The Cake Machine (Oxford Read and Imagine Beginner)

The Cake Machine (Oxford Read and Imagine Beginner)
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : 9780194726962
ISBN-13 : 0194726967
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cake Machine (Oxford Read and Imagine Beginner) by : Paul Shipton

Grandpa has a new machine. It's a Cake Machine. But can Grandpa make a cake for Rosie and Ben? Read and Imagine provides great stories to read and enjoy, with language support, activities, and projects. Follow Rosie, Ben, and Grandpa on their exciting adventures . . .

In the Snow (Oxford Read and Imagine Beginner)

In the Snow (Oxford Read and Imagine Beginner)
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : 9780194727006
ISBN-13 : 0194727009
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Snow (Oxford Read and Imagine Beginner) by : Paul Shipton

There's snow today! Ben and Rosie make a big snowman. Can Clunk the robot make a snowman? Read and Imagine provides great stories to read and enjoy, with language support, activities, and projects. Follow Rosie, Ben, and Grandpa on their exciting adventures . . .

At the Zoo (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter)

At the Zoo (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter)
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : 9780194726917
ISBN-13 : 0194726916
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis At the Zoo (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter) by : Paul Shipton

Rosie and Grandpa go to the zoo. They look at the penguins and the lions. What happens when they eat their sandwiches? Read and Imagine provides great stories to read and enjoy, with language support, activities, and projects. Follow Rosie, Ben, and Grandpa on their exciting adventures . . .

How We Decide

How We Decide
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 357
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ISBN-10 : 9780547347486
ISBN-13 : 0547347480
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis How We Decide by : Jonah Lehrer

The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisions Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate, or we “blink” and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind’s black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they’re discovering that this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason—and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it’s best to let our unconscious mull over the many variables. But when we’re picking a stock, intuition often leads us astray. The trick is to determine when to use the different parts of the brain, and to do this, we need to think harder (and smarter) about how we think. Jonah Lehrer arms us with the tools we need, drawing on cutting-edge research as well as the real-world experiences of a wide range of “deciders”—from airplane pilots and hedge fund investors to serial killers and poker players. Lehrer shows how people are taking advantage of the new science to make better television shows, win more football games, and improve military intelligence. His goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better?

One, Two, Three (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter)

One, Two, Three (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter)
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : 9780194726948
ISBN-13 : 0194726940
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis One, Two, Three (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter) by : Paul Shipton

Grandpa, Ben, and Rosie are in the park. How many fish are there? How many frogs are there? And what's on Grandpa's head? Read and Imagine provides great stories to read and enjoy, with language support, activities, and projects. Follow Rosie, Ben, and Grandpa on their exciting adventures . . .

The Meme Machine

The Meme Machine
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780191574610
ISBN-13 : 0191574619
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Meme Machine by : Susan Blackmore

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.

Hello, Clunk (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter)

Hello, Clunk (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter)
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 24
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ISBN-10 : 9780194726931
ISBN-13 : 0194726932
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Hello, Clunk (Oxford Read and Imagine Starter) by : Paul Shipton

Grandpa makes a robot. His name is Clunk. He has arms, wheels, and a head. Ben and Rosie watch. What can the robot do? Read and Imagine provides great stories to read and enjoy, with language support, activities, and projects. Follow Rosie, Ben, and Grandpa on their exciting adventures . . .

To Say Nothing of the Dog

To Say Nothing of the Dog
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-10 : 9780553575385
ISBN-13 : 0553575384
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis To Say Nothing of the Dog by : Connie Willis

From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel . . . Ned Henry is badly in need of a rest. He’s been shuttling between the 21st century and the 1940s searching for a Victorian atrocity called the bishop's bird stump. It’s part of a project to restore the famed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed in a Nazi air raid over a hundred years earlier. But then Verity Kindle, a fellow time traveler, inadvertently brings back something from the past. Now Ned must jump back to the Victorian era to help Verity put things right—not only to save the project but to prevent altering history itself.

Red, White & Royal Blue

Red, White & Royal Blue
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Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781250316783
ISBN-13 : 1250316782
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Red, White & Royal Blue by : Casey McQuiston

* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller * * GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 * * BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! * What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic. "I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners "Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six