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The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book about Animal Habitats
by Patricia RelfWanda's best friend, Bella the bullfrog, is missing! The class wants to help look for her, so they travel to a swamp.
The Oil Jar and Other Stories
by Stanley Applebaum Luigi Pirandello11 short stories from the Nobel Prize winning Italian author
The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society
by Norval Morris David J. RothmanThe history of prisons is marked with extraordinary changes. Before the 18th century, prison was not the essential part of punishment.
The Struggle for Democracy
by Edward Greenberg Benjamin PageTextbook on the US government, politics, and democracy.
The Tooth Fairy
by Duane Douglas HoustonA tale of the origin of the tooth fairy and why children put their teeth under their pillows at night in exchange for money.
The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey
by Rosemary SutcliffThe award-winning sequel to Black Ships before Troy includes a map of Odysseus' incredible journey and a pronunciation guide. "Sutcliff's rich, gutsy and often terrifying retelling of The Odyssey is brilliantly matched by the strength of Alan Lee's sinuous drawing." -Guardian.
Theoretical Archaeology
by K. R. DarkAn introduction to the central concepts of archaeological theory and its competing schools of thought, including processual, post-processual, culture-historical, and Marxist viewpoints.
Thunder Cave
by Roland SmithDetermined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, 14-year-old Jacob Lansa travels to Africa alone in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya.
Un Largo Atardecer
by Sandra BrownPerseguidos por sus respectivos recuerdos, Lydia y Ross se dirigen a Texas en una caravana. El destino ha elegido una peculiar manera de unirlos.
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High (Abridged Young Readers Edition)
by Melba Pattillo BealsOriginally published more than a decade ago, this searing account of the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock--an ALA Nonfiction Book of the Year--is written by one of the black teenagers chosen to become warriors on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement.
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats
by Ann EarleBats fly into the spotlight in this exploration of such basics as where the live, how mothers raise their pups, and how they hunt for food. Included as well is a simple plan for a building a backyard bat house. 1995 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) Best Children's Science Books 1995 (Science Books and Films)
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea: Stories
by Ursula K. Le Guin8 short stories from the acclaimed science fiction writer
A Question of Color
by Sara Smith-BeattieIn 1875, the North Carolina constitution prohibited interracial marriage, punishable by imprisonment and confiscation of all property. John Morgan was white. Susan was of Indian and black heritage. They lived together as husband and wife during a time when this law was strictly enforced. Faced with persecution, viewed with disgust, all their victories and defeats, every hope and every tear, were merely a question of color.
Ammachi: A Biography of Mata Amritanandamayi
by AmritaswarupanandaBiography of the famous Indian spiritual leader.
Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control
by Ron Potter-EfronLearn to identify the causes of anger, stop making excuses for anger, avoid violence and blaming, deal with old resentments, and stay calm for 24 hours.
Beware the Shopping Mall (Bone Chillers #1)
by Betsy HaynesWeird stories are circulating about Wonderland Mall, that it's built on a swamp, some kids disappeared there, and it's haunted! But Robin and her friends go to Wonderland Mall anyway to look for sales or bargains. Too bad something's looking for them--something that lives at the mall.
Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories
by Nichelle NicholsAutobiography of the woman who played Uhura, the communications officer of the Starship Enterprise, on the original Star Trek series
Blessing in Disguise
by Eileen GoudgeEileen Goudge challenges our most cherished illusions about which truths are sacred ... and which are not. At its core, Blessing in Disguise is a story of redemption and reconciliation, one that will speak to every woman who has loved and lost . . . and is finding the courage to love again. Meet three remarkable women, each at a crossroads in her life, who must struggle with her conscience and ith the passionate heart ache of second- around love: race Truscott is the daughter who re- her father's shocking secret... only to disjr that she has opened a Pandora's box even ic could not have anticipated. In her biography of her father, a famous civil-rights senator, she raises questions about a disturbing death from the past. Was her father guilty of killing Ned Emory, the husband of his black secretary? Only one other person knows what really happened- and she won't talk. . . . Nola Emory, the secretary's daughter, was a witness to the killing . .. but is guarding a dark secret of her own. An architect on the brink of a brilliant career, she is anonymously designing a memorial to the dead senator, one that Truscott's widow can never know she created.. .. Cordelia Truscott has devoted years to her dream of building the Eugene Truscott Memorial Library. But will her efforts turn to dust when the scandal she's kept under wraps is unleashed? A Southern lady to the core, she must look for answers, not in the hide bound traditions of her childhood, but in the future-and in the rare beauty of her lush Georgia garden, where a man whose passion she never expected is waiting for her. . . . While Grace wrestles with her own past, she is caught up in the romance and heartbreak of a new love and a modern-age struggle to meld his children and hers into a new family. With Blessing in Disguise, Eileen Goudge transcends her previous bestsellers Garden of Lies and Such Devoted Sisters with this refreshingly realistic and moving tale of a family torn by conflict and bound by a love that is put to the ultimate test. EILEEN GOUDGE is the author of the international bestsellers Garden of Lies and Such Devoted Sisters. She lives with her husband, the agent Al Zuckerman, in New York City.
Borderliners
by Peter Høeg Barbara HavelandSet in the world of an elite private school in Copenhagen in the 1970s, Peter, the narrator, has grown up in institutions and is given a last chance to join "normal society" when he is accepted at Biehl's Academy. He is drawn to the school's outsiders: Katarina and August. Together they discover that the school is using them in an experiment in controlling children, an experiment that has tragic consequences.
Christian Caregiving - A Way of Life, Leader's Guide
by Kenneth C. Haugk William J. MckayThis leader's guide makes it easy to build community and train church members in distinctively Christian caring and relating skills.
Con Mi Hermano / With My Brother
by Eileen RoePlaying catch together in the sunny park, putting colorful jigsaw puzzles together, and reading stories before bedtime--two brothers share all this and more. Soon, the younger boy will be going to school on the big yellow bus and playing baseball in the park on Saturdays like his older brother, but for now he dreams of these things and enjoys every moment they can spend together.
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States
by Lori M. CarlsonPoemas en Inglés y Español.
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
by Gerald McdermottCoyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.
Cross-Functional Teams: Working with Allies, Enemies, and Other Strangers
by Glenn M. ParkerA practical guide to fluid and productive collaborations, with concrete advice to team members, team leaders, and senior management.
Day of the Dinosaur (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #128)
by Franklin W. DixonA new museum is under construction outside Bayport, and it's like no museum Frank and Joe have ever seen. Its theme is prehistory, and its #1 attraction is sure to be the dinosaur park. But when the boys sign on to help prepare for opening day, they make a startling discovery: Not only are the dinosaurs incredibly lifelike .. they are potentially lethal!