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Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Sandman Won't Share (Extension Story)
by Marvel Press Book GroupMiles Morales, Gwen Stacy, and Peter Parker are enjoying a day at the beach when the Sandman appears and starts ruining the fun for everyone. It’s up to Spidey, Spin, and Ghost-Spider to stop the beach bully’s bad behavior. Based on the Disney Junior animated series Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, this delightful eBook is perfect for readers ages 2 to 5.
Doc McStuffins: Leilani's Luau
by Disney PressRead along with Disney! When Doc receives Leilani, a solar-powered hula girl, from her grandmother who is traveling in Hawaii, Doc and the toys decide to welcome the hula dancer with a luau. Leilani begins to teach everyone to hula, but suddenly winds down and stops! This charming storybook, featuring word-for-word narration, teaches children the importance of getting energized by the sun.
Incredibles 2: Sweet Dreams, JackJack
by Meredith RusuRelive the action of Incredibles 2 in this picture book featuring fun and stylized artwork! In Incredibles 2, Helen is in the spotlight, while Bob navigates the day-to-day heroics of "normal" life at home when a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot that only the Incredibles can overcome together.
Dolphins (Readers)
by Melissa StewartEveryone loves the smile on a dolphin&’s face. Though smart enough to become theme park tricksters, dolphins are first and foremost wild mammals. Melissa Stewart&’s lively text outlines our responsibility to conserve their natural environment. This high-interest book also offers an interactive experience to boost awareness of these adorable creatures.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
National Geographic Kids Chapters: True Stories of a Basketball Star on Safari (NGK Chapters)
by Kitson JazynkaNBA star Boris Diaw of the San Antonio Spurs takes young readers on safari as he explores his off-court passion: wildlife photography! Join Diaw as he escapes from stampeding wildebeests, comes face-to-face with lions, and discovers why you should never come between a hippo and its watery home. Through engaging stories and photos by Diaw, readers will discover a whole new side to this basketball champ. National Geographic Kids Chapter books pick up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off, offering young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, exciting, full-color true stories—just right to carry in backpacks, share with friends, and read under the covers at night.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Spider-Man vs. Electro
by Marvel PressRead along with Marvel! When the amazing Spider-Man hears that a Super Villain is terrorizing Times Square, he swoops into action. Arriving on the scene, Spidey finds a man in a hood pulsing with blue energy: Electro! Now hundreds of innocent bystanders are in harm's way, and endless energy is at Electro's fingertips. Follow along with the word-for-word narration to find out if the wall-crawler can stop New York City's newest menace...before he is zapped like a bug!
Helping?: A Search to Understand Healing from an Indigenous African-Centered Perspective
by Gillian BerryThis book exists to encourage helping professionals, particularly those at the beginning of their careers, to critically explore and understand current strategies in fields such as psychotherapy, psychology, and social work. Historical examples of helping policies and strategies used over the years are reviewed and critically evaluated as to whether they helped or hurt the communities they were designed to support. Current policies will be discussed to evaluate whether they are helping the communities they serve. In alignment with an Indigenous African-centered philosophy of holism, multi-dimensionality, and interconnectedness, this work takes a multilayered approach to storytelling by weaving together three journeys: the author&’s personal journey of exploration, the journey of the Black Girl from George Bernard Shaw&’s novella (described below), and the reader&’s. In it, the author details her understanding of the philosophical framework she learned in professional helping training programs, why she came to believe they were inadequate, and how this sparked her global search to understand how to be an effective helper. The author&’s journey is paralleled with the famous and controversial novella by George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, which is a depiction of the universal search for understanding. This text contrasts this alternative perspective on helping with the dominant approaches to what constitutes &“helping.&” The protagonist's journey is mirrored by the author&’s stories of discovery, and reflective questions are designed to enable the reader&’s journey toward becoming a professional helper in the context of current systems. This text explores what helping may look like from an alternative philosophical perspective, seeking to facilitate a process that will enable people to live more satisfyingly. Each chapter offers theoretical underpinnings from an Indigenous African-centered perspective, a critique of dominant approaches to helping, and a different stage of the Black Girl and authors&’ paralleled searches for understanding about God and healing, respectively.
Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence: 29th International Conference, TAAI 2024, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 6–7, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2414)
by Wei-Ta Chu Chih-Ya Shen Hong-Han ShuaiThis two-volume set CCIS 2414 and CCIS 2415 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence, TAAI 2024 held in Hsinchu, Taiwan, during December 6–7, 2024. The 49 full papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Data Robustness; Image Analysis; Knowledge Representation and Management; Games; Machine Learning and Applications; AI Studies; JSAI Special Session 1. Part II: JSAI Special Session 2; Japan Special Session 3; International Track Special Session.
A Knight in Sticky Armor (Disney Junior: Doc McStuffins)
by Disney PressDoc McStuffins doesn't just play with her toys—she heals them! Children ages 2-5 will love getting to know this super-smart six-year-old doctor with her own backyard clinic. This Little Golden Book is based on the new Disney Junior show, Doc McStuffins.
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (The Little Mermaid)
by Disney PressWHEN ARIEL WAS A VERY YOUNG mermaid, King Triton banned all music beneath the sea. What happens when King Triton learns of his daughter’s secret music club? Find out in this full-color retelling of The Little Mermaid III: Ariel’s Beginning, releasing on DVD in summer 2008.
World of Reading Phineas and Ferb: Lights, Camera, Perry? (World of Reading)
by Disney PressRead along with Disney! When Phineas and Ferb enter Perry in a contest to be a company mascot, he quickly rises to fame. But soon Perry's image is plastered around town wearing the same fedora he uses as Agent P! Will Perry's 15 minutes of fame spell disaster for his secret identity? Find out in this reader featuring word for word narration and exciting full-color art from the show.
Wildfires (Readers)
by Kathy FurgangLearn all about wildfires—how they happen, why they're important, and when they're dangerous—in this fascinating level 3 reader. It's sure to ignite your interest, with color photographs, interesting facts, and more.
Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Cubby's Mixed-Up Map
by Disney PressRead along with Disney! Cubby and his mateys are on a hunt for the Golden Dinghy, but Captain Hook steals the map to reach the treasure first! With only his memory and a crayon, can map master Cubby re-draw the treasure map and beat Captain Hook to the Golden Dinghy? Follow along with the word-for-word narration to join the adventure in this swashbuckling storybook!
A Guide to Pixie Hollow (Disney Fairies)
by Disney PressMEET TINKER BELL, Silvermist, Iridessa, Rosetta, Fawn, and all their fairy friends. These fairies have very different personalities and talents, but they all love spending time together. Discover more about the stars of Disney’s new DVD Tinker Bell in this full-color storybook.
Minnie: Blooming Bows
by Disney PressRead along with Disney! Minnie's nieces, Millie and Melody, are very upset! The paper petals on their posy costumes are falling apart. Now, it's up to Minnie to redesign the girls' costumes. But can she do it in time for the school's Posy Pageant? Hold onto your bows! Minnie must come up with the perfect "flower fix" so the girls come out smelling like roses in this adorable audio enhanced storybook.
National Geographic Kids Chapters: True Stories of Amazing Animal Friendships! (NGK Chapters)
by Mary QuattlebaumA fluffy chicken and a pup on wheels? A goat and a donkey who are inseparable? Puppy and cheetah best friends? This new chapter book features all kinds of heartwarming, awwwww-inspiring—and completely true—stories about animal friendships. It's so funny, sweet, and filled with engaging photos, fast facts, and fascinating sidebars, that you can't help but want to cuddle up and read about these unlikely pairings and animal best buddies.
Weather (Readers)
by Kristin Baird RattiniWhat causes thunder and lightning? How do different clouds form? What makes a tornado twist? Kids will discover the answers to these questons and more in this colorful, photo-packed book. In this inviting and entertaining format, kids will discover what causes the weather they experience every day. This Level 1 reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the meteorologists of tomorrow!
The River: A Journey through the Murray-Darling Basin
by Chris HammerAustralia's major river system is collapsing. Parts of it are dying; parts of it are already dead. Australia's most significant river no longer reaches the sea. I look out into the dim autumn light and wonder once again how it has come to this . . . Join award-winning author Chris Hammer on a journey through Australia's largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin. His travels during the crippling millennium drought take us through riverland communities, sharing the laughter, sadness and reflections of the people he meets along the way. The River looks past the daily news reports and their sterile statistics to reveal the true impact of our rivers' decline on the people who live along their shores, and on the country as a whole. It's a tale that leaves the reader with nostalgia for an Australia that may be fading away forever. First published in 2010, The River continues to be read as a history, as a prophecy – and as both. This updated edition includes a new introduction from the author.
China's Grand Strategy and Australia's Future in the New Global Order
by Geoff RabyThe US-dominated world order has been replaced by a multipolar order, but its closest allies such as Australia seek to retain American primacy, adding dangerously to heightened geopolitical competition between the dominant and the ascendant power, China. Where the first great power shift of the twenty-first century was across the Pacific from the United States to China, the next great power shift is now underway from Russia to China. Putin&’s invasion of Ukraine has depleted Russia of its power and influence across Eurasia, while China&’s continues to grow. As China consolidates its power across Eurasia, it can turn to project power globally, just as the US did at the turn of the last century when it cemented its power over the western hemisphere. Diplomatically, Australia is forced to navigate an increasingly unfamiliar world where the guarantor of its security is no longer the sole dominant power, while China remains its most important economic partner. Is Australia agile enough to walk the fine line of supporting US primacy in the Asia–Pacific while providing a bulwark against China&’s ambitions? In China&’s Grand Strategy and Australia&’s Future in the New Global Order Geoff Raby believes something has to give – and unpacks the ramifications for Australia.
The Southern Frontier: Australia, Antarctica and Empire in the Southern Ocean World
by Rohan HowittAntarctica looms large in the Australian psyche – as a place of science, adventure and peril. Our romantic entanglement with this unique environment is deep and enduring.The Southern Frontier traces Australia&’s Antarctic obsession from its origins in the nineteenth century to the creation of the Australian Antarctic Territory and a permanent national Antarctic program in the 1930s and 1940s. It reconstructs Australian ideas, beliefs and anxieties about the Antarctic and shows how Australians came to imagine their nation as having a natural right – perhaps even a destiny – to explore, exploit and control the world to their south. By examining how and why Australia relentlessly pursued the acquisition of its Antarctic Territory, Rohan Howitt recovers a forgotten way of thinking about this region: as one frontier of an Australian empire stretching from the equator to the South Pole. At a time when the Australian Government is ramping up its investment in Antarctica and geopolitical tensions are on the rise, The Southern Frontier provides the historical explanation for how Australians came to see the world to their south as a natural extension of the nation&’s territory.
Beyond Green: The Social Life of Australian Nature
by Lesley HeadHow are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested. Lesley Head interrogates the ways the cultures of nature have operated in Australia across time, and how these ways of thinking and being limit our capacity to deal with the challenges of the climate change and biodiversity crises. Drawing on her life&’s work and lessons she has picked up along the way, Head suggests that it is up to us to attentively listen, the better to destabilise and subvert dominant narratives, and to imagine new possibilities. She believes we have the nous, resources and lessons from Indigenous, settler-descendant and immigrant cultures to reduce risk in the face of the unexpected and the unimaginable. In Beyond Green, the story of nature and people weaves research and personal experience through many different times and spaces, offering new ways of understanding. It is a richly creative engagement with the abundant possibilities and pleasure of nature as a place of regeneration that is as warned by the rawk of the crow as it is accompanied by the carolling of magpies.
Optimization Techniques for Sustainable Environment Under Uncertainty (Engineering Optimization: Methods and Applications)
by Ritu Arora Shalini AroraThe book's objective is to develop mathematical structures that can be applied to real-life problems with sustainable goals. It focuses on the impact of sustainable living on social, economic, and environmental aspects, aiming to create optimization techniques that minimize emissions and maximize green energy. These optimization problems may include sustainable transport, cities, economic development, living, and tourism. The book brings together researchers, academics, and professionals from various fields to find optimal or satisfactory solutions for various environmentally friendly sustainable problems. It aims to achieve this not only with existing optimization techniques, but also with novel approaches such as lexicographic optimization, heuristic approaches, DEA, and genetic algorithms. The goal is to develop practical algorithms and methods applicable to these problems under uncertain circumstances and explore the potential for improving the efficiency of existing algorithms.
Enhancing Water and Food Security Through Improved Agricultural Water Productivity: New Knowledge, Innovations and Applications
by Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo Aidan Senzanje Pauline P. ChivengeThis open-access edited book provides a synthesis of knowledge on Water Productivity (WP) and its role in addressing global challenges related to water and food insecurity, as well as climate change. It explores how increasing WP can contribute to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the global South, with a focus on SDG 2, 6, and 12. The volume connects WP with emerging approaches such as the water-energy-food nexus, sustainable food systems, and the circular economy. It features case studies, critical analyses, and meta-analyses that bridge the science-policy-practice interface. The book also delves into WP's relation to global priorities, policies, and the empowerment of vulnerable communities, highlighting the non-negotiable rights to water and food. Governance, policies, and institutions are discussed in the context of enhancing WP in farmer-led irrigation and scaling WP technologies. The book also covers emerging methods for determining WP, assessing linkages to nutrition, health, and well-being, and integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. This is a guide for regional and international experts, professionals, and scholars interested in agricultural water management in the global south. The book has the potential to inform multi-regional and sectoral policies, particularly in Africa, and contribute to sustainable development through better resource management.
Internet Computing and IoT and Embedded Systems, Cyber-physical Systems, and Applications: 25th International Conference, ICOMP 2024, and 22nd International Conference, ESCS 2024, Held as Part of the World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2024, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 22–25, 2024, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2260)
by Hamid R. Arabnia Leonidas Deligiannidis Soheyla Amirian Farzan Shenavarmasouleh Farid Ghareh MohammadiThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Internet Computing and IoT, ICOMP 2024, and the 22nd International Conference on Embedded Systems, Cyber-physical Systems, and Applications, ESCS 2024, held as part of the 2024 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, in Las Vegas, USA, during July 22 to July 25, 2024. The 23 papers from IVOMP 2024 have been carefully reviewed and selected from 122 submissions. ESCS 2024 received 49 submissions and accepted 11 papers for inclusion in the proceedings. The papers have been organized in topical sections as follows: Internet computing and IoT - Cloud and Internet of Things; Internet computing and IoT - algorithms and applications; and embedded systems, cyber-physical systems and applications.
Tourette’s Syndrome, Stigma, and Society’s Jests (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by Rachel Forrester-Jones Melina Aikaterini MalliThis book explores the profound and multifaceted impact of stigma on individuals with Tourette’s syndrome. It critically examines how stigma, rooted in historical misconceptions continues to shape societal perceptions and attitudes, and marginalises those with the condition across education, employment, media, and interpersonal relationships. Drawing on personal narratives, Tourette’s Syndrome, Stigma, and Society’s Jests investigates how humour and media representations both reinforce and challenge societal stigma. It evaluates systemic barriers that maintain inequality and exclusion and confronts traditional medicalised views of Tourette’s syndrome. Significantly, it advocates for an intersectional approach that emphasises inclusivity, empowerment, and society’s accountability in addressing stigma and fostering change. By weaving together lived experiences with scholarly insights, the book challenges readers to rethink preconceived notions about Tourette’s syndrome and to consider the societal structures that impact the lives of those with the condition. Accessible yet grounded in academic research, this volume offers valuable insights for readers interested in disability studies or social justice. It aims to inspire dialogue, challenge stigma, and advocate for a future that prioritises the voices and experiences of individuals with Tourette’s syndrome.