Comic-book action meets picture-book adventure in this exciting and funny new outing from beloved author Michael Rosen and illustrator Katharine McEwen.

Tune in as a father reads his children a bedtime story about the exploits of two villains, Filth and Vacuum, and their wicked plan to suck all the money out of the banks and cover everything with muck and slime. Who is strong enough to save the world? Not Steel Man, nor Flying Through the Air Very Fast Man, nor even Incredible Big Strong Green Man. It may just be a job for clever young Brad Forty, who transforms himself into . . . Extremely Boring Man! His superpower is making people fall asleep — but will it work on the children listening to this story?

Imagine the fun of going on a bear hunt-through tall, wavy grass (SWISHY SWISHY!); swampy mud (SQUELCH SQUELCH!); and a swirling whirling snowstorm (HOOOO WOOOO!) - only to find a 'real' bear waiting at the end of the trail!

From the Wolverines’ 1989 NCAA championship win to the Fab Five’s heyday to the Ed Martin scandal and the 20-year road to redemption that ended with Trey Burke leading the team to the championship game in 2013, fans of University of Michigan basketball have enjoyed some highs and some lows. In Restoring the Tradition, sports writer Mike Rosenbaum tells the story of the past five decades of Michigan basketball, beginning with the program’s Cazzie Russell–led rise to prominence in 1964 through fellow College Player of the Year Trey Burke’s electrifying 2012–13 season.

Filled with interviews of former coaches and players from past decades and the last three seasons—including Robert Traylor’s last interview before his death, in which he discussed his involvement in “the scandal” for the first time—Restoring the Tradition features recaps of memorable moments of the past 40-plus years. Michigan basketball fans of any age will appreciate, and even the most dedicated followers will learn something new. In addition, the book, which includes photos throughout, recounts the foundation for the program’s ascent under current coach John Beilein.

A quirky and hilarious tale written by the former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, and illustrated by the inimitable Tony Ross.

Leaving Toy School for his new home, Bob the Bear thinks he knows all there is to being loved and cuddled. But in the end it is a surprising and unusual talent that helps him most of all.

Michael Rosen and Talleen Hacikyan join forces to portray some of Aesop's most famous fables in this beautifully illustrated picture book. Loyal dogs, tricky foxes and powerful lions are only a part of the large cast of animals that helps teach children age-old life lessons.

Describes the origins and rules of such unusual sports as splashdiving, octopush, elephant polo, and cheese rolling.

Describes strange-sounding foods from around the world, including durian, a huge, spiky fruit that smells like gym socks; salmiakki, licorice with a salty, fishy taste; and kopi luwak, coffee made from feces.

Describes strange-sounding medical treatments of the past and present.

Describes strange and unusual jobs, including sniffing armpits, scuba diving for golf balls, and building secret passageways.

'A bicycle-like device with a donut-shaped frame. Combination stilts and pogo sticks. Your own personal jetpack. What do these things have in common? They're all actual vehicles. Read about a variety of strange forms of transportation in this fun and fascinating book'--Provided by publisher.

As arrogant psychologist and criminal profiler Sebastian Bergman investigates the death of a badly mulitated sixteen-year-old boy, he comes to realize that he is the only person capable of stopping the deranged serial killer who murdered the boy.

Could you really build a playground in your neighborhood? KaBOOM! Find out how — and how much fun it can be.

What’s your dream playground? Grab a piece of paper and let your imagination go wild! That was the first step when two hundred kids and grown-ups in an Indianapolis community got together to build the playground in this book — one of over two thousand that KaBOOM! has helped create. A slide isn’t just a slide, it could be a chute to a time machine. A swing might be Pegasus flying across the galaxy. . . . Weeks of planning precede the construction of a playground that a community feels is truly theirs, a vibrant space to foster both creativity and physical activity. Sprinkled with kid-friendly factual notes, Michael J. Rosen’s lively free verse, together with colorful photographs, capture the enthusiastic teamwork leading up to the final build of a playground in one day — a playground that will welcome kids of all ages well into the future.

Edward Hinde è stato uno dei più temibili serial killer degli anni Novanta. Ora, grazie a Sebastian Bergman, è rinchiuso nel penitenziario di Lövhaga. Hinde uccideva seguendo precise modalità, le stesse usate per le tre donne rinvenute sgozzate negli ultimi mesi. Un copycat, dunque, un assassino che ne emula un altro e sceglie le proprie vittime secondo un criterio che viene alla luce soltanto dopo un quarto delitto: tutte sono state amanti di Sebastian Bergman. Nonostante l'angoscia e i sensi di colpa che lo attanagliano Sebastian non ha dubbi: il copycat è guidato da Hinde. È Hinde che, manipolando il 'discepolo', scrive la trama della propria vendetta contro l'uomo che l'ha mandato in carcere. Ma come fa? Per rispondere a queste domande Sebastian dovrà mettere in gioco la propria vita e, ancor peggio, la vita della figlia.

La microbiologia è una materia complessa e in continua evoluzione e il Murray - Microbiologia Medica si è affermato come uno strumento didattico chiaro e con un forte orientamento clinico. Lo studente è invitato a porsi domande sulle patologie causate dai microrganismi, sui test diagnostici da condurre e sulle strategie terapeutiche e di prevenzione; l'obiettivo è imparare a 'pensare come pensa un medico' e trattare ciascun microbo e le patologie da esso causate come se fossero un'infezione contratta da un paziente reale. In questa settima edizione l'impostazione 'problem-based' è stata accentuata dando più spazio ai casi clinici e al confronto con la realtà. I contenuti sono stati riorganizzati inserendo i concetti di classificazione, struttura e replicazione all'interno delle singole sezioni di immunologia, batteriologia, virologia, micologia e parassitologia. I principi generali sono quindi sempre collegati a informazioni clinicamente rilevanti in modo che la struttura risulti più agile e la lettura ulteriormente facilitata. Tutti i capitoli sono stati riscritti ma le novità principali riguardano il sistema immunitario e i capitoli sull'immunità innata, l'immunità antigene-specifica, l'immunità antimicrobica e i vaccini.

Una famiglia parte alla ricerca dell'orso ma, dopo aver attraversato un campo di erba frusciante (svish svush!), un fiume freddo e fondo (splash splosh!), una pozza di fango limaccioso (squelch squalch!), un bosco buio e fitto (scric scroc!) e una tempesta di neve che fischia (fìuuuu huuuuuu!), alla fine... sarà l'orso a trovare loro. Considerato un classico, 'A caccia dell'Orso' è un piccolo capolavoro della letteratura per l'infanzia, dove immagini, testo e lettura ad alta voce danno vita a una grande avventura, per imparare ad affrontare insieme ogni paura. Età di lettura: da 3 anni.

Quello della dignità è un concetto sfuggente, soggetto da sempre alle letture più disparate e provocatorie. Ma a prescindere che lo si consideri un principio fondamentale o un artificio retorico senza sostanza, non c'è dubbio che oggi, in un momento storico così confuso, la dignità sia un'idea centrale e irrinunciabile, il perno attorno a cui ruota il dibattito su temi caldi come il rispetto dei diritti umani e la bioetica, nonché la base universalmente accettata della regolamentazione della vita civile. Un argomento concreto e vivo, insomma, e non un astratto oggetto di studio. Così infatti lo affronta Michael Rosen in questo libro, ripercorrendone la storia e analizzando le sfumature storiche, filosofiche e politiche che il suo significato ha assunto nel corso dei secoli.

How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human behavior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing upon studies of human behavioral ontogeny, as well as humanity's evolutionary heri­ tage, seem to provide the best likelihood of success. It is in the attempt to synthesize such potentially disparate approaches to human develop­ ment into an integrated whole that we undertake this series on the Genesis of Behavior. In many respects, the incredible burgeoning of research in child development over the last decade or two seems like a thousand lines of inquiry spreading outward in an incoherent starburst of effort. The need exists to provide, on an ongoing basis, an arena of discourse within which the threads of continuity between those diverse lines of research on human development can be woven into a fabric of meaning and understanding. Scientists, scholars, and those who attempt to translate their efforts into the practical realities of the care and guidance of infants and children are the audience that we seek to reach. Each requires the opportunity to see-to the degree that our knowledge in given areas permits-various aspects of development in a coherent, integrated fashion. It is hoped that this series, which will bring together research on infant biology, developing infant capacities, animal models, the impact of social, cultural, and familial forces on development, and the distorted products of such forces under certain circumstances, will serve these important social and scientific needs.

What’s not to love? A classic tale told with sly humor, for little ones with an appetite for laughs.

Harry makes great soup. So Harry’s friends are always running to his café just for that famous soup. One day, Ryan the Lion, Jo the Crow, and Matt the Cat all bustle into Harry’s shop. 'Take it easy!' says Harry. But maybe Harry is taking it too easy? You see, Matt the Cat is not too happy with his soup today. Oy vey! He doesn’t want to kvetch, but won’t Harry please try it to find out what could possibly be wrong? Michael Rosen’s hilarious send-up of a beloved Jewish joke delightfully and deliciously leads you to the punch line, while Richard Holland’s whimsical animal characters burst with exuberance.

It’s not just Personal! Your Health Today teaches Personal Health from a truly inclusive and socially responsible perspective. While each of us has a unique set of individual characteristics that shape our health, other environmental factors have an impact on our well being too. Your Health Today incorporates the individual, interpersonal, and broader social factors that affect our health, acting as a guide for healthy living in college and beyond. Students will complete a guided Personal Health portfolio online, applying concepts they learn from the text to their own lives in assessments that give automatic feedback. In doing so, students are able to see how their own family history, community, and culture affect their personal health decisions.

In addition to applied assessments, the Your Health Today program includes a LearnSmart, an unparalleled adaptive learning program that diagnoses students’ knowledge of a subject, then creates an individualized learning path to help them master the concepts that they find most challenging. Additionally, the eBook for Your Health Today includes supplementary chapters on Complementary and Alternate Medicine, and Environmental issues for instructors who cover that content. Instructors can also assign videos from the College Health Report series and use them as a lecture-launcher or ice-breaker in class discussions.

In Vintage's 21st anniversary year, this book is a mission statement about the paramount importance of reading to our quality of life.
 
In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams. Why should you stop what you're doing and read a book? But people have always needed stories. We need literature -- novels, poetry -- because we need to make sense of our lives, test our depths, understand our joys, and discover what humans are capable of. Great books can provide companionship when we are lonely or peacefulness in the midst of the commuter rush. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it.
 
The ten essays in this book tell us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken forgranted, how reading transforms our brains, and how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time and attention -- make books one of them.