Slam Dunks and No-Brainers

Slam Dunks and No-BrainersBy: Leslie Savan In this marvelously original book, three time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan offers fascinating insights into why were all talking the talkDuh; Bring it on!; Bling; Whatever!and what this reveals about America today. Savan traces the paths that phrases like these travel from obscure slang to pop stardom, selling everything from cars (ads for VWs, Mitsubishis, and Mercurys all pitch them as no brainers) to wars (finding WMD in

the fourth and final book in this FANGtastic illustrated chapter book series by New York Times bestselling author Mo O'Hara and illustrated by Marek Jagucki

and readers' groups are sure to enjoy discussing for its many layers of meaning

By: David Bell     A man living on a Florida barrier island must protect his family from both an approaching hurricane and a relentless killer

which kids can practise whenever something upsets them

From that day on he never stopped marveling at the universe and seeking to understand it better

dramatizing the paradoxes attendant on surviving the catastrophe of Auschwitz

with just one last

“A powerful portrait of class and identity in multicultural London

a strong young colt named Eclipse has taken the racing world by storm

Ventress’s hatred for her former master runs deeper

preparing to execute the late Emperor Palpatine’s final plan

they are pursued by a new threat: the return of a monster they thought long dead