Designed for 6-12 year olds, this title follows best practice in science education and is written by leading authors of primary science resources in the UK. Through stimulating content and carefully graded activities and exercises, it guides pupils to develop a sound framework of scientific knowledg[...]

Designed for 6-12 year olds, this title follows best practice in science education and is written by leading authors of primary science resources in the UK. Through stimulating content and carefully graded activities and exercises, it guides pupils to develop a sound framework of scientific knowledg[...]

In 1848 a railway construction worker named Phineas Gage suffered an accident that made him a major curiosity of medicine and a significant figure in psychology and neuroscience: an explosion caused a tamping iron to be blown completely through his head, destroying the left frontal lobe of his brain[...]

A picture dictionary is ideal for introducing young chldren to books at a very early stage in their education. Children can "read" picture dictionaries without knowing how to read or write any words at all - either in their own language or English. Children can also compare their experience of the w[...]

The revised edition of this best-selling wall map includes many new features including three new thematic maps covering Population, Land Use and Economic Activity, and a terrain model of Jamaica as viewed from the south-east of the island. The map also provides information on ocean depths, physical [...]

Margaret MacMillan, an acclaimed historian and "great storyteller" ("The New York Review of Books"), explores here the many ways in which history-its values and dangers-affects us all, including how it is used and abused. "The New York Times "bestselling author of Paris 1919 and Nixon and Mao""revea[...]

THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF QUOTATIONS THAT GOES BEYOND CITATIONS AND INCLUDES CONTEXTUAL INFORMATIONWebster's New World(R) Dictionary of Quotations is a treasure-trove of memorable, witty, and relevant sayings and writings. With more than 20,000 entries from over 4,000 sources, plus concise in[...]

An introduction to one of the most important tools for analysis of data where choices must be made and performance is not perfect. Originally developed for evaluation of electronic detection, detection theory was adopted by psychologists as a way to understand sensory decision making, then embraced [...]