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The second adventure in the Bartimaeus trilogy finds Nathaniel working his way up the ranks of the government, when crisis hits. A seemingly invulnerable clay golem is making random attacks on London. Nathaniel and Bartimaeus must travel to Prague to discover the source of...

Step inside the Disney Princesses' castles and search for hidden surprises and secrets in this interactive book featuring flaps, pull tabs, sliders, and more! Welcome to the Disney Princesses' castles! Come inside and meet Ariel, Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, and Tiana in their favorite castle...

"What Harrison does on every page of Brown Dog is have fun . . . not simply for the sake of delight but because he believes delight is as close to sublimity as humans can get. . . . The great project of life,...

A "gut-clenching and meticulously detailed" (USA Today) account from the Korean War and how Captain William Barber led 246 courageous Marines of the Seventh Marine Regiment in the perilous defense of Fox Hill. November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings...

Hundreds of thousands of children throughout the world have been introduced to the riches of the Bible through this classic Bible storybook. First published seventy years ago, the much-loved Child's Story Bible continues to instruct and delight today's children and parents.Author: Catherine F. VosPublisher:...

An authoritative and beloved textbook, updated for the current generation of theology students.Daniel L. Migliore's classic theology textbook returns in a new edition, revised and supplemented with fresh material. Faith Seeking Understanding covers fundamental topics for budding theologians, from biblical hermeneutics to the incarnation...

Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow provides a fast-paced narrative history of the coups, revolutions, and invasions by which the United States has toppled fourteen foreign governments -- not always to its own benefit "Regime change" did not begin with the administration of George W. Bush, but...

Sam is a mouse who lives in a library. He loves to read all kinds of books. He learns that he also loves to make up and write his own stories, just like the books he finds in the library. He begins to leave...

Oversize and filled with hundreds of popular and rare images, with a revealing text that delves into both his artistic evolution and personal life, J.C. Leyendecker restores this iconic image maker's rightful position in the pantheon of great American illustrators and artists. "The wealth...

"A bullet / then a siren / then ruins / then a bird song telling the truth"--Dunya Mikhail In her marvelous new poetry collection Tablets: Secrets of the Clay, Dunya Mikhail transforms the world's first symbols--Sumerian glyphs that were carved onto clay tablets--into the...

A multi-dimensional explosion hurls the starship's few passengers across the galaxies and onto an uncharted barren tundra. With no technical skills and scant supplies, the survivors face a bleak end in an alien world. One brave woman holds the daring answer, but it is...

Ansel Adams (1902-1984) produced some of the 20th century's most iconic photographic images and helped nurture the art of photography through his creative innovations and peerless technical mastery.The Camera--the first volume in Adams' celebrated series of books on photographic techniques--has taught generations of photographers...

Winner of the 2025 Drue Heinz Literature PrizeStories of Ordinary People Experiencing Extraordinary Circumstances The eleven stories in A Place in the World are character-driven portrayals of various lives transformed by random events or twists of fate. A young woman living on the coast...

From the author of the My Weird School books, an adventure story that spans centuries and continents. In Central Park, New York, stands Cleopatra's Needle. But what do you know about? Did you know that thousands of people worked in 1461 BCE to build...

Of all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver collective called Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is the one that has worked its way under the most skins. Magnet magazine named it the best album of the 1990s, and Creative Loafing recently...

Have you ever had a day when your big feelings bubbled and fizzed inside until you felt you might explode? We've all been there, and today Bilal is having a day like that. Bilal's Bad Day is a charmingly coloured, interactive book; Spin the...

"The Living Reminder was like a visit from a friend I needed to speak with. The surprise for me was how much I needed to hear him say familiar things."--National Catholic Reporter The Living Reminder is a gift from Henry J.M. Nouwen--along with C.S....

The American Cowboy spans three generations of cowboys in the American West, from the young trail boss of the very first cattle drive from Texas north to the railroads, to his grandson, born after the open range had been fenced in. Discover the danger...

TA for KIDS is part of the Transactional Analysis for Everybody Series. This classic book has proven to be ideal for helping youngsters develop self-esteem, esteem of others, personal and social responsibility, critical thinking and independent judgement. Besides its popularity in hundreds of thousands...

How the same inter-breeding bloodline has controlled the world for thousands of years.Author: David IckePublisher: Bridge of Love Publications UKPublished: 10/01/1998Pages: 517Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30dISBN: 9780952614760