Peter Berkrot

For every child who has ever looked up at the stars and asked, "What are they?" comes the story of a curious boy who never stopped wondering: Carl Sagan. When Carl Sagan was a young boy he went to the 1939 World's Fair and his life was changed forever. From that day on he never stopped marveling at the universe and seeking to understand it better.

A little boy is excited at the prospect of spending the night at his friend's house but worries how he'll get along without his teddy bear.

It all started the previous summer. Marc, his wife, and their two beautiful teenage daughters agreed to spend a week at the Meier's extravagant summer home on the Mediterranean. Joined by Ralph and his striking wife Judith, her mother, and film director Stanley Forbes and his much younger girlfriend, the large group settles in for days of sunshine, wine tasting, and trips to the beach. But when a violent incident disrupts the idyll, darker motivations...

"One of the foremost relationship experts at work today applies the insights of science toward understanding the real meaning of trust between a couple. He decodes the "why" behind betrayal and shows how partners can avoid or recover from unfaithfulness and maintain a loving relationship.Dr. John Gottman, the country's pre-eminent researcher on marriage, is famous for his Love Lab at the University of Washington in Seattle where he deciphers the mysteries...

As his friends Bird, Mouse, and Bear celebrate the arrival of spring, Rabbit finds more and more things to dislike about the change of seasons until, at last, he admits that spring can be full of pleasant surprises.

Illustrates basic polite behavior that one might need to use while grocery shopping at the same time as a dinosaur.

From the Allman Brothers Band to Frank Zappa, and through the interweaving lives of Bill Graham, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, and Carlos Santana, author John Glatt chronicles the story of the 1960s rock music Colossus that stood astride the East and West Coasts: Graham's twin temples of rock, the Fillmore East and Fillmore West.

Toby Lolness may be just one and a half millimeters tall, but he's the most wanted person in his world, the world of the great oak Tree. Toby's father has made a groundbreaking discovery: the Tree itself is alive, glowing with vital energy, and there may even be a world beyond it. Greedy developers itch to exploit this forbidden knowledge, risking permanent damage to their natural world. But Toby's father has refused to reveal his findings, causing...

Combines cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice to explain how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. This updated third edition features new chapters on sleep disorders as well as new sections on gender differences, anxiety, weight gain, post-traumatic stress. disorder, and stress management,

Olivia Sanchez worked her way up the ranks of a brokerage firm only to be unjustly fired and blackballed. She turns to her cousin, Manny, ex-con and ex-gang leader, for help. Manny's first instinct is to hit back. But his partner, Beck offers to look into what happened to Olivia, and fix it. Beck and his men end up going to war against a formidable list of enemies. With many foes coming at them, they are going to have to survive impossible odds, avoid...