A large number of children have been leaving school for suspicious reasons, and Henrietta is convinced she knows who's behind it. When her best friend Lina disappears, Henrietta follows the kidnapper onto the roof, into the school greenhouse, and to a whole new world - where pigs grow on trees, giant bees lurk beneath the ground, and the people have enormous goat-like horns.She makes friends with a grumpy Tree Pig called Dagenham, and a human who claims to be the world's greatest d...

Neil Gordon's life is about to change. Determined to embrace meaning in life and understand human relevance, Neil—an engineer, pilot, and scientist—joins in lively debates with Professor Gregg and inquistive minds, only to find himself confused and without clear direction.Set against the panorama of the Pacific Nortwest, One Step To Paradise traces Neil's transformation as he wrestles with a deeper understanding of his beliefs and his place in the world while he grows from...

A large number of children have been leaving school for suspicious reasons, and Henrietta is convinced she knows who’s behind it. When her best friend Lina disappears, Henrietta follows the kidnapper onto the roof, into the school greenhouse, and to a whole new world - where pigs grow on trees, giant bees lurk beneath the ground, and the people have enormous goat-like horns.She makes friends with a grumpy Tree Pig called Dagenham, and a human who claims to be the world’s greatest d...

Using humor and a light approach this book introduces to 5 to 8 year olds the concept "to have good manners is to do and say only what makes people feel good and comfortable.

Strange Worlds of Weird Tales brings together 18 remarkable stories from the pages of one of the most influential magazines in fantastic fiction. Across decades, Weird Tales gave readers strange cities, forbidden experiments, unexplained transformations, otherworldly creatures, haunted places, and encounters with things that refused to fit comfortably into the known world.This collection reaches from Edgar Allan Poe’s unforgettable The Tell-Tale He...

Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. This is our third Fantastic universe Superpack. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 100,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction! 'Gods of the North' by Robert E. Howard ...

This picture book, through gentle humor, introduces to 4-8 year old children the concepts that trust is earned and that it’s OK to say no.

The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 23More Than 12 Hours of Classic Science FictionThe greatest science fiction never grows old. The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 23 gathers twenty-one unforgettable stories from the pioneers who transformed impossible ideas into timeless adventures. Across more than twelve hours of expertly narrated fiction, you’ll encounter alien worlds, strange inventions, cosmic mysteries, an...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972), one of science fiction's greatest masters from the Golden Age, is famous for his many classic short stories -- quite a few of which are presented here, including "Arena," "Knock," "Earthmen Bearing Gifts," "The Star Mouse," and many more. The 32 tales of science fiction and fantasy assembled in this massive volume include:ARENAEXPERIMENTKEEP OUTHAPPY ENDINGHALL OF MIRRORSEARTHMEN BEARING GIFTSIMAGINEIT DIDN...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t Jump by Jamie Wild, Youth by Isaac Asimov, Digger Don't Take No Requests by John Teehan, Lighter than You Think by Nelson Bond, Garden of Souls by M. Turville Heitz, The Variable Man by Philip...

**An astonishing collection of all-new tales by some of the most acclaimed writers at work today. E****dited by Neil Gaiman (**Sandman, The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline) and award-winning author Al Sarrantonio, Stories presents never before published short works from a veritable Who’s Who of contemporary literature—breathtaking inventions from the likes of Lawrence Block, Roddy Doyle, Joanne Harris, Joe Hill, Walter Mosley, Joyc...

For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from alifetime of words and ideas -- tales that amaze, enthrall, and horrify; breathtaking journeys backward and forward in time; classic ...