A concept book starring the teddy bear loved by readers for 50 years.One square blanketSpread upon the ground.Birthday balloons,Colorful and round!Join Corduroy in exploring all the shapes at a picinic, from a circle cake to a diamond kite. With minimal text, bright illustrations, and a loveable character, this board book is perfect for even the youngest reader.

"We all live in particular places and at particular times, but when we act with family and friends to preserve a local slice of nature, we are, together, saving the planet." — Natural History MagazineCan each of us, as stewards of our land, make an environmental difference that can be seen, felt, and measured? Scott Freeman emphatically says yes, and in Saving Tarboo Creek he explores how we can all do it by making small changes over time. Sav...

"A timely collection of articles by some of the leading and emerging scholars and specialists on Haiti, offering a wide range of critical perspectives on the question and meaning of sovereignty in Haiti."--Alex Dupuy, coauthor of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti "Directly asks the provocative question of ownership and Haitian sovereignty within the post-earthquake moment--an unstable period in which ideas on (re)development, humanitarian...

A Science Fiction 2023 AUDIE AWARDS® NomineeFinding work is easy. Staying alive is a little bit harder.When Russ Wesley finds an unusual artifact in his grandfather’s collection of rare antiquities, the last thing he expects is for it to draw the attention of a ferocious alien from a distant planet. Equally surprising is the adventurous team of intergalactic exterminators dispatched to deal with the alien threat. They’re a little wild, and ...

Run your next ultramarathon feeling cool, confident, and prepared.The Art of Ultrarunning: Tried & Tested Strategies for Long-Distance Runners compiles coaching strategies with illustrative stories from professional ultrarunners to create a convenient resource to help you improve your running. An elite-level racer and coach, author Ian Sharman provides practical guidance for runners at all levels; whether ...

Lester McGill is a rural youth from Scott County, Tennessee. He crosses into Kentucky to enlist in a Union regiment, the 4th Kentucky Infantry. During his service throughout the Civil War, he witnesses the decline and eventual collapse of the Confederacy. Through 4 years of war, Lester interacts with Southern civilians, free and enslaved, young and old, rich and poor, that deepen his understanding of the ongoing national crisis and concerns that find their way into conversations among sold...

When the Freeman family decided to restore a damaged creek in Washington's Olympic Peninsula—to transform it from a drainage ditch into a stream that could again nurture salmon—they knew the task would be formidable and the rewards plentiful.In Saving Tarboo Creek, Scott Freeman artfully blends his family's story with powerful universal lessons about how we can all live more constructive, fulfilling, and natural lives by engaging with the land rather than exploiting it. Eq...

The Ninth Templar – Guardian of the GrailWhat if Christ wrote his own gospel…and the Knights Templar discovered it beneath Solomon’s Temple?Their betrayal on Friday the 13th of October in 1307 was not about cancelling debts or seizing their treasury, it was about burying discoveries that threatened powerful institutions. The truth was their most dangerous weapon.When former Navy SEAL Ian Sinclair survives a deadly assassination attempt tied...

"An exhilarating, can't miss, one-sit read that'll stay with you long after turning the final page!" - Ryan Steck, The Real Book SpyTen years ago, legendary author Riley Cannon produced three of the best-selling thriller novels of all-time. Then, she vanished, leaving the final three books of the saga unfinished and producing the biggest mystery in the history of publishing. Now, a decade later, there is word from her mega-agent, the glamorous and powerful Topaz Ke...

The next adventure in the Intergalactic Archives series from Audie Award–winning author Ash Bishop brings more swashbuckling action, will-they-or-won’t-they romance, murder, and a ruthless galactic mafia.Someone’s got to clean up the cosmos. It might as well be them.Former Intergalactic Exterminator Russ Wesley has found a new gig at Intergalactic Waste Management, LLC alongside old allies, in what promises to be a cushy job processing spac...

The time has come for Riley Cannon, one of the bestselling novelists in history, to end her beloved series, but little do her readers know the major twist she is planning to deliver . . . if she can stay alive long enough to write it.Understanding that she will soon have to bid farewell to her indestructible heroine and friend, Adrienne Astra, Rachel Roberts—pen name Riley Cannon—fears a world where she no longer spends time with the character whom she credits with...

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Consumed by failure... Desperate to keep his kiddie pizzeria from bankruptcy, Jack lets his animatronics tech pitch him anew invention that might just give him some perspective. Frustrated by an unfair arcade game, Colton throws himself into reengineeringthe device at any cost. Marley's best friend goes missing on a t...