New Releases by Kim Howard

"This hilarious, tongue-in-cheek picture book tells the story of a toddler who refuses to wear clothing... until gradually, and on their own terms, the toddler tries on a few new stylish...and surprising...items"--

Figure out what''s keeping Mommy up all night in this funny rhyming story that''s the perfect gift for new moms, told from baby''s point of view. Mommy looks SO tired. I''ll show her bedtime''s fun! There''s lots of tricks to get to sleep. I''LL TEACH HER HOW IT''S DONE! Baby can''t help but wonder why Mommy never gets any sleep. Maybe Mommy doesn''t sleep because she lost her paci? Or she''s really hungry--or maybe she''s too gassy? Could the reason be not such a big mystery after all? But baby also has some wise and witty advice for all those mommies who never rest... This funny tribute to the exhausting work of raising an infant, cleverly told from the baby''s point of view, provides plenty of much-needed laughs for all those sleepless nights (and days)!

A little girl and a refrigerator box go on many adventures as they imagine all the things they can be in this debut picture book from Kim Howard and Megan Lotter, Grace and Box... Grace and Box have become fast friends. Box delivered a refrigerator earlier in the week and by the end of it, Grace and Box had already been to space, gone camping, and explored the depths of the sea together. But on Sunday, Grace notices something’s wrong with her buddy. Box has some rips and crumples that Band-Aids, ice packs, and rest on the couch can’t seem to heal. Grace certainly doesn''t want these adventures to end, so she is determined to fix Box so that they can continue their play together! A universal friendship (child and box) has come alive in this imaginative and humorous picture book. The depths of friendships run deep with children, even if they''re just boxes to us!

The field of humic matter research has undergone drastic changes in concepts and principles since the first edition of Humic Matter in Soil and the Environment: Principles and Controversies was published more than a decade ago. Still the only book of its kind specifically addressing humic acid principles and controversies, the Second Edition presents the newest advances in humic acid science. Eleven new and rewritten chapters replace the original nine, with updated material representing modern humic acid chemistry. This includes the delineation of organic matter, humus, and humic matter. The book begins by considering organic matter as a whole, describing terrestrial and aquatic organic matter. It examines humus as a mixture of humified and nonhumified organic matter, focusing also on the importance of the nonhumified fraction plant biopolymers in their original or slightly decomposed forms as raw materials for formation of the humic fraction. The book then presents concepts of humic matter, referred to as humic acid, covering a range of ideas from traditional views of biopolymers to the latest concepts based on micellar, supramolecular, and nanotube chemistry. The author presents the major pathways of humification and discusses humification theories. He also examines the extraction, isolation, and fractionation of humic matter. The book reviews the chemical composition and model structures of humic acids, the chemical and spectroscopic characterization of humic substances, and the electrochemical properties of humic matter. It also addresses the agronomic, environmental, and industrial (including pharmaceutical) importance of humic matter. This revised and updated edition continues the tradition of providing comprehensive coverage of the genesis, extraction, properties, and impacts of humic matter."

It''s "The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy" meets "Time Bandits" in this action-packed science fiction adventure. Stan and Jack are the last remaining members of the Time Authority, a government unit formed to correct disruptions to the established Time Line. Although time travel has been officially outlawed, Stan and Jack must make a quick time hop to 16th Century France to clean up some of their careless littering. Unbeknownst to them, however, Leonardo DaVinci stows away and tumbles out (along with the operating manual for the time machine) in 18th Century England. This disruption is discovered by the Time Authority, as it creates a Chronological Anomaly that begins advancing toward the future and threatens to wipe out all reality. The military and civilian leaders clash before agreeing on a scheme to build one final time machine and send Corporal Spumoni back to correct the Time Line, even though it may ruin any chance of Stan and Jack returning home. Stan and Jack must crash-land their time machine in 1848, where they discover, due to DaVinci''s influence, a futuristic Victorian England. After nearly colliding with Maggie Wells on her flying machine, she helps them hide their broken Time Hopper. Stan and Jack realize their only hope to fix their machine is to recover the operating manual, if it still even exists. But Special Services agents, led by Maggie''s former boyfriend James Burton, are constantly searching for them. And Jack''s growing attraction for Maggie is tempered by the thought that she could be his great-great-great-great-grandmother. Meanwhile, in 1768, DaVinci has become a favorite of King George III of England. His only rival is Benjamin Franklin. Jealous, with the help of Lord Frederick North, DaVinci frames Franklin for the theft of his own notebooks. But when DaVinci learns Britain''s plans for his own war machines, he realizes he must work with Franklin to stop Britain''s domination of the globe.

"One of the finest and most accurate records of the making of the film that I have ever read. I just wished I could remember what actually went on then." --Terry Jones "If anyone can remember more about making the Life of Brian than me, it''s Kim ‘Howard'' Johnson. He came, he saw, he got into costume. While the rest of us were fighting to upstage each other, Howard had a notebook hidden in his toga." --Michael Palin "Since I''ve forgotten everything, it will be great to read what was actually going on in Tunisia. Just as long as I''m the most quoted, the most vital to the shooting, and the most interesting. You don''t have to mention my stunning good looks if you don''t want to." --Terry Gilliam "Of all the books that I am planning to read in my dotage, there is none I am more looking forward to than Monty Python''s Tunisian Holiday. . . . Not only does ‘Howard'' Johnson know more about Python than anyone outside of the IRS, he was in Tunisia for most of the filming of Life of Brian, and is the only person who captured every thoughtless remark, heated exchange, embarrassing detail, petty insult, and spiteful act of indifference." --John Cleese "Kim ‘Howard'' Johnson was invented by Graham Chapman during an idle moment on the set of The Life of Brian. ‘Let''s invent a person,'' he said. ‘An American fan from the Midwest,'' chimed in Michael Palin, ‘who keeps a daily diary of Python filming. And then doesn''t publish it for years and years.'' How we laughed, and each day we''d make up stuff this ‘person'' would write about us." --Eric Idle In 1978, Kim "Howard" Johnson ran away to join the circus---Monty Python''s Flying Circus, that is. The Pythons converged on Tunisia to film their timeless classic, Life of Brian, and Howard found himself in the thick of it, doubling for nearly all the Pythons, playing more roles in the film than John Cleese, and managing to ruin only one shot. He became the unit journalist, substitute still photographer, Roman soldier, peasant, Biggus Dickus''s double, near-stalker, and, ultimately, friend and confidant of the comedy legends. He also kept a detailed journal of what he saw and heard, on set and off, throughout those six weeks. The result is a unique eyewitness account that reveals the Pythons at work and at play in a way that nothing else written about them could do. Now, for the first time ever, the inside story of the making of the film is revealed through the fly-on-the-castle-wall perspective. Even the most diehard fans will get a fresh take on the comedy greats through some never-before-revealed nuggets of Python brilliance: what John Cleese offered to exchange for suntan lotion; Terry Jones directing in drag; Michael Palin''s secret to playing revolutionaries and peasants; Graham Chapman gets naked; Terry Gilliam gets filthy; Eric Idle haggles; the secret of the Thespo-Squat; Mrs. Pilate; talk of George Harrison; the cake-flinging that jeopardized the production; badminton, impromptu cricket, and erotic frescoes; and the first-ever presentation of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." Here, uncensored, are the legendary Pythons in their prime. It was a period of comedy history that will never be duplicated, and Monty Python''s Tunisian Holiday captures the wit, the genius, and the sheer silliness of the six men that comprised Python.

Nichols and May. John Belushi. Bill Murray. Chris Farley. Tina Fey. Mike Myers. Stephen Colbert. For nearly a half century, Del Close—cocreator of the Harold, director for the Second City, San Francisco''s the Committee, and the ImprovOlympic, and “house metaphysician” for Saturday Night Live—influenced improvisational theater''s greatest comedic talents. His students went on to found the Groundlings in Los Angeles, the Upright Citizens Brigade in both New York and Los Angeles, and the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago. But this Pied Piper of improv has gone largely unrecognized outside the close-knit comedy community. Del was never one to let the truth of his life stand in the way of a good story—and yet the truth is even more fascinating than the fiction. In his early years, he traveled the country with Dr. Dracula''s Den of Living Nightmares, knew L. Ron Hubbard before Scientology, and appeared in The Blob. Del cavorted with the Merry Pranksters, used aversion therapy to recover from alcoholism, and kicked a cocaine habit with the help of a coven of witches. And when he was dying, Del bequeathed his postmortem skull to the Goodman Theatre for use in its productions of Hamlet—a final legend that lives on, long beyond the death of the father of long-form improvisation.

Scope and method of study. The study surveyed all 29 of Oklahoma''s Career and Technology (CareerTech) superintendents with a written questionnaire, and 22 of the 29 superintendents responded. Based on a specific and predetermined set of criteria, 6 of the 22 participants were selected to participate in a one-on-one interview. The data obtained from both the written questionnaires and the one-on-one interviews were analyzed using a mixed-method approach.

In a new twist on the legend of Superman, the future superhero is raised in a small English town by adoptive parents who teach him to hide his powers, but his job as a tabloid reporter may be in jeopardy unless he chooses to go public.

Soils and the environment; Inorganic soil constituents. Organic constituents; Gas phase in soils; Liquid phase; Electrochemical properties of solid constituents; Soils and crop prouction; Soilless agriculture; Biotechnology in soil science and agriculture; Soil and pollution.

A grandmother tells about her life as a child in the Scandinavian winter with her grandmother.

Revised and updated throughout, this book discusses chemistry in relation to soil and plant growth, comparing the chemical reactions in soil solutions and plant cells, and offering information on soil formation. It emphasizes the importance of organic (humic acids) and inorganic (minerals and clays) soil constituents in soil chemistry and methods for identifying them. simple terms and in logically-arranged chapters, this edition now features new chapters on: soil composition and soil solution, stressing the processes of importance in environmental quality; soil organic components and their origin and behaviour in soils, highlighting the environmental impact of complex carbohydrates, lignins and humic acids; soil minerals and soil clays, covering the latest advances on paracrystalline and amorphous clays. additional forces of adsorption; cation exchange capacity (CEC), exploring new concepts based on permanent and variable charge CEC; aluminum chemistry and its effects on soil acidity, examining the role of fertilizers, soil minerals and acid rain on soil acidity.