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War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key. Galen's energy-focused research has...

The former Baron Morgarath is recruiting an army of savage beasts and newly-crowned King Duncan must prepare for a war to determine the fate of the kingdom of Araluen.

Smith, a teen chef and entrepreneur, is on a mission to bring healthy food options and easy-to-cook scrumptious recipes to a busy generation of teens. These tried-and-true recipes use limited ingredients and a reduced number of steps. They encourage readers to discover the joys of cooking while taking a culinary journey across the seven continents.

Overweight sixteen-year-old Charlie yearned for her first kiss while her perfect best friend, Amelia, fell in love, so when she finally starts dating and learns the boy asked Amelia out first, she is devastated. "Charlie Vega is smart, funny, artistic, ambitious. And fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. The world wants Charlie to be thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired, like her best friend Amelia....

"A lack of sleep is important and numerous medical studies indicate that large numbers of people in the modern world do not get enough sleep on a fairly regular basis"--

In 1914-15 England, fifteen-year-old Poppy works as a parlormaid until she is transformed by forbidden love and a war that sends her to the front line as a nurse. England, 1914. Poppy's destiny has already been carved out by society. At fifteen, she will become a servant to the aristocratic de Vere family. It doesn't matter that their youngest son Freddie seems to have fallen just as hard for Poppy. He could never marry a girl like her. But The Great...

Presents a guide to the characters, settings, and otherworldly monsters of "City of Bones, " and includes profiles of the main characters, quotes from the film, and information on downworlders, shadowhunters, and the Clave.

The author interprets the people, events, influences and art that made up the brief life of Sylvia Plath.

Uses computer-generated images to explain how many devices and processes of modern technology work, covering such inventions as HDTV, game consoles, robot cars, helicopters, space probes, oil rigs, mass dampers, biometric id's, and tsunami alert systems.