Aware of the dangers of working at sea, James Pfeiffer's parents want desperately to keep their son on shore. But James finds a job on a scallop trawler andis drawn to sea.

Like some teenagers, you may already have an inkling of what you want to do with your life. Perhaps you dream of launching into space as an astronaut with NASA. Or maybe your ambitions will keep your feet on the ground as a park ranger, a doctor, or a social worker. If you are wondering what these people do all day and how they came to be what they are, this book provides the answers. We'll tell you everything you need to know about 145 great careers, from accountant to zoologist, including: - Day-to-day activities and responsibilities of each career - How to plan ahead while you're still in high school - Majors to consider when you get to college - Whether you'll strike it rich in more ways than one - Words of wisdom from professionals in the field This book will open your eyes to a world of career possibilities and give you an idea of what to expect down each career path. Even if you have no clue about what you want to be, this is the book for you. We'll help you identify the kinds of jobs that will help you be yourself and incorporate your interests, values, and skills. There's no pressure for you to choose a career just yet, so just relax and have fun exploring!

An exciting new novel, by the author of The Story of My Disappearance and Archangel. At the turn of World War II, David Halifax is a young American painter who receives a scholarship to come to Paris and work under the tutelage of the mysterious and brilliant Russian painter, Alexander Pankratov. Getting more than he bargained for, Halifax is quickly subjected to Pankratov's rigid will, and beguiled by the quiet, nude model who poses before them. But Paris is also a city that is holding its breath. The Nazi forces are slowly penetrating the Maginot Line, and the once-indominitable city is now expecting the worst. Beneath Paris' blanket of fear and eerie calm, David Halifax realizes the true purpose of his visit: Pankratov is to train him in duplicating the masterworks of the Paris museums, and with the aid of a wily art dealer, barter the fakes to Hilter's legion of art dealers. What develops is a cat and mouse game through Paris' silent streets, in the tunnels beneath its museums, and eventually into the scorched countryside of Normandy. In David and Pankratov's frantic race to complete the uncompletable, both are forced to confront the terrible sacrifices one must finally make for art; a sacrifice of identity, and perhaps of the soul. In The Forger by Paul Watkins.

This title was first published in 2003. The sixth edition of this compendium of film and television adaptations of books and plays includes several thousand new listings that cover the period from 1992 to December 2001. There are 8000 main entries, covering 70 years of film history, including some foreign language material.

The year is 1921. Ben Sheridan, a young American, sets out for Ireland to track down his true family, and walks straight into the savagery of the Black-and-Tan war. The Promise of Light is an unforgettable novel of action, a remarkable study of youth, and a work of immense literary distinction by one of Britain's finest young writers. 'His prose is terse and direct, reminiscent of Hemingway, and like the great master he explores the clash of the masculine virtues of courage, loyalty and endurance with treachery and fear.' Daily Telegraph

A war novel of breathtaking power, this finalist for the Booker Prize presents "an astonishing triumph of the imagination" ("The New Yorker"). In the summer of 1944, fifteen-year-old Sebastian Westland joins the SS, knowing that he and his cohorts will probably be destroyed in the last stages of a war they neither welcome nor comprehend. At the Battle of the Bulge, this army of boys makes its last stand--and Sebastian is transfigured by his fear.

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Businessman Noah Mackenzie has a bitter history with the Algonquin forest, and how he's trying to clear-cut the part he considers his own. Using her small newspaper, Madeleine Cody tries to stop the excessive logging in a peaceful manner. But when a newcomer proposes a radical--and dangerous--form of protest, Madeleine is frustrated enough to try it. Optioned for film by Paramount.

An acclaimed writer describes his spellbinding trek through the mountains of Norway--a grand but harsh landscape where myth and reality meet.