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  John & Abigail Adams: America’s...

  Editors Charles River

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  John Adams has become one of the more popular presidents in history relatively recently, but it was not always so. For most of his life he was seen as a bit of an outsider, different from his fellow first presidents in his temperament, birth, life and politics. Adams and his son were the only presidents out of the first seven who were born north of the Mason Dixon line, and he was not an easy man to understand or work with. Not only did he have few friends, but he also often fell into long term quarrels with those he had. Still, Adams remained a celebrated figure in Boston for all the work he did in Massachusetts before and after the Revolution, but his national reputation has experienced quite a renaissance over the past decade, beginning with David Mccullough’s best selling biography in 2001, followed in 2008 by the popular HBO series based on it. Then, in 2010, Dearest Friend, a record of the correspondence between Adams and his wife Abigail solidified his position as one of the most darling Founding Fathers of the 21st Century. 
  While the First Ladies often remain overshadowed by their husbands, some have carved unique niches in their time and left their own lasting legacy. Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton may have been the most politically active First Ladies in American history, but Abigail Adams was the first to act as political advisor for her husband and the first to be dubbed “Mrs. President”. Indeed, Abigail was politically inclined to degree highly unusual among women of the 18th and 19th century, and she had originally impressed her future husband John because she was so well versed in poetry, philosophy and politics. Abigail was also very progressive, championing women’s rights and abolition long before they became widely held views even in traditionally liberal Massachusetts.

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  Your Future Life as a Drug...

  Jason Woodward

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  Drug addiction is a serious problem. One that our government is not doing enough to rectify. 
  Perhaps you are currently dealing with a drug addiction and are finding it difficult to quit without the necessary support. 
  Or maybe you are unsure what the downsides of using drugs are and don’t know about the crippling impact of drug addiction. 
  Whatever the case, Your Future as a Drug Addict is a must-read for you. If we carry on as we are, using harm minimization messaging that is proven to be unsuccessful, we are sure to see the number of addicts continue to rise. 
  As a former police officer and registered nurse in the ER, I have firsthand experience dealing with those suffering from drug addiction. 
  And I can say with full confidence that the current government’s guidance and support do not go far enough. 
  That is where this book comes in. This book will teach you the dark side of getting into drugs and the ramifications you may not have considered. 
  Through true education and insight from someone as experienced with drug use as I am, you will have a much better grasp on the impact drugs can have on your life. 
  Inside Your Future as a Drug Addict, discover: 
  ● How drug use affects your goals and dreams. 
  ● What might cause you to get into illegal drugs? 
  ● Some of the most popular illegal drugs and their side effects. 
  ● Why some drugs are illegal. 
  ● The physical and mental impacts of drug use. 
  Grab a copy of Your Future as a Drug Addict today!

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  The Planet Portal and a Pizza

  Wendy Mass, Nora Raleigh Baskin

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  Mystery and adventure collide in this humorous and heartfelt multiverse adventure from beloved, award-winning authors Wendy Mass and Nora Raleigh Baskin.   Twelve-year-old Piper’s life has always been unusual: her parents are clockmakers whose inventions are anything but ordinary, and she’s the only kid she knows with a robotic talking dog. But her life takes a turn for the truly bizarre when she discovers her parents are in jeopardy and the key to saving them is a book full of strange equations.   When Raisa and Lev travel through the portal to Piper’s world, Raisa can finally prove that her mother’s multiverse project worked. Now, she just needs the book containing her mother’s equations to get back to her world…if only she can find it! As Raisa and Piper adventure to the bounds of the multiverse, they’ll need to discover their place in the world if they ever want to find their way back home. 

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  Frank and the Masked Cat

  Martha Brockenbrough

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  One night, while Sunny is out for a walk, getting rid of her ya-yas, Frank spies, in a puddle of moonlight, a magnificent cat. She has nifty black paws. A long tail with splendid rings. A mask to hide her identity. 
   
  She is an enigma, which is an extra-beautiful mystery. Frank is smitten. 
   
  With the help of Sunny and a garrulous parrot named Cap’n Keith, Frank makes a plan to declare his undying love at first sight. But aside from hilarious shenanigans, will anything come of it?

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  The Subway Mouse

  Barbara Reid

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  The newest from Barbara Reid: the story of a young mouse living in the subway, who dreams of the magical world called Tunnel's End.Nib is a subway mouse. As a young mouse, he loved to hear the stories about Tunnel's End: a beautiful yet dangerous, roofless world. One day, Nib decides to set off, away from his dirty, crowded home, to find his dream. Along the way he meets a girl mouse named Lola, who joins him. Together, they navigate the long and dangerous tunnel, until, one night, when they have almost given up hope, they hear a small chirping sound. . . it is Tunnel's End, more beautiful than Nib ever dreamed.

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  Archaeopteryx The: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  The massively popular 1990 novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and its subsequent movie adaptations led to a huge resurgence in interest in dinosaurs and the prehistoric world. That interest continues to the present day, even though most of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park weren’t actually from the Jurassic period. Triceratops, Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus Rex and the huge sauropods such as Brachiosaurus that feature in the book and movies all actually belong to the Late Cretaceous period, more than 40 million years after the end of the Jurassic. Regardless, certain kinds of dinosaurs remain instantly recognizable. 
  	The movie also popularized pterodactyls, and the concept of flying dinosaurs fascinates people. There is no doubt that Archaeopteryx, which lived over 150 million years ago, was one of the earliest birds or avialans (bird-like creatures), and when the first fossil of it was discovered, it was hailed as a potential missing link between dinosaurs and birds. The name Archaeopteryx comes from Greek, the word for “ancient” and the term for “wing” or “feather.” The creature is occasionally referenced by the German, “Urvogel,” which literally means “primeval bird.” From the known species of Archaeopteryx, the creature grew no longer than half a meter (20 inches), including its long, bony tail. Despite its bird-like appearance, scientists point out that the genus has far more in common with the dinosaurs of its day than with the thousands of bird species of our modern age. 
  	Over time, however, others would argue it was actually the missing link between birds and other reptiles. Meanwhile, the debate over whether it was the first avialan came and went, as it was discovered to not be the first.

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