The Humor Code

The first Mutts collection in the AMP! Comics for Kids series!The beloved characters in Mutts have a special appeal to kids. The warm humor and friendship between unlikely characters create a special

Get captivated in the discovery of hidden family secrets, loyalty and sinister plots threaded with southern style humor. "Fix a glass of sweet tea, sit back and savor this tale - An exciting mixture

For over half a century, David Ignatow has crafted spare, plain, haunting poetry pf working life, urban images, and dark humor. The poetic heir of Whitman and William Carlos Williams, Ignatow is char

This "completely off-the-wall" new trilogy from the author of A HOUSE CALLED AWFUL END is "steeped in black humor" and "destined to win the hearts and minds of eager young readers" (The Scotsman).In t

Bringing the wit, humor and magic of Beatrix Potter's original world to a whole new generation of children, the Peter Rabbit TV tie-in program follows brave, mischievous Peter and his two friends--loy

The Secret Cipher is the sequel to The Secret Box, a rollicking adventure full of family rivalry, magic, questing, and laugh-out-loud humor that's perfect for fans of Dan Gutman, Wendy Mass, and Trent

Charlie's homework was to explore the people and places in his community. "What is my community?" he asked his mother. So they took a walk to find out. With the bounce and humor that have characterize

A heartfelt story told with affection and humor about a shy boy who doesn't quite fit in and his elderly Aunt Lola 10-year-old Stephen has never met his great aunt Lola, and he doesn't want to. She

TWO STARRED REVIEWS!"Offering a mixture of suspense, mystery, tragedy and humor, Pla's story captures both the literal and figurative meanings of journey." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Pla gives us a memorable hero in this lyrical and funny book.” —Shelf Awareness (starred review)The Someday Birds is a debut middle grade novel perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, filled with humor, heart, and chicken nuggets.Charlie’s perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan. When his father heads from California to Virginia for medical treatment, Charlie reluctantly travels cross-country with his boy-crazy sister, unruly brothers, and a mysterious new family friend. He decides that if he can spot all the birds that he and his father were hoping to see someday along the way, then everything might just turn out okay.Debut author Sally J. Pla has written a tale that is equal parts madcap road trip, coming-of-

The intergalactic game show is live. And your cat is definitely in on it. From mega-bestselling author Aaron Blabey, creator of The Bad Guys, buckle up for an insane, laugh-out-loud new series!'I raced home from school to read this story' – Oliver, age 8'It's full of plot twists and suspense.Best book ever!!' – Aiden, age 10'This is the first book our child has ever actually WANTED to read' – Joe's parentsWhat if life on earth was an intergalactic game show, and our pets were the evil animal overlords?Meet Griff, an eleven-year-old kid with innumerable allergies who's just been told he's the only one who can save the world. The trouble is, this prophecy comes with a warning: 'Watch your back, man . .. your PETS are not what they seem . ..'Featuring a talking axolotl, a diabolical game show, and trademark Blabey humor, Game of Pets is a hilarious illustrated adventure that will have you looking at your pets with heavy suspicion!

What does a motorcycle gang called The Blood Angels, a band of corporate mercenaries going by the code name The Liquidators, and a group of hackers, simply known as God Mode all have in common? One th

家長最Fun心的首選玩伴「世界經典童話系列-影音動畫書」，帶領大朋友小朋友一同進入閱讀的異想世界，結合最新科技─「QR code影音技術」，讓孩子身歷其境，感受童話世界的神奇魔法！ 跳脫平面思維，搭配影音動畫，活潑有趣好玩。 中英雙語影音故事，搭配中英繪本內附注音，適合各個年齡層，輕鬆閱讀，容易學習。 繪本結合QR code影音，行動學習帶著走。 中英雙語影音動畫，可無限重複撥放，語言學習

Join Splat the Cat in New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton’s Splat the Cat: The Big Helper. When Splat’s parents give him a list of chores to do, Splat worries that they will take forever! But when Splat puts his mind to it, helping out becomes more fun than a pirate adventure.Full of imaginative surprises and classic Splat humor, this 8x8 storybook is perfect for fans of the Splat the Cat picture book series.

Lit with humor, full of African birdsong and told with great narrative force, No Mercy is the magnum opus of "probably the finest writer of travel books in the English language,"??as Bill Bryson wrote

The Turing Test is part of the vocabulary of popular culture -- it has appeared in works ranging from the Broadway play "Breaking the Code" to the comic strip "Robotman." The writings collected by Stu

Regardless of culture, most adult humans report experiencing similar feelings such as anger, fear, humor, and joy. Such subjective emotional states, however, are not universal. Members of some culture

Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to deal with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue violence, toilet humor, religious disrespect, and all f

In Sullivan's Crossing, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a place where good people, powerful emotions, great humor and a healthy dose of common sense are the key ingredients

Sparks fly when Ray Blackson returns with his trademark quirky sense of humor. Golf, politics, and romance collide in PAR FOR THE COURSE as golf range owner Chris Hackett meets an attractive political

The Last Dragon is a legendary cult classic from the 1980s, filled with action, humor, and an iconic soundtrack. But when the movie ends, the true story of its unforgettable hero begins... Taimak was

The second volume in the collection of short stories by Sean Dietrich, writer, humorist, and novelist, known for his commentary on life in the American South. His humor and short fiction appear in var

Bringing the wit, humor and magic of Beatrix Potter's original world to a whole new generation of children, the Peter Rabbit TV tie-in program follows brave, mischievous Peter and his two friends--loy

The first volume of a collection of short stories by Sean Dietrich, a writer, humorist, and novelist, known for his commentary on life in the American South. His humor and short fiction appear in vari

“[Fortune Favors the Dead has] razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own.”—

A moving debut novel about a foster child learning to open her heart to a family's loveCarley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster

In Love Among the Lambs, author Rosalind Finn recounts with humor and grace her years farming on a Vermont hillside with the love of her life—her second husband Jim. Part memoir, part 101-course on sh

Leader. Prophet. Liberator. Moses was the only human permitted to know God face to face-- and yet what do we know of him?With humor and deep empathy, this book (mostly in verse) examines some of the q

Not every crime scene is a homicide… There are things to learn and humor to be found in a great many aspects of police and crime scene work. In short, life on the streets is oftentimes interesting and

This book authoritatively defines the Word of Wisdom as much more than a simple health code while answering questions about the circumstances that led to its revelation and providing explanations on

The effort to sequence the human genome has generated a new discipline, "functional genomics," or the study of the relationship between the genetic code and its biologic potential. Gene expression stu

Are you a seasoned Java developer who wishes to learn Python? Perhaps you’ve just joined a project where a chunk of system integration code is written in Python. Or maybe you need to implement a repor

(Piano Play-Along). This amazing pack lets you play along with original backing tracks created and recorded by the Piano Guys! Each book includes a unique code that lets you access the backing tracks

One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin?code name: "The Needle"?who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person s

To me, Mutts is exactly what a comic strip should be." -Charles Schulz, Peanuts creatorMUTTS appears in 700 newspapers in more than 20 countries and receives about 1 million visits each month to its official Web site at www.muttscomics.com.Always striking a delicate balance between lighthearted fun and responsible social commentary, Patrick McDonnell's MUTTS has been recognized by the National Cartoonists Society as Best Strip of the Year for its distinctive style, heartwarming humor, and strong yet gentle stand on important social issues.McDonnell, a New York Times best-selling author, has been awarded the Reuben Award for Best Cartoonist of the Year, as well as the Max and Moritz Award for Best International Comic Strip, the Adamson Statuette from the Swedish Academy of Comic Art for Best International Comic Strip Artist, and multiple Genesis Awards.

This long-awaited re-publication of the first Arab-American novel—inspiration for Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet—deals with Arab/American relations, religious conflict and the American immigrant experience.Told with great good humor and worldly compassion, and with illustrations by Kahlil Gibran, The Book of Khalid recounts the adventures of two young men, Khalid and Shakib, who leave Lebanon for the United States to seek their fortune in turn-of-thecentury New York. Together, they face all the difficulties of poor immigrants—the passage by ship, admittance through Ellis Island and the rough immigrant life. Khalid, always the dreamer, tries to participate in the political and cultural life of the teeming city—to often humiliating and comic result.Tiring of their sojourn, he convinces Shakib they should return to Lebanon. But their heads are now full of New World ideas. And Khalid, trying to improve his brethren, turns his understanding of Western thought into a call for political progress

Chonda Pierce leads women on a biblical study of the Book of Job with her trademark humor, insights and relatibility.In her study of the book of Job, Chonda Pierce, in the unique and entertaining way

Kirkus Reviews calls this book for 8-to-12 year-olds "A charming tale . . .with a strong dose of humor." Henry, a grandfather with PTSD from combat decades earlier, is startled to find a strange boy,

This book explores software's pivotal role as the code that powers computers, mobile devices, the Internet, and social media. Creating conditions for the ongoing development and use of software, inclu