Poppo’s mind wandered. And Poppo wandered, too. Sometimes. Not often. Not yet, anyway.Arlo’s grandfather travels in time. Not literally?-? he just mixes up the past with the present. Eleven--year¬old Arlo holds on as best he can ¬because his grandfather is all the family he knows. Arlo fixes himself cereal for dinner and gives money to the owner of the corner store for the sausages Poppo takes without remembering to pay. But how long before someone finds out that Arlo is taking care of his grandfather instead of the other way around?When Poppo lands in the hospital and a social worker comes to take charge, Arlo’s fear of foster care sends him alone across three hundred miles. Armed with a name and a town, Arlo finds his only other family member?-?the grandmother he doesn’t remember ever meeting. But just finding her isn’t enough to make them a family.Unfailingly honest and touched with a dash of magical realism, Sarah Sullivan’s evocative debut novel delves into a family mystery and unearths universal truths about home, trust, friendship, and strength?-?all the things a boy needs.

Ahoy! Sam had better think of a good reason for the pirates to keep him alive, in his very first adventure!

Join Sam Silver aboard the pirate ship Sea Wolf for a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas! Can Sam lead the crew to buried treasure, or will he be forced to walk the plank?

Celeste come un qualcosa di celestiale, che appartiene al cielo. Perché lui, adesso, apparteneva al cielo. E il cielo apparteneva a lui.

The International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelli-gence (DCAI´10) is an annual forum that brings together past experience, current work and promising future trends associated with distributed computing, artificial intelligence and their application to provide efficient solutions to real problems. The present edition has been held at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, from 7 to 10 September 2010, within the Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI 2010). Technology transfer in this field is still a challenge, with a large gap between academic research and industrial products. This edition of DCAI aims at contributing to reduce this gap, with a stimulating and productive forum where these communities can work towards future cooperation with social and economi-cal benefits.

Is it a cake? Is it a cookie? With such deliciously soft and sweet cream-filled snacks, does it matter? The Internet is abuzz with recipes and stories of whoopie pie folklore, while customers everywhere are descending on bakeries in droves demanding these delectable treats. This adorable volumethe only cookbook devoted entirely to whoopie piesfeatures more than 40 mix-and-match recipes, including the classic chocolate with marshmallow cream and a range of bright flavor combinations such as red velvet, green tea, pumpkin with a tangy cream cheese filling, and oatmeal with, yes, maple-bacon buttercream. With a puffy cover as soft as cake, plenty of color photos and hand-drawnillustrations, dozens of DIY decorating instructions, fun facts and baking tips, Whoopie Pies will make a welcome addition to any baker's bookshelf.

Dr. Kessler, a Jewish attorney from Lwow, Poland, gives an eye-witness account of the Holocaust through the events recorded in his diary between the years 1942 and 1944. In vivid, raw, documentary style, he describes his experiences in the Lwow Ghetto, the Janowska Concentration Camp, and in an underground bunker where he and twenty-three other Jews were hidden by a courageous Polish farmer and his family. The book includes a chapter written by Kazimierz Kalwinski, who, as a teenager, was a caretaker for the hidden Jews on his family’s farm. Edmund’s daughter, Renata Kessler, coordinated the book and has written an epilogue about her search for the story, which has taken her to Israel, Poland, and Lviv, Ukraine. Renowned scholar Antony Polonsky contributes an insightful historical overview of the times in which the book takes place. This volume is a tremendous resource for historians, scholars and those interested in the Holocaust.

Considerato un "ribelle" e un outsider, Johnny Depp ha faticato non poco a liberarsi dal cliché del "bello e dannato" per imporsi sulla scena internazionale come un attore di talento. A dispetto della fama da sex symbol che i media gli hanno cucito addosso, ha preferito misurarsi con personaggi complessi e tormentati e lavorare con registi in grado di dare voce alla sofferenza, alla solitudine, alla diversità. E uno dei pochi artisti a non essere ossessionato dall'immagine e non esita a trasformarsi fisicamente. Il volto sfregiato del protagonista di "Edward mani di forbice", la calvizie del Raoul Duke di "Paura e delirio a Las Vegas", il plastificato Wonka de "La fabbrica di cioccolato" e lo spaventoso ghigno di Sweeney Todd sono alcuni dei ruoli "estremi" in cui l'attore ha alterato la propria fisionomia per essere non soltanto aderente al ruolo ma "nel" ruolo. Diretto da grandi registi Depp non ha mai smesso, come lui stesso ha dichiarato, di "mettersi alla prova". Dopo una lunga serie di film dettati dalle "scelte di cuore", Depp è arrivato al successo planetario a quarant'anni con la miliardaria saga dei Pirati dei Carabi, portando alla ribalta un genere che, dopo l'era di Douglas Fairbanks, sembrava destinato all'oblio e a un sicuro flop al botteghino. Il suo Jack Sparrow, invece, è entrato nel mito, con la sua aria da sgangherato masnadiero, funambolo sul filo dell'avventura e della comicità, incarnazione perfetta del corsaro post-moderno.

"Le donne del fumetto" è una panoramica sulle donne a fumetti e sulle donne che fanno fumetti. L'opera analizza dal punto di vista storico e sociologico temi, autrici ed eroine delle nuvolette disegnate. Prefazione di Silvia Gherardi.

Riaperta al pubblico nel 2006, dopo un accurato intervento di restauro, la sala priorale della Scoletta del Santo oggi si può finalmente apprezzare in tutto lo splendore artistico del suo apparato pittorico e decorativo. Essa offre una preziosa testimonianza della devozione antoniana promossa lungo i secoli dalla benemerita arciconfraternita del Santo, l'associazione laicale sorta all'ombra della basilica nel XIII secolo, per diffondere il culto di sant'Antonio attraverso la testimonianza delle opere di carità.

Il Piccolo Principe si deve leggere almeno su due piani. Uno è il piano del racconto. A prima vista potrebbe essere confuso con una fiaba, ma fatti e personaggi assumono continuamente valori simbolici che chiedono di capire qualcosa di più della realtà. La dedica al grande amico Leone Werth stabilisce fin dall'inizio il tema generale dell'opera: i grandi non sono più capaci di vera conoscenza, ma l'amico sì; per questo Leone può capire tutto, anche i libri per bambini. E può capire che il grande segreto della vita è l'amicizia, uno dei modi privilegiati per dire amore. Questo commento, frutto di un lavoro didattico pluriennale coordinato da "La Traccia" di Calcinate e svolto in diverse scuole statali e non statali, intende guidare giovani e adulti a penetrare dentro la ricca simbologia del Piccolo Principe, perché possa «sbocciare il cuore degli uomini».

Everyone's heard of the Great Whites. But most people know little of the hundreds of other types of sharks that inhabit the world's oceans. Written by two of the world's leading authorities and superbly illustrated by wildlife artist Marc Dando, this is the first comprehensive field guide to all 440-plus shark species. Color plates illustrate all species, and detailed accounts include diagnostic line drawings and a distribution map for each species. Introductory chapters treat physiology, behavior, reproduction, ecology, diet, and sharks' interrelationships with humans.

• More than 125 original full-color illustrations for fast and accurate identification of each shark family
• Over 500 additional drawings illustrating physical features from different angles
• Clear identification information for each species with details of size, habitat, behavior, and biology
• Quick ID guide helpful for differentiating similar species
• Geographic distribution maps for each species
• For professional and amateur shark enthusiasts

In this landmark book, Seven Stories Press presents a powerful collection of literary, philosophical, and political writings of the masked Zapatista spokesperson, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. Introduced by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, and illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs, Our Word Is Our Weapon crystallizes "the passion of a rebel, the poetry of a movement, and the literary genius of indigenous Mexico."
Marcos first captured world attention on January 1, 1994, when he and an indigenous guerrilla group calling themselves "Zapatistas" revolted against the Mexican government and seized key towns in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas. In the six years that have passed since their uprising, Marcos has altered the course of Mexican politics and emerged an international symbol of grassroots movement-building, rebellion, and democracy. The prolific stream of poetic political writings, tales, and traditional myths that Marcos has penned since January 1, 1994 fill more than four volumes. Our Word Is Our Weapon presents the best of these writings, many of which have never been published before in English.
Throughout this remarkable book we hear the uncompromising voice of indigenous communities living in resistance, expressing through manifestos and myths the universal human urge for dignity, democracy, and liberation. It is the voice of a people refusing to be forgotten the voice of Mexico in transition, the voice of a people struggling for democracy by using their word as their only weapon.