Ben: 3397 books

What does it really mean for students to be college and career ready? In this new edition of Teaching Students to Dig Deeper, Ben Johnson identifies the ten attributes students need for success, according to key research, the College Board, the ACT, and rigorous state standards. In order to thrive...

Buddy Figgins has waited three months for someone to come looking for him, but no one has. While his mother sleeps he ventures into the canyons, setting in motion a chain of events that spins out of control.A monster hunts, a thief goes underground, and the blood silver calls to all who have...

Ben Brown's political thriller takes us behind the doors of Number Ten in May 1940 during three pivotal days in British History when, extraordinarily, giving in to Hitler was seriously considered. Having urgently assembled the British war cabinet, the new Prime Minister is confronted with an...

How far would you go for someone you loved? Would you kill for them? Damien is dealt that decision. Kill a corrupt politician to save his wife from having the same fate. With time ticking and pressure from a man known only as the Voice, Damien must decide whether he could kill another man to save the love of his life. Short story.

The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova.

Every Man out of His Humour is a satirical comedy written by English playwright Ben Jonson, acted in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. It is a conceptual sequel to his 1598 comedy Every Man in His Humour. It was much less successful on stage than its predecessor, though it was published in quarto...

What do you get when you mix nine parts of speech, one great writer, and generous dashes of insight, humor, and irreverence? One phenomenally entertaining language book*.* In his waggish yet authoritative book, Ben Yagoda has managed to undo the dark work of legions of English teachers and...

From a critically acclaimed master of language, a look at the trends, phenomena, and battles on the front lines of modern American English. In You Need to Read This, language expert Ben Yagoda writes about the cuckoo things we have done to the English language. His witty, insightful, and wise...

A collection of essays tracing seven decades of literary interaction between Hemingway and notable French authors In a 1946 Atlantic Monthly essay, Jean-Paul Sartre writes: “The greatest literary development in France between 1929 and 1939 was the discovery of Faulkner, Dos Passos, Hemingway,...

Orion—more than human, less than a god, cast away on the seas of Time to do battle among the godlike Creators for the future of mankind. Now the eternal warrior finds himself separated from his great love, Anya, and marooned in Macedonia under the reign of Phillip—fighting alongside the young...

Este volumen es una muestra de la vitalidad cultural y poética de Zapotlán el Grande a través de la organización y premiación del certamen de los juegos florales, la jovial justa provenzal que los zapotlenses —entre ellos Juan José Arreola, de quien celebramos el centenario— comenzaron a...

"Irvine, a philosopher, strikes an engaging, self-deprecatory tone as he criticizes his field for its aloofness and failure to engage with the world as it is." - The Creativity Post Why am I here? What does it all mean? These are the big questions we all ask ourselves at some point....

As an uberhuman replicator, Carlos is able to peel another copy of himself whenever he needs company or back-up. However, someone wants to test the extent of these abilities by systematically assassinating his 'tribe' while on holiday in Puerto Rico. A short story exploring some of the complications (and opportunities) facing a man who can make copies of himself.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Ben Schrank’s Love Is a Canoe is a smart, funny, romantic, and hugely satisfying novel about the fragility of human relationships and a heartwarming reminder of what it really means to be good to those we love. The author of a classic self-help...