Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013. Reeling from a failed marriage Sheila a twentysomething playwright finds herself unsure of how to live & create. When Margaux a talented painter & free spirit & Israel a sexy & depraved artist enter her life Sheila hopes that through close--sometimes too close--observation of her new friend her new lover & herself she might regain her footing in art & life. Using transcribed conversations real emails plus heavy doses of fiction the brilliant & always innovative Sheila Heti crafts a work that is part literary novel part self-help manual & part bawdy confessional. It's a totally shameless & dynamic exploration into the way we live now which breathes fresh wisdom into the eternal questions: What is the sincerest way to love? What kind of person should you be? ...

Following the pioneering work of Trevithick Stephenson & many others steam locomotives continued to evolve & be refined until overtaken by diesel & electric traction technology. Although the last main-line steam service was operated by British Rail in 1968 there is still immense interest in steam traction as demonstrated by the increasing numbers of privately renovated & preserved locomotives & heritage railways around the world. In How Steam Locomotives Really Work the authors both railway experts cover the design of locomotives the many processes in the conversion of fuel to tractive effort the dynamic characteristics of the locomotive as a vehicle the braking equipment & a host of other systems major & minor that make up a working locomotive. They also explain the reasons for running & maintenance practices. Their explanations will fascinate enthusiasts whether practical or armchair. Steam locomotive design may have started in the United Kingdom but it quickly developed parallel & sometimes diverging techniques in other countries leading to many distinct developments that contribute to the national characteristics of some locomotives. The authors embrace this diversity & railway enthusiasts from around the world will find this book engrossing & enlightening. ...

How the City of London Works presents a simple straightforward explanation of the City how it works & how it is regulated. Diagrams maps & illustrations have been included throughout the text to create a clear & readable picture of one of the world's great financial trading centres. The work remains up to date by including the launch of the Euro the growth of foreign ownership & the further development of City activities in Canary Wharf. ...

That the dog evolved from the wolf is an accepted fact of evolution & history but the question of how wolf became dog has remained a mystery obscured by myth & legend. How the Dog Became the Dog illustrates how the dog was an evolutionary inevitability in the nature of the wolf & its human soul mate. How the Dog Became the Dog presents the domestication of the dog as a biological & cultural process that began in mutual cooperation & has taken a number of radical turns. At the end of the last Ice Age the first dogs emerged with their humans from refuges against the cold. In the eighteenth century humans began the drive to exercise full control of dog reproduction life & death to complete the domestication of the wolf begun so long ago. ...

The domestic dogs descent from the wolf is an accepted part of evolution but the question of how the wolf became the dog has remained a mystery & the subject of myth & legend. How the Dog Became the Dog shows that the dogs domestication was both a biological & cultural process. At the end of the last Ice Age the first dogs emerged with their human companions from refuge against the cold. It was only in the eighteenth century that humans began to exercise full control of dog reproduction life & death to complete the domestication of the wolf begun so long ago. ...

This beautiful paperback edition of Dr. Seusss classic tale comes complete with an audio CD read by the inimitable Rik Mayall. Listen & read along as the story of the Grinchs attempts to ruin Christmas for all the Whos in Who-ville is brought to life with added music & sound effects. When he spies the citizens of Who-ville enjoying their Christmas preparations the Grinch comes down from his cave & makes a dastardly attempt to take all the joy out of the occasion by actually stealing Christmas. With hilarious rhymes & distinctive original illustrations this classic seasonal story has become a favourite for good reason & teaches readers the true meaning of Christmas. ...

This classic Seussian tale tells the story of the disgruntled Grinch & his fiendish attempts to steal Christmas from the citizens of Who-ville. With wacky rhymes & zany illustrations from the master himself it has been a seasonal favourite with young readers for over 40 years. As the second step in a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching 10 more hilarious Dr. Seuss books including such all-time favourites as How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? & Dr. Seuss Sleep Book. In response to consumer demand the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels with standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! belongs to the Yellow Back Book range. It has also been adapted for the big screen & is now a blockbuster movie starring the irrepressible Jim Carrey.
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How the Immune System Works is not a comprehensive textbook. Its the book thousands of students have used to help them understand whats in their big thick immunology texts. In this book Dr. Sompayrac cuts through the jargon & details to reveal in simple language the essence of this complex subject. Fifteen easy to follow lectures featuring the uniquely popular humorous style & engaging analogies developed by Dr Sompayrac provide an introduction to the bigger picture followed by practical discussion on how each of the components interacts with one another. Now featuring full-color diagrams this book has been rigorously updated for its fourth edition to reflect todays immunology teaching &

Includes:: updated discussion of B & T cell memory T cell activation vaccines immunodeficiency & cancer. Whether you are completely new to immunology or require a refresher How the Immune System Works is an enjoyable way of engaging with the key concepts
- you need know nothing of the workings of the immune system to benefit from this book! How the Immune System Works is now accompanied by a FREE enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition
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- featuring downloadable text & images highlighting & note taking facilities book-marking cross-referencing in-text searching & linking to references & glossary terms. It is also available from Course Smart for instant online & offline access for studying anytime anywhere.




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From bestselling author Stephen Pinker How the Mind Works" draws on the latest scientific research to present a blueprint for the most sophisticated machine on Earth: the human brain. Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do fools fall in love? Why do people believe in ghosts? How do we recognize a face? " How the Mind Works" explores every aspect of our brains showing that our minds are not a mystery but rather a system designed by natural selection over years of human evolution. Whether looking at optical illusions or religion Mozart or films Stephen Pinker offers us a new way of understating ourselves. " Witty lucid & ultimately enthralling". (" Observer"). " Powerful & gripping... To have read it is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche.. .a glittering tour de force". (" Spectator"). " Witty popular science that you enjoy reading fro the writing as well as for the science... He is a top-rate writer & deserves the superlatives that are lavished on him". (" The New York Times"). " Pinker has a remarkable capacity to explain difficult ideas & he writes with the comic verve of Martin Amis or Woody Allen..." How the Mind Works" will change the way your mind works". (" The Times"). Steven Pinker is a best-selling author & Professor of Psychology & Director of the Center for cognitive Neuroscience at MIT. Pinker has been awarded research prizes from the National Academy of Sciences & the American Psychological Association graduate & undergraduate teaching prizes from MIT & book prizes from the American Psychological Association the Linguistics Society of America & the " Los Angeles Times". He is the author of " How the Mind Works" " The Blank Slate" " The Better Angels of Our Nature" & " The Language Instinct"." ...

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