"It happens often in biology, but only once in a rare while does an author come along with the craft and the vision to capture the fun and fascination of chemistry. Sam Kean's The Disappearing Spoon is a pleasure and full of insights. If only I had read it before taking chemistry." --Mark Kurlanksy, author of Salt and Cod
Meg Cabot (Who Wrote That?)Meg Cabot is the author of dozens of books for children, young adults, and adults. She is most famous for her series "The Princess Diaries", which chronicles the life of an average teenager who just also happens to be a princess. When Walt Disney turned "The Princess Diaries" into two movies, Cabot's fame skyrocketed. She has since gone on to write many more best-selling books, including the "1-800-WHERE-R-U" series and the "Mediator" series. Meg Cabot tells the story of the young author's path from small-town girl to nationally known author.
This is a collection of arithmetical puzzles which operate by substituting letters for numbers. The author clearly explains how to solve them, and they range from easy to very complex.
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"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel - the one that catapulted its author to national fame - is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, ...
This classic study is still the only comprehensive theory of child language acquisition—one that begins with the infant, proceeds step by step according to explicit learning algorithms, mirrors children's development, and ends up with adult grammatical competence. Now reprinted with new commentary by the author that updates of every section, Language Learnability and Language Developmentcontinues to be an indispensible resource in developmental psycholinguistics.
