Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables & Herbs
From Planting to Harvesting and More
Written by Kim Pezza
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $5.95
Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!
A bountiful vegetable garden is a mainstay of the backyard farm; when done right, it can form the foundation for all your future farming successes. Whether you’re aiming at self-sufficiency or just looking to add the freshest ingredients possible to your own kitchen table, starting your...
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Bad Astrid
Written by Eileen Brennan
Illustrated by Regan Dunnick
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $10.99
Everyone knows a bully like Astrid--she's "the meanest girl you could possibly meet," and she and her family have moved in down the street! She has a bad attitude and thinks nothing of terrorizing tabby cats, trashing tulip beds, or toppling lemonade stands. It's not easy to stay out of Astrid's...
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The Berenstain Bears and the Green Eyed Monster
Written by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $4.99
Illustrated in full color. Sister can't believe the gift Brother gets for his birthday—it's the biggest, shiniest three-speed bike she's ever seen! She may not be big enough to reach the pedals, but
she wants that bike! The evils of jealousy become clear in a nightmare in which a green-eyed monster...
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The Berenstain Bears' New Neighbors
Written by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $4.99
Illus. in full color. A new family moves in across the street from the Berenstain Bears. It's the Panda Bears, and Papa Bear is a little bent out of shape because they're...
different. But nothing stops Brother and Sister from making friends with the new cubs. When the adults follow suit, they all...
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The Berenstain Bears' Report Card Trouble
Written by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $4.99
It’s report card day at Bear County School–a day Brother Bear has been dreading. He’s received horrible marks in all of his classes, except gym. If only his grades were based on how many strike-outs he’s pitched or soccer balls he’s stopped and not on fractions and vocabulary.
There’s not a doubt...
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Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares
Written by Frank Murphy
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $3.99
A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic square." A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line of three numbers adds up to the same number, including on the diagonal! Teachers and kids...
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Beyond Numeracy
Written by John Allen Paulos
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $11.99
From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback...
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Bittersweet
Written by Sarah Ockler
Read by Ariadne Meyers
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $25.00
From the author of Twenty Boy Summer, a teen pushes the limits to follow her dreams--and learns there's a fine line between bitter and sweet... Once upon a time, Hudson knew exactly what her future looked like. Then a betrayal changed her life and knocked her dreams to the ground. Now she's...
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Blood and Daring
How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
Written by John Boyko
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $17.99
Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself.
In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures of the...
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The Book of Broken Hearts
Written by Sarah Ockler
Read by Zilah Mendoza
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $55.00
When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer. Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers...
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The Book of Broken Hearts
Written by Sarah Ockler
Read by Zilah Mendoza
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $25.00
When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer. Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers...
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Pee Wee Scouts: Bookworm Buddies
Written by Judy Delton
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $3.99
Join the Pee Wee Scouts for fun and adventure as they make friends and earn badges.
Ready . . . Get set . . . Read!
The Pee Wee Scouts are going to get library cards. And in addition to a Reading Badge, Mrs. Peters is going to give a prize to the...
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The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits
Written by Betsy Sachs
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $3.99
Billy Getten really wants a dog. He’s so dog crazy that he eats dog biscuits! But Billy’s parents won’t give in. They say he’s too irresponsible. Then Billy meets the dog of his dreams. Can Billy convince his parents that he’s ready for a pet before the most wonderful dog in...
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Busted (Novella)
Written by Karin Slaughter
Format: eBook, 68 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $1.99
From Karin Slaughter comes a fast and furious tale in which no one is quite who they seem. This electrifying eBook novella featuring Will Trent is a prequel to Slaughter’s upcoming novel, Unseen. Detective Will Trent is standing in a Georgia convenience store, waiting on an obstinate Icee frozen drink...
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Clay So Cute
21 Polymer Clay Projects for Cool Charms, Itty-Bitty Animals, and Tiny Treasures
Written by Sherri Haab
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $9.99
Clay So Cute! shows how one of the easiest mediums—polymer clay, which need only be baked in the oven—can be sculpted into quick, simple, totally fun jewelry and accessories for tween girls—including bangles, pocket mirrors, earrings, chunky bead necklaces, and cute charms.
Clay So Cute! teaches simple, step-by-step illustrated techniques to make...
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College of One
Written by Sheilah Graham
Afterword by Wendy W. Fairey
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $15.00
The moving story of how F. Scott Fitzgerald—washed up, alcoholic and ill—dedicated himself to devising a heartfelt course in literature for the woman he loved.
In 1937, on the night of her engagement to the Marquess of Donegall, Sheilah Graham met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a party in Hollywood. Graham, a British-born...
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Consuming the Word
The New Testament and the Eucharist in the Early Church
Written by Scott Hahn
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $11.99
From the bestselling author of The Lamb's Supper and Signs of Life comes an illuminating work that unlocks the many mysteries of the Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist.
Long before the New Testament was a document, it was a sacrament. Jesus called the Eucharist by the name Christians subsequently gave to the...
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Deeply Odd
An Odd Thomas Novel
Written by Dean Koontz
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $13.99
The pistol appeared in his hand the way a dove appears in the hand of a good magician, as if it materialized out of thin air. “You think I won’t do it right here in the open. But you’d be surprised. . . . You’ll drop before you get the breath...
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The Difficulty of Being
Written by Jean Cocteau
Translated by Elizabeth Sprigge
Introduction by Geoffrey O'Brien
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $15.95
Reflections on life and art from the legendary filmmaker-novelist-poet-genius. By the time he published
The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Jean Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century, and had worked with the foremost artists of his time, including Proust, Gide, Picasso and...
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Pee Wee Scouts: Eggs with Legs
Written by Judy Delton
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $3.99
Join the Pee Wee Scouts for fun and adventure as they make friends and earn badges.
Does April Fools’ Day count as a holiday?
With both Easter and Mother’s Day approaching, the Pee Wees are going to be very busy. The troop is going to dye eggs and take Easter baskets to the...
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Egypt - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Written by Jailan Zayan
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $9.95
This revised and updated edition of
Culture Smart! Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new parties, movements, and groups...
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