Each book in this spellbinding series will capture young readers'' imaginations with tales of enchanted creatures, curious folk & imaginary lands. Ideal for younger children to read along with parents & for older children to read independently. Four stories per book. ...

The Grinch (Jim Carrey) is a grouchy green monster who lives high up on a mountain overlooking the town of Whoville. The Grinch hates happiness, hates merriment, & most of all, hates Christmas. So one year, as the festive season approaches, he decides that enough is enough & draws up plans to steal all the decorations & all the presents from the poor, unsuspecting citizens below. Does this mean the Whos won't be celebrating this year? Not if little Cindy Lou has anything to do with it. ...

Gritty urban thriller, set in California, about a conman who tries one last scheme to pay off his debt to the mob. Given an ultimatum by the Mexican mobsters he's in debt to, lowlife fraudster Luke (C. Thomas Howell) devises a scheme to finally get them off his back once & for all. Borrowing cash from local loan shark Chuck (Tom Sizemore), Luke sets up an adult, all-girl website with the help of friends Courtney (Tanya Allen) & Josh (Michael Welch). But things soon take a turn for the worse when Mexican crime boss Guzman (Danny Trejo) gets impatient & turns up the heat, forcing Luke to find solutions to his cash flow problems
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The last year of school is the hardest. Grace wants to get into law; her boyfriend Kurt has no idea what he wants; Sophie wants Ben
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Few entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food service automation, franchising, shared national training & advertising have earned him a place beside the men who founded not merely businesses but entire new industries. This book tells his story. ...

Presenting a comprehensive treatment of grinding theory & its practical utilization, this edition focuses on grinding as a machining process using bonded abrasive grinding wheels as the cutting medium. It provides a description of abrasives & bonded abrasive cutting tools. ...

Presents a general overview of the grinding, lapping, honing & polishing of metal, as well as the materials used to make grinding wheels, belts & papers. This volume describes the uses of various machines & grinding mediums, including the off-hand grinder, modern miniature hand drill/grinders & toolpost grinders. ...