The MVP Machine

From the author of the Ballpark Mysteries comes a brand-new sports-themed chapter book series featuring the coolest club around—the Most Valuable Players! Five friends are ready for their sch

Set in a lethal American professional football league seven centuries in the future, The MVP puts huge humans on the field with four alien races, creating a game that is faster, stronger, and deadlier

Superstar Gilbert Marcus rapes and kills a young woman in a hotel room during the off-season. That's the prologue. MVP is Marcus's life story from conception to his act of incredible violence. Raised

“Perfect for fans of Big Nate and Dork Diaries.”—Nerdy Book ClubEveryone’s favorite pitcher Gabby Garcia is back and better than ever in the second installment of this laugh-ou

From the author of the Ballpark Mysteries comes the coolest sports club around—the Most Valuable Players! The MVP club needs to raise money for their basketball tournament. At first, they think sel

Chas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth but wants it to be the best. When he stumbles across the wreckage of a downed German bomber, he finds the ultimate trophy - a wo

From the author of the Ballpark Mysteries comes the coolest sports club around—the Most Valuable Players! The MVP kids can’t wait to play in the big football game. That is, until they catch a gli

From the author of the Ballpark Mysteries comes a brand-new sports-themed chapter book series featuring the coolest club around—the Most Valuable Players! The MVP club wants to save an old fi

Its been five years since Karen Parker killed her father and brother. Not a day has passed that Karen hasn't regretted what she did, and now she has vowed revenge on the man who drove her to it - Colt

Doing homework becomes a thing of the past! Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound

Learn everything there is to know about the basketball master of the 3-point shot from the Golden State Warriors inThe Totally Awesome World of Steph Curry!Are you a basketball superfan? Do you want to dive into the life of one of the greatest players? From the Totally Awesome World series for middle-grade readers, this book covers all the major highlights of Steph Curry’s career on and off the basketball court. Play-by-plays of Curry’s athletic achievements, his masterful entrepreneurship, and extensive philanthropy, plus fun facts, quizzes, and trivia, are accompanied by plenty of graphics and illustrations capturing the life of this iconic athlete.Steph Curry is a beloved basketball player in the NBA; along with being the number #1 top-selling jersey, he is a four-time NBA champion, a multiple-time MVP, winner of multiple ESPY and BET awards, and more. His talent is undeniable—same as his generosity. His positive influence extends beyond the basketball court with his foundation Eat.

A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning. Automation, which promised relief from toil, has reactivated the long-standing fear of job redundancy. Information technology, meant to liberate us from traditional authority, is placing unprecedented powers of surveillance and control in the hands of a purely secular Big Brother.And for the first time, artificial intelligence threatens anthropogenic disaster – disaster caused by our own activities. Scientists join imaginative writers in warning us of the fate of Icarus, whose wings melted because he flew too close to the sun. This book tells the story of our fractured relationship with machines from humanity’s first tools down to the present and into the future.It raises the crucial question of why some parts of the world developed a ‘machine civilisation’ and not others, and traces the interactions between

Learning to spell really can be fun, especially when you have an amazing Spelling Machine, a 2-book series for preschoolers ages 4-6 to learn spelling and start to read. Within each scene there are five objects to find and learn to spell. Flip out your magical spelling machine contained inside the book, dial in the letters of each word and lift the flap to check your answer!※無音檔英文學習遊戲書有了spelling machine的神奇轉盤，拼單字，也可以變得超級有趣！全新包裝，內容再升級知名親子叢書作家廖彩杏推薦：“ Spelling Machine：Make Spelling Fun！”是一本寓教於樂的遊戲書，讓孩子從小小的拼字遊戲，得到樂趣。本套書以「度假」為主題，分6大場景，共收錄30個常用英文單字。在不同場景，小朋友要先動手動眼，找一找不同物件在哪裡？並學會認識這些物件的英文，學會認字後，用前方的轉盤練習拼字。剛開始認字、學習自然發音的小讀者，都能從遊戲中開心學習！ 【玩法說明】1.第一步，先把紅圈順時針轉到「start」處。2.假設今天要讓孩子熟悉crab的拼法，就先大聲念出crab，讓孩子聽聽看，這個單字，是由哪些字母所組成的。3.現在要拼出crab，就把第一個字母c，順時針轉到start處。4.再把第二個字母r，撥到start處，接下來的字母以此類推。5.最後.恭喜，完成了！請孩子打開翻頁機關確認答案，看到「crab」了嗎？ 是不是好像變魔術一樣，好神奇呢？拼字，也可以這麼有趣！

甫出版隨即攻佔《紐約時報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《華爾街日報》、《今日美國》、《出版者週刊》各大暢銷榜亞馬遜網路書店編輯選書2021年年度體育媒體作家──米琳‧費德的驚人之作從路邊攤小販到NBA總決賽MVPNBA下一個世代的天選之人──「字母哥」揚尼斯一段不可思議的求生與求勝故事從希臘雅典的貧困環境到美國密爾瓦基公鹿隊的超級明星，身為NBA新一代的籃球代表人物，「字母哥」揚尼斯·阿德托昆波克服了深不可測的障礙，更成為全世界人民希望的象徵、美國夢的化身，但他是如何走到現在的地位？經歷了多少的苦難？這些隱藏在他深邃眼眸後的故事，如今將第一次呈現在大家的面前。由於戰亂與貧窮，他的父母從奈及利亞逃往希臘，原本寄望在希臘能夠順利求生，卻萬想不到希臘經濟重創，為了求得溫飽，他每日都與母親上街販賣小飾品，從未想過自己有一天能夠站上籃球的最高殿堂。一次機緣，他被當地的籃球教練看上，力邀他去希臘的次級聯盟打球，成了他逆轉人生的起點，他捱著餓努力練習，為的是讓他的家人與兄弟能夠不再為了下一餐煩惱，並憑著優異的天賦在希臘籃壇成為耀眼之星，但外來移民的身分卻使他得不到希臘人的認同，即使他在希臘出生長大、說著希臘的語言、學習希臘的文化，卻依舊得不到公民的身分，得到更多的，反而是歧視。然而他從未絕望，因為他知道，他的家人都需要他，為了家人，他可以拚盡一切。或許是揚尼斯的痛苦、掙扎，與永不放棄的堅定意志，讓他成為了眾人矚目的焦點，也成為眾多NBA球隊鎖定的對象，更因此得到了圓夢的機會，但他未曾自滿或因此改變，他曾說：「八年前我來到美國，當時我窮到都不知道下一餐在哪裡。我媽過去在街頭當小販，現在我卻在籃球界最頂端，我真的覺得自己很幸運。」揚尼斯的經歷，並不只是一個「倖存者的故事」，更能讓我們看見在憤怒、歧視與看似絕望的未來之下，如何保持信念而不迷失自我的可能。隨著他身處希臘時面對的貧苦與微小的希望；他在職業生涯早期適應美國和NBA時感到的孤獨和孤立；他在處理黑人和希臘人身份時的複雜性；他如何對自己和自己的缺點如此苛刻；以及他感到有責任成為他的弟弟們的培養榜樣的背後原因，都將使我們對這位走過幽谷、翻轉人生逆境的偉大球星，有更多深刻且動人的了解。

Popcorn is, quite simply, the FRIENDLIEST chicken at Fiddlestick’s Farm! When she finds a Fabulous Friend Machine in the barn, she sets about making some brand new friends. But behind the screen of th

In the tradition of Michio Kaku’s The Future of the Mind, acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain answers the universal question of how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient mach

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Presents the life and accomplishments of the basketball player, from his childhood and early career to his performance with the Golden State Warriors and his philanthropic works.

"Examining the most controversial ballots, this book attempts to settle some arguments and answer some compelling questions: Which of the so-called "worst MVPs" holds up to modern statistical analysis

“I’ve been second my whole life. I was the second best player in high school. I was the second pick in the draft. I’ve been second in MVP voting three times. I came second in the Finals. I’m tired of

Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback in the NFL, one of the faces of the league and already a Packers legend, but his journey to the top was far from easy. Under-recruited out of high school in Chico