Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. Although then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. But Christian wasn't warned. And now that he's fallen for the princess, it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle - er, rectangle - and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom, even if it means bumping off her own daughter.

Creíamos que los demonios se habían calmado: al amparo de la crisis financiera de 2008, los Estados habían recuperado su ascendiente sobre los mercados financieros; con el euro, los europeos habían enterrado el egoísmo nacional; en las peores circunstancias, las políticas económicas sabían responder a tiempo. Pero la tormenta que trastorna la zona euro desde hace dos años muestra que los demonios sólo se habían adormecido.Lo que comenzó como una trivial crisis en el seno de una pequeña economía periférica, Grecia, ha golpeado un país tras otro y amenaza hoy con arrastrar todo el edificio europeo. ¿Podemos aún escapar a esa tormenta? ¿Tendrán que abandonar el euro algunos países? ¿A qué precio? ¿Perderán los Estados su autonomía presupuestaria? ¿Está Alemania tomando el poder?Con brío y claridad, Jean Pisani-Ferry proporciona las claves para comprender lo que está sucediendo hoy alrededor del euro. A la manera de un thriller, el libro describe la historia de una moneda sin Estado y, lo que es peor, desprovista de un proyecto político. Denuncia las carencias de los dirigentes europeos que, en la tormenta, han reaccionado demasiado poco y demasiado tarde. Descifra, por último, los distintos guiones de salida de la crisis y evalúa sus posibilidades de éxito.

First published in French in 1950 in a limited edition of 100 copies, then republished in 1953 (and enthusiastically praised by Andre Breton), The Conductor and Other Tales is Jean Ferry's only published book of fiction. It is a collection of short prose narratives that offer a blend of pataphysical humor and surreal nightmare: secret societies so secret that one cannot know if one is a member or not, music-hall acts that walk a tightrope from humor to horror, childhood memories of a man never born, and correspondence from countries that are more states of mind than geographical locales. Lying somewhere between Kafka's parables and the prose poems of Henri Michaux, Ferry's tales read like pages from the journal of a stranger in a familiar land. Though extracts have appeared regularly in Surrealist anthologies over the decades, The Conductor has never been fully translated into English until now. This edition includes four stories not included in the original French edition and is illustrated throughout with collages by Claude Ballare."

Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, money grabbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake. Luckily, those conniving uncles can't do anything right. Instead of bumping off the whole family, they put Sandy's parents - and their pet chicken - into mysterious comas. Sandy joins forces with his loyal butler and a wise and wacky nurse to save his parents and squelch his uncles' felonious high jinks.

Raider is almost killed boarding the Lightning to save Rosie from the cruel Captain Lawrence, who has kidnapped, tormented and imprisoned her. Rosie nurses his wounds and tries to forget his surprising kiss, while she prays for his life, and for her own strength to resist him. For she knows there's no room in his life for love. Too soon this brash and charming privateer must return to the danger and excitement of the war at sea, taking with him Rosie's heart, and his own silent passion for her, and all is complicated by the appearance of the notorious pirate, Jean Laffite.

In Mexico, in 1814, sixteen-year-old Rosie's world changes when her father's saloon is burned and her father killed. Alone, without family, home or livelihood, Rosie has no chose but to go with Raider Lyons, the young sea captain who rescued her from the fire. As American privateers and the British Navy battle one another on the high seas, Raider chases the brutal British captain who kidnapped his brother. Rosie, swept up in Raider's obsession is caught in a dangerous and merciless war at sea, and in a relentless battle against the growing passions within her heart.

When Raider takes Rosie to England she finds no living kin - and long buried family secrets. When Raider offers to take Rosie to New Orleans, she sees no other option. But, it is a journey that brings her closer than ever to the daring buccaneer who has captured her heart. Yet, farther from the romantic dream that torments her. As the war rages at sea, Rosie once again watches Raider sail into battle, driven by the obsession that consumes him, and taking with him the love that has become the very soul of Rosie's life.

Inspired by the author's work in a girls' rehabilitation center.
Ray called it skating when we did the crazy things . . . Hot-wiring a fancy car for a joyride after midnight. Boosting stuff from stores . . .
Sixteen-year-old Dallas loves the rush, the excitement of "skating." But then she and her friends decide to rob a convenience store and it's Dallas who gets caught while the others get away. Since it is her first offense, she thinks her father will help her out - but when the judge says she can go home on probation her father says no, he can't control her. So the judge gives Dallas six months in the Girls' Rehabilitation Center. Once there, Dallas meets an assortment of "bad" girls, many of whom don't expect to change, and those who do often don't make it. How Dallas comes to terms with herself - both the bad and the good - makes for a heartfelt and insightful novel about troubled teenagers and the odds they face in trying to turn their lives around.

With "Music: The Art of Listening," students practice engaging with music critically, and with an appreciative ear. Presenting music within a broadened cultural and historical context, "The Art of Listening" encourages students to draw on the relationships between: music and the other arts; musical characteristics of different periods; as well as Western music and various non-Western musics and concepts.
Learning to appreciate music is a skill. Together with McGraw-Hill's Connect Music, "The Art of Listening" helps students develop that skill by encouraging them to be active and thoughtful participants in their own listening experience.
Whether listening through headphones or at a live performance, "The Art of Listening" will develop students' ability to hone the skills required to listen to, reflect upon, and write about music.