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**The thrilling New York Times bestselling novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent.** Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the...

What if You Had the Power to Stop Time? Seventeen-year-old Zak Gibbs knows how to work the system. With a little creativity, an old, thrown-out typewriter can become a "Crash Proof Word Processor" and get him $25 closer to driving his dream car. But when notices a watch in a junk box from his...

'One of the most intense and engrossing thrillers of the last decade' - Amazon reviewer An action-packed and utterly gripping, globetrotting thriller - for fans of I AM PILGRIM by Terry Hayes, NOMAD by James Swallow, Mark Dawson's THE CLEANER, and THE DECEIVERS by Alex Berenson. ************** Smuggled...

Each student at Robert E. Lee High School is required to perform two hundred hours of community service in order to graduate. Their responses to the assignment are as varied as the organizations for which they volunteer....

Keene Davenport has called for a student walkout to protest his school’s annual “Slave Day” fundraiser, but it’s not exactly working. Shawn Greeley, the first African American student council president of Robert E. Lee High, continues to preside over the auctioning of student reps to serve...

Un nouveau défi pour Splat ! L'histoire : Oh, non ! En rangeant sa chambre, Splat découvre un livre de bibliothèque très en retard. Quelle va être sa punition ? Va-t-on l'envoyer en prison ? Le jeter aux requins ? Plus il s'approche de la bibliothèque, plus Splat est inquiet... Mais son crime n'est peut-être pas aussi grave qu'il n'y paraît.

Emily the Strange is not your ordinary thirteen-year-old girl--she's got a razor-sharp wit as dark as her jet-black hair, a posse of moody black cats, and famous friends in very odd places! She's got a broodingly unique way of experiencing the world, and you're invited along for the ride. Legions of fans worldwide have joined forces to make Emily a pop-culture phenomenon.

NOCH unbeliebter als Trolle sind im Königreich Niegelungen höchstens Wölfe. Nach der Geschichte mit Rotkäppchen sind sie allerdings in den Untergrund gegangen – und so ist Spotz als Troll der beliebteste Loser von allen. Immerhin halten seine beiden besten Freunde zu ihm, Kevin Kleinschwein und...

Vivieron hace 156 millones de años, y fueron los mayores depredadores del Jurásico. No eran muy rápidos, pero si astutos, organizaban emboscadas para atrapar a sus presas. Su nombre quiere decir Extraño lagarto y se debe a que sus vértebras estaban constituídas de manera diferente al resto de los saurios.

Energy Sources examines our reliance on fossil fuels and their impact on the environment; the pros and cons of nuclear energy; the debate about biofuels; harnessing energy from the Sun, wind, and water; and energy in the future, from hydrogen fuel cells to solar power from space.

While cracking a code might seem like something few of us would encounter in our daily lives, it is actually far more prevalent than we may realize. Anyone who has had personal information taken because of a hacked email account can understand the need for cryptography and the importance of encryption—essentially...

The idea of espionage might immediately bring to mind images of danger, state secrets, and cutting-edge technologies. While these can be elements of intelligence operations, they do not provide a complete picture. There are numerous methods intelligence agencies, such as the CIA, might employ to gather...

See what lies beneath an animal's skin! BONE COLLECTION: ANIMALS will feature a wide selection of animal skeletons and informative facts so kids can learn about the anatomy of their favorite animals. Featuring full-color photos and illustrations throughout, it will be just creepy enough to appeal...

This book shows that the problem of climate adaptation, which is described in social planning terms as ‘wicked,’ is at odds with the contemporary practice of spatial planning. The author proposes a new adjusted framework which is more adaptable to unpredictable, wicked, dynamic and non-linear...