Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson present the second volume in their four planned collections, each one about the "Elementals"-water, fire, earth, and air. In "Fire" they tell five tales of creatures who live and die by fire, whether in the present day or the prehistoric past. F[...]

Semler turned his family's business, the aging Semco corporation of Brazil, into the most revolutionary business success story of our time. By eliminating uneeded layers of management and allowing employees unprecedented democracy in the workplace, he created a company that challenged the old ways a[...]

In an ancient kingdom, a boy and his hawk challenge the gods All his life, Tron has been destined to join the priests who rule his strange desert kingdom. When the old king grows sick, a ritual is called for to restore his health: the sacrifice of a blue hawk, the symbol of the god Gdu. For the firs[...]

Samuel Barber is one of America's most popular classical composers. His widely beloved works include Adagio for Strings and Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The main source for Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute is a panoply of vivid and eminently readable interviews by Peter Dickinson for a BB[...]

En ung jente, Tilja, legger ut på en farlig reise for å redde dalen hun bor i.Tilja oppdager til sin store overraskelse at hun faktisk har magiske evner, og hun skjønner at hun er knyttet til en mystisk fremmed som opptrer i mange forskjellige skikkelser. Men er han venn eller fiende? Kanskje han[...]