Neil seemed like a dream come true for Rachel: a handsome, impeccably mannered, success-oriented Englishman, the fairytale husband she had dreamed of meeting. By the time Neil and Rachel Entwistle were husband and wife, living the good life in a New England town, it was too late to guess the truth: [...]

Genetic programming (GP) is a systematic, domain-independent method for getting computers to solve problems automatically starting from a high-level statement of what needs to be done. Using ideas from natural evolution, GP starts from an ooze of random computer programs, and progressively refines t[...]

From "New York Times" best-selling author and popular blogger Stephanie Pearl-McPhee comes a new spin--a hilarious look at life, parenting, and, well, pants.
"The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes" takes on the amazing in the ordinary in this side-splitting series of short commentaries. Pearl-[...]

Library media specialists have a special opportunity to become collaborative leaders. This book shows you how it's done! Digital technology can give library media specialists a tremendous amount of power when they're skilled at putting it to its highest and best use for teaching and learning. This n[...]

The popular author of At Knit's End and Knitting Rules! presents a humorous new compendium of reflections and observations on the world of knitting that uses a travel guide format to skewer the etiquette, cultural customs, familiar phrases, strange beliefs, people, language, and history of knitting.[...]

Three original Nurse Matilda tales--the inspiration for "Nanny McPhee," starring Emma Thompson (who wrote the screenplay) and Colin Firth, set for release by Working Title/Universal Pictures in March--are collected for this omnibus volume. A governess uses magic to reign in the seven ne'er-do-well c[...]

In wartime England, the two very spoiled Gray children are being sent to stay in the country with their very numerous and ill-behaved cousins, the Greens. Enter Nanny McPhee, who discovers that Mrs. Green and the children are fighting another war altogether--against scheming relatives intent on taki[...]

This path-breaking volume explores cultures of energy, the underlying but under-appreciated dimensions of both crisis and innovation in resource use around the globe. Theoretical chapters situate pressing energy issues in larger conceptual frames, and ethnographic case studies reveal energy as it is[...]

Extensive reading is essential for improving fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, low-level reading material for younger learners. The Nanny McPhee films are popular with children around the world. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Popcorn ELT Reader is based on the se[...]

Den mystiska miss NoirHERTIGENS HÅLLDAM

Händerna darrar på Arabella när hon rättar till den svarta masken hon bär som miss Noir på mrs Silvers glädjehus Rainbow Pleasures. Med tankarna på sin femårige son förbereder hon sig för att le sött mot nästa gentleman som stiger in ...<[...]

Tid för hämndHan är den siste man hon någonsin skulle kunna älska ...

Den vackra Marianne Winslow har haft sin beskärda del av friare genom åren ? och skandaler.Tre förlovningar som inte har lett till giftermål ... Så nu börjar det bli fart på skvallret i societeten.

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Hon kan smycka hans säng, men aldrig bära hans ring

Det skvallras om henne i societetens salonger ? miss Alice Sweetly, markisens älskarinna. För att övertyga dem, och lura sig själv, krävs att hon plockar fram sin yttersta skådespelartalang. Hon måste le ända tills hjärtat inte l�[...]