Strap on your imaginary backpack and step onto the path of an Alaskan adventure that will take you over the tundra, past the glaciers, and into the heart and soul of a man discovering the strength and beauty of the land and of himself. Brod Bagert’s Alaska rewards its readers with an intimate and varied view of a spectacular subject by combining the immediacy of an amusing journal with the reflection of poems by turns moody, funny and deeply moving. It tells the story of a middle...

Author's Note: If you bring your own coffee when you leave town, if you believe the word axe is a verb, if you consider Halloween a major holiday, then these poems are for you. If you are not familiar with New Orleans some of these poems may require a little work, but give it a try. After all, for generations New Orleans poetry lovers have cheerfully dealt with cold-country images foreign to our experience. My hero, Robert Frost, sent us frozenground swells, a cord of maple, and birches be...

"A collection of mature love poems, the kind of love that encompasses fatherhood and many years of marriage. They are honest love poems in which a young man can see his own future and having seen it, bid it come." --Quin Hillyer, Gambit Weekly  "These poems are about real love a valentine wrapped in bands of steel with the tensile strength of eternity." --Judith Fritz, Taos Art Association

Captain Perseverance, ordinary kid turned superhero, discovers the superpower that turns the dread of struggle into the joy of success. Learning to read, long division, science fair, band — “I break the chains, I fly sky high, there’s nothing I can’t do!”With high-energy illustrations and text that sings from the page, Captain Perseverance inspires young readers to discover the power of grit. 

A kid's-eye view of school, crammed with enough funny to fill a big yellow bus!Snappy and hilarious in true Brod Bagert style, these goofy poems are united by their kid authenticity and quirky school themes. From a computer virus that one kid claims is sure to keep him homesick until summer vacation, to the librarian who tames "the savage beast" (a mouse run amok in the library), to a superhero recruited to scare off the school bully, this is most definitely not yo...

Regular practice is the best way to reinforce concepts and allow students to gain confidence and mastery of skills. With Helping your Child Learn to Read you get reading and critical thinking exercises for students for every day of the school year. Presented in a consistent format from week to week, the activities in Helping your Child Learn to Read allow students to progress in reading comprehension and word study skills, and makes diagnostics and assessment easy for parents and educators...

The bestselling author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy offers his most provocative and funniest book yet!Greg Palast has spent the last thirty years getting the goods on corporate con men and political hucksters. Now he and his special guests cut through the TV news babytalk in Armed Madhouse. Armed with more than fifty classified documents and confidential memos, Palast brings you the stories not allowed in The New York Times, includ...