Can high school delinquent Mafuyu clean up her act and still kick some butt? Mafuyu is the no-nonsense, take-charge and hard-hitting leader of her high school gang. But when she gets expelled for being a delinquent, her mother, fed up with her daughter\'s wayward ways, sends Mafuyu to an isolated school far off in the country. Mafuyu and her friends managed to save the school festival at the last

HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon exposing all its scurrilous secrets. With a frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past. Fatal fleabites, bloody battles and brutal beheadings, it\'s a trip no Horrible history fan will want to

For over thirty years Eric and Doylanne Wade have traveled twice a year to their cabin on a river for an extended stay in the wilds of the Alaska boreal forest. There the adventure-loving couple has built a rewarding life among bear, moose, owls, grouse, and fish. Lately, their interest has been focused on squirrels, specifically the abundant and always amusing Alaska red squirrel. In Squirrelland,

A modern remake of Osamu Tezuka\'s legendary samurai tale about reclaiming stolen humanity-and don\'t miss the stunning 2019 anime! During Japan\'s tumultuous Sengoku period, one man sells his son to a pack of devils in exchange for the power to rule. Forty-eight devils take forty-eight pieces of young Hyakkimaru, and the boy is left for dead. But through the assistance of a sage and a series of inventive

Regardless of industry, most major companies are becoming technology companies. The successful management of information has become so critical to a company\'s goals, that in many ways, now is the age of the CIO. Yet IT executives are besieged by a host of contradictions: bad technology can bring a company to its knees, but corporate boards rarely employ CIOs; CIOs must keep costs down at the very

A pocket-size visual guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the

An emoji-based fact book that takes infographics to the next evolution - injecting fun into

A translation of a foundational scripture in beautiful, lyrical translation, perfect for recitation. A key text for one of the most important Buddhist tantric traditions, the Chakrasamvara Root Tantra has been passed down to us from the ancient mahasiddhas of India, such as the great yogi Saraha. This foundational ritual text is one of the earliest of the yogini tantras, tantric scriptures that emphasize

Preceding the astonishing Eventide and Benediction, this is Kent Haruf\'s first novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt,

Now in full color, the 10th anniversary edition of this classic book takes you deep into the influences that underlie modern video games, and examines the elements they share with traditional games such as checkers. At the heart of his exploration, veteran game designer Raph Koster takes a close look at the concept of fun and why it\'s the most vital element in any game. Why do some games become boring

A Simpler Life approaches the developing field of synthetic biology by focusing on the experimental and institutional lives of practitioners in two labs at Princeton University. It highlights the distance between hyped technoscience and the more plodding and entrenched aspects of academic research. Talia Dan-Cohen follows practitioners as they wrestle with experiments, attempt to publish research findings,

An audacious and powerful debut novel about a post-apocalyptic America, for fans of Station

This interactive book helps children understand plants and how they grow. Children can use their pen to label diagrams of plants, find out what plants need to grow, look at reproduction, pollination and habitats and identify different plants. The durable, wipe-clean pages allow children to practise again and again, as they learn valuable

The \"Heinemann Plays\" series offers contemporary and classic dramas in durable classroom editions. This volume contains four short plays following a Year 7 class through the ups and downs of their first year in secondary school. The plays are lively and humorous while exploring serious

A collection of classic poems that provides an accessible introduction to Shakespeare\'s poetry. Printed in a high quality cloth edition, this volume in the Crane Classics makes an attractive

Emma Dodd\'s perfect Christmas

Arthur and his family venture to the Helstea auction, where many rare and valuable items are up for sale. Art hopes to gather some for himself to help with his adventuring, but things take an unexpected turn when he and his companions get entangled with the royal family...and Sylvie catches the eye of a certain guard who\'s determined to have her, no matter what it