Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in Age of Plenty

This new publication by journalists Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman explores why more than a billion people suffer from hunger at the dawn of the 21st century, even though we have the tools and knowledge to end hunger worldwide. For anyone who cares about the issue of hunger, Enough is essential reading.

Native Americans have produced some of the most powerful and lyrical literature ever written in North America. This volume examines some of the finest Native American writers, including Joy Harjo, Louise Erdrich, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, N. Scott Momaday, Samsom Occom, Zitkala-Sa, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Yale literature professor Harold Bloom introduces this new edition, which also features a bibliography, a chronology, and an index for easy reference. This title presents a well-rounded critical portrait of an influential group of writers by examining their body of work through full-length essays.

Number puzzles, spatial/visual puzzles, cryptograms, Sudoku, Kokuro, logic puzzles, and word games like Frame Games are all a great way to teach math and problem-solving skills to elementary and middle school students. In these two new collections, puzzle master Terry Stickels provides puzzles and brain games that range from simple to challenging and are organized by grade level and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) content areas. Each book offers over 300 brain games that will help students learn core math concepts and develop critical thinking skills. 

Children's Illustrated Dictionary

This is a child's perfect dictionary. Thousands of fascinating entries, definitions, photographs and pictures make this dictionary an essential reference for readers, writers and curious minds of all ages. Organised like a traditional dictionary from A to Z, clear descriptions and examples explain and illustrate everything from Astronaut to Zoo. It is perfect for building your child's understanding of language and improving their spelling and grammar.

AMERICAN WRITERS, Supplement VI

This volume is mostly about contemporary writers, many of whom have received little sustained attention from critics. For example, William Gass, Charles Johnson, Irving Howe, Susan Minot, Grace Paley, Reynolds Price, Stanley Elkin, and Jane Smiley have been written about in the review pages of newspapers and magazines, but their work has yet to attract significant scholarship.