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  Goliah - The End of War—or the...

  Jack London

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  In Goliah, Jack London delivers a startling vision of a world shaken by a single, unseen genius. When the richest industrialists and most powerful politicians receive a strange summons from a man calling himself Goliah, the public dismisses it as madness—until death follows disobedience. As governments, militaries, and global systems confront an unknown force, society teeters between terror and transformation. London blends speculative science with political prophecy, asking whether humanity can survive absolute power wielded in the name of peace. 
  Written with urgency and imagination, Goliah explores the dangers of unchecked authority, the fragility of social systems, and the seductive promise of a perfectly ordered world. The story unfolds on a global scale, moving from private disbelief to worldwide reckoning, while maintaining relentless tension. This is early science fiction at its boldest—visionary, unsettling, and eerily prescient. 
  Jack London was one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century, best known for The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Beyond adventure fiction, London was deeply engaged with social theory, politics, and the future of humanity. 
  In Goliah, London channels his fascination with power, technology, and social evolution, producing a work that feels shockingly modern. His ability to combine storytelling with radical ideas makes this story a cornerstone of early speculative fiction.

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  Here: The Dot We Call Home

  Laura Alary

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  Here: The Dot We Call Home is a simple and enchanting book that invites children to see themselves as both descendants and ancestors, and caretakers of our beautiful planet. 
  This is my home. I live here. But I am not the first… 
  When a child finds clues that others have lived in her house before her, she begins to wonder about them, and about those who will come after her. The more she wonders, the more her sense of home expands, stretching to include an entire planet. 
  With her thoughtful approach and her unique ability to make big concepts engaging and personal to children, Laura Alary invites readers along for the ride, zooming through time and space to the outer reaches of our solar system for a new perspective on the planet we share. The child marvels: How can something so big seem so small? But also: How can something so small seem so big? Overwhelmed by the mess that humans have left behind, in the end she realizes that there is only one thing to do: start where she is. 
  In spare and simple words, Here: The Dot We Call Home helps children begin to think of themselves as both descendants and ancestors, and to comprehend that people of every place and time share one home, and the task of looking after it. 
  Here: The Dot We Call Home is:  
  
  - An engaging story about one curious and thoughtful child 
  
  - An imaginative way to enlarge a child's perspective on our homes and neighborhoods, and how we're all connected 
  
  - A great conversation-starter about the environment and our responsibility to protect it 
  
  
  - Filled with enchanting and whimsical illustrations that encourage a child's natural sense of wonder 
  
  - Ideal for boys and girls ages 5-10 years old 
  
  Add it to the shelf with books like If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall and Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers.

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  I Dare! I Can! I Will! - The Day...

  Linda Ólafsdóttir

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  Vera and Mamma are headed out for a march, but it’s not just any march: it’s October 24 in Reykjavík, and on this day in 1975, the women of Iceland took the day off, walked out of their homes and away from their jobs—as farmworkers, butchers, and fisherwomen; wives, daughters, and children—and marched to demand equality and change, chanting: “I dare! I can! I will!” And they did, inspiring and empowering girls and women to make change, not just in their country, but all around the world.

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  Stories from Shakespeare: CEFR...

  Karen Kovacs

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  Improve your English in a fun way, without any extra studying. This book is adapted for learners at CEFR level A2 (elementary/pre-intermediate). 
  The witches were all looking at Macbeth with small, bright eyes. He was a little afraid but he didn’t want to show it. He moved nearer and asked them, “Who – or what – are you?” 
  Here are two stories by the most famous British writer, Shakespeare, adapted for learners of English (CEFR level A2). 
  In the tragedy Macbeth, a man meets three witches and they tell him that he will be king. But to become king, how many people must he kill? 
  In the comedy Twelfth Night, Viola nearly dies in a storm at sea but starts a new life in Illyria. She has to dress as a man and a woman falls in love with her. And what about Viola’s twin brother? Did he die in the storm? 
  This book:includes two brilliant stories: Macbeth and Twelfth Nightis adapted for learners of English from the classic Shakespeare storiesuses grammar and vocabulary for learners at CEFR level A2 (elementary/pre-intermediate level) 
  Books at this level have a word count of 7,000–10,000 words and 1,000 headwords. 
  You will find language-learning exercises for this book on my website.

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  The Hungry Place

  Jessie Haas

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  The moment Princess is born, it’s clear she’s an unusual pony. She has an enchanting quality that runs deeper than her outer beauty. At first, Princess lives a charmed life of brown sugar cubes, sweet grass, and adoration. But hard times are ahead, times when she will, like a real princess, need to be brave and wise.  
   
  Miles away, Rae has hungered for a pony since she was old enough to say the word pony—just like her mama. But Rae’s mama died when she was young, and her father can’t afford to buy and feed a pony. Rae is determined to make her dream of having a pony come true. The question is how?  
   
  The Hungry Place is the story of a pony with a mind of her own and a girl with a spine of steel striving to overcome the hunger of their empty fields and yearning hearts.

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  Frontier Surgeons - A Story...

  Emily Crofford

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  In the 1870s, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table. In the frontier town of Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. W. W. Mayo brought his young sons, Will and Charlie, to assist him with operations. Fifty years later, Rochester became a medical mecca as the Mayo brothers were established as world-class surgeons. With a firm belief in sharing information and learning from others, the Mayo brothers proved the benefits of cooperation in a jealously competitive field and accomplished more than any single colleague of their time. Emily Crofford gives a vivid account of the Mayos' meteoric rise to fame and their contributions as pioneers on the frontier of modern surgery.

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