![]() Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures.M erlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader.Magic Tree House: Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books.Track the facts with Jack and Annie in the nonfiction companion to this book: Benjamin Franklin.ĭid you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? ![]() Intrigued by Jack and Annie, he's curious to learn more about where they came from. But Ben Franklin has a mission of his own. He was a Founding Father, a journalist, and a famous inventor! When the magic tree house whisks them back to meet the man himself, they're not sure what their mission is. Jack and Annie know all about Ben Franklin. ![]() Get whisked away through time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in the #1 bestselling series-and meet famous Founding Father and inventor Ben Franklin! By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th ![]()
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![]() Wise quotes former senior China analyst for the FBI Paul Moore’s analogy: China, a nation that has been in the espionage business for over two thousand years, is very patient in its overall approach. In laying the groundwork for cases of Chinese espionage, Wise details the ways in which China spies differently from other countries such as Russia. To probe into the publicly known and unknown aspects of Chinese espionage, seasoned investigative journalist David Wise delved into affidavits, government documents, and interviews he was able to secure with more than 150 people, which culminated in the writing of Tiger Trap. To date, much less is known about Chinese spy activities than those of the former Soviet Union. was focusing its intelligence efforts against the former Soviet Union, China was quietly penetrating the highest levels of U.S. ![]() “There are no walls which completely block the wind,” so goes an ancient Chinese saying. Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China ![]() ![]() ![]() With already a fantastic back catalogue of books and stories, it feels like sheer mastery that he delivers a seemingly inexhaustible variety of fresh ways he finds to unsettle you. Brian Evenson’s latest collection of short stories, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, thrives on positioning it’s characters in this sort of suspension above doom in a wide variety of horrific and spooky situations. Sure, every era has it’s apocalypse criers, but even paying marginal attention to the news lately has one wondering if we have already crossed the precipice of doom and just hang over our doom like that cartoon coyote chasing the roadrunner, suspended in the air so we can all mock him for his self-inflicted mistakes before taking the plunge. And what can be more chilling then the idea that humanity itself may all succumb to a ghastly demise. Horror often thrusts your gaze into the path of oncoming doom, be it a chilling end to everything or a fate that makes death seem like a mercy. ‘ The World is a hell because we have made it so.’ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A story of breathtaking dealings that range from Riyadh to London, Paris to America, this is a thrilling and brutal investigation into extreme wealth, one of the world’s most decisive and dangerous new leaders, and the bid for Saudi transformation that is reverberating around the world. Through astonishing interviews with powerful insiders, Blood and Oil tells how MBS’s cabal played the Saudi economy and capitalised on the omnipotence of feudal power while effectively stamping out dissent, before allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out. Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the Yearīlood and Oil the explosive untold story of how Mohammed bin Salman and his entourage grabbed power in the Middle East and acquired a network of Western allies – including well-known US bankers, Hollywood figures, and politicians – all eager to help the charming and crafty crown prince. ‘The fascinating and highly entertaining tale … Fly-on-the-wall reporting and palace intrigue worthy of Machiavelli’ John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood ‘ Crisp page-turner of a book teeming with telling detail … Splendid ‘ Financial Times ‘If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if limitless money met limitless power, wonder no longer, it’s all here … Terrifying, disturbing and ghastly’ Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland ![]() ![]() ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs. In a breakneck adventure that spans the globe, Charlie must crack a complex code created by Einstein himself, struggle to survive in a world where no one can be trusted, and fight to keep the last equation safe once and for all. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2019) Hardback. ![]() In desperation, a team of CIA agents drags Charlie into the hunt, needing her brilliance to find it first-even though this means placing her life in grave danger. But now, a diabolical group known as the Furies are closing in on its location. ![]() Fearing what would happen if the equation fell into the wrong hands, he hid it. Decades ago, Albert Einstein devised an equation that could benefit all life on earth-or destroy it. From New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a thrilling new series about the world’s youngest and smartest genius who’s forced to use her unbelievable code-breaking skills to outsmart Einstein. Chris Grabenstein, 1 New York Times bestelling author of the Mr. ![]() And now it's up to her to save the world. Fast-paced, smart, and action-packeda real page-burner. Charlie Thorne isn't old enough to drive. From New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a thrilling new series about the world's youngest and smartest genius who's forced to use her unbelievable code-breaking skills to outsmart Einstein. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The people from this same community will, however, keep in their minds the idea of what they have in common and imagine a common community between them. ![]() Anderson, then, defines it as “…an imagined political community” that is imagined in both limitation and sovereignty.Īnderson uses the word imagined to define nation, because he affirms that even the people from a small community, will not know everyone from that community, or meet them or even hear about them. In order to understand better the concept of nationalism, Anderson starts analyzing the word that is the root of nationalism, which is the word nation. Anderson suggests that one should not think of nationalism as an ideology like “fascism” or “liberalism”, but to relate it with “kinship” and “religion” in order to understand the similarity that groups of people have and why the territory that they live help one understand the borders that we have nowadays. There has never been a great thinker treating this concept as thoroughly as other concepts. Imagined Communities The concept of nationalism, according to Benedict Anderson, has never been deeply discussed. Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, summary ![]() ![]() This book contains 5 chapters of about 100 pages each, with its own story that builds on the previous chapters. Furst’s narratives are well-paced and continuous rarely does he build up suspense and then switch scenes, a device used by far too many writers. Most of the spy stories I’ve read were told from the Western point of view, but this glimpse into the Stalin-era Russian operation was eye-opening. ![]() So I researched all his titles and decided to start at the beginning with Night Soldiers. ![]() I read the review of the book, and it had elements that appealed to me. Alan Furst was unknown to me until my local newspaper ran a story about his current novel, A Hero of France, since he was to appear in person at the next meeting of the paper’s book club. ![]() A thoroughly compelling read, I will be reading the entire series. ![]() ![]() ![]() They offer a beauty salon for the dolls, where the girls can watch their doll get a new hairstyle and learn some tips. Everything is so hands-on, the kids can shop and play at the same time. The store itself is huge, with a variety of dolls (size, color, gender) and I always plan to spend extra time there. The entire bistro is decorated pink and girly, so kudos to the fellas who can overlook this obstacle for their princess :) I dragged along my husband and 2 sons to join us lol! Hubby loved the grilled chicken and the boys were such good sports. If you’re celebrating a birthday, let the staff know and they will serve the bday girl a special cupcake with a candle.īelieve it or not, it’s a great experience for the family. The food is actually pretty good! They even have seats, plates, cups and shopping bags for the doll. This place is just too adorable! I purchased an AG doll this past Christmas and have been frequently shopping online and in the store for accessories, but had never visited the bistro before. I took my daughter to the AG Doll Store for her bday to have lunch. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Abandoned by his mother at a young age and never knowing his father, Cameron has never been a family man. Keeping busy has always helped her cope with her emotions, and after mysteriously losing her 18-year-old son, and then her husband, coping is all Tova is left with.Ĭameron Cassmore has lost his way-or, I suppose, he would have if he had ever found it in the first place. She takes comfort in her routine, from meeting up with her group of friends, the Knit-Wits, to working night shift cleaning the Sowell Bay aquarium. Tova Sullivan has been living alone since her husband died. ![]() But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.” Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures (350) SYNOPSIS For the most part, you are dull and blundering. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am fortunate that my writer friend Anne Rivers Siddons lets me stay in her carriage house there when I come to town. It keeps drawing you back like a magnetic force. It is what the Upper East Side is to Manhattan, what Pacific Heights is to San Francisco, or what Beverly Hills is to Los Angeles.' SOB is mysterious. I said, ‘It is the most beautiful area of this gorgeous city. In meeting with my Doubleday publisher about writing, which is set there, she wanted to understand the big draw of this neighborhood. ![]() "I remember seeing this area near the Battery when I was a kid and I was stunned as to how beautiful it was. "I know of no more magical place in America than Charleston's South of Broad," Conroy told Fodor's. it's not a high-kicking, glossy lipstick city." In its shadows you can find metal work as delicate as lace . . . He described Charleston in his 2009 novel, South of Broad: "I carry the delicate porcelain beauty of Charleston like the hinged-shell of some soft-tissued mollusk. . . . ![]() South Carolina's most celebrated modern writer Pat Conroy passed away in 2016, but his prose about the Lowcountry will live on for generations. ![]() |