What: 12 books

Teens talk to adults about how they develop motivation and mastery Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something? Starting with what they already know and do well, teenagers...

"Professor What-If" shares his insight in an extraordinary blend of facts, poems, riddles and rhymes, revealing the core issues of climate change. How serious is this crisis? Come on a poetic journey into what life may become if we continue on our present course. "What If!" Pacific...

In the second installment of the Puppeteer series, the aliens plan to bombard Earth with asteroids! Mike and Alice hotwire a flying saucer and try and stop the aliens, but the Puppeteers are already far along in their fiendish plan to unleash an apocalypse the like of which has not been seen in 100...

Stitch your very own horticultural haven with What Delilah Did. Step into Miranda Merriweather's magnificent secret garden, where lucky clovers grow in spades and the towering tulips reach six feet tall. This whimsical collection of botanical-inspired needlework projects will take you from budding...

On a near-future Earth, humanity is still rebuilding from the failed invasion of the Puppeteers, a mind-controlling, amoeba-like race of creatures that tried to take over “for their own good.” Suddenly, a race of aggressive, Foosball playing, chicken nugget eating lizards muscle their way through...

Aliens who can take control of ordinary people have invaded the Earth. It's up to Mike, an average guy to overcome his own alien and save the world!A story based on the "Puppet Masters" by Robert A. Heinlein

This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...

In 2004, a London-based community organization called We Are What We Do launched with the publication of a little book with a big idea: 50 simple actions to make the world a better place. Since then, Change the World for Ten Bucks has spawned a movement, multiple editions, and sales of over one million...

In this fourth story in the Puppeteer series, Mike and his band of dangerously incompetent secret agents uncover a plot to introduce a new "plague" on the Earth. The first plague was unleashed during the Puppeteer invasion and resulted in millions of deaths. If the new version hits the streets it...

Stitch yourself a merry little Christmas with What Delilah Did. With three themed collections: Merry and Bright, Stylish and Chic, and Classic and Cosy, you'll find something to suit whatever your holiday style. This thoroughly modern take on counted embroidery is all you need to create your perfect...

This book focuses on the changing role of the superintendent who now must lead with new skills in a time when the landscape of communities is shifting necessitating the mobilization of people through advocacy and activism alongside new partnerships with businesses, local governmental agencies, and...

Jakob Schrenk hat sechs Kuratoren ziemlich verfängliche Fragen gestellt. Etwa, was ein Kurator macht, und was die Kunst, und wie es sich mit Museen verhält - und manche von ihnen schauen sogar aus dem Fenster. Herausgekommen sind sechs spannende Interviews mit Chris Dercon, Max Hollein, Juan A. Gaitàn, Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi, Hans Ulrich Obrist und WHW.