Discusses the traditional and modern way of life of the Pueblos, examining their history, culture, religion, and ability to survive and thrive in difficult conditions.

Explains such things as the difference between a meteor, a meteoroid, and a meteorite and what happens when an asteroid or comet gets too close to the earth.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and different species of these scavenger birds.

Presents a history of deep sea exploration as well as a description of the landscape and life found there.

Explains adoption, the feelings of insecurity that such a situation may cause, and the nature of biological parents, adoptive parents, and foster parents.

Rhennthyl has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled enough to be considered for the status of master artisan. Then his life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire, and Rhenn discovers he is an imager - one of the few in the entire world of Terahnar who can visualize things and make them real.

Going on her first sleepover, Maisy's shyness disappears as she and her friends talk, dance, giggle, play games, and eat a tasty supper.

"The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen's War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors ... At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don't truly understand what they have purchased when...

"The Mists of Avalon meets the world of Philippa Gregory in the thrilling first novel of a debut trilogy that reveals the untold story of Languoreth--a forgotten queen of sixth-century Scotland--twin sister of the man who inspired the legend of Merlin. I write because I have seen the darkness that will come. Already there are those who seek to tell a new history ... In a land of mountains and mist, tradition and superstition, Languoreth and her brother...