"In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero...

Collects the true stories of brave canines who have devoted themselves to assisting the police and the military on life-or-death missions.

In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead.

Roto the helicopter and her pilot, Roy, fight a forest fire and rescue a dog. Endpapers feature a cross-section of a helicopter with parts labeled and facts about helicopters.

"The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck"-- "Glenn Beck provides stories of the people who built America and the people who sought to destroy it"--

Uleyli is a princess -- but she isn't happy. She'd rather create art and make crafts than rule. When the Spanish boy Juan Ortiz is captured by Uleyli's father Chief Ucita, she sees a way to escape her life in the village. But when an attempt to flee to Cuba with Juan brings more problems than solutions, Uleyli will need to use the power of her creativity to rescue her new friend, her village ... and herself. This is a story celebrating Ulele's creativity...

George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu the bionic hamster battle the three ridiculous Robo-Boogers in an attempt to turn the Bionic Booger Boy back into Melvin Sneedly.

Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.

"A thriller about Billy Zeets, a 14-year-old semi-delinquent in a deadly tango with a killer"--

A 9/11 survivor who helped a woman in a wheelchair escape the World Trade Center's North Tower minutes before it collapsed describes what it has been like for him to live with memories of 9/11 for the past decade.