In the year 2043, a renowned inventor unveils his master creation -- five scientifically spawned baby dragons. He leads them to a home, schools them in survival skills and hints at the magic that surrounds them. But can any creator retain total control over his creation? DRAGON VALLEY is an epic tale covering 1,000 years in the evolution of the dragons and their magical valley.

Dragon Valley

Children's Books

Luke Herzog

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Why Not Books

A century ago, in 1913, the world's finest golfers gathered at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to compete in golf's national championship, the U.S. Open. Joining them was a little-known amateur, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet, who lived across the street from the course and taught himself to play by sneaking onto the fairways with the only golf club he owned. His caddie? Ten-year-old Eddie Lowery, who stood only four feet tall. Together, against their idols and in front of a crowd that grew from a handful of spectators to a horde of thousands, they attempted to pull off the impossible. Along the way, they forged a lifelong friendship. In FRANCIS AND EDDIE award-winning author Brad Herzog and award-winning illustrator Zachary Pullen celebrate golf's most inspiring underdog story. What Seabiscuit is to the "sport of kings" Francis and Eddie are to the "gentleman's game."

Francis and Eddie: The True Story of America's Underdogs

Herzog, Brad

Biographies

Carolyn Goodman's life was punctuated by tragedy, including a brother's premature death, childhood molestation, a father's suicide, and a son's infamous murder. But hers is foremost a tale of survival, of turning personal anguish into social conscience. When her twenty-year-old son, Andy, was one of three civil rights volunteers to disappear in Mississippi in the summer of 1964, the story galvanized the nation. A half century after the Mississippi murders, this is the first time that a victims family member has expounded about the experience and the myriad emotions from guilt to resolve that it spawned. More than simply a memoir, My Mantelpiece is the story of a century's seminal progressive movements seen through the lens of a remarkable woman's singular journey. **Along with a foreword by National Book Award-winner Maya Angelou, MY MANTELPIECE includes back-cover testimonials from Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congressman John Lewis, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, and performer-activist Harry Belafonte.

My Mantelpiece: A Memoir of Survival and Social Justice

Biographies & Memoirs

Goodman, Carolyn

Community & Culture

Robbed. Griffin Blade is a thief who was robbed of a father, robbed of a childhood, and robbed of a jewel that he had stolen in the first place, a gem taken by a man with one defining characteristic. The jewel proves to be far more priceless—and the mysterious man far more significant—than he ever could have imagined. His quest to retrieve all that was lost takes him on an epic journey through a world in which the forces of greed and the champions of justice are on a collision course. Griffin and his traveling band of misfit companions—a fugitive dwarf, a betrayed elf, an imprisoned minotaur, a conflicted djinni—find themselves at the center of a battle for control in Alastian. Drawn by the lure of a power beyond any other, they face peril at every turn. In the end, the very survival of their world may depend on Griffin Blade and his companions discovering the truth about themselves.

Griffin Blade and the Bronze Finger

Herzog, Luke Balin

Fantasy

The American people are disgusted with the U.S. Congress. In 2014, public approval of the "first branch" of government reached a forty-year low, its popularity ranking well below Nixon during the Watergate years and BP during the oil spill. Congress is producing legislation at a historically anemic rate, while many of the nation's most immediate problems fester. Those are the facts. The fiction? The notion that we can't do anything about it. Two-and-a-quarter centuries ago, the U.S. Constitution assigned various powers and obligations to our legislative branch -- a written warranty calling on our elected representatives to "promote the general welfare." But failures in recent years reveal a profound truth: Congress is in breach of contract. More than ineffective, the legislative process has become defective. And to a great degree, it is the congressional system that is driving the problem, not just the people and parties who are stymied by it. It is time to stop labeling them all "fools." Instead, we the people must push to reform the rules. In Unlock Congress, veteran journalist and former political strategist Michael Golden examines the ways in which congressional failure generates a harmful PRODUCT. Rather than narrowly affixing blame to individual politicians or even to the partisan divide, Golden methodically diagnoses underlying causes behind the breakdown. He identifies the PROBLEM obsolete rules that lead to major defects within the system. Finally, Unlock Congress lays out a PLATFORM of solutions designed to reinvigorate both the process and its players.

Unlock Congress: Reform the Rules - Restore the System

History

Golden, Michael

Americas

Can you find love in Love, Virginia? Is there inspiration in Inspiration, Arizona? Wisdom in Wisdom, Montana? It is 1995, and young author Brad Herzog wonders if the cynicism of his generation reflects America or merely misjudges it. So he and his wife empty their bank accounts, pack everything into a Winnebago and set a course for the fine print of the atlas. The road takes them to Triumph, Louisiana, where they find a community twice destroyed by hurricanes and twice rebuilt. In Justice, West Virginia, half the population descends from the Hatfields and McCoys. Faith, South Dakota is a hailstorm, a grasshopper plague and a religious debate. Harmony, California is up for sale.What began as a literal search for the small places on the map becomes a figurative examination of virtues lost amid disillusionment. Equal parts whimsy and wonder, STATES OF MIND eloquently reminds us that large insight is the amalgam of small discoveries. *Recommended reading for nationwide AP Human Geography course.

States of Mind: A Search for Virtue in America (The States of Mind Collection)

Historical

Small World: A Microcosmic Journey through America (The States of Mind Collection)

It all began with an invitation to a college reunion, leading Brad Herzog to take stock: How has he measured up to his youthful aspirations? What constitutes a heroic life? So this modern-day Odysseus in Kerouac clothing embarks on a cross-country quest for insight. But instead of a voyage home to Ithaka following the Trojan War, this would-be hero is making his way toward his alma mater in Ithaca, New York. Starting with a view of Washington's Mount Olympus, Herzog makes his way eastward, delving into his own psyche and the lives of everyday heroes along the way. He meets a teacher in a rural one-room schoolhouse in Troy (Oregon), a lifelong hobo in Iliad (Montana), a bomb-diffusing soldier from Sparta (Wisconsin) and an 87-year-old paragon of reliability in Pandora (Ohio). TURN LEFT AT THE TROJAN HORSE is a philosophical, historical and conversational trek across America and through the universal truths embedded in ancient myths. However, in the end it is simply the story of one man trying to find his way.

Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey (The States of Mind Collection)

Travel

Travel Writing

"I know all the big words," bragged Donald Trump, while running for -- are you kidding me -- president of the United States. Well, so do we. And they're all here in D is for DUMP TRUMP: An Anti-Hate Alphabet -- 26 poems and 20 original editorial cartoons about this detestable caricature of a candidate. As you roam through the alphabet -- M is for misogyny, N is for narcissism, X is for xenophobia -- you'll laugh, you'll sigh, and if you're as horrified by Donald Trump as we are, you'll want to spread the word. A portion of the proceeds from D is for DUMP TRUMP will support the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization dedicated to fighting hate, teaching tolerance, and seeking justice. Let's stop hate. Let's dump Trump.

D is for Dump Trump: An Anti-Hate Alphabet

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

“I know words. I have the best words,” bragged Donald Trump, while running for―are you kidding me?―president of the United States. Well, so do we. And they’re all here in D is for DUMP TRUMP: An Anti-Hate Alphabet―26 poems and 20 original editorial cartoons about this detestable caricature of a candidate.
A... It’s animus and acrimony from appalling Donald Trump,
who ignores his better angels when he’s on the stump.
Mix affluence with arrogance. Throw in anger, too.
Stir it up. Antagonize. It’s an authoritarian stew.
Although harsh in its criticism of a narcissistic bully striving to be Leader of the Free World, this is NOT a book meant to spread hate, but rather to stop it. You can’t stop a demagogue by simply rolling your eyes; sometimes you have to roll up your sleeves.
As you roam through the alphabet―B is for a bigoted bully, F is for fascist fear-mongering, M is for misogyny, N is for narcissism, X is for xenophobia―you’ll laugh, you’ll sigh, and if you’re as horrified by Donald Trump as we are, you’ll want to spread the word.
A portion of the proceeds from D is for DUMP TRUMP will support the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization dedicated to fighting hate, teaching tolerance, and seeking justice.

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Dragon Valley

Francis and Eddie: The True Story of America's Underdogs

My Mantelpiece: A Memoir of Survival and Social Justice

Griffin Blade and the Bronze Finger

Unlock Congress: Reform the Rules - Restore the System

States of Mind: A Search for Virtue in America (The States of Mind Collection)

Small World: A Microcosmic Journey through America (The States of Mind Collection)

Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey (The States of Mind Collection)

D is for Dump Trump: An Anti-Hate Alphabet

D is for Dump Trump: An Anti-Hate Alphabet