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The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton—a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if…

Roger Kilbourne has the ability to "cross over" into the land of the dead and speak with its residents. It is a startling gift, and not a pleasant one. Roger manages to escape his brutal uncle, who has exploited his talents for years; after he gets a job in the palace laundry, he thinks he will be safe. Instead, there are worse dangers. First, he falls hopelessly in love with the bewitching, willful Lady Cecilia; next, he is pulled into the midst of life-threatening court intigue. Soon Roger is using his gift as a way to get the life he dreams of-even if it means bringing the dead back to the land of the living.

It’s been a century of peace since Earth became a colony of an alien race with far reaches into the galaxy. Some die-hard extremists still oppose alien rule on Earth, but Donovan Reyes isn’t one of them. His dad holds the prestigious position of Prime Liaison in the collaborationist government, and Donovan’s high social standing along with his exocel (a remarkable alien technology fused to his body) guarantee him a bright future in the security forces. That is, until a routine patrol goes awry and Donovan’s abducted by the human revolutionary group Sapience, determined to end alien control. When Sapience realizes whose son Donovan is,…

Davis Bunn Strikes Gold Once Again! Marc Royce stares down from the helicopter on the Rift Valley slashing across Africa like a scar. Tribal feuds, drought, and dislocation have left their devastation. And he sees a new wound--a once-dormant volcano oozing molten lava across the dry landscape--and clouds of ash obscure his vision. His undercover assignment is similarly obscured. Supposedly dispatched to audit a relief organization's accounts, Marc finds himself amid the squalor and chaos of Kenyan refugee camps caught in a stranglehold of corruption and ruthlessness. But his true task relates to the area's reserves of once-obscure…

Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but…

Kenna Mangum was born a witch. She's always known it -her family has always known it - from the moment she burst into flames in her father's arms after she was delivered. Denied interaction with regular society while she was coached into controlling her powers, Kenna has always felt a longing to join the rest of the world and get to experience a "normal" life. Now her wish is about to be granted. But when Kenna goes to public school for the first time she meets not one, but two amazing guys, both with secrets of their own. Now Kenna fears all chances of "normal" just disappeared.

Пока не готов ("Not Quite Ready"). Обложка журнала "Puck", № 44 (Vol. XLIV), 1898 год. США, Нью-Йорк. Американская политическая карикатура 19 века. Издательство Keppler & Schwarzmann. Размер 25,5 х 34 см. Сохранность листа очень хорошая. Для оформления обложки использована карикатура Джозефа Кепплера (Joseph Ferdinand Keppler; 1838-1894). В правом нижнем углу - Keppler. Текст под изображением: "The Bear. - War is very, very cruel! Could n't it be arranged to have universal peace - at least till I get through with my dinner?" - "Медведь. - Война - это так жестоко! Неужели мир не может сохраняться хотя бы до тех пор,…

Русско-французский альянс (The Russian-French Alliance). Обложка журнала "Puck", № 43 (Vol. XLIII), 1898 год. США, Нью-Йорк. Американская политическая карикатура 19 века. Издательство Keppler & Schwarzmann. Размер 25,5 х 34 см. Сохранность листа очень хорошая. В верхней части по самому краю владельческие пометы карандашом. Для оформления использована карикатура Джозефа Кепплера (Joseph Ferdinand Keppler; 1838-1894). В левом нижнем углу - Keppler. Превосходная идея для подарка! Представляет безусловный коллекционный интерес! Не подлежит вывозу за пределы Российской Федерации.

Давление на Турцию ("Tough on Turkey"). Обложка журнала "Puck", № 17 (Vol. XVII), 1885 год. США, Нью-Йорк. Американская политическая карикатура 19 века. Издательство Keppler & Schwarzmann. Размер 25,5 х 34 см. Сохранность листа очень хорошая. Для оформления обложки использована политическая карикатура художника Бернарда Гиллема (Bernhard Gillam; 1856-1896). В правом нижнем углу - Gillam. Текст под изображением: "ENGLAND and RUSSIA, together. "Be my Ally, or I'll give you the Worst Thrashing you ever had in your life!"" - "Англия и Россия, вместе. - "Будь нашим союзником, или ты получишь самую большую взбучку в своей…

Кому не хотелось бы чувствовать себя молодым и полным сил в преклонном возрасте? Между тем, это вполне выполнимая задача. Главное условие - сохранение двигательной активности. Однако не любое движение после определенного возраста способно принести пользу. Физические тренировки после 45-50 лет должны носить сберегающий характер, поддерживать жизненные силы и при этом не перегружать сердце и суставы. Книга, которую вы держите в руках, написана знаменитым врачом и спортивным тренером, популяризатором здорового образа жизни, человеком, сумевшим снять с инвалидности и поставить на ноги многих людей, перенесших инфаркты и инсульты, больных,…

Charlie Calloway has a life most people would kill for - a tight-knit family, a loyal set of friends, and top grades a privileged boarding school. But Charlie's never been interested in what most people want. Like all Calloways, she's been taught that she's different, special - better. So when her school's super-exclusive secret society extends a mysterious invitation, Charlie's determination to get in is matched only by her conviction that she belongs there. But their secrets go deeper than she knows. Charlie finds herself thrust into the centre of a decades-old mystery - one that implicates her family in not one terrible crime, but…