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XL, the robot teacher, seems to be a good replacement for Mr Sprout. However, Purple Class discover that XL isn't so perfect! Explore the importance of friendship in this charming story.Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y3/P4 at Oxford Reading Level 10 to read without support.

When Zaki has to go to hospital, he meets the people who can help him get better. Guided by the author Dr Roopa Farooki, follow Zaki's journey and learn more about what happens in A&E.Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y3/P4 at Oxford Reading Level 9 to read without support.

Alone and lost in the Arctic tundra, Brave, a young snow fox must learn the meaning of her name. This illustrated fiction book is a tale of courage and bravery in the face of climate change.Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Book for Sharing is for a teacher to read aloud to pupils in Year 3/P4.

Volume 7 of the Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap presents Studies in Semantics, which comprises three interlocking books: Introduction to Semantics (1942), Formalization of Logic (1942), and Meaning and Necessity (1947). Along with textual notes, the editors' introduction places Carnap's whole semantic project in its various contexts.

A new interpretation of the Derveni papyrus, an important testimony of intellectual life in Greece of late fourth century BCE, which combines subjects from ancient religious thought, allegorical explanation of Orphic theogonic poetry, and Presocratic discussions regarding the nature of the world.

Isadora has been invited to a sleepover under the sea with her mermaid friends, it's so exciting! But when she arrives she meets a mermaid called Emerald, who doesn't seem quite so pleased to be there.Can Isadora find out what is the matter? It's the beginning of a magical underwater adventure!

Morgera's topical and comprehensive analysis reveals opportunities to advance fairness and equity in benefit-sharing through a mutually supportive interpretation of international biodiversity law and international human rights law.

This essay collection proposes that a puritan literary tradition existed that was distinct from broader conceptions of early modern English and Protestant traditions and offers a nuanced account of the distinct and variegated contribution that puritanism has made to the construction of 'literature' as a concept in English.

English Administrative Law from 1550 systematically elaborates and contextualizes the origins of administrative law. It upends conventional thinking, charting the development of administrative law from the mid-16th century with an in-depth examination of primary legal materials, statute, and case law.

This book draws on archival research to explore the life and influence of Robert Beale, an English statesman of the sixteenth century and a known expert in foreign affairs. The book benefits from the fact that Beale's personal archive of papers survives almost intact in London.

This book discusses some methods of graph decompositions, which are highly instrumental when dealing with a number of fundamental problems of graph theory. The presented topics are united by the role played in their development by Professor Regina Tyshkevich, and the book is a tribute to her memory.

The Age of Coal describes the enormous contribution of coal to the history of Europe over the last 250 years and how it helped to transform the way we live, transforming industrialisation; transport; home life; organic chemistry; international relations; the labour market and labour organization; as well as the vast environmental impact.

Did you know that crocodiles don't sweat? Discover all of the cool ways that different animals beat the heat in this fun non-fiction book.Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y2/P3 aged 6 to 7 at Oxford Reading Level 7 to read without support.

This book sheds light on emerging and accelerating climate litigation in the Global South. It includes which countries are seeing climate cases, what is driving these trends, the coalitions of actors involved, and the early impacts the litigation is delivering towards global goals of climate mitigation and adaptation.

The Tiny Big Animals love to help! Benjie is due to have a swimming lesson, but he is anxious about swimming. Then Lizzy, a Tiny Big crocodile, comes along to help him enjoy the water.Readerful is designed to motivate children to read more. This Independent Library book is for pupils in Y2/P3 at Oxford Reading Level 8 to read without support.

Examining the role of personalist political parties, or parties that exist primarily to further their leader's career as opposed to promote a specific policy platform, and using original data capturing levels of personalism, this book shows that the rise of personalist parties around the globe is facilitating the decline of democracy.

This book explores the reasons for the acute shortage of some key frontline occupations and explains why economic theory is essential to understanding the way this labour market works and to constructing coherent and effective policy. It proposes policies to improve the market's efficiency and to resolve the problems that currently plague it.

The Identity of Governments in International Law provides a comprehensive account of the international legal regulation of governmental status. This includes the concept of the government, the rules on recognition of and criteria for governmental status, and matters concerning the identity of governments in international organizations.

The President's Dilemma in Asia provides one of the first comprehensive and comparative theory of presidential government formation.

A study of demography in the Iberian Peninsula (4th century BC to the end of the Roman period), focusing on its largest province, Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis. A multidisciplinary approach is employed, compiling archaeological, epigraphic, architectonic, osteological, and genetic data, to paint a nuanced picture of the ancient Mediterranean.

Presenting research on the evolution and diversity of human diet from earliest ancestors to modern days, this Handbook is divided into 3 sections, addressing the diets of early humans, the complexity of dietary adaptations as humans spread across the globe and developed agriculture, and the health and disease correlates of multiple modern diets.

This book examines the representation and creation of shared crime and guilt in late nineteenth-century France: exploring how particular genres--from murder fiction to saucy magazines--encouraged the creation of collusive relationships between writers, readers, and critics.

George Herbert and the Business of Practical Piety employs contemporary nudge theory to illuminate the religious writing of George Herbert (1593-1633). Ceri Sullivan shows how Herbert's The Temple provides a compendium of techniques to support cheerful, godly thought and action, in a way which is comic, not despairing or compulsive.

This indispensable handbook prevails as journalism's foremost authority on media law since its inception in 1954.