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Meet the Beacon Street Girls...They're real, they're fun-they're just like you! Who will be the next seventh grade class president at Abigail Adams Junior High? Mr. Popular, Dillon Johnson, is running, and making a lot of promises that are sure to get votes. The Yurtmeister’s in the race, too, but his campaign is a joke, right? Class president seems like a good place for Avery to start her political career. The trouble is, Katani’s in the race, too. Can the Beacon Street Girls survive the growing tension between these two super competitive friends?

Personaje fascinante y contradictorio, es uno de los políticos estadounidenses más recordados de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Tras convertirse en el primer católico que accedía a la presidencia, impulsó una serie de reformas que quedaron truncadas por su misterioso asesinato en 1963, un magnicidio cuyos móviles nunca han quedado del todo esclarecidos y que ha dado lugar a múltiples conjeturas.

Este conflicto armado ocurrido entre 1936 y 1939 es uno de los enfrentamientos bélicos más importantes del siglo XX ya que significó la lucha entre facciones radicalmente opuestas: por un lado, el bando nacional fascista de derecha que representaba a la clase alta y por otro lado, el bando republicano rojo de izquierda apoyado por el movimiento obrero. Este dramático y destructivo hecho histórico marcaría el destino de España bajo el poder del dictador Francisco Franco.

Pese a protagonizar roles de cierta importancia en filmes donde compartió escenarios con grandes estrellas de la pantalla grande como Anthony Hopkins, el nombre de Cristopher Reeve quedaría grabado en la memoria de aquellos que contemplaron absortos su interpretación del Hombre de acero, Superman. Mas no sólo tendría un papel de superhéroe en la pantalla grande, sino también en la vida real, donde prestó su apoyo íntegro a obras y movimientos sociales.

The Naughtiest Girl Keeps a Secret: Elizabeth intends never to be naughty again. But when John entrusts her with his secret, the naughtiest girl finds herself in deeper trouble than ever.... The Naughtiest Girl Helps a Friend: How can the naughtiest girl be good at camp with horrible Arabella in the very same tent? Especially when she's busy stirring up trouble for Elizabeth's best friend, Joan.

The typical old sales tactics we're all familiar with no longer work. If you're still doing it the old-fashioned way, you're probably barely keeping your career afloat. If you want to stop treading water and start making sales, The Contrarian Effect has the answer. Not only do traditional sales tactics fail most of the time, we're actually better off doing the exact opposite! It may sound crazy, but it's not just a novel idea; it's a counterintuitive approach to sales that really works.

La apasionante historia del triunfo y caída de quizás la figura más emblemática de la nación francesa. Ambicioso, encantador y enormemente talentoso, anhelaba llevar a su país más allá de los linderos conocidos de la gloria. Su ascenso hacia el poder, tan fulgurante como la ofensiva que le permitió dominar casi toda Europa, marcó toda una época no sólo en la vida de Francia, sino también a nivel mundial. No se lo pierda.

The National Book Award-winning author of The Penderwicks talks about the much-loved series that takes readers into the enchanting world of four very different sisters. Fans of classic children's literature will love the charming, old-fashioned style that still appeals to a contemporary audience. Actress Rita Wolf will perform an excerpt from one of the books.

A noted ornithologist’s outstanding field recordings of songs and calls, this audiobook covers 60 birds with several recordings for each.

Uno de los títulos más famosos de todos los tiempos. Originalmente publicada en 1915, cuenta la breve, penetrante y extraña historia de un ordinario comerciante de telas, Gregorio Samsa, que un buen día amanece convertido en una criatura no identificada que por sus rasgos, tiende a ser reconocida como una especie de cucaracha gigante.

When the exiles return to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity in 538 B.C., they begin to rebuild the temple that was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. But very quickly resistance arises from the local population - not from military or mob attacks, but from an army of lawyers!

Do you know what career Selena Gomez would choose if she weren’t a singer and actor? Find out this and more when you listen to this audiobook.

Con seguridad, la batalla más sangrienta de la historia. A inicios de 1942, Hitler inició una gigantesca ofensiva militar en pos de capturar la Rusia de Stalin, un país considerado vital para las futuras aspiraciones nazis; sin embargo, el Fuhrer jamás imaginó que el enemigo fuera capaz de sostener tan encarnizada respuesta.

Technology has a powerful capacity to affect the way we perceive the world and how it works. The authors and scientists in these interviews share their thoughts on computer-assisted communications technologies and the increasing capability of scientific technology to affect the world for good or ill. They also discuss the influence of cyberspace, virtual reality, and intelligent design. The interviewees include Neil Postman, Jane Metcalfe, Howard Rheingold, Mark Slouka, Andrew Kimbrell, Doug Groothius, Dean Kenyon, Philip Johnson, and Michael Behe.

Militaries need fast and powerful machines in the air. Fighter jets, cargo planes, and other amazing aircraft zoom over land and water to get the job done!

On August 24 and 25 in the year 79 A.D., a Volcanic eruption from Mt. Vesuvius spewed fire, lava, smoke, and ash upon the city of Pompeii, burying it and many of its inhabitants. Before this catastrophe, the streets of Pompeii had been bustling with the activity of its people, busy with commerce supported by its shipping trade and its role as a link between interior Italy and the outside world. In Pompeii, based on the Time Life Books series Lost Civilizations, you'll visit this ancient, lost city as it was in its heyday and how it exists today, its ruins lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius.

A collection of seven powerful and proven guided visualisations delivering vibrant health, quickly and effectively. This collection is centred around the BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM session, and is supported by sessions aimed to deliver you better sleep, deep relaxation, pain relief, access to your intuition, and a serious boost to your charisma. If you're ready for change, and that change is to Vibrant Health, this particular collection gets you there fast.

Imprisoned for preaching outside the Anglican Church, John Bunyan recorded the doubts, temptations, and hopes of his own spiritual journey, a journey later traveled by the searching sojourner in The Pilgrim's Progress.

For more than 30 years the Shortwave radio spectrum has been used by the worlds intelligence agencies to transmit secret messages. These messages are transmitted by hundreds of Numbers Stations.Shortwave Numbers Stations are a perfect method of anonymous, one way communication. Spies located anywhere in the world can be communicated to by their masters via small, locally available, and unmodified Shortwave receivers.

Considerada en algún momento la patria "más suiza de América", este bello país bañado por las aguas del Atlántico es el corolario de una fascinante historia de empuje, tesón y esfuerzo por sobresalir. Hoy, a casi 200 años de su fundación, la nación uruguaya inicia con esperanza un nuevo período económico que haga olvidar el caos y desastre al que de común incurrieron su sociedad y gobernantes sobre todo en la segunda mitad del siglo XX.