From the acclaimed author ofiMonkey Hunting/i(“A miracle of poetic compression . . . An epic of anecdotes, a vista of brief and beautiful glimpses” —iLos Angeles Times Book Review/i), a lyrical, haunting, deeply moving new novel.brbrLate 1960s. We meet three children: Enrique Florit, from Cuba, living in southern California with his flamboyant magician father . . . Marta Claros, getting by in the slums of San Salvador, forced to leave school to help support her family, her beloved older brother having already left home . . .b/bLeila Rezvani, a well-to-do surgeon’s daughter in Tehran, her mother concerned only with appearances, her father an often foolishly vocal opponent of the Shah.brbrAs we follow them across the next twenty years—the narrative moving among their lives—we see Enrique, a math whiz from a young age, sacrificing his dream of attending MIT to filial duty, and the dream of passionate love to the exigencies of reality . . . Marta, fleeing war in El Salvador, making her way illegally into the United States and finding wholly unexpected possibilities . . . Leila, allowing the expectations of her mother to pull her into an arranged marriage and the constricted life of women in postrevolutionary Iran. We see chance draw Leila and Marta into Enrique’s life—Leila and Enrique loving and losing each other, Marta the means to renewed hope for Enrique—and, throughout, “good luck or bad tilting life one way or another” for all of them.brbrWith its cast of vividly drawn characters, its graceful movement through time and the psychological shifts between childhood and adulthood, and its subtle revelation of the essential hopes and doubts of ordinary people whose lives are made extraordinary by circumstance both tragic and joyful,iA Handbook to Luck/iis Cristina García’s most beautiful, elegiac, and deeply emotional novel yet.“Using a graceful parallel storyt?Ð

Oscillators have traditionally been described in books for specialist needs and as such have suffered from being inaccessible to the practitioner. This book takes a practical approach and provides much-needed insights into the design of oscillators, the servicing of systems heavily dependent upon them and the tailoring of practical oscillators to specific demands. To this end maths and formulae are kept to a minimum and only used where appropriate to an understanding of the theory.brbrbrbr Once grasped, the theory of the general oscillator is easily put into practical use in actual oscillators. The final two chapters present a collection of oscillators from which the practising engineer or the hobbyist can obtain useful guidance for many kinds of projects.brbrIrving Gottlieb is a leading author of many books for practising engineers, technicians and students of electronic and electrical engineering. brbrFirst Newnes title by this best-selling authorbrbrClarity and crispness in an often obscure field

Our best-selling Spectrum series adds real-world math practice! Spectrum has now expanded to include Spectrum Enrichment Math, which focuses on real-world applications of math curriculum. Featuring comprehensive instruction and practice with word problems that were developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods, Spectrum Enrichment Math provides examples of how the math skills students learn in school apply to everyday life with challenging, multi-step problems. Perfect as a supplement to classroom work or as a home school resource, as well as for proficiency test preparation, these workbooks are the essential source for parents and teachers to help bring math skills out of the textbook and into the student”s world. Spectrum Enrichment Math Grade 3 helps young learners improve and strengthen their math skills with real-world word problems, covering topics such as: – Fractions – Metric and customary measurement – Preparing for algebra – Graphs and probability

Help is here! School Skills Homework Helper provides children in preschool to grade 1 with extra help with basic skills necessary for school success. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the pages and learning basic skills at the same time. Answer keys are included where needed. Reproducible. Our cost-effective Homework Helpers are a must-have! They provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys an extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level. Collect all 48 titles for preschool to grade 3 including alphabet, numbers, shapes, phonics, math, reading comprehension, and much more!

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Grades 9 -12. The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2, is the classic problem solving textbook used by many successful high school math teams and enrichment programs and have been an important building block for students who, like the authors, performed well enough on the American Mathematics Contest series to qualify for the Math Olympiad Summer Program which trains students for the United States International Math Olympiad team.Volume 2 is appropriate for students who have mastered the problem solving fundamentals presented in Volume 1 and are ready for a greater challenge. Although the Art of Problem Solving is widely used by students preparing for mathematics competitions, the book is not just a collection of tricks. The emphasis on learning and understanding methods rather than memorizing formulas enables students to solve large classes of problems beyond those presented in the book.Speaking of problems, the Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2, contains over 500 examples and exercises culled from such contests as the Mandelbrot Competition, the AMC tests, and ARML. Full solutions (not just answers!) are available for all the problems in the solution manual.

Every parent wants his or her child to do well in school. And every child wonders what to expect when entering a new grade each fall. The Summer Smarts series provides a bridge between grades, offering children and their parents a way to review the previous year and prepare for the school year to come. Each workbook combines elementary school subjects, such as phonics, spelling, math, geography, and reading comprehension, into a fun, age-appropriate format. Engaging motivational exercises reinforce skills and knowledge learned during the previous school year, and a carefully selected book section supports a literature-based approach and suggests appropriate books for enjoyable summer reading.

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