The sixth book in the Strangely Funny series. You have all heard tales of the phantom hitchhiker, but what about her parents? How do they feel after a few decades of boys showing up on their doorstep looking for their jackets? Take this journey with us and find out what club the Devil use for a short putt. Discover where werewolves retire when their muzzles turn gray.Open the pages of Strangely Funny V and join authors Eldon Litchfield, Dan Foley, Juliet Boyd, and many more, as they explore the strange happenings that could be in your neighborhood.

This is the first book aimed at people who already understand the basics of the Z notation and now wish to become users of it. Written in a clear manner, this practical book demonstrates how Z should be used to solve real problems. Key features: includes five large case studies and many smaller examples of using Z, each illustrating different features of the language; each specification includes detailed discussions of the models chosen, alternative approaches, and leads the reader through the thought processes of the specifier and contains a comprehensive glossary with links into examples in the main text that illustrate the definitions in use. Z in Practice is aimed at the practitioner wanting to find out about current practice of formal methods, and provides an excellent short guide for non-technical project managers and team leaders.

An out-of-this-world science-fiction adventure that begins when a young boy watches too much television. A cautionary tale for young readers--a timely book with a message for us all!

This collection of papers draws together a variety of approaches for adding ob ject orientation to the Z formal specification language. These papers are not a conference proceedings, but have a slightly more complicated his tory. This work has grown and evolved from some work originally done in the ZIP project, under the United Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) IED initiative. ZIP is a three year project which aims to make the use of the Z specification language more widespread. It hopes to achieve this by producing a standard for Zj developing a method for Zj building tool support for Zj and carrying out research into refinement, proof and concurrency in Z. The ZIP methods work includes performing a survey of current Z practitioners (reported in [Barden et al. 1992])j investigating current styles and methods of Z usagej and developing a Z Method handbook (available early in 1993). As part of this work, we carried out a comparative study of the ways in which object orientation has been combined with Z. A summary of that work has been published as [Stepney et al. 1992].

I love you when you are happy. I love you when you are sad. I love you because you are you. "I Love You" is a simple book about unconditional love to read with your cherished little ones. A positive book with a happy, colorful little creature made for smiles. For ages baby and up. "I Love You" is a perfect gift for baby showers, adoptions, new foster children, blended families, grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. It's also an adorable gift for birthdays, family get-togethers, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and Hanukkah. If you're too shy to say the words, please let this heartfelt little book say them for you. Give this book to you, because we all need a little love. This book is for anyone of any age who needs comfort and reassurance. Written and illustrated for you by award-winning author Rosalind Barden when AI wasn't looking! Note from the author: Creating "I Love You" was a two-year journey of dreaming, revising, and trimming until the book felt right. I drew many characters before the colorful little creature sprang to life and made me smile. I hope you and your loved ones enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed making it.

Mad Cannibal Terrorizes Downtown! Orphaned 11-year-old amateur girl sleuth Sparky returns in another noirish adventure, set in the sketchy milieu of 1930s Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. The clock is ticking as Sparky tries to track down stolen precious jewels . . . while, at the same time, a gourmet cannibal is on the loose in the city, seeking new prey. Just who is this devious diner? As the suspect count escalates, Sparky's protector, the former silent-movie star Tootsie, is oblivious to the danger. She's too busy getting Sparky back to school. No! Meanwhile, with her stalwart pal Bobby out of town, Sparky finds herself sometimes annoyed, sometimes fascinated by the mysterious boy who works in a most peculiar pet shop. With so much crime and so little time, can Sparky avoid being collared for the caper-and elude being the next item on the dining menu!-by uncovering the identity of the cannibal? Rosalind Barden's follow-up to the bestselling The Cold Kid Case is a fast-paced, unforgettable romp through Depression-era downtown Los Angeles.

Welcome to the eleventh book in the Strangely Funny series! It's been a crazy decade, and we're still full of questions.Which causes more bureaucratic headaches-a Grim Reaper gone rogue, or the Apocalypse?Which cryptozoological content is most successful in the online market?How persistent is a dead wife?How many ways can a high fantasy story break the fourth wall?These and many other odd questions will be answered by our fourteen talented authors, including DJ Tyrer, Rosalind Barden, and Rob Smales.

Sparky's latest adventure takes her island hoppin' to Catalina, off the coast of Prohibition-era Southern California, and being that our preteen super-sleuth is involved, neither Hollywood nor murder can be far behind! A film is being shot on this island paradise, and one of the movie people, whom nobody likes, winds up impaled on a castle spire. Was it in fact murder? Or, merely, an embarrassingly terminal accident? True to form, the ever-resourceful Sparky must narrow down the suspects, who are as numerous as they are wacky. The usual stable of downtown characters is truly coconuts and back in full force: silent-film star Tootsie LaFemme, Marigold, Whisper-Whisper, Bobby, and the formerly meek Gilbert, aka, the Goblin, who also tries his hand--or rather, iron fist--at directing this time around. Can Sparky figure out the culprit before anyone else gets deep-sixed? And will the island be safe again for tourists? Or will paradise be lost forever?

Tales of horror gone wrong. So very wrong. A theater troupe finds a new way to cope with a staff shortage. A new pastor starts a Bible study group at Miskatonic University. Meet a Beauty who actually preferred the Beast. Featuring stories from Rosalind Barden, Robert Allen Lupton, Jennifer Lee Rossman, David Perlmutter, and Paul Wartenberg.

Bloody Crime Spree of the Century! Meet Sparky, an orphaned, street-savvy 11-year-old living by her wits in the Depression-era Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. She is on a mission to clear her name after being accused of the murder of a little girl whose body she discovers on a park bench-talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time! And things only get worse when Sparky is blamed for ever more outrageous crimes until her body count is ridiculous. Will Sparky be able to summon the gumption to solve the crime and clear her name? Rosalind Barden crafts an unforgettable and uniquely zany mystery, filled with a web of colorful characters, recalling the charm of decades past, with Hollywood, movie stars, mobsters, and, of course, murder. The Cold Kid Case, the first in Rosalind Barden's Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series, has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries. The next book in this 1930s humorous historical cozy mysteries series comes on November 17, 2023, The Cannibal Caper: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery. Coming in 2024 is the third in this fun mystery series, Monkey Island Murder: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery. "The Cold Kid Case delivers a piece of the action-and a spunky streetwise sleuth to go with it!" Diane Vallere, national bestselling author of the Madison Night Mystery Series "Depression-era downtown Los Angeles comes alive when an eleven-year-old back-alley gamin becomes fugitive suspect number-one in a Bunker Hill murder." Jim Dawson, author of Los Angeles's Bunker Hill: Pulp Fiction's Mean Streets and Film Noir's Ground Zero "What a fun, exciting adventure book! . . . A winner for kids [that] will appeal to adult readers as well. You just can't help loving Sparky!" Jackie Houchin, Here's How It Happened