Puzzled and even frightened by seasonal changes, a little rabbit discovers the joy of the return of spring.
Join Hilda as she is initiated into the Sparrow Scouts and journeys into Nowhere Space. When Hilda heads out to earn her first Sparrow Scout badge, she doesn't expect to encounter nightmarish teenagers or a gigantic creature that could devour her in one gulp. But nothing is ever simple for our heroine, and she's about to discover that there's much more to Trolberg than meets the eye.
Meet Hilda – explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper and friend to every creature in the valley! Well ... almost every creature. Join our beloved heroine as she encounters her very first troll, negotiates peace with some very persnickety elves and reunites two lovelorn ancient giants – now in paperback! Fantastic creatures and daring adventures are all just part of another average day …
Hilda and her mom have moved to Trolberg, but will Hilda ever feel at home away from the wilderness? Hilda and her mum have settled into their new home in the city of Trolberg. Pining for her magical friends and the wonder-filled wilderness, Hilda is finding it hard to fit in. But when Hilda starts at a new school, she begins to uncover some surprising secrets... Perhaps this concrete labyri…
Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting emotional depth, Kawakami is today one of Japan’s most important and best-selling writers. She exploded onto the cultural scene first as a musician, then as a poet and popular blogger, and is now an award-winning novelist. Breasts and Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan a…
The age of big data has made statistical literacy more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter shows how to apply statistical reasoning to real-world problems. Whether we're analyzing preventative medical screening or the terrible crime sprees of serial killers, Spiegelhalter teaches us how to clarify questions, assumptions, and expectations and, most importantly, how…
Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Al…
See baby growth and develop month by month with nine stunning, life-size pop-ups! Grow, baby, grow! is a beautiful treasure for expecting mothers, new arrivals, and curious siblings to be.