Product Description: [Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12)][Read by Johnny Heller]Here is the final installment in the popular, high-action detective series.From Jarrett J. Krosoczka comes Never Say Narwhal, the final installment in the hilarious, high-action illustrated middle grade series featuring two platypus detectives, perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, and Jarrett's own Lunch Lady series...read more

Product Description: Today it is widely recognized that gay men played a prominent role in defining the culture of mid-20th-century America, with such icons as Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Montgomery Clift, and Rock Hudson defining much of what seemed distinctly "American" on the stage and screen...read more

Product Description: America continues to teeter on the brink of collapse after terrorists detonate black-market nukes from container ships. With deadly clouds of radiation swooping in from the wasteland of American port cities, Paul Edwards and his father-in-law, Buck, seek shelter in a spectacular government bunker, the likes of which has never been seen...read more

Product Description: In The Innocent Killer, Michael Griesbach tells the story of one of the nation's most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But two years after he was exonerated of that crime and poised to reap millions in his wrongful conviction lawsuit, Steven Avery was arrested for the exceptionally brutal murder of Teresa Halbach, a freelance photographer who had gone missing several days earlier...read more

Endzone tells the story of how college football's most successful and respected program nearly lost it all in less than a decade, and entirely of its own doing. It is a story of hubris, greed, and betrayal, a tale more suited to Wall Street than the world's top public university.Author John U. Bacon takes you inside the offices, the board rooms, and the locker rooms of the University of Michigan to see what happened, and why, with countless eye-opening, head-shaking scenes of conflict and conquest. But Endzone is also an inspiring story of redemption and revival. When those who loved Michigan football the most recognized that it was being attacked from within, they rallied to reclaim the values that had made it great for over a century. The list of heroes includes players, students, lettermen, fans, and faculty-and the leaders who had the courage to listen to them. Their unprecedented uprising produced a new athletic director, and a new coach who vindicated the fans' faith when he turned down more money and fame to return to the place he loved most: Michigan.

Product Description: Our economy is on the move, fueled by revolutions in energy, immigration, innovation, big data, and advanced manufacturing. America's energy independence has set off shockwaves. Just as important are the social transformations that are making the country ever more racially and culturally diverse, younger, and a home to immigrants...read more

Product Description: Nicholas Colt’s life is on the right track. Gone for good are the dangerous days of being a private investigator ― until a double homicide and an ex-girlfriend’s missing brother come calling. It seems the Harvest Angels, the white supremacist militia that Colt shut down three years ago, are back in business...read more

Product Description: When a teenager from a wealthy suburb outside Oakland is dumped at an inner-city bus stop, homicide detective Matt Sinclair catches the case. It's his first since being bumped to desk duty for a bust that went south--fast. With few leads and plenty of attention, it's the worst kind of case to help him get back up to speed...read more

Product Description: Former Chicago police officer and Outfit associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives in the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up together on Chicago's Near West Side, and as young toughs they were rousted and shaken down by Hanhardt...read more

This totally revised and updated version of the best seller "Dramathemes" features all-new games and activities along with practical ideas for assessment and literature links. The teacher-friendly format of this valuable resource will make drama entertaining, educational, and informative. "Dramathemes" uses themes as a springboard for easy drama through games, mime, tableau, movement, sound exploration, storytelling, improvisation, readers theatre, choral speaking, and much more. Then ten themes featured are: humor, mystery, fantasy, animals, relationships, folklore, community, the past, the future, and multiculturalism. Designed to make teaching drama accessible to all classrooms, each theme is introduced with an overview and goals that tie in with all aspects of language arts. The chapters begin with simple games that build to more challenging activities and evolve to deeply structured drama lessons. Each chapter includes practical tips for evaluating areas such as choral speaking, group participation, storytelling, problem solving, role playing, and student self-assessment. More a guide than a prescriptive outline, "Dramathemes "encourages teachers of all grade levels to incorporate their values, Experiences, training, and confidence and to select and modify ideas within the units.

Product Description: A hugely entertaining debut the first novel in a wickedly funny gothic mystery series set in the withering landscape of the southern Illinois coal country known as Little EgyptIn the depths of the Knight Hawk, one of the last working collieries in downstate Illinois, the body of a reporter is found, his mini-recorder tied around his neck and a notepad stuffed in his mouth...read more

Product Description: Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old...read more