From the couple who brought you We've Seen Santa comes their newest book. I Love the Changing Seasons is about all the wonderful changes each season brings. Children will learn about the seasons while
See More Images This book will help you to enhance your Christmas tree with lovely handmade, cross-stitched stockings! There are 30 beautiful patterns to choose from, from Santa merrily leaving presen
With its brightly colored illustrations, playful narration, and seasonal cheer, this rambunctious picture book from Tomie dePaola is sure to be a holiday favorite for the whole family.This year, Santa
The schooner from Santa Barbara arrives at the tiny, desolate island on New Year's Day, 1888. As the trunks are unloaded onto the wet sand, thirty-eight-year-old Marantha Waters looks at the cliffs fa
There was a time when no one burned hotter than Eve Babitz. Possessing skin that radiated “its own kind of moral laws,” spectacular teeth, and a figure that was the stuff of legend, she seduced seemingly everyone who was anyone in Los Angeles for a long stretch of the 1960s and ’70s. But there was one man who proved elusive, and so Babitz did what she did best, she wrote him a book. She also pulled off a remarkable sleight of hand:Slow Days, Fast Company far exceeds its mash-note premise. It is a full-fledged and full-bodied evocation of a bygone Southern California. In ten sun-baked, Santa Ana wind–swept sketches, Babitz re-creates a Los Angeles of movie stars distraught over their success; socialites on three-day drug binges, evading their East Coast banking husbands; soap-opera actors worried that tomorrow’s script will kill them off; Italian femme fatales even more fatal than she is. And she even leaves L.A. sometimes, spending an afternoon at the house of flawless Orange County su
'Packed with fun, fantasy and the sort of adventure guaranteed to have sticky little fingers hungrily turning the pages' The Mail on Sunday 'The Royal Rabbits is sweet, funny and beautifully illustrated' The TimesShylo's adventures with his Royal Rabbit friends continue in this charming series from bestselling authors Santa Montefiore and Simon Sebag Montefiore and illustrator Kate Hindley, that proves even the smallest rabbit can be the biggest hero. Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible - by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet noise and a slice of mad courage! Little Shylo Tawny-Tail is proud to call himself one of the Royal Rabbits of London, a secret order who live under Buckingham Palace and fight evil across the world.But high up in one of London's famous skyscrapers, the horrible Ratzis are plotting to cause chaos during a visit from the President of the United States. And when the Grand Burrow is attacked and Shylo is kidnapped, it looks as though the
'Packed with fun, fantasy and the sort of adventure guaranteed to have sticky little fingers hungrily turning the pages' The Mail on Sunday 'The Royal Rabbits is sweet, funny and beautifully illustrated' The Times Little Shylo Tawny-Tail and the Royal Rabbits of London are back! The adventure continues in this charming series from bestselling authors Santa Montefiore and Simon Sebag Montefiore and illustrator Kate Hindley, that proves even the smallest rabbit can be the biggest hero. Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible - by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet noise and a slice of mad courage! The biggest, most beautiful diamond in the whole world has been stolen from Buckingham Palace! Nobody knows how a sneaky thief managed to take the Siberian Diamond from right under the Queen's nose - but Shylo and the brave Royal Rabbits of London will do whatever it takes to solve the case and return the jewel to its rightful place.Then they discover that Russia's sec
This book has been specially planned to both commemorate and celebrate this milestone, and we have invited University of California, Irvine, professor Bert Scruggs to serve as guest editor to assist with its preparation and realization. The issue is divided into two parts: the first part is dedicated to a review of the publication history of the journal, its manner of selecting works to publish, as well as its contributions to the scholarly field. There are also research essays that consider the works chosen for translation themselves. The second part of the issue commemorates my retirement after more than forty years of teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The main objectives of my work have been the English translation and introduction of Taiwan Literature. We have, therefore, included articles that consider my poetry, English translation, and scholarly research.創刊於1996年的《台灣文學英譯叢刊》持續了二十五年，共出版48集。我們特地策劃這一紀念專輯，以示慶祝。我們特地邀請爾灣加州大學台灣文學教授古芃擔任策劃和執行的客座編輯。這一專輯包括兩個部分：第一部分是關於
《與成功有約》作者史蒂芬‧柯維（Stephen R. Covey）強力推薦！一個主管的領導風格，決定了一個團隊的好壞創造更多領導者，不是訓練更多聽從者翻轉傳統領導模式，締造新的領導指標：釋出控制權，培育領導人才！舊版書名為《翻轉領導力》影片連結：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmdLcyES_Q☆被《今日美國》獲選為「十二本最佳商業書籍」之一☆被《財富雜誌》獲選為必讀書籍之一☆被獲選為「主管必讀領導書」之一專文推薦張文隆，當責顧問公司總經理蘭寧利，中華民國退役海軍中將楊 千，國立交通大學經營管理研究所教授好評推薦何飛鵬，城邦媒體集團首席執行長謝文憲，兩岸知名企管講師，職場專欄作家領導力應讓部屬獲得更多權力，而非主導一切；運用嶄新領導技巧，提升部屬工作士氣，打造高績效的團隊！本書作者是美國退役海軍軍官，過去習慣發號施令的他，臨時被派為「聖塔菲號」（USS Santa Fe）核子動力潛艦的新任艦長，在海洋深處負責一百多位官兵的安危。如此高張力的環境，不容絲毫差錯。不只要官兵達成任務且要做得完美，工作更顯艱鉅，更何況「聖塔菲號」士氣低落、績效奇差，官兵留任率在潛艦部隊則是敬陪末座。本書是描述作者如何運用領導力，扭轉「聖塔菲號」的管理，從吊車尾衝到潛艦部隊第一名的真實故事。作者是海軍官校出身，發號施令的領導方式與其他艦長沒兩樣，直到一天，他無意中給部屬一項不可能的任務，部屬卻想方設法想要達成使命。當他詢問為何沒人質疑這項任務，得到的答案是：「因為艦長要我們這麼做。」作者驚覺自己是以「領導者對聽從者」的方式帶兵，除非官兵能夠改變做事方法，否則「聖塔菲號」將陷於萬劫不復。這時候作者採取了行動，翻轉傳統的領導模式，著力於把領導力滲透到每一個角落。作者幾經自我掙扎，克服潛意識裡由長官主導一切的觀念，取而代之以強而有力的模式授權予部屬，建立「領導者對領導者」，這也顛覆美國海軍傳統「領導者對聽從者」的領導方式。沒多久，艦上官兵每個人都變成領導者，從行政工作到重要的作戰決策，每個人對自己所做的工作當責。大家變得全神貫注，每天不斷貢獻自己的聰明才智，進而使「聖塔菲號」績效顯著，因而獲得褒揚，艦上軍官接任潛艦艦長的比例更是極高。在馬凱特離任後，「聖塔菲號」持續獲獎，艦上官兵以超乎正常比例的晉升率肩負更多和更大的責任，包括十位軍官陸續晉升為潛艦艦長。曾經登艦
A laugh-out-loud Christmas cracker of a story, There Was a Young Reindeer who Swallowed a Present from Kaye Baillie and award-winning illustrator Diane Ewen is the perfect festive gift!Everyone's heard about the old lady who swallowed a fly, but now it's time to meet a little reindeer who, on the most important night of the year (Christmas Eve!), swallows a present. And he doesn't stop there! Soon he's gobbled down an elf, a bauble, a tree . .. what will he swallow next?A funny, cumulative rhyming story children will love, packed with elves, stockings, a very full sleigh full of gifts and, of course, Santa Claus! And one very hungry little reindeer - keep an eye on the presents under your tree!
這本書主要係根據美國加利福尼亞大學聖塔巴巴拉（University of California Santa Barbara)分校教授 Paula Yurkanis Bruice 所著（Essential Organic Chemistry, 3/e) 2016 年英文版而翻譯。本書的翻譯、排版和校對工作「包括原文錯誤的修正」前後總計花費了將近兩年的時光。我們以嚴謹而審慎的態度，力求全書中譯文內容的
A brilliantly funny Christmas picture book from the bestselling author of Oi Frog!Phew! Now that the presents are all delivered, Santa and his elves can enjoy their own festive fun! With crackers and
At the annual celebration of Las Posadas in old Santa Fe, the husband and wife slated to play Mary and Joseph are delayed by car trouble, but a mysterious couple appear who seem perfect for the part.
