Widget has a big idea: build the coziest blanket fort ever!With Aunt Beep's help, a pile of blankets, pillows, and ordinary household items begins to transform into a warm and wonderful hideaway. As they plan, carry, fasten, and create, Widget discovers that the best projects take patience, imagination, teamwork, and a willingness to keep trying.When the final blanket is in place and the lights begin to glow, an ordinary room becomes something extr...

THE FOOTPRINTS SHOULDN'T BE THERE.AND NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN HOW THEY GOT IN.High in the Colorado Rockies, hidden between the last dark pines and the snow-covered peaks, lies a mountain-troll town most humans will never know exists.That's where Sift, Perc, and Wobble have a problem.Three sets of strange silver footprints have appeared across Prag's perfectly clean kitchen floor.The doors are locked.The windows ar...

Widget is so excited for his bedtime story that he keeps interrupting Aunt Beep before she can finish speaking. To help him practice listening, Aunt Beep turns story time into a playful lesson-with a surprising gorilla mask, plenty of laughter, and several chances for Widget to try again.As their imaginative adventure unfolds, Widget discovers that listening means more than staying quiet. It means waiting patiently, paying attention, and giving others the chance to finish what they...

A BOOK CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE-EVEN ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM!Widget loves discovering new things, but he never expects an ordinary visit to the library to send him soaring into space. When a book becomes the beginning of an incredible cosmic journey, Widget and Aunt Beep suit up and blast off to explore the wonders of the solar system.Their adventure takes them past the blazing Sun and onward to Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, and Mars. They navigate the aste...

One mysterious stone. Decades of lives. Every hand that held it left something behind.In a small Midwestern river town, Sarah finds an iridescent stone along the water's edge and brings it home without knowing what it will come to mean. To her, it is beautiful, strange, and quietly important. Then life takes what it takes, and the stone is lost to the river.But the river is not finished with it.Across decades, the stone passes from hand to hand through ordinary peop...

The Ancient Art of Tea is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China.The health benefits of tea, whether white, green, oolong or black, are well known in our world today. However, creating the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people genuinely understand. As expert Warren Peltier explains, making an ideal cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the right environment, clear spring water, a suitable fire to boi...

A secret army. A dying empire. A war fought in the shadows.In the final years of French Algeria, a clandestine organization emerged with one ruthless mission: prevent independence at any cost. The Organisation de l’Armée Secrète (OAS) launched a violent underground campaign of bombings, assassinations, and terror that targeted civilians, political leaders, and even the French government itself.The Secret Army traces the rise and fa...

Here‘s your how-to manual for developing policies and procedures that maintain the security of information systems and networks in the workplace. It provides numerous checklists and examples of existing programs that you can use as guidelines for creating your own documents.You‘ll learn how to identify your company‘s overall

The Mont-Saint-MichelRising from the shifting tides of Normandy, Mont-Saint-Michel is more than a monument—it is a miracle of stone.For over a thousand years, this island fortress has defied the sea, survived war and revolution, and endured as a symbol of faith, power, and resilience. Kings coveted it. Armies failed to conquer it. Prisoners feared its walls. Even nature itself could not reclaim it.In this sweeping and cinematic history, Julien Pelti...

Legionnaire: A History of Honor and SurvivalHonor is earned. Survival is learned. Brotherhood is forged in fire.For nearly 200 years, the French Foreign Legion has stood apart—an elite military force built from outsiders, where men abandon their pasts and fight to earn a future.Legionnaire: A History of Honor and Survival takes you deep inside this legendary unit, from the blood-soaked stand at Camerone to the harsh realities of modern warf...

The Native American activist recounts his evolution into a political organizer, his trial and conviction for murder, and his spiritual journey in prison.In September of 2022, twenty-five years after Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents, the Democratic National Committee unanimously passed a resolution urging President Joe Biden to release him. Peltier has affirmed his innocence ever since his sentencing in 1977—his case was made ...

GENESIS is the final reckoning of the VARIANT SERIES.Eli is dead. Haven is starving. The world is broken, cold, and running out of mercy. Booker is left carrying her rifle, her last order, and the impossible weight of leading people who are too hungry, too wounded, and too human to survive on defiance alone.Then VALENCE offers salvation.The Mercy Chip promises food, heat, medicine, shelter, family reunification, and protection. For parents with freezing children, th...