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Hooper Humperdink? Not Him!
Dr. Seuss; Illustrated by Charles E. Martin
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R210
R168
Discovery Miles 1 680
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From Alice and Abe to Zeb and Zipper, an alphabetical array of guests turns out for the biggest birthday party ever. But Hooper Humperdink isn’t on the guest list! Will he be able to join in the fun before it’s all over?
It’s time for the grandest, most spectacular birthday party ever! There’s ice-cream and hot dogs and strawberry soda and everyone’s invited – except Hooper Humperdink! But some parties are too good for anyone to miss…
Written by Dr. Seuss for children on the threshold of reading, this story introduces simple stories and concepts to help the youngest child make important connections between word and picture.
By combining the funniest stories, craziest creatures and zaniest pictures with his unique blend of rhyme, rhythm and repetition, Dr. Seuss makes reading fun!
Comprised of two volumes, Electronic Design Automation for
Integrated Circuits Handbook, Second Edition addresses all major
areas of EDA for integrated circuits (ICs). Chapters contributed by
leading experts authoritatively discuss an array of topics ranging
from system design to physical implementation. New to This Edition:
Major updates appearing in the initial phases of the design flow,
where the level of abstraction keeps rising to support more
functionality with lower non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs
Significant revisions reflected in the final phases of the design
flow, where the complexity due to smaller and smaller geometries is
compounded by the slow progress of shorter wavelength lithography
New coverage of cutting-edge applications and approaches realized
in the decade since publication of the previous edition-these are
illustrated by new chapters on high-level synthesis, system-on-chip
(SoC) block-based design, back-annotating system-level models, 3D
circuit integration, and clock design Offering improved depth and
modernity, Electronic Design Automation for Integrated Circuits
Handbook, Second Edition - Two-Volume Set provides a valuable,
state-of-the-art reference for EDA students, researchers, and
professionals.
College cost per student has been on the rise at a pace that
matches ? or exceeds ? healthcare costs. Unlike healthcare, though,
teaching quality has declined, and rapidly rising costs and
declining quality are not trends easily forgiven by society. The
College Cost Disease addresses these problems, providing a
behavioral framework for the chronic cost/quality consequences with
which higher education is fraught. Providing many compelling
insights into the issues plaguing higher education, Robert Martin
expounds upon H.R. Bowen?s revenue theory of cost by detailing
experience good theory, the principal/agent problem, and non-profit
status. Reputation competition dominates higher education. Students
and their parents, and public opinion in general, associate higher
tuition with higher quality and greater accolades; price is used as
a proxy for quality only when consumers are uncertain about quality
prior to purchase. Higher education services are the most complex
types of ?experience goods?; a service whose quality can only be
determined after a purchase has been made. Applying formal economic
theory to higher education, Robert Martin examines how and why
attempts to control costs are controversial and the damaging
effects these controversies have on institutions? reputations.
Arguing that the college access problem cannot be solved until
colleges and universities find a way to control their costs, this
book brings to the fore the leading ideas that will bring about
much-needed budgetary reform in higher education.Governing boards,
administrators and faculty members should find much to think on and
learn from here; parents, students, alumni and taxpayers will find
the research and conclusions alarming, though eye-opening.
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Massena (Hardcover)
theresa S. Sharp, David E Martin
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R627
Discovery Miles 6 270
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A mysterious series of kidnappings in the quiet town of Tacoville
has paralyzed every household with children. For fear of being
snatched away, youngsters no longer play and romp in their yards as
parents confine them to their houses and teachers to the
classrooms. To keep themselves occupied during this lockdown, one
Saturday Bill and his little sister, Nell, busied themselves with a
project in their garage, using a few discarded old boards stacked
along the wall and a few rusted objects from off the shelves.
Little do they realize their efforts on this afternoon will launch
them onto an accidental journey that will yield clues to the
Tacoville mystery. In the process they learn to rely on prayer as
well as their wits as they encounter seemingly impossible
obstacles. Enjoy this mixture of adventure, fantasy, suspense and
Christian morals as you follow Bill and Nell through another
mysterious adventure in "Bill and Nell and the Mystery of the
Missing Children."
It was a warm summer afternoon when Bill and his little sister Nell
headed out with their fishing poles and snacks for the little pond
in the meadow. "Be home in time for supper," Mother called as she
waved goodbye. Later that afternoon while sitting beneath a shade
tree eating their snacks, they spied off in the distance a rusted
old steam engine with a caboose attached behind. On exploring it
further, they encounter unexpected events that prevent them from
ever making it home in time for supper. Enjoy this mixture of
adventure, fantasy, suspense and Christian morals all in one as you
follow Bill and Nell through their adventures into the unknown.
A windy day in the little town of Tacoville triggered Bill and his
little sister Nell to build a couple of kites, using wallpaper,
slats and a few old rags for a tail. Several hours later they
headed out to the meadow, holding tight to their oversized kites,
the tails flapping wildy about in what had now whipped up to very
blustery gusts of wind. The unexpected adventures that follow when
their kites take off challanged all their instincts and faith in
God for survival as they encouncter forces that threaten their ever
seeing home again. Enjoy this mixture of adventure, fantasy,
suspense and Christian morals as you follow Bill and Nell in a
whirlwind adventure in "Bill and Nell and the Tale of the Kites."
Quality has never been more important for the future of higher
education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the
decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of
control, a governance system that will not permit any reallocation
of resources, and a society that expects higher education to
address problems that are well beyond its core competencies. In
this timely volume, Robert E. Martin presents a thorough treatment
of the social contract between those who fund higher education and
those who benefit from it. In-depth discussions include: * the
institution's role as steward of the higher education social
contract * the role of transaction costs, risk bearing, production
technology, and asset ownership in determining the internal
structure of the institution * the market for academic charities *
price, quality, and advertising competition in higher education.
Formal models of production and cost, optimal fundraising, the
maximization of academic reputation, agency behavior, and the
student's enrollment decision are also presented and analyzed. Cost
Control, College Access, and Competition in Higher Education will
be of great interest to higher education researchers and
administrators, economists, and public policymakers.
This book is hard to put down. Martin's "PANIC BUTTON" tells a
story with a style that allows you to see the action clearly inside
your mind's eye.Jason and Paul Grimsby are two brothers whose
damaged childhood has ruined their adult counterparts. Their past
unfolds as Jason is now threatened by a killer that Jason was
unfortunate to disturb at a murder scene. The police believe that
Jason may be the actual murderer. Everything that Jason cares about
or believes in is cruelly and sadistically stripped away from him
as a childhood ailment leaves him hopelessly unable to defend
himself. Eventually, he runs to his protective brother, as in the
past, as a vicious killer closes in.The two brothers are back
together again but it may cost Jason his brothers' life this time.
The killer seems to always be one step ahead of Jason and time has
run out.This is a story of one man's refusal to accept his past or
his present circumstances and if he doesn't overcome this, it will
cost him his future. Every man has a clear and defining breaking
point. This is a story of human triumph through tragedy.
What would you do if you could think faster than the speed of
light? Brilliant doctor Cecelia Cobbina, held in the highest regard
by peers and patients alike, is caught in a spontaneous ignition of
energy from out of nowhere. As it fades, she finds herself with the
ability to process thoughts at the speed of light. Now gifted with
an intelligence far beyond anything humanity has ever seen, Dr.
Cobbina has set out to find and help other "ignited" people the
world over, all in search of cracking the mystery behind their new
powers.
Magical light creates stunning visions in Alexander Wainwright's
landscape paintings. His most recent painting, "The Hay Wagon," is
a marvelous, moonlit scene, with an old-fashioned hay wagon
dominating the foreground, with a beautiful, unearthly glow. Yet,
at the pinnacle of his career, he is about to lose his muse. Not
everyone appreciates his work. Rinaldo, a conceptual artist, mocks
Alexander's bourgeois love of beauty, believing Alexander's success
proves that the universe is chaotic and absurd. Determined to
undermine, humiliate and ultimately destroy his rival, he defaces
Alex's painting. Alexander brushes off the attack, but soon he has
a frightening vision of misshapen, human-like creatures. These
trolls start appearing in his art, and he is beset by questions.
Who are these ugly beings? Has he lost both his light and his art?
The creatures lead Alexander to journey from London to Venice and
from Toronto to New York as he seeks to understand their meaning.
He meets many people, each with a story to tell. Meanwhile, Rinaldo
waits in New York City, intent on settling a score in "The Drawing
Lesson."
Elizabeth Martin explores the impact of globalization on the
language of French advertising, showing that English and global
imagery play an important role in tailoring global campaigns to the
French market, with media companies undeterred by the attempts
through legislation to curb language mixing in the media.
""The gathering of the ravens presages a disturbance of the natural
order."" Attorney Harry Jenkins is back in "A Trial of One," the
final installment of the unsolved saga started in Mary E. Martin's
"Conduct in Question" and continued in "Final Paradox." Jenkins is
on a frantic search for shares of Elixicorp Enterprises stock,
worth over thirty million dollars, for his elderly client, Norma
Dinnick. The shares were originally sold to raise money for
research into memory loss in seniors. Ironically, no one seems to
remember just where the shares might be. Pursuing Jenkins through
Toronto and London, and to the darkened, narrow "calles" of Venice,
is Dr. Robert Hawke, a sinister madman who claims to have the cure
for Alzheimer's disease. As their chase unravels a decades-old
fraud, yet another search is underway for the mysterious Q. Dorothy
Crawford, widow of Jenkins' law partner Richard Crawford, believes
Q, a jealous lover or angry husband, has murdered her husband. With
its memorable characters and vivid landscapes, along with author
Mary E. Martin's signature blend of humor and suspense, "A Trial of
One" delivers an ultimately satisfying conclusion to the "Osgoode
Trilogy." "Final Paradox," the second in the "Osgoode Trilogy," won
a 2007 Honorable Mention in the Hollywood Book Festival.
Comprised of two volumes, Electronic Design Automation for
Integrated Circuits Handbook, Second Edition addresses all major
areas of EDA for integrated circuits (ICs). Chapters contributed by
leading experts authoritatively discuss an array of topics ranging
from system design to physical implementation. New to This Edition:
Major updates appearing in the initial phases of the design flow,
where the level of abstraction keeps rising to support more
functionality with lower non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs
Significant revisions reflected in the final phases of the design
flow, where the complexity due to smaller and smaller geometries is
compounded by the slow progress of shorter wavelength lithography
New coverage of cutting-edge applications and approaches realized
in the decade since publication of the previous edition-these are
illustrated by new chapters on high-level synthesis, system-on-chip
(SoC) block-based design, back-annotating system-level models, 3D
circuit integration, and clock design Offering improved depth and
modernity, Electronic Design Automation for Integrated Circuits
Handbook, Second Edition - Two-Volume Set provides a valuable,
state-of-the-art reference for EDA students, researchers, and
professionals.
Geometric constructions have been a popular part of mathematics throughout history. The first chapter here is informal and starts from scratch, introducing all the geometric constructions from high school that have been forgotten or were never learned. The second chapter formalises Plato's game, and examines problems from antiquity such as the impossibility of trisecting an arbitrary angle. After that, variations on Plato's theme are explored: using only a ruler, a compass, toothpicks, a ruler and dividers, a marked rule, or a tomahawk, ending in a chapter on geometric constructions by paperfolding. The author writes in a charming style and nicely intersperses history and philosophy within the mathematics, teaching a little geometry and a little algebra along the way. This is as much an algebra book as it is a geometry book, yet since all the algebra and geometry needed is developed within the text, very little mathematical background is required. This text has been class tested for several semesters with a master's level class for secondary teachers.
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