Revered for millennia in the Chinese spiritual tradition, Chuang Tzu stands alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding classic of Taoism. The Inner Chapters are the only sustained section of this text widely believed to be the work of Chuang Tzu himself, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. Witty a[...]

This is the second 'Beavor Towers' adventure. Once again Philip has been transported to the island to help his friends the beavers in their fight against the wicked witch, Oyin. But Oyin is planning a terrible revenge on the island's inhabitants.[...]

In this fourth Beaver Towers adventure, Philip and old Mr. Edgar set off on their travels so that Philip can learn how to use his powers to fight evil. But while they are away, the island itself is under threat from a strange creature named Retson. This time it is up to Baby B, the little beaver and[...]

Another Hinton classic available in a great new package. Companion to "The Outsiders," "That Was Then," "This is Now" is S. E. Hinton's moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart. Now, it too is a[...]

The Outsiders by S E Hinton is a ground-breaking, timeless story by a brilliant writer. '...the hand at the back of my neck was strong. I'm drowning, I thought ...' The Socs' idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his br[...]

Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far.
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This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of feed-forward neural networks from the perspective of statistical pattern recognition. After introducing the basic concepts of pattern recognition, the book describes techniques for modelling probability density functions, and discusses the pro[...]

In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have friends when needed; and many of them paid tax on their possessions. In Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins, David Hi[...]

Bold, bright, and functional, stoneware ceramics produced in the German-speaking centres of what is today Germany and the Low Countries were highly valued and widely traded in Europe and North America from the 16th through to the 18th century. In the 1600s, the heyday of stoneware production, these [...]

"Stylistically superb. . . . This packs a punch that will leave readers of any age reeling."--"School Library Journal," Starred
"Sharper in focus and more mature in style than Hinton's The Outsiders."--"Booklist"
"An ALA Best Books for Young Adults"
"A" School Library Journal "Best Books[...]

A clear overview of the nature and significance of children's and adolescents' friendships which examines issues such as the impact of social / cognitive development, relationship problems and methods of promoting positive relationships.[...]

Provides the student with all that they need to undertake statistical analysis using SPSS, guiding them from the basic rationale behind the statistics, through detailed explanations of the procedures, to all aspects of the SPSS output.[...]