The Aging Mind offers an accessible introduction to what research has revealed about how our bodies and brains age, and how these changes affect our everyday experiences and lives. This second edition is fully updated with contemporary studies and neuroscientific findings, to offer an engaging exploration of 25 facets of the physical and mental aging processes.Written by eminent gerontologist Patrick Rabbitt, who interprets research through his own personal daily experiences, it explores w...

An antelope jackrabbit springs from its hiding place behind a bush! It zigzags through the maze of desert brush to avoid becoming a meal. In this low-level title, readers will hop from page to page to discover how these hares are adapted to thrive in the desert. Features reinforcing their adaptations, diet, and more will help readers retain all they have learned!

Shayla's mom is acting odd. First she says there's going to be a fun trip on the weekend. Then she gives Shayla a headlamp for a birthday present. Finally, she gives Shayla some new clothes - a Cub Scout uniform, because she's being packed off to camp way up in the mountains of Kowloon! Can Shayla work together with her best friend Jenna to sneak out and make her way home to Hong Kong Island without getting caught?

DC Detective Shaun Patrick is in a cat and mouse game with a mastermind who is using ancient Taoist sorcery to raise the dead and send them out to kill. Pressured by the FBI and his own department and targeted by the killer, Shaun is in a race against time to solve the murder of his best friend, save his girlfriend and stop a supernatural force that will soon make the nation's capital a wasteland.

D. C. Detective Shaun Patrick is in a cat and mouse game with a mastermind who is using ancient Taoist sorcery to raise the dead and send them out to kill. Pressured by the FBI and his own department and targeted by the killer, Shaun is in a race against time to solve the murder of his best friend, save his girlfriend and stop a supernatural force that will soon make the nation's capital a wasteland.

When Gerald makes a miraculous recovery from being brain dead, his intellect has been exponentially increased, but all of his memories have been erased. Gerald is the subject of an experimental genetic procedure. Artificially generated brainwaves, used to revive him, spur his mind to a higher functioning. Gerald struggles with his increased abilities and reconciling lost relationships. His is a tale of coming of age, falling in love, and self-discovery.

Exiled into a no-man's land of endless winter, Rune faces danger at every corner. Bloodthirsty monsters, crafty bandits, and soldiers from her former kingdom are all on the hunt for her. When she discovers a commune hidden away in the forest, she also uncovers a long-kept secret that could alter the fate of the realm. Torn between a chance at peace and keeping what little freedom she has left, Rune is forced to reveal secrets of her own and risks losing the very people she fights to save.

The gift that Joshua Brown receives from his father is a desperately needed understanding that every minute of our lives is precious, but never more so than when we are with the people we love. Magically though, this gift comes to Josh more than twenty-five years after the sudden death of his father. Since that fateful day, Josh has become a successful thirty-six year old executive, but sadly he has also become a man who hasn't let anyone into his heart, not even his wife or children. Then...