Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival. Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists...

Horrible Harry of classroom 2B cuts back on his mischievous pranks after falling for Song Lee.

On his last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker--spinning a remarkable and deeply absorbing tale of heart-stopping escapes, loves unrequited and won, madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi. But overshadowing all is the miraculous and terrible Great War--an almost surreal parade of horrors that devastated and defined Alessandro, yet enabled him to experience fully...

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Sequel to Tumtum and Nutmeg. Hidden in the broom cupboard of Rose Cottage is the most delightful little house. Shh, it's a secret. No one knows it's there. This is the house of Tumtum and Nutmeg. When General Marchmouse unexpectedly comes to stay with Tumtum and Nutmeg, he wreaks havoc. The General has a new pogo stick and he's having jolly good fun bouncing everywhere on it, and making mischief. Tumtum and Nutmeg have to take the General under house...

No one has enough time. Almost everyone agrees that achieving a better work/life balance is worth striving for. Yet hardly anyone actually does anything about it. Why? Because it all seems too hard. How do you find more time for getting the things that really matter when you have to pay the mortgage, battle peak hour and earn enough money to support yourself and your family? How to Balance Your Life will help you identify the obstacles that stand...

Presents Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.