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Zombies and Calculus
by Colin AdamsHow can calculus help you survive the zombie apocalypse? Colin Adams, humor columnist for the Mathematical Intelligencer and one of today's most outlandish and entertaining popular math writers, demonstrates how in this zombie adventure novel.Zombies and Calculus is the account of Craig Williams, a math professor at a small liberal arts college in New England, who, in the middle of a calculus class, finds himself suddenly confronted by a late-arriving student whose hunger is not for knowledge. As the zombie virus spreads and civilization crumbles, Williams uses calculus to help his small band of survivors defeat the hordes of the undead. Along the way, readers learn how to avoid being eaten by taking advantage of the fact that zombies always point their tangent vector toward their target, and how to use exponential growth to determine the rate at which the virus is spreading. Williams also covers topics such as logistic growth, gravitational acceleration, predator-prey models, pursuit problems, the physics of combat, and more. With the aid of his story, you too can survive the zombie onslaught.Featuring easy-to-use appendixes that explain the book's mathematics in greater detail, Zombies and Calculus is suitable both for those who have only recently gotten the calculus bug, as well as for those whose disease has advanced to the multivariable stage.
Zoo Boy and the Jewel Thieves (Zoo Boy #2)
by Sophie ThompsonSophie Thompson is an Olivier Award-winning actress and also the winner of Celebrity Masterchef 2014. Her films include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Emma and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She has two teenage boys and lives in North London.Rebecca Ashdown was born in Chichester and grew up right by the sea. After a Masters at Central Saint Martin's, she worked for the BBC until her lifelong passion for children's books led her to start creating them. She now works from her studio in the countryside near Stroud, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Zoo Time ENHANCED EDITION: Includes additional content
by Howard JacobsonEnhanced Edition of Zoo Time, the new novel from Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson, including author video and podcastsNovelist Guy Ableman is in thrall to his vivacious wife Vanessa, beautiful but contrary, highly strung and blazingly angry. The trouble is, he is no less in thrall to her alluring mother, Poppy. Their provocative presence fills Guy's head with stories so wild he can't concentrate to write them.Not that anyone reads anymore, anyway. Reading, Guy fears, is finished. His publisher, fearing the same, has committed suicide. His agent, like all agents, is in hiding. Vanessa, however, is writing her own novel. Guy dreads the consequences...Our funniest writer at his brilliant best, Zoo Time is a novel about love - love of women, love of literature, love of laughter.
Zoo Zoom!
by Macky Pamintuan Candace RyanIn the spirit of the movie Madagascar, thrill-seeking animals take a wild ride to the moon and back in this kid-friendly story full of adventure and humor.3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . blastoff!When the animals at the zoo spot a rocket ship, next stop . . . the moon!Zoo zoom!Each animal has a job to do, but a sleepy rhino could cause trouble.Zoo boom!They'll need to act quick . . . will they make it home?Zoo soon!With clever wordplay and vibrant illustrations, this intergalactic adventure is sure to fire the imagination.Zoo vroom!
Zoo Zoom!
by Macky Pamintuan Candace RyanIn the spirit of the movie Madagascar, thrill-seeking animals take a wild ride to the moon and back in this kid-friendly story full of adventure and humor.3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . blastoff!When the animals at the zoo spot a rocket ship, next stop . . . the moon!Zoo zoom!Each animal has a job to do, but a sleepy rhino could cause trouble.Zoo boom!They'll need to act quick . . . will they make it home?Zoo soon!With clever wordplay and vibrant illustrations, this intergalactic adventure is sure to fire the imagination.Zoo vroom!
Zoology (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
by Ben DolnickA funny, wise and heartwarming story of a young man’s first forays into love during a long, hot summer in New York City.