Lords of gold. Skies of ash. Men of shadow.Stand and face fear itself.With the grand purpose of the Oasis Stone revealed and Zeteph’s insidious plans already in motion, Mayve and Srrith find themselves with a singular goal—reach the rainthistle before the masked volcomancer. The plant is nearly extinct, the last of its kind sequestered away in the opulent greenhouses of Citadel Waldheath, and getting aboard the flying island is a daunting t...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica t...

Fashion Fatigue and Scents Make Sense Betty and Veronica not only get Fashion Fatigue Archie to join them on an all day shopping trip, but he loves every minute of it! How do they do it? Next, in Scents Make Sense, to increase spending, Mr. Lodge uses smells to get people into stores. But, as the #1 Shopaholic, is it Veronicas favorite perfume that accidentally does a better job?

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

For readers who want to plunge into a world as dangerous, vibrant, and mysterious as The Edge Chronicles, the land of Ralvera—dominated by arcane volcanoes of fire and ice—is nothing short of spectacular, rich in history, lore, and ferocious monsters. With combat as heart-stopping as Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and a band of grounded characters like from S.A Chakraborty’s The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, The Oasis Stone will sweep you away on ...

Summer Spring Show: When Betty and Veronica babysit a girl named Summer, they're in for a really big show... and they're the stars! Summer is a "showbiz kid" with a flair for the theatrical, and she literally shines the spotlight on Betty and Veronica as she engages them in interactive skits, songs and more! Summer was the winner of the special contest at this year's Kids' Comic Con. Time Out New York Magazine's Time Out Kids web page held a poll where kids were asked who their favorite co...

This is Bobby Brown's remarkable life in and out of football, highlighting his debut as Scottish manager in the famous Wembley win over world champions England in 1967. The book charts his progress from schoolboy playing for Queen's Park to Scottish international goalkeeper in wartime and after. Bobby's Fleet Air Arm service is recounted, as is his honors-laden Rangers career, including the first "Treble" in 1949, as part of their fabled "Iron Curtain" defense. As a PE teacher he was a par...

Eli Washington Caruthers's unpublished manuscript, American Slavery and the Immediate Duty of Southern Slaveholders, is the arresting and authentic alternative to the nineteenth-century hermeneutics that supported slavery. On the basis of Exodus 10.3--"Let my people go that they may serve me"--Caruthers argued that God was acting in history against all slavery. Unlike arguments guided largely by the New Testament, Caruthers believed that the Exodus text was a privileged passage to which al...

Eli Washington Caruthers's unpublished manuscript, American Slavery and the Immediate Duty of Southern Slaveholders, is the arresting and authentic alternative to the nineteenth-century hermeneutics that supported slavery. On the basis of Exodus 10:3--"Let my people go that they may serve me"--Caruthers argued that God was acting in history against all slavery. Unlike arguments guided largely by the New Testament, Caruthers believed the Exodus text was a privileged passage to which all thi...

As Kurt Vonnegut once said, "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."When it comes down to it, work--with its know-it-alls, gossips, and brown-noser--is a lot like high school. This clever and useful book helps readers identify and better communicate with these and other common types we all remember from the days when report cards, not business reports, were our concern, and when the big social event was the prom, not th...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica t...

I Was Number 13 Jack has documented a short history of his parents and their very large family as well as his growing up as the last child. (NUMBER 13)