Homer Price uses common sense and ingenuity to deal with the problems that result when a mad scientist grows ragweed taller than fire ladders, a jukebox gone wild sets a whole town dancing, and other preposterous things happen in Centerburg[...]
Authors Kenneth Miller and Joseph Levine continue to set the standard for clear, accessible writing and up-to-date content that engages student interest. Prentice Hall Biology utilizes a student-friendly approach that provides a powerful framework for connecting the key concepts a biology. Students [...]
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.[...]
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine[...]
Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.[...]
This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston is available for the first time in a full-sized paperback edition. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, Make Way for Ducklings has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times). Ideal for reading aloud, this bo[...]
A series of investigations, especially in Great Britain and the United States, have focused attention on the performance of national intelligence services. At the same time, terrorism and a broad span of trans-national security challenges has highlighted the crucial role of intelligence. This book t[...]
Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.[...]
Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live. The problem was how to get them there through the busy streets of Boston. But with a little help from the Boston police, Mrs. Mallard and Jack, Kack, Lack, Nack, Ouack, [...]
It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.[...]
The reader takes a vacation on an island of Maine where he observes his surroundings in rain, fog, sun, darkness, and especially in a hurricane.[...]
Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, Robert G. McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the U.S. Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court. For this new fifth edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey's magisteria[...]
The field of economics proves to be a matter of metaphor and storytelling - its mathematics is metaphoric and its policy-making is narrative. Economists have begun to realize this and to rethink how they speak. This volume is the result of a conference held at Wellesley College, involving both theor[...]