When tombstone engraver George Paxman is offered a bargain, he doesn't hesitate. His beloved daughter gets an otherwise unaffordable survival suit to protect her from radioactive fall-out and all George has to do is sign a document admitting that, as a passive citizen who did nothing to stop it, he [...]
Jacqueline Woodson--New York TimesBestselling, National Book Award andNewbery Honor winning author--writes arich story of a family adapting to change as they hold on to the past and embrace the future. WithCoretta Scott King Award winning illustrator James Ransome.
During the time of the Grea[...]
July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history?the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. "Mission Control, This Is Apollo," by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin (author of "A Man on the Moon," basis of the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to t[...]
Biology until recently has been the neglected stepchild of science, and many educated people have little grasp of how biology explains the natural world. Yet to address the major political and moral questions that face us today, we must acquire an understanding of their biological roots. This magist[...]
"We need to understand our stories because our lives depend upon it." -- Ted Chamberlin
The stories we tell each other reflect and shape our deepest feelings. Stories help us live our lives -- and are at the heart of our current conflicts. We love and hate because of them; we make homes for ours[...]
This is It, is the never-before told and often shocking inside story of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson and his personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray. Told by Murray who was far more than Jackson's doctor. He was one of Jackson's closest friends and his only confidante. It was to Dr. Murray that Jac[...]
The early novel that established Meg Wolitzers career, later made into Nora Ephrons first film as a director.The third book by New York Times-bestselling author Meg Wolitzer (originally published as This Is Your Life), a smart, witty and perceptive novel about the daughters of a female stand-up comi[...]
A playfully deceptive format that encourages young readers to see things differently This is not a book - it's a laptop, a pair of hands to clap, a toolbox! Each spread of this book is actually something else entirely, challenging young readers to see things quite differently! Turning the page and[...]
A course for Key Stage 3 Religious Education. It builds on the QCA Scheme of Work, the National Framework for RE and the locally agreed syllabuses to create a course for all abilities.[...]
A course for Key Stage 3 Religious Education. It builds on the QCA Scheme of Work, the National Framework for RE and the locally agreed syllabuses.[...]
A course for Key Stage 3 Religious Education. It builds on the QCA Scheme of Work, the National Framework for RE and the locally agreed syllabuses.[...]
Now in board book, the beloved story about a little girl with a big imagination from the award-winning team of Sara O'Leary and Julie Morstad. Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under
the sea and a boy raised by wolves. She has had adventures in wonderlan[...]
Titles: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' * Jam * They Don't Care About Us * Human Nature * Smooth Criminal * The Way You Make Me Feel * Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) * I Just Can't Stop Loving You * Thriller * Beat It * Black or White * Earth Song * Billie Jean * Man in the Mirror * This Is It.[...]
"Ninety percent of ethics is picking the right ethicist." - Dilbert
Scott Adams offers up his this Dilbert collection exploring themes of sloth and corporate indifference. The arbitrary, unspoken rules of interoffice emailing, the random policy generator, and the knowledge th[...]
The boy, the bear and the dog are the best of friends. But one day the bear gets lost and has to be searched for high and low.[...]