While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In "The Value of the Moon," lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order to r[...]
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Hypnotism Molly Moon has spent her entire life in a miserable orphanage run by the hairy, snaggletoothed Miss Adderson. But when she finds a mysterious book, Molly discovers an extraordinary talent -- she can hypnotize anyone Accompanied by Petula the pug, Molly h[...]
Welcome to the Wonderful World of HypnotismMolly Moon is no ordinary orphan. When she finds a mysterious old book on hypnotism, she discovers she can make people do whatever she wants. But a sinister stranger is watching her every move and he'll do anything to steal her hypnotic secret...[...]
What a night The moon is full.Kitten is hungryand inquisitiveand braveand fastand persistentand unlucky . . . then lucky What a night[...]
Wanting to learn more about the ancient art of hypnosis, Molly Moon heads to India where she encounters her nemesis who engages her in a time-travel adventure that soon has her meeting a younger version of herself in a time-warped world where she encounters an even worse villain upon her arrival! Re[...]
This book takes readers back to David Niven's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. After the war, he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Around the World in 80 Days".[...]
Ian Brown's son Walker is one of only about 300 people worldwide diagnosed with cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome--an extremely rare genetic mutation that results in unusual facial appearance, the inability to speak, and a compulsion to hit himself constantly. At age thirteen, he is mentally and d[...]
Molly has spent all her life in Hardwick House, a miserable orphanage run by hairy-faced Miss Adderstone whose favourite punishment is making Molly clean the toilets with her toothbrush. When Molly finds a mysterious book on hypnotism in the library, she realizes she has an extraordinary talent.[...]
Molly Moon has just found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time! A conniving, super-rich maharaja has abducted Molly and Petula the pug and whisked them back to nineteenth-century India. Using the art of Time-Travel Hypnosis he has also kidnapped four younger versions of Molly, as part of a p[...]
A brand-new, specially written story about Molly Moon - star of Georgia Byng's brilliant Molly Moon's Incredible Book Of Hypnotism and Molly Moon Stops The World. Molly Moon's incredible hypnotic powers have gained her a glamorous existence in New York, where she is often tempted to help unfortunate[...]
THE NEW MOON'S ARMS is a mainstream magical realism novel set in the Caribbean on the fictional island of Dolorosse. Calamity, born Chastity, has renamed herself in a way she feels is most fitting. She's a 50-something grandmother whose mother disappeared when she was a teenager and whose father h[...]
The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the Moon, from the New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers. "Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy."--Andy Weir, #1 New York Times [...]
Since the dawn of human existence, people have gazed up at the night sky and wondered about the moon. Here the veteran nonfiction author Elaine Scott skillfully presents a wealth of captivating, kid-friendly information, covering everything from the newest theories on how the moon formed, to the rec[...]
In a quiet corner of the Imperial City, Investigator Narin discovers the result of his first potentially lethal mistake. Minutes later he makes a second. After an unremarkable career Narin finally has the chance of promotion to the hallowed ranks of the Lawbringers - guardians of the Emperor's laws [...]
Tom Lloyd kicks off a spectacular new fantasy series, perfect for fans of George R. R. Martin, Joe Abercrombie and, of course, Tom Lloyd! In a quiet corner of the Imperial City, Investigator Narin discovers the result of his first potentially lethal mistake. Minutes later he makes a second. After [...]
When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In "Fly Me to the Moon", Edward Belbruno shows how to harness the same principle for low-fuel space travel - or, as he puts it, 'surfing the gravitational field'. Belbruno devised [...]
For generations, Margaret Wise Brown's classic children's books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, with timeless illustrations by Clement Hurd, have touched the lives of readers young and old. Now they are packaged together in a must-have board-book gift box, perfect for the newest generation of [...]