Author: Ifeoma Okoye
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435896775
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Part of a series of readers for young African students and consisting of stories from all over Africa, the Level 1 starters are picture books for children who have just begun to read for themselves. In this story Ayo drops his pencil at school when he is playing. Can he find it again?
Ayo and His Pencil
Author: Ifeoma Okoye
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435896775
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Part of a series of readers for young African students and consisting of stories from all over Africa, the Level 1 starters are picture books for children who have just begun to read for themselves. In this story Ayo drops his pencil at school when he is playing. Can he find it again?
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435896775
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Part of a series of readers for young African students and consisting of stories from all over Africa, the Level 1 starters are picture books for children who have just begun to read for themselves. In this story Ayo drops his pencil at school when he is playing. Can he find it again?
First Steps in Reading
Author: Rod Ellis
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435890964
Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Developed for use alongside the JAWS Starters and similar books for primary-school pupils, this teacher's handbook offers advice on choosing starter readers, activities for reading groups, planning lessons, evaluating progress, and how pupils can develop reading fluency by reading for pleasure.
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435890964
Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Developed for use alongside the JAWS Starters and similar books for primary-school pupils, this teacher's handbook offers advice on choosing starter readers, activities for reading groups, planning lessons, evaluating progress, and how pupils can develop reading fluency by reading for pleasure.
The Game Plan
Author: Foley Western
Publisher: M-Y Books Limited
ISBN: 1909908983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Lean, louche and loaded, Dan is boss of his own multi-million pound computer tech company at the tender age of thirty-six. A charmed life, you might say... except that someone wants him dead. He's been shrugging off the hate mail that keeps appearing in his inbox. After all, you don't get to the top without making a few enemies – disgruntled former employees, business rivals, the husbands and boyfriends of his many lovers... Oh, and there's the small matter of that Sicilian deal in which he seriously upset the Mafia... The Police are getting nowhere with the case – but when he's introduced to beautiful Financial Analyst Holly, Dan finds he's met his match. Her incisive mind is piqued as Dan's hate mail evolves into death threats and a passionate romance develops as it dawns on them both that Dan's been flirting with fate in the form of a sinister and deadly cabal of Middle Eastern terrorists.
Publisher: M-Y Books Limited
ISBN: 1909908983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Lean, louche and loaded, Dan is boss of his own multi-million pound computer tech company at the tender age of thirty-six. A charmed life, you might say... except that someone wants him dead. He's been shrugging off the hate mail that keeps appearing in his inbox. After all, you don't get to the top without making a few enemies – disgruntled former employees, business rivals, the husbands and boyfriends of his many lovers... Oh, and there's the small matter of that Sicilian deal in which he seriously upset the Mafia... The Police are getting nowhere with the case – but when he's introduced to beautiful Financial Analyst Holly, Dan finds he's met his match. Her incisive mind is piqued as Dan's hate mail evolves into death threats and a passionate romance develops as it dawns on them both that Dan's been flirting with fate in the form of a sinister and deadly cabal of Middle Eastern terrorists.
An African Quilt
Author: Barbara H. Solomon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101617446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Encompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature characters struggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and disintegrating relationships. Reflecting a continent with a tragic history, An African Quilt depicts a place where even everyday life is extraordinary, and the continent’s history changes what it means to be a woman, an employee, a couple, a passerby, and, of course, a citizen. Revealed through the backdrop of postcolonial Africa, the struggles within these stories resonate beyond their context and appeal to every reader’s sense of what it means to be human. Includes Stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nadine Gordimer (Winner of the Nobel Prize), Bessie Head, Doris Lessing (Winner of the Nobel Prize), Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Others
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101617446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Encompassing many different visions of Africa, the stories in this comprehensive collection feature characters struggling to survive grinding poverty, tyrannical governments, cultural upheavals, and disintegrating relationships. Reflecting a continent with a tragic history, An African Quilt depicts a place where even everyday life is extraordinary, and the continent’s history changes what it means to be a woman, an employee, a couple, a passerby, and, of course, a citizen. Revealed through the backdrop of postcolonial Africa, the struggles within these stories resonate beyond their context and appeal to every reader’s sense of what it means to be human. Includes Stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nadine Gordimer (Winner of the Nobel Prize), Bessie Head, Doris Lessing (Winner of the Nobel Prize), Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Others
Spectral Theory of Operator Pencils, Hermite-Biehler Functions, and their Applications
Author: Manfred Möller
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3319170708
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The theoretical part of this monograph examines the distribution of the spectrum of operator polynomials, focusing on quadratic operator polynomials with discrete spectra. The second part is devoted to applications. Standard spectral problems in Hilbert spaces are of the form A-λI for an operator A, and self-adjoint operators are of particular interest and importance, both theoretically and in terms of applications. A characteristic feature of self-adjoint operators is that their spectra are real, and many spectral problems in theoretical physics and engineering can be described by using them. However, a large class of problems, in particular vibration problems with boundary conditions depending on the spectral parameter, are represented by operator polynomials that are quadratic in the eigenvalue parameter and whose coefficients are self-adjoint operators. The spectra of such operator polynomials are in general no more real, but still exhibit certain patterns. The distribution of these spectra is the main focus of the present volume. For some classes of quadratic operator polynomials, inverse problems are also considered. The connection between the spectra of such quadratic operator polynomials and generalized Hermite-Biehler functions is discussed in detail. Many applications are thoroughly investigated, such as the Regge problem and damped vibrations of smooth strings, Stieltjes strings, beams, star graphs of strings and quantum graphs. Some chapters summarize advanced background material, which is supplemented with detailed proofs. With regard to the reader’s background knowledge, only the basic properties of operators in Hilbert spaces and well-known results from complex analysis are assumed.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3319170708
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The theoretical part of this monograph examines the distribution of the spectrum of operator polynomials, focusing on quadratic operator polynomials with discrete spectra. The second part is devoted to applications. Standard spectral problems in Hilbert spaces are of the form A-λI for an operator A, and self-adjoint operators are of particular interest and importance, both theoretically and in terms of applications. A characteristic feature of self-adjoint operators is that their spectra are real, and many spectral problems in theoretical physics and engineering can be described by using them. However, a large class of problems, in particular vibration problems with boundary conditions depending on the spectral parameter, are represented by operator polynomials that are quadratic in the eigenvalue parameter and whose coefficients are self-adjoint operators. The spectra of such operator polynomials are in general no more real, but still exhibit certain patterns. The distribution of these spectra is the main focus of the present volume. For some classes of quadratic operator polynomials, inverse problems are also considered. The connection between the spectra of such quadratic operator polynomials and generalized Hermite-Biehler functions is discussed in detail. Many applications are thoroughly investigated, such as the Regge problem and damped vibrations of smooth strings, Stieltjes strings, beams, star graphs of strings and quantum graphs. Some chapters summarize advanced background material, which is supplemented with detailed proofs. With regard to the reader’s background knowledge, only the basic properties of operators in Hilbert spaces and well-known results from complex analysis are assumed.
Shadows Awaken
Author: Sheni Swat
Publisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9358831863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In Lagos, a city shrouded in enigma, Detective Ayo Okafor races against time after a politician's unsettling demise. With every corner hiding secrets, Ayo, aided by the sharp-witted Dr. Amara Eze, navigates a maze of deception. Yet, the elusive Femi Adeyemi's influence adds layers of doubt, making allies unpredictable. As the city's veils lift, Ayo's tenacity begins to unveil obscured truths, asserting, "In this labyrinth of shadows, truth is our compass." Immerse yourself in "Shadows Awaken," the inaugural tale of the 'Shadowed Pursuit: Lagos Enigma' series. Journey with Ayo and confront the concealed in a city where reality is ever-elusive.
Publisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9358831863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In Lagos, a city shrouded in enigma, Detective Ayo Okafor races against time after a politician's unsettling demise. With every corner hiding secrets, Ayo, aided by the sharp-witted Dr. Amara Eze, navigates a maze of deception. Yet, the elusive Femi Adeyemi's influence adds layers of doubt, making allies unpredictable. As the city's veils lift, Ayo's tenacity begins to unveil obscured truths, asserting, "In this labyrinth of shadows, truth is our compass." Immerse yourself in "Shadows Awaken," the inaugural tale of the 'Shadowed Pursuit: Lagos Enigma' series. Journey with Ayo and confront the concealed in a city where reality is ever-elusive.
Geometric Fundamentals of Robotics
Author: J.M. Selig
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387272747
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
* Provides an elegant introduction to the geometric concepts that are important to applications in robotics * Includes significant state-of-the art material that reflects important advances, connecting robotics back to mathematical fundamentals in group theory and geometry * An invaluable reference that serves a wide audience of grad students and researchers in mechanical engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387272747
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
* Provides an elegant introduction to the geometric concepts that are important to applications in robotics * Includes significant state-of-the art material that reflects important advances, connecting robotics back to mathematical fundamentals in group theory and geometry * An invaluable reference that serves a wide audience of grad students and researchers in mechanical engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics
Projective Geometry
Author: Elisabetta Fortuna
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319428241
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This book starts with a concise but rigorous overview of the basic notions of projective geometry, using straightforward and modern language. The goal is not only to establish the notation and terminology used, but also to offer the reader a quick survey of the subject matter. In the second part, the book presents more than 200 solved problems, for many of which several alternative solutions are provided. The level of difficulty of the exercises varies considerably: they range from computations to harder problems of a more theoretical nature, up to some actual complements of the theory. The structure of the text allows the reader to use the solutions of the exercises both to master the basic notions and techniques and to further their knowledge of the subject, thus learning some classical results not covered in the first part of the book. The book addresses the needs of undergraduate and graduate students in the theoretical and applied sciences, and will especially benefit those readers with a solid grasp of elementary Linear Algebra.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319428241
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This book starts with a concise but rigorous overview of the basic notions of projective geometry, using straightforward and modern language. The goal is not only to establish the notation and terminology used, but also to offer the reader a quick survey of the subject matter. In the second part, the book presents more than 200 solved problems, for many of which several alternative solutions are provided. The level of difficulty of the exercises varies considerably: they range from computations to harder problems of a more theoretical nature, up to some actual complements of the theory. The structure of the text allows the reader to use the solutions of the exercises both to master the basic notions and techniques and to further their knowledge of the subject, thus learning some classical results not covered in the first part of the book. The book addresses the needs of undergraduate and graduate students in the theoretical and applied sciences, and will especially benefit those readers with a solid grasp of elementary Linear Algebra.
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science
Shell Tones
Author: William Bailey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 141349546X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Perhaps because of his being a teacher of mathematics and an avid student of cosmology, the author has acquired an expectancy of alternatives such as "not positive, then negative" or "not rational, then irrational" all the way to "not matter, then antimatter...not relativity, then quantum physics." This has led to the "what if factor" demonstrated in this novel. "What if' (to the power) "a man can hear distinctive sound emanating from paintings in a museum?' To what end you might ask; a hobby of cataloging masterpieces based on tones from one to three? But "what if' (to a higher power), in the presence of a foreign object the original painting becomes permanently silent, as silent as a print or a movie poster. What did the painting have that the poster didn't have? What, then, did it lose? Is this cause alarm? In Shell Tones, it is.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 141349546X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Perhaps because of his being a teacher of mathematics and an avid student of cosmology, the author has acquired an expectancy of alternatives such as "not positive, then negative" or "not rational, then irrational" all the way to "not matter, then antimatter...not relativity, then quantum physics." This has led to the "what if factor" demonstrated in this novel. "What if' (to the power) "a man can hear distinctive sound emanating from paintings in a museum?' To what end you might ask; a hobby of cataloging masterpieces based on tones from one to three? But "what if' (to a higher power), in the presence of a foreign object the original painting becomes permanently silent, as silent as a print or a movie poster. What did the painting have that the poster didn't have? What, then, did it lose? Is this cause alarm? In Shell Tones, it is.