Oliver Wyman

Scab McNally campaigns for class president against the irritating Missy Malone, whom Scab targets with an attack platform based on his certainty that Missy is an alien.

Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy.

"When Earth is threatened by an invading race of bugs called the Hunger, 11-year-old Finn, his arch-nemesis, Lincoln, his crush, Julep, and one pink unicorn lunchbox become Earth's last best hope against destruction"--

Proposes an effective and timely solution to the potentially devastating problem of conflict and its resulting bitterness and regret, contending that only through developing an understanding of ourselves can we confront external conflicts to achieve realpeace.

The Secrets of Droon is an ongoing epic saga published for listeners who enjoy fantasy at its most exciting and engaging. This much-lauded series was cited by the American Booksellers Association as one of the top ten works to read while waiting for the next Harry Potter. Fast, whimsical action, engaging characters, and surprising, imaginative situations are the hallmarks of the Secrets of Droon.
Book #1—The Hidden Stairs and the Magic...

"Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human children ended up after a disaster that nearly obliterated humankind throughout the galaxy. Ravna and the pack animals for which the planet is named have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred children who were in cold-sleep aboard the vessel that brought them. While there is peace among the Tines, there are those among them--and among the humans--who...