The author of "Tripping to Somewhere" delivers his second novel of urban fantasy. During his senior year, smart, athletic Daniel makes a mistake. Guilt overwhelms him and he quickly falls in with a group of outcasts. Misty, the groups leader, lets Daniel in on a secret: theyve learned to shapeshift.
First published in 1953, the original English version of the book was reprinted 13 times without a word being changed and in translation it has become the standard work on the subject in the Spanish Czech, Polish and Russian languages. In 1968 the original text was reprinted as it stood, as it was felt that any attempt to revise or reinterpret it ...
The premier first chapter book series, First Stepping Stone Books fills the gap between Step Into Reading and Stepping Stone Books. With a low reading level and outstanding authors, it's little wonder that the reviewers are raving over the series.
Half Neil Gaiman, and Jack Kerouac, this engrossing novel by an electrifying new voice in teen fiction explores what happens when two high-school misfits embark on a psychedelic road trip in search of the mythic Witches' Carnival. Original.
Suleiman the Magnificent, the most extraordinary of all Ottoman sultans, led his army as far as the gates of Vienna, made himself master of the Mediterranean, and established his court in Baghdad. He regarded it as his duty to extend the boundaries of Islam farther and farther, and the Christian world could not agree to unite against him: Charles ...
The story of Europe and its great cities is inextricably bound up with the story of the Jews. Places and dates have a particular significance - in Paris, the Memorial for the (mainly Jewish) Deported of the Second World War, and the site of the old Jewish ghetto, established in the Middle Ages, bear witness to the history of the Jews, as does the ...
Summary of HUNGER: Martina Newberry's most recent book, HUNGER, is daring, complex, and, at the same time, accessible. Found here is dreaming, abstraction, grief, joy, sexuality, guilt, chagrin, anger, and humor. Newberry's voice haunts us with her (and our) perplexity in living in a world that strives for goodness, but is slaked by ...
The phase structure of particle physics shows up in matter at extremely high densities and/or temperatures as they were reached in the early universe, shortly after the big bang, or in heavy-ion collisions, as they are performed nowadays in laboratory experiments. In contrast to phase transitions of condensed matter physics, the underlying ...
Focusing on space, this is one of a series for children which is based on the BBC TV programme, "Tomorrow's World". Each title sets out to explain, in simple terms, a complex issue behind the world of science and technology, and to examine how changes are likely to affect our lives.
This enhanced version of the seminal text on editing includes a new foreword, a new afterword, and a revamped cover and layout. It is the single most comprehensive and engaging volume on film editing. Reisz and Millar introduce readers to every aspect of the editor's craft, providing a concise history of editing and describing editing style as it ...
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