Hurricane Katrina is raging and you are inside the Superdome!Miles has only lived in New Orleans with his dad, a musician, for a few months when Hurricane Katrina hits. Father and son haven't exactly been getting along. Miles is obsessed with football; his dad's passion is jazz. But when the storm strikes, they're forced to work through their differences to survive a torturous few days in the Superdome.Paul Volponi, known for writing books that capture the pulse of urban li...

Tori lives in 2020 and her parents are getting divorced. Bobby lives in 1980 and his family is about to fall apart. But when Tori finds herself stranded in 1980, the two must join forces and prevent a crime that might destroy everyone they care about. Simultaneously home and not home, Tori finds herself in a gritty New York just beginning to claw its way out of bankruptcy. Pollution and crime are rampant; graffiti is everywhere; cell phones and the Internet don't exist. Can two teenagers s...

One of eleven brothers and sisters born in a poor mining town in Wales, Rees Howells left school at age twelve to work in the local tin mine. Young, ambitious, and motivated by money, Rees soon traveled to America to seek his fortune. But what he found was the Holy Spirit and a calling. A calling that would transform his life, his family, and, ultimately, a world at war. A calling that would cost him everything--yet gain him more than he ever imagined.From a life marked by poverty ...

Two innovations in weaponry appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century and revolutionized warfare, turning it into a multidimensional contest: the modern diesel-powered submarine and the fixed-wing aircraft. Both saw extensive use during World War I, and the nations of the world soon developed mobile launching pads for planes during and after the war, first using surface ships and then submarines. The submarine aircraft carrier was born. Virtually nothing has been written about the...

In this lively and yet scholarly book, creative artists, people who direct channels of communications, and social scientists present their numerous positions and deeply felt disagreements.

The warning signs for gold's decline are plenty: gold ETFs have made investing in gold available to the common investor and have tremendously increased the speculation involved; the global reliance on emerging markets such as China has fueled the commodity bubble led by gold; TV shows and newspaper headlines warn of intense media saturation and frenzy; We Buy Gold stores line busy streets and signal mass awareness; gold miners are no longer protecting themselves from a potential drop in pr...

2025 Silver Falchion Finalist2024 Claymore Top PickWhat if you could meet your parents...when they were your age?Stealing Time is a sharp, funny, and emotionally rich time-travel crime mystery packed with heart, humor, and high stakes.New York City, 2020Fifteen-year-old Tori's world is falling apart. Her parents are separating. She and her mother are moving to the suburbs. And she's just discovered a family ...

Entries from thousands of publications whether in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and German on all aspects of Jewish education from pre-school through secondary education.This book contains entries from thousands of publications whether in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and German—books, research reports, educational and general periodicals, synagogue histories, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and encyclopedias—on all aspects of Jewish education from pre-school throu...