Price:293 rub.Buy

Francesca Simon. Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Publisher:Orion Children's Books
Year:2000
Pages:96
ISBN:978-1-85881-371-4

Four stories about Horrid Henry, in which he tries to trick the tooth fairy, has Moody Margaret to stay and sends her packing, makes teachers run screaming from school, and wrecks a wedding.

Price:1663.2 rub.Buy

Bruce Frey. Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds (Hacks)

Publisher:
Year:2006
Pages:336
ISBN:0596101643

Want to calculate the probability that an event will happen? Be able to spot fake data? Prove beyond doubt whether one thing causes another? Or learn to be a better gambler? You can do that and much more with 75 practical and fun hacks packed into Statistics Hacks. These cool tips, tricks, and mind-boggling solutions from the world of statistics, measurement, and research methods will not only amaze and entertain you, but will give you an advantage in several real-world situations-including business. This book is ideal for anyone who likes puzzles, brainteasers, games, gambling, magic tricks, and those who want to apply math and science to everyday circumstances. Several hacks in the first chapter alone-such as the "central limit theorem,", which allows you to know everything by knowing ...

Price:333.2 rub.Buy

Janice Galloway. The Trick is to Keep Breathing

Publisher:Vintage
Year:1999
Pages:240
ISBN:978-0-749-39173-7

"An account from the inside of a mind cracking up...its writing is as taut as a bowstring. From brilliant title to closing injunction, it hums with intelligence, clarity, wit; and, as its heroine's struggle for order and meaning seduces our minds, exposes how close we all of us are to insanity. Joy, as Galloway's heroine reluctantly lets us know that she's called, is simply that dangerous step or two nearer the edge". Listener

Price:830 rub.Buy

Gerald McDermott. Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon

Publisher:
Year:2005
Pages:32
ISBN:0152053743

JabutA­'s shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were sweet. But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks JabutA­ sometimes played. When a concert takes place in heaven, Vulture offers to fly JabutA­ there . . . all the while plotting a trick of his own.