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Have you ever wondered what animals can see that we can't? Fourteen-year-old Grace knows - The Drawl, terrifying creatures that prey on all life, draining it of energy. All that stands between us and death are the cats that sit on our laps at night. But they are losing the war and need a new weapon in their fight against the Drawl. They know that Grace has seen the monsters, now they want her help in the fight. But how can Grace help? She is s...

On Halloween night, Hadley and her new friend Josh journey to the top of Hogback Hill to solve a mystery that has haunted their town for years, but instead they discover an old woman with a tragic past.When the new kid in town, Josh, wonders what is behind the terrible songs that the kids in school sing, Hadley tells him of the creepy stories about the old hunchback that lives on the hill with a hundred black cats. The legend is that if you go...

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick, or, The Whale (1851) - largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's f...

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. He responded to and expanded upon Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world. His critique of Kant, his creative solutions to the problems of human experience and his explication of the limits of human knowledge are among his most important achievements. His metaphysical theory is the founda...

The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the clinical outcome of HIV disease with increased survival rates. However, the introduction of HAART has generated a contrast in the cardiac manifestations of AIDS. In developed countries, we observed an approximate 30% reduction in the prevalence of HIV-associated cardiomyopathy, possibly related to a reduction of opportunistic infections and myocardi...

The third volume, with Linus just learning to talk, Snoopy exploring his eccentricities, Lucy's unrequited crush on Schroeder reaching its end and Charlie Brown becoming even more Charlie Brown-ish. With a special introduction by Matt Groening.

One can scarcely overstate the importance of Peanuts to the comics, or overstate its influence on all of us who havefollowed." -Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes)"The understated clarity of Peanuts influenced virtually every comic strip that's appeared in recent decades . . . TheComplete Peanuts reveals how one of the masters of the comic strip developed." -Los Angeles Times Book Review"These [early volumes] reaffirm that Schulz's work deserve...

Focusing on Formosan agency in the encounter with Dutch colonialism and Chinese encroachment, this book reveals a fascinating picture of Taiwan in the early modern era.

If life begins at forty, then Charlotte Turner's not off to the best of starts. On top of a recent divorce, and trouble with her twelve-year-old son, the husband of her closest friend has just started to show a bit too much interest in her as a newly-single woman. But only when Charlotte has faced up to some uncomfortable truths about her past can she finally shed the unhappy skin she's been so comfortable in, and open up her life - and her he...

This companion volume to Easwaran's "Passage Meditation" brings the world's timeless wisdom within reach of the modern seeker. The author chooses texts that are positive, practical, and meaningful for readers today, making them suitable for study and meditation.

A new reading of the Revelations in the context of late-medieval manuscript traditions.

Pete is a perfectly predictable, practical, uncomplicated pig. At least, he was . . . before a runaway circus elephant named Pickles stampeded into his life, needing a friend. Pickles is larger than life and overflowing with imagination. She takes Pete swandiving off Niagara Falls. (Sort of.) And sledding down the Matterhorn. (Sort of.) Pete goes along for the wild ride and actually begins to enjoy himself . . . until Pickles goes too far. And...

Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks are mind-boggling evidence of a fifteenth-century scientific genius standing at the edge of the modern world, basing his ideas on observation and experimentation. This book will change children's ideas of who Leonardo was and what it means to be a scientist.

Obsessive, vindictive, and secretive, Issac Newton was also brilliant. He invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity in 17th-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions. Illustrations.

With THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION, Friedlander completes his work on Nazi Germany and the Jews. The book describes and interprets the history of the persecution and murder of the Jews throughout occupied Europe. The implementation of German extermination policies and measures depended on the submissiveness of political authorities. Based on a vast variety of documents and an overwhelming choir of voices, Friedlander manages to avoid domesticatin...

Winner in the Metamorphosis 08' playwriting contest, about what life is really like for young people.

Chaotic, fast, and furious, "Zero" is the new play from multi award-winning Theatre Absolute.

The leading female voice of American prose poetry reinvents Houdini as a metaphor.

Julian Thompson presents a complete insider's story of the campaign and victory of the Falklands War with personal touches.

Dilettantische Politik, Größenwahn und Übernahmeschlachten in Vorstandsetagen der Konzerne, eine aus dem Ruder gelaufene Geldmengenpolitik und massive Umweltzerstörung bestimmen das Bild unserer heutigen Zeit. Dieses Buch hat den Anspruch, die wirtschaftlichen Zusammenhänge dieser Welt von vielen Seiten zu beleuchten und in allgemeinverständlicher Form dem interessierten Leser die Komplexität nahe zu bringen. Das Spannungsfeld zwischen der Glo...