Ember faces an unexpected nemesis in his quest for world domination: Bubbles the goldfish!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Ember is excited to finally have a worthy nemesis. Bubbles the goldfish, who lives upstairs in Mr. Chin’s office, wants to flood the town and make the whole world her fish tank! Ember and the other pets feel confident they can take down Bubbles… until she assembles her own army of fish. Now there are fish EVERYWHERE! Will Ember and the other pets be able to stop Bubbles before she floods the local pool? With laugh-out-loud humor, engaging artwork on every page, and nonstop action that will have readers rushing to turn the pages, Pets Rule! is the just-right series for any emerging re
當年笨拙內向、狼狽離開史丹佛的Winnie如今改頭換面，以成功人士之姿邀她參與自己的假貨生意；菁英律師Ava為了家庭放棄事業，生活卻令她備感挫折。她決定冒險一回！不料Winnie卻人間蒸發…HUSTLERS meets BIG LITTLE LIES in the heist of the summer...'Propulsive and captivating' VogueMeet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has ticked all of life's boxes. She's married to a successful surgeon and has just taken an indefinite career break to raise her adorable toddler. A picture-perfect life.Meet Winnie: Ava's old college roommate. Once awkward, quiet and apparently academically challenged, she left Stanford in a shroud of scandal. But now, she is charismatic, wealthy and has returned to town dripping in designer accessories.An actual perfect life. When the two women bump into one another at a local coffee shop, it seems like fate has intervened: Winnie's new-found success is courtesy of a shady business and she needs a favour; Ava is realising she is not built for the stay-at-home life. But what starts as one favour turns into two, then three, and soon Ava is in far deeper than she ever
Analyzes the use and management of local defense forces in eight major counterinsurgencies from 1945 to the present?Indochina, Algeria, South Vietnam, Oman, El Salvador, Southern Lebanon, Afghanistan,
SUMMER IS AROUND the corner, and the rivalry between the Malloys and the Hatfords is heating up! The kids have two weeks to earn money for a fundraising contest sponsored by the local hospital. Those
In The Art of Being In-between Yanna Yannakakis rethinks processes of cultural change and indigenous resistance and accommodation to colonial rule through a focus on the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, a rug
In The Art of Being In-between Yanna Yannakakis rethinks processes of cultural change and indigenous resistance and accommodation to colonial rule through a focus on the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, a rug
Hilarious New Hampshire storyteller Rebecca Rule performs in every nook and cranny of the state, so you can bet she knows how to speak and understand the local language. In Headin' for the Rhubarb, sh
This book presents a political analysis of the relationship between Congress and the local government of Washington, D.C. It examines the influence of suburban members of Congress on District affairs,
The church is political.Theologians have been debating this claim for years. Liberationists, Anabaptists, Augustinians, neo-Calvinists, Radical Orthodox and others continue to discuss the matter. What
