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Forced to help in her parents' cadaver lab for the summer, Fovea Munson, twelve, discovers three talking heads in need of a favor.

This book examines the mounting evidence about the health effects of concussions and the efforts to protect athletes from this dangerous injury.

Mark's aunt sends him a gift from the jungle island of Baladora - a shrunken head! Mark can't wait to show the kids at school. Then the head starts to glow, Mark goes to Baladora, and all kinds of strange adventures ensue.

"Oh, for a simpler time! Paradise Jones dreams of the Hollywood glamour days. Clothes, hair, vintage car--you name it, she's got it. She's classic retro, a 21st-century image of her favorite Golden Era stars--Doris, Audrey, Esther, Marilyn. The entertainment rags call Paradise eccentric. The studios rarely call at all. When an altercation with her leering stepfather forces her to flee Los Angeles, Paradise leaves behind everything she loves and longs...

Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author, tells for the first time her story of victory and resilience, as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie meets his match in the ambassador's daughter he has been sent to save, and horse trainer Maris Mackenzie is falsely accused of horse theft and must rely on a handsome stranger to help clear her name.

Selected episodes from the series.

"The year is 1996--a time before cell phones, online status updates, and location tags--a time when you could travel to a remote corner of the world and disappear, if you chose to do so. This is where we meet Gina Reinhold and Duncan Lowy, a young couple of creatives, madly in love, traveling around Europe for their honeymoon. Or, Gina thinks it's her honeymoon--that's what Duncan has told her. She's just suffered a head injury while exploring the...

The electrifying story of Abraham Lincoln's rise to greatness during the most perilous year in our nations historyAs 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death's door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Unions top general was gravely ill. The Confederacy-with its booming economy, expert military leadership, and commanding position on the battlefield-had a clear view to victory. To a remarkable extent,...