The LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research，development，and education，at a high level and in both printed and electronic form.Enjoying tight cooperation with the R&D community，with numerous individuals，as well as with prestigious organizations and societies，LNCS has grown into the most comprehensive computer science research forum available. The scope of LNCS including its subseries LNAI spans the whole range of computer science and information technology including interdisciplinary topics in a variety of application fields.The type of material published traditionally includes. —proceedings （published in time for the respective conference） —post-proceedings （consisting of thoroughly revised final full papers） —research monographs（which may be based on outstanding PhD work，research projects，technical reports，etc.）

The cultural resilience of fairy tales is incontestable. Surviving over the centuries and thriving in a variety of media, fairy tales continue to enrich our imaginations and shape our lives. This Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales examines the genre, its cultural implications--and its critical history. The editor has gathered fairy tales from around the world to reveal the range and play of these stories over time. The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six different tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood,' "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and "Hansel and Gretel." It includes multicultural variants of these tales, along with sophisticated literary re*ings. Each tale type is preceded by an introduction, and annotations are provided throughout. Also included in this collection of over forty stories are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde. "Criticism" collects twelve essays that interrogate different aspects of fairy tales by exploring their social origins, h

Souvent la terre tremble, le vent souffle et il pleut à torrentsur le beau pays Bamiléké. Zékéyé part dans la montagne pourcomprendre ce qui se passe. Il découvre un géant qui n'arrête pasde faire des colères. Comment le calmer ? Zékéyé est plein deressources…

This four-story collection includes: Dragon of the Red Dawn Merlin the magician will not eator sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? Theenchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annieof Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! Monday with a Mad Genius They know they have to search forone of the four secrets of happiness to help Merlin the magicianfind joy in his life again. And so they head off in the magic treehouse for Florence, Italy, in the early 1500s to spend the day withone of the greatest artists and inventors of all time–Leonardo daVinci! Dark Day in the Deep Sea Jack and Annie have to find oneof the four secrets of happiness to help save Merlin the magician.But when the magic tree house whisks them off to a misty island inthe middle of nowhere, they wonder how they will find anything. Asthe fog lifts, they see a huge three-masted ship–could it be apirate ship? Eve of the Emperor Penguin Jack and Annie continue theirquest for the secrets of happiness–secrets th

“Opening this lavishly illustrated book is one of sumptuous celebration of the visual aspects of Leonardo’s oeuvre。” TASCHEN’s 25th anniversary - Special edition! Special bestseller price Leonardo da Vinci （1452-1519） possessed one of the greatest minds of all time; his importance and influence are inestimable。 This XXL-format comprehensive survey is the most complete book ever made on the subject of this Italian painter，sculptor，architect， engineer，scientist and all-around genius。With huge，full-bleed details of Leonardo’s masterworks，this highly original publication allows the reader to inspect the subtlest facets of his brushstrokes。Part I explores Leonardo’s life and work in ten chapters。 All of his paintings are interpreted in depth， with The Annunciation and The Last Supper featured on large double-spreads。Part II comprises a catalogue raisonn? of Leonardo’s paintings，which covers all of his surviving and lost painted works and includes texts describin

Focused and funny, this is one of the best chapter books about Amber Brown. Danziger gets the details that concern today's kids as well as the issues that always make them vulnerable. Amber Brown is in fourth grade now; her parents are divorced, and her mother is dating Max. Amber Brown likes Max, but part of her wishes that her father would come back. Then Max proposes. How much will things change? The story here is taut, the conflict dramatized without preachiness. Readers will understand Amber Brown's panic ("If he's living in the house, there'll be no real privacy. I won't be able to walk around in my nightgown"), and they'll recognize the world they know: the joy of being grossed out by snot games with your best friend, even while you are facing what a family is and how it changes. As always, Tony Ross' occasional line drawings capture the scene with affectionate comedy. Hazel Rochman。

Disney Classic come alive in this magical collection of stories.Retllings of Bambi,Tarzan,Lady and the Tramp and The Lion king,along with many other favourite animal stories,will endlessly delight and entertain.

“This unique resource will help parents looking for useful ideas and information on being a nonreligious family. Recommended for public libraries.” Library Journal

You Can Draw guides you step by step through the drawing process, building skills from the beginning. Inside you'll find information on what sorts of materials to use, clear instructions with diagrams, plus heaps of helpful artist's tips.

As Mother Goose has known for centuries, rhyme and rhythm arefun And what could be a more enjoyable way for children and theirparents to learn about different cultures and languages thanthrough familiar rhymes and songs? In "Chinese and English NurseryRhymes," an innovative collection of favorite rhymes are put inpairs--one from China and the next in English--to show how thethings that kids love are the same, no matter where in the worldthey live. Whether your native language is English or Chinese, youcan learn the rhymes along with your children. Just follow thewords on the page, or play the CD and sing along

The much-anticipated third book in Paolini's Inheritance Cycle continues to rely heavily on classic fantasy tropes. The novel launches with magician and Dragon Rider Eragon, his cousin Roran and the dragon Saphira on a quest to rescue Roran's betrothed. The cousins soon split up, and Roran undergoes his own series of heroic tests, culminating in a well-choreographed and intense fight against an Urgal (a ram-human hybrid). Eragon, at the same time, encounters treacherous dwarves, undergoes even more training with the elf Oromis and gains a magical sword suitable for a Dragon Rider. The silly revelations about Eragon's background in the previous book, Eldest, are given a new spin near the end, but the change is neither unexpected nor interesting. Predictably, the book concludes with even more character deaths and another battle, but those expecting a resolution will have to wait until the next novel. The cliched journey may appeal to younger readers of genre fiction. Older teens, even those who might have first

In the #1 New York Times bestselling novels Eragon and Eldest, fifteen year-old Eragon discovers his destiny as a Dragon Rider. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and his dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds. This beautiful boxed set includes books I and II in the Inheritance trilogy. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. About the Author Christopher Paolini’s abiding love of fantasy and science fiction inspired him to begin writing his debut novel, Eragon, when he graduated from high school at fifteen after being homeschooled all his life. Both Eragon and Eldest, the second book in the Inheritance cycle, became instant New York Times bestsellers. Christopher is currently at work on Brisingr, the third volume in the cycle. He lives in Montana, where the dramatic landscape feeds his visions of Alaga sia. 《伊拉龙》 当伊拉龙在森林中发现一块光滑的蓝

We are going said Annie On a greal cosmic journey So listen up Savers of Planet Earth and prepare io meet the Unverse.

Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children’s authors of the twentieth century for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation, the Moomins. The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of the world’s largest newspaper, the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in forty countries. Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly’s publishing plan to reprint the entire strip drawn by Jansson before she handed over the reins to her brother Lars in 1960. This is the first time the strip will be published in any form in North America and will deservedly place Jansson among the international cartooning greats of the last century. The Moomins are a tight-knit family–hippo-shaped creatures with easygoing and adventurous outlooks. Jansson’s art is pared down and precise, yet able to compose beautiful portraits of

What could be worse than a book by Lemony Snicket? Three books by Lemony Snicket—all in one foul package. This second Box of Unfortunate Events, contains The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, and The Ersatz Elevator. This box contains only the dismaying results of some upsetting research i have conudcted into the tragic lives of the baudelaire orphans .My findings,published here in three volumes entitled the miserable mill ,the austere academy,and the ersatz elevator ,contain such atrocities as poorly paid employees ,a ahypnotist ,an evil scheme ,a gym teacher ,dripping fungus ,another evil scheme , a fake accent ,three mysterious comsonants,a red herring ,and at least one more evil scheme .Clearly there is no read such stories,unless there are several schemes you are a part of yourself ,and i am not lying about,this ,either. Please follow my very fair directions and find some other,more pleasant box of books ,and read the results of someone else`s research before it is too late.

How hot is the sun? What is it made of? How long would it take to get there? This fun- and fact-filled picture book answers these questions and many more. Follow the lead of two kids and a purple cat, who introduce astronomy in a child-friendly way. "Steve Tomecek brings fun and fact together with this nonfiction narrative of Earth's closest star." —Washington Parent

Oscar et Arabella sont les meilleur amis du monde. Et voilàqu'ils rencontrent Otto le Rhino. Vous s'avez ce que l'on dit : "Adeux sa vas. Mais a trois bonjour les dég?ts ! ". Un formidable livre sur L'amour la jalousie et l'amitié.

Dedicated to Japan's rackgaki (graffiti) scene, this book illustrates the work of major graffiti artists working in Japan today. It showcases the creativity that lies within this new and relatively unexplored form of contemporary Japanese art. Interviews with the artists, and the authors' own experiences in documenting the different aspects of this subculture, reveal an art-form at the cutting edge and often at odds with police and civic authorities. An accompanying DVD brings to life the imagery of the book and includes footage of graffiti being created. Set to a soundtrack by some of Japan's leading Trip-Hop artists, the viewer is fully immersed in the subculture that is Japanese graffiti.

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This comprehensive book covers 1,100 headwords, including all those required for the internationally recognized Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) test of proficiency in Chinese. For each word the constituent characters are shown, along with their radical and stoke count . Notes on cultural context, grammar and usage are given to ensure correct understanding. An English-Chinese Finder, a radical index and a character index allow quick access to any headword and an appendix lists common character components, with explanations and examples.