THE OTHER KIDS follows six teens as they struggle through their final days of high school in the small Gold Rush town of Sonora, CA. ISAAC, a Mexican national, barely treads water in a culture hostile to non-whites, while his girlfriend SIENNA tries to navigate the brutal dissolution of her family. Punky new kid CRICKET attempts to adjust to her strange new surroundings, aided by her co-conspirator ABBY, a smart but lonely tomboy torn between the...

"The Fighting Kims are back! Kim & Kim trade their denim vests and spiked chokers for tuxes and gowns as they infiltrate the glitzy space colony of Santa Palma to try and con a master thief. But, as usual, everything goes to hell ... and it's definitely Kim Q's fault. Come on, Kim. Get your life together."--Page [4] of cover.

This volume of The Reference Shelf looks at the challenges facing police, from funding and staffing shortages to the influence of political polarization. The changing public perception of police and calls for reform are also examined. The controversial "Defund the Police" and "Black Lives Matter" protests against police brutality are covered, while other articles explore policing and immigration enforcement, mental health and de-escalation training,...

The past catches up with Earth's Visigoth guardian! Aric of Dacia may have left Planet Gorin behind, but its people still remember the ruin they felt in his wake...and so do the bounty hunters who sought to end his barbaric reign! Enraged by the blight on their perfect record, they've arrived on our world to finish the job they started - and this time, they don't plan on taking X-O Manowar alive!

A collection of more than 450 games including complete instructions for playing the game and a thumbnail overview with details on number of players, appropriate age level, best playing location, and necessary equipment.

Aric of Dacia's bone-crushing climb to the throne of an alien world earned him scores of allies ... and a legion of scorned enemies. Now, stripped of his crown and cast out of his kingdom, the man known as X-O Manowar must return to his roots as a sword-wielding warrior of Earth if he is to survive the relentless band of intergalactic bounty hunters that have been hired to kill him cold. But with few places left to turn, could the last Visigoth's...

"A cameraman puts a TV anchor on display in a whole new way... Two NASA officials wage an interstellar battle between protocol and desire, and one is taken captive ... A gender-bending bounty hunter keeps his bounty hostage for more than just the monetary reward ... Two warring neighbors discover that bondage can be a powerful negotiating tool ... "Merlin" and the "Lady of the Lake" invoke the magic of the woods to fuel their fiery passions ... Best...

Relentless is the compelling story of how one of America's leading health care systems -- the Mount Sinai Health System in New York city -- mobilized to confront the defining health crisis of our time: the coronavirus pandemic. This book is based on unprecendented access to internal hospital documents and more than 100 candid interviews with the leaders of Mount Sinai's eight hospitals and its Icahn School of Medicine. It contains accounts of physicians...

"A comprehensive compendium of artists and writers confronting questions of Black identity, activism and social responsibility in the age of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, based on the landmark traveling exhibition. What is "Black art"? This question was posed and answered time and time again between 1960 and 1980 by artists, curators and critics deeply affected by this turbulent period of radical social and political upheaval in America. Rather...