What if you purchased another company to expand your business that is already successful? That may seem daunting but when done right, expanding your acquisitions can deliver outstanding rewards.As a business owner, you are guaranteed at some point to ask yourself, are you content with your level of success or do you want to continue growing? Whether you are in technology, sales, the restaurant business, or any other type of industry, there is a cap to your single b...

When a farmer in Spain captured a two-headed snake in 2002, scientists wanted to study it. When National Geographic Daily News published a story about the discovery, people wanted to read all about it. More than a million people clicked on the site and kept coming back for more unbelievably true stories. An Internet sensation was born. Since then, more than 100 million individuals have clicked on stories put together by David Braun and his crack team of editors for National Geographic Dail...

Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife presents numerous case studies that demonstrate how different communities have creatively reconciled problems between developers and environmentalists. It answers questions asked by regulators, environmentalists, and developers who seek practical alternatives to the existing case-by-case permitting process, and offers valuable lessons from past and ongoing areawide planning efforts.

The third installment of the popular "Odd True Tales" series… Some of the stories deal with the paranormal, while others relate curious events from history. Some are a bit grisly, and some may make you laugh. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume Three includes the tales: "Charlie"… "They Saw It Coming"… "Honey, I Shrunk the Heads"… "The Sorcerer's Sorry Apprentice"… "No Demon is an Island"… "The Cycling Santa"… and "Is There a Shaman in the House?"…

**From a New York Times–bestselling author: A searing account of cold-blooded murder as told by “**one of the chief practitioners of the true crime genre” (The Baltimore Sun).Michael Peterson was a decorated war veteran and bestselling novelist. His wife, Kathleen, was a high-powered executive and devoted mother. To everyone who knew them, they seemed to be the perfect couple living a life most people would kill for.Then came the tragic ni...

Sixth-grader Nate Wright is on top of the world . . . with a little help from his friends! His best buddies, Francis and Teddy, stick with Nate through thick and thin—usually thin. They've seen it all. Nate's disastrous love life, his chess tournament trash talking, even his misguided attempt to be a "bad boy." Along the way, Nate and his pals are joined by Artur, the gentle exchange student who's popular with almost everyone. And don't forget Gina, the teacher's pet who gets an "A" for an...

Sixth grader Nate Wright proves that even brilliant schemes don’t always go as planned! From outsmarting teachers with clever tricks to accidentally causing chaos in class projects, Nate’s adventures are packed with laugh-out-loud moments. Joined by Francis and Teddy, Nate navigates friendship, teamwork, sports, music, and the tricky art of fitting in—all while leaving a trail of humorous mishaps behind him.Big Nate: Great Minds Think Alike combines relata...

This “fact-filled and amusing trek through nature’s dark side” (Kirkus Reviews) reveals the fascinating, weird, and often perverted ways that Mother Nature fends only for herself.It may be a wonderful world, but as Dan Riskin (host of the Animal Planet’s TV show Monsters Inside Me) explains, it’s also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are trying to eat us, poison us, use our bodies as their homes, ...

Already a New York Times best-seller, it's two firsts in one for a Big Nate book! The first Sundays-only and first full-color Big Nate collection both debut in Big Nate All Work and No Play. Enjoy more than two years of Sunday cartoons, portraying the colorful life of Nate Wright. This spunky eleven-year-old holds the school record for detentions and is in little chance of losing that distinction, but that doesn't stop him from dreaming big!He's ...

A crazy collection of "odd but true" tales. Some of them deal with the paranormal, while others recount curious events from history. Some are scary, and some may make you laugh. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume One includes the stories: "An Odd Experience at Cape Cod"… "The Mystery of the Missing Ambassador"… "Winged Fright"… "Heroic Medicine"… "Facts & Fictions of History"… and "My Dog and the Dancing Lights"…

THE ICONIC #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 16 MILLION COPIES SOLD“A crackling page-turner filled with characters you can’t help but root for.”—Entertainment WeeklyMeet Auggie Pullman, an ordinary kid with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. This modern classic inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and countless conversa...

From the acclaimed author of The Troop—a book that is “utterly terrifying” (Clive Barker). “Fans of unflinching bleakness and all-out horror will love this novel….Each new shock is freshly disturbing” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).A strange plague called the ‘Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things, like how to drive or the ...