\"The energy. The clarity. The beauty. Elisabet Velasquez brings it all. . . . Her voice is FIRE!\"--NYT bestselling and award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it means to \"make it,\" for readers of Nicholasa Mohr and Elizabeth Acevedo. Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican question asker who can see

Jack Blackjack stands accused of killing a priest in the wickedly entertaining new Bloody Mary Tudor mystery. April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder. As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really

The music of the Strauss family - Johann and his three sons, Johann, Josef and Eduard - enjoys enormous popular appeal. Yet existing biographies have failed to do justice to the family\'s true significance in nineteenth and early twentieth-century musical history. David Wyn Jones addresses this deficiency, engagingly showing that - from Johann\'s first engagements in the mid-1820s to the death of Eduard

From the diabetes experts at Mayo Clinic comes a new 3rd edition of this practical, comprehensive guide to understanding and managing your diabetes. VALUABLE NEW MATERIAL ADDED: New chapters on Using Technology to Manage Diabetes, Living Well with Diabetes, and Traveling with Diabetes provide additional resources and make this revised edition an even more comprehensive tool for patients. Whether you

Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? Japanese Tattoos is an insider\'s look at the world of Japanese irezumi (tattoos). Japanese Tattoos explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid getting ink they don\'t understand or, worse, that they\'ll regret. This photo-heavy book also traces the history of Japanese tattooing, putting

Investigative Services Branch (ISB) ranger Ainsley Beaumont arrives in her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, to investigate the murder of a three-month-pregnant teenager. While she wishes the visit was under better circumstances, she never imagined that she would become the killer\'s next target--nor that she\'d have to work alongside an old flame.After he almost killed a child, former FBI sniper Lincoln

Konrad Morgen: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge is a moral biography of Georg Konrad Morgen, who prosecuted crimes committed by members of the SS in Nazi concentration camps and eventually came face-to-face with the system of industrialized murder at Auschwitz. His wartime papers and postwar testimonies yield a study in moral

Camilla Sacre-Dallerup is a professional dancer who found fame and heartbreak on the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing. Her revealing autobiography filled with practical, motivational techniques, giving the perfect insight into what inspires Camilla and how you can use the same techniques to change your life. \'AM-MAZ-ING Once again, Camilla delivers a flawless performance\' Craig Revel Horwood

The story of life on earth unfolds in dramatic fashion in this amazing concertina picture book that takes readers from 4.6 billion years ago to the present day. It\'s difficult to grasp the enormous changes life on Earth has undergone since it first came into existence, but this marvelously illustrated book makes learning about our planet\'s fascinating history easy and entertaining. In an accordion

The Harry Potter Film Vault series condenses the rich concept art of the Harry Potter film series into twelve collectible

Paul\'s letters, the earliest writings in the New Testament, are filled with allusions, images, and quotations from the Old Testament, or, as Paul called it, Scripture. In this book, Richard B. Hays investigates Paul\'s appropriation of Scripture from a perspective based on recent literary-critical studies of intertextuality. His uncovering of scriptural echoes in Paul\'s language enriches our appreciation

In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would \'unwind\'

Over 120 close-up photographs uncover the ideologies behind contemporary advertising imageryIn Primal, close-up details of advertisements reveal both the visual tropes of Western advertising aesthetics and the uncanniness of the images themselves. Together, these photographs depict a society steeped in clich s, biases and sexual

Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, this title is author\'s manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hot-plate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, she regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously

Ultimate Puzzle Challenge is filled with brain-twisting fun and ultra-challenging puzzles, expertly crafted for the most experienced puzzlers. With more than 125 games and activities inside, this collection features Hidden Pictures puzzles, mazes, Sudoku, word searches, crisscrosses, logic puzzles and more. From the puzzle experts at Highlights, this 256-page book includes our most challenging--and

The question of women\'s role in the military is extremely topical. A Woman and a Soldier covers the experiences of women in the military from the late mediaeval period to the present day. Written in two volumes this comprehensive guide covers a wide range of wars: The Thirty Years War, the French and Indian Wars in Northern America, the Anglo-Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, the Long March

Kollotai was a brilliant and passionate defender of the ideals of the Russian revolution and women\'s

Discover how Frida Kahlo became one of the most recognizable artists in the world in this powerful graphic novel written by award-winning author Terry Blas and illustrated by Ignatz Award-winning artist Ashanti Fortson. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting new addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series! Explore Mexican painter Frida Kahlo\'s rise to stardom, as she travels