No dj. Description; yellow and black illustrated boards in crisscross fashion depicting the same character on his/her knees. Top edge stained yellow, plain endpapers.

Step right up! Shank’s Impossible Circus is back in town in this “utterly madcap adventure of sabotage and adventure” ( The Guardian ) from bestselling author William Sutcliffe and featuring wonderful illustrations by David Tazzyman. The zany adventure continues and now there’s about to be double the trouble as dastardly ringmaster Armitage Shank comes face to face with his long lost twin! Oh no, how will the world cope with two Shanks? A brilliant mix of slapstick humor and word-play, Circus Thieves and the Comeback Caper is perfect as both a first read-alone novel and is also fun for adults to share at bedtime.

Hannah's life is boring, boring, boring! But when Armitage Shank's Impossible Circus comes to town, Hannah's world is turned on its head. Meeting Billy Shank, his astonishing camel, Narcissus, and a host of other bizarrely brilliant members of the circus. But all is not as it seems; Armitage Shank, evil ringmaster and Billy's surrogate father, has a dastardly plan involving light-fingered thievery.. can Hannah and Billy to stop his stinking scheme before it's too late... Full of fun, adventure and wacky characters, William Sutcliffe's debut children's novel - brought to life by the energetic illustrations of David Tazzyman - is a must for fans of Andy Stanton, David Walliams and Roald Dahl.

Step right up! Shank’s Impossible Circus is back in town in this “utterly madcap adventure of sabotage and adventure” ( The Guardian ) from bestselling author William Sutcliffe. Get ready for more wonderfully bizarre antics because Shank’s Impossible Circus is back… There are 7,362 things that Armitage Shank hates and at the top of the list (which includes puppies, rainbows, and lifts) is being made a fool of. So, when he thinks his old nemesis, Queenie Bombazine, ringmaster of Bombazine’s Ecstatic Aquatic Splashtastic Circus, is trying to do just that, he sets out on a revenge rampage! Meanwhile, a HUGE revelation sends Hannah and Granny on their own journey to find Queenie—but it’s only a matter of time before they all collide… Filled with slapstick humor and clever word-play, this hilariously wacky and fun adventure is a must for fans of Andy Stanton, David Walliams, and Roald Dahl.

Fifteen-year-old Sam is happy to be ordinary, but when his family suddenly gets rich, moves to London, and enrolls Sam in a school for the gifted and talented, he struggles to find his way.

A group of six young Londoners--three men and three women--embark on a series of sexual adventures, misadventures, triumphs, and failures with one another, until these casual indiscretions begin to have profound and irreversible consequences for them all. Original.

Book by Tenn, William

"Of All Possible Worlds" is a science fiction novel that delves into themes of alternate realities and the nature of existence. The story is set in a universe where multiple possible worlds and realities coexist, and it explores the implications of these parallel dimensions. The plot revolves around characters who find themselves navigating between different realities and dealing with the challenges that arise from these encounters. The novel examines the concept of choice and the impact of different possibilities on individuals and societies.

Ballantine Books, mass market paperback. One of several printings. First published in 1956, this is the author's second collection of science fiction tales. Collects eight stories: Project Hush (1954); The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway (1955); Wednesday's Child (1956); The Servant Problem (1955); Party of the Two Parts (1954); The Flat-Eyed Monster (1955); The Human Angle (1948); A Man of Family (1956).

Eleven outrageous tales of pasts and futures, aliens and Earthlings, humors and horrors. The general theme of this collection is an ironic and sometimes bitter comment on man's stupidity to man. But Tenn's humor is irrepressible and bursts forth in a joyous political satire on the wars of the sexes titled "The Masculinist Revolt", which may yet bring codpieces back into fashion. Contents: * Author's Note (The Wooden Star) (1968) essay by William Tenn * Generation of Noah (1951) / short story by William Tenn * Brooklyn Project (1948) / short story by William Tenn * The Dark Star (1957) / short story by William Tenn * Null-P (1951) / short story by William Tenn * Eastward Ho! (1958) / short story by William Tenn * The Deserter (1953) / short story by William Tenn * Betelgeuse Bridge (1951) / short story by William Tenn * "Will You Walk a Little Faster" (1951) / short story by William Tenn * It Ends with a Flicker (1956) / short story by William Tenn * Lisbon Cubed (1958) / novelette by William Tenn * The Masculinist Revolt (1965) / novelette by William Tenn . This is the 3rd Ballantine printing. Cover Artist: H. R. Van Dongen

"Origins" is the first fully comprehensive study of the debt owed by modern western culture to Ancient Near Eastern civilization - a debt touched upon by standard histories of the Ancient Near East but never as systematically investigated as here by William W. Hallo. The author, who has devoted a lifetime to the study of the Ancient Near East, places the emphasis on the way the Ancient Near East continues to shape our Western world. He takes an in-depth look at the ancient origins of many institutions that are most essential to contemporary life - and most often taken for granted. In the exploration of the "first half of history," Hallo shows that modern ideas of urbanism and the formation of capital were first developed between 3000-500 BC and that aspects of 20th-century agriculture, manufacturing and trade go back to ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Israel. Special attention is given to the role played by women, arguing that this was an often non-traditional one; for example, women are shown to have been among the first authors in history who are actually known by their names. The scope of the work is vast: Hallo methodically examines a wide range of topics, from the order of the alphabet to the coronation of kings, and from schooling to the calendar. An intriguing touch is provided by sections on games and on the world's oldest cookbooks. This ground-breaking study leaves the reader with a full appreciation of the legacy of the Ancient Near East to modern Western society, in all its aspects. It will be essential reading for researchers and general readers alike who are interested in the cultural history of the West as well as the history of the Ancient Near East.

"Literature begins at Sumer, we may say. Given that this ancient crossroads of tin and copper produced not only bronze and the entire Bronze Age, but also by neccesity, the first system of record-keeping and the technique of writing. Scribal schools served to propogate the new technique and their curriculum grew to create, preserve and transmit all manner of creative poetry. In a lifetime of research, the author has studied multiple aspects of this most ancient literary oeuvre, including such questions as chronology and bilingualism, as well as contributing fundamental insights into specific genres such as proverbs, letter-prayers and lamentations. In addition, he has drawn conclusions for the comparative or contextual approach to biblical literature. His studies, widely scattered in diverse publications for nearly fifty years, are here assembled in convenient one-volume format, made more user-friendly by extensive cross-references and indices." --Book Jacket.

Book by Smith, Willie

Passionate researchers of Brazilian football rushed to their computers, as soon as Germany put an end, on the lawn of the Mineirão Stadium, to one of the greatest disasters in Brazilian and world football. It was necessary to explain “that”. Probably what no one knew is that more than 60 years ago, through similar debacles, journalist and writer Willy Meisl, an Austrian naturalized Englishman, had taken the same step. Hungary had perpetrated two “shakes” on the very honorable English Team—one of them, a crushing 6-3 on the sacred Wembley lawn—and it had to explain “that.” Willy knew what he was talking about. Having migrated to England as a fugitive from World War II, he was passionate about English football. But his critical eye, sharpened by the company of his brother Hugo, who created international fame for being mentor and coach of the incensed Austrian “Wunderteam” of the 1920s, could not understand why his now compatriots did not see that English football was going downhill, opening the way to go from being a creator to supporting the football association, at world level. From astute observations, critical eye and profound knowledge, based on much study and observations, Willy Meisl produced, in the mid-1950s, SOCCER REVOLUTION —one of the greatest classics of football literature that @LivrosdeFutebol has the honor of launching now, in electronic (e-book) and paper (on demand) version by Amazon®. The preface of the Brazilian edition is by the English journalist Tim Vickery, chosen for being English, working with football and not living in his homeland, facts that bring his biography closer to that of Willy Meisl. The translation and update notes are by Brazilian journalist Pedro Muxfeldt.

Expert coverage of the design and implementation of state estimation algorithms for tracking and navigation Estimation with Applications to Tracking and Navigation treats the estimation of various quantities from inherently inaccurate remote observations. It explains state estimator design using a balanced combination of linear systems, probability, and statistics. The authors provide a review of the necessary background mathematical techniques and offer an overview of the basic concepts in estimation. They then provide detailed treatments of all the major issues in estimation with a focus on applying these techniques to real systems. Other features include: * Problems that apply theoretical material to real-world applications * In-depth coverage of the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) estimator * Companion DynaEst(TM) software for MATLAB(TM) implementation of Kalman filters and IMM estimators * Design guidelines for tracking filters Suitable for graduate engineering students and engineers working in remote sensors and tracking, Estimation with Applications to Tracking and Navigation provides expert coverage of this important area.

This is a book of entertaining problems that can be solved through the use of algebra, problems with intriguing plots to excite the readers curiosity, amusing excursions into the history of mathematics, unexpected uses that algebra is put to in everyday affairs, and more. Algebra Can Be Fun has brought hundreds of thousands of youngsters into the fold of mathematics and its wonders. It is written in the form of lively sketches that discuss the multifarious (and exciting!) applications of algebra to the world about us. Here we encounter equations, logarithms, roots, progressions, the ancient and famous Diophantine analysis and much more. The examples are pictorial, vivid, often witty and bring out the essence of the matter at hand. There are numerous excursions into history and the history of algebra too. No one who has read this book will ever regard mathematics again in a dull light" Reviewers regard it as one of the finest examples of popular science writing.