What if you could create your very own Cars storybook? Who would win the big race? Would Mater save the day? Would Sally and McQueen go cruising together? Cars fans will love creating their own Little Golden Book using the stickers, stencils, markers, and crayons included in this kit that puts them in the creative driver's seat!

The Little Big Book for Dads, Welcome's companion to the best-selling The Little Big Book for Moms, is back in an updated edition featuring a fresh cover design, a revised introduction and a new ISBN. This classic is a treasure trove piled high with stories, fairy tales, poetry, activities, recipes, and songs - all selected with the dad in mind. Featuring text by authors as diverse, funny, and profound as Bill Cosby, Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash, and Dr. Seuss, and illustrated throughout with early twentieth-century art from artists including Jessie Wilcox Smith and Kate Greenway, The Little Big Book for Dads makes for a special reading experience to be shared between dad and a little one. Filled with activities to while away the hours together, including making sandcastles and identification games; jokes, riddles, and great tongue twisters to laugh over; and even some fun stuff to try in the kitchen with the kids, like mac and cheese, sloppy joes, and chicken fingers. All in all, it's a book dads -and kids, too- will love and appreciate.

SpongeBob is celebrating his tenth anniversary with a surfing spectacular, and this totally awesome coloring book, featuring chunky crayons, will prove that he is still the zaniest sponge in the sea.

Shotaro continues his search for Emine in the I.C. Prefecture. But a careless comment sends him on the run from an angry kappa. Meanwhile, Mana is eager to enter the Robot Fight Tournament - sponsored by the 'Happy Factory' - and get another commendation, but Yohei senses there's something far more sinister than the tournament going on at the Fear Factory . . . That doesn't stop him from building a powerful battle robot that's guaranteed to take home the prize. Just when Mana is confident of her victory, the Fear Robot itself steps into the arena - with NoFix the King of Spin at the helm!

Se il leader di mercato vuole rimanere tale, deve far sì che tutto cambi. E se il follower di mercato vuole divenire leader, deve far sì che tutto cambi. Parte da questa provocazione, ispirata al celebre pensiero del Gattopardo, l'originale prospettiva strategica presentata dagli autori. La premessa ricorda la circolarità del nostro destino che, nel confronto competitivo, si traduce nella successione dinamica dei giochi di movimento, imitazione e posizione. All'interno di questo efficace schema interpretativo, il libro suggerisce la formulazione di numerose strategie offensive e difensive. La vera capacità competitiva dell'impresa non risiede soltanto nella conoscenza della strategia, quanto nella comprensione del contesto evolutivo in cui essa si muove e nel quale manovre ortodosse e non ortodosse possono prendere forma. In questa prospettiva il testo offre a tutti, manager e studiosi, validi criteri per individuare le soluzioni vincenti nei mercati da gestire oggi e da progettare per domani

Lobo (Centre for Culture and Development, Gujarat, India) and Kumar (a planning consultant working on development planning issues in Gujarat, India) present the results for the state of Gujarat of an all India study on compilation of data on economic development-induced displacement of peoples. They report the data on the number of families displaced by development projects for the period 1948 to 2004 as gathered from some 80,000 gazette notifications, land acquisition documents, and project documentation. They find that some two and a half million people, five percent of the population of Gujarat, fall into the category of displaced, primarily by irrigation and industry. They also explore the impact of displacement and deprivation on various strata of society through a sample survey of households affected by development projects. Data is presented in terms of project and in terms of region. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications (IWOTA 2006) held at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, from July 31 to August 3, 2006. The special interest areas of this workshop were Hilbert/Krein space operator theory, complex function theory related to Hilbert space operators, and systems theory related to Hilbert space operators. This volume contains sixteen research papers which reflect recent developments in operator theory and applications.
This book is written for postgraduates and researchers in operator theory, complex function theory, systems theory and applications.

The authors offer a framework that allows organizations to go beyond quick fixes and fundraising strategies to a broader paradigm that encompasses community and organization building. What if every person involved with an organization was fully engaged and shared a common goal? What if the efforts of a relatively small ring of staff and board members were amplified by everyone touched by the organization, including current and former volunteers, staff, board members, clients, constituents, funders and supporters? That, the authors show, is the way a charismatic organization operates. The book provides numerous examples of how successful organizations have made this shift, as well as action steps that all organizations can take to perform better.

'In today's interdependent world, nonprofit organizations have more opportunity than ever before to make a difference in people's lives. Drawing upon their extensive experience in public service, Shirley Sagawa and Deborah Jospin identify the traits that give successful nonprofits the competitive edge they need to maximize their effectiveness and sustainability. The Charismatic Organization: Eight Ways to Grow a Nonprofit That Builds Buzz, Delights Donors, and Energizes Employees draws an authoritative blueprint for using social capital to transform good intentions into concrete results.'– Former President Bill Clinton

Most humans use only a small percentage of their brainpower, but a certain group of people called 'dokeshi' can use a greater percent of their brain to unleash special powers, given one condition...For dokeshi Shotaro, that condition is doing one good deed a day. In exchange, he has the ability to use the powers of any animal by biting its bones. When Mana meets Shotaro on her travels, she expects nothing but trouble from the childish, ignorant boy-until he takes off into the sky like a bird. Mana may be impressed, but dokeshi are viewed as freaks by most of the population. And with the governor missing, all dokeshi are under suspicion. Ever-opitimistic Shotaro refuses to be discouraged and journeys on with Mana in the name of Justice!

What would it be like to host an event catered by Nobu and Thomas Buckley, the executive chef of Nobu Miami? Now, food lovers and chefs everywhere can party like celebrities with Nobu Miami: The Party Cookbook, a visual treat and a celebration of the dazzlingly original fusion cuisine served in the Miami outpost of Nobu's restaurant empire.
The book introduces an exotic line-up of finger foods and party dishes with South / American and Japanese influences, at the same time that it conveys the sparkling, sun-kissed atmosphere of the restaurants Miami Beach location. The recipes are simple and take advantage of fresh, local seafood like Florida pompano and conch.
More than 70 party recipes, some created especially for the book, are featured. The recipes themselves are complemented by comments, anecdotes and sidebars by Nobu and Buckley, in which they explain what inspired them to create particular dishes. They also offer useful tips on cooking technique. The gorgeous, full-color photos are by James Beard Award-nominee Masashi Kuma.

BIG PAGES EQUALS big fun for kids! Now all of your favorite characters from the hit movie Cars are larger-than-life in this giant 13-1/2 x 19-3/8 inch coloring book—with over 100 stickers!

This book constitutes the best papers of the First International Conference on Software and Data Technologies, ICSOFT 2006, held in Setúbal, Portugal, September 11-14, 2006.The 25 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 187 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on programming languages, software engineering, distributed and parallel systems, information systems and data management, as well as knowledge engineering.

Rakan, an orphan with no knowledge of his past, meets Chigusa, a mysterious man who tells him he is a Sanome, someone who can control how plants grow, as they battle against assassins and monsters from another world.

The trial of the 'German doctors' exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731 carried out hideous experiments on captured Chinese and downed American pilots. In the United States, stories linger of biological experimentation during the Korean War. This collection of essays looks at the dark medical research conducted during and after World War II. Contributors describe this research, how it was brought to light, and the rationalizations of those who perpetrated and benefited from it; look at the response to the revelations of this horrific research and its implications for present-day medicine and ethics; and offer lessons about human experimentation in an age of human embryo research and genetic engineering.

BARBIE™ IS GOING to be a bridesmaid in her friend's wedding! She works hard to make the day a special one by throwing a shower and making sure the bride looks beautiful. Packed with activities and a full spread of stickers.

Gemlike linocuts combined with graceful calligraphy provide a fascinating introduction to Chinese writing, while each word is accompanied by a pronunciation guide to the Chinese word, its English translation, and a stunning illustration. Original.

EMILY, THE NEWEST engine, is determined to prove that she is as Really Useful as Thomas, so she challenges Thomas to a race: whoever can do the job the fastest is the winner. Soon they are off, each on a whirlwind rush around the Island of Sodor. But they both realize that speed is only part of being Really Useful . . . the work must be done right.

Presents a collection of letters by Philip Slier that he wrote from the Molengoot Labor Camp.

Love can be a happy affair or a source of impenetrable sadness. For eight New Yorkers, the love they find is never what they expect. Shirley Abbott brilliantly dissects those tangled relationships. And what a messy knot it is: Maggie loves her husband, Mark, but wishes he weren't unemployed. Mark has little to do these days but rendezvous with his lover, Sophie. That she happens to be his daughter's nursery school teacher is unfortunate. Maggie is also in the dark about her recently widowed mother's affair with Sam, a famous publisher. Sam's wife, Edith, is more concerned about derailing plans for her granddaughter's commitment ceremony. Edith doesn't believe in same-sex love; well, according to Sam, Edith doesn't believe in sex at all. Which may be why Sam in spending so much time at Antonia's Greenwich Village apartment.
As the ground under them is literally shaken in September of 2001, each member of this urban ensemble will have to rethink his or her complicated domestic arrangements - and begin to look at the future in new ways.

This special starter pack contains the manga volumes of Naruto: Volume 1, Bleach: Volume 1 and Dragon Ball Z: Volume 1.

There are new friends to meet and old friends to visit on the Island of Sodor. Percy meets a famous artist and Thomas chases a rainbow in his travels in this deluxe paint box book!