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Experience life on the pitch with one of the greatest professional soccer teams in the world: FC Barcelona. Designed for teen readers, this nonfiction sports history of the Spanish club highlights FC Barcelona's 27 La Liga championships and 5 UEFA Champions League titles and the star strikers, goalkeepers, and other players and coaches who contributed to the club's success. Explosive photos drop association football fans into match action, while deep-dive sidebars add stats and fun facts. Also includes a table of contents, captions, a bibliography, a glossary, websites, and an index.

The elegant textile art of sashiko is celebrated in this picture book about the embroidery style's origins as a way to strengthen the jackets of fishermen from Awaji Island.

Exposing secrets is a spy's job, and the agents of Israel's Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad) are some of the world's best. Cloaked in secrecy, the Mossad gathers foreign intelligence and performs covert special operations for the purpose of counterterrorism and state security. This in-depth title for readers age 12 and up surveys the espionage agency's history from the early 1950s to today. It covers training and the skills necessary to assess risks and thwart attacks. It also examines key missions and compares pop culture spies with their real-life counterparts. Includes a glossary, sidebars, index, and further resources.

Experience life on the pitch with one of the greatest professional soccer teams in the world: River Plate. Designed for teen readers, this nonfiction sports history of the Argentine club highlights River Plate's 38 Primera División championships and the star strikers, goalkeepers, and other players and coaches who contributed to the club's success. Explosive photos drop association football fans into match action, while deep-dive sidebars add stats and fun facts. Also includes a table of contents, captions, a bibliography, a glossary, websites, and an index.

Exposing secrets is a spy's job, and the agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) are some of the world's best. Cloaked in secrecy, the FSB gathers foreign intelligence and performs covert special operations for the purpose of counterterrorism and national security. This in-depth title for readers age 12 and up surveys the espionage agency's history from Soviet-era KGB roots to today. It covers training and the skills necessary to assess risks and thwart attacks. It also examines key missions and compares pop culture spies with their real-life counterparts. Includes a glossary, sidebars, index, and further resources.

"Make the Earth your companion. Walk lightly on it, as other creatures do." With this powerfully reverent refrain, readers are reminded to treat the world around us with the respect it deserves and the care it needs. Mountains, lakes, rivers, grasslands, forests, deserts—even the sky above—all of our natural environs have some message to impart, if we will but listen. Picturesque illustrations imbue the images with mysticism, making visual connections to not only the words themselves but to the feelings of wonder they evoke.

On December 20, 1943, a German pilot escorted an American bomber to safety; this remarkable, secret meeting in the sky inspired a lifelong quest to reunite as the two former enemies became friends.

In rhyming or alliterative pairs, Jibber-Jabber presents the onomatopoeic sounds of 14 animals that will be easily identifiable to young learners. The name of each creature appears below its signature sound to further reinforce the connection and providing another way to read the text—as a series of commands (Squeak mouse, Squawk parrot, and so on). Whimsical linocut illustrations accompany the block-letter type, engaging visual as well as auditory senses throughout.

A girl who responds to the song that calls to her serves as an example to those who have forgotten how to listen to their lives, how to discern music from noise, how to follow the path of mystery and adventure set before them.

The polar bear is known by many names in different languages—White Bear, Ice Bear, Sea Bear. It is Sailor of the Icebergs, Whale's Curse, Seal's Dread. It is the animal deserving of great respect, the Ever-wandering One, the Master of Helping Spirits, Grandfather, or God's Dog. Whatever its name, what is certain is that this majestic, Arctic animal is threatened by extinction and in need of human protection before it disappears from our world forever.

Take this shuttle to the stars in an innovative board book based on scientific concepts of space travel, with fictional twists.

A young girl and an old tree learn from each other how to find their purpose and foster healing in the world.

As long as people have lived in community they have had systems of government. With historical and full-color photographs complementing documentary texts, Odysseys in Government invites advanced readers along on a journey to experience four of the most well-known formal governing systems like never before. Comparing and contrasting features of one style against another's, these titles feature a sophisticated design that serves as a fitting backdrop to historical images. Investigative side panels, colored glossary terms, and a timeline assist in making the text accessible to a wide range of learners. An examination of the communist form of government, including its basic ideologies and structure, its best-known leaders throughout history, and countries affected by its system of rule.

As long as people have lived in community they have had systems of government. With historical and full-color photographs complementing documentary texts, Odysseys in Government invites advanced readers along on a journey to experience four of the most well-known formal governing systems like never before. Comparing and contrasting features of one style against another's, these titles feature a sophisticated design that serves as a fitting backdrop to historical images. Investigative side panels, colored glossary terms, and a timeline assist in making the text accessible to a wide range of learners. An examination of the democratic form of government, including its basic ideologies and structure, its best-known leaders throughout history, and countries affected by its system of rule.

A countdown of five of the most legendary barbarians provides thrills as readers explore the lives, weapons, and battle tactics of these European fighters.

A countdown of five of the most legendary gladiators provides thrills as readers explore the lives, weapons, and battle tactics of these ancient fighters.

A countdown of five of the most legendary pirates provides thrills as readers explore the lives, weapons, and battle tactics of these renegade fighters.

Unique title for Younger Children

Unique title for Younger Children

High quality photos and crisp design highlight the featured animals, and the narrative voice recalls classic nature shows.

High quality photos and crisp design highlight the featured animals, and the narrative voice recalls classic nature shows.

High quality photos and crisp design highlight the featured animals, and the narrative voice recalls classic nature shows.

High quality photos and crisp design highlight the featured animals, and the narrative voice recalls classic nature shows.