Fans of Brandon Mull, Rick Riordan, and James Riley will love this middle grade fantasy series by Nicole Beyer and Nathan Ryan about three kids who go on an adventure to save their friend from a magical sickness. Gavin, Ethan, and Millie have faced so much already and more hardships are to come. They have accomplished the first part of their goal. They have acquired magic, and now, they must make the journey home to save their friend Rafe before his magical sickness claims his life. But the way is paved with danger. Not only are they struggling to learn about their magic, but others wish to use them and their powers. Will they ever save Rafe? KEYWORDS: middle grade fantasy adventure, MG fantasy adventure, fantasy adventure, middle grade fantasy, MG fantasy, children's book, children's fantasy, middle grade, MG, coming of age, kids, action, adventure, swords, sorcery, magic, fantasy, dragon, wyvern

Carlos Castaneda burst onto the academic and cultural scene in 1968 when he published the first of four books detailing his supposed apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer named Don Juan. While academic critics contend Castaneda invented Don Juan, believers say the fog surrounding his existence express the very ideals that Castaneda attributed to his apprenticeship. Little is known of the Peruvian claiming to be Don Juan's apprentice, but in addition to leading a generation into a mystical otherworld, Carlos Castaneda was also a man. Married to him for thirteen years was Margaret Runyan Castaneda. A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda reads partly like a love story, partly like a tell-all account of a celebrity writer. Margaret Castaneda concentrates on the years leading up to her marriage in 1960. It was then Margaret and Carlos explored many of the ideas -- from controlling dreams to using hallucinogenic mushrooms -- that he claims to have learned from Don Juan. Nevertheless, Margaret Castenada believes her husband was indeed a sorcerer, and she still loves him. She insists Castaneda's academic critics miss the point. "I'm willing to accept Don Juan as a spiritual teacher, and it really doesn't matter if he's not real." But the role she claims -- in developing the ideas Carlos purports to be Don Juan's -- ought to be recognized, she says, so she wrote this book.

"Remy Elephant Sees the World, A Magical Journey the Heart Beholds" follows the adventures of a witty baby elephant. With a big heart, sheer determination and a little magic Remy realizes her dream. Come along with Remy to play with Tuareg kids in Africa, sing with Arcadian shepherds in Greece and celebrate the sacred rain with Hindu children at the Kailash Temple in India. Subjects: I. Endangered mammals and varied marine wildlife - African Elephant, white Bengal tiger, red Panda, blue whale, seahorse, giant squid, jellyfish and star fish. II. Fiction - Fantasy travel, childhood to teenage initiation, self discovery. III - Biology - Elephant trunk characteristics IV. Geography - South Africa, Sahara, Egypt, Mount Olympus Greece, Ellora Caves, Indian Ocean. Relief forms - plains, desert, sea, ocean, mountains, caves, jungle. Natural calamities - earthquake. V. Cultures - Marathi Hindus, Tuareg, Pan God and Greek Mythology, Arcadian shepherds, Pyramids, Kailash Temple.

'This delightful book connects mathematical concepts in a dozen areas to magic tricks. Expositions of the mathematics precede description and analysis of the tricks. The expositions are too short for in-depth learning; the intent is to give sophomores a taste of the content and ideas of later mathematics courses. Each chapter features exercises on the mathematics, and students can have fun practicing the tricks.'Mathematics MagazineTeixeira and Park present over 60 different magic tricks while introducing students to high-level math areas. Readers will learn really interesting ideas that will better prepare them for future courses and help them finding areas they might want to study deeper. And as a 'side effect' students will learn amazing magic tricks, century-old secrets, and details from famous magicians and mathematicians.The material was written to quickly present key concepts in several mathematical areas in direct way. Little or no proficiency in math is assumed. In fact, students do not require any Calculus knowledge. And since chapters are almost independent from each other, this book also work as introduction to several other courses.Topics covered include mathematical proofs, probability, abstract algebra, linear algebra, mathematical computing, number theory, coding theory, geometry, topology, real analysis, numerical analysis and history of math.

Aikido has secrets paths. This is a book about a magical journey guided by the secret powers of the martial art Aikido. It tells the story of an encounter, brought about by a mysterious message delivered during a dream, eighteen years earlier. In rural Japan, where the sacred mountains tower over the Pacific Ocean, on the Kii peninsula, the student receives from the master the answers to questions about the meaning of her own life. She learns how to search in her soul for the answers that connect her to other individuals as human beings. The blows and the practices of Aikido training are revealed here in this book as teachings, also mysteriously transmitted, to be used on the tatami mat and far beyond.

Based on the animated motion picture set for release this fall. When a boy is magically transformed into a bear, he must make a heroic journey to regain his human form. Includes stickers. Illustrations. Consumable.

With a career record of 420-273 and an MSU mark of 340-220 Jud Heathcote has more than stood the test of time and at retirement was the fifth-winningest coach in the Big Ten History. He directed the Spartan program to the 1979 NCAA Championship, three Big Ten titles, and seven of the Spartans' 20-win seasons.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

An invaluable tool for helping children to overcome any emotional and physical issues, The Journey for Kids presents simple imagery exercises that will appeal to children from 5-12.

Some of life's most important lessons cannot be explicitly taught and learned. David Rigoni uses a shaman metaphor to examine how the most important learning in a professional program takes place between the lines of the formal curriculum.