New Releases by Rachel Anderson

MOVING TIMES traces the lives and adventures of three generations through childhood and adolescence. This volume begins on the day the Second World War ends, and is seen through the eyes of the bewildered young Ruth, who clings to the familiar world of her grandmother when her mother makes other plans for the family.

This is a collection of 61 different computer activities for a middle-school computer program for use in the classroom. There are exciting and challenging activities that require the students to work together. The activities are designed to work on any computer: PC, Macintosh or Apple II. Activities cover the essential computer areas of word processing, database, spreadsheet, drawing and painting, desktop publishing, and programming. Also covered are CD-ROM, educational software, telecommunications, and multimedia presentation software.

Albert is an epileptic who lives a cloistered life with his mother in nineteenth-century England, and while she deludes herself searching for a miracle cure, Albert eventually begins to accept his condition and to become self-reliant.

Three very different people - Patrick who is ill, Becks who won''t go to school, and Miss Winters who lives in the past - are brought together by a doll''s house. The growing relationship between Patrick and Becks as they learn to cope with their lives, is at the heart of this book.

A collection of stories especially selected for four-year-olds which features classic, mythological and humorous stories. The stories are written by authors such as Margaret Ryan, Rachel Anderson, Robin Kingsland and Kate Petty.

This volume is a compilation of contributions in applied mechanics, dealing with both solid and fluid mechanics. The contributions are based on material presented at the national mechanics congress held in the Netherlands during November 16--18, 1992. The scope of the volume covers both theoretical and applied issues, including the following themes: Experimental mechanics, how to use modern electronic equipment, optical techniques and software tools to measure strain, stress, displacements, forces, etc. in both fluids and solids. The analysis of localised effects on stiffness, strength and stability of structures, like dikes, bridges, roads, and all public works necessary to improve among other things the navigability of canals and rivers. The analysis of damage processes in concrete and fiber reinforced polymers and the quest to make such processes accessible by numerical computation. The analysis of localised effects on fluid flow, leading to more understanding of the origin of the different colours of musical tones and human speech, but also to more understanding of the pulsating flow of blood through complicated shaped arteries and drag reduction in turbulent flow through pipes or along walls, as a result of small sized surface grooves or the addition of a very small amount of polymer to liquids. The investigation of non-linearities in the behaviour of dynamic systems such as manipulators, railway vehicles, etc. Micromechanics and constitutive equations. In order to describe complex material behaviour understanding of momentum and heat transport on almost the molecular level is needed. This emphasizes the importance of micromechanics in relation to the ultimate strength of composite materials, ranging from fiber reinforced plastics up to very high temperature resistant ceramics toughened by thin hairlike crystals of exceptional mechanical strength. Fluid-structure interactions, such as occur in non-rigid pipelines and artery systems.

A sequel to Jessy Runs Away. Jessy feels left out when her sister brings a friend home to tea. Worse still, the friend isn''t used to people who, like Jessy, have Down''s Syndrome. A friend of her own is what Jessy wants, and one turns up in an unlikely place.

When Joe''s grandma come to stay, Joe is delighted because she is as untidy as he is. But grandma is a bit scatty and Joe finds that keeping track of her can be a full-time job. This book is part of the Superchamps series - the sequel to Banana Books and designed for more fluent readers.

This is the story of Renard the Fox. He''ll eat anything or anyone. To get food, he''ll trick, lie, and cheat. He''s chased by the hounds, declared an outlaw, dyed bright yellow, left for dead. But he always has another trick up his sleeve. There''s not a creature on earth as smart as Renard the Fox. At least that''s what he says.

When Simon''s family decides to adopt Ha, a Vietnamese war orphan, they do not realize he is mentally handicapped.