City at the End of TimeCity at the End of Time by Greg Bear.In his triumphant return to large-scale SF, Nebula and Hugo–winner Bear (Quantico) links three young drifters in present-day Seattle with an unimaginably distant future. When the drifters answer an odd newspaper advertisement, they soon find themselves caught up in a war between mysterious and powerful forces. Two not-quite-humans, creations of a million-year experiment, have discovered that their ancient fortress/city, perhaps the last refuge of intelligence in a dying universe, is about to fall before the onslaught of chaos.

QuanticoQuantico by Greg Bear.This thought-provoking near-future thriller from bestseller Bear (Dead Lines) focuses on two young FBI agents: William Griffin, the son of a legendary FBI lawman, struggles through training; Fouad Al-Husam, who expects suspicion for his heritage and Muslim faith, finds himself instead sent on super-secret missions to the Middle East. Playing a minor supporting role is their Quantico classmate, Jane Rowland. When a quiet man with mismatched eyes starts telling certain fanatics that he can make gene-keyed anthrax to destroy their hereditary enemies, Griffin and Al-Husam form an unlikely team, headed by veteran agent Rebecca Rose, to handle the threat.

BeijingPaying a visit to both China is definitely worthwhile. This free travel guide provides you with information to the sights and attractions in some of the major cities in the countries such as Beijing

The TIME for Kids Student Reader has selections from 15 issues of the TIME for Kids magazine and provides support for comprehension skills and text features. The content is written at grade level and connects to standards-based science and social studies topics.
The TIME for Kids Teacher's Manual provides teacher support for reading skill and text feature instruction, along with student worksheets for each issue.

Dialogue and Literature: Apostrophe, Auditors, and the Collapse of Romantic Discourse