Simons: 220 books

Mass media are essential to democratic society; in contrast, the War on Terror has been interpreted as an assault on democracy and freedom by Islamic fundamentalists. The building and maintenance of public support is essential in modern warfare due to the increasing politicization of warfare, where...

Working with a child in pain is difficult, unavoidable and especially challenging when the child cannot explain what they are feeling. In this important book, Bernie Carter and Joan Simons bring together experience, evidence and research to deconstruct the topic and present the reality of children's...

Climate change has destroyed land-based civilization. Forewarned, all major coastal cities saved themselves from destruction by building gigantic and highly sophisticated rafts, self supporting, self governing and and totally independent. Life in the cities at sea is very comfortable although strictly...

Christopher Chabris und Daniel Simons wurden durch ihr "Gorilla-Experiment" weltberühmt: Sie ließen einen Mann im Gorillakostüm durch ein Basketballspiel laufen – und die Hälfte der Zuschauer nahm ihn überhaupt nicht wahr. Überall lässt sich diese Unaufmerksamkeitsblindheit beobachten: Polizisten...

Was unsere Großmütter schon damals wussten: Fleisch-, Fisch- und Gemüsefonds helfen bei vielen Krankheiten. Anne Simons vermittelt Hintergrundwissen über die Heilwirkung der verschiedenen Suppenarten und zeigt, wie sich eine gehaltvolle Suppe ohne großen Aufwand zubereiten lässt, was eine Suppe...

It's impossible to tell the story of Court Line without telling that of Autair, founded by helicopter pioneer William 'Bill' Armstrong. Autair itself was an offshoot of his global helicopter operation, but Bill also had his finger in many aviation 'pies' including a multitude of operations in Africa,...

Parents and teachers can help young people understand the complex world of money and finance—and give them a head start in establishing good financial habits. This guide offers parents and educators resources and discussion topics for materials covered in The Junior Library of Money.

Maclay School's Journal of Creative Writing On our title: We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature....

The golden skies, the translucent twilight, the white nights, all hold the promise of youth, of love, of eternal renewal. The war has not yet touched this city of fallen grandeur, or the lives of two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, who share a single room in a cramped apartment with their brother...

La conmovedora segunda parte de la trilogía «El jinete de bronce». Embarazada, enferma y absolutamente desolada, Tatiana ha logrado llegar a Estados Unidos. Entregada a la fuerza de las circunstancias y alejada de su convulsionada tierra, la joven comenzará una nueva existencia con la secreta...

People who make clothes need to get their numbers right. From the length of fabric to the size of a pair of jeans, math plays an important role in the fashion industry. In Fashion Math, you'll learn some of the ways the math you learn in the classroom is important on the catwalk. You may even want to use that math to try your hand at making your own clothes!

Guess what? The body you have now is the only one you’ll ever get. That means the same body you have now is the one you’ll have when you’re thirty—and fifty—and seventy. If you want to keep your body well and strong for a long time, you’ll need to take care of it…and keeping your skin...

Children growing up in blended families, with stepparents and stepbrothers and stepsisters, face many of the same challenges as children growing up in more traditional families, along with some that are unique to their situation. How do they work out their relationships with the non-biological members...

Have you ever thought about starting a business? Even if you just babysit . . . or mow lawns . . . or sell homemade jewelry at craft fairs, you'll need to know some basic math to help you keep track of your expenses and earnings. Businesses need math. Learn what you'll need to know to make money. Who knows where it might lead you!