"Vivi and her classmates take a field trip to the beach to study tide pools"-- Provided by publisher. Includes a scavenger hunt checklist, science facts, and instructions for making an aquascope.

"#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell responds to the most popular questions he's received to help readers achieve greater success. John Maxwell, America's #1 leadership authority, has mastered the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect with people, challenge himself, improve his team, and develop better ideas. In this compact derivative of Good Leaders Ask Great Questions, he gives detailed answers to the most...

"A splendid, edifying report from the front lines of theorectical physics" ( San Francisco Chronicle ). In this illuminating book, renowned physicist Lee Smolin argues that fundamental physics -- the search for the laws of nature -- is losing its way. Ambitious ideas about extra dimensions, exotic particles, multiple universes, and strings have captured the public's imagination -- and the imagination of experts. But these ideas have not been tested...

"Ike Pressure is an Army brat. Which, if you ask him, is not an insult. His mom's new job is in Mercury, Nevada, on a secretive military base close to Area 51. What's more, his childhood friend, Eesha Webb, and her family are about to move there too. Spoiler alert: Ike and Eesha aren't really best buds, even though their parents think so. They used to play together when they were little kids, but now she's more like his nemesis. Still, it's clear...

What are the issues? What can you do? Can we clean up and save our oceans for the wonderful animals that call them home? This book is bursting with information and ideas that answer all three questions. An inspirational call to action for all young conservationists, The Problem With Plastic combines nature, science, beautiful photography, and a fact-packed handbook. Kids worldwide care about this issue, and this book gives them the information they...

"Too many of us feel trapped by work that doesn't allow us to live our purpose, feed our passions, or use our gifts. We fantasize about starting our own business, but we're told this will mean going deeply into debt, spending years working eighty hours a week, and coping with the relentless pressure to grow. Sharon Rowe says there's another way: go tiny. She is here to show you how. Tiny isn't a size--it's a state of mind. Like a tiny house, a tiny...

"A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all."--Provided by publisher.

"Adam Gallagher has knocked on thousands of doors. An ex-Mormon and almost-famous memoirist, he is used to sharing his life story with strangers. But this day, this house, is different. For it belongs to none other than Roland Rogers: Hollywood Hunk, and soon to be author. Roland has a story to tell, a decades-old secret to spill, and he's decided that Adam is just the guy to help him do it. Adam Gallagher has knocked on thousands of doors. An ex-Mormon...

"Iris Smyles's Dating Tips for the Unemployed is an urban odyssey, a wistful, wise, and wry look back at a young woman trying to find her home in the world. "Iris," the narrator and heroine, guides the reader through twenty-four episodes from her life, pausing now and then for meditations on love, sex, work, loneliness, insomnia, arctic exploration, cannibalism, the Higgs boson, Greek mythology, memory, costumes parties, time travel, Rocky I, II,...

With more than 23 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! Filled with exercises to help young readers practice skills like identifying context clues and a story's main idea, plus practical tips and tricks from bestselling author Dan Gutman, this book will help you become the best reader in the history of the world! This chapter book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages...