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Can you locate Africa on a world map and identify what makes it special? This beautiful series will help early listeners do both! It introduces the geography, landmarks, wildlife, and more of Earth’s major landmasses. Use these titles to explore the seven continents of the world!

Mythology gets real at Camp Hercules.... The last thing Logan wants to do with his entire summer is go to some fake mythology-themed camp, but that’s exactly what he’s stuck doing. When he gets there, it’s even worse than he imagined. Each bunk has to re-enact one of the twelve labors of Hercules, sword fighting and all. The whole thing is ridiculous...at least he thinks it is until he finds out that everything is real: Mount Olympus, the three Fates who run the trading post, and...oh wait! That can’t really be a Hydra, can it?

The Education Myth questions the idea that education represents the best, if not the only, way for Americans to access economic opportunity. As Jon Shelton shows, linking education to economic well-being was not politically inevitable. In the 18th and 19th centuries, for instance, public education was championed as a way to help citizens learn how to participate in a democracy. By the 1930s, public education, along with union rights and social security, formed an important component of a broad-based fight for social democracy.

It is 1995 in North Carolina and high-school student Taylor Hanes is struggling to escape his small-minded dying textile town. He finds his ticket out by lying on the application in order to get a full-ride scholarship to a state university. His actions generate unexpected consequences from his family and his hometown, but worse yet, he awakens the wrath of the scholarship’s long dead benefactor.

An essential guide for artists of all levels, on how to live and work as a creative, from a popular artist and TED speaker. When we're kids, our parents tell us that being creative is fun, fun, fun. But when you decide to turn art into your career, whether that's painting, writing, drawing, or...

More and more, robots are extending their reach in the working world. Today, these high-tech helpers are builders on assembly lines, surgical assistants, recon specialists, space explorers, and more! This series gives hard-working robots the recognition they deserve, with standout bots like da Vinci, PackBot, and Robonaut getting special attention. This volume includes Police Robots and Space Robots.

What is a mineral? How are fossils made? Get the dirt on these questions and more in this series. Young learners are introduced to earth science as they hear about the basic materials that make up our planet.

In March 2005, Dr. Steven Berk was kidnapped in Amarillo, Texas, by a dangerous and enigmatic criminal who entered his home, armed with a shotgun, through an open garage door. Dr. Berk's experiences and training as a physician, especially his understanding of Sir William Osler's treatise on aequanimitas, enabled him to keep his family safe, establish rapport with his kidnapper, and bring his captor to justice.

In America, there is no longer a healthy fear of God and a respect for his moral law. We have redefined morality in the spheres of marriage, human sexuality, and the right to life. We are guilty of pride and self-sufficiency, and have turned our backs on the God who has created us, blessed us, and given us all that we have.

New York Times reported a most surprising piece of news. On May 12-13, the last battle of the Civil War had been fought at the southernmost tip of Texas—resulting in a Confederate victory. Although Palmetto Ranch did nothing to change the war's outcome, it added the final irony to a conflict replete with ironies, unexpected successes, and lost opportunities. For these reasons, it has become both one of the most forgotten and most mythologized battles of the Civil War.

Author Stephen Harrigan spent months diving on the coral reefs of Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean. In this evocative account, he describes his many explorations, both personal and natural. Though he is there to learn about the history of the coral reef, Harrigan freely admits that his true motivation is to become, at least for a time, his “underwater self”.

The Wheel of Life is in spin and the United States government wants to rig the game. ThunderBird is the center of an intense government program. His every breath and heartbeat is monitored as the Native American's mind is manipulated. After all, ThunderBird has a godlike power that whatever he writes down on paper becomes reality.

Parents are always overreacting. "Stay away from strangers," they say. "Don't go near the woods," they warn. And it's all so pointless until there's a tragic accident. And here, there was a tragic accident. One that haunts me to this day. It still leaves me with a broken heart, missing my brother. But this story? It's not about me. It's about him.

Thirteen-year-old Sam Every has traveled back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy to face Captain Slayer, master of the dark arts. Deceived into handing Slayer the ultimate weapon, the Sword of ZelKar, Sam has lost his hands, sliced off in his first clash with the evil pirate. But all is not lost. Sam’s friends have found their way back in time, and with the help of the pirate hunter Benjamin Hornigold have rescued him from the island where Slayer marooned him. Now, Sam must rise above his injuries and find the strength to again face Slayer before it is too late.

Follow the story of Raymond Askren, a young preteen boy who grew up in the midst of the Second World War. Not only did Raymond face a world of uncertainty during these times, but he was especially connected to the war as he watched his two heroes, his brothers - Ralph and Floyd - head off to battle after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Askren Boys will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it will take you back to a time and place where life was simple.

Jarret West, a rich teenage boy, has been accustomed to having control over others and getting his way. When his life begins to fall apart, his guardian angel, Ellechial, hopes now is the time for his conversion. Jarret must be freed from the deep clutches of Deth-kye, the demon bent on seeing him in hell. The fate of several others depends upon Jarret's conversion.

Hope, survival, and determination. A boy turns into a man during a dangerous road trip from Canada to Mexico on a small motorcycle with less than $100 in cash (including gas).

This audiobook is part one in a five-volume series investigating why some innovations have proven to be exponentially influential and identifying which elements matter most in transforming brilliant ideas into practical ones. Based on hard data from thousands of enterprises and penetrating insights from professional innovation consultants, this volume guides business leaders and innovation practitioners through a critical self-assessment prior to the launch of any innovative project.

Dynan Telaerin finds himself on a corpse-strewn hillside, uncertain if he’s really dead or only half alive. He’s charged with saving his long dead ancestor, who was the most powerful telepath to ever exist. Dynan’s own telepathic powers aren’t much good to him. There are monsters and minions hunting him down. Way too many of them can fly. The demon’s lair isn’t the place to learn anything - except how to run and how to hide. In this realm, it’s possible to die twice. But when Dynan finds out they’ve taken his brother, he will do anything to get him back.

This chilling collection of modern horror stories is sure to have you peeking warily around corners and walking just a bit faster down dark streets. Full of both creepy events and morbid humor, The Bacchanal stands as a testament to humanity's love of being afraid and of frightening others. Humanity's fear of the unknown and fascination with the supernatural are masterfully depicted in these 11 stories.