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Women have always practiced as artists, but for centuries the art world considered them mere dilettantes. Their work was derided as second-rate, and they were considered intruders in a male profession. This study examines how, against the odds, they overcame these difficulties and shifts...

A World of Wonders, with Anecdotes and Opinions Concerning Popular SuperstitionsIt is surprising, considering the gigantic strides effected by modern science, how many of the errors and prejudices engendered by the ignorance of the dark ages remain current in the world in its present...

In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations--how...

Years before he was Secretary of State and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Henry Kissinger wrote A World Restored to understand and explain one of history's most important and dramatic periods-a time when Europe went from political chaos to a balanced peace that...

A lyrical and tender exploration of the wonderful things in life that await babies. Utilizing poetry and a comforting art palette to support development, this board book highlights all the simple wonders the world has to offer. It's designed to transition with babies as...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe's mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world "Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is...

NAMES ARE IMPORTANT. BEWARE THE PRETENDER. Eleven years after the fatal accident of her brother, Juliet Barrows still lives in the shadows of her past. While the surface is idyllic-loving parents, a best friend, and a job-it is merely an illusion. And Juliet's shaky...

Jason tumbles into a quest to save a magical in this #1 New York Times bestselling start to Brandon Mull's Beyonders fantasy series. Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with...

Jason tumbles into a quest to save a magical in this #1 New York Times bestselling start to Brandon Mull's Beyonders fantasy series. Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with...

The true story of how a massive catastrophic eruption plunged the world into darkness, altering the global climate and inspiring the likes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein--from the award-winning author of The Mona Lisa Vanishes and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout. "A tour-de-force for our times...

Young readers will join Cora, a girl with big dreams and even bigger aspirations, on a journey to discover what makes life truly meaningful. Ever since she was a little girl, Cora has dreamed of designing truly fantastical things, awe-inspiring structures that everyone recognizes...

A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff "Rare and beautiful--a novel that combines wondrous fantasy, searing real-world relevance, and a frank empathetic understanding...

How can people recycle food waste and create rich compost that helps plants grow? By farming worms! Learn about vermicomposting and how it can help reduce human impacts on our planet. Fully decodable text features high-frequency words, and words with the b and r...

Three dashing heroes of the ton search for their perfect matches in this delightful new series set in the world of bestselling author Ella Quinn's beloved Worthingtons and their extended family, where there's never a dull moment--or a lack of tempting romance . ....

SPECIAL EDITION WITH STAINED EDGES, FULL-COLOR CHARACTER ART, AND MORE.Once upon a time I was a girl who believed in love and happily ever afters.Now the only thing I believe in is revenge. Unfortunately for me, there's only one man willing to help me....

Once upon a time I was a girl who believed in love and happily ever afters.Now the only thing I believe in is revenge. Unfortunately for me, there's only one man willing to help me. Hook. I should have known it wouldn't be out...

"Charlie J. Stephens' tender novel takes a child's perspective on the pains of being poor in rural Oregon. Knowing that children like Smokey are cast as furniture in the house of adult desires, immobile and without needs, A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest begs us...

A Wounded NameThe stage coach was invisible in a cloud of its own dust as it lurched and rolled along the alkali flats down the valley, and Sancho, the ranch-keeper, could not make out whether any passengers were on top or not. He had...

Does their world deserve salvation... or will Esmyra be its reckoning?Raised in secret by the sea's most feared pirate, Esmyra Blackwood knows nothing of her past or the origins of her mysterious powers.In the mortal kingdom, Draevyn Rowe is the second-born son of the...

A Wreath of Indian StoriesThe following stories have been written by A. L. O. E. since her arrival in India, for the use of native readers. It is deemed most desirable by those who thoroughly know the people, that their minds should be trained...