The late Heinlein, considered the ''Father of Modern Science Fiction,'' was also a prolific letter writer. Virginia Heinlein, his wife of 40 years, has skillfully organized a selection of his voluminous correspondence. The result is a memoir that will appeal not just to fans, but to anyone interested in the creative process.
Taking a fresh approach, the authors use the themes of optimization, equilibrium and empiricism to illustrate the power of simple economic ideas, and their ability to explain, predict, and improve what happens in the world. Each chapter begins with an empirical question that is later answered using data in the Evidence-Based Economics feature. As a result of the text’s practical emphasis, students will learn to apply economic principles to guide the decisions they make in their own lives.
Key for Schools Result is a complete preparation course for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools exam. It includes topics appropriate to the level and age group and has a contemporary look and feel.
With its contemporary design and up-to-date material, plus interactive multi-media support for students and teachers, Key for Schools Result is the complete preparation pack for the exam.
In this book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the mass of biography and literary criticism that has accumulated around the work and person of Walt Whitman, and attempts to go back to Leaves of Grass as he first encountered it, to explore why Whitman's epic "continues to inspire and sometimes daunt" him. The result is a personal reassessment and appreciation of one master poet by another, as well as an unconventional and brilliant introduction--or reintroduction--to Whitman.
Whales represents an impressive body of knowledge, reflecting thirty-five years of personal observations by the energetic, globetrotting Captain Cousteau and his crew members. The result is a magnificent tribute to the world's most intriguing creatures.
