Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.

Gerda and her mother take in a penniless beggar boy, Kay, and powerful forces take both children on a magical journey, testing their friendship to the extreme along the way. Kay goes missing, so with faith, love, and courage, Gerda goes to find him.

Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want: A loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses, but when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she realize that her true worth lies not in what she has, but what's in her heart?

Thirty-two proceedings papers addressing international concerns over the poor environmental quality of coastal regions due to pollution and other problems, presenting sampling and rehabilitation techniques through reliable modeling and analysis tools. The contributors discuss topics in pollution management and decision analysis, hazard mitigation and risk analysis, drift and evolution in coastal regions and beaches, oil slicks and spills, pollutant...