Audie Award Finalist, Mystery, 2013

As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch knows her table manners. It’s forks on the left, knives on the right—not in His Grace, the duke’s back…

I have been entrusted by Her Majesty with grooming Jack Altringham—the duke’s newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia—for high society. The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England’s most gorgeous stately homes. But upon my arrival, my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a manor full of miscreants displeased with the discovery of my new ward.

No sooner has the lad been retrieved than the duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. Then after quite the hubbub, Jack’s hunting knife somehow finds its way into the duke’s back. Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers point to the young heir. As if the rascal weren’t enough of a handful, now he’s suspected of murder. Jack may be wild, but I’d bet the crown jewels it wasn’t he who killed the duke…

The second book in Erin Bowman's gripping dystopian sci-fi series, this exhilarating sequel to Taken is perfect for fans of Incarceron by Catherine Fisher and Variant by Robison Wells.

Gray Weathersby has escaped Claysoot and uncovered the truth behind the Laicos Project and the Order's twisted plans. Determined to fight back, his small group of rebels is on the hunt for more answers and more allies—a search that will take them on a harrowing journey across a frozen wasteland, and even deeper into a world built on the Order's lies.

In Frozen, discover more of the nonstop action and riveting plot twists that made Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy, call Taken 'an action-packed thrill ride from beginning to end.'

Fans of Incarceron by Catherine Fisher and Variant by Robison Wells won't want to miss this magnetic first book in a gripping dystopian sci-fi series. Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy, raves that Taken is 'an action-packed thrill ride from beginning to end. More, please!'

Gray Weathersby has grown up expecting to disappear at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. They call it the Heist—and it happens to every boy in Claysoot. His only chance at escape is to climb the Wall that surrounds Claysoot. A climb no one has ever survived . . .

So I have always walked alleys alone, with my monster face, listening through a wall for the words that might cultivate me, that are contained within the homes of ex-lovers, the ones who caught a glimpse and ran away.

In the neon-slick streets of Thea Bowerings imagination, monster girls and femme flneurs roam, anthropologists eyes on barroom denizens, disguising themselves in mens clothing and embarking on doomed love affairs. Old World meets New World as the cafs and piazzas of Europes capitals intermingle with the dust and desolation of the 21st Century modern West.

Strikingly modern while also filled with fin de sicle regret, Thea Bowerings first story collection is shot through with allusion and timeless themes given new life.

There are no men in Claysoot.

There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends . . . and he's gone.

They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby's eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he's prepared to meet his fate—until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he's been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets, the Heist itself, and what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot—a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken—or risk everything on the hope of the other side?

Presents a book of devotions for grandparents to share with their grandchildren.

The first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. With more than 400 alphabetically arranged entries written by an international team of specialists, the volume focuses on the origins and evolution of Islamic political ideas and related subjects, covering central terms, concepts, personalities, movements, places, and schools of thought across Islamic history. Fifteen major entries provide a synthetic treatment of key topics, such as Muhammad, jihad, authority, gender, culture, minorities, fundamentalism, and pluralism. Incorporating the latest scholarship, this is an indispensable resource for students, researchers, journalists, and anyone else seeking an informed perspective on the complex intersection of Islam and politics.

• Includes more than 400 concise, alphabetically arranged entries
• Features 15 in-depth entries on key topics
• Covers themes and topics such as:
  
  
  • Central themes and sources of Islamic political thought: caliphate, modernity, knowledge, Sharia, government, revival and reform
  • Modern concepts, institutions, movements, and parties: civil society, Islamization, secularism, veil, Muslim Brotherhood
  • Islamic law and traditional Islamic societies: justice, taxation, fatwa, dissent, governance, piety, commerce
  • Sects, schools, regions, and dynasties: Mutazilis, Shi'ism, Quraysh, Mecca, Baghdad, Indonesia, Nigeria, Central Asia, Ottoman Empire
  • Thinkers, personalities, and statesmen: Mawardi, Shafi'i, Saladin, Tamerlane, Akbar, Atatürk, Nasser, Khomeini
• Contains seven historical and contemporary maps of Muslim empires, postcolonial nation-states, populations, and settlements
• Guides readers to further research through bibliographies, cross-references, and an index

Through evocative storytelling and stylish prose, this collection of poetry explores the story of childhood and the development of observation, sexuality, and spirituality through their connections to the animal world and nature. Nostalgic scenes are depicted through the lens of religion, dreams, and the dangerously unpredictable development of the young soul. Eloquent yet concise, these poems skillfully navigate the suffering, enchantments, and revelations of youth.

A review of the events and personalities surrounding the Constitutional Convention of 1787 concluding with the debate and the final product.

Becoming a Reflective Teacher Published by: Marzano Research Laboratory Just as successful athletes must identify personal strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers. Crafted around a detailed compendium of over 270 ready-to-use reflection strategies and organized under 41 elements of effective teaching, this book combines a model of instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations and discussions to improve your instructional practices.Just as successful athletes must identify personal strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers. Crafted around a detailed compendium of over 270 ready-to-use reflection strategies and organized under 41 elements of effective teaching, this book combines a model of instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations and discussions to improve your instructional practices.

The Highly Engaged Classroom provides an in-depth understanding of how to generate high levels of attention and engagement as a result of careful planning and execution of specific strategies. Using the suggestions presented by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Tammy Heflebower, every teacher can create a classroom environment in which engagement is the norm instead of the exception.

Part of The Classroom Strategies Series, this clear, highly practical guide follows the series format, first summarizing key research and then translating it into recommendations for classroom practice.

'I will make bold to say that Bowden is America's most alarming writer. Just when you think you've heard it all you learn you haven't in the most pungent manner possible....With The Charles Bowden Reader in hand you get a taste of it all, and any literate resident or visitor should want this book. It will lead them back to a close, alarming reading of the entire oeuvre. It is to ride in a Ferrari without brakes. There's lots of oxygen but no safe way to stop....Read him at your risk. You have nothing to lose but your worthless convictions about how things are.'---Jim Harrison, From the Foreword

From his first book. Killing the Hidden Waters, to his most recent, Murder City. Cuidad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the rapacious appetites of human beings and the devastation we inflict on the natural world we arrogantly claim to possess. His own corner of the world, the desert borderlands between the United States and Mexico, is Bowden's prime focus, and through books, magazine articles, and newspaper journalism he has written eloquently about key issues roiling the border---drug-related violence that is shredding civil society, illegal immigration and its toll on human lives and the environment, destruction of fragile ecosystems as cities sprawl across the desert and such up the limited supplies of water.

This anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden's entire career. It includes excerpts from his major books---Killing the Hidden Waters. Blue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Inferno, Exodus, and Some of the Dead are Still Breathing---as well as articles that appeared in Esquire, Harper's Mother Jones, and other publications. Imbued with Bowden's distinctive rhythm and lyrical prose, these pieces also document his journey of exploration---a journey guided, in large part, by the question posed in Some of the Dead are Still Breathing. 'How do we live a moral life in a culture of death?' This is no metaphor; Bowden is referring to the people, history animals, and ecosystems that are being extinguished in the onslaught of twenty-first-century culture.

The perfect introduction to his work, The Charles Bowden Reader is also essential for those who know him well and want to see the whole panorama of his passionate, intense writing.

The author of twenty-six books, Charles Bowden has also been a contributing editor for GQ, Harper's, Esquire, and Mother Jones. His best-known work focuses on the U.S.-Mexico border, which engrosses him because it is a trip wire for issues---migration spawned by global inequality, the rise of stateless criminal cartels---that will shape the twenty-first century. He lives in Tucson, Arizona

Plain Kate's odd appearance and expertise as a woodcarver cause some to think her a witch, but friendship with a talking cat and, later, with humans help her to survive and even thrive in a world of magic, charms, and fear.

Bowman...seems to manipulate the language with a branding iron in one hand and a bullwhip in the other. Bowman's native soil is Texas, and though she casts a cold eye on its codes of Bubba Machismo and Cheerleader Femininity, she knows that denying one's roots is equivalent to using a butcher's cleaver to perform an act of self-amputation.---Diann Blakely

The sensual swoop and swoon of tasty language, this rich spell of texture and energy--- 1-800-HOT-RIBS deserves a flamboyant napkin of YESES and a big grateful bite! I haven't read anything more original in a long sweet time.---Naomi Shihab Nye

Part homage, part exploration, The Plath Cabinet offers a new window onto Sylvia Plath's world, from her hand-made dolls and her passport to a preserved lock of her hair. The Plath Cabinet is not simply an unparalleled biography: it is a memoir in poems, telling the story of Bowman's relationship to Plath and to poetry. The Plath Cabinet is a must-read for Plath-lovers, for anyone interested in memoir and biography, and for all readers of contemporary poetry.

A review of the events and personalities surrounding the Constitutional Convention of 1787 concluding with the debate and the final product.

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The freshly baked Gingerbread Man escapes from the oven and outruns all those who try to catch him. But will he be able to avoid the clever fox or end up as his tasty snack?

Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children's interest and spark their imagination page after page, encouraging a love of reading that is vital to success in school and life!

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Children will find hours of entertainment in the pages of these timeless tales! Our Brighter Child® Keepsake Stories are delightfully illustrated classic stories of magic, imagination, and inspiration that will delight children again and again! Collect all of the titles in this wonderful series today!

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In the 1970s, the Village Scout movement arose in Thailand not only to counter a growing communist insurgency but also to intimidate anyone critical of the government. Rituals of National Loyalty explores this movement as a prime example of the deliberate use of mass psychology. This study bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed understanding of its working at the village level.