Ohhhhh! Yotsuba's back! Today, Yotsuba was drawing Jumbo, okay? That's Daddy's REALLY, REALLY BIG friend. He's real nice and I guess a big baby. But he's too big to draw in Yotsuba's sketchbook! So
For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immacul?e Ilibagiza, a young university stude
Nineteen eighty-nine marked the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid, and the "Beijing Spring" protests in Tiananmen Square. This engaging reader focuses on critical
Christmas is coming and everyone is so excited - except for Grumpy Badger. 'Piffle!' he shouts. I am going to sleep until the spring, and if anyone wakes me I shall be very grumpy! But then Grumpy Bad
America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but
It?s the spring of 1851 and San Francisco is booming. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town
Describes what it is like to be a baseball player, discussing spring training, pitching, hitting home runs, the World Series, meeting fans, doing charity work, endorsing products, and managing a team.
In the spring of 1938, Teodor Mykolayenko returns to his family after a year spent in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. His wife and children have been living under the care of his sister A
This beautiful new journal from popular paper-cut artist Nikki McClure is divided into four sections: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. Each section features an opening list page, where seasonal plans
In the spring of 2007, a brilliant and well-known computer programmer named Hans Reiser stands accused of murdering his beautiful, estranged wife, Nina. Despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence
Presents a simple introduction to the life cycle of a red delicious apple, from the blossoming of a flower bud in the spring through the development and ripening of the fruit to its harvesting in the
Evocative and compelling, rich in imagination and atmosphere, Under This Unbroken Sky is a beautifully wrought debut from a gifted new novelist. Spring 1938. After nearly two years in prison for
Spring: a time of rebirth and celebration. And a time of death ... for April is the cruelest month. When a young archaeologist discovers a set of human remains, the island community is intrigued. Is
Evocative and compelling, rich in imagination and atmosphere, Under This Unbroken Sky is a beautifully wrought debut from a gifted new novelist. Spring 1938. After nearly two years in prison for
For birder Bob White, May in Minnesota means three things: counseling high school students with spring fever, coaching the girls’ tenth grade softball team and finding every warbler species during spr
The SpringSource dm Server? is a completely modular, OSGi-based Java server designed to run enterprise Java applications and Spring-powered applications with a new degree of flexibility and reliabilit
Art meets crafts! This unique kit features step-by-step instructions for jewelry projects inspired by famous works of art, including earrings that capture the soft Spring colors of Botticelli's La Pri
Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? He sends you flowers when what you really want is time to talk. She gives you a hug when what you really need is a home-cooked meal. The problem isn't love-it's your love language. The Love Languages Devotional is your daily guide to how to express heartfelt love to your loved one.
The Bible really is alive! These stories really are true! The characters in God's Word will come alive for you too when you go back to Bible times to discover about the times that they lived in. In th
In this sixth entry of Scarrow’s page-turning Roman historical series, it is spring a.d. 45 and Centurions Macro and Cato are trapped in Rome, waiting for the investigation in their involvement in the
Introduces the Hindu festival of Holi, a joyful holiday celebrating the coming of spring, and describes the history of the holiday and the different ways Holi is celebrated throughout the world.
The poems in this collection are the proverbial spring bulbs abandoned in the basement, growing toward a slim crack of sunlight. They are both aware of the limitations of social structures and forcef
The botany, ecology, and rich lore of Texas wildflowers, in easy-to-locate color groupingsEach spring throughout the celebrated Hill Country and well beyond, locals and visitors revel in the palettes
In the spring of 1933, with a new president in office and a banking crisis narrowly averted, there was optimism in Washington, D.C., even among the baseball fans. The hard-luck Senators, who topped 9
Based on her own research of the effects of qigong to alleviate depression, and using the techniques of Chunyi Lin of the Spring Forest Qigong Center, Gaik, a clinical psychologist in Chicago, offers
“The Dog adopted the Ancsas in the spring of ’48”: so the story begins. The Ancsas are a middle-aged couple living on the outskirts of Budapest in a ruinous Hungary that is just beginning to wake up f
Patrick Dearen went in search of buried treasures, not gold or silver or jewels, but untapped tales worthy of J. Frank Dobie. And he found for Lone Star Lost ten such stories that spring from the bedr
Literary Nonfiction. Spring Ulmer's THE AGE OF VIRTUAL REPRODUCTION disrupts and redefines established patterns of seeing as she looks both at and beyond suffering and slaughter for an ethical way to
How the Other Half Lives occupies a premier place on a small list of American books--along with Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Jungle, Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, and Unsafe at Any Speed--that
In spring 2009 one of the highlights of recent contemporary architecture―the new building for the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection in Munich’s museum complex―will be dedicated. More than seven hun
The ordeal of the refugee ship St. Louis has become a symbol of the world’s indifference to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of the Holocaust. In the spring of 1939, more than nine hu
Flan and her friends have planned the perfect spring break trip to Paris. But before she can even pack her bags, her trip is ruined by rumors that Alex is cheating on her. Ever the savvy traveler, Fla
On a summer night by a small pond, all seems still. But a closer look reveals a world of activity—mayflies dart, beetles dive, frogs spring, skunks shuffle, and owls swoop. As a young girl watches, th
In the spring of 399 BCE, Socrates stood trial in his native Athens. The court was packed, and after being found guilty by his peers, Socrates died by drinking a cup of the poison hemlock, a defin
In the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. Forty-five million called him emperor, and he commanded a nation that was the richest, most cultured, and advanced on earth.
KellyA's spring project: rehabbing an alpaca ranch. But someone has different ideas for keeping her busy, including slashing tires and cracking windshields. Then the House of Lambspun knitting shop i
Published to accompany a major exhibition opening at the National Archives, Washington, DC, in spring 2009 to celebrate its 75th anniversary, this highly illustrated volume features some of the large
Vibrant backgrounds give you a head start on coloring spring blossoms! They're the everyday natural beauties found along America's highways and byways, transformed into lovely stained glass images. As
Fans of Beautiful Disaster will devour Diana Peterfreund’s Ivy League novels—Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has be
