They may just be five boys from the middle of nowhere, but the Shocklosers are ready to take on the world! In these five fun and science-filled stories, meet the gang as they start their YouTube channel; explore an abandoned water park; survive Christmas Court; unlock the secret to hitting home runs; make a monster movie; and blast model rockets to the troposphere! Experience the earliest adventures of the stars of the new movie Surviving Camp Analog in this amazing collection! This exciting collection also includes real science facts and a bonus activities section! Super Science Showcase. Smart Adventures for Smart Kids.
They may just be five boys from the middle of nowhere, but the Shocklosers are ready to take on the world! In these five fun and science-filled stories, meet the gang as they start their YouTube channel; explore an abandoned water park; survive Christmas Court; unlock the secret to hitting home runs; make a monster movie; and blast model rockets to the troposphere! Experience the earliest adventures of the stars of the new movie Surviving Camp Analog in this amazing collection! This exciting collection also includes real science facts and a bonus activities section! Super Science Showcase. Smart adventures for smart kids.
In their very first adventure, five best friends soon-to-be known as The Shocklosers start their very own channel. Looking for an exciting subject for their first video, they stumble onto an eerie abandoned water park and take a dangerous ride-on the water slide to nowhere! This exciting adventure also includes real science facts and a bonus activities section! Super Science Showcase. Smart Adventures for Smart Kids.
Based on the bestselling game Plants vs. Zombies, this junior novel allows you to decide how to escape the zombies. Plant Your Path lets readers choose where the story will go and how it will end. Will you defeat the zombie hoard, or lose your brains? The choice is yours! Parents rave: "A fantastic way to transition kids from video games to books" and "Like playing the video game only he's not, he's reading." "My seven-year-old loves this book. He takes it to school, in the car, to bed. He's so proud that he's able to read it!" Plant for your life!
A captivating new thriller in the Wakeland detective series that explores the depths of Vancouver’s criminal underworld. Caught between the grimy and glittering sides of Vancouver’s streets, private investigator Dave Wakeland tries to keep his head down at the elite security firm he owns with partner Jeff Chen. But when masked men and women storm an ordinary-looking office building in Chinatown, leaving a trail of carnage, Wakeland finds himself caught up in a mystery that won’t let him go, as hard as he tries to elude it. The police have a vested interest in finding the shooters, and so does the leader of the Exiles motorcycle gang. Both want Wakeland’s help. The deeper he investigates, the more connections he uncovers: to a reclusive millionaire with ties to organized crime, an international security company with a sinister reputation, and a high-ranking police officer who seems to have a personal connection to the case. When the shooters themselves start turning up dead, Wakeland realizes the only way to guarantee his own safety, and that of the people he loves, is by finding out who hired the shooters and why. What Wakeland uncovers are secrets no one wants known—a botched undercover operation, an ambitious gangster and a double-crossing killer who used the shooting to cover up another crime. With a setup like this, anything can go wrong, and does. Skill and luck are needed for Wakeland and Chen to emerge with the killers, the money and their own lives.
Plant for your life! Based on the bestselling game Plants vs. Zombies, this junior novel allows you to decide how to escape the zombies. Plant Your Path lets readers choose where the story will go and how it will end. Will you defeat the zombie hoard
A tale of passion and obsession from a philosophy professor who learns to play Bach on the piano as an adult. Dan Moller grew up listening to heavy metal in teh Boston suburbs. But one day, something shifted when he dug out his mother's record of The Art of the Fugue, inexplicably wedged between ABBA's greatest hits and Kenny Rogers. Moller was fixated on Bach ever since. In The Way of Bach, he draws us into fresh and often improbably hilarious things about Bach and his music. Did you know the Goldberg Variations contain a song about his mom cooking too much cabbage? Just what is so special about Bach’s music? Why does it continue to resonate even today? What can modern Americans—steeped in pop culture—can learn from European craftsmanship? And, because it is Bach, why do some people see a connection between music and God? By turn witty and though-provoking, Moller infuses The Way of Bach with philosophical considerations about how music and art enable us to contemplate life's biggest questions.
This is a comprehensive guide to audio performance--radio, voice-overs, commercials, live theater, cartoons and more. Topics include microphone acting; vocal effects; writing scripts; manipulating emotions through sound; valuable tips for the director; a long list of sound effects and how to do them; and a series of commercials, scenes and sketches for practicing one's skills.
The Shocklosers want to hit home runs so they can win the big game! But they need your help! Join host Mischief Marie as you use real science to save the day! Also includes a fun Super Science Showcase coloring page!
