The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom is breathtaking, so it is little surprise that people have found ways of introducing these rewarding plants into their gardens. Here they excel, offering color in the drabbest months and a huge diversity of height, habit, and other va[...]
The sixth edition of Entrepreneurship and Small Firms has been fully revised and updated with contributions from leading academics in the field. Retaining the popular style of the previous editions and offering a clear and accessible introduction to the topic, this book provides a thorough coverage [...]
Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge's satirical Small World. It is a world of glamorous travel and high excitement, where stuffy lecture rooms are swapped for lush corner[...]
"A trio of dazzling novels in a comic mode that the author has now made completely his own...a cause for celebration." -"The New York Times Book Review"David Lodge's three delightfully sophisticated campus novels, now gathered together in one volume, expose the world of academia at its best-and its [...]
David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced America's decision [...]
Utilizing a unique data set, Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch provide a rich empirical analysis of the increased importance of small firms in generating technological innovations and their growing contribution to the U.S. economy. They identify the contributions made by both small and large firms to t[...]
This exciting new book provides the big picture on small business and entrepreneurship. Written by two recognised experts, active teachers and researchers at one of the worlds most respected business schools, it explores both the prevalence and importance of small and start-up busi[...]
When she comes to the city to stay with her Uncle Jim, a curmudgeonly baker, Lydia Grace Finch brings along a suitcase full of seeds that she uses to create a wonderful, secret rooftop garden that she hopes will transform Uncle Jim's life. A Caldecott Honor Book. Reissue.[...]
A thesis arguing in favour of localism and evolution. It studies constitutionalism, judicial personality and public policy as economic resources, via a comparative assessment of six North Atlantic islands, such as Iceland, Faroe Islands and the Isle of man.[...]
By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling "The Library"
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing [...]
When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish. But she also experiences some wonderful new things--her first snow storm and a teacher who does not speak Spanish but has a big s[...]
Book-lover Elizabeth Brown, whose constant reading keeps her from playing with dolls or doing just about anything else, finds her house so full of books that she has to start her own public library. BOMC Feat Alt.[...]
In summer the leaves on the strange tree growing in Miss McGillicuddy's yard are harvested by many people, but when Miss McGillicuddy thinks about needing firewood for the winter, she realizes the tree may have another use.[...]
One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute. A vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot, the fourteen-year-old boy had not been told that he had cancer and was expected to die. In S[...]
David Small, the prize-winning children's author, depicts a childhood from hell in this searing yet redemptive graphic memoir. One day Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute. A vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched [...]
Complete with full-color illustrations, a revised edition of a Caldecott-winning book provides young readers with colorful profiles on many of the most popular presidents--now including "dubya"--along with humorous tales, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and more.[...]
There are approximately 50,000 small water supplies in the UK alone, and thousands more worldwide. Dealing with the idiosyncratic characteristics of small water supplies requires specialist knowledge, and this book provides invaluable guidance for professionals. Based on the extensive practical expe[...]
Commercial Real Estate Investing 1O1 Trump University books are practical, straightforward primers on the basics of doing business the Trump way--successfully. Each book is written by a leading expert in the field and includes an inspiring Foreword by Trump himself.[...]
An introduction to the study of small group communication. It integrates theory, research, and practice, guiding readers to apply concepts and principles to the process of communication when working as members of a team.[...]
Solve the riddles to find the runaway gingerbread men in this funny and magical cookie hunt
Marshall knows one thing for sure, despite what all the stories say: Gingerbread men cannot run. Cookies are for eating, and he can't wait to eat "his "after spending all morning baking them with his cl[...]
'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. Throughout its short existence, it has been attacked, invaded, occupied or interfer[...]
Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers. 75,000 first printing.[...]