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A man's experiment in creating the ideal woman. He is Richard Powers, a professor with a taste for the cerebral. As no woman matches his expectations, he creates Helen, a talking intelligence which he programs with his favored books. The novel follows Richard and Helen's relationship to its sad and inevitable conclusion. By the author of The Gold Bug Variations.

Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher, or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. This book presents a new approach to creative thinking. The author, an internationally renowned physician and scientist provides all the tools needed to cast aside habitual ways of navigating the every-day world (habitual cognitive maps called frames) and to think "outside the box." and draw insights from other fields. The tools focus...

This comprehensive eBook includes five full-length practice exams for each subtest of the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators assessments, which are taken by individuals pursuing certification as entry-level teachers in AK, AL, AR, DC, DE, HI, KY, LA, MD, ME, MN, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, OR, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and the US Virgin Islands.

This algebra guide contains everything middle school students need to build their math skills, including helpful and easy-to-follow reviews of core math concepts in targeted lessons, hundreds of practice questions, and more.

"In this comic novel, our hero, Midwesterner Louie Hake, tries to prop up the failing prospects of happiness in his career and marriage by setting out abroad on what he calls his Journey of a Lifetime. Louie is 43, teaches architecture at a third-rate college in Michigan, and faced with a collapsing second marriage and a potentially disastrous medical diagnosis, he decides to undertake a high-minded tour of the world's most spectacular architecture...

This fun and easy introduction to how the stomach works includes simple activities and crafts like sugar or spice and follow your food and how to make a stomach.

This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career...

Reveals how the recurring cycles of change, loss, enlightenment, and personal growth are illuminated in each of the Bible's four gospels, opening the universal messages of these ancient works up for all spiritual seekers.