A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half of each year with his mother's people in the lowlands, while the other half finds him in the highlands with his father's kin. Both sides of Gillis's family are eager for him to settle down and adopt their ways. In the lowlands, he is taught to herd cattle, learning how to call them to him in even the heaviest of evening fogs. In the rocky highlands, he stalks stags from outcrop to outcrop, holding his breath so as not to make a sound. Wee Gillis...
A Caldecott Honor Book by the creators of the beloved Story of Ferdinand Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half ...
The most comprehensive index of economic freedom in the world and the only one that uses reproducible measures appropriate for peer-reviewed research, this annual report ranks 123 countries according to the degree of personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of person and property enjoyed by their citizens. The preparation of the report was overseen by the Fraser Institute and directed by economist Milton Friedman.
The most comprehensive index of economic freedom in the world and the only one that uses reproducible measures appropriate for peer-reviewed research,...
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist's presentation of his landmark theory According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." When he wrote the book in 1916, Einstein's name was scarcely known outside the physics institutes. Having just completed his masterpiece, "The General Theory of Relativity" -- which provided a brand-new theory of...
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist's presentation of his landmark theory According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an exact in...
As the most comprehensive index of economic freedom in the world, this annual report ranks 141 jurisdictions and countries according to a degree of personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of person and property enjoyed by their citizens. Constructed under the leadership of the Fraser Institute and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, the report is the only index that uses reproducible measures appropriate for peer-reviewed research and it remains the most objective and accurate measure of economic freedom published by any organization to date.
As the most comprehensive index of economic freedom in the world, this annual report ranks 141 jurisdictions and countries according to a degree of pe...