For fifteen-year-old Talullah Bridgestone, books open a window to the world outside her small town. Outside the cloaking spell. Sure, the magic protects River Hill. But its cost is true freedom. And the fragments of colored visions still haunt her, a second kind of prison. When soldiers from a nearby kingdom break through the town's magic, Talullah gets the adventure she's always wanted, at much too high a price. A missing gemstone is the key to rescuing...

What makes your feet smell bad? How many tiny mites are living on your eyelashes? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this astounding book, which is overflowing with fascinating - not to mention disgusting - facts about the human body. Perfect for readers aged 7+. ABOUT THE SERIES: Big Ideas! is a dynamic, high-energy "fun fact" series for children aged seven and up, illustrated throughout with humorous cartoons. Packed with surprising...

Play outside! Tex and Indi plant tomato seeds, play catch in the park, and go for a picnic. At the beach they make a new friend. After swim class, Tex and Indi pretend to be frogs. Stories by Lissa Rovetch.

In this book, young readers will learn what makes up an ocean, and what an ocean looks like. Utilizing colorful photographs alongside simple sentences and relevant sight words, early readers will enjoy learning about oceans, while also building confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

A Journey through Governance: A Public Servant's Experience under Six Presidents Among the projects central to Morrill's time in federal government were helping to spearhead healthcare reform in the early 1970s, transforming the telecommunications industries, improving emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and helping to figure out how many nuclear bombs were needed in the United States. On the local level, Morrill put his problem-solving talents...

What does it mean to believe that God is the creator? Are you required to dismiss the findings of modern science and the theory of evolution? While Christians share a belief in "God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth," they do not all agree on just when and how God created. Many are unaware of the many different views on origins that are held by Christians and on the theological implications of those beliefs. This book discusses the...

Explores why people stay in vulnerable cities by looking at Syracuse, New York, through the contemporary experiences of five citizens. Why do people stay in a struggling city? City on the Edge explores this question through the lives of five people in Syracuse, New York, a quintessential rust-belt metropolis. Once a booming industrial center with a dynamic civic life and prominence on the world stage, Syracuse has endured decades of crime, drugs,...

The world's longest country, the ribbon-like Republic of Chile extends for about 2,650 miles (4,265 km) along the Pacific coast of southwestern South America. A land of great beauty and contrasts, Chile features the snow-capped volcanic peaks of the Andes to the east, the extremely dry Atacama Desert to its north, and rainy, thick forests to the south. Most of the approximately 18 million Chileans live in the mild climate of the Central Valley, where...

Edward Hall is senior lecturer in political theory at the University of Sheffield and the author of Value, Conflict, and Order: Berlin, Hampshire, Williams, and the Realist Revival in Political Theory. Andrew Sabl is professor of political science at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Ruling Passions: Political Offices and Democratic Ethics and Hume's Politics: Coordination and Crisis in the History of England (both Princeton). A comprehensive...

A feature and photography collection of the abandoned but courageous bunnies of Jericho beach in Vancouver, Canada. Their struggles for survival and resilience in adapting to the challenges of a beach environment are worth our admiration.