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Thud in Trouble (4) (Wrestling Trolls)
Jack, Milo, Robin, and Big Rock are back, and they have a new friend with them too—Blaze, the magical phoenix. As usual, the gang is low on money, so they plan to come together as a family and make some cash by taking on notorious bully Buster Gutt. Unfortunately, Buster is even meaner than they thought. In the second story, villainous Lord Veto tries to break up the Waldo’s Wrestling Trolls family. He plants seeds of doubt in Jack, which sets Milo off, and soon Princess Ava is caught in the middle of two very grumpy boys.
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Disney Pixar Onward Ultimate Colour Book
Bring the magic of Disney Pixar’s Onward to life with the Ultimate Colour Book — packed with exciting scenes and characters for kids to colour and enjoy endless creative fun.
Get ready for action as you join brothers Ian and Barley on an extraordinary colouring quest! Bursting with copy colouring, amazing part-coloured pictures to complete, as well as awesome poster pages, this book is full of magical fun.
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Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach, Fourth Edition
This updated and reorganized fourth edition of Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach applies the strong mathematics content of previous editions to a coherent treatment of Model-Based Testing for both code-based (structural) and specification-based (functional) testing. These techniques are extended from the usual unit testing discussions to full coverage of less understood levels integration and system testing.
The Fourth Edition:
- Emphasizes technical inspections and is supplemented by an appendix with a full package of documents required for a sample Use Case technical inspection
- Introduces an innovative approach that merges the Event-Driven Petri Nets from the earlier editions with the “Swim Lane” concept from the Unified Modeling Language (UML) that permits model-based testing for four levels of interaction among constituents in a System of Systems
- Introduces model-based development and provides an explanation of how to conduct testing within model-based development environments
- Presents a new section on methods for testing software in an Agile programming environment
- Explores test-driven development, reexamines all-pairs testing, and explains the four contexts of software testing
Thoroughly revised and updated, Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach, Fourth Edition is sure to become a standard reference for those who need to stay up to date with evolving technologies in software testing. Carrying on the tradition of previous editions, it will continue to serve as a valuable reference for software testers, developers, and engineers.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
THE ONE WITH THE HOME IMPROVEMENTS
The fourteenth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide!This paperback edition features EPIC fluorescent sprayed edges!!
Big changes are in store for Greg Heffley and his family. They are making home improvements!
But with unwelcome critters, toxic mould and the walls coming down, soon Greg discovers renovations aren’t all they are cracked up to be.
When the dust finally settles, will the Heffleys be able to stay . . . or will they need to get out of town?
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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World Paperback
Inspiring readers all over the globe to reimagine their future, this revised and updated edition of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 features new material to complement the classic text.
Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us if we make the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge.
As head of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Tina Seelig’s job is to guide her students as they make the difficult transition from the academic environment to the professional world—providing tangible skills and insights that will last a lifetime. Seelig is a wildly popular and award-winning teacher and in What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 she shares with us what she offers her students –provocative stories, inspiring advice, and a big dose of humility and humor.
These pages are filled with captivating examples, from the classroom to the boardroom, of individuals defying expectations, challenging assumptions, and achieving unprecedented success. Seelig throws out the old rules and provides a new model for reaching our potential. We discover how to have a healthy disregard for the impossible; how to recover from failure; and how most problems are remarkable opportunities in disguise.
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Microeconomics – 3rd edition An Introduction for Business Students
Master microeconomics with the 3rd Edition of Microeconomics: Exercises and Solutions. Packed with practical problems, detailed solutions, and clear explanations to help students excel in economic theory and applications.
This textbook is geared towards first-year students in business programs who seek a sound understanding of economic reasoning. The book adopts a straight-to-the-point approach that focuses on accessibility and concreteness.
The first part of the book explains how markets operate and how they are ultimately shaped by individual decisions of firms and consumers. It covers topics such as gains from trade and price formation in different market environments. Building upon that knowledge, the second part focuses on business decisions such as behaving strategically in the presence of competitors, making decisions under uncertainty, and dealing with asymmetric information.
Students who master the contents of this book will be at a significant advantage in understanding the “big picture” of business environments.
This third edition contains improved examples and slight adjustments in how some concepts are presented.
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Mask Party Book: Pop-out Masks With Bands
Let your child embark on an adventure with the rescue team of Paw Pups with this amazing Paw Patrol Mask Party book. Packed with 8 pop-out masks with bands, the book is a fun-filled quest for the children as they put on each mask and join the paw team on a rescue mission. Children can use these Paw Patrol masks in their birthday parties and have an enjoyable time role-playing their favorite Paw Pups.
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Tropical Roots and Tuber Crops: Cassava, Sweet Potato, Yams and Aroids (Crop Production Science in Horticulture)
Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy and have stable yields under difficult environmental conditions. This second edition of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops is an authoritative treatment of four important root and tuber crops: cassava, sweet potato, yams, and aroids.
The same format is followed for each crop: Origin and History, Taxonomy and Botany, Breeding and Genetics, Developmental Physiology, Agronomy, Pests and Diseases, Post-Harvest Quality and Marketing. This new edition reviews the scientific literature produced during the last decade and presents major technical advancements. Modern molecular tools have been used to clarify the phylogeny, taxonomy and origin of these species. Similar advances have been made in physiology, agronomy, pathology and product chemistry. It is essential reading for students, researchers and horticulturists.
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Human Embryology, 2E (Bd Chaurasia’s Dream)-by Khurana Arushi (Author), Indu Khurana (Author)
Explore Human Embryology, 2nd Edition (Bd Chaurasia’s Dream Series) — a comprehensive guide to human development from conception to birth. This updated edition offers clear explanations, detailed illustrations, and clinically relevant insights, making it an essential textbook for medical and nursing students.
The book presents a comprehensive coverage of the prenatal development of human body. The text is organized into three sections covering general embryology systemic embryology and applied embryology. The salient feature of this book are : Provides an exhaustive and thorough exposition of human embryology. Includes more than 600 diagrams to provide an in-depth understanding of the subject.Highlights the clinical correlates of normal human development and various congenital anomalies.Chapter organization style makes it possible to conceptualize and reproduce the complex matter in a simple and easy way.Attractive color format enhances the lucidity. Written with full dedication and missionary zeal to pay homage to Dr BO Chaurasia and to fullfill his unrealized dream.Edited with a passion by an experienced and renowned teacher and author/editor of several books in anatomy. All these features make this an indispensable textbook for medical and dental students.
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Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice
Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also “Do and Don’t” sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences.