Trains, Literature and Culture: Reading and Writing the Rails delves into the rich connections between rail travel and the creation of cultural products from short stories to novels, from photographs to travel guides, and from artistic manifestos of the avant-garde to Freud’s psychology. Each of the contributions engages in critical readings of textual or visual representations of trains across a wide spectrum of time periods and traditions—from English and American to Mexican, West Africa...

Particular focus on advances in understanding insect species and landscape ecology, which provide the foundations for effective IPMCovers latest research on classical, conservation and augmentative biological controlReviews key developments in use of entomopathogenic fungi, viruses and nematodes

Supporting the Military-Affiliated Learner: Communication Approaches to Military Pedagogy and Education challenges the academic community to 1) reevaluate how they support military-affiliated learners (MALs) and address how the military-civilian-academic divide causes disparities and barriers to MAL academic achievement and retention and 2) implement programs and develop strategies to facilitate equitable academic integration from application to graduation. With contributions from veterans...

O livro "200 anos de Independência e 33 anos de Academia Brasileira de Filosofia", organizado por Edgard Leite, reafirma a singularidade da Academia Brasileira de Filosofia, entidade que abriga a vida intelectual do nosso país, acredita na potência dos espaços de liberdade e aponta para a difusão da consciência filosófica atual. O presente volume apresenta uma coletânea de dezesseis textos de "membros da academia, titulares e de honra", trazendo "alguns dos grandes problemas do pensamento ...

After years of traveling through space, a crew of humans has finally found an uninhabited world to colonize. Almost twelve-year-old twins Evie and Emery Linn decide to sneak out and explore their new home. But on the surface, Evie starts noticing troubling signs. Plants curl tightly around her finger, as if they were alive. Strange tracks lead off into a dark cavern. Evie can't help but wonder--are they truly alone on this planet?

The dome keeps the colony safe. Life on the planet isn't possible outside of the dome. Or at least, that's what thirteen-year-old Flossy has always been told. But one day, within the raging storms on the other side of the clear wall, she notices lights glimmering in the distance. Figures seem to move through the dusty red landscape. Now Flossy has to ask-what really lies beyond the dome?

Twelve-year-old Amelia and the dog-boy Greeny have disobeyed their captain’s orders. They stowed away to join a mission where they’ll gather valuable junk from a debris field. But soon the life signs of the adult crew members blink off. Alarms start blaring, “Intruder alert!” Aliens have boarded their ship. Can Amelia and Greeny escape the deadly invaders, or will they be destined to join the lifeless mass of space scrap?

Yin Nova is excited to go on a field trip to the third International Space Station Museum. Her class will see the newest exhibit-the first alien plant ever discovered. But when they arrive, something is very, very wrong. The station is on lockdown. Eerie growls echo through the corridors. There's no sign of the crew. When Yin decides to investigate, can she and her friends survive long enough to discover what's on the loose?

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde brings heartwarming authenticity to the story of two strangers who find that kindness is a powerful antidote to fear.Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend mov...

One line straight down. One line to the right. One line to the left, then a circle. That was all—just three lines in a circle.This bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol—designed in 1958 by a London activist protesting nuclear weapons—and how it inspired people all over the world. Depicting the symbol's travels from peace marches and liberation movements to the end of apartheid and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Three Lines in a Circle offers a message of insp...

Using Razorfish client examples (such as AXE, Intel, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Delta, and Kellogg) Ray and Bob will share their first-hand experience of working intimately with clients to solve business problems at the collision point between customers, technology and marketing. Throughout the narrative, Bob and Ray will provide the reader a roadmap to replicate their success within their own organization; how to market in a world of constant change, how to organize for innovation, how to in...