Ayo and His Pencil

Ayo and His Pencil
Author: Ifeoma Okoye
Publisher: Heinemann
Total Pages: 20
Release: 1995
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780435896775

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

First Steps in Reading
Author: Rod Ellis
Publisher: Heinemann
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2004-10-15
Genre: Readers (Elementary)
ISBN: 9780435890964

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.

An African Quilt

An African Quilt
Author: Barbara H. Solomon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101617446

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

The Game Plan

The Game Plan
Author: Foley Western
Publisher: M-Y Books Limited
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-06-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1909908983

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.

Projective Geometry

Projective Geometry
Author: Elisabetta Fortuna
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2016-12-17
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319428241

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.

Shadows Awaken

Shadows Awaken
Author: Sheni Swat
Publisher: Pencil
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2023-12-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9358831863

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

Geometric Fundamentals of Robotics
Author: J.M. Selig
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2007-12-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387272747

* 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

Shell Tones

Shell Tones
Author: William Bailey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2005-10-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 141349546X

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.

The Poisoned Forest

The Poisoned Forest
Author: Yasmine Galenorn
Publisher: Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

To the rakshasa who enslaved my sister: you just made the worst mistake you’ll ever make in your life. Yes, I’m a hedge dragon. An abomination, or so they call my kind. I’m a loner, but I’m also loyal to my sister. Turns out, the rest of the family couldn’t care less. I’m the only one willing to go after her when she vanishes. She’s being held in Owlanvine, a city in the desert. To reach her, I must travel through the Poisoned Forest, one of the darkest, deadliest places in Wildemoone. But the Lord of the Hunt and his Lady take pity on me and offer me help. Now, together with a small band of allies who I swear are more trouble than they’re worth, I’m out to save my sister before she’s lost forever, and before the forest does all of us in. This is a spinoff of the Wild Hunt Series. You do not need to read the Wild Hunt Series to read the Hedge Dragon Series. Keywords: Fae, Gods and Goddesses, Demigods, dragons, hedge dragons, witches, vampires, romance, urban fantasy, fantasy, magic, faerie, fae, fairy, shapeshifters, weres, coyote shifter, stag shifter, ghosts, dragons, psychic, elemental magic, wolf shifters, strong women, kickass heroine, steamy, gargoyle, cats, mystery, demigod romance, fae romance, steamy, dwarves, amazons, elementals, mythic fantasy, surprising allies, other realms, changes in life, challenging foes, fantastic friendships, high fantasy, epic fantasy, spells, magical creatures, Celtic, Norse, Greek, mythology