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Across 1400 years and six continents (sorry, Australia), Impossible Histories examines pivotal moments in history from both sides—what happened and what would have happened had things gone differently. The results are by turns strange, hilarious, tragic…and always fascinating.Imagine a world in which...- Hitler builds a thousand-year Reich- Columbus gets driven from the Americas by mounted knights- Robespierre decapitates Caesar Augustus- The Inca Empire ...

Congratulations on your acceptance to the Apprentice Academy, one of the world’s finest institutions for knightly education. Your course of study here will prepare you for a career as a knight, samurai, Viking, or really any type of sword-swinging warrior. Swinging a sword is inherently dangerous, but this guide will help you complete your education while minimizing the twin risks of 1. getting maimed and 2. working too hard.Learn how to:• Fight people!• Fight dragons...

Meet the monsters in this who’s who of the baddest of the bad!Like those supernatural beasts everyone knows and fears—the bloodsucking vampire, Count Dracula, and that eight-foot-tall mash-up of corpses, Frankenstein’s Monster. Or that scariest of mummies, Cheops, who scientists revived after 4,700 years—big mistake! Or more horrifying yet, the Horla, an invisible, havoc-wreaking creature that herds humans like cattle and feeds of their souls.Drawn from the...

Meet the snoligoster, who feeds on the shadows of its victims. The whirling whimpus, who once laid low an entire Boy Scout troop. And the hoop snake, who can chase prey at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and then, with one sting of its venomous tail, cause it to turn purple, swell up, and—alas—die.These and 17 other fearsome creatures are among the most fantastical beasts in American folklore. Their stories, as narrated by one of the last surviving cryptozoologists, are best enjoy...

For readers who have always wanted to enroll in a school for magic--be it Hogwarts with Harry Potter or Camp Halfblood with Percy Jackson! Wizard lovers will delight in pretending they’re learning magic from a cheat-sheet handbook from an elite school for sorcery.Welcome to the Apprentice Academy. Congratulations on your acceptance to one of the world’s finest institutions for sorcery. Your course of study here will be long and perilous, but this book of sorcery skills and fascinat...

Thank you, teacher, for making a difference! This uplifting book by motivational speakers Brad Johnson and Hal Bowman provides daily encouragement to keep you feeling inspired on your educational journey. It features 100 letters, written by teachers across the country and addressed to YOU. The letters highlight topics such as celebrating small successes, bringing out the best in your students, and knowing your worth. The book is perfect for teachers of all grade levels, and for principals ...

Welcome to the Apprentice Academy. Congratulations on your acceptance to one of the world’s finest institutions for sorcery. Your course of study here will be long and perilous, but this book of sorcery skills and fascinating tales from the world of magic will help you along the way—ideally with all your limbs and wits intact.Learn how to:· Read minds!· Prophesize!· Perform a love spell!· Choose an animal familiar!· Turn anything into gold!...

Dear teacher, you are appreciated! This inspirational book, written by motivational speakers Brad Johnson and Hal Bowman, provides daily encouragement to thank you for all that you do in the classroom and beyond. Johnson and Bowman offer quotes and powerful stories for 100 days of the school year, highlighting topics such as celebrating small successes, bringing out the best in your students, knowing your worth, and being all in. The book is perfect for teachers of all grade levels, and fo...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tim Ellingwood has a penthouse apartment, an overpaid job, and a knock-out girlfriend. It’s just enough to keep him happy, so long as he can soak the haunting memories of his time overseas in enough booze and sex to keep the voice in his head quiet - without drowning his own soul first. Then he meets Will Flint, a mysterious neighbor who convinces him to try for more. They risk everything and set out on an epic adventure that takes them...

Exciting stuff this time: a new Velda P.I. story from Ron Miller, a new supernatural mystery from Steve Liskow (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), plus great modern tales from Melodie Johnson Howe (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Anna Tambour.On top of that, we have a mystery novel from Isabel Ostrander and a space opera novel from Edmond Hamilton. (Truly something for every taste.) And did I mention science fiction classics from Nelson S. Bond, Ray Cummi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tim Ellingwood has a penthouse apartment, an overpaid job, and a knock-out girlfriend. It’s just enough to keep him happy, so long as he can soak the haunting memories of his time overseas in enough booze and sex to keep the voice in his head quiet - without drowning his own soul first. Then he meets Will Flint, a mysterious neighbor who convinces him to try for more. They risk everything and set out on an epic adventure that takes them...

This highly readable edited collection focuses on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx. Each contributor to this volume explores a different facet of Proulx's striking attention to geography, place, landscape, regional environments, and local economies in her writing. Covering all of her novels and short story collections, scholars from the United States, Canada, and abroad engage in critical analyses of Proulx's new regionalism, use of geographical settings, and themes o...