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The drum is small, no bigger than a plastic cup, and decorated with sun-bleached bones. It is a token from the island of St. Ives, whose voodoo cults are infamous around the world, and it is one of the most dangerous objects Johnny Dixon has ever held. When he raps the little drum, the wind howls, and an explosion rocks the house. There are more surprises to come. An inquisitive young man, Johnny has tangled with all manner of supernatural beasts along with his friend Professor Childermass, and now they will confront the living dead.

From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles comes a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.

Months after an ancient rage virus erupts from the depths of Yellowstone, survivors find themselves scattered. Clinging to life in clusters, hiding from the infected and scavenging from the remnants of humanity, life has evolved to mere survival. The US government has attempted to reestablish itself in the last safe place on earth: an offshore flotilla of naval vessels. The last of the CDC’s disease researchers work tirelessly to find a cure, but the virus keeps mutating. They need the original strain from Yellowstone.

¿Alguna vez deseó cambiar algo en Ud.? ¿Un mal hábito? ¿Pensamientos destructivos? ¿Alguna característica desagradable de su personalidad? Rick Warren, autor del exitoso libro Una Iglesia con Propósito, le ayudará a conectarse con el poder que puede producir un cambio definitivo que ha...

The Sex Pistols are a punk rock band renowned for initiating the UK punk movement. They went on to become one of the most influential bands in the history of popular music. This is their final interview. The following audiobook contains explicit language.

Reed Ferguson loves film noir and classic detective fiction, and he wants more than anything to emulate his hero, Humphrey Bogart. So Reed tries his hand at the detecting business and what follows is a humorous journey into suspense territory.

As he struggles to fight the gangsters at large, he is also trying to sustain an ordinary life. At least, as ordinary as it can get when you're a vampire... Death hasn't ended Jack Fleming's problems. His girlfriend, Bobbi, has caught the attention of a famous radio star, who promises to open doors for the lovely singer - including the one to his bedroom.

Prolific science writer Susan E. Goodman has delighted young audiences with her informative and always entertaining works. In It's a Dog's Life, Goodman explores such canine quandaries as, ''Why do dogs sniff everything?'' and ''What do they see when they look at a sunset?'' Goodman's engaging, humorous writing style grabs young listeners and proves the perfect vehicle for offering choice tidbits on canine evolution, breeds, and behavior.

In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the doublespeak and flim-flam of politics in America.

Deploying jokes as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: "The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"; "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"; or even, "We hold these truths to be self-evident...."

Poetry doesn’t matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured by our clamorous culture: without poetry, we live only partially, not fully conscious of the possibilities that life affords.

Wie krank ist unsere subjektiv wahrgenommene “Normalität”? Und wie heilend kann eine ehrliche Beziehung sein?“Wie normal sind Sie?” ist eine Zumutung – aber eine heilsame. Es richtet sich an Menschen, die psychisch leiden – und an diejenigen, die ihnen helfen wollen, an Angehörige, Partner: innen, Kolleg: innen und Eltern und nicht zuletzt an Therapeut: innen, Berater: innen und alle, die professionell mit psychischem Leid zu tun haben – und wissen: Die Standardantworten reichen längst nicht mehr aus.

Solen Dawnmark and Garrick Veynar swore an oath on wet stone as boys: to face every storm together. Years later, Solen rides the fire-winged Varkesh, a Pyre Dragon with flame in his bones, while Garrick leads with Serune, a Moon Dragon whose light bends shadows to mercy. Together they reclaim villages, scatter raiders, and give people reason to believe the road can be safe again. But victory is fragile, and belief is heavier than steel. Solen’s fire demands justice in ash. Garrick’s oath insists on mercy and work. And when dragons burn each other, the world burns with them.

Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events: Paul Revere’s legendary ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the myth that every American learns in school.

Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump near Hell’s Kitchen, their venture is wretchedly underexposed - until they stumble upon an insurance fraud scheme between the allegedly dead eccentric Mr. S. S. Pigeon and his business partner and beneficiary.

Alexander hat alles: Reichtum, Charisma und eine Welt voller Möglichkeiten. Doch ein dramatischer Kletterunfall in den einsamen Bergen reißt ihn aus seinem sorglosen Leben–und verändert alles. Als er in einer Felsspalte den vergessenen Brief eines verstorbenen Schulkameraden entdeckt, ahnt er nicht, dass dieses unscheinbare Stück Papier seine gesamte Existenz auf den Kopf stellen wird.

In the Undying Empire's continued, remorseless pursuit of Laran, they sent a new, deadly enemy. The patchwork men. Assembled from the parts of dead warriors and brutal beasts, these monsters are the deadliest Laran has faced. And if that wasn't bad enough, a mysterious woman offers to heal his paralyzed legs by making him a patchwork man himself. Laran continues his fight against the lich emperor and his search for the cryptic Vestiges that grant him system breaking abilities.

What happens when a butterfly who loves to fly faces a rainy day? Marty the butterfly is back; this time, he’s trying something new—riding the school bus! Marty can’t fly in the rain, so he must be brave and step onto the big, yellow bus for the first time. He’s nervous, but he knows it’s an adventure worth taking. Marty learns some important lessons as he rides the bus: why following the rules keeps everyone safe, how being polite can make new friends, and why bus drivers always smile when the ride goes smoothly.

Life is good at Bingham's Bagel Deli. The loathed customers are dealt the poor treatment they seem to deserve, bad rap music is played loudly, and The Rat is killed often enough to stem his immortality. And the insane homeless regulars -- like drunken Little Johnny Redbeard -- keep life interesting. When a rival tricks the crew into thinking that the deli's closure is imminent, they do the only logical thing: instead of giving up, they decide to go out in a blaze of glory, handing their customers the humiliation and abuse that the pesky social contract had previously forbidden.

Dr Johnny Drain has spent his career exploring how fermentation has shaped the bodies we inhabit, the foods we eat and the world we live in. From making live yoghurt in his grandma’s kitchen, to fermenting butter at the world’s best restaurant, Noma, Dr Drain’s fascination with the magic of fermentation has led him around the globe. Adventures in Fermentation charts his culinary escapades and his scientific discoveries to create an unprecedented depiction of the power of the microbial world.

In the late 1800s, American produce king John Nix just wanted to sell tomatoes. But when import taxes on popular vegetables impacted his profits, he knew he had to remedy the situation. Nix set out to prove that tomatoes, which have seeds and grow on vines, were clearly fruits. That was the claim Nix argued all the way to the US Supreme Court. With Nix on Team Fruit, and the US government on Team Vegetable, both sides slung definition after definition in an epic, legal food fight.