Fireproof Moth

When convinced the secret police were going to arrange an "accident" to kill his friend, missionary Milo Thornberry decided he had no choice but to help well-known human rights leader Peng Ming-min es

"This is a story of light and dark."Against a lush backdrop of lichen-covered trees, the peppered moth lies hidden. Until the world begins to change ...A clever picture book text about the extraordina

A first science book that introduce young readers to core science concepts through fresh, graphic illustrations, engaging stories, and supplemental activity suggestions.As Oscar the kitten watches the sun set one evening, he has lots of questions about light and dark. Who better than Moth to help out? Moth shows how sources of light are as different as the sun, stars, fireflies, streetlights, and airplanes, and also explains how shadows are made and why darkness comes at night. Includes lesson summaries!

A beautiful and sensitive exploration of grief, loss and hope from Karl James Mountford, in his much-awaited author-illustrator debut. One day, Fox is drawn to something in the forest - it's something small, something silent, perhaps forgotten. It's a bird, as still as can be.Fox is confused, upset and angry - is the bird broken? But then a little moth comes along. Kind and wise and comforting, Moth shares a gentle philosophy: the story of the circles in the sky. Told with huge sensitivity and style, this story of grief and hope feels like a folk tale for modern times.

In this fun kids edition play bingo with a gorgeous blue bird-of-paradise, a three-banded armadillo and even the poisonous automeris moth caterpillar. Discover these and many other fascinating and bea

When computer programming pioneer Admiral Grace Hopper discovered a moth causing problems in a mechanical computer, the term debugging was born. This book explores how fixing programming and hardware

In 2024 explore a magical illustrated new world for children aged 7-9 from the best-selling creator of Amelia Fang!A magical illustrated new young fiction series for children aged 7-9 from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson!Meet Marnie Midnight – a little moth with BIG dreams!Marnie Midnight is SO excited to be starting at Minibeast Academy. She adores everything about the moon and she can’t wait to learn about its magic. But Marnie soon discovers that nobody believes in moon magic anymore!Marnie is determined to get to the bottom of this moon mystery. The little moth and her minibeast friends explore far and wide in their search for the truth. But will they survive a run-in with a rebellious rat or an out-of-this-world trip with the terrifying Early Bird . . . ? One thing is for sure, Marnie is a little bug having a BIG Adventure!

Who doesn’t love a butterfly? Set a little one’s heart aflutter with this exploration of the beautiful creatures, led by everyone’s favorite mouse.Join Maisy as she learns all about gorgeous butterflies! This fifth book in the Maisy’s Planet series introduces children to both butterflies and moths, as it investigates everything from caterpillars to cocoons to the insects in flight. Find out about patterns, color, and camouflage, and open out the final scene to marvel at Maisy’s butterfly- and moth-friendly garden!

From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Yuval Zommer, comes a charming minibeast Cinderella story. Crawling through the garden, the little Woolly Bear Caterpillar wonders what kind of moth she will become. Bonny and bright, stunning and smart, but not kind, the other caterpillars laugh at the small, plain Woolly Bear.There is one thing that they are sure of: Woolly Bear could never be as dramatic and beautiful as them! But could one little caterpillar be about to undergo a truly terrific transformation?Brilliantly written and stunningly illustrated this engaging picture book comes complete with a non-fiction mini book about caterpillars and moths written by a nature specialist.

From the author and illustrator behind the acclaimed Moth, a scientific look at the circle of life.In the frost-covered forest of early spring, fox is on a mission to find food for her three cubs. As they grow, she teaches them how to survive in the wild. Until one day, fox dies. Her body goes back to earth and grass and air, nourishing the world around her and bringing the forest to life. Death is not just an end, it's also a beginning.With gorgeous illustrations and lyrical, kid-friendly text, Fox: A Circle of Life Story answers the big scientific question: What happens when animals die?

Sasha has returned to the forest to raise her kits, Moth, Hawk, and Tadpole, but Tigerstar still haunts her dreams. She thinks she's a safe distance from ShadowClan's prying eyes, but Sasha fears that Tigerstar will soon discover the existence of his kits. As leaf-bare stretches on and Sasha finds it harder to feed her family, she wonders if her kits might be better off as warriors, with a Clan to protect and train them. But where does Sasha belong?

★ 原文書暢銷逾500萬冊！★ 紐約時報暢銷排行榜第一名（#1 New York Times Bestseller）！★ 福音基督教出版協會暢銷排行榜第一名（#1 ECPA Bestseller）！★ 基督教書商協會暢銷排行榜第一名（#1 CBA Bestseller）！★ 本書源於電影《搶救愛情40天》（Fireproof）。★ 榮獲福音基督教出版協會白金獎！在浪漫的婚禮上，無條件的愛總是被熱切地承諾，但它卻鮮少在現實生活中被實踐出來。在婚姻生活中，繁瑣的事務取代了浪漫的氛圍，長期相處的摩擦扼殺了夫妻之間的愛意，是否愛情終究會在婚姻中走向墳墓？事實上，真正的愛需要學習！本書挑戰夫妻以40天的歷程來學習真愛。書中以聖經的真理為基礎，每天一個學習主題，引導夫妻檢視彼此的關係，挑整自己的心態，並化為每天實際的行動。本書將幫助夫妻雙方找到真正甜美而親密的愛，建立鞏固的婚姻。無論你的婚姻正處於氣若游絲的狀態，抑或仍在新婚充滿浪漫甜蜜的光景，本書的課題都是你必須學習的歷程！勇敢去愛～凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐，愛是永不止息。

When Daru Shezad is fired from his banking job in Lahore, he begins a decline that plummets the length of this sharply drawn, subversive tale. Before long, he can't pay his bills, and he loses his toe

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Prepare to meet your next obsession." -- Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo. Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilis

Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Russian by Christopher Mattison. A FIREPROOF BOX is the first English-language translation collection of poems important young Russian poet, novelist, an

⊰ 一種隱約的不安感，來自擋風玻璃上總是乾乾淨淨、不再有破碎的蟲翅 外面的路燈也不再常有成群飛蟲圍繞…… ⊱――寂靜的春天21世紀昆蟲版‧令人震撼的全球昆蟲調查紀實――★ A New Scientist Book of the Year《新科學家》年度圖書★ Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing溫萊特保育寫作獎提名◎澳洲首都坎培拉國會大廈周圍的蜜蜂為何像醉酒般搖搖晃晃，倒地死亡？◎墨西哥中部的帝王蝶為何在全球暖化下被凍死？ ◎沒有昆蟲，我們就沒有巧克力可以吃？◎昆蟲會幫人類擊退下一場大流行病？Novavax新冠疫苗是由秋行軍蟲（Fall armyworm moth）修改過的細胞開發而成的？一本令人震撼的紀實。挺過四億多年演化、占地球物種四分之三的昆蟲，是人類生命的關鍵支柱，如今正以驚人的速度消失中，部分地區減幅更高達80%。牠們正面臨最嚴重的生存危機。昆蟲種群的悄然崩潰，深刻影響了天空的鳥、我們餐桌上的食物，以及全世界的一切生物。「沒有昆蟲，就沒有巧克力。」許多農業生產都靠昆蟲纖細的肩膀一肩挑起，沒有昆蟲，地球上大部分生命也會跟著消失。作者米爾曼透過遍及全球的野外踏查與訪談，隨眾多科學家、昆蟲學家、農民、養蜂人、原住民和保育工作者，一起追蹤各地昆蟲族群究竟過著怎樣的生活、親臨被忽視的災難現場，包括墨西哥山脈帝王蝶的驚人遷徙、棲地急遽縮減；英格蘭翠綠的鄉村，如今幾已無昆蟲蹤影；美國廣袤的農田，卻成為蜜蜂的墳場等。是什麼導致昆蟲世界崩潰？人類如何高度依賴昆蟲？該如何阻止這個支撐我們的微型帝國消失？昆蟲危機的後果，甚至可能與氣候變遷不相上下？本書最精彩的部分，是聚焦在某些特定物種生態，並挖掘其背後糾葛複雜的社會文化經濟網絡。例如墨西哥帝王蝶為何在全球暖化下被凍死？與歐亞梅爾冷杉有什麼關係？保護區的導遊謀殺案，僅是一則生態訃聞？或是一場深陷經濟算計、利益衝突與氣候暖化的複雜博弈？美國中央谷地為何有蜜蜂竊盜偵探警官？然而這一切並非完全悲觀。只要給昆蟲機會，牠們就會想辦法恢復。作者提出一種溫柔的抵抗來減緩危機――「少做的力量」（The Inaction Plan）：打破人類自己偏好的方式，少維護草坪，少用殺蟲劑和除草劑，在自家就可進行保護。在這個生物多樣性無比破碎的時代，本書沒有末日般的咆哮，

Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2013, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "A Mo

Feeling quite ordinary, a plain gray moth sadly compares itself to its more exotic kin, such as the Luna Moth, the Spider Moth, and the Hummingbird Moth. And the little moth feels even worse when a yo

Everyone knows that the two greatest thieves in the city are the Moth and the Whisper. Very few know that the Moth and the Whisper disappeared six months ago. And what nobody knows is that the new Mot

Fireproof Love is a memoir by Gabriel and Precious Alvarado. They share a profound narrative of surviving the heart-wrenching experience of an industrial accident and how it changed their lives. The s

Powerful and visually spectacular, Moth is the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of animal survival against the background of an evolving human world in a unique and atmospheric in

In this lively and engaging collection, Jane Springer gives us playful poems examining serious subjects. The poems in Moth move through the natural world and through time, in shaped poems, prose poems

"The Gypsy Moth Summer plunges the reader into a hazy, hot daydream of hidden truth, scandal, and racial prejudice." - Jodi Picoult, author of Small Great ThingsIt is the summer of 1992 and a gypsy mo

From CWA Diamond Dagger winner Ann Cleeves comes The Moth Catcher, the seventh installment in the Vera Stanhope series.Life seems perfect in the quiet community of Valley Farm. Then a shocking discove

They called them the Moth Girls because they were attracted to the house. They were drawn to it. Or at least that is what is written in the newspapers that Mandy reads about her two best friends and t

The Moth Wing Diaries is a photographic narrative addressing themes of memory, providence, revival and dreams, by native Texan photographer Lori Vrba. Vrba's surreal landscapes and portraiture are dee

Stuart McKay, MBE, writes an extensive history of one of the most recognizable aircraft, the De Havilland Tiger Moth.

While researching a resilient moth, Karolina spends her evening playing snooker and drinking whisky, and her nights plagued by erotic dreams. As political, spiritual, and sexual tensions in the small

"In the tradition of book anthologies created from public radio programs such as StoryCorps and This I Believe, THE MOTH collects the best storytelling moments--most in print here for the very first t

?Ghost Moth is an impressive debut by a writer who is not afraid to address the so-called ordinary lives of real human beings. We shall be hearing a great deal more from Michele Forbes.” ?JOHN BANVILL

A classic science fiction tale finds new life in this graphic novel adaptation. A fascinating blend of murder mystery and high-concept science fiction, The Moon Moth has long been hailed as one of Jac

The third book in the New York Times bestselling series about the hilarious adventures of a cheeky, loveable hero.Beware the Mutant Moth! Monster movie of the century The Mutant Moth that Ate Toledo i

Young Tiger Moth, a ninja-in-training, and his best friend, pillbug Kung Pow, work for truth and justice while still hoping to finish the fourth grade.

Fourth grader and insect ninja Tiger Moth must figure out who stole a valuable painting that was being used as a prop in the school play.

In The Great Gypsy Moth War, Robert J. Spear presents the untold story behind the importation and release of the gypsy moth in North America and the astonishing series of coincidences that brought the

A dangerously romantic Scarlet Pimpernel-inspired fantasy with post-revolution witches from acclaimed author Kristen Ciccarelli.On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe - a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution - who she can't help but find herself falling for.Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade w

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATUREA debut YA novel-in-verse by Amber McBride, Me (Moth) is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family, and a teen boy who crosses her path.Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones.Moth and Sani take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors. The way each moves forward is surprising, powerful, and unforgettable.Here is an exquisite and uplifting novel about identity, first love, and the ways that our memories and our roots steer us through the universe.

The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The MothOver the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walks of life—including astronauts, hairdressers, rock stars, a retired pickpocket, high school students, and Nobel Prize winners—to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted listeners on The Moth’s Peabody Award–winning radio hour and podcast. A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people around the globe to share their stories each year. Now, with How to Tell a Story, The Moth will help you learn how to uncover and craft your own unique stories, like Moth storytellers Mike Birbiglia, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Adam Gopnik, Padma Lakshmi, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Hasan Minhaj, Tig Notaro, Boots Riley, Krista Tippett, John Turturro, and more. Whether your goal is to make it to the Mot

From storytelling phenomenon The Moth, a new collection of unforgettable true stories about finding the courage to face the impossible, drawn from the very best ever told on their stagesCarefully sele

Molly the moth lives in the back of an old wardrobe. She loves her home and her family but she yearns for adventure. So by day she helps her mother look after the larvae, and by night she prepares for