Our story revolves around Mrs. Hook's typical fourth-grade class and their class pets, Tiger and Lily, who are not ordinary goldfish. In fact, their personalities are almost too big for their fishbowl! Amid goldfish daydreams, Halloween festivities, and everyday learning, the class prepares to welcome a new student into their close-knit group. Mrs. Hook; her assistant, Mr. Lyne; and Principal Sinka are concerned that the class will not accept the new student and his quirkiness. In addition...

Monster Box contains eight tales of darkness. Sensual, violent, and oddly poetic, the stories in Michael Donovan Horn's collection are twisted treasures. From psychological suspense to grotesque body horror, the terror never ends. In "She's a Dracula," a serial killer falls under the spell of a beautiful jazz singer...who may be more than she seems. "Safe Word" deals with a session of BDSM between two women that turns into a deadly war of wills. "Broken Wand" sees a magician's trick go hor...

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore these endings and what they mean to the audience, ...

While grasslands face a number of challenges, such as land-use competition and the impact of climate change, there is a growing recognition of the critical role they play in supporting the transition to more resilient, sustainable and circular agricultural systems.Advances in temperate grassland science and management reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges and opportunities. The book highlights the potential of grasslands to deliver multiple benefits to...

A comprehensive review of both the causes of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and the range of ways these emissions can be reducedParticularly strong focus on the range of nutritional strategies, from forage and silage to feed supplements such as plant bioactive compounds and direct-fed microbials as well as inhibitors and vaccinesCovers other approaches such as genetics and selection, improved husbandry as well as manure management

The Allied leaders decided to conduct the cross-channel invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe in the first half of 1944 during the Tehran Conference held in November 1943. To support this invasion they also decided to implement a comprehensive deception campaign given the cover name BODYGUARD. The goal of BODYGUARD was to deceive Hitler and his senior military commanders about the location and timing of Allied offensive actions. Under the BODYGUARD umbrella, operation FORTITUDE was specific...

A killer is stalking the dark streets of Dublin. Before each attack, he makes the sign of the cross; then he sends his victims to God. After a foreign politician's daughter is brutally assaulted and left for dead, her body branded with burns from a blazing cross, the case falls to Detective Inspector Mike Mulcahy. Mulcahy is one tough cop, but this crime is beyond comprehension - and the Priest is a nemesis more evil and elusive than any Mulcahy has ever faced. As media frenzy erupts and t...

An addictively readable debut romantic comedy, drama, and mystery rolled into one, about two very different strangers whose lives become intertwined when they receive an unusual proposition. This is a funny, tender, and enchanting story about love, attraction, and friendship: Jane Austen in Los Angeles.A struggling Hollywood producer, Richard Baumbach is twenty-nine, hung-over, and broke. Ridiculously handsome with an innate charm and an air of invincibility, he still believes good...

Karl and Carolina love to learn. This week, they want to learn about dinosaurs. Karl has lots of questions about books, and Carolina knows just how to answer them. Join Karl and Carolina as they explore the parts of a book.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major Romantic poets, and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English language. This is the fourth volume of the five-volume The Poems of Shelley, which presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of composition are provided for each poem and all manuscript and printed sources relevant to establishing an authoritative text are freshl...

Gen. George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781. In George Washington at “Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry,” author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities. In July, he moved a large contingent of the Continental army to the east bank of the Hudson River near the eastern terminus of Dobbs Ferry. There, on a large expanse known as Philipsburg, he established a joint encampment with ...

Playwright Kenneth Lonergan has made a career of creating characters whose considerable flaws often get in the way of their good intentions. In Lobby Hero, two menial security guards are embroiled in an unexpected family fiasco… and the local beat police are divided by their own romantic and political allegiances.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Tate Donovan as BillCedric Sanders as WilliamEmily Swallow as DawnMichael Weston as Jeff