A TIME Best Children's Book of 2019!A Chicago Public Library 2019 Best of the Best Book!*"This minimalistic masterpiece is a must-read for all ages." --School Library Journal (starred review!)A quirky, cautionary tale from beloved New York Times bestselling picture book creator Oliver Jeffers!There was once a man who believed he owned everything and set out to s...

As the most important liquid in our life and one of the most abundant molecules in the universe, water is the least understood substance with a very rich phase diagram (at least 18 crystalline forms and two liquids) and more that 60 dynamical/thermodynamic anomalies whose origins are still under debate.Properties of Water from Numerical and Experimental Perspectives gathers together leading scientists and experts in the field of water. By merging the theoretical/computatio...

These new essays comprise a critical analysis of present-day crime fiction and nonfiction works set in Italy (all of which are available in English). The writers discussed range from Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin to Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri. Essays also deal with nonfiction by Roberto Saviano and Douglas Preston. An emerging theme is the corruption of Italian police and judiciary officials and the frustration of officers and politicians trying to work ethically within a flawe...

PLAY WITH LOGIC 1 is a teaching tool full of game exercises, that allows you to identify the psycho-cognitive skills of children and to develop their mental universe and their psychic world by:- The structure and evolution of logical, intellectual and creative processes;- The conceptualization of the incentive elements, spaces and environments representedin-game design.The game-exercises of PLAYING WITH LOGIC 1 develop the following concepts and topics:...

This book is the second volume in a series on montology dedicated to the transdisciplinary reflection of mountain research, considering the diversity of views on mountains and their problemata in the context of rapid technological development and unprecedented accumulation and dissemination of information around the world. The necessity for a new orderly and structured lexicon arose from the need to critically reassess the colonial past in the development of mountain territories, ...

Warfare and Shamanism in Amazonia is an ethnographic study of the Parakanã, a little-known indigenous people of Amazonia, who inhabit the interfluvial region in the state of Pará, Brazil. This book analyzes the relationship between warfare and shamanism in Parakanã society from the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. Based on the author's extensive fieldwork, the book presents first-hand ethnographic data collected among a generation still deeply involved in con...

“Yacht Design, Interior and Superstructures” confirms the interest of young architects, engineers and designers in boat design, a subject always in need of new ideas, new design solutions and a new approach. This new approach is meant to be applied to expertise in new technologies, new materials and knowledge of new markets, which are getting to know this field with experience and a cultural background completely different from what we have been used to so far, rather than to planning. The...

Many books include an inherent bias: The authors specialize in a certain beloved technique and attempt to apply this technique to multiple clinical situations while glorifying the successes and dismissing the failures. Or it is written by researchers so wrapped up in science and academia that they forget what it really means to run a dental practice and deal with patients day-to-day. This book is different. The authors have many decades of both academic and clinical experience and have set...

In From Peter to the Papacy, you will fi nd a careful discussion of the papacy question in the Roman Catholic Church. The question is, did Christ designate Peter as his vicar, giving him a primacy of jurisdiction over the Church, and did the offi ce pass on to the subsequent bishops of Rome? You will engage exegetical considerations of the pertinent biblical passages related to Peter and Christ. You will travel a historical path from the fi rst century leading to the full development of th...

This booklet is a manifesto in favour of a Muslim sociology focused on change and development, social justice/equity and multiculturalism. If Muslim sociology is based on interdisciplinarity and open research, it can represent an important force to struggle for human rights in Muslim countries. In particular, Muslim sociology can be an important non-eurocentric force in the struggle against slavery in Mauritania, the last stronghold of the Muslim world where slavery is still practised. Mus...

As organizations continue to develop, there is an increasing need for technological methods that can keep up with the rising amount of data and information that is being generated. Machine learning is a tool that has become powerful due to its ability to analyze large amounts of data quickly. Machine learning is one of many technological advancements that is being implemented into a multitude of specialized fields. An extensive study on the execution of these advancements within profession...

This groundbreaking work offers a comprehensive examination of "America Skepticism Theory," a controversial discourse that has gained prominence in Taiwan's political landscape. Rather than dismissing skepticism toward the United States as mere propaganda or partisan rhetoric, the author presents a systematic historical analysis spanning from America's founding principles of isolationism to its contemporary foreign interventions.