A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in this unforgettable novel that is “alternately hilarious and painful, awkward and enlightening” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him...

In the final years of the 19th century, young Daniel is arrested for a homosexual act. He narrowly escapes conviction, but is forced to say goodbye forever to the Norfolk Broads—the wetland he loves. While his rich, landowning family is willing to use their influence to keep him out of jail, they need him out of the way to preserve their reputation and they banish him to Toronto.There he’s thrilled to discover a beautiful marshland along the shore of Lake Ontario, and in it, a hand...

From internationally-bestselling author and journalist Andrew Smith, an immersive, alarming, sharp-eyed journey into the bizarre world of computer code, told through his sometimes painful, often amusing attempt to become a coder himselfThroughout history, technological revolutions have been driven by the invention of machines. But today, the power of the technology transforming our world lies in an intangible and impenetrable cosmos of software: algorithmic code. S...

**MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK • Intense, complex, and brave, this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America.“This raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling sci-fi novel defies description—it’s best to go into it with an open mind and allow yourself to be first drawn in, then blown away.”—Rolling Stone“Nuanced, gross, funny, and po...

A celebration of the Apollo eleven moon landing—the fascinating story of twelve astronauts who ventured to space with interviews of nine of the surviving men.The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it, for better or for worse. Journalist Andrew Smith tracks down the nine surviving members of this elite group ...

" The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods" in this story of a 1990s web titan who made a fortune and lost it all—and what happened afterward ( The Independent).One day in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called "The Warhol of the Web" was reduced to a helpless spectator as his fortune dwindled from 85 million dollars to nothing, all in the space of...

For decades, Iran has had to deal with an intricate balance of sanctions, each one exacerbating the country's social and economic conditions. This volume impacts the profound and often distressing effects of these measures on the lives of ordinary Iranians. It moves beyond the large-scale economic indicators and political analysis to show the ground-level effect of sanctions on the lives of people, communities, and the socio-structural dynamics of Iran. Integrating economic indicators, soc...

Although two of the women characters depicted in this story were based loosely on real women, this is a work of fiction and not to be regarded as a history book, nor a journal of their lives. It is hoped that readers can get a feeling for some of the struggles and dangers those Mail Ordered Brides, as well as all the early women pioneers, were up against.Mail Ordered Brides were a necessary commodity in a land where women were few and far between. Especially since making a living wa...

Radersburg Gold is a rare story . . a fresh idea with rich and interesting characters.An unexpected twist and an even more unexpected ending.Troy Andrew Smith has truly captured the Old West in Radersburg Gold.It's a tale of intrigue and action, driven by a cast of characters that seem to come to life with each page turned. It's hard to put down and well worth the read.

An old live wire and a horse's shoe. A rich man's death looks like a freak accident to Deputy Dan Mitchell and Detective Stan DeRudder . . . except that the dead man has left behind a crowded fielf of suspects. Wyoming "Cowboyologist" Rell Sawtell is brought in to manage the crime scene, a Southern California equestrian center, until a ruling can be made--is it murder? Maybe.

Scattered Destinations: Soon to be a Major Motion PictureI know I wasn't born in Dry Creek. Fact of the matter is, I don't remember where I was born or much about the event, but I'm pretty sure it happened or else I wouldn't be here. The point is, I've been in Dry Creek for as long as I can remember. I can't remember being born, but I do remember the day I ran into an old cowboy named Jack. That was the day my life really started. When it happened, it didn't seem like much at all bu...

Joe Hansom knew what his purpose in life was and he was good at it. Others speculated that if Hansom was on your trail he'd "hand some death out to you." Over the years that had been shortened up and Joe was now known over a large distance as "the hands of death."