Francesca Ross Books

A collection of the best fables from the Grimm brothers, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen in a maxi format with illustrations in the dream-like style of Francesca Rossi.

The book explores the physics-based principles of ultrasound science, providing in-depth knowledge on interpreting ultrasound images and employing various scan techniques. It also covers interventional techniques, making it a comprehensive resource for understanding both the theoretical and practical aspects of ultrasound technology. Authored by an international team of experts, it serves as an essential guide for professionals in the field.

Arabella's seemingly perfect life shatters when she overhears her banker husband, Sebastian, on a troubling phone call. Seeking solace, she travels to America to reconnect with her childhood friend, Charlotte. On her journey of self-discovery, she meets Jensen, who complicates her emotions further. As Arabella uncovers shocking truths about Sebastian's infidelity, she faces tough choices that could redefine her future. This poignant tale weaves together themes of love, loss, and resilience, inviting readers to experience a rollercoaster of emotions alongside Arabella.

To defeat the most frightening fairy-tale witches there is no need for magic powers and elaborate spells: all you need is some glue, a pair of scissors and a few pencils! Spoiling the potion of Snow White's stepmother and disguising the evil witch of Sleeping Beauty as a fairy of the forest, are only two of the tricks children can play in this activity book, in which the best-loved classic fairy tales are interspersed with simple puzzles, and drawings to color in, complete and cut out. Children will overcome their fear of witches using laughter thanks to this funny and irreverent book that ridicules the perfidious protagonists of the classic fairy tales through a hundred play and educational activities, illustrated with great originality by Francesca Rossi, a modern, ironic artist, who perfectly interprets the fantasies of young children. AUTHOR: Francesca Rossi was born in 1983. She graduated from the Scuola Internazionale di Comics (International School of Comics) in Florence. She publishes illustrated books for a number of Italian publishers and designs book covers and posters. Alongside her work as an illustrator, she conducts workshops in schools and libraries, as well as making and decorating pottery. For White Star Kids she has illustrated the "Classic Fairy Tales" series. 100 colour illustrations ***Activity Book***

One of the most feared fairy-tale characters is, against his will, the protagonist of this funny and irreverent activity book, which will amuse and entertain children thanks to one hundred play and educational activities. Involving and ironic, they go from filling in the missing parts in an illustration to simple puzzles and drawings to colour in, paste or cut out. The games are interspersed with the best-loved classic fairy tales that have wolves as their perfidious protagonists. But as soon as the story is over, young readers will be able to exorcise their fears with a laugh, being entertained, thanks to the activities suggested and the exhilarating illustrations of Francesca Rossi which render this baddy-par-excellence ridiculous once and for all. AUTHOR: Francesca Rossi was born in 1983. She graduated from the Scuola Internazionale di Comics (International School of Comics) in Florence. She publishes illustrated books for a number of Italian publishers and designs book covers and posters. Alongside her work as an illustrator, she conducts workshops in schools and libraries, as well as making and decorating pottery. For White Star Kids she has illustrated the "Classic Fairy Tales" series. 100 colour illustrations ***Activity Book***

Enter the world of "once upon a time" in a wonderful new way! This large, beautiful book features five beloved fairy tales plus a full-size jigsaw puzzle to go with each one. Not only will children love reading these enchanting stories again and again, they'll also enjoy playing with a puzzle that illustrates a special moment in the action. For extra fun, on the last page, there's also a bonus board game based on the tales!

This volume contains the papers presented at ADT 2009, the first International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory. The conference was held in San Servolo, a small island of the Venice lagoon, during October 20-23, 2009. The program of the conference included oral presentations, posters, invited talks, and tutorials. The conference received 65 submissions of which 39 papers were accepted (9 papers were posters). The topics of these papers range from computational social choice preference modeling, from uncertainty to preference learning, from multi-criteria decision making to game theory.

This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2003), held in Kinsale, Ireland, from September 29 to October 3, 2003. Detailed information about the CP 2003 conference can be found at the URL The CP conferences are held annually and provide an international forum for the latest results on all aspects of constraint programming. Previous CP conferences were held in Cassis (France) in 1995, in Cambridge (USA) in 1996, in Schloss Hagenberg (Austria) in 1997, in Pisa (Italy) in 1998, in Alexandria (USA) in 1999, in Singapore in 2000, in Paphos (Cyprus) in 2001, and in Ithaca (USA) in 2002. Like previous CP conferences, CP 2003 again showed the interdisciplinary nature of computing with constraints, and also its usefulness in many problem domains and applications. Constraint programming, with its solvers, languages, theoretical results, and applications, has become a widely recognized paradigm to model and solve successfully many real-life problems, and to reason about problems in many research areas.

A merchant asks his daughters what he may bring them from his travels; the elder two daughters ask for jewelry, but the youngest, Bella, replies that all she really wants for her papa to return safely. Upon her father's request for her to name a gift, she also asks for a rose. On the father's return journey, he stops to cut a rose from a beautiful garden, but a horrible Beast stops him. The beast tells the father that the penalty for stealing is death, but he makes a bargain with the merchant for his youngest daughter to come and live with him instead