Tells the stories--in their own words--of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring their stories to life.

"Presents the heroic sea evacuation of September 11, 2001 with narrative text and vivid illustrations"--

Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill with a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl did a great job of adapting and finding new ways to eat, but he wasn't getting all the food he needed. His zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer give Karl a new beak? Karl's new adventure was about to begin!

"Leads readers through the story of the 1962 Alcatraz Escape and posits what may have happened to the escapees"-- "What's more exciting than a prison break? Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and have never been caught. Many authorities are certain they died crossing the San Francisco bay. Relatives think they made it to Brazil. The theories of what happened to them are endless. Find out the facts from people...

Wild, wild, West: "Irrepressible tomboy Dory Richards can change a tire faster than any man, yet when it comes to her love life, she's a lost cause. But sexy cowboy Clint Manning has a plan to uncover the woman she really is--and maybe a whole lot more"--Publisher. Wild at heart: "Ever since she accidentally walked in on rodeo star Ben Anderson in the buff, Jessica Mead can't get the memory of him out of her mind. But is topflight fashion editor...

In Attacked by a Crocodile, readers learn of actual human-wildlife encounters, creature information, survival strategies, and attack statistics. True survivor stories and quotes show the reality of sharing our world with one of Earth's most cunning and powerful species.

"Tells the story of U.S. pilots who faced danger every day attempting to deliver supplies over "The Hump" to the Chinese during World War II"-- "During World War II many U.S. Pilots flew dangerous missions over 'the Hump', a 500-mile journey across the Himalayan Mountains. Between 1943 and 1945, about 3,000 pilots went down over the Hump. Only about 1,200 of them made it back to safety. Pilots in Peril! will take you on board some of these doomed...

Readers learn of actual human-cougar encounters, information about cougars, survival strategies, and attack statistics.

Appeals to "human dignity" are at the core of many of the most contentious social and political issues of our time. But these appeals suggest different and at times even contradictory ways of understanding the term. Is dignity something we all share equally, and therefore the reason we all ought to be treated as equals? Or is it what distinguishes some greater and more admirable human beings from the rest? What notion of human dignity should inform...

"Lady Celine Wexham seems the model British subject. French by birth but enjoying life in 1813 as a widowed English countess, she is in the unique position of being able to help those in need--or to spy for the notorious Napoleon Bonaparte. When Rees Phillips of the British Foreign Office is sent to pose as the countess's butler and discover where her true loyalties lie, he is confident he will uncover the truth. But the longer he is in her fashionable...