Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales are fully decodable so children can read some of the best known stories from around the world for themselves! Cook, Pot, Cook! is based on the traditional tale The Magic Porridge Pot. What will happen when a magic pot starts to overflow with porridge ...[...]

Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean 'holy war'. Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unrav[...]

For readers of Robot Building for Beginner (Apress, 2002 and 2009), welcome to the next level. Intermediate Robot Building, Second Edition offers you the kind of real-world knowledge that only renowned author David Cook can offer. In this book, you'll learn the value of a robot heartbeat and the pu[...]

Wales, known as the land of castles, has more castles per square mile of its breathtaking landscape than anywhere else in Europe. From the Normal keep at Cardiff to the Welsh stronghold at Criccieth and Edward I's famous fortifications at Caernarfon and Conwy, the castles of Wales tell the fascinati[...]

This textbook offers an introductory overview of eight hotly-debated topics in second language acquisition research. It offers a glimpse of how SLA researchers have tried to answer common questions about second language acquisition rather than being a comprehensive introduction to SLA research.[...]

The Fourth Edition adds an entire chapter on computer-generated imaging, updates filmographies for nearly all living directors mentioned in the text, and includes major new sections that both revisit old content and introduce contemporary trends and movements.[...]

Cardiopulmonary Bypass, first published in 2009, provides a practical overview of all aspects of clinical perfusion, giving core knowledge and essential background information for those early in their clinical training as well as more specialist information on key areas of clinical practice. Introdu[...]

The voyages of Captain Cook are endlessly fascinating to a wide audience, and no aspect of them has been more controversial than Cook's death. This book reprints one of the classic accounts of this episode, the vivid and lively narrative by one of the voyage surgeons, David Samwell. This book not on[...]

Human error is cited over and over as a cause of incidents and accidents. The result is a widespread perception of a 'human error problem,' and solutions are thought to lie in changing the people or their role in the system. For example, we should reduce the human role with more automation, or regim[...]

The Action Bible Guess-It card game is a great tool for generating an excitement for God's Word in kids of all ages This oversized set of cards features 20 questions on each card that point toward the answer (a person, place or thing from the Bible). Great for traveling or family game night; appro[...]