A ruthless sheriff is threatening a small township where truth and equity have been buried with his martyrs till one man appears—an nemesis avenger whose history is a secret and whose destiny is signed in blood.Anyone who joins Sheriff is lifeless, wanting, or threatened. One of them is a divorced mommy striving to preserve her kids but bolstering herself for the most dangerous. The new man worries about the end. He’s viewed it in his fantasies. Now it’s an opportunity to show the ...

**“The tale of a stunning art heist with a contagious love of stranger-than-fiction true stories!”—Steve Sheinkin, Newbery Honor–winning author of BombThe true story of how Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece became the most famous painting in the world after being stolen from the Louvre, written as a “witty thriller” (The New York Times) and featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout.SIBERT MEDAL WINNER • BOSTON GLOBE—HORN BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF T...

Improved posture has many positive effects on our lives. This useful book offers methods that can bring these advantages into ordinary life – including decreasing the effects of pressure and injury on the body.This book will appeal to mothers, fathers, and educators that are higher concerned about the fast decline of their children's posture, who are often leaned over counters and computers, as well as their own posture. It will also be of excellent benefit to scientists, experts, ...

US exchange student Hieronymus Beck is Professor Jack Griffen's biggest fan. Why else would he inveigle himself into the English Literature course that Jack is running; or devote so much time to chatting with Jack after hours about the anatomy of crime fiction, the roles of heroes and villains, and his favourite true-crime book of all time, IN COLD BLOOD? But everything changes when Jack Griffen picks up a list of five templates for murder that has been written by Beck. This mild-mannered ...

From the award-winning creators of The Mona Lisa Vanishes comes a fast-paced and fascinating illustrated nonfiction narrative about a con man who took in a trusting populace and pulled off the greatest get-rich-quick scheme of all time.This is not a story about money, not really. It’s a story about confidence.In the summer of 1920, thousands of people crowded the narrow streets of Boston, desperate to hand their money to the financial geni...