New York Times bestselling authors Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan team up and return to The Baby-sitters Club -- both Raina and Gale adapt and illustrate this super special graphic novel!Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi are the luckiest baby-sitters in the world. This summer, they're going on what is sure to be the best vacation ever: a plane ride to Florida, a cruise to the Bahamas on an extravagant ship, and then back to F...

'The Anthropocene' is one of the most important scientific concepts of our time. It is also one of the most contested. This book offers the most advanced yet accessible introduction to the complex and often heated debates about the meaning, nature, and implications of the Anthropocene.Drawing on the work of physical and human geographers, alongside geographically-informed contributions from natural and physical scientists, sociologists, historians, anthropologists, philosophers, an...

A master class on discerning the sacred in everyday work from the award-winning author of The Sound of Life's Unspeakable BeautyIn Listening Hands: Eavesdropping on the Sound of Life, violinmaker Martin Schleske—hailed as a modern-day Stradivarius—invites you into his Bavarian workshop where wood becomes music and craftsmanship becomes prayer. Through captivating stories of selecting materials, shaping instruments, and pursuing t...

Discover four classic tales of adventure, bravery, and cunning, retold and illustrated for younger readers.The ancient Greeks knew how to tell a good story, and author Claudia Martin brings four classic tales bang up to date for a new generation. Find out how Perseus defeats the monster Medusa, what god protects the fierce warrior-woman Atalanta, and which brave hero dares to confront the Minotaur in his maze.Each story is retold in clear, modern language a...

Which heroes have the courage to leap into battle and the cunning to defeat terrifying monsters?The four tales in this book are among the most exciting Greek myths of all time. Discover how the Trojan War was won, what made Odysseus's voyage extraordinary, and how Jason stole the Golden Fleece and defeated his evil uncle.This fully illustrated book brings the famous myths of Ancient Greece bang up to date with witty prose by Claudia Martin and hilarious lin...

Every tall tale needs its first lie. This time, the old blokes are trying to fool tourists into believing the Tasmanian Tiger isn’t extinct after all.Which is just as well… because in this comedy, Windy Mountain’s new museum manager is going to need all the help he can get.This hulking Irishman arrives by taxi late at night — and gets a taste of what's to come when the town’s scrawny old cab driver takes a swing at him.Mistaken identity.Old ...

A thoroughly updated edition of the ultimate guide to the most scenic routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the valleys, mountains and coastlines of England and WalesForget the jet set. Come back down to earth. There is another way to travel, see the world and truly be a part of it. Taking the slow road is about turning your back on the fast lane to make time for people, places and nature. And the best way to do it? In your own home from home, of course – th...

This engagingly written book provides the first comprehensive explanation of Manchester’s innovative and enduring contributions to the development of Shakespearean theatre in the nineteenth century. Beyond repairing this gap in theatre history, it documents Manchester’s collective adoption of Shakespeare’s works as a means of providing moral guidance to the world’s first industrial city and of achieving political change through non-violent means.This account of Manchester’s recipro...

An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of The Wind in the Willows, part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies!Follow the delightful escapades of Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger as they make their way through the seasons while racing motorcars through the English countryside, getting lost in the Wild Wood, and rescuing Toad Hall from a marauding band of weasels. This charming animal foursome and their stor...

This book delivers practical, classroom-ready tools that strengthen instruction and directly boost student engagement and achievement. It shows how to teach concepts, facts, rules, and routines clearly and systematically-from cause-and-effect relationships to decoding, math problem solving, scientific processes, and productive learning behaviors such as attention and persistence.You'll find step-by-step methods for organizing curriculum into coherent, connected units; designing less...

From a Medieval revenant seeking revenge to a Victorian dress that plagues its owner, the disturbing legend of the Hexham Heads to a dystopian future haunted by AI constructs, this new collection of 20 original ghost stories is tailor-made to unsettle.Conjuring the uncanny in both classic settings and contemporary life, these spine-tingling tales from the hit podcast Three Ravens summon spectres in sinister historical sites and eerily familiar modern locat...

A STUNNING NEW AND COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION OF THE FENDER BIBLE FOR 2026Leo Fender's guitars have arguably shaped modern music more than any other brand. This remarkable, fully updated tome collects together more rare Fender guitars than have ever been seen before.Over 250 guitars in every model, style and finish are lovingly detailed, from the greatest to the rarest - Strats, Teles and the infamous Marauder. Includes brand new Precision Bass, Jazz Bass a...