Author: Vera B. Williams
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Keywords: chair
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0061722790
ISBN-13: 9780061722790

There are some things that Rosa just knows. She knows that she can’t wait to meet her new baby cousin, due to be born at any minute right upstairs. She knows that she will grow up and move away and maybe go to college, and perhaps even become the president of the United States. And she knows that the chair—that wonderful, beautiful, beloved chair, the chair for her mother—will always be there. Always. Just the way it is. Covered in velvet with roses all over it, ready for who-knows-what new adventure . . .

Author: Vera B. Williams
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Keywords: music, everyone
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1988-06-22
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0688078117
ISBN-13: 9780688078119

"Rosa organizes her friends into the Oak Street Band in order to earn money her family needs because of her Grandma’s illness....Community, family and personal triumphs converge, making unforgettable music for everyone."--School Library Journal.

Author: Vera B. Williams
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Keywords: song, lucky
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1997-09-16
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0688144594
ISBN-13: 9780688144593

Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evie’s day wouldn’t be nearly as special without a little help from her grandpa and grandma, and her mother and father and sister. The beloved picture-book world of Vera B. Williams comes vividly to life again with Evie in the warm embrace of her family. Young readers will want to hear her lucky song again and again and again.Lucky listener! Lucky reader! Listen to this lucky song about Evie and her blue-sky, kite-flying day. But Evie’s day wouldn’t be nearly as spe

Authors:Vera Nünning, Vera Nunning, Ansgar Nunning, Birgit N
Publisher: De Gruyter
Keywords: concepts, study, culture, narratives, media, ways, worldmaking, cultural
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2010-05-20
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 311022755X
ISBN-13: 9783110227550

Taking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman´s theory of symbol systems as delineated in his seminal book ""Ways of Worldmaking"", this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. Its main objectives are to explore the usefulness and scope of the approach for the study of culture and to supplement Goodman´s philosophy of worldmaking with a number of complementary disciplinary perspectives, literary and cultural approaches, and new questions and applications. It focuses on three key issues or concepts which i

Authors:Louis Rey, Vera Alexander, Vera Alexander,
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Keywords: arctique, international, comite, conference, sixth, proceedings
Number of Pages: 637
Published: 1989-03
List price: $243.00
ISBN-10: 9004082816
ISBN-13: 9789004082816

Authors:Zachary Williams, Desireé Williams, J.S. Williams,
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: poetry, feelings, thoughts, evergreen
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2006-12-07
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1412094941
ISBN-13: 9781412094948

Evergreen is poetry about life. In this collection, Zachary Williams touches on many subjects of the human experience. At times a social commentary, Evergreen combines poems that reflect the harsh realities of life, with those that leave your senses in awe of the world’s beauty. This dichotomy of life existing outside of our bodies is one that both saddens the soul, yet uplifts it. The vision of the evergreen tree is one that conjures strength and persistence. A silent monolith, the evergreen is a living entity that bears witness to life in all of its forms - yet still emits a majestic b

Author: Vera Ple
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: codes, correcting, error, theory, introduction
Number of Pages: 207
Published: 1998-06-18
List price: $149.95
ISBN-10: 0471190470
ISBN-13: 9780471190479

A complete introduction to the many mathematical tools used to solve practical problems in coding. Mathematicians have been fascinated with the theory of error-correcting codes since the publication of Shannon’s classic papers fifty years ago. With the proliferation of communications systems, computers, and digital audio devices that employ error-correcting codes, the theory has taken on practical importance in the solution of coding problems. This solution process requires the use of a wide variety of mathematical tools and an understanding of how to find mathematical techniques to sol