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In this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit in at his almost entirely-white Manhattan prep school, resulting in a fight and a plan for vengeance. This is not how seventeen-year-old Gil imagined beginning his senior year—on the subway dressed in a tie and khakis headed towards Manhattan instead of his old public school in Brooklyn. Augustin Prep may only be a borough away, but the exclusive private school feels like it's a different world entirely compared to Gil's predominately Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn. If it weren't for the partial scholarship, the school's robotic program and the chance for a better future, Gil wouldn't hav...
Bill Mares & Don Hooper are at it again with a history, and a potpourri, of Vermont humor, stretching back over 100 years. While re-telling some stories from previous collections, "I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing" gathers together more than a dozen modern humorists. With brilliantly novel cartoons of Don Hooper, almost all entirely new!
What sets apart people like Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Plato, Elon Musk, and Oprah Winfrey? Is it riches, education, geography, opportunity, or something else? Perhaps it was their ability to control their thoughts and harness them for powerful action. Perhaps they figured out that they could change the world by first changing their minds. Dr. Don Hooper certainly thinks so. And lucky for us, he can show us how. Enter Power Thinking, a book that teaches you what it really takes to become a thought leader and pave the way for a free, flourishing society, one where we each think for ourselves, solve problems creatively, and take powerful action to change the status quo. In his debut book,...
Abby is delighted to be appointed to the position of nursemaid in the well-to-do Beauchurch household. But it's the summer of 1665, and soon whispers are spreading through London that the plague is returning. Can Abby keep herself and her small charge Grace safe, or will the disaster engulf them?
139 government and non-governmental organizations that serve as resources to students of occupational and environmental health. Each entry gives organization name, address, contact person, publications, and interests. Geographical index.
From Alice and Abe to Zeb and Zipper, an alphabetical array of guests turns out for the biggest birthday party ever. But Hooper Humperdink isn’t on the guest list!
The true story of one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history and the search for the man who started it. On the scorching February day in 2009, a man lit two fires in the Australian state of Victoria, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. What came to be known as the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people and injured hundreds more, making them among the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in Australian history. As communities reeling from unspeakable loss demanded answers, detectives scrambled to piece together what really happened. They soon began to suspect the fires had been deliverately set by an arsonist. The Arsonist takes readers on the hunt ...