From the #1 science author for kids comes the next installment in the bestselling Baby University series!Black Holes for Babies is a playful, accessible introduction to one of the most fascinating mysteries in the universe. Written by experts in physics and astrophysics, this book uses simple language and bold graphics to explain how stars collapse, how gravity works, and what makes a black hole "black."Perfect for curious little minds (and the gro...

Stinking Beauty is the sixth installment of the Stinky’s Stories series, a hilarious, highly illustrated chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein and J.J. Grabenstein!It’s story time again at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the stuffed skunk. This time, the kids are reading Sleeping Beauty! Everyone knows the story ends with Sleeping Beauty waking up from her spell, but only Stinky knows what happened while s...

NARRATED BY THE AUTHORS!Stinking Beauty is the sixth installment of the Stinky’s Stories series, a hilarious, highly illustrated chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein and J.J. Grabenstein!It’s story time again at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the stuffed skunk. This time, the kids are reading Sleeping Beauty! Everyone knows the story ends with Sleeping Beauty waking up f...

From New York Times bestselling author Tami Charles and her son, Chris Charles, comes a soaring and poetic celebration of the beautiful minds that make us all unique!Some days it feels like my mind doesn't work right. Mom says otherwise. "That beautiful mind is what makes you unique."This poetry-in-motion, sing-out-loud story follows the journey of one young boy as he navigates the challenges of his constantly running, brilliantly creative...

Some chains can't be broken. Others only tighten the harder you fight.Power is shifting, secrets unraveling, and the people pulling the strings know exactly how to twist the knife.And in the dark, a stranger is watching. Someone whose hold on me may be more dangerous than the Coven's ever was.The academy is no longer just a prison.It's the place where every choice I make ties me closer to three men I shouldn't want . . . and one I fear....

Buried beneath the ruins of Jerusalem, Lucien should have died. Instead, he awakens in darkness.The city he fought to defend is gone. His brothers are gone. The world has moved on without him. Armed with little more than a weathered cloak, fading memories, and a plain wooden cup salvaged from the depths of a forgotten refuge, Lucien begins a journey with no destination and no clear purpose.As years turn to decades and kingdoms rise and fall around him, he wanders a changing...

Before Beowulf, before Arthur, there was Hengest—a warrior bound by oath and haunted by betrayal.When an enemy from Hengest's past collides with an omen of his future, those he loves most are imperiled. Hengest must choose between his oath lord's life and his marriage, a decision that could shatter every bond he has sworn to keep.Legends have all but forgotten tragic Queen Hildeburh.In a world where women are labelled peace-weavers,...

This is the firsthand account of the longest sustained combat deployment in Afghanistan—based on personal journals, 3,000+ patrol reports, and classified briefings—providing unmatched insight and credibility.An intense account of Task Force Catamount, the U.S. Army unit that carried out the longest combat deployment of the Afghan War, enduring 485 days of continuous combat and fighting 565 enemy engagements across some of the harshest terrain on Earth.Task ...

Hulme’s journey through Philippine battlefields reveals endurance, atrocity, and courage shaping collective memory.Over several years, author Chris Hulme embarked on a personal travel odyssey across the battlefields of the Second World War in the Pacific. In The Bataan Death March to MacArthur’s Return, he journeys through the Philippines – from the rain-swept streets of Manila to the wreck-strewn waters of Leyte Gulf – blending gripping history with personal explo...

The signal has stopped.The coast has not.After surviving the events of LASTLIGHT, Daniel Merrick should finally have answers.Instead, Greyhaven is changing.People remember lives that never happened. Lost relatives return. Broken families are restored. The dead come back exactly as people wished they had been — and some are choosing those new histories willingly.Then Daniel's daughter Emily begins forgetting Louise Grant.Not gradually. Complete...

The heart-warming genius of bestselling cartoonist Jeffrey Brown meets the unlimited creativity of the LEGO Group in this awesome new adventure for kids aged 7+Imagine a world where technology has been lost and people have forgotten how to build…Nikolas Nurdblok is the youngest child in a family of adventurers who search for lost things. Now it is time for Nik to join the rest of his family for his FIRST ADVENTURE.The problem is that Nik’s ...

Data is the heart of your code. Data-oriented programming is a programming technique that enables you to precisely model domains and write large enterprise-scale applications that are oriented around the data they manage. Take a data-oriented approach to your Java applications, and you’ll enjoy simpler state management, improved readability, and no more state-related bugs!This book teaches you how to use immutable strongly typed data effectively and take full advantage of the moder...