"The greatest entertainer who ever lived..."Judy Garland faced plenty of problems on her way to superstardom—her height, her age, her appearance—but she also had something audiences loved: one of the best singing voices in Hollywood history.Judy Garland: Little Woman, Big Talent tells the true story of everything Judy Garland had to tackle in landing the role of a lifetime: Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Young readers will love learning how this lit...

If you have ever felt your life was out of control and headed toward chaos,science has an important message: Life is chaos, and that's a very exciting thing!In this eye-opening book, John Briggs and F. David Peat reveal sevenenlightening lessons for embracing the chaos of daily life.Be Creative:engage with chaos to find imaginative new solutions and live more dynamicallyUse Butterfly Power:let chaos grow local efforts ...

This hilarious satire is send-up of today's ludicrous political climate. Jesus Christ, a poor carpenter from Bethlehem, PA, dares to take on ruthless six-term Senator Herod Antipas. Determined to run a clean campaign full of promise and hope, Jesus promptly runs into a buzzsaw of dirty tricks, dirty money, shady characters, incessant polling, and constant calls to change his image. If Jesus wants to win this election, he'll need a miracle. Called both "clever" and "brilliant", A VOTE FOR J...

Pete Seeger, The People's Singer is the first children's book about the legendary folk singer and civil rights activist. Young readers can learn about this man of the people who encouraged his audiences to sing along and became a hero to millions of them. Help them discover the life of the man who:• Taught Martin Luther King We Shall Overcome• Cleaned up the Hudson River• Fought for the rights of workers everywhere• Wrote many songs kids st...

Forget the grind. We can create sustainable success without exhaustion—in fact, we’re more likely to succeed if we know when to stop working.We’ve been sold a broken version of work-life balance—one that assumes that busyness is the same as productivity and that resting is a weakness. In Take Breaks, Work Better, John Briggs teaches small business owners how to break free from these toxic myths, using a science-backed approach to mastering efficiency. Draw...

The co-author of Looking Glass Universe probes the nature of creativity and reveals the strategies and tactics of some of our greatest creative minds.What makes geniuses different from the rest of us? What is the difference between a prodigy and a genius? Are geniuses born or made? What is creative vision and where does it come from? What are the secrets of talent? And why do great creators seem to have so many oppositions in their personalities?In t...

The works of William Shakespeare vividly represent for our admiration and study a pageant of souls with longing in whose wake we ceaselessly follow. Through some of his most memorable characters, Shakespeare illuminates the nature and character—as well as consequences—of our distinctively human passions and ambition, in particular our desire for and pursuit of both honor and love. The contributors to this collaborative volume (scholars in English Literature, Political Philosophy, and the H...

Forget the grind. We can create sustainable success without exhaustion—in fact, we’re more likely to succeed if we know when to stop working.USA TODAY BESTSELLERWe’ve been sold a broken version of work-life balance—one that assumes that busyness is the same as productivity and that resting is a weakness. In Take Breaks, Work Better, John Briggs teaches small business owners how to break free from these toxic myths, using a...

In the last twenty years, more than five million American workers have lost their jobs in the manufacturing sector in this country. But you and I can put a lot of those Americans back to work by making some very simple changes in how we shop. By making products manufactured by American workers our default choice when we go shopping, we can usher in a renaissance of American manufacturing employment. Simply American tells the story of how our nation’s consumers evolved from buying mostly Am...

Curtains is a dizzying photographic foray into the hidden realities lurking in the folds of puddled curtains that the photographer, John Briggs, found in windows of a central London office building. The photographer puts the curtain folds though simple transformations that result in strange creatures and eerie landscapes that suggest to him that everyday reality might be unreal.World-renowned black and white photographer Paul Caponigro has called the 32 pages of the curtain series ...

The colonies know. And the powder keg is ready to blow.Human colonies have learned a dark secret about the United Planetary Coalition's mortal enemy, the Jaari, and have violently revolted. Joaquin Lafontaine and his fellow "super soldiers," the Avatars, are thrown back into the action. Their mission is to take the fight to their foes and to find a way to quell the raging colonial rebellions before the UPC fractures and falls apart.However, Joaquin must prove himself agains...

"Mary Dyer did hang as a flag..."Mary Dyer was the first woman executed in America for her religious beliefs, but her death started a revolution no one could stop.Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom is the first children's book about this largely forgotten civil rights leader. It tells the true story of her courageous fight for religious freedom against some of the most powerful men in colonial America. Middle-grade readers are encouraged to learn how this humble...