Collins Big Cat Arabic Reading Programme is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by

Starling can trap a rabbit, cook a meal from a hedge and hear a bailiff coming from a mile off. All she has ever known is a nomadic existence, traveling in a converted van with Mar, her strong-willed mother.But Mar has cut them off from their community, and this winter they\'re stuck in deep mud in a wood, with no fuel, no money and no friends. One morning, without explanation, Mar leaves and doesn\'t

3 Smurftastic stories in 1 volume! In this Smurftastic compendium of Smurf graphic novels, we have: \"The Gambling Smurfs\" where we see the consequences of what happens after the Smurfs try their little blue hands at games of chance. It starts as just a fun new hobby, but when the stakes are raised, the Smurfs fall into a vicious cycle of playing, betting, and losing, and playing again It\'s no big

Many argue that \"civic duty\" explains why Americans engage in politics, but what does civic duty mean, and does it mean the same thing across communities? Why are people from marginalized social groups often more likely than their more privileged counterparts to participate in high-cost political activities? In The Obligation Mosaic, Allison P. Anoll shows that the obligations that bring people

Dark Psychology is one of the most powerful forces at work in the world today. It is used by the most powerful influencers the world has ever known. Those who are unaware of it risk having it used against them. Don\'t run that risk Understanding dark psychology is not only a defensive measure. There are ideas and principles contained within the world of dark psychology that can help you get ahead

A captured princess just wants a good night\'s sleep Shhh... Kidnapped by the Demon King and imprisoned in his castle, Princess Syalis is...bored. Accompanied by an entourage of demon guards, Princess Syalis takes a field trip to the human world to acquire a special pillow. Then she receives several invitations from her demon captors: first, to replace the cooks who have succumbed to heat exhaustion

Getting the most out of Python to improve your codebase Key Features Save maintenance costs by learning to fix your legacy codebase Learn the principles and techniques of refactoring Apply microservices to your legacy systems by implementing practical techniques Book Description Python is currently used in many different areas such as software construction, systems administration, and data processing.

Author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, Jonathan Lethem is one of the most celebrated and significant American writers working today. This new scholarly study draws on a deep knowledge of all Lethem\'s work to explore the range of his writing, from his award-winning fiction to his work in comics and criticism. Reading Lethem in relation to five themes crucial to his work, Joseph

Instant National Bestseller A PBS NewsHour-New York Times Book Club Pick \"Excellent.\" --San Francisco Chronicle Silicon Valley is a modern utopia where anyone can change the world. Unless you\'re a woman. It\'s time to break up the boys\' club. Incisive, powerful, and a fierce rallying cry, Emily Chang shows us how to fix Silicon Valley\'s toxic culture--to bring down Brotopia, once and for all.

A compelling and ground-breaking piece of narrative journalism that gets right to the heart of divided Britain and its dysfunctional jobs

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, sometimes the only way to fight monsters is to become one... The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul\'s Kagune, giving

Should we fear financial derivatives, or embrace them? Finance experts Simon Grima and Eleftherios I. Thalassinos explore what financial derivatives are, and whether the investment world should consider them useful tools, or a complete waste of time and

Includes all original images and text for The Greater Key of Solomon, The Lesser Key of Solomon & The Testament of Solomon.The Greater Key of Solomon contains all original seals, charts and sigils first researched by S.L. MacGregor Mathers in the ancient manuscripts of the British Library.The Lesser Key of Solomon, perfected by Aleister Crowley himself, compiles ancient sources, writings and other

\'Gender\' is a catch-all term: It is used in discourses on women\'s and LGBTIQ+ rights, gender equality, sexual education, gender studies - and by the anti-gender movement. The book offers an analysis of the blurring boundaries between political positions known as \'anti-gender\' and feminist and LGBTIQ+ strands, starting from the hypothesis that there are discursive bridges between both camps which

gaz regan knows his bartenders and their drinks. In this, the fifth and final edition of hhis popular series, he\'s picked the 101 formulas that he deemed to be the very best of the best new cocktails found this past year. Each time and in every volume, gaz has captured the ever-changing styles and tastes found not only in well-known drinking havens such as USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Japanese is a difficult language and many fail to gain even basic competence with it.This textbook presents a unique method of learning Japanese through sentence patterns. It uses sentence patterns to introduce the essentials of Japanese grammar in a very structured way that no other textbook employs. This method of using sentence patterns distills the difficult aspects of Japanese grammar so that