Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer. Provides a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional...

She loves to weave. Her brother dreams of sailing. But, can two powerful siblings keep their way of life alive? Japan, 1872. Dual-natured bird-girl Azuki delights in making her highly desirable woven kimonos. But, something about her intricate loom work is making her sick. And, even worse, the illness has spread to her majestic Toki plumage. Sparrow-boy Shota worries that his friendship with the Dragon Princess is waning. With his sister falling...

If you can find a weirder book, buy it. But also buy this one. Gherkin Boy is about a pickle that falls into a black hole and sets out on an adventure across the galaxy to get back home, aided by a lecherous fork, a homeless alien, and naked professor, and a criminal stick. It's hilarious, and weird, and a little bit of all right in your normal 9–5 world.

Are you up to date with current boy bands? Can you tell One Direction from Union J or what makes Take That different from JLS and The Wanted? If you know all there is to know about the aforementioned groups, or would like to find out more, The Ultimate Boy Band Quiz Book is definitely for you. Which boy band's members were appointed ambassadors for Pokémon during 2011? Which boy band recorded a cover version of a 1977 Bee Gees song? Which group supported...

In The Scouting Guide to Hiking, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on hiking and backpacking in the wilderness. Some practical tips include: • How to choose the best gear. • How to set up a campsite. • How to interact safely with wildlife. • How to properly read a map. • How to forecast the weather. • Learning practical navigation skills. • And so much more! Since...

Invites young readers to find a pizza deliverer and other items in scenes of a busy city populated by LEGO toy figures, and to spot the differences in two versions of the same scenes.

A high school junior continues her quest for relevant data on the male species, while enjoying her freedom as a newly licensed driver and examining her friendship with a clean-living vegetarian classmate.

Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.

In 1845 London, an engineer, philosopher, philanthropist, and bold-faced charlatan, John Adolphus Etzler, has invented machines that he thinks will transform the division of labor and free all men. He forms a collective called the Tropical Emigration Society (TES), and recruits a variety of London citizens to take his machines and his misguided ideas to form a proto-socialist, utopian community in the British colony of Trinidad. Among his recruits...