"Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she's ever known. Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by...

"When Alice and Helen go camping on Flea Island with the Junior Gophers, Alice's big brother Ronald tells them about Big Minnie, the scary monster that lives in the woods, so Martha goes along to protect the girls." -- "La perra Martha y su amigo Skits van de campamento con las muchachas Alicia y Helena. El hermano de Alicia trata de asustarlas con la idea de un monstruo llamado Gran Mini." --

A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...

Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and some eventold by children. Also contains notes on the stories.

A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special." When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. At first his father rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...

"Jessie Sloane está intentando reconstruir su vida después de pasar años cuidando de su madre enferma. Alquila un nuevo apartamento y solicita plaza en la universidad. Pero, cuando en la universidad le informan de que su número de la seguridad social no es válido, Jessie descubre un sorprendente detalle que le hace dudar de todo lo que cree saber."-- "Jessie Sloane is trying to rebuild her life after spending years caring for her ailing mother....

"The original edition, published in 1950, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. This new, revised and expanded, edition contains, in addition to the introduction, an index of titles, an index of first lines, and 113 poems not included in the earlier volume."--Jacket.

Presents retellings of stories from the Old and New Testaments, accompanied by poems, prayers, and songs from around the world.

For the entire history of human civilization, gold has enraptured people around the globe. The Nazis were no less enthralled by it and felt gold was the solution to funding Hitler's war machine. Gold was also on the mind of FDR across the Atlantic, as he worked with Europe's other leaders to bring the United States and the rest of the world out of a severe depression. FDR was hardly the first head of state to turn to gold in difficult times. Throughout...

"La guía ideal para calmar al hipocondríaco que todos llevamos dentro. ¿Puede la congestión nasal ser síntoma de una grave enfermedad? Tras una rápida búsqueda en internet, todos hacemos la misma pregunta al llegar a la consulta del médico: ±¿Saldré de esta, doctor?. En este libro, los doctores Christopher Kelly y Marc Eisenberg recorren las dolencias más frecuentes que solemos padecer, desde los dolores de cabeza hasta las náuseas, pasando...