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Fifty-five folktales offer a fascinating window into the Korean world. Told with wit and pathos, this lively collection of Korean fables features the ever-iconic tiger, the humble woodcutter, clueless brides, clever talking rabbits, mischievous mice and other engaging characters in situations where
Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their bountiful gardens. But over many years, as more and more land was cleared, Kenya wa
Oshioshio is a manga artist and writer who is known for high school comedy series including God and Quintet, Sakura Maimai, and My Deer Friend Nokotan.
Just when his poor wife's back gives out, lazy but lucky Jamie O'Rourke traps himself a leprechaun, from whom he wins a single wish. When Jamie wishes for all the potatoes he can eat, he may have bitten off more than he can chew in this colorful Irish folktale filled with humor and a touch of blarne
A smart and incisive exploration of everyone's favorite dinosaur movie and the female dinosaurs who embody what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free The Jurassic Park series is one of the most famous and profitable movie franchises of all time -- an entire generation of people has never known l
The entire, bestselling epic, now collected in one paperback compendium. The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between jo
Standing before Arashi and Ryuu is a familiar figure, now transformed into an overwhelming presence! When she eloquently unravels her origins as if unveiling every secret, what lies beyond her words? Will Arashi's choices settle the chaos, or will they have serious implications for the world...?
Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series and is the inspiration for the upcoming original series Cross on Amazon Prime! Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's
From dahlia to foxglove, hellebore to hyacinth, capture a whole garden of Victorian blooms in vivid color!
Benny Morris demolishes misconceptions and provides a comprehensive history of the Israeli-Arab war of 1948 This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the w
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books fo
Jeff Anderson and literacy coach Whitney La Rocca take you into primary and intermediate classrooms where students are curious about language, engage with the world around them, and notice and experiment with the conventions all writers use. Instead of chanting grammar rules or completing countless
In this beautifully illustrated book, Jesus speaks directly to children, explaining the Mass by linking the liturgy to scenes from the Gospels. The goal is to help children connect the actions of the Mass with Jesus' gift of himself in the Eucharist.
You are a fun-filled labrador called Dog. You decide to join your friends for amazing adventures. Will you decide to go on a rocket ship and visit the Moon? Visit the funfair and go on the rides? Or simply play in the park and splash in the puddles? The choice is yours... In this choose-your-own-adv
Raleigh Briggs is a bodyworker, mother of two, and the best-selling author of Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills, and of several other books and zines on DIY culture. She lives in Seattle.
Monod-Gayraud, Agnes: - Agnes Monod-Gayraud is a translator and author of children's books, with a focus on non-fiction titles. Winner of the 2016 Best Scientific Writing Award from the UK's Society of Authors for The Book of Bees, published in by Thames and Hudson and Abrams Books (as Bees: A Honey
Overbeke, Grace Kessler: - Grace Kessler Overbeke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at Columbia College, Chicago.
Insight Guides Cruising & Cruise Ships 2025 -- formerly Berlitz Cruising and Cruise Ships -- features enhanced user-friendly design, extra images, new coverage of cruise history and ultimate cruising experiences, along with the expert reviews and ratings readers have trusted for over 40 years. I
Winner of the grand prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival! Winner of the grand prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival Texas Library Association's Little Maverick Reading List Kathleen Karr's classic American story of grit, friendship, and turkeys--finally reimagined as a
Comic book veterans Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones join forces on this new graphic novel take on the world's most famous vampire! The first of four planned volumes, The Impaler explores the legendary Count before his debut in the novel--from his first foray into the dark arts to his rise to lord of th
How do we show our children that they CAN make their dreams a reality? RIDE THE WAVE, LOVE SOFIA AND HAOLE THE SURF DOG is the true story of Sofia Sanchez, a little girl with Down syndrome, who learned how to surf by riding the waves in the Pacific Ocean with Haole the Surf Dog. Sofia takes you on h
What if I told you that God has a version of normal for your life that far exceeds your current experience? What if I told you that Jesus really meant it when he said, Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing (John 14:12)? What if I told you that the church was meant to convincingl
A deep dive into the House of Slaughter with lore that no Something is Killing the Children fan should go without!
Kozlowski, Jani: - Jani Kozlowski, MA, is a technical assistance specialist at the FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has served as the inclusion and professional development systems coordinator for the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning. She
H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.--Stephen King The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.--H.P. Lovecraft This is the collection that true fa
If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one day he’d be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he’d be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might’ve asked, “You want fries with that?”
In a mix of interviews, essays, personal stories, historical snapshots, obscure anecdotes, and think pieces, this second expanded edition dissects, analyzes and celebrates ska in exactly the way fans have been craving for decades. With the addition of 4 new sections, Aaron adds to the already extens
Eastman, Kevin: - Born in Portland, Maine in 1962 Kevin Eastman began drawing at a very young age. copying children's books and reading comics. Inspired by master storyteller Jack Kirby and later by underground comic pioneers and self-publishing creators like Richard Corben, following in their foots
The latest race-against-time instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major BRITBOX show. Hunting him would be murder . . . When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six
This edition of Super Imperialism is the finalized version of the analysis that Michael Hudson first published in the wake of President Nixon severing the dollar's link to gold in August 1971. Closing the gold window had been imminent since the London Gold Pool was disbanded in 1968 in response to t
