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Ready to relive some of the most daring voyages of all time? Unfold these spectacular cross sections and explore fourteen historic journeys. Open this dynamic book and discover how the greatest explorers in history -- from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong -- plunged into...

First Place, 2009 Benjamin Franklin Awards, history category. First Place, 2009 APPL Media and Partnership Award, non-association book category. Finalist, 2009 ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards, regional category. This book is also available as a non-returnable limited edition. See ISBN 9781560377494.Author: C....

On the 100th anniversary of the publishing of the special theory of relativity, this National Geographic photobiography chronicles the life of one of the most brilliant scientists who ever lived. Through compelling text and stirring archival photographs, the author recounts Einstein's life from his...

"A heartfelt novel about the challenges of youth and the value of community." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good...

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards David lives in a world surrounded by incredible animals who are with him from the moment he gets up until he goes to sleep: when he eats his breakfast, when he plays, when he does his...

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear's award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any...

Becky rocks a baby that rocked her world. Sixty years earlier, with her fianc Drew in the middle of the Korean Conflict, Ivy throws herself into her work at a nursing home to keep her sanity and provide for the child Drew doesn't know...

Rana is certain that her third child will be a boy. She has two daughters, yet a husband who demands a son. When she gives birth to another girl, Yalda, the impact on her marriage is immediate. In 1970s Iran, living within a culture...

Amy Chua's debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California,...

In 1972, after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Oliver de la Paz's father, in a last fit of desperation to leave the Philippines, threw his papers at an immigration clerk, hoping to get them stamped. He was prepared to leave, having already quit his...

Author: Cathy FennerPublisher: Underwood BooksPublished: 10/28/2007Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.16lbsSize: 11.98h x 9.04w x 0.85dISBN: 9781599290072Award: Locus Awards - Nominee

THE dessert book from THE best food magazine. For more than 50 years, Bon Appetit magazine has been seducing readers with to-die-for desserts. From quick homestyle cookies to unforgettable special-occasion finales such as spiced chocolate torte wrapped in chocolate ribbons, Bon Appetit showcases meticulously...

Tales of alpha angels...from four alpha authors. They soar through the night, unearthly creatures of legends and lore. Four masters of urban fantasy and paranormal romance explore the rapture of the heavens above, and the darkness below in four all-new stories of angels and...

"There is no difference between the saint who gives food to starving children and the worker who operates the gas chamber that kills them, except that one is making money and the other is losing it." CHARLES THATCHER is a private citizen, which is...

The authors of The Perfect Meal examine all of the elements that contribute to the diner�s experience of a meal (primarily at a restaurant) and investigate how each of the diner�s senses contributes to their overall multisensory experience. The principal focus of the book...

Ember is the only light in a dark world. But when its lamps begin to flicker, two friends must race to escape the dark. This highly acclaimed adventure series is a modern-day classic--with over 4 MILLION copies sold The city of Ember was built...

"The target audience for this book is middle and high school students. However, its information will appeals to a far broader audience. . . . .A useful introduction to trail travel and associated incidents."--Journal of the West "[A] little gem of a book."--Overland Journal...

With this, his first collection of poetry, Stephen Kuusisto (author of the memoir Planet of the Blind) explores blindness and curiosity, loneliness and the found instruments of continuation. Exploiting the seeming contradiction of poetry's reliance upon visual imagery with Kuusisto's own sightlessness, these poems...

Author: Megan BosticPublisher: Clarion BooksPublished: 01/17/2012Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.70dISBN: 9780547550763Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.9Point Value: 5Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 149072 / Never EighteenAward: Charlotte Award - NomineeReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 10/24/2011 pg. 54Voice of Youth Advocates...

Leading from Within is a wonderful collection of ninety-three poems from well-loved poets, each of which is accompanied by a brief personal commentary from a leader explaining the significance and meaning of the poem in his or her life and work. The contributors represent...