A gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001, in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the firehouse where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan.The nex...

Flat Stanley’s iconic original adventure is brought to life in a full-color graphic novel!Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning to find a bulletin board has fallen on him during the night. And now he’s only half an inch thick and incredibly flat!But then amazing things begin to happen to him. He gets rolled up, mailed, and flown like a kite. He even becomes involved in an art mystery! But will he be able to use his flatness to help people as well—and become...

A visually striking graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Corey Egbert.A destructive force is about to hit the city of Joplin...Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Rays, he has to say yes! Dr. Rays is the host of Tornado Mysteries...

In this rare work of scholarship, "the subject [of physical discipline] enters our minds and hearts in a new way, and we are forced to imagine a world in which the hitting of a child is against the laws of both man and God" (Chicago Tribune).He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. These words provided generations of American Christians with the justification for physically disciplining their children, in ways ...

"The Young Mountaineers: Short Stories" is a collection of tales written by Charles Egbert Craddock, the pen name of Mary Noailles Murfree, an American author known for her stories set in the Appalachian Mountains. The collection was published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Mary Noailles Murfree gained acclaim for her realistic portrayal of Appalachian life, often focusing on the struggles and triumphs of the people living in the remote mountain regions. Her stories explore them...

The English literary influence on classic American novelists’ depictions of gender, sexuality, and raceWith All the Devils Are Here, the literary scholar David Greven makes a signal contribution to the growing list of studies dedicated to tracing threads of literary influence. Herman Melville’s, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, and James Fenimore Cooper’s uses of Shakespeare and Milton, he finds, reflect not just an intertextual relationship between American Romanti...

A game built on living myth goes live. Loot becomes currency. Death deletes you. One anonymous knight climbs the rankings, drawing the gaze of empires and an ancient Nine-Headed Evil Emperor. His next login decides whose world ends.

When James Dallas Egbert III disappeared from the Michigan State University campus in 1979, he was no ordinary college dropout. Egbert was a computer genius at sixteen, a boy with an I.Q. of 180-plus and an extravagant imagination. He was a fanatic Dungeons & Dragons player—before the game was widely known—and he and his friends played a live version in a weird labyrinth of tunnels and rooms beneath the university. These secret passages even ran within the walls of the buildings themselves...

Twelve strangers. One ship. Five days in which every story tangles with the one next door.The ship in this novel is fictional. The inspiration, however, is very real.We are not naming her—partly because this is fiction, and partly because half the fun is seeing whether you recognise her. Perhaps the long promenade, the surf simulator, the theatre crowds, the casino lights, the early-morning coffee stations and the strange geography of a floating city will s...

The Terminator film series is an unlikely site of queer affiliation. The entire premise revolves around both heterosexual intercourse and the woman's pregnancy and giving birth. It is precisely the Terminator's indifference to both that signifies it as an unimaginably inhuman monstrosity. Indeed, the films' overarching contention that humanity must be saved, rooted as it is in a particular story about pregnancy and birth that exclusively focuses on the heterosexual couple and the ...

In "The Moonshiners at Hoho-hebee Falls," Craddock likely explores themes of rural life, Appalachian culture, and the struggles of the mountain people. The title suggests that the story revolves around moonshiners, individuals who illegally distill alcoholic beverages, and is set in the vicinity of Hoho-hebee Falls, a fictional location typical of Craddock's Appalachian settings.As with much of Craddock's work, readers can expect vivid descriptions of the natural landscape, rich characteri...

The novel follows the story of a young boy named Jack Levering, who finds himself working as a section-hand on the railroad. Jack's father, a railroad engineer, has passed away, leaving Jack to support his family. Despite his young age, Jack is determined to prove himself and secure a stable future.Jack's job as a section-hand involves maintaining the tracks and ensuring the smooth operation of the trains. It's a physically demanding and often dangerous job, but Jack's dedication and work ...