Maxwell Mouse is a little mouse with a very big imagination, which sometimes gets him into very big trouble. When Maxwell accidentally finds out that the Mayor of Cheeseville is in trouble, he tries to get help. And when no one will listen, it is up to Maxwell to save the Mayor.
A new series of funny, warm-hearted animal adventures for fans of Dick King-Smith, Awesome Animals and Disney classics like Lady and the Tramp; illustrated by Jim Field.
Second in the series of funny animal adventures in the city, for fans of Dick King-Smith, Awesome Animals and Disney classics; illustrated by Jim Field.Mazwell Mutt and the Downtown Dogs are ready for another adventure when they meet Ant; an unusually small squirrel in search of a story. Luckily, the city has a new mystery – animals are disappearing from the zoo, and soon the gang are dealing with grumpy lions, wise-cracking monkeys and the suspicious Snyder Lard, Security Guard. Will Maxwell solve the mystery, save the zoo and find Ant his story?
Maxwell Mutt and the Downtown Dogs can’t believe that such a place as the Biscuit and Bone Club really exists, with its friendly, harmonious vibe and overflowing jugs of berry juice. Even grumpy Madison has become kind and thoughtful! However, the peace is shattered when a pack of bloodthirsty foxhounds arrive on the scent of a fox and her cubs. Maxwell is determined to save the fox and keep the peace – but will he just make things worse…?
Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century. Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. "In the coming age," Schweller writes, "disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe." Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage-coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app Angry Birds-Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations.
First scholarly edition of a neglected, hugely popular best-sellerKey FeaturesFirst scholarly edition of forgotten late Victorian classic of rural life and sensation fictionComprehensive selection of contemporary reviews and commentariesCarefully contextualized introduction to the novel and its authorMaxwell Gray tells the sensational story of an ambitious clergyman, who accidentally kills the father of a woman he has made pregnant, and then allows his closest friend to be convicted of the murder. The best-seller was subsequently filmed three times (1914, 1915, 1934) and presents fascinating insights into the forgotten world of late Victorian rural life. Including a carefully contextualised introduction to the novel and its author, this edition also provides a comprehensive selection of contemporary reviews and commentaries.
What would you do if you came face to face with a lion that was part of a traveling circus? Maxwell Mouse does, and he and the lion become friends and have a wonderful story to tell. The Maxwell Mouse stories are intended to put smiles on the faces of the readers of the book and on younger children to whom the book is being read. The stories generally take childhood situations and tell the stories through animal characters. In this book there are several themes at work. First, people from diverse backgrounds can work effectively together to resolve a problem as long as the parties have faith and trust in each other. In our complex world where we come into contact with many different people from many different cultures, we need to find a way to get along and work together and not fear those who are different from us as Maxwell did when he first saw the lion. (Now there was a little self preservation going on there, I must admit.) But, once he got over his fear of the lion, they became a good team. Another theme of this story is that children should not bully those weaker and smaller than they are, because there is always someone bigger, or groups of parties bigger, than any bully.