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For fans of The Map of Tiny Pretty Things and Dark. In the follow up to Down World, Marina O’Connell is pulled back into the world of the doors by a mysterious teacher who needs her help to return to his plane, and set his existence right, again.Eighteen months have passed since Marina O’Connell first discovered the doors, and her life changed forever. She’s a senior now. And she’s living in a plane of reality with her stepmom and her dad, while Robbie and her mom are in Oregon. She and her best friend Christy are making plans for college. They’re crushing on Mr. Martel, the new history teacher, young enough to inspire her class to take the subject seriously. But he isn’t who he seems, and when he confronts Marina with the secret they both share, she knows she can’t, or won’t, turn away from the doors that have been calling out to her for months.

Unearth the bones in the thrilling sequel to AK Wilder’s sweeping and romantic fantasy, sure to delight readers with magic and adventure.Ash’s life turns upside down as she and Marcus’s company flee Aku, racing against time to warn their realm of imminent attack. But upon reaching Baiseen, they find they have more to worry about than warships, catapults, and rogue phantoms. As battle rages around them, they are sent on a secret quest to unearth the twelve original whistle bones that will protect their realm from annihilation.When Ash becomes the target of an unseen assassin, Kaylin, the boson’s mate, risks his deepest secret to save her life. The weight of the world tips as the once-heir, a young sailor, and the recorder who loves them both are forced to make choices that may sunder them forever…but maybe, just maybe, save the world.

The First Ever LEGO Ninjago Comic Book Series! Perfect for fans new and old alike, an official new chapter in the LEGO Ninjago universe begins here. Far away from Ninjago City, a village is terrorized by a mysterious new threat when they're saved by a stranger with incredible power known as... Garmadon, Lord of Destruction?! Has Garmadon turned over a new leaf since his disappearance, or is this just the first step in his master plan of finally defeating Master Wu and the ninja forever? The first collaboration between LEGO and Skybound kicks off from rising star writer/artist Tri Vuong (EVERYDAY HERO MACHINE BOY)! Collects LEGO NINJAGO: GARMADON #1-5.

A fascinating journey into the scientific and cultural history of the female butt, for fans of Mary Roach and Leslie Jamison.Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. A woman’s butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out.Spanning nearly two centuries, this vivid cultural history takes us from the performance halls of 19th-century London to the aerobics studios of the 1980s, the music

本世紀最暢銷的教練領導書，銷售突破1,000,000冊！ ★美國國家獨立卓越獎一般商業類書籍★年度國際圖書獎領導與管理類決選書籍★《華爾街日報》暢銷書★亞馬遜商業管理百大暢銷書部屬總是一個口令一個動作，事事需要你親自出馬？為何多了部屬，你的工作反而更多了？突破管理困境，你需要改變帶人方法，教練式領導就是最好的工具！全球第一名教練領導思想領袖　麥可．邦吉．史戴尼爾教你頂尖經理人必學的領導習慣，活用七個關鍵問題，一天10分鐘激發部屬潛力，帶人又帶心。你也是這樣的主管？ 信誓旦旦說一早絕不要查看郵件，結果一大早就發現自己坐在電腦前面，睡眼惺忪地看著螢幕。  想要規律地進行冥想來找到內心的平靜，但卻找不出五分鐘的時間坐下來吸氣與吐氣、吸氣與吐氣。  承諾自己要好好吃個午飯，休息一下，結果發現手離不開鍵盤，鍵盤縫隙裡都是餅乾屑。 全球第一名教練式領導思想領袖麥可•邦吉•史戴尼爾為全球超過10,000名經理人進行培訓，養成實用的領導技巧。他發現，忙碌的主管為求效率與完美，遇到部屬尋求協助時，總是立刻提供答案，不但無法讓部屬成長，還會陷入痛苦的三大惡性循環：1. 部屬過度依賴你，你幫他越多，他們就有越多工作需要你幫忙。2. 工作量大增，你有無止盡的電子郵件和會議要處理。3. 沒有專注在真正重要的工作上，結果表現越來越糟。你需要改變，建立新習慣，而教練式領導就是最好的工具！麥可•邦吉•史戴尼爾從幫助眾多經理人的經驗中，整理出七個幫助部屬成長的關鍵問題，包括：開場問題：在想些什麼呢？魔法問題：還有其他的嗎？焦點問題：對你來說，這裡真正的挑戰是什麼？基礎問題：你想要什麼？偷懶問題：我可以怎麼幫你？策略問題：如果你會對這件事說「好」，那麼你會對什麼說「不」呢？學習問題：對你來說，什麼對你最有幫助？如果你也正為帶人苦惱，你真正該做的，只有兩件事：少給建議，多問問題。現在就改變你的帶人方式，從問對問題開始，做更少的事，產生更大的影響；幫助部屬釋放潛力，引領團隊成長茁壯！【各界推薦】「麥可．邦吉．史戴尼爾在七個核心問題中注入教練本質，如果能精通這些簡單但深奧的技術，你會得到兩種好處：你可以提供員工與同事更有效的支持，而且會發現自己已經成為一個教練！」──丹尼爾．品克（Daniel H. Pink），《未來在等待的銷售人才》、《動機，單純的力量》作者 「教練式領導是一種藝術，而且說比做容易

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions. In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region's geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia. This is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.

Newbery Medalist Tae Keller delivers a middle grade fantasy adventure about three girls who fall into a fairy tale world. Should they stay forever, or find a way to escape?Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she's not the princess type. But when she and her new friends, Savannah and Reese, discover a portal to a fairy tale realm inside the fridge in their school library, Mihi finally gets her shot: She and her friends can learn to be princesses! They just have to make it through a very rigorous training program first . . .But princess training turns out to be more than Mihi bargained for, and the fairy tale world is not the wonderful place she imagined. Soon, Savannah and Reese decide they're ready to go home, and Mihi has to decide where her loyalties lie: With her friends and her future at home, or with her princess dreams?