Five teenagers. One dream trek. A forbidden trail. Mara Bennett has prepared for every kilometre of the famous W Trek through Torres del Paine. She has studied the maps, weighed the food, checked the equipment and memorised the emergency plan. As far as she is concerned, nothing has been left to chance.But Patagonia does not follow anyone's plan.Soon after the expedition begins, supplies start disappearing. A disturbing warning appears beside the group's tent. Rivalries dee...

A hidden planet. A recreated species. An experiment that could decide the future of humanity. The year is 3676.Human civilisation disappeared more than a thousand years ago, destroyed by disease, war, environmental collapse and the machines humanity created. Intelligent robots now inhabit the restored Earth and have spread into space—but their seemingly perfect civilisation is facing a crisis of its own.To survive, a secret group of robot scientists begins ...

Thirty days. Two completely different lives. One unforgettable adventure. Thirteen-year-old Noah Adebayo lives in Cedar Hill, one of the wealthiest parts of Riverton. His enormous modern house has voice-controlled technology, a swimming pool and more rooms than his family knows what to do with. He attends prestigious Kingsmere College, where every grade, competition and future achievement seems to matter.From the outside, Noah's life looks perfect.Inside, h...

One thousand miles. A team of devoted dogs. A trail built on lies. Seventeen-year-old Mara Calder has spent her life training huskies at her family's small kennel in Alaska. She understands every movement of an ear, every change in a pawfall and every warning hidden in a dog's eyes. People are far more difficult.When Mara gives up a certain victory to rescue an injured young musher, footage of her bravery spreads around the world. Suddenly, she is offered the oppor...

What if the most important quiz you ever took didn't test what you knew - but who you chose to become? Eleven-year-old Nora Bell is having one of those days when everything seems to go wrong. But while waiting in Hallowmere Library, she discovers a dusty book hidden behind a forgotten shelf.It is called The Last Quiz of Squishara.Inside is a strange quiz filled with questions that have no simple right or wrong answers. When...

Quesbo Explorer – Issue 6: AlaskaAdventure into the wildest corners of Alaska!Pack your explorer spirit and journey north with Quesbo Explorer Issue 6, an exciting illustrated adventure through the extraordinary landscapes, wildlife, culture and natural wonders of Alaska.Created for curious young explorers, this issue combines discovery, adventure, fascinating facts and hands-on activities in a beautifully illustrat...

Explore one of the most extraordinary places on Earth.Welcome to Quesbo Explorer Issue 01: Atacama, a beautifully illustrated adventure magazine that takes young explorers deep into Chile's spectacular Atacama Desert.Join Maya and Leo as they journey through towering volcanoes, vast salt flats, colourful lagoons and some of the clearest night skies on the planet. Along the way, readers discover fascinating geography, wildli...

Memoirs of Phạm Duy, a Vietnamese Musician in a Turbulent Century tells the story of the triumphs, scandals, and adventures of Vietnam's most prolific songwriter. Born in 1921, Phạm Duy came of age during colonial rule, joined the anti-French resistance, and later became a major voice of the southern Republic before coming to the United States as an exile after 1975. This four-volume memoir, translated into English by Eric Henry with clarity and c...

Memoirs of Phạm Duy, A Vietnamese Musician in a Turbulent Century tells the story of the triumphs, scandals, and adventures of Vietnam's most prolific songwriter. Born in 1921, Phạm Duy came of age during colonial rule, joined the anti-French resistance, and later became a major voice of the southern Republic before coming to the United States as an exile after 1975. This four-volume memoir, translated into English by Eric Henry with clarity and c...

Language is not merely a set of words and grammatical rules; it is a deeply cultural phenomenon we use to navigate our social lives and craft our identities. Linguistic anthropology situates language in this essential context. A distinctively Canadian take on the field of linguistic anthropology, Keep Talking provides an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the discipline.Linguistic anthropologist Eric S. Henry draws on the significant research he has conducted on modern...

-- I had no way to know that my beloved bosses were active members of the infamous Rosenberg ring. I learned this much later, -- two years after my immigration to the States. I also learned then that in my ignorance I was in a good company with the FBI that wanted Joel Barr (a.k.a. Joe Berg) and Alfred Sarant (a.k.a. Phil Staros) since the late 1940s, but had no idea forty years later where these people were.The letter was delivered to Shuysky, Khrushchevs personal assistant, who -...

In 17 BCE the Han dynasty archivist Liu Xiang presented to the throne a collection of some seven hundred items of varying length, mostly quasi-historical anecdotes and narratives, that he deemed essential reading for wise leadership. Garden of Eloquence (Shuoyuan), divided into twenty books grouped by theme, follows a tradition of narrative writing on historical and philosophical themes that began seven centuries earlier. Long popular in China as a source of allusions and quotations, it pr...