Synopsis: soon To Be A Major Motion Picture; Directed By Sean Penn, Starring Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, William Hurt, And Marcia Gay Harden. In April 1992 A Young Man From A Well-to-do Family Hitchhiked To Alaska And Walked Alone Into The Wilderness North Of Mt. Mckinley. His Name Was Christopher Johnson Mccandless. He Had Given $25,000 In Savings To Charity, Abandoned His Car And Most Of His Possessions, Burned All The Cash In His Wallet, And…

Synopsis: "Peck! Crack! What's inside that egg? It's a fuzzy, downy duckling!" -- Page [4] of cover.

Synopsis: Count to two with the animals at the zoo in this board book with gatefolds and a giant pop!Bold and bright, each spread in this novelty board book features a different zoo animal family of two! With zoo animals like monkeys and elephants, this playful and engaging numbers book is perfect for babies and toddlers.This is part of a new series of basic number books using an appealing, hands-on format and graphic animal illustrations! Each book…

Synopsis: So…you'd think after banishing an immortal being and a fallen High Priestess, saving Stark's life, biting Heath, getting a headache from Erik, and almost dying, Zoey Redbird would catch a break. Sadly, a break is not in the House of Night school forecast for the High Priestess in training and her gang. Juggling three guys is anything but a stress reliever, especially when one of them is a sexy Warrior who is so into protecting Zoey that he can…

Synopsis: Stepsisters Regina and Lauren are thrilled--they've got their own wheels. And the Cataluna is one hot car--too hot. Because inside the Cataluna the curse of Bad Luck Catherine lives on. And while Catherine is hunted in her own time, Regina and Lauren will be haunted in their time--because in this car, evil is always in the driver's seat.

Synopsis: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable ... This is their story…

Synopsis: The perfect bedtime book and an ideal first read-aloud book, this new addition to the popular Baby Faces series, has appealing photos of multicultural babies and toddlers, and a brief, rhyming text. Babies are mesmerized by other babies -- and the strikingly candid photos in SLEEP will keep little ones spellbound. Roberta Grobel Intrater's vibrant photographs capture the many endearing expressions kids make as they drift off to sleep. Each book…

Synopsis: The acclaimed #1 "New York Times" bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation.Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is…

Synopsis: What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil, and all he wanted was you?At the start of this heart-pounding new installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey's friends have her back again and Stevie Rae and the red fledglings aren't Neferet's secrets any longer. But an unexpected danger has emerged. Neferet guards her powerful new consort, Kalona, and no one at the House of Night seems to understand the threat he…

Synopsis: Ann Burden thinks she may be the only person left alive in the world, in a valley untouched by nuclear radiation. She has survived alone for a year, when a scientist protected by a "safe suit" arrives in the valley. His controlling and obsessive behavior force Ann into confrontation and a crucial decision about her future.

Synopsis: Reina faces deep conflicts in her family and in an explosive school election. Available in Spanish as La cancion de cada cual.

Synopsis: The antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty.

Synopsis: A brutal struggle in the cutthroat computer industry; a shattering game of cat and mouse; an accusation of sexual harassment that threatens to derail a brilliant career ... this is the electrifying core of Michael Chrichton's new novel, his first since Rising Sun. At the center: Tom Sanders, an up-and-coming executive with DigiCom in Seattle, a man whose corporate future is certain. Until: after a closed-door meeting with his new boss - a woman…

Synopsis: Key Features Description The Greenstalk family is going to the county fair! Three-legged races, a Handsomest Duck contest, the Ferris wheel - what could be more fun? But when the Greenstalks' car won't start, they'll need some help to get there. Call in the cows! The Greenstalk family is going to the county fair! Three-legged races, a Handsomest Duck contest, the Ferris wheel - what could be more fun? But when the Greenstalks' car won't start,…

Synopsis: Schuyler Van Alen wants an explanation for the mysterious deaths of young vampires. With her best friend, Oliver, Schuyler travels to Italy in the hope of finding the one man who can help—her grandfather. Meanwhile, back in New York, preparations are feverishly underway for the Four Hundred Ball, an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful, and unhuman—a true Blue Blood affair. But it's at the after-party, a masquerade ball thrown…

Synopsis: A collection of 25 books are featured with instructions on how to use each title to launch a classroom math lesson.

Synopsis: Completed only a few months before the author's death, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expansive, most life-embracing work. Filled with human passions ― lust, greed, love, jealousy, sorrow, and humor ― the book is also infused with moral issues and the issue of collective guilt.As in many of Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Three brothers, different in character but bound by their ancestry, are drawn into…