A collection of delicious recipes from local restaurant experts and the author's own original recipes, all inspired by the rich culture of Sonora, Arizona.A cookbook dedicated to the foods inspired by the region's beauty and diversity, Taste of Tucson discovers through recipes and photos the unique mix of cultures that create Southern Arizona's incredible cuisine. Award-winning photographer and cookbook author Jackie Alpers shares her own inspired...

Charlie Hood runs the California-Mexico border with the ATF, searching for the iron river-- the massive and illegal flow of firearms that fuels the cartel wars south of the border-- and soon finds a disturbing personal connection.

An expanded version of the nineteenth-century poem in which a small girl accompanies a star on a journey through the night sky, examining both heavenly bodies and the earth below. Includes music on last page.

A collection of original horror stories from authors including R.L. Stine, Meg Cabot, and Jennifer Allison.

"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--

Color illustrations accompany poetic text that chronicles several peaceful things that can be done on a summer's day outside in the country.

A series of poems tells how two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.

In The Gunslinger, King introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.

A series of humorous and serious poems about cats.

Presents a collection of more than forty poems about school.