Christmas is the storytelling time, the beginning of things expected but not yet seen, of tales suspenseful and mysterious, and full of a comfort of sorts. Internationally acclaimed anthologist Alberto Manguel offers an immensely enjoyable collection of twenty-three brilliant stories from across the globe, written under the merry canopy of Christmas. The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories includes tales by the best master storytellers, such as "The Turkey Season" by Alice Munro; "Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor" by John Cheever; "Crèche" by Richard Ford; "Horatio's Trick" by Ann Beattie; "Another Christmas" by William Trevor; and "The Leaf-Sweeper" by Muriel Spark. The collection also features voices of writers whose work has seldom or never been translated into English, such as "A Risk for Father Christmas" by Siegfried Lenz and "The Night Before Christmas" by Theodore Odrach. Eminently readable, The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories is a celebration of the most magical of seasons.

Ecco! Senior is a new all-in-one resource that's equipped to meet the needs of senior students in their final years of studies. It offers a wealth of authentic viewing, reading and listening, and supportive speaking and writing opportunities, challenging students adequately. This product includes a copy of Ecco! Senior Student Book and a code that provides access to Ecco! Senior eBook. Reader+ is the home of your eBooks. It gives you more options, more flexibility and more control when it comes to the classroom materials you use. It comes with features like in-text note taking, bookmarking, highlighting, interactive videos, audio tools, presentation tools and more. It's all about giving teachers and learners more options and more opportunities to make progress in the classroom, and beyond. Click here to learn more. Access to the eBook is for a duration of 27 months from the point of activation. How do I activate my eBook? When you purchase your eBook, it will come with an access code. This code will be emailed to you. If you purchase a printed book with eBook, it will come with its eBook access code inside the cover. To activate your code, you'll need to log in to pearsonplaces.com.au. If you don't have an account you will need to create one at pearsonplaces.com.au. Once you have logged into pearsonplaces.com.au click on the 'Add product' button in your bookshelf. Type in your 12 digit access code and click 'Verify product now. Looking for further information about Ecco!. Visit the Ecco! series page for the latest series information, download sample pages and request an inspection copy.

Join math detective in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics. The Tower of Lego, Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, many more. Solutions.

The Ecco! series treats student motivation, engagement and enjoyment as vital for successful learning. Teachers will also value the imaginative approaches, cultural authenticity, updated educational principles, logical sequencing, ease of use and practical support of the Ecco! series. The Ecco! series is devised for the first four years of secondary school. Ecco! uno is intended for three semesters' to two years' work. Ecco! due is more advanced and is intended for two years' work.Features: The Ecco! due Student's Work Kit contains: 1 copy of Ecco! due Workbook; 1 copy of Ecco! due Student CD-ROM. Workbook features: checklists for students' active self-assessment of chapter learning outcomes; exercises to help students master new vocabulary through inductive reasoning; varied listening comprehension tasks using lively performances by native speakers on the Ecco! due Teacher Audio CDs; a wide range of appealing reading comprehension, grammar practice and text-type writing activities; targeted cultural awareness revision and ICT activities; extensions tasks for further challenge. Student CD-ROM features: cartoon stories replay for listening, reading and speaking practice; applied pronunciation practice of key sounds (students record own voice); vocabulary games to reinforce knowledge of new words and phrases; different text-type writing tasks with templates provided; varied activities to extend cultural knowledge; chapter review quizzes for revision of grammar, vocabulary and cultural knowledge; record keeping.

"Dennis Shasha is the absolute best puzzle writer alive."—David Gelernter, professor of computer science, Yale University In the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Ecco is one of the greatest sleuths of our time, a mathematical wizard who uses logic and computer programming to solve crimes, find treasures, and explore space. Join his team, expand the frontiers of your knowledge, and match wits with him on intriguing cases like "The Virus from the Spy" and "The Secrets of Space" and "The Caribou and the Gas." The puzzles collected here require no formal background beyond arithmetic and elementary algebra—just lively curiosity and keen intelligence. With thirty-six illustrated cases organized around eight major mathematical themes (from Combinatorial Geometry and Geography to Ciphers and Secrecy) this book will encourage you to use your mind and your computer in ways you never previously imagined.

An introduction to the technique of comic-strip authorship and illustration. Presented in graphic novel format.

Abnormalities. We live in a world where it has become customary to attach a label to people who deviate from the norm. Since the American DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is also used in the Netherlands, Dutch adults and children who differ from the majority are labelled and classified as patients suffering from ADHD, PDD-NOS, Asperger's, Borderline or Autism/ASD. Exquisite Errors is about deviating from the norm and the beauty this entails. Barry van der Rijt, visual artist and diagnosed with ADHD, believes that an abnormal brain can lead to something very beautiful. During a period of two years he obsessively collected hundreds of abnormalities in his chosen artistic field of digital film. Inspired by the DSM he created, based on these codec errors, his own classification of disorders, by defining, categorizing and labelling them. However, always avoiding negative labels. Because is it wrong to deviate from the norm?