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How did soccer become the world's most popular sport with billions of fans and millions of players? From its earliest beginnings to the most recent World Cup winners, readers will find out unforgettable facts about their favorite sport!Author: Nick HunterPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 08/01/2024Pages: 32Binding...

It's one of the most important items in any bathroom. But toilet paper often goes overlooked--until you need it! So who invented this household staple? How is it made? And how does it end up in homes--and bathrooms--around the world? Learn the answers and...

What's that deafening buzz? It may be a cicada group living in your tree! But, these odd insects actually live most of their lives underground. This book details the bizarre life cycle of the cicada, including the deposit of hundreds of eggs on a...

MAVERICKAs the star defensive end for the Boston Blizzard, I pride myself on keeping my nose clean and my head in the game. I'm a no-nonsense kind of guy, but when I'm approached to fake date the world's biggest popstar to stir up publicity...

Author: Patrick JohnsonPublisher: Verses Kindler PublicationPublished: 07/05/2024Pages: 126Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32dISBN: 9789356055315

The heroic cast of rag-tag, superpowered kids are back! In this third installment of the highly illustrated series, can the Stupendous Switcheroo change his fate from #1 undesirable prisoner to top student at the Valor Innovations Academy? When the Stupendous Switcheroo--Switch, for short--set out...

So much can be lost and found in one summer ​Set against the backdrop of New York City's vibrant Greenwich Village in 1978, TheSummerBetween is the bittersweet, unsparingly honest coming-of-age saga of Andrew Jackson Pollock. Three days before high school graduation, Andy, a New...

Complaints are replete on social media, and everywhere people gather to sip coffee and opine about the world's ills. Something is wrong with American society. A few years ago, people were saying, "I don't know how it can get worse." It is worse and...

Author: Alma Lou Guajardo-Crossley, E. C. GuajardoPublisher: Fig Factor Media PublishingPublished: 07/08/2024Pages: 34Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25dISBN: 9781959989844Audience: Ages 4-8

Now in its 41st printing, this classic novel, set during and after the divided loyalties of the Civil War in the Southern mountains, describes Lydia McQueen's efforts to overcome grave challenges, live her best life, and bring a school to her community. This quest...

Experience the delightful journey of a teacup in "The Teacup Story," a short storybook that depicts how an ordinary lump of clay becomes an elegant teacup. This picture book captures every stage of the teacup-making process, from the hands of the master to the...

Arthur Crazy was drunk and seeing ghosts. Now he's just drunk. The dead are silent, and Arthur is worried he might be living up to the family name. But after going back to where the Crazy people live and spending months sleeping off hangovers...

Author: Shauna FarrisPublisher: Blue Balloon BooksPublished: 07/23/2024Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.09dISBN: 9798869369611Audience: Ages 4-8

The 1846 Temecula Massacre is among the deadliest conflicts tied to the Mexican-American War. In The Temecula Massacre: A Forgotten Battlefield Landscape of the Mexican-American War, authors Gary DuBois and Lisa Woodward unearth Temecula's past to reveal a history that has been buried in...

A TEMPLAR CURSEAN ANCIENT PROPHECYA PULSE-POUNDING RACE AGAINST TIMEIn 1314, Jacques de Molay, the last Templar Grand Master uttered a curse as he burned at the stake. Within months, both men responsible for his downfall, the King of France, and the Pope, lay dead.Centuries...

In The Terp, set in 2006, during the height of the Iraqi insurgency, Major Moss, a Civil Affairs officer, grapples with the lack of loyalty from his male interpreters in the volatile Tarmia sector. Frustrated, he boldly introduces female interpreters, believing they may bring...

Veronica Mars by way of Lovecraft in this thrilling lightly gothic YA graphic novel, for those who love a dash of campy and a dollop of darkness. It's just a bedtime story....right? Parents in Pensmouth tell their children a devious bedtime tale--their beloved town...

Veronica Mars by way of Lovecraft in this thrilling lightly gothic YA graphic novel, for those who love a dash of campy and a dollop of darkness. It's just a bedtime story....right? Parents in Pensmouth tell their children a devious bedtime tale--their beloved town...

The definitive, deluxe art book about Edward Gorey's theater work--from the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Dracula to the wildly creative productions to which he devoted the last decade of his life. Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was a prodigious and original artist who published more...

'The Thirty-Six Stratagems' is a widely known book in China that is a concise summary of military tactics and strategies. By illustrating tactics used in warfare with examples from Go games, Dai Junfu shows, that many of these ideas can also be found in...