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Drawing on interviews with Internet researchers from across the globe who work in a wide array of disciplines and online venues, this book takes a rhetorical, interdisciplinary, case-based approach to

This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwi

Travel through the Internet with the characters of the upcoming Walt Disney Animation Studios film Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 in this illustrated choose-your-own-path style middle gra

Are you comfortable with the skin you’re in? If not, you aren’t alone. Most people are dissatisfied with some aspect of their physical appearance, but if your unhappiness with your looks starts to tak

As a psychologist, and after years of study, I wanted to create books from the material I have gathered over the years to make available to the public.My books, beginning with my first book – STRESS,

The Highlights Book of Things to Do Outdoors is the essential book of curiosity, exploration, and the great outdoors. Kids ages seven and up will find answers to countless nature-related questions and hundreds of ways to build, experiment, craft, cook, and help protect the planet. This highly visual, hands-on activity book features tons of outdoor activities for every season. The book covers an impressive variety of topics that kids are curious about--such as plants, animals, geography, and more, with answers to questions provided by Highlights science editors and experts. Kids can also learn how to keep a nature journal, build an outdoor fort, make campfire s'mores, and endless other activities that involve staying active. Table of ContentsHow to Use This BookAmazing AnimalsExplore NatureGetting MessyOutdoor AdventuresSuper ScienceHelping OthersFun and GamesReuse It!Answers

The enigmatic stories in this haunting collection deal with individuals striving to live outside the dominant American culture -- people who do not want to be incorporated, appropriated, or consumed.

Firmly rooted in the modern world, with all the paraphernalia it entails, the poems of this collection are fascinated with life in the digital age and cut away at it with a razor wit while still findi

"This book is like a good tour guide.It doesn't just describe the major attractions; you share in the history, spirit, language, and culture of the place." --Henning Schulzrinne, Professor, Columbia U

Let's make some music! How to Play Guitar in 10 Easy Lessons introduces kids to the exciting world of guitar playing. Author and musician Dan Holden breaks guitar playing down into easy to follow step

This is Chinua Achebe's classic novel, with more than two million copies sold since its first U.S. publication in 1969. Combining a richly African story with the author's keen awareness of the qualiti

What do one thousand things really look like? Let Little Mouse show you in this stunning collection of first words to see and say. Search-and-find Little Mouse on every page and discover new words with every turn of the page. Stylishly laid out, this visual encyclopedia covers everything from space, to the human body, to the world around us, and is full of things to spot and learn along the way.Perfect for parents or guardians to use at home with little ones, this book contains one thousand first concepts: enough to explore, entertain and educate for hours on end. Learning with Little Mouse is fun!

In the sixth novel of the enchanting Rhymes With Love series from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a nobleman falls in love with a beautiful spy he must protect… Lord Rimswell is a m

In the sixth novel of the enchanting Rhymes With Love series from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a nobleman falls in love with a beautiful spy he must protect… Lord Rimswell is a m

Because of the prominence of prophecy in Scripture, many excellent books have appeared dealing with prophetic subjects. Until recently, however, the treatment of prophecy has been either apologetic o

Another masterpiece (BoingBoing),by Theodore Gray,How Things Workexplores the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyday things.Theodore Gray has become a household name among fans, both young and old, of popular science and mechanics with his bestselling trilogy of books: The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions. In How Things Work, he explores the mechanical underpinnings of dozens of types of machines, from the cotton gin to the wristwatch to an industrial loom, and shares his deep, firsthand appreciation and knowledge of the world's most essential mechanical systems. Filled with stunning original photographs by Nick Mann, How Things Work is a musthave exploration of stufflarge and smallfor any builder, maker or lover of mechanical things.

During the course of one year Roger-Pol Droit assigned himself an adventure: to keep a cross-border record of his meetings with unremarkable things: sunglasses, an alarm clock, a chest of drawers, a t

This book is a highly entertaining and insightful compilation of essays dealing with various topics, such as human nature, current affairs, science and religion. Turns of paradox, disregard for conven

An engrossing and suspenseful novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Amy Hatvany about an affluent suburban family whose carefully constructed facade starts to come apart with the unexpected arrival of

From the author of Bleed Like Me, which Booklist called “edgy, dark, and turbulent with passion” comes a “gritty, honest portrayal of the road to recovery” (VOYA) and forbidden romance—starring a fear

With padded covers, simple images, and an amazing range of novelty textures, Baby Touch and Feel books capture the attention of the very youngest children, and create an experience they'll want to re

Hard-hitting YA exploring suicide, mental illness and recovery, from author of The Gone BookSaoirse (18) can't wait to leave school - but just before the Leaving Cert her ex-boyfriend dies by suicide. Everyone blames Saoirse - even Saoirse herself, who cheated on him with his best friend. She is shunned by her schoolmates and suffers unbearable levels of anxiety.Everything becomes too much, and on the night of the school Debs, Saoirse throws herself into the river - and wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. Slowly, painfully, with the support of a friendly hospital cleaner, her old best friend, her kind and hilarious grandmother, and even her irritating sister, Saoirse regains her sense of herself. Eventually she is ready for a new life at University.

'The best books make you see differently. This is one of them. The eye-opening new novel from Jodi Picoult with the biggest of themes: birth, death, and responsibility.''To Kill a Mockingbird for the

Beautiful Broken Things is a moving story of friendship from debut author Sara Barnard, shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and selected as part of Zoella's Book Club. Now with a bold cover look. I wa

'A tense, unflinching, immersive mapping of a pitted track of addiction and recovery . . . I lived every scene as I read, and I know that these characters will be with me for a long time' Donal RyanSo

More than 75 essays—many freshly composed by Mumia with the cartridge of a ball-point pen, the only implement he is allowed in his death-row cell—embody the calm and powerful words of humanity spoken

More than 75 essays—many freshly composed by Mumia with the cartridge of a ball-point pen, the only implement he is allowed in his death-row cell—embody the calm and powerful words of humanity spoken

The highly anticipated new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, who “writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships” (The Boston Globe)

Rich with humour, insight, compassion - and absolute honesty - Tiny Beautiful Things is a balm for everything life throws our way, administered by the author of the New York Times-bestselling memoir,

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner fromJodi Picoult.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”—Booklist (starred review)Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey

A new book from internatioanl bestseller Emma Dodd, with a themes of gratitude and kindness.It's the little things that matter,it's the little things that count,it's not the biggest or the bestor the

A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and involves his two sets of parents (the mom and her second husband, a very thoughtful

Based on the classic Frosty the Snowman TV special from 1969! Toddlers can enjoy the holiday magic of Frosty the Snowman with this sturdy tabbed board book! For more than 45 years, Frosty the Snowman

"All Things Considered" features more than thirty columns that G. K. Chesterton wrote for the London Daily News in the years before World War I. Covering a variety of themes, each is written with the

First 100 Things That Go features fun and essential words and concepts.First 100 Things That Go is a new padded board book in the popular First 100 series. It features all kinds of vehicles!With brigh

David Loogan is leading a new and quietly anonymous life in a new town. But his solitude is broken when he finds himself drawn into a friendship with Tom Kristoll, the melancholy publisher of the crim

Hank Thompson is living off the map in Mexico with a bagful of cash that the Russian mafia wants back and many, many secrets. So when a Russian backpacker shows up in town asking questions, Hank trie

Use the tabs to explore all sorts of busy scenes—from a construction site to an air show—in My First Search and Find: Things That Go! Each spread features a busy, colorful scene with an ea

Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of important tropes—without ever losing sight of the ethical imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as persons.In Persons and Things, Johnson turns deconstruction around to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be taken seriously, and that although a work of art “is formed around something missing,” this “void is its vanishing point, not its essence.” She shows deftly and delicately that the void inside Keats’s urn, Heidegger’s j