New Releases by Paul Beck

"A pictorial history of the University of Missouri''s School of Engineering, located in Columbia, Missouri"--

Dig into the tail-wagging world of man’s best friend with this interactive book featuring a layered model of of a dog embedded right into the book! Uncover the secrets of man’s best friend layer by layer in this totally redesigned title in the popular Uncover series. Young dog fans will love discovering all the weird and wild facts, viewing the cool illustrations and diagrams, and examining the unique 3-D layered model of a dog. With every turn of the page, the pup is deconstructed before their eyes, as the model demonstrates the hidden workings of the dog’s body. Perfect for curious kids, ages 8 and up.

You''re having fun on your tropical trip. But as you dash to catch your flight home, your dream vacation quickly turns into a nightmare. Your plane crashes in the Himalayas! You''re charged by a rhino in India! A rip current in Australia sucks you out to sea! What do you do! In each situation, you''ll have a choice to make-and the actions you choose will determine whether you make it home. See if you''ve got what it takes to get yourself out of life-or-death encounters with wild animals, national disasters, freak accidents, and just plain bad luck. In a world of danger, will you survive? Book jacket.

Dig into the tail-wagging world of man’s best friend! Uncover the secrets of man’s best friend layer by layer in this new title in the popular Explore series. Young dog fans will love discovering all the weird and wild facts, viewing the cool illustrations and diagrams, and examining the unique 3-D layered model of a dog. With every turn of the page, the pup is deconstructed before their eyes, as the model demonstrates the hidden workings of the dog’s body. Perfect for curious kids, ages 8 and up.

There is more to outer space than what we can see in the night sky. Explore it all with Amazing World Stars & Planets and be a real space traveler. How is a star born? Why does it die? What is the difference between a star cluster and a planetary nebula? Discover the answers to these questions and more in Amazing World: Stars and Planets! This exciting exploration is a door to the infinite realm beyond the pale blue dot we call home. From stellar nurseries, to glowing green clouds, to spiral galaxies, find out about the dramatic lives of these explosive players in our universe. This is the perfect introduction to the great celestial bodies of outer space for science lovers and their children. Kids will love the gorgeous, bright images, and will also learn quickly from the easily digestible bites of information on each page. Amazing World Stars & Planets also includes a collection of glow-in-the-dark stickers to put on notebooks, folders, bedroom ceilings, anywhere!

Fierce Fighters Predators put the most dominant predators in the world into hypothetical fights and analyzes their power, quickness, venom, to see who would win. For the world’s fiercest predators, winning is second nature. But what would happen if they forgot their prey and battled one another, instead? Featuring dozens of the world’s greatest hunters, Fierce Fighters: Predators showcases the most epic battles imaginable between the champions of the land, sea, and sky. Grizzly versus mountain lion. Electric eel versus piranha. Orca versus great white shark. Komodo dragon versus tiger. Python versus king cobra. These aren’t just head-to-head match-ups—they are tooth-to-tooth and claw-to-claw. Deadly venom against powerful jaws. Speed and agility against brute force. Brainy mammals against cold-blooded reptiles with a survival instinct millions of years in the making. Weigh the skills of the contestants and try to guess who will emerge victorious, then check and see if the experts agree. In these dozens of earth-wide battles, can you predict the most ferocious fighters of all?

Profiles fifteen nocturnal animals, including the gray wolf, spotted hyena, and kakapo, and includes a sound board that plays the calls of each.

100 four line dialogues. Large easy to read text. Dialogues on facing pages for easy reference. Contains the 100 most important nouns and verbs.

50 four line dialogues in English and Italian. On facing pages for easy reference. Large print format for easy reading. Uses the 100 most important verbs and nouns.

City of parks -- A city at work -- City people -- Building a city -- A city alive -- About Murphy Library.

Welcome to Fitness - First & Forever This book can be your guide to optimal health. Information is provided into 4 pillars of Fitness; Exercise, Diet, Sleep and Hormones. Millions of people want to add muscle, lose fat, get stronger, and look fit and trim as a result. But when they look for expert guidance, they face an ocean of self-proclaimed fitness gurus who say they have a can''t-miss program for fast and easy results. So where do you look for solid, no-nonsense advice you can trust from experts in the fitness field? Inside this book!

Seven modern fables based on the seven deadly sins. Institutions intended to protect us often become instruments of oppression. Power wielded without sensitivity can wreck lives. East Enders - Gluttony Bully Boys - Anger The Man who Stole Bryce Canyon - Greed When Constabulary Duty''s to be Done - Sloth The Priest and the Altar Boy - Lust The Woman who would be King - Pride From the Geyser Ventilators - Envy

The SharePoint 2013 Handbook: An insight by the SharePoint community contains eight chapters about different aspects of SharePoint 2013. The book starts with a prologue by Seb Matthews about his views of the greatness of the SharePoint community. Danny Burlage, Office 365 MVP, shares his vision of the new SharePoint release. The first three chapters are written by Jasper Oosterveld and aimed at business/end-users. The first chapter provides an insight in an Extranet scenario with SharePoint Online 2013 and continues with an insight in building communities and the new and improved search engine in SharePoint 2013. René Modery, Office 365 MVP, explores hybrid environments with Office 365 and SharePoint 2013. John Timney, a long time SharePoint MVP, shares his vision in creating a SharePoint 2013 best practice. Paul Becks writes about DTAP best practices with useful installation and configuration tips. Mark Macrae, an BI expert, informs us about the Microsoft''s Business Intelligence strategy. Yvonne Green has the honour to write the last chapter about the new and improved User Profile Service.

26 epic matchups are demonstrated when the Samurai Power Rangers and Super Samurai Power Rangers face off against the evil Nighlok.

In Heroes of World War II, you''ll read about Allied freedom fighters, spies, invisible ink, code names, secret passages, and underground railroads. Discover how people, including schoolchildren, around the world took it upon themselves to thwart Hitler''s quest for world domination.

Warning: Extreme danger! They stalk, sting, pounce, and chomp. They''re the deadliest creatures on earth, and now you can see why as you explore them all through incredible action photos. Extreme: Dangerous Animals brings you face-to-face with tigers, wolves, great whites, and cobras—and a few animals you might not expect!

Explore outer space from our solar system to the edges to the universe! Extreme: Outer Space pairs the most bizarre and mind-blowing facts about our planets with breathtaking images!

Explore outer space from our solar system to the edges to the universe! Extreme 3-D: Outer Space pairs the most bizarre and mind-blowing facts about our planets with breathtaking images—all in 3-D!

Warning: Extreme danger! They stalk, sting, pounce, and chomp. They''re the deadliest creatures on earth, and now you can see why as you explore them all through incredible 3-D photos. Extreme 3-D: Dangerous Animals brings you face-to-face with tigers, wolves, great whites, and cobras—and a few animals you might not expect!

The oldest dinosaurs lived more than 248 million years ago, in the Mesozoic era. No one has ever seen a living one. But in Color and Play: Dinosaurs, you ll meet some famous and not-so-famous creatures from the past Informative and exciting, Color and Play: Dinosaurs brings kids face-to-face with fifteen of the most intriguing animals that ever lived. They ll meet the Barosaurus, one of the largest animals to ever walk on earth, and the Maiasaura, whose fossils proved that dinosaurs cared for their young. They ll also meet the Coelophysis, a Corythosaurus, a Triceratops, and a T. Rex. Then they can color the model pieces, punch them out, and fit them together to build these amazing animals, with a removable diorama available as well to complete the scene. With Color and Play: Dinosaurs, kids can fulfill all their dino dreams "

Complacent, asleep, ineffective, hypocritical. However you choose to describe it, the church simply isn''t working. In Lost the Plot, you get an in depth look at our failures and what we can do to fix them. Dive into what the Bible says about the early church and take a look at our own churches from the outside in. Lost the Plot is sure to leave you with a sense that there is more to church than 2 hours on the weekend in an elegant, multi-million dollar building sipping a latte. We have forgotten our first love in America and have replaced Him with love for ourselves. We have lost the plot.

"Travel through Central America''s cloud forests on the trail of the world''s most fascinating insects!"--Page 4 of cover

Introduces some of the most advanced humanoid robots being designed today-from battlefield ''bots to amazing androids. Explains the engineering that goes into creating life-like machines--page 4 of cover.

Traces the development of rockets and the scientific principles behind them and discusses speed, the parts of a rocket, rockets from different countries, satellites, Saturn V and other rockets used in space exploration, and future steps.

From the appetizing intestines to the tasty respiratory system, explore every part of the human body through a zombie''s rotting eyes.