It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning.A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high sch...

In the violent early days of the quarantine, Gonzalo joins a gang of thieves who live in the ductwork of McKinley High School. There he falls in love with Sasha, but as he grows too big to fit, he is forced to leave without her.A year later, he scours the infected zone for her. No matter how many murderers, puncture wounds, or militia he has to survive, Gonzalo can't give up on Sasha.In the fourth installment of the Quarantine series, Lex Thomas delivers two intertwined stori...

A cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints continues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be. Nothing was worse than being locked in—until they opened the door...McKinley High has been a battleground for eighteen months since a virus outbreak led to a military quarantine of the school. When the doors finally open, Will and Lucy think their nightmare is finished. B...

Readers of The Maze Runner and Divergent will devour this dark survival series that's Lord of the Flies in a 21st-century high school setting.In the third Quarantine book, David and Will are alive...but on the outside of McKinley High. Lucy is the last of the trinity left inside, where Hilary will exact a deadly revenge before taking over McKinley and bringing one final reign of terror to the school before the doors open for good. But the outside world is ...

This anthology envisions winters of the future, with stories of scientists working together to protect narwhals from an oil spill, to bring snow back to the mountains of Maine, to preserve ecosystems—even if they have to be under glass domes. They're stories of regular people rising to extraordinary circumstances to survive extreme winter weather, to fix a threat to their community's energy source, to save a living city from a deep-rooted sickness. Some take place after an environmental ca...

Al sinds 2002 is De kale berg hét boek voor iedereen die de Mont Ventoux wil beklimmen, met of zonder fiets, op skeelers, alleen of met een groep. Aan de 1912 meter hoge berg in de Provence worden mythische kwalificaties toegedicht. De kale berg bevat verhalen over de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de Mont Ventoux, de flora en fauna, de omliggende dorpen en stadjes en natuurlijk de beklimmingen in de Tour de France. Daarnaast komen de theorie en praktijk van het trainen, trainingsschema's en pr...

Sarah verliert fast ihre ganze Familie durch ein tödliches Virus. Damit ist sie nicht allein, nur wenige Menschen überleben die Krankheit.Völlig unvorbereitet findet sich die junge Frau in einer postapokalyptischen Welt wieder. Um zu überleben, muss sie schnell lernen, sich zu behaupten und gegen ihre Gegner durchzusetzen.Sarah macht sich auf die Suche nach der letzten Überlebenden aus ihrer Familie, wird jedoch enttäuscht. Sie bekommt die Chance, sich einer Gemeinschaft fr...

Containing updated editions of the What's in a Word and Why You Say it, this compendium reveals the history of common words and phrases.Are you a lover of language? Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say!Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of two etymology classics by Webb Garrison will turn you on to the fascinating—and often surpri...