Flying Couch
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 - A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil's debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe's story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. A retelling of the inherited Holocaust narrative now two generations removed, Flying Couch uses Bubbe's real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and
Microsoft Excel 2000 Step by Step
MICROSOFT EXCEL 2000 STEP BY STEP is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to use the latest version of Microsoft’s popular spreadsheet program. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you learn at your optimum pace from the teacher who knows you best—you. With this book and Microsoft Excel 2000, you’ll learn to: • Create worksheets, charts, and graphs to effectively analyze data • Quickly organize data using filter and sort • Simplify calculations using formulas, AutoCalculate, Subtotal, and other functions • Use PivotTables and PivotCharts to summarize and present data in a visual format • Liven up presentations by inserting pictures, customizing formats, and adding charts • Publish data to the Internet or intranets and work simultaneously with others by sharing a workbook via your company intranet • Import data from other sources, merge multiple spreadsheets, and share your work •
99 Maps to Save the Planet
'Terrifying yet funny, surprising yet predictable, simple yet poignant' Chris Packham A shocking but informative, eye-catching and witty book of maps that illustrate the perilous state of our planet. The maps in this book are often shocking, somet...
Cats' Paws & Catapults: the Mechanical Worlds of Nature & People
Nature and humans build their devices with the same earthly materials and use them in the same air and water, pulled by the same gravity. Why, then, do their designs diverge so sharply? Humans, for instance, love right angles, while nature's angle...
Catapult: Student Book 1
Catapult has been developed to enable students who are below expected standards at age 11 to make the progress they need. Catapult provides students with the skills and knowledge to advance confidently in their English studies, whilst giving teach...
Big Book of Catapult and Trebuchet Plans!
The Big Book of Catapult and Trebuchet Plans!
