Victor Spoil hates the Junior Super Academy. It makes him cranky--and his parents couldn't be prouder, because supervillains aren't meant to be nice. Until Victor confesses he wants to leave and become a librarian. The horror!But when superheroes and villains--including his parents--start disappeari..
Save the planet one change at a time.A plant-based lifestyle is better for the environment and our health, but it can be hard to know where to start. Whether you're already vegan, would like to be a more mindful meat eater, or simply want to know what all the fuss is about, this little book contains..
An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best.When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating ne..
The popular media often portrays Asian Americans as highly educatedand successful individuals—the "Model Minority."As the ethnic minority with the largest percentage of college graduates, many Asian Americans do enter the professional workforce. However, many of them seem to stall in their careers a..
What happens after you click Tweet? The heart-stopping definitive account of the mission to rescue hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls whose abduction ignited a global social media campaign and a dramatic worldwide intervention. In the spring of 2014, millions of Twitter users, including some of the wo..
3... 2… 1... BLAST OFF! Kids can prepare to launch themselves into a universe of fun as they learn to make, decorate and go on missions with their very own rockets with Zap! Extra: Build Your Own Super Rockets!This power-packed kit includes two rockets and a launcher, as well as the parts to create ..
A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband - these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, these dreams aren't too far out of reach.But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by the ter..
A beautifully designed visual history of Morning Breath, Inc., the Brooklyn-based boutique design studio whose collaborators include renowned musical artists (from Jay Z to the Foo Fighters) as well as such top brands as Vans and Adidas.In 1996 while working at the in-house design department at Thin..
The British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles her odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively and humorous memoir.According to family superstition, Gina Yashere was born to fulfill the dreams ..
Zebra is the last in a line of anarchists, atheists, and autodidacts. When war came, her family didn't fight; they took refuge in books. Now alone and in exile, Zebra leaves New York for Barcelona, retracing the journey she and her father made from Iran to the United States years ago.Books are Zebra..
As an introduction to calligraphy, the author, himself a past master of the art, supplies many different alphabets and shows how each may be applied by drawing, painting, carving or writing with a broad lettering pen. He also gives advice on materials that are most suitable. This is one of the class..
Pulitzer Prize-winning economics journalist Steven Pearlstein argues that our thirty year experiment in unfettered markets has undermined core values required to make capitalism and democracy work.Thirty years ago, “greed is good” and “maximizing shareholder value” became the new mantras woven into ..