Author: John Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192763174
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A new collection of poems from John Foster, on a range of topics. From home and school to friends and family; from sport and games to work and study; from wordplay and puns to jokes and limericks, here is a wonderful range of poems for all to enjoy.
Our Teacher's Gone Bananas
Author: John Foster
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192763174
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A new collection of poems from John Foster, on a range of topics. From home and school to friends and family; from sport and games to work and study; from wordplay and puns to jokes and limericks, here is a wonderful range of poems for all to enjoy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192763174
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A new collection of poems from John Foster, on a range of topics. From home and school to friends and family; from sport and games to work and study; from wordplay and puns to jokes and limericks, here is a wonderful range of poems for all to enjoy.
One Giant Leap
Author: Charles Fishman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501106309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The New York Times bestselling, “meticulously researched and absorbingly written” (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent space travel. When Kennedy announced that goal, no one knew how to navigate to the Moon. No one knew how to build a rocket big enough to reach the Moon, or how to build a computer small enough (and powerful enough) to fly a spaceship there. No one knew what the surface of the Moon was like, or what astronauts could eat as they flew there. On the day of Kennedy’s historic speech, America had a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience—with just five of those minutes outside the atmosphere. Russian dogs had more time in space than US astronauts. Over the next decade, more than 400,000 scientists, engineers, and factory workers would send twenty-four astronauts to the Moon. Each hour of space flight would require one million hours of work back on Earth to get America to the Moon on July 20, 1969. “A veteran space reporter with a vibrant touch—nearly every sentence has a fact, an insight, a colorful quote or part of a piquant anecdote” (The Wall Street Journal) and in One Giant Leap, Fishman has written the sweeping, definitive behind-the-scenes account of the furious race to complete one of mankind’s greatest achievements. It’s a story filled with surprises—from the item the astronauts almost forgot to take with them (the American flag), to the extraordinary impact Apollo would have back on Earth, and on the way we live today. From the research labs of MIT, where the eccentric and legendary pioneer Charles Draper created the tools to fly the Apollo spaceships, to the factories where dozens of women sewed spacesuits, parachutes, and even computer hardware by hand, Fishman captures the exceptional feats of these ordinary Americans. “It’s been 50 years since Neil Armstrong took that one small step. Fishman explains in dazzling form just how unbelievable it actually was” (Newsweek).
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501106309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The New York Times bestselling, “meticulously researched and absorbingly written” (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent space travel. When Kennedy announced that goal, no one knew how to navigate to the Moon. No one knew how to build a rocket big enough to reach the Moon, or how to build a computer small enough (and powerful enough) to fly a spaceship there. No one knew what the surface of the Moon was like, or what astronauts could eat as they flew there. On the day of Kennedy’s historic speech, America had a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience—with just five of those minutes outside the atmosphere. Russian dogs had more time in space than US astronauts. Over the next decade, more than 400,000 scientists, engineers, and factory workers would send twenty-four astronauts to the Moon. Each hour of space flight would require one million hours of work back on Earth to get America to the Moon on July 20, 1969. “A veteran space reporter with a vibrant touch—nearly every sentence has a fact, an insight, a colorful quote or part of a piquant anecdote” (The Wall Street Journal) and in One Giant Leap, Fishman has written the sweeping, definitive behind-the-scenes account of the furious race to complete one of mankind’s greatest achievements. It’s a story filled with surprises—from the item the astronauts almost forgot to take with them (the American flag), to the extraordinary impact Apollo would have back on Earth, and on the way we live today. From the research labs of MIT, where the eccentric and legendary pioneer Charles Draper created the tools to fly the Apollo spaceships, to the factories where dozens of women sewed spacesuits, parachutes, and even computer hardware by hand, Fishman captures the exceptional feats of these ordinary Americans. “It’s been 50 years since Neil Armstrong took that one small step. Fishman explains in dazzling form just how unbelievable it actually was” (Newsweek).
Oakleaf Academy: A Mystery at Fairy School
Author: Melody Lockhart
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398823732
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Welcome to Oakleaf Academy, the boarding school at the end of the rainbow. Fairies, pixies, sprites, and other magical "smallfolk" come here to learn, play, and make lifelong friends. This charming and relatable chapter book series blends together ingredients that guarantee a truly magical brew: • The hijinks and misadventures of traditional boarding school stories. • The ups and downs of real schoolgirls' friendships. • A generous sprinkling of mystery and adventure! IN THIS STORY... Ivy isn't like most other fairies. She doesn't like sweet-scented flowers, glittery dresses, pretty music, and ballroom dances. How can she fit in when she just wants to rock out? One night Ivy spots a mysterious, monstrous figure silhouetted against the window of Oakleaf's library. It's a boggart! Is this creature up to no good? Or is it an outsider who just wants to be loved for themselves-just like Ivy? Join Ivy and her best friends Jessamy, Poppy, and Azalea in a heartfelt tale packed with mystery and excitement. And look out for the fearsome toad-dragon! Ideal for readers aged 7+.
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398823732
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Welcome to Oakleaf Academy, the boarding school at the end of the rainbow. Fairies, pixies, sprites, and other magical "smallfolk" come here to learn, play, and make lifelong friends. This charming and relatable chapter book series blends together ingredients that guarantee a truly magical brew: • The hijinks and misadventures of traditional boarding school stories. • The ups and downs of real schoolgirls' friendships. • A generous sprinkling of mystery and adventure! IN THIS STORY... Ivy isn't like most other fairies. She doesn't like sweet-scented flowers, glittery dresses, pretty music, and ballroom dances. How can she fit in when she just wants to rock out? One night Ivy spots a mysterious, monstrous figure silhouetted against the window of Oakleaf's library. It's a boggart! Is this creature up to no good? Or is it an outsider who just wants to be loved for themselves-just like Ivy? Join Ivy and her best friends Jessamy, Poppy, and Azalea in a heartfelt tale packed with mystery and excitement. And look out for the fearsome toad-dragon! Ideal for readers aged 7+.
The Moon Dust Dream Dictionary
Author: Florance Saul
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 178678744X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This book is the first to combine dream interpretation with lunar living. It reveals how the eight moon phases imprint on the meaning, significance and divination of dreams. DISCOVER HOW THE EIGHT MAGICAL MOON PHASES ENLIGHTEN YOUR DREAMS! Nighttime is the domain of dreams and the moon. This is the first book ever to reveal how dream meanings are transformed by lunar activity. Inside, you will uncover: How and why the eight magical moon phases impact our dreams and their meanings, and how we should respond to the messages they contain From ancient Mesopotamia to modern day science, the deeply studied impact that astrology and the Moon, astronomy and psychology have had on spiritual wisdom and the art of dream interpretation How to gain a deeper understanding of the stars and the moon through Ishtar, the multifaceted goddess of the heavens A thorough interpretation of 40 popular dreams and their messages within the lunar cycle The Moon Dust Dream Dictionary will help you better understand the deeper messages of your dreams and advise on how you can apply lunar wisdom to achieve your ambitions and live a happier, more contented and self-aware life.
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 178678744X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This book is the first to combine dream interpretation with lunar living. It reveals how the eight moon phases imprint on the meaning, significance and divination of dreams. DISCOVER HOW THE EIGHT MAGICAL MOON PHASES ENLIGHTEN YOUR DREAMS! Nighttime is the domain of dreams and the moon. This is the first book ever to reveal how dream meanings are transformed by lunar activity. Inside, you will uncover: How and why the eight magical moon phases impact our dreams and their meanings, and how we should respond to the messages they contain From ancient Mesopotamia to modern day science, the deeply studied impact that astrology and the Moon, astronomy and psychology have had on spiritual wisdom and the art of dream interpretation How to gain a deeper understanding of the stars and the moon through Ishtar, the multifaceted goddess of the heavens A thorough interpretation of 40 popular dreams and their messages within the lunar cycle The Moon Dust Dream Dictionary will help you better understand the deeper messages of your dreams and advise on how you can apply lunar wisdom to achieve your ambitions and live a happier, more contented and self-aware life.
Big Data Visualization
Author: James D. Miller
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785284169
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Learn effective tools and techniques to separate big data into manageable and logical components for efficient data visualization About This Book This unique guide teaches you how to visualize your cluttered, huge amounts of big data with ease It is rich with ample options and solid use cases for big data visualization, and is a must-have book for your shelf Improve your decision-making by visualizing your big data the right way Who This Book Is For This book is for data analysts or those with a basic knowledge of big data analysis who want to learn big data visualization in order to make their analysis more useful. You need sufficient knowledge of big data platform tools such as Hadoop and also some experience with programming languages such as R. This book will be great for those who are familiar with conventional data visualizations and now want to widen their horizon by exploring big data visualizations. What You Will Learn Understand how basic analytics is affected by big data Deep dive into effective and efficient ways of visualizing big data Get to know various approaches (using various technologies) to address the challenges of visualizing big data Comprehend the concepts and models used to visualize big data Know how to visualize big data in real time and for different use cases Understand how to integrate popular dashboard visualization tools such as Splunk and Tableau Get to know the value and process of integrating visual big data with BI tools such as Tableau Make sense of the visualization options for big data, based upon the best suited visualization techniques for big data In Detail When it comes to big data, regular data visualization tools with basic features become insufficient. This book covers the concepts and models used to visualize big data, with a focus on efficient visualizations. This book works around big data visualizations and the challenges around visualizing big data and address characteristic challenges of visualizing like speed in accessing, understanding/adding context to, improving the quality of the data, displaying results, outliers, and so on. We focus on the most popular libraries to execute the tasks of big data visualization and explore "big data oriented" tools such as Hadoop and Tableau. We will show you how data changes with different variables and for different use cases with step-through topics such as: importing data to something like Hadoop, basic analytics. The choice of visualizations depends on the most suited techniques for big data, and we will show you the various options for big data visualizations based upon industry-proven techniques. You will then learn how to integrate popular visualization tools with graphing databases to see how huge amounts of certain data. Finally, you will find out how to display the integration of visual big data with BI using Cognos BI. Style and approach With the help of insightful real-world use cases, we'll tackle data in the world of big data. The scalability and hugeness of the data makes big data visualizations different from normal data visualizations, and this book addresses all the difficulties encountered by professionals while visualizing their big data.
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1785284169
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Learn effective tools and techniques to separate big data into manageable and logical components for efficient data visualization About This Book This unique guide teaches you how to visualize your cluttered, huge amounts of big data with ease It is rich with ample options and solid use cases for big data visualization, and is a must-have book for your shelf Improve your decision-making by visualizing your big data the right way Who This Book Is For This book is for data analysts or those with a basic knowledge of big data analysis who want to learn big data visualization in order to make their analysis more useful. You need sufficient knowledge of big data platform tools such as Hadoop and also some experience with programming languages such as R. This book will be great for those who are familiar with conventional data visualizations and now want to widen their horizon by exploring big data visualizations. What You Will Learn Understand how basic analytics is affected by big data Deep dive into effective and efficient ways of visualizing big data Get to know various approaches (using various technologies) to address the challenges of visualizing big data Comprehend the concepts and models used to visualize big data Know how to visualize big data in real time and for different use cases Understand how to integrate popular dashboard visualization tools such as Splunk and Tableau Get to know the value and process of integrating visual big data with BI tools such as Tableau Make sense of the visualization options for big data, based upon the best suited visualization techniques for big data In Detail When it comes to big data, regular data visualization tools with basic features become insufficient. This book covers the concepts and models used to visualize big data, with a focus on efficient visualizations. This book works around big data visualizations and the challenges around visualizing big data and address characteristic challenges of visualizing like speed in accessing, understanding/adding context to, improving the quality of the data, displaying results, outliers, and so on. We focus on the most popular libraries to execute the tasks of big data visualization and explore "big data oriented" tools such as Hadoop and Tableau. We will show you how data changes with different variables and for different use cases with step-through topics such as: importing data to something like Hadoop, basic analytics. The choice of visualizations depends on the most suited techniques for big data, and we will show you the various options for big data visualizations based upon industry-proven techniques. You will then learn how to integrate popular visualization tools with graphing databases to see how huge amounts of certain data. Finally, you will find out how to display the integration of visual big data with BI using Cognos BI. Style and approach With the help of insightful real-world use cases, we'll tackle data in the world of big data. The scalability and hugeness of the data makes big data visualizations different from normal data visualizations, and this book addresses all the difficulties encountered by professionals while visualizing their big data.
The Daffodil Journal
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Daffodils
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Daffodils
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Primary Maths in Action
Author: Edward C. K. Mullan
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748777075
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Primary Maths in Action is a unique level-specific resource with materials at each of Levels C, D and E, written to provide comprehensive and in-depth coverage of each Level's attainment targets.
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748777075
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Primary Maths in Action is a unique level-specific resource with materials at each of Levels C, D and E, written to provide comprehensive and in-depth coverage of each Level's attainment targets.
Modern Mysteries of the Moon
Author: Vincent S. Foster
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319221205
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
There are still many questions that remain about the Moon, which this book examines. From concentric craters to lunar swirls, water vapor and lunar reverberations on impact, Foster collects it all for a fascinating tour that will illuminate the backyard observer's understanding of this easily viewed, yet also imperfectly understood, celestial object. Data from Apollo and a flotilla of unmanned Moon orbiters, crashers, and landers have all contributed to our understanding of the Moon, but these mysteries linger despite decades of research. When Project Apollo brought back lunar rocks and soil samples, it opened a new chapter of understanding Earth's lone natural satellite, a process that continues to this day, as old results are revisited and new techniques are used on existing samples. Topics such as the origin, evolution, structure and composition of the Moon, however, are still under debate. Lunar research is still an active field of study. New technologies make it possible to continue to learn. But even so, the Moon continues to hold tight to some of its oldest and most cherished secrets. Foster examines many of the most interesting puzzles and what has been revealed by exploring them – as well as what questions remain.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319221205
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
There are still many questions that remain about the Moon, which this book examines. From concentric craters to lunar swirls, water vapor and lunar reverberations on impact, Foster collects it all for a fascinating tour that will illuminate the backyard observer's understanding of this easily viewed, yet also imperfectly understood, celestial object. Data from Apollo and a flotilla of unmanned Moon orbiters, crashers, and landers have all contributed to our understanding of the Moon, but these mysteries linger despite decades of research. When Project Apollo brought back lunar rocks and soil samples, it opened a new chapter of understanding Earth's lone natural satellite, a process that continues to this day, as old results are revisited and new techniques are used on existing samples. Topics such as the origin, evolution, structure and composition of the Moon, however, are still under debate. Lunar research is still an active field of study. New technologies make it possible to continue to learn. But even so, the Moon continues to hold tight to some of its oldest and most cherished secrets. Foster examines many of the most interesting puzzles and what has been revealed by exploring them – as well as what questions remain.
Moon Dust in My Hairnet
Author: JR Creaden
Publisher: Mythic Roads Press
ISBN: 1738125432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Moon Dust in My Hairnet is a fresh, hopeful, and diverse sci-fi romp following an autistic lunar lunch lady as she juggles relationships and threatening corporate overlords, all while adjusting to life on the Lunar Trust. 20-year-old Lane was perfectly happy living in her big sister's shadow. The great Faraday Tanner, who invented the gravdrive and inspired the movement to found the moon's first independent colony, was the unequaled voice of the post-melt generation. That is, until an unimaginable tragedy cut Faraday’s legacy short. Wracked with survivor's guilt and desperate for her sister's utopian dream to succeed, Lane embraces her job on the moon: lunch lady—which is more than her parents think she can handle. Her boyfriend's supportive at least, when he's not drooling over one of the new recruits. Lane tries to put the past behind her, committed to enjoying her kitchen work and dating her boyfriend and their new crushes. She even participates in planning Faraday's memorial, forcing herself to grapple with monumental loss. But when colony goods go missing and vital equipment gets tampered with, Lane can't accept the events as mere pranks, banding together with new and old friends to save their home.
Publisher: Mythic Roads Press
ISBN: 1738125432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Moon Dust in My Hairnet is a fresh, hopeful, and diverse sci-fi romp following an autistic lunar lunch lady as she juggles relationships and threatening corporate overlords, all while adjusting to life on the Lunar Trust. 20-year-old Lane was perfectly happy living in her big sister's shadow. The great Faraday Tanner, who invented the gravdrive and inspired the movement to found the moon's first independent colony, was the unequaled voice of the post-melt generation. That is, until an unimaginable tragedy cut Faraday’s legacy short. Wracked with survivor's guilt and desperate for her sister's utopian dream to succeed, Lane embraces her job on the moon: lunch lady—which is more than her parents think she can handle. Her boyfriend's supportive at least, when he's not drooling over one of the new recruits. Lane tries to put the past behind her, committed to enjoying her kitchen work and dating her boyfriend and their new crushes. She even participates in planning Faraday's memorial, forcing herself to grapple with monumental loss. But when colony goods go missing and vital equipment gets tampered with, Lane can't accept the events as mere pranks, banding together with new and old friends to save their home.
Slaves of Ijax
Author: John Russell Fearn
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 143444970X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A scientist’s vengeance propels Peter Curzon seven hundred years into the future, where he finds himself in a very mysterious world. Science has banished the need to work in order to earn money, and people only pursue activities as a vocation and by choice. But everyone is also engaged on a Great Task--constructing gigantic towers, with no discernible purpose, following the orders given to them in the temples of Ijax, a mysterious Buddha-like entity worshipped as a god. Peter alone seems immune to the influence of Ijax, and unless he can penetrate to the root of the mystery, mankind appears to be doomed. Another grand sci-fi adventure from the golden age.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 143444970X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A scientist’s vengeance propels Peter Curzon seven hundred years into the future, where he finds himself in a very mysterious world. Science has banished the need to work in order to earn money, and people only pursue activities as a vocation and by choice. But everyone is also engaged on a Great Task--constructing gigantic towers, with no discernible purpose, following the orders given to them in the temples of Ijax, a mysterious Buddha-like entity worshipped as a god. Peter alone seems immune to the influence of Ijax, and unless he can penetrate to the root of the mystery, mankind appears to be doomed. Another grand sci-fi adventure from the golden age.