The Alden's neighbor, Lina, thinks there's treasure hidden in her attic, and she wants the Boxcar Children to help her find it. Of course, the children are eager to help search—but...
From Publishers WeeklyFeaturing soap made from human fat, waiters at high-class restaurants who do unmentionable things to soup and an underground organization dedicated to inflict...
Amazon.com ReviewIn the States, Nick Hornby is best know as the author of and , two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere fast. In Britain h...
'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing' -- he drew his own sword; it made an almost silken sound -- 'and of course you can't blame...
SUMMARY: The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection s...
In April 1975, as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, John Bissell, a former Marine officer living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was glued to his television. Struggling...
SUMMARY:Eric Schlosser has visited the state of the art labs where scientists recreate the flavours and smells of everything from cooked chicken to fresh strawberries in the...