DescriptionThe planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: a large colony of humans; the Pequeninos; and the Hive Queen, who was brought there by Ender Wiggin. Once again, the enemy (the Starways Congress) has gathered a fleet and is threatening to destroy Lusitania. Ender's oldest friend, Jane, an evolved computer intelligence, is trying to save the three sentient species of Lusitania, but the Starways Congress is destroying the computer world she lives in. Children of the Mind is the fourth and final volume in the original Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card, winner of the Hugo and Nebula award.
DescriptionBeing a parent has never been more difficult or challenging than it is today, and it is critical that you communicate effectively with your children. Dr. Shad Helmstetter's Predictive Parenting utilizes the latest psychological and neurological research to teach you new ways to intensify your relationships with your children. He provides scripted dialogues to help parents deal with hypothetical - but common and realistic - situations, enabling you to anticipate problems before they come up. Predictive Parenting offers expert advice in motivating your children, protecting them from forces beyond their control, increasing their self-esteem, and positively impacting every aspect of their lives.
DescriptionThe ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, ev…
DescriptionIn Portland, Oregon, the wives of several prominent businessmen disappear without a trace, leaving behind only a single black rose and a note with the words: Gone, but not forgotten. An identical series of disappearances occurred in Hunter's Point, New Yo…
DescriptionThis brilliant selection of finely crafted works from one of the most imaginative minds of our time demonstrates why The Seattle Times called Orson Scott Card "a master storyteller." "Ender's Game", the tale of the child-hero Ender Wiggin who must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive, has already sold more than one million copies in its longer version. Other stories include the author's original source for the novel Lost Boys ; "The Elephants of Posnan" read and introduced by Card himself and as yet unpublished in the United States; "Unaccompanied Sonata"; "Freeway Games"; "Quietus"; "The Best Day"; and "Fat Farm." Card is an international best selling author and winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards two years in a row.
DescriptionBernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at "ordinary" Americans and detest so much of what this country is about); the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think they're…
