Many children may develop a special interest that others can find peculiar. This can be isolating for these children. Dabby is a remarkable duck who loves spending time upside down in the water. She is rejected by the other ducks in her pond because her unique interest makes her different. But when Dabby makes an amazing discovery while upside down, her peers learn to celebrate her for her difference. This story is meant to reaffirm children’s special interests, and help them to view theirs as a strength, rather than a deficit.
In her diary, Mary Boykin Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate general and aid to president Jefferson Davis, James Chestnut, Jr., presents an eyewitness account of the Civil War.
A thematic unit featuring an inquisitive student who is trying to uncover the truth about a mysterious environmental calamity which is designed to help students in grades five through eight build scientific content and research-related inquiry skills.
Sackville-West's column "Country Notes", observations on life in the English countryside, appeared regularly in the New Statesman and Nation. This is a collection of her columns from the early years of the Second World War.
This book explores the interdisciplinary field of complex systems theory. By the end of the book, readers will be able to understand terminology that is used in complex systems and how they are related to one another; see the patterns of complex systems in practical examples; map current topics, in a variety of fields, to complexity theory; and be able to read more advanced literature in the field. The book begins with basic systems concepts and moves on to how these simple rules can lead to complex behavior. The author then introduces non-linear systems, followed by pattern formation, and networks and information flow in systems. Later chapters cover the thermodynamics of complex systems, dynamical patterns that arise in networks, and how game theory can serve as a framework for decision making. The text is interspersed with both philosophical and quantitative arguments, and each chapter ends with questions and prompts that help readers make more connections. “The text provides a useful overview of complex systems, with enough detail to allow a reader unfamiliar with the topic to understand the basics. The book stands out for its comprehensiveness and approachability. It will be particularly useful as a text for introductory physics courses. Tranquillo’s strength is in delivering a vast amount of information in a succinct manner.... A reader can find information quickly and efficiently—that is, in my opinion, the book’s greatest value.” (Stefani Crabtree, Physics Today)
“That They Should Believe A Lie” They are real. They are ancient. They have existed for eons. They hate humanity with an everlasting malevolence. They are not what they appear to be. They have an agenda. They are liars, charlatans, and consummate deceivers. They are the spiritual architects of a strong delusion.
Inspired by William Shakespeare who was a hopeless romantic and wrote his sonnets induced by passion and love. These expressions of love as they are written have been influenced by the touch and hold that this emotion has on us. An emotion in it of its own that gives life meaning. It gives it purpose. When we live for more than just ourselves. It is life changing. It alters everything. Love can make us lose our words, make us speechless, stop us in our tracks. Love can inspire us to live more fully, to reach for more, to love more, for the sake of our beloved. Here are 75 short poems without titles because they need not them. And if you’ve ever been in love you know there are never enough words to express the feelings it incurs. is book is a wonderful way of sharing some of them.
My grandfather grew up in a small Russian village, before moving to Moscow to become a linguist and journalist. He was posted to Singapore in 1971 as a Chinese-speaking journalist to help establish Soviet-Singapore relations. Coming as an expatriate, but leaving as a local through humble explorations of the young nation-state, my grandfather truly fell in love with Singapore. Two generations later, I grow up between Russia and Singapore, living a parallel life to the one of my grandfather's. I write about my own experiences as the mirror image I am of him, despite the years apart. Deduka is a photo essay narrating a friendship between my grandfather and me as we oscillate between our two homes. Separated by forty years of urban development, yet connected by our artistic dispositions, we witness this life through art and poetry.
