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Stand and deliver: A teacher in a Los Angeles barrio inspires his students to excel at math and to pass the Calculus Advanced Placement Test.

A collection of seventeen Western stories includes Johnny D. Boggs' "The Trouble with Dudes," in which some high-paying New York gentlemen, searching for adventure on the wild frontier, get more than they bargained for.

"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict...

"Through memoir essays and magical practices, Grimoire Girl connects us to the enchantment that exists inside us all. Since childhood, Hilarie Burton Morgan has felt the call to record, keep, and catalogue life in all its strange wonder. It was a whimsical habit, with no clear go...

"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict...

A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.

When nine-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life on a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white...

To raise the money to pay the debt that he owes the mob, restaurant owner Slammin' Cleon Salmon challenges his waiters to sell more food than they have ever sold in their lives. As the hours pass, the action becomes more chaotic when Cleon shows up to supervise the contest and ch...

Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke-- with his household staff's wages in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off the scullery maid as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all.

Discover the true tales of extraordinary felines with this heart-warming and inspirational collection, perfect for fans of A streetcat named Bob and Nala's world. Meet some of the world's most incredible real-life cat heroes in this awesome compendium of true stories, including: ...

This fun-filled 64-page activity book will take readers behind the scenes of the life of the Small Potatoes. A perfect gift for any Small Potatoes fan, this activity book comes with a poster, two sticker sheets, and a fan club card!

Hold your nose while you find out absolutely everything you never knew about poo! Did you know that... A week's worth of elephant poo weighs as much a 25 people? A lifetime of farts would fill 2,000 balloons? The world uses enough loo paper in an hour to wrap around the Earth 14 ...

"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian--who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedic...

"Iris Ellington isn't looking for love. Not even a little bit. With a long list of failed relationships behind her, she's decided to reinvent herself as a person who doesn't fall head over heels on the first date. New town, new job, new Iris. But someone--or something--has other ...

Southampton, 1910. When the Oceanic sets sail its ultimate destination is New York. But it must make one very important stop first: at Cherbourg, to pick up internationally renowned financier and art collector J. P. Morgan, fresh from a continental buying spree. George Dillman an...

A ranger with unfinished business--and a baby on the way Cord McCrea was the Texas Ranger of her dreams...but their life together ended like a nightmare. They were too proud and stubborn, and there was no repairing the damage done to their family. All Kate Danver McCrea had no...

"Ryan's laid-back attitude should be an advantage in Indianapolis. Even if he doesn't accomplish much on the ice, he can help his burned-out teammates off it. And no one needs a friend-or a hug-more than Nico Kirschbaum, the team's struggling would-be superstar. Nico doesn't appr...

Musicien d©♭chu, aujourd'hui © la t©®te d'une petite ferme familiale en Caroline du Nord, Colby Mills accepte de donner un concert dans un bar en Floride. Sa rencontre avec Morgan Lee, jeune musicienne en recherche de c©♭l©♭brit©♭, va l'obliger © remettre en question ses choix ...