Matylda is a reporter/have-a-go hero. She gets into difficult situations and rides the wave of Lady Luck for way too long. She setup a team to accost a warlord in Africa and helped to save a boy kidnapped in the Middle East before setting out to help prevent some animal cruelty to Asiatic bears (known as bile bears) in the former North Vietnam, cruelty that is practiced in China as well as Indonesia. She is gutsy and relies on some very capable people she meets on the way, though she knew Herbert, her cameraman, since her university days. During all of this, she falls in love and starts a family with a dashing NCO that she met in Iraq. With their mission in Vietnam complete, they found themselves on a rather arduous journey homea journey that could so easily have been the end of her, but they battled through the rough water, and finally, they found home. They realized that their turn on the wave of Lady Luck was over. Now they had to be good parents, and they were ready for it.

Struggling to hold on to Guy and love their pet gecko enough for the both of them after a devastating accident, Sussy begins stealing from the pet store.

In a courageous debut novel, Holly M. McGhee explores the loss that shakes one girl’s world — and the unexpected consequences of the things we do for love. Sussy and Guy are best friends, fourth-graders who share their silliest thoughts and deepest hopes. One afternoon, the two of them decide they must have something of their very own to love. After a trip to the pet store, they bring home a spotted lizard, the one with the ancient face and starfish toes, and they name her Matylda (with a y so it’s all her own). With Guy leading the way, they feed her and give her an origin story fit for a warrior lizard. A few weeks later, on a simple bike ride, there is a terrible accident. As hard as it is, Sussy is sure she can hold on to Guy if she can find a way to love Matylda enough. But in a startling turn of events, Sussy reconsiders what it means to grieve and heal and hope and go on, for her own sake and Matylda’s. By turns both devastating and buoyant, this story is a brave one, showing how far we can justify going for a real and true friend.

The realities of contemporary Polish society are interwoven into this glimpse at the daily life of an eleven-year-old girl living with her family in the city of Poznan.

A look at the life of an eleven-year-old Polish girl and her parents living in Poznan. Includes a section with information on Poland.

Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Ignaz Rücker. Ignaz (Hynck or Ignác) Rücker (Ricker) as born between 1762 and 1766. He married 4 Feb 1822 in Horažďovice in West Bohemia to Josefa Veselá. She was born in 1793 to Jan Veselý and Josefa Růžičková. Ignaz died in Horažďovice 20 Mar 1855. They were the parents of five children, all of which were born in Horažďovice. Ignaz's grandson Karel (Charles, Kaarel, Karel, Carl) Rücker immigrated to America in 1886.

Selling Yoga looks at how modern yoga developed into the self-developmental products and services that are widely consumed across the world today.

120 inspiring visual stories on environmentalism from key figures, charities, activists, and artists. The Most Important Comic Book On Earth is a global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together a diverse team of 300 leading environmentalists, artists, authors, actors, filmmakers, musicians, and more to present over 120 stories to save the world. Whether it’s inspirational tales from celebrity names such as Cara Delevingne and Andy Serkis, hilarious webcomics from War and Peas and Ricky Gervais, artworks by leading illustrators David Mack and Tula Lotay, calls to action from activists George Monbiot and Jane Goodall, or powerful stories by Brian Azzarello and Amy Chu, each of the comics in this anthology will support projects and organizations fighting to save the planet and Rewrite Extinction.