For generations, J.R.R. Tolkien's words have brought to thrilling life a world of hobbits, magic, and historic myth, woken from its foggy slumber within our minds. Here, he tells the tales is his own voice.Of historic note, these selections from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are based on a ta[...]

For the first time, all five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO's Game of Thrones are together in one eBook bundle. An immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martindubbed ';the American Tolkien' by Time magazineinternation[...]

THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE EPIC MOTION PICTURES
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
THE HOBBIT
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE TWO TOWERS
THE RETURN OF THE KING
(c) New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and the names of the ch[...]

The tale of feuding Mississippi vampire clans in 1857 America by best-selling author George R.R. Martin is presented here as a graphic novel for the very first time! Adapted by Hugo-nominated author Daniel Abraham and artist Rafa Lopez, this graphic novel immerses the reader in the tortures and joys[...]

This anthology offers middle readers a collection of scary tales from a diverse collection of well-known authors, including "The Black Ferris" from Ray Bradbury and "The Witches" by Roald Dahl.[...]

Benoit Mandelbrot s pioneering research in fractal geometry has affected many areas of mathematics, physics, finance and other disciplines. The papers reprinted in this third volume of his Selected Works center on a detailed study of fractional Brownian functions, best known as the mathematical tool[...]

Adorable little kittens, angels and babies. Flowers, ice cream cones and German boy bands. Indeed, there is a "sweeter side" to R. Crumb. These delectable illustrations-whether depicting Bernie the Cat pawing for his master's affection, the timeworn beauty of a French village cul-de-sac or a quiet n[...]

This book presents an up-to-date, accessible, and authoritative look into the rapidly emerging study of statistical adaptive design. Employing the R language throughout, it emphasizes the usefulness of adaptive design methods and technology in public health and research settings through practical ex[...]

Praise for the First Edition" . . . an excellent addition to an upper-level undergraduate course on environmental statistics, and . . . a 'must-have' desk reference for environmental practitioners dealing with censored datasets."
--Vadose Zone JournalStatistical Methods for Censored Environmenta[...]

A hands-on guide to using R to carry out key statistical practices in educational and behavioral sciences researchComputing has become an essential part of the day-to-day practice of statistical work, broadening the types of questions that can now be addressed by research scientists applying newly d[...]

This set provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of Malthus's Principles of Political Economy. It contains the full text of the first 1820 edition, including Malthus's own invaluable 70-page summary, and contains details of all the additions, omissions, and emendations that occurred between[...]