories such as Marxism, functionalism and feminism – this book is an expert guide to the debates central to understanding the challenges individuals face in society. Including personal stories and case studies, students will be exposed to an authentic and real-world view of how individuals have encountered discrimination. Social Inequalities is an essential resource for anyone working and studying across sociology, and anyone interested in challenging established ways of looking at the world. Professor Anya Ahmed, Dr Deirdre Duffy and Dr Lorna Chesterton work in the faculty of health and education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.