"In this punny, laugh-out-loud picture book, Captain Dad, who has brought along his treasure chest of jokes, and his crew spend the day at the beach!"--

"Siku has always called the Zambezi River her home. She understands the water--and strangely enough, it seems to understand her, too, bending to her will and coming to her aid in times of need. But things are changing on the river--a great dam is being built, displacing thousands of Shonga people--and things are changing in Siku, too, as her ability to manipulate water grows out of control, and visions of a great serpent pull her further from reality...

"Today, little Jess has a big job to do. He's helping Pap at work, and he's in charge of the water jug -- which is also a magical clock! When it's empty, Pap explains, the workday is done. But what about all these thirsty animals? Soon, the water is gone, but the day is not over yet. Will Jess be fired?! Or is the jug not really magical after all." -- page [2] of cover.

Una joven que crece en una finca lejana y exuberante, a salvo del conflicto y las luchas de la peninsula de Yucatan. La unica hija de un investigador que es un genio o un loco... Montgomery Laughton: un capataz melancolico con un pasado tragico y propension al alcohol. Un paria que ayuda al Dr. Moreau en sus experimentos, que son financiados por los Lizalde, duenos de magnificas haciendas y arcas abundantes... Los hibridos: Los frutos del trabajo...

"A riveting and emotionally harrowing debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive father--One of the Boys is 160 perfect, stunning pages by a major new talent. The three of them--a twelve-year-old boy, his older brother, their father--have won the war: the father's term for his bitter divorce and custody battle. They leave their Kansas home and drive through the night to Albuquerque, eager to begin again, united...

To help her fall asleep, the author tells his daughter a bedtime story from his mischievous childhood when he bought magic beans with his mother's grocery money.

A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved and labored there. It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But...

"In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity."--

"Caught up in a criminal enterprise, Ashley and her young daughter turn to her estranged father, Matt, for help. Retired and living a beach bum's life in The Caymans, her dad's secret past is revealed as the Mob tracks them down on the island"--

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she's working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad's favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.