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Clavis Publishing A Great Day for a Hug
"Solid outlines, flat colors, and uncluttered pages make this feel-good story accessible to the youngest lap sitters, who will no doubt want to give their reader a hug" - School Library Journal A new day at the farm! The chickens are laying eggs. The cows are giving milk. And Chick? Chick can do something very special. Hug! Follow along as Chick brightens all the animals’ day with a hug. It is a sweet reminder about making time to just be present for each other and doing little things to spread kindness. A cute book full of farm animals and hugs. For sweet readers ages 30 months and up, with a focus on the child’s world.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Criminology: Challenges for the 21st Century
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Nova Science Publishers Inc e-Government in High Gear
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Poverty Alleviation: 21st Century Issues & Challenges
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AGA Institute Press No-Diet Obesity Solution For Kids
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Progress in Educational Psychology Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Fuel Cell Research Trends
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Self-Focusing of Relativistic Electron Bunches in Plasma
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Trends in Biochemical Physics Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Cell Apoptosis Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Research on Lyme Disease
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Research on Solid State Chemistry
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Frontiers in Quantum Dots Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Frontiers in Cognitive Psychology
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Topics in Condensed Matter Research
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Star Bright Books What's in the Truck?
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Star Bright Books The Little Red Crane
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Developments in Anxiety Disorder Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Focus on Immunology Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Dark Matter: New Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Progress in Immunology Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Research on Immunology
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Trends in Dark Matter Research
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Starch & Starch Containing Origins: Structure, Properties & New Technologies
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Hell's Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space: Class Struggle and Progressive Reform in New York City, 1894-1914
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Safari Press,U.S. Buffalo, Elephant & Bongo
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Secrets of Jounrnalism in Russia: Mass Media Under Gorbachev & Yeltsin
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Black Rose Books Reshaping the World in the 21st Century: Society and Growth
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Amazon Publishing Bacchanal
Evil lives in a traveling carnival roaming the Depression-era South. But the carnival’s newest act, a peculiar young woman with latent magical powers, may hold the key to defeating it. Her time has come.Abandoned by her family, alone on the wrong side of the color line with little to call her own, Eliza Meeks is coming to terms with what she does have. It’s a gift for communicating with animals. To some, she’s a magical tender. To others, a she-devil. To a talent prospector, she’s a crowd-drawing oddity. And the Bacchanal Carnival is Eliza’s ticket out of the swamp trap of Baton Rouge.Among fortune-tellers, carnies, barkers, and folks even stranger than herself, Eliza finds a new home. But the Bacchanal is no ordinary carnival. An ancient demon has a home there too. She hides behind an iridescent disguise. She feeds on innocent souls. And she’s met her match in Eliza, who’s only beginning to understand the
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Groundwater Quality: Assessment and Environmental Impact
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Land Use Changes: Management and Applications
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Congress: Salaries, Health Benefits, Organizations and Internships
Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay. In the past, Congress periodically enacted specific legislation to alter its pay; the last time this occurred affected pay in 1991. More recently, pay has been determined pursuant to laws establishing formulas for automatic adjustments. Chapters 1 provides historical tables on the rate of pay for Members of Congress since 1789; details on enacted legislation with language prohibiting the automatic annual pay adjustment since the most recent adjustment; the adjustments projected by the Ethics Reform Act as compared with actual adjustments in Member pay; and Member pay in constant and current dollars since 1992. Chapter 2 contains information on actions taken affecting each pay year since the establishment of the Ethics Reform Act adjustment procedure. Chapter 3 provides basic information on congressional salaries and allowances and recent developments. Chapter 4 provides pay data for 16 staff position titles that are typically used in Senators' offices. Chapter 5 provides pay data for 13 staff position titles that are used in Senate committees, and for which sufficient data could be identified. Chapter 6 provides pay data for 12 staff position titles that are typically used in House Members' offices. Chapter 7 provides pay data for 11 staff position titles that are used in House committees The federal government, as an employer, also offers health benefits to its employees and retirees.1 In general, federal employees receive health benefits through the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In addition to health insurance coverage, chapter 8 describes other health benefits available to Members and congressional staff, including the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS); the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP); the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP); the Office of the Attending Physician; and treatment in military facilities. Chapter 9 examines the historical development and contemporary role of Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) in the House, as well as informal Member groups in the House, Senate, and across the chambers. Commonly, these groups are referred to as caucuses, but they will be referred to collectively as informal Member organizations in this chapter to avoid confusion with official party caucuses. Many interns serve Congress, assisting individual Members, committees, and other offices or support services. Interns serve the House or Senate in a temporary capacity, primarily for an educational benefit, although some interns may receive pay for their service. Chapter 10 addresses frequently asked questions (FAQs) about congressional interns and internships.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc An Essential Guide to Fuzzy Systems
The recent development of the fuzzy set theory has given scientists the opportunity to model under conditions which are vague or not precisely defined, thus succeeding to solve mathematically problems whose statements are expressed in our natural language. Since Zadeh introduced the concept of fuzzy set in 1965, many efforts have been made by specialists for improving its effectiveness to deal with uncertain, ambiguous and vague situations. As a result a series of extensions and generalizations of the ordinary fuzzy set followed and several theories have been proposed as alternatives to the fuzzy set theory. The spectre of applications of those theories has been rapidly expanded during the last years covering physical sciences, economics and management, expert systems like financial planners, diagnostic, meteorological, information-retrieval, control systems, etc, industry, robotics, decision making, programming, medicine, biology, humanities, education and almost all the other sectors of the human activity, including human reasoning itself. The target of the present book is to become an essential guide to fuzzy sets and systems and to related theories. The whole book consists of ten chapters and a shorter commentary. It starts from the history and an introduction to fuzzy sets and logic and from a brief exposition of related theories. The management of the uncertainty in fuzzy environment as well as the evaluation of fuzzy data, frequently appearing nowadays in science and technology, are also studied. Assessment methods are presented using tools such as triangular fuzzy numbers, fuzzy relation equations and the grey system theory. An introduction to the theory of fuzzy graphs, a review of the hybrids of neural networks and fuzzy logic and an introduction to single valued neutrosophic numbers and the granular calculus of single valued neutrosophic functions are also contained among the topics of the book. More specialized topics include the controllability of non linear fuzzy fractional differential systems, the use of fuzzy probability and fuzzy possibility theory for integrating the voltage sag type detection of electrical networks, the presentation of an algorithm to highlight the importance of using statistical methods in pattern recognition, the study of the known from Physics Goursat problem for a fuzzy hyperbolic equation under the fractional Caputo g-derivative for fuzzy-valued multivariable functions an a hybrid fuzzy potential field method for the navigation of Sumo robots. It is hoped that all the above information can provide a framework to the readers of the book that enable them to proceed to a deeper study of fuzzy systems and the related to them theories.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Trends in Fractional Programming
This monograph presents smooth, unified, and generalized fractional programming problems, particularly advanced duality models for discrete min-max fractional programming. In the current, interdisciplinary, computer-oriented research environment, these programs are among the most rapidly expanding research areas in terms of their multi-faceted applications including problems ranging from robotics to money market portfolio management. The other more significant aspect of this monograph is in its consideration of minimax fractional integral type problems using higher order sonvexity and sounivexity notions. This is significant for the development of different types of duality models in terms of weak, strong, and strictly converse duality theorems, which can be handled by transforming them into generalized fractional programming problems. Fractional integral type programming is one of the fastest expanding areas of optimization, which feature several types of real-world problems. It can be applied to different branches of engineering (including multi-time multi-objective mechanical engineering problems) as well as to economics, to minimize a ratio of functions between given periods of time. Furthermore, it can be utilized as a resource in order to measure the efficiency or productivity of a system. In these types of problems, the objective function is given as a ratio of functions. For example, we consider a problem that deals with minimizing a maximum of several time-dependent ratios involving integral expressions.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Polymer Surfaces: Fabrication, Modification and Applications
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Nova Science Publishers Inc U.S. Infrastructure: Government Programs and Economic Impacts
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Design Originals Hello Angel Beauty of Nature: Expanded Design Collection for Artists & Crafters - Craft, Pattern, Color, Chill
Experience the relaxing beauty of the natural world with this wildly imaginative colouring book from Hello Angel colouring artist Angelea Van Dam. From parrots and peacocks to butterflies and bees, Hello Angel Beauty of Nature Coloring Collection is packed with flying, fluttering and feathered creatures just waiting to be filled with gorgeous colour. With twice as many patterns as standard size colouring books, this big 144-page collection includes instructions on expert colouring techniques like patterning, combinations and shading. Guided colouring pages make colouring easy for beginners, with beautifully coloured examples and ready-to-use colour palettes. Perfect for decorating with all of your favourite colouring implements, each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display.
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Rowman & Littlefield Operation Ginny: The Most Significant Commando Raid of WWII
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MU - University of Texas Press Physicians of the Future DoctorInfluencers PatientConsumers and the Business of Functional Medicine
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Little, Brown Book Group The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home
Quite by accident, September has been crowned as Queen of Fairyland - but she inherits a Kingdom in chaos. The magic of a Dodo's egg has brought every King, Queen, or Marquess of Fairyland back to life, each with a fair and good claim on the throne, each with their own schemes and plots and horrible, hilarious, hungry histories. In order to make sense of it all, and to save their friend from a job she doesn't want, A-Through-L and Saturday devise a Royal Race, a Monarckical Marathon, in which every outlandish would-be ruler of Fairyland will chase the Stoat of Arms across the whole of the nation - and the first to seize the poor beast will seize the crown. Caught up in the madness are the changelings Hawthorn and Tamburlaine, the combat wombat Blunderbuss, the gramophone Scratch, the Green Wind, and September's parents, who have crossed the universe to find their daughter...
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Hodder Education Edexcel Religious Studies for GCSE (9-1): Catholic Christianity (Specification A): Faith and Practice in the 21st Century
Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: Religious StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018Endorsed for Edexcel Trust Victor Watton to maximise every student's potential with his trademark mix of well-paced, focused content coverage and confidence-boosting exam support tailored to the 2016 Edexcel requirements.- Progressively builds students' subject knowledge through accessible explanations of religious and thematic concepts, topics and terms- Helps students learn, retain and revise the key content by following a clear and consistent structure that maps every topic against the specification- Offers a complete solution to assessment preparation with practice questions and expert guidance on how students can improve their responses- Enhances students' interest and understanding using a variety of engaging visual sources, textual extracts and activities to illustrate different practices, perspectives and teachingsEdexcel GCSE RS Spec A: Faith and Practice in the 21st CenturyContent covered:- Area of study 1: Study of religion - Catholic Christianity - Area of study 2: Study of second religion -Islam and Judaism - Area of study 3: Philosophy and ethics- Covers the short course content for Catholic Christianity and Islam or Judaism
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Rowman & Littlefield Historical Dictionary of Medieval China
The crucial period of Chinese history, 168-979, falls naturally into contrasting phases. The first phase, also known as that of 'early medieval China,' is an age of political decentralization. Following the breakup of the Han empire, China was plunged into civil war and fragmentation and stayed divided for nearly four centuries. The second phase started in 589, during the Sui dynasty, when China was once again brought under a single government. Under the Sui, the bureaucracy was revitalized, the military strengthened, and the taxation system reformed. The fall of the Sui in 618 gave way to the even stronger Tang dynasty, which represents an apogee of traditional Chinese civilization. Inheriting all the great institutions developed under the Sui, the Tang made great achievements in poetry, painting, music, and architecture. The An Lushan rebellion, which also took place during Tang rule, brought about far-reaching changes in the socioeconomic, political, and military arenas. What transpired in the second half of the Tang and the ensuing Five Dynasties provided the foundation for the next age of late imperial China. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Medieval China contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on historical figure. It expands on existing thematic entries, and adds a number of new ones with substantial content, including those on nobility, art, architecture, archaeology, economy, agriculture, money, population, cities, literature, historiography, military, religion, Persia, India, Japan, Korea, Arabs, and Byzantium, among others. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about medieval China.
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State University of New York Press States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Two minutes to midnight: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC survive?
16 to 20 December 2017 saw most South Africans and political pundits closely observing the African National Congress's 54th National Conference at Nasrec. There were plenty of international observers and local and foreign press who were closely tracking the ANC top brass and branch delegates as they jostled for political power and position. From all accounts the air was thick with anticipation and high with suspicion. Former student activist, member of the then Mitchells Plain Student Congress (Mipsco) and now ANC member in good standing, Oscar van Heerden, once again found himself doing duty as a scribe at the National Conference in Nasrec. What he witnessed in the period leading up to Conference and then the five days of high drama at Nasrec make for an enthralling and heart-stopping insider's view in his book Two Minutes to Midnight: How the ANC survived Nasrec 2017. Van Heerden's observations will lay bare a governing party that is at war with itself and at the heart of this struggle is deception, corruption and power-hungry politicians flexing their muscles. Factional in-fighting, money in bags exchanging hands in the dead of night, spies on duty and a political party in the clutches of state capture are some of political moves that Van Heerden witnesses, and now shares in his book. Van Heerden's assertion after the first two days of Conference is that the Cyril Ramaphosa camp, also known as CR17, did not stand a chance of winning. To him they seemed disorganised, at times not understanding the modalities of election politics at Conference, and had arrived at the gun fight with a knife. How then did the tide turn against the obvious pro-Jacob Zuma camp to favour CR17? What really happened behind closed doors? Allow Van Heerden to tell you the story of how the ANC survived Nasrec.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review Focus Notes 2019 Part 2
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Cambridge University Press Signals Systems and Signal Processing
An innovative introduction to the foundations of signals, systems, and transforms, emphasising discrete-time concepts, and smoothing the transition towards study of Digital Signal Processing (DSP). With real-world examples throughout, and over 325 end-of-chapter problems. Ideal for sophomore and junior students in electrical engineering.
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Pindar Press Studies in Early Tuscan Painting
Professor van Os has spent twenty years working on Tuscan painting, and his contributions to the study of the Sienese school are of great importance. This volume brings together for the first time his articles on Tuscan art in the period leading up to the Renaissance in Florence and Siena. They represent one of the most important individual approaches to the subject in recent decades. A number of the studies reprinted here have been specially translated from Dutch for this book. The volume begins with five studies on problems of methodology involved in dealing with the art of this period. Eight further studies follow on the iconography of early Tuscan art. Finally eight studies deal with individual Sienese painters.
£75.00
Schott Music Ltd The Modern Recorder Player
Aus Walter van Hauwes Arbeit als Professor am Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam ist dieses Lehrwerk hervorgegangen. Es richtet sich vor allem an Dozenten und Studenten. 1984 erschienen, ist es zu einem Standardwerk der Blockflötentechnik geworden.Instrumentation:Treble Recorder
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