All Books
Synopsis:
Just like on CSI, readers will explore the crime lab and discover how detectives use scientific evidence to solve crimes. Find out how bloodstains, footprints, and fingerprints can lead police to catch criminals, and learn how specialists match trace evidence--such as a single hair found on a victim--to catch a murderer.
Publication Date: 04/29/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis:
This is a swashbuckling introduction to the highwaymen--and women--of the seas from the Cilician pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean more than two thousand years ago to today's well-organized and ruthless buccaneers who target supertankers on the China Sea. The book examines the terror tactics of pirates throughout the ages and uncovers the secretive schemes of modern-day smugglers.
Publication Date: 04/29/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis:
Basher Science: Physics, Why Matter Matters! created and illustrated by Simon Basher, Written by Dan Green:
Imagine physics as a community full of wacky characters--the building blocks of the universe each with a unique personality. This book throws open the doors and welcomes you into their amazing world. From gravity to the theory of relativity, this unique book provides visual interpretations of complex concepts, designed to make learning physics easier and a whole lot more fun!
Publication Date: 04/29/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Acclaimed author Heather Vogel Frederick will delight daughters of all ages in a novel about the fabulousness of fiction, family, and friendship.
The book club is about to get a makeover....
Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From stolen journals, to secret crushes, to a fashion-fiasco first dance, the girls are up to their Wellie boots in drama. They can't help but wonder: What would Jo March do?
The book club is about to get a makeover....
Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month.
But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From stolen journals, to secret crushes, to a fashion-fiasco first dance, the girls are up to their Wellie boots in drama. They can't help but wonder: What would Jo March do?
Publication Date: 04/22/08
Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: One important thing a teenage girl can do for herself is learn about moneyhow to make it, save it, invest it, and spend it wisely. Through engaging and practical exercises, this guide teaches young girls valuable lessons to help themlead financially secure and independent lives.
Publication Date: 04/16/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Your day starts at 6am and ends at midnight-if you're lucky. You keep up with all two hundred of your friends on Facebook. You practically invented the word "multitasking" Sound familiar? You're not alone. You are part of the most overscheduled, overprogrammed, and overwhelmed generation on the planet. And CHILL can help you manage it all! It's just a matter of having the right frame of mind. So relax, take a deep breath . . . and chill.
Publication Date: 04/08/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Are you a girl who’s tired of waiting for someone to design the perfect skirt? Bored by what adults think makes great "teen literature"? Insulted by the onslaught of fluffy spring break movies? Good - then you’re on the right track. The next step is to take matters into your own hands.
A fun and comprehensive guide for young women, Indie Girl contains all of the information you’ll need to start independent creative ventures, like dance companies, rock bands, art galleries, fashion companies, and more. Inside you’ll find out how to shoot a new TV show, cast and produce a play, pull together a poetry slam, make your own zine, and even build a float for a parade. You’ll also read quotes from teen and professional artists, receive technical and creative advice from pros, and get a better understanding of why and how women should be working together in the arts.
Indie Girl shows you that when girls get come together to be creative, there’s virtually nothing they can’t do!
A fun and comprehensive guide for young women, Indie Girl contains all of the information you’ll need to start independent creative ventures, like dance companies, rock bands, art galleries, fashion companies, and more. Inside you’ll find out how to shoot a new TV show, cast and produce a play, pull together a poetry slam, make your own zine, and even build a float for a parade. You’ll also read quotes from teen and professional artists, receive technical and creative advice from pros, and get a better understanding of why and how women should be working together in the arts.
Indie Girl shows you that when girls get come together to be creative, there’s virtually nothing they can’t do!
Publication Date: 04/01/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Being a teen (or the parent of a teen) doesn't have to be so hard. How to Raise Your Parents will help teens and their parents navigate those years between training bras and keys to the family car. In a voice teens will relate to and parents will appreciate, author Sarah O'Leary Burningham offers smart advice about negotiation and parental hot buttons and a little insight about what the world looks like from a parent's point of view.
Publication Date: 03/26/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Capturing centuries of rhythmic wisdom just in time for Saturday night, this must-have compendium of classic dance moves and exciting new gyrations is cause for footloose celebration. Here are the illustrated, step-by-step moves for 100 hot-blooded hipshakers sure to please veteran groove-machines as well as those with two left feet. With easy-to-follow guides for the Robot, Running Man, Cabbage Patch, Smurf, Hustle, Funky Chicken, Moonwalk, and dozens of other bustable maneuvers, plus inspiration, suitable music, and special advice for each dance, this fun and stylish guide is the key to walking like an Egyptian or breaking it down like Napoleon Dynamite.
Publication Date: 03/05/08
Age Level: Any Age
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Through a review of the history of banned books, the outcry by some over the Harry Potter books and the call for them to be banned is discussed through a review of this popular fantasy series and brief biography of its author.
Publication Date: 03/01/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: A revised and expanded edition of The New York Yankees: Legendary Sports Teams! The New York Yankees played their first game in the American League in 1903. Since then, they have become the best team in baseball, bar none. Now this action-packed and fact-filled volume brings the Yankee's great history to life. From Babe Ruth's called shot and Lou Gehrig's tearful farewell speech, to Reggie Jackson's three hits on three pitches and Derek Jeter's game-saving catches, classic moments are recounted with such vivid description that readers will swear they can smell the popcorn and hear the crack of the bat. Updated content includes team records and post-season results from 1903 to 2011, as well as lists of Yankees inducted into the Hall of Famers and photos of the most memorable plays and people in Yankee history.
Publication Date: 03/01/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: "A delightful experience for moms and daughters to read together and talk about their reactions and thoughts. It helps the generations understand each other better and relate to each other by sharing thoughts about their common feelings and life experiences. Reading this book will make you laugh and cry, and that's the truth!" -Lucinda M. Seares-Monica, PsyD.
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THE TRUTH is a delightful, humorous secret diary, written by a girl who is 11-12 years of age. She is wise and yet innocent. Her words acknowledge those priceless truths that we all knew as kids.
She makes us cry and laugh and see ourselves. Everybody loves reading her thoughts, secrets, adventures and solutions to difficult problems. Girls are naturally curious and this book gives them a real opportunity to see how a girl like themselves in so many ways handles her toughest problems and most personal thoughts.
Mom can read the book along with her daughter and not only be brought back to herself as a youngster, but find on every page relevant topics for discussion with her daughter:
How do you handle a bully?How do you handle a crush on a boy?What about teasing?How do you find time to listen to your daughter?Do we have enough fun together?What really matters?The book includes space for the girl and/or mom to make notes or her own diary entries. The book ends with discussion ideas that can also open up whole new areas of topics for mom and daughter or the young reader and other members of her family, friends,or teachers.
Behind this very easy read, written by a positive psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience, is the psychological message to the girls reading THE TRUTH that they can and must keep the fire and passion of their girlhoods as they grow up and have the courage to carry the most precious parts of themselves into adulthood.
For parents the book is a way back to what made them feel most special at 10, 11 or 12. Once parents are back in the place where their kids live, then listening, trust and real sharing can begin.
Every girl and every parent wants this kind of TRUTH!
And once they have the TRUTH, continue the story as the girl gets older and shares her feelings and thoughts in SECRETS You Tell Me Yours and I'll Tell you Mine...maybe
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THE TRUTH is a delightful, humorous secret diary, written by a girl who is 11-12 years of age. She is wise and yet innocent. Her words acknowledge those priceless truths that we all knew as kids.
She makes us cry and laugh and see ourselves. Everybody loves reading her thoughts, secrets, adventures and solutions to difficult problems. Girls are naturally curious and this book gives them a real opportunity to see how a girl like themselves in so many ways handles her toughest problems and most personal thoughts.
Mom can read the book along with her daughter and not only be brought back to herself as a youngster, but find on every page relevant topics for discussion with her daughter:
How do you handle a bully?How do you handle a crush on a boy?What about teasing?How do you find time to listen to your daughter?Do we have enough fun together?What really matters?The book includes space for the girl and/or mom to make notes or her own diary entries. The book ends with discussion ideas that can also open up whole new areas of topics for mom and daughter or the young reader and other members of her family, friends,or teachers.
Behind this very easy read, written by a positive psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience, is the psychological message to the girls reading THE TRUTH that they can and must keep the fire and passion of their girlhoods as they grow up and have the courage to carry the most precious parts of themselves into adulthood.
For parents the book is a way back to what made them feel most special at 10, 11 or 12. Once parents are back in the place where their kids live, then listening, trust and real sharing can begin.
Every girl and every parent wants this kind of TRUTH!
And once they have the TRUTH, continue the story as the girl gets older and shares her feelings and thoughts in SECRETS You Tell Me Yours and I'll Tell you Mine...maybe
Publication Date: 01/01/08
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis:
A pioneering poet whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare and the English Renaissance, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as “the most foolish proud boy that is in England.” He was the heir of England’s premier nobleman, first cousin to two of Henry VIII’s wives---Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard---and best friend and brother-in-law to the King’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy.
Celebrated for his chivalrous deeds both on and off the battlefield, Surrey became, at only twenty-eight, the King’s Lieutenant General in France. He had his portrait painted more often than any other Tudor courtier, but his confident exterior masked insecurity and loneliness. A man of intriguing contradictions, Surrey was both law enforcer and law breaker, political conservative and religious reformer. The self-styled guardian of the traditional nobility, he was recklessly outspoken against the “new erected men” of the court. Cromwell was a “foul churl,” Paget a “mean creature,” and the problems that beset Henry VIII’s realm were, Surrey hinted, “the bitter fruit of false concupiscence.”
He witnessed and was inextricably caught up in all the major events of the reign: the break with Rome, the Pilgrimage of Grace, the Reformation, the executions of his two cousins, Henry’s French wars, and the brutal power struggle at the end of the reign to which he fell victim. His life, replete with drunken escapades, battlefield heroics, conspiracy, and courtroom drama, sheds new light on the opulence and artifice of a dazzling, but deadly, age.
Publication Date: 12/10/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: MAKE THE TEAM. MAKE STRAIGHT A'S. MAKE THE A-LIST.
MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Let's face it: You know what you want, but somehow you're just not getting it. What you may not realize is that you control your life--and Click! shows you how.
Based on the idea that what you give is what you get, Click! explains how to figure out what you really want; how to focus on your goals using positive energy; and, ultimately, how to achieve those goals.
By creating more positive energy every day, you can stop waiting for good things to happen and make them happen. In fact, you're about to click send on a whole new kind of E-vite to the universe--and finally get the mail you've been hoping for!
MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Let's face it: You know what you want, but somehow you're just not getting it. What you may not realize is that you control your life--and Click! shows you how.
Based on the idea that what you give is what you get, Click! explains how to figure out what you really want; how to focus on your goals using positive energy; and, ultimately, how to achieve those goals.
By creating more positive energy every day, you can stop waiting for good things to happen and make them happen. In fact, you're about to click send on a whole new kind of E-vite to the universe--and finally get the mail you've been hoping for!
Publication Date: 11/27/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis: Did you know that there are kids out there who don’t even want to get out of bed in the morning because they know what going to school means for them?
• being teased and taunted ...
• being excluded and rejected ...
• being afraid that you’re going to be assaulted and possibly hurt…
• Sometimes it can even mean that you just can’t hang in there any longer, so you give up and take your own life.
If you are one of the cool kids at school, this book is for you.
But if you’re not one of the cool kids, this book is especially for you.
Emerson Elementary isn’t a real school, but it could be your elementary school. And the students at Emerson aren’t real kids, but the problems they face are real, and so are the choices they make. The Golden Rule is an old rule, but it's still a good rule to live by, and after reading this book, you may just possibly become a kinder, more compassionate human being, someone who treats others the way you want them to treat you.
So come along and join the students at Emerson Elementary and help them make some cool choices!
• being teased and taunted ...
• being excluded and rejected ...
• being afraid that you’re going to be assaulted and possibly hurt…
• Sometimes it can even mean that you just can’t hang in there any longer, so you give up and take your own life.
If you are one of the cool kids at school, this book is for you.
But if you’re not one of the cool kids, this book is especially for you.
Emerson Elementary isn’t a real school, but it could be your elementary school. And the students at Emerson aren’t real kids, but the problems they face are real, and so are the choices they make. The Golden Rule is an old rule, but it's still a good rule to live by, and after reading this book, you may just possibly become a kinder, more compassionate human being, someone who treats others the way you want them to treat you.
So come along and join the students at Emerson Elementary and help them make some cool choices!
Publication Date: 11/20/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational
Synopsis:
SHOULD ISRAEL BE MOVED TO GREENER ACRES?
The State of Israel has been involved in persistent belligerence ever since its birth. With clinical candor, author H. Peter Nennhaus addresses the dwindling probability of its ever achieving genuine peace. He also questions its permanence as an ethnically Jewish homeland. "For Jews and non-Jews alike," he says, "the State of Israel has become the source of disappointment and concern. The world has witnessed the never-ending tragedy that has befallen the Holy Land with its wars, bombings and intifadas and the United States, in spite of its unmatched influence, has been unable to resolve the crisis." He confronts this dark prognosis with a revolutionary new concept, which would transplant Israel to a more suitable land in Europe. It is a land, which due to exceptional circumstances may be available for purchase from its present owner and, unclaimed by any other country, would provide a permanent safe haven for a Jewish homeland. While such a radical move appears far-fetched and unrealistic at first sight, the arguments presented in its favor are fascinating and the reader will find them plausible and compelling.
Quo Vadis, Israel? is an extraordinary appraisal of Israel's future and should be required reading for anyone who is concerned about unrelenting anti-Semitism and the seemingly impossible task of establishing peace in the Middle East.
SHOULD ISRAEL BE MOVED TO GREENER ACRES?
The State of Israel has been involved in persistent belligerence ever since its birth. With clinical candor, author H. Peter Nennhaus addresses the dwindling probability of its ever achieving genuine peace. He also questions its permanence as an ethnically Jewish homeland. "For Jews and non-Jews alike," he says, "the State of Israel has become the source of disappointment and concern. The world has witnessed the never-ending tragedy that has befallen the Holy Land with its wars, bombings and intifadas and the United States, in spite of its unmatched influence, has been unable to resolve the crisis." He confronts this dark prognosis with a revolutionary new concept, which would transplant Israel to a more suitable land in Europe. It is a land, which due to exceptional circumstances may be available for purchase from its present owner and, unclaimed by any other country, would provide a permanent safe haven for a Jewish homeland. While such a radical move appears far-fetched and unrealistic at first sight, the arguments presented in its favor are fascinating and the reader will find them plausible and compelling.
Quo Vadis, Israel? is an extraordinary appraisal of Israel's future and should be required reading for anyone who is concerned about unrelenting anti-Semitism and the seemingly impossible task of establishing peace in the Middle East.
Publication Date: 11/16/07
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Educational