Here Is A Penny, Now Go Find The Fountain of Your Dreams, is meant to be lighthearted, fun, and enlightening. Through collecting my own fortunes and reading others, I have garnered quite a collection of winsome, thought provoking, insightful sayings. The sayings can help you in your own life to uplift your spirit at work, or at home. A simple, yet thoughtful gift for friends and family. Here Is A Penny, Now Go Find The Fountain of Your Dreams will warm your heart and open your mind to a wo...

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, edited by Hugo and Wold Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine, brings you the very best in science fiction and fantasy. Join us as we explore strange new worlds. Original Novella: New Beaches by Daniel Hatch: Power, corruption, and danger rise with the tides. Short Story: Man or Mech by Rebecca McFarland Kyle: Underneath the shiny, indestructible surface is the soul of a man. Novella: Invisible Friends by Steven Sawicki: He’s just an all America...

New York Times-bestselling team Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton invite readers to come hang out with them in their 130-Story Treehouse—the tenth book in the illustrated chapter book series filled with Andy and Terry's signature slapstick humor!Andy and Terry live in a 130-story treehouse. (It used to be a 117-story treehouse, but they added another 13 stories.) It has a soap bubble blaster, a time-wasting level, a 13-story igloo, the GRABINATOR (it can gra...

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys • “Whitehead proves a brilliant sociologist of the poker world.” —The Boston GlobeIn 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch—he’d never played in a casino tournament before. With just six weeks to trai...

Enjoy hours of laughter with hilarious questions for kids that get harder as the book goes on. Who will win the competition for the best answers? Who will outsmart everyone?Laugh and learn with 160+ questions designed to make kids giggle, think, and figure out who's the wittiest (and silliest) of all! Would You Rather? Made You Think! Edition provides endless hours of fun for eight- to twelve-year-olds who love a challenge--and a good laugh.Wou...

Learn to use Setting to quickly anchor the reader into the world of your story.Use Setting as movement through space effectively.Explore Setting in a series.Learn the most common Setting pitfalls.Readers usually remember the plot and characters of a story, but Setting is every bit as important in creating a memorable world. Discover the difference between Ordinary Setting that bogs down your story, and Active Setting that empowers your story -- creating a compe...

Would you rather give people the ability to read your thoughts or see your internet search history? Ditch the same-old, boring couples’ activities—and learn what makes your partner tick—as you consider fun questions like this one. From deciding between two equally questionable choices to debating which impossible scenario you’d rather be stuck in, these Would You Rather questions will keep the conversation flowing, make you laugh hysterically, and strengthen your bond.Use Would...

A "category-defying [and] engaging" collection of short fiction and nonfiction by Phil Klay, George Saunders, Jess Walter, Nora Krug, and more ( Kirkus Reviews).Chosen by Dave Eggers and a freewheeling discussion group of passionate student readers, this edition of the annual anthology includes selections ranging from novelist Mona Simpson's eulogy for her brother Steve Jobs to a piece by prize-winning historian Adam Hochschild first published in the Oc...

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during the first half of their ninth year. Includes stories by Aliette de Bodard, Naomi Kritzer, Ken Liu, Robert Reed, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Catherynne M. Valente, Kij Johnson, Jay Lake, Matthew Kressel, Rich Larson, and many more!

This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From creatively homicidal bioengineering to counter the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder, to a woman who loses a sock at the laundromat and finds she's missing a bit of her soul, these science-fiction gems showcase an award-winning writer's compelling vision of the universe. Computer pioneers, cross-country skiers, and ...

A loving look at toys and games—and the people who make and play them—from the past and present.Albert Einstein once said, “Play is the highest form of research.” Uncle John adds: “And it’s really fun!” And so is this e-book, which includes several classic articles from the Bathroom Reader archives along with a few all-new entries (including an inside look at the Angry Birds phenomenon). So whether you prefer a pair of dice, a deck of cards, a yo-yo, a game control...

Winner of the 2017 Ursa Major Award for Best Non-Fiction Work!Furry fandom is a recent phenomenon, but anthropomorphism is an instinct hard-wired into the human mind: the desire to see animals on a more equal footing with people. It’s existed since the beginning of time in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient gods and tribal rituals. It lives on today—not just in the sports mascots and cartoon characters we see everywhere, but in stage plays, art ga...