In this picaresque story of adventure, David Greene captures an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin.A journalist for National Public Radio in the US, David Greene decides to travel thousands of kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok on the iconic Trans-Siberian line. On the train and in the many Siberian outposts he stops as he meets a wide range of ordinary Russian people from a group of Beatles-singing babushkas to soldiers and struggling entrepreneurs with situations ari...

Room To Grow is a collection of my poetry and artwork that depicts female empowerment and nature as a symbol of intuition and growth. Art gives us purpose and allows us to get closer to our divinity connecting with the spirit and of the soul when words are not enough. When I am creating a piece, what excites me the most is that I'm drawing upon these energies that almost seems like a dance on the canvas.My movements and color placement seem to have a mind of its own which is why I ...

The book states plainly that both its speaker and the speaker’s mother have suffered near- deadly head injuries (“when I woke up in the hospital thirty years after you did,” “my head: / rotting pear”), resulting in loss of memory. However, rather than let a taxonomy like “family curse” sit unquestioned, Green writes toward the fugues (i.e., the condition of having one’s identity questioned) by making a kind of fugue (i.e., interweaving song). Johnathan Culler writes that “the fundamental c...

Murder, Money, and the Fight to Save the RhinoStruggling journalist Paige leaves San Francisco for South Africa, determined to revive her failing career with a hard-hitting exposé on rhino poaching. With their horns worth a fortune on the black market, these massive, yet gentle, animals are being slaughtered at an alarming rate-and Paige is convinced this story could be her big break.Danger strikes almost immediately after she arrives in South Africa, when poachers ambush P...

An attractive, pocket-sized gift book featuring a collection of prayers specially commisioned for all at work in today's hectic world.

Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Jonathan Swift, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics will grab a student's attention fro...

Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Rudyard Kipling, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics will grab a student's attention fr...

Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics will grab a student's atten...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our StarsMichael L. Printz Honor BookLos Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistKatherine V thought boys were grossKatherine X just wanted to be friendsKatherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mailK-19 broke his heartWhen it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always gett...

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around youRobert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of t...

Three lovers.A second chance.One little white lie.AnnaI cut loose for one night and they fell asleep before we sealed the deal. It’s for the best—I’ll never see Ben again but James and I have to work together… Until the restaurant closes and we go our separate ways. Months later, what are the odds that they’ll turn up right when I’m meeting a blind date?

From "the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety," three classic novels, all of which have been adapted into films (William Golding, Nobel Prize–winning author of Lord of the Flies ).Brighton Rock: Seventeen-year-old Pinkie Brown, raised in the prewar Brighton slums, leads a pack of gangsters whose small-time scams have erupted in murder. The coverup leads Pinkie to a lovestruck ...