Whose friendship matters most in the land of dreams?Ferntail the cat and his friends have been summoned to the capital of dreams. Why? No one explained, but it seemed foolish to decline. Perhaps the King of Cats would like to recognize them for their brave and valiant deed.Or perhaps the King of Cats needs their help.The nearby Kingdom of Mice has been overthrown, and suspicions abound. Who is undermining the land of dreams?Only Ferntail can...

33000 years back, humans turned one of their bitter enemies into a loyal friend. Who was this enemy? And how did this 'enemy' help Homo sapiens to get to the top of the food chain?A ball of dung rolled by a beetle transformed humanity. How did that happen?A human being riding a bicycle is the second most efficient locomotive on Earth. What is the first?How did humans survive the Toba Super-Volcano eruption 70,000 years ago?What's the connection between a prehist...

Maximize the impact of your assets and business services by providing APIs for developers and other users. The journey described in this book starts with identifying business assets. As part of the API team, you then need to identify and define the requirements of traffic management, security, mediation, and orchestration. You also must define metrics for the analytics to measure the success of the overall API program. API documentation and the ease of developer onboarding also determine t...

Galileo always knew his parents were different. In fact, they’re mad scientists. He’s gotten kind of used to it.Until they day that one of their inventions goes completely out of control: a matter replicator in their basement that is designed to turned sewage into more useful biological materials. The replicator is now stuck on the “guinea pig” setting and things are getting out of control as thousands of guinea pigs erupt from Galileo’s basement and start taking over the neighborh...

Spies. Kids. Magic.Rachael Baptiste's mom disappeared a week ago. Nobody knows what happened.Her second-grade classmate, Raul, breaks into Rachael's house...and tries to steal her mom's password.When he is hunted down by giant talking dogs, Rachael follows him and discovers that Raul and her mom have a magical sickness that lets them turn into animals, or Exotics.A group of evil Exotics, the Shadow Dogs, kidnap Rachael and Raul to a mysterious ...

Rachael survived her adventures on The Floating Menagerie and went back to her normal life…except that her mom is still missing. Now she’s coming down with the Exotics virus herself and is changing into a half-human, half-animal Exotic, just like her friends. As a new Exotic, Rachael can’t control the change, so she travels to a safe place for Exotics in danger—Xanadu House. The house is owned by an aunt that Rachael never knew she had, and who will protect any Exotic, no matter which side...

Enhance your French reading skills with this primer for premium results!Easy French Reader Premium is based on the premise that the best way to learn a language is to start reading it, immediately. Suitable for raw beginners to intermediate-level language learners, the new premium edition of this bestselling title features engaging readings of progressive difficulty that allow you to rapidly build comprehension. Includes flashcard sets of new vocabulary fo...

First Published in 2005. The Japanese geisha is the ultimate erotic icon – the courtesan par excellence - and this is her definitive book. The life of the geisha is the most secret and traditional in Japan, and today remains largely unchanged and unknown behind the tea house doors. This remarkable work was the first to reveal the hidden world of the geisha of the famous Yoshiwara quarter of Tokyo, the 'nightless city', and it has never been surpassed. Written over a hundred years ago, it i...

A fake engagement with a notorious rogue?How desperate does a woman have to be?Celebrated explorer Ethan Burnell has all the ladies swooning, but he's exactly the sort of 'dangerous man' Cornelia has sworn off.When Burnell's sister throws a Christmas house-party, intent on fixing him up with a bride, he sees only one way out.A fake engagement for the duration of the festivities!Can Cornelia put up with his cocky ways...

With her name mired in scandal, Cornelia Mortmain's marriage prospects are nil.Celebrated explorer Ethan Burnell has all the ladies swooning, but he's exactly the sort of 'dangerous man' Cornelia has sworn off.When Burnell's sister throws a Christmas house-party, intent on fixing him up with a bride, he sees only one way out: a fake engagement for the duration of the festivities!Cornelia knows she's crazy to agree to the plan, but h...

A dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. In The Architecture of ...

Staring down the final days of high school, a group of friends run away from home in order to join a commune in this YA graphic novel for ages 14 and up. Stand by Me meets Catcher in the Rye by way of Skim.Ever since Oli found a pamphlet for a remote island commune as a kid, it's all she can think about. Now that she's nearing the end of high school, feeling frustrated with the mounting pressure to choose a career and follow a path she ha...