Synopsis: After the stock market crash in 1929, America plunged into one of its darkest periods--the Great Depression.

Synopsis: Lerner Publications and the A&E Television Networks have teamed up to create Biography for young readers. With highly accessible text and engaging photographs, this engrossing collection offers in-depth profiles of some of the world's most interesting figures.

Synopsis: Jane's friends try to help when her quick temper results in her being kicked off the volleyball team.

Synopsis: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/MemoirThis Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner!“Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant…

Synopsis: Colorful characters, a larger-than-life hero, stirring battles, death-defying desert treks, and an adventure rich in mystery and romance, are all depicted by a great writer. That and more is what readers will find in this spellbinding biography of Lawrence of Arabia that is impossible to put down. Bestselling author and screenwriter Alistair MacLean follows Lawrence as he breaks with tradition to live with Arabs and, using modern-day guerrilla…

Synopsis: This team-by-team profile of the National Football League features the coaches, players, and events that make each franchise so memorable. Mini-biographies of important players and play-by-play descriptions of famous games bring the sport of football to life.-- Statistics and history give readers easy reference-- Eye-catching photos, historical and current-- Timeline, index, and glossary provide the basis for greater understanding

Synopsis: Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls: Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin men had only to offer young girls sumptuous fruits to tempt them to sell their souls. But what does it take to tempt today's savvy girls? Spicy Little Curses: A demon and the ambassador to Hell tussle over the soul of a beautiful English girl in India. Matters…

Synopsis: Mark has some creative ideas for a project. When he runs into problems, he figures out how to solve them using creative thinking.

Synopsis: This team-by-team profile of the National Football League features the coaches, players, and events that make each franchise so memorable. Mini-biographies of important players and play-by-play descriptions of famous games bring the sport of football to life.-- Statistics and history give readers easy reference-- Eye-catching photos, historical and current-- Timeline, index, and glossary provide the basis for greater understanding

Synopsis: Presents information about the first Thanksgiving and the way that holiday is celebrated today.

Synopsis: The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair.In 1993, Cedric Jennings was a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods, where the dropout rate was well into double digits and just 80 students out of more than 1,350 boasted an average of B or…

Synopsis: A year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying than in attending biology class. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman named Morgan, biology has become, literally, Cal's life.Cal was infected by a parasite that has a truly horrifying effect on its host. Cal himself is a carrier, unchanged by the parasite, but he's infected the girlfriends he's had since Morgan. All three have turned…

Synopsis: Bryan Folger wants the Cataluna car more than he's ever wanted anything. The sleek white car is all he can think about, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it--steal, even kill. But Bryan is the one who could end up dead, for inside the Cataluna lives an ancient evil--and it wants him.

Synopsis: Explore the many secrets that rest in the world's oceans and lakes. From the lost city of Atlantis to the loch ness monster, discover a world of mystery where there are more questions than answers.

Synopsis: The routines explained here are easy to learn, enjoyable to practice, and produce satisfying results. Learn why meditation is so beneficial and how its regular correct practice can enhance your life. Whether you are presently interested in marginal self-improvement or more accelerated spiritual growth, meditation can be helpful to your purposes. Experience the consciousness-clearing influences of these time-tested meditation techniques which…

Synopsis: This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any…

Synopsis: Traces the life and career of Tony Stewart, from his early years racing go-karts to his titles in Indy car and stock car racing.