With all-new reporting, a completely revised and updated second edition of the bestseller that takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Divsiion I-A football. Instead of a tournament, fans are subjected to the Bowl Championship Series, an arcane mix of polling and mathematical rankings that results in just two teams playing for the championship...

Twins Scarlett and Thomas are studying the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons at school, and have a homework project to do - so Grandad comes to the rescue with his time machine. Thomas is catapulted onto a Viking longship, and it's not long before he's being told tales, fitted out with armour and weapons, and getting ready to fight the Saxons. But, uh-oh, his sister Scarlett has landed in a Saxon village: in a pile of pig poo, to be exact. Things seems to be getting better when she befriends the yo...

In acclaimed author Josh Schneider's Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning book Tales for Very Picky Eaters, James' dad has to get creative to convince him to eat healthy foods. Given broccoli, James wants to know what else he can have. So his father offers tasty alternatives such as gum prechewed by children with very clean teeth and dirt walked on by cooks wearing the finest French boots. His father even has helpful suggestions for alternatives to eggs, lasagna, milk, and oatmeal- and soon,...

In this book, the author will equip the individual investor for financial success through dividends. He will separate the topic broadly into three elements: income, information, and independence. Most any investor will be familiar with the income aspect--who can argue with a check in the mail? The elements of information (that dividends convey crucial information, and that a stock can be evaluated entirely from the point of view of the dividend) and independence (our ability to form an ent...

Uncovering the Hidden Worlds Within Leaves, Stems, and Roots Welcome, intrepid explorers of the minute and marvelers of the botanical! Are you intrigued by the microscopic universes that dwell within the plants around us? Ready to uncover the secrets of photosynthesis, transpiration, and nutrient transport that power our green earth? Your microscopic adventure into plant biology begins now!Embark on a journey into the cellular soul of the plant kingdom: Ce...

With the continuous migration of people towards metropolitan areas in search of employment, the demands for core services and energy, coupled with an increasing awareness of the impact of climate change, have placed the management and planning of global urban energy under a lot of pressure. Trends toward urban energy service transformations that offer greater affordability, reliability, efficiency and adaptability provide hope for a global sustainable future. At the same time, there are al...

A quintet of Adeptus Mechanicus Quick Reads for the price of four. Vanguard, The Zheng Cipher, The Enigma of Flesh, Clade and Infinite Circuit in one eBook, to be uploaded immediately to your cortical implants. Tech-Priests diligently collect every scrap of ancient science - they're the ultimate hobbyists.Read it becauseThe Adeptus Mechanicus are the engineer-mystics of the Imperium, seers of dataflow and gears. This collection has all of five of our new sto...

A Warhammer 40,000 anthologyTake your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the 41st Millennium with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Ultramarines against sinister necrons.READ IT BECAUSEWhether you're dipping a toe into the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 or are a hardened veteran of the universe, this anthology is the perfect way to discover the many factions of the games in...

Swamp Souths: Literary and Cultural Ecologies expands the geographical scope of scholarship about southern swamps. Although the physical environments that form its central subjects are scattered throughout the southeastern United States—the Atchafalaya, the Okefenokee, the Mississippi River delta, the Everglades, and the Great Dismal Swamp—this evocative collection challenges fixed notions of place and foregrounds the ways in which ecosystems shape cultures and creations on both l...

A team of award-winning sports reporters takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series.Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Division I-A football. Instead of a tournament, fans are subjected to the Bowl Championship Series, an arcane mix of polling and mathematical rankings that results in just two teams playing for the championship. It is, without a doubt, the most hated institution in all ...

Twins Scarlett and Thomas are learning about the Romans at school. So Grandad uses his time machine to send them back to Roman Britain. Scarlett finds herself in a Roman camp and is chosen as a slave by the Emperor Claudius's daughter, Antonia. The two become friends, and Scarlett witnesses both the glamour and the treachery of the Roman court. Thomas joins a rabble of local kids who hate the Romans - including a red-headed girl called Boudicca. Even when the gang is overwhelmed and taken ...

Readers' Favorite Book Awards Honorable Mention in Nonfiction Social Issues 2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner 2023 IPPY Gold Medalist in Nonfiction Audiobooks 2022 Best Book Awards Nonfiction Narrative WINNER How a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial insemination By his forties, Peter J. Boni was an accomplished CEO, with a specialty in navigating high-tech companies out of hot water. Just before his fiftieth birthday, Peter’s seventy-five-...