A young scholar tells the story of the physicists and mathematicians who created the models that have become the basis of modern finance and argues that these models are the solution to — not the source of — our current economic woes.

Illustrated by the beloved creator of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Little House, and Katy and the Big Snow, here is a delightful version of the tale that boys and girls have loved for centuries. The Emperor himself, his court, and his clothes — or lack of them — are as outrageous and comical as only the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen can make them, and Virginia Lee Burton added to this tale of fun her own irrepressible humor in pictures and design.This lovely new Folk Tale Classics edition celebrates Burton's lively concoction of remarkable spirit and beauty.

Combining in a single volume an up-to-date dictionary and a thesaurus, this book offers readers a convenient way to examine dictionary entries and research corresponding synonyms at the same time.The split-page design displays full dictionary entries on the upper portion of each page and full thesaurus entries on the bottom portion, which makes finding and understanding the right word easier than ever. The thesaurus section of the page is screened to highlight the dual nature of the book, providing quick access to the synonyms that relate to the dictionary entries above.The dictionary contains 70,000 entries, including extensive coverage of new words and meanings. The thesaurus contains 150,000 synonyms that are alphabetically arranged on each page to correlate with the dictionary entries on the same page.Wth its unique format and user-friendly features, The American Heritage(R) Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus is a convenient and invaluable resource on words.

Popular TV star Candice Olson shows you how to achieve everyday elegance at home Candice Olson Everyday Elegance features approximately 30 of Candice's stunning room makeovers, described in Candice's approachable and authoritative voice. Her gorgeous room sketches and design boards shows how each design took shape, while the more than 200 full-color before-and-after photos provide a wealth of visual inspiration. Plus, Candice's tips and insight into what makes each space work arms you with the practical knowledge for planning your own room re-dos. Shows how to bring practical sophistication to living rooms, dining rooms, and combination living/dining rooms Beautiful before-and-after room makeover photos offer ideas and inspiration for all tastes.

It's not just the band name The Beatles that's funny — the Fab Four themselves were as goofy as all get-out. Q: How do you find all this business of having screaming girls following you all over the place? George: Well, we feel flattered... John:... and flattened. When the Beatles burst onto the American music scene in the early 1960s, they were just four unknown lads from Liverpool. But soon their off-the-charts talent and offbeat humor made them the most famous band on both sides of the Atlantic. This lively picture book, with it's gorgeous, expressive, and suitably quirky paintings, chronicles the phenomenal rise of Beatlemania, showing how the Fab Four's sense of humor helped deflect everything that was thrown their way — including jellybeans.

Curious George Flies a Kite is now available as a Spanish/English bilingual edition. When Curious George makes some cute bunny friends, one of the babies gets away! George uses a string to help get the bunny back to its mother, and discovers that strings can also be used for fishing and flying kites. But when Bill's kite flies away with George attached it will take the man with the yellow hat to get George back on solid ground. This edition features both English and Spanish text set in two different colors for ease of readability.

Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. No academic analysis or bystander's account can capture it. Now Doug Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving readers a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company. Edwards, Google's first director of marketing and brand management, describes it as it happened. We see the first, pioneering steps of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company's young, idiosyncratic partners; the evolution of the company's famously nonhierarchical structure (where every employee finds a problem to tackle or a feature to create and works independently); the development of brand identity; the races to develop and implement each new feature; and the many ideas that never came to pass. Above all, Edwards — a former journalist who knows how to write — captures the Google Experience, the rollercoaster ride of being part of a company creating itself in a whole new universe. I'm Feeling Lucky captures for the first time the unique, self-invented, yet profoundly important culture of the world's most transformative corporation.

From the scarlet ibis to the blue-tongued skink, Jenkins depicts a whole world of colorful animals in his signature style. The animals range from old favorites like the pink flamingo, to rare and fascinating creatures such as the long-wattled umbrella bird and the ringed caecilian. He explores the reasons for each animal's bright colors, from attracting a mate to camouflage. This book is fun, fascinating, and beautiful!

Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them the truth. After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true? Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God.

Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Tom Perrotta, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary antenna for what is going on in the world ( Chicago Tribune). The collection boasts great variety from famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch), ensuring yet another rewarding, eduring edition of the oldest and best-selling Best American.

In the first volume of this legendary fantasy series originally published in 1968, a boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.

The holidays are filled with joyful noise. But Christmas is sometimes wrapped in quiet: Searching for presents quiet, Getting caught quiet, and Hoping for a snow day quiet. Irresistibly cute, soft colored pencil illustrations of bunnies, bears, and more paint a magical holiday picture indeed.

«The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by the Earthsea novels--yet each stands on its own. It contains the novella «The Finder,» and the short stories «The Bones of the Earth,» «Darkrose and Diamond,» «On the High Marsh,» and «Dragonfly.» Concluding with with an account of Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this collection also features two new maps of Earthsea.»

Can George count all the way to 100? He has picked the perfect day to try: It's his town's 100th birthday today, and everyone is coming out to celebrate! Young minds (and little fingers) will learn along with George, discovering different techniques for counting to 100, such as grouping and mapping. Each colourful page features familiar things to count, from home (toys, shoes, and plates) to the park (bugs, sticks, and clouds) to school (paste, crayons, and books). Now, in a newly redesigned paperback with a smaller trim and bright new cover, this is the perfect book for celebrating counting, numbers, and the 100th day of school.

A great way for babies to learn their colors, this accordion-style board book features black and white patterns and simple shapes for newborns on one side and a rainbow of colors and scenes, such as green leaves and purple balloons for older infants and toddlers on the reverse. It includes a magnetic closure and is sturdy enough to stand on its own. Set it up on the floor to encourage a newborn to turn her head or an older baby to lift his head during tummy time. The book also includes tips on different ways the book can be used for play time. As with all the Curious Baby Curious George books, this title incorporates: a baby-friendly format perfect for gift-giving, a sophisticated color and pattern-driven design, high quality materials, simple visual content, and, of course, everyone's favorite monkey — Curious George!

Galdone's dynamic, amusing pictures add much humor to the familiar tale of the industrious hen and lazy cat, dog, and mouse. Who will help the little red hen as she toils about the house all day? With its familiar refrain, and colorful, humorous artwork this timeless tale of hard work and perseverance is perfect for sharing.

Once upon a time, there were three bears who lived peacefully together in a house in the woods... until Goldilocks came along! Great Big, Middle-Sized, and Little Wee readers alike will love this delightful depiction of the original folk tale. This familiar nursery tale features a warmly appealing bear family and a naughty, gap-toothed Goldilocks.

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens, and they began to cry. The three little kittens may be a bit careless, but they always manage to correct their mistakes in this favorite Mother Goose rhyme. The favorite Mother Goose rhyme about the three careless kittens who lost their mittens is given added appeal with Galdone's bold and colorful illustrations.

Three little pigs set out to seek their fortune. Each pig builds himself a house: one of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks. When a hungry wolf huffs, and puffs, and blows in the houses of two little pigs, the third pig realizes that he needs more than a sturdy house of bricks to drive the wolf away. This classic battle of wits, dramatically and charmingly illustrated by Paul Galdone, is an elegant addition to any folk tale collection.

WHO'S THAT TRIPPING OVER MY BRIDGE? The three Billy Goats Gruff are hungry and want to go over the bridge and up the hillside to a fine meadow full of grass and daisies where they can eat and eat and eat, and get fat. But under the bridge lives a troll who's as mean as he is ugly... With humorous, onomatopoeic language, call-and-answer structure, and colorful illustrations, Paul Galdone's telling of this familiar tale is great for reading aloud with groups.