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Mac & Geeeez!
Mac and Cheese are best friends. When they are together, they get along really well. But when Cheese starts showing off, being silly, and even poking fun at others, he stops acting like himself. This annoys Mac. Mac helps Cheese realize that his friends like him just the way he is, and that being yourself is the best way to be. Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Educators with advice and suggestions to support children being themselves. Mac & Geeeez! ...being real is what it's all about is part of the Books for Nourishing Friendships Series from Magination Press. Other titles in the series include Peanut Butter & Jellyous ...sometimes friendships get sticky and Cake & I Scream! …b...
Day of the Dead Folk Art
The folk art inspired by Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico and around the world, including the American Southwest, powerfully communicates the cultural traditions of this joyous holiday. As a companion volume to the authors' Day of the Dead, this book focuses on the artistic imagery of Day of the Dead, including the skulls, skeletons, and the iconic figure of Catrina, as seen in various pieces of market art, community art and contemporary art. The work and influence of important Mexican folk artists, such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Diego Rivera, are represented and discussed. STEVIE MACK and KITTY WILLIAMS have led Day of the Dead art and cultural tours in Mexico for many years. Through their company CRIZMAC Art & Cultural Education Materials, Inc., they produce award-winning curriculum resources for schools and institutions, including video programs such as Flickering Lights: Days of the Dead. They live in Tucson, Arizona.
A Century of Childhood
An illustrated social history of childhood during the 20th century, written to accompany a Channel Four television series. The authors chronicle the change in the way children have been treated from the "seen and not be heard" days of the Edwardian era to the post-Spock liberalism of the 1960s and beyond. By drawing on reminiscences, the book gives a child's eye view of the experience of childhood and there are first-hand interviews telling what it was like to grow up in an exclusive boarding school, in a city slum or in an orphanage. The book charts the many changes in the kinds of relationships children have formed with parents, teachers, friends and family during the course of the 20th century.
The Awesome Adventures of Steve
Rising out of a ghetto, Mack got lucky and parlayed a gold discovery into one of the biggest fortunes ever controlled by a black person. Using God given talents, he parlayed his fortune into billions of dollars which he used to benefit minorities in Africa and the U.S. His adventures were highlighted by encounters with the "Killer Dictator", Adi Amin and Osma bin Laden, the terrorist. The love interest in this story covers a rich spoiled beauty and an African princess. Kidnappers threaten to wipe out Mack's family at one point, and in another, nearly loses his wife too an ancient Aztec death trap. Many new inventions and products are attrbuted to Mack's uncanny ability to concieve and design new products to enhance the quality of life. Minorities play a strong roll in all of Mack's achieviements.
The eBay Millionaire
Proven strategies and the latest selling tips from eBay's most elite merchants With an estimated 200,000 people making a full-time living selling goods on eBay, and millions more earning a part-time income, it's clear that eBay can create some impressive profits for those who know what they're doing. The eBay Millionaire profiles 25 of eBay's elite Titanium Power Sellers-those who move more than $150,000 in goods every month-and reveals the secrets to their success. Author Amy Joyner reveals the fifty top lessons for profitably selling almost anything on eBay, from how to select the best mix of merchandise, ship goods, and keep customers happy to working with wholesalers, making the leap from part-time to full-time selling, and looking like a million-dollar business even if you're working from your kitchen table.
August Snow
Winner of the Hammett Prize and the Nero Award From the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory districts, August Snow is a fast-paced tale of murder, greed, sex, economic cyber-terrorism, race and urban decay. Tough, smart, and struggling to stay alive, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African-American father and a Mexican-American mother, August grew up in the city’s Mexicantown and joined the police force only to be drummed out by a conspiracy of corrupt cops and politicians. But August fought back; he took on the city and got himself a $12 million wrongful dismissal settlement that left him low on friends. He has just returned to the house ...
Lives Laid Away
Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown is caught in the crosshairs of a human trafficking scheme. When the body of an unidentified young Hispanic woman is dredged from the Detroit River, the Wayne County coroner gives her photo to ex-police detective August Snow, insisting August ask around his native Mexicantown to see if anyone recognizes her. August’s good friend Elena, an advocate for undocumented immigrants, immediately pinpoints the girl as local teenager Isadora del Torres. It turns out Izzy isn’t the only young woman to have disappeared during an ICE raid only to turn up dead a few weeks later. Preyed upon by the law itself, the people of Mexicantown have no one to turn to but August. In a guns-blazing wild ride across Detroit, he will put his own life on the line to protect the community he loves.
Cake & I Scream!
Best friends Cake and Ice Cream love having fun, but when Ice Cream tries to get his way by being bossy and loud, he feels all alone. Cake's best friend Ice Cream is really cool. He can lick everyone at dodgeball. Together, Cake and Ice Cream love having fun and going to parties! But when Ice Cream wants something, he wants it right now. And if he doesn't get his way, he has a meltdown. His bossy behavior starts to give everyone a brain freeze. Eventually Ice Cream has an important realization…and becomes his sweet, soft self again! Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Educators with more information about bossy behavior, and strategies to help guide children to behave assertively while still being mindful of others’ feelings.
Red Star Rising
A plot by some EX-Soviet Military Officers to seize control of the now defunct Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal. To use these arms to RULE THE WORLD. Conrad is a former special forces commander. Who after the death of his mother and father, in England several years passed, has formed a Special Security Force for the Protection of Top U.S. Businesses and Personnel around the world. Conrad and his team missions entail uncovering plots to steal Russian arms, to detect covert networks, and recruit others into the group. A plot that began during the Kennedy era. A plot to RULE THE WORLD, WITH RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS. From Poland, Russia, to the United States; Conrad travels the world to put a stop to this NUCLEAR THEAT. Conrad along with Samatha, Julie and the others of his team, living day to day engaged in sex, killing and friendship put a stop to the terrorism.
New York Magazine
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
