From School Library JournalStarred Review. Grade 9 Up–Zusak has created a work that deserves the attention of sophisticated teen and adult readers. Death himself narrates the...
Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy "Don't think, just shoot"--pictures, that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full-time as the nanny for the fabulously w...
SUMMARY: Set against the backdrop of a devastating forest fire that Henry David Thoreau accidentally set in 1844, John Pipkin's novel brilliantly illuminates the mind of the young ...
Review"The planet is in peril on account of human activity. Politicians, philosophers, and various pundits have been proposing ways to reverse the destructive thrust of this activi...
Review"A magnificent treatise by a distinguished philosopher on the pursuit of spiritual perfection." -- —Publishers Weekly "A major contribution to the only important...
SUMMARY: It's not just a game anymore-read the explosive new book series based on the video game Splinter Cell(tm). In response to the growing use of sophisticated digital encrypti...
"I've been a philosopher for all my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs." These are the openin...