Author: Gina McMurchy-Barber
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459746074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Warren is flip-flopping between trying to fit in at a new school and being the protective brother of Bennie, who has Down syndrome.
The Jigsaw Puzzle King
Author: Gina McMurchy-Barber
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459746074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Warren is flip-flopping between trying to fit in at a new school and being the protective brother of Bennie, who has Down syndrome.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459746074
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Warren is flip-flopping between trying to fit in at a new school and being the protective brother of Bennie, who has Down syndrome.
Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles
Author: David Platt
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 148178644X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles strikes most people as an intriguing title. The origin is simple,however my trainspotting youth has been synchronized with a later interest in jigsaw puzzles. The result is expensive I have a collection of over 250 jigsaws depicting British steam railways. The conclusion is impossible there are over 500 steam railway jigsaw puzzles to collect and they are being supplemented annually. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway marked the arrival of the true passenger railway service in 1830 and presented jigsaw manufacturers with another subject on which to focus. Prior to this date the jigsaw experience, started by John Spilsbury in c1760, was restricted to subjects such as religion, geography, history, monarchs, the alphabet and art. Many characteristics combine to form the basis of nostalgic images buried indelibly in the minds of people who travelled in the steam railway age. Manufacturers have not been slow to tap into this nostalgia and produce jigsaws aimed at stirring those memories and inviting people to reflect on past experiences, good, bad or indifferent. Chad Valley, Victory, Good Companion,Falcon, Waddingtons and Arrow are just a few manufacturers who produced steam railway jigsaws in the past. Most of these companies are now a distant memory while others are in foreign ownership. Equally famous names such as Wentworth, Ravensburger (Germany), House of Puzzles, Gibsons, JR Puzzles and King Puzzles (Holland) continue the manufacturing tradition. Output is generally superb thanks to the efforts of fine railway artists such as Terence Cuneo, George Heiron, T. E. North, Don Breckon, John Austin, Barry Freeman and Malcolm Root. The book is aimed at anyone with an interest in jigsaw puzzles and at those enthusiasts and aficionados who refuse to allow those evocative memories of the Golden Age of Steam to die.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 148178644X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles strikes most people as an intriguing title. The origin is simple,however my trainspotting youth has been synchronized with a later interest in jigsaw puzzles. The result is expensive I have a collection of over 250 jigsaws depicting British steam railways. The conclusion is impossible there are over 500 steam railway jigsaw puzzles to collect and they are being supplemented annually. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway marked the arrival of the true passenger railway service in 1830 and presented jigsaw manufacturers with another subject on which to focus. Prior to this date the jigsaw experience, started by John Spilsbury in c1760, was restricted to subjects such as religion, geography, history, monarchs, the alphabet and art. Many characteristics combine to form the basis of nostalgic images buried indelibly in the minds of people who travelled in the steam railway age. Manufacturers have not been slow to tap into this nostalgia and produce jigsaws aimed at stirring those memories and inviting people to reflect on past experiences, good, bad or indifferent. Chad Valley, Victory, Good Companion,Falcon, Waddingtons and Arrow are just a few manufacturers who produced steam railway jigsaws in the past. Most of these companies are now a distant memory while others are in foreign ownership. Equally famous names such as Wentworth, Ravensburger (Germany), House of Puzzles, Gibsons, JR Puzzles and King Puzzles (Holland) continue the manufacturing tradition. Output is generally superb thanks to the efforts of fine railway artists such as Terence Cuneo, George Heiron, T. E. North, Don Breckon, John Austin, Barry Freeman and Malcolm Root. The book is aimed at anyone with an interest in jigsaw puzzles and at those enthusiasts and aficionados who refuse to allow those evocative memories of the Golden Age of Steam to die.
The Jigsaw Puzzle
Author: Anne Douglas Williams
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
ISBN: 9780425198209
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Originally created as an educational tool for children in the 1700s, jigsaw puzzles developed into a national craze during the Great Depression. A renowned puzzle expert pieces together the origins of this beloved pastime and examine the minds of such famous puzzlers as Queen Elizabeth II, Bill Gates, and Stephen King. Includes illustrations and photos. 0-425-19820-0$22.95 / Penguin Group
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
ISBN: 9780425198209
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Originally created as an educational tool for children in the 1700s, jigsaw puzzles developed into a national craze during the Great Depression. A renowned puzzle expert pieces together the origins of this beloved pastime and examine the minds of such famous puzzlers as Queen Elizabeth II, Bill Gates, and Stephen King. Includes illustrations and photos. 0-425-19820-0$22.95 / Penguin Group
Make And Sell Jigsaw Puzzles
Author: Mark Horrocks
Publisher: Mark Horrocks
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Introduction This book describes in detail the steps required to create your own jigsaw or puzzle whichever word you prefer to use, around a particular niche. More importantly once you have designed and created your jigsaw how to make money by selling your jigsaw puzzle. Content Introduction Understanding A Jigsaw Niche Understanding Jigsaw Design Considerations Designing Your Jigsaw Design And Artwork Resources Manufacturing Your Jigsaw Retail Pricing Of Your Jigsaw Marketing Your Jigsaw Conclusions
Publisher: Mark Horrocks
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Introduction This book describes in detail the steps required to create your own jigsaw or puzzle whichever word you prefer to use, around a particular niche. More importantly once you have designed and created your jigsaw how to make money by selling your jigsaw puzzle. Content Introduction Understanding A Jigsaw Niche Understanding Jigsaw Design Considerations Designing Your Jigsaw Design And Artwork Resources Manufacturing Your Jigsaw Retail Pricing Of Your Jigsaw Marketing Your Jigsaw Conclusions
Rebirth: Flirt With Husband
Author: Si YueShiGuang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649757395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
She immediately became the Si Family's fiancée of two years. Every day, she faced her rich and cold husband, her granny with an irritable personality, her sister-in-law who disliked her when she was young, and all the other weirdos from her side of the family ... Xiaotang said, really tired.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649757395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
She immediately became the Si Family's fiancée of two years. Every day, she faced her rich and cold husband, her granny with an irritable personality, her sister-in-law who disliked her when she was young, and all the other weirdos from her side of the family ... Xiaotang said, really tired.
Semiotics and the Problem of Translation
Author: Dinda L. Gorlée
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004454756
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Here is a radically interdisciplinary account of how Charles S. Peirce's theory of signs can be made to interact meaningfully with translation theory. In the separate chapters of this book on semiotranslation, the author shows that the various phenomena we commonly refer to as translation are different forms of genuine and degenerate semiosis. Also drawing on insights from Ludwig Wittgenstein and Walter Benjamin (and drawing analogies between their work and Peirce's) it is argued that through the kaleidoscopic, evolutionary process of unlimited translation, signs deploy their meaning-potentialities. This enables the author to throw novel light upon Roman Jakobson's three kinds of translation - intralingual, interlingual, and intersemiotic translation. Gorlée's pioneering study will entice translation specialists, semioticians, and (language) philosophers into expanding their views upon translation and, hopefully, into cooperative research projects.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004454756
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Here is a radically interdisciplinary account of how Charles S. Peirce's theory of signs can be made to interact meaningfully with translation theory. In the separate chapters of this book on semiotranslation, the author shows that the various phenomena we commonly refer to as translation are different forms of genuine and degenerate semiosis. Also drawing on insights from Ludwig Wittgenstein and Walter Benjamin (and drawing analogies between their work and Peirce's) it is argued that through the kaleidoscopic, evolutionary process of unlimited translation, signs deploy their meaning-potentialities. This enables the author to throw novel light upon Roman Jakobson's three kinds of translation - intralingual, interlingual, and intersemiotic translation. Gorlée's pioneering study will entice translation specialists, semioticians, and (language) philosophers into expanding their views upon translation and, hopefully, into cooperative research projects.
Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 160710654X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
One of Uncle John’s all-time biggest sellers, Great Big is overflowing with everything our fans have come to expect: urban legends, forgotten history, myth-conceptions, business blunders, strange lawsuits, weird politics, amazing origins, dumb crooks, celebrity gossip, brain teasers, short facts, and more! Divided by length into short, medium, and long articles, Great Big is sure to be a hit with readers of all ages. A few standouts from these 460 pages: * The first computer programmers * Weird medical conditions * Brits Vs. Americans: a word quiz * Strange tourist attractions * The origin of the White House * The world’s second-dumbest outlaw * The Tonight Show story * The forgotten hero of flagpole sitting * Why popcorn pops And much, much more!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 160710654X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
One of Uncle John’s all-time biggest sellers, Great Big is overflowing with everything our fans have come to expect: urban legends, forgotten history, myth-conceptions, business blunders, strange lawsuits, weird politics, amazing origins, dumb crooks, celebrity gossip, brain teasers, short facts, and more! Divided by length into short, medium, and long articles, Great Big is sure to be a hit with readers of all ages. A few standouts from these 460 pages: * The first computer programmers * Weird medical conditions * Brits Vs. Americans: a word quiz * Strange tourist attractions * The origin of the White House * The world’s second-dumbest outlaw * The Tonight Show story * The forgotten hero of flagpole sitting * Why popcorn pops And much, much more!
Fine-Grained Image Analysis: Modern Approaches
Author: Xiu-Shen Wei
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031313747
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fine-grained image analysis research and modern approaches based on deep learning, spanning the full range of topics needed for designing operational fine-grained image systems. The author begins by providing detailed background information on FGIA, focusing on recognition and retrieval. The author also provides the fundamentals of convolutional neural networks to further make it easier for readers to understand the technical content in the book. The book introduces the main technical paradigms, technological developments, and representative approaches of fine-grained image recognition and fine-grained image retrieval. The author covers multiple popular research topics and includes cross-domain knowledge. The book also highlights advanced applications and topics for future research.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031313747
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fine-grained image analysis research and modern approaches based on deep learning, spanning the full range of topics needed for designing operational fine-grained image systems. The author begins by providing detailed background information on FGIA, focusing on recognition and retrieval. The author also provides the fundamentals of convolutional neural networks to further make it easier for readers to understand the technical content in the book. The book introduces the main technical paradigms, technological developments, and representative approaches of fine-grained image recognition and fine-grained image retrieval. The author covers multiple popular research topics and includes cross-domain knowledge. The book also highlights advanced applications and topics for future research.
Advances in Swarm Intelligence
Author: Ying Tan
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030539563
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2020, held in July 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 63 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions. The papers are organized in 12 cohesive topical sections as follows: Swarm intelligence and nature-inspired computing; swarm-based computing algorithms for optimization; particle swarm optimization; ant colony optimization; brain storm optimization algorithm; bacterial foraging optimization; genetic algorithm and evolutionary computation; multi-objective optimization; machine learning; data mining; multi-agent system and robotic swarm, and other applications.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030539563
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2020, held in July 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 63 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions. The papers are organized in 12 cohesive topical sections as follows: Swarm intelligence and nature-inspired computing; swarm-based computing algorithms for optimization; particle swarm optimization; ant colony optimization; brain storm optimization algorithm; bacterial foraging optimization; genetic algorithm and evolutionary computation; multi-objective optimization; machine learning; data mining; multi-agent system and robotic swarm, and other applications.
The Literature Review
Author: Lawrence A. Machi
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1506345549
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From daunting to doable in six steps Graduate students who turn in exceptional literature reviews are recognized as excellent critical thinkers, as well as masters of academic argumentation, research writing and writing academic papers. But literature searches and composing the review itself can be intimidating and frustrating. The six-step process pioneered by this book has made the task flowing and seamless for masters and doctoral candidates in Education and related fields. This updated third edition features a wealth of all-new content including: A flowchart that graphically illustrates Machi and McEvoy’s process. Reflective Oversight boxes in each chapter that prompt readers to direct metacognitive activities. Links to online guides and resources. Expanded examples illustrating theoretical concepts. When you apply this system to your next literature review the work will be intuitive and enjoyable for you, and the results will impress your teachers and fellow researchers. Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer complete flexibility for creating a multimedia presentation for the course: Slides - Introduction to The Lit Rev Slides - Step 1 - Select a Topic Slides - Step 2 - Develop Tools of Argumentation Slides - Step 3 - Search the Literature Slides - Step 4 - Survey the Literature Slides - Step 5 - Critique the Literature Slides - Step 6 - Write the Thesis "The Literature Review clearly walks educators through the steps to completing a literature review with helpful checklists and graphic representations of the process. It makes a very daunting task much more manageable and systematic." Andrea M. Capizzi Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN "This text is the best guide yet for our dissertation students. The format provides the learner with the framework to think about each step of the literature review process. This thorough and practical guide will provide candidates with the scholarly application that they require to think about their research." Barbara J. Poling, Interim Dean College of Education and Organizational Leadership, University of La Verne
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1506345549
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From daunting to doable in six steps Graduate students who turn in exceptional literature reviews are recognized as excellent critical thinkers, as well as masters of academic argumentation, research writing and writing academic papers. But literature searches and composing the review itself can be intimidating and frustrating. The six-step process pioneered by this book has made the task flowing and seamless for masters and doctoral candidates in Education and related fields. This updated third edition features a wealth of all-new content including: A flowchart that graphically illustrates Machi and McEvoy’s process. Reflective Oversight boxes in each chapter that prompt readers to direct metacognitive activities. Links to online guides and resources. Expanded examples illustrating theoretical concepts. When you apply this system to your next literature review the work will be intuitive and enjoyable for you, and the results will impress your teachers and fellow researchers. Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer complete flexibility for creating a multimedia presentation for the course: Slides - Introduction to The Lit Rev Slides - Step 1 - Select a Topic Slides - Step 2 - Develop Tools of Argumentation Slides - Step 3 - Search the Literature Slides - Step 4 - Survey the Literature Slides - Step 5 - Critique the Literature Slides - Step 6 - Write the Thesis "The Literature Review clearly walks educators through the steps to completing a literature review with helpful checklists and graphic representations of the process. It makes a very daunting task much more manageable and systematic." Andrea M. Capizzi Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN "This text is the best guide yet for our dissertation students. The format provides the learner with the framework to think about each step of the literature review process. This thorough and practical guide will provide candidates with the scholarly application that they require to think about their research." Barbara J. Poling, Interim Dean College of Education and Organizational Leadership, University of La Verne