Humanity is threatened in the year 2035, as detective Del Spooner investigates a murder case believed to be independently perpetrated by a robot designed to serve and work alongside humans.

While humans live in isolation, their lives are carried out by surrogate robots, but a FBI agent is called back to reality to investigate the murder of a teenager connected to the scientist responsible for the creation of the surrogates.

When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...

Mr. Docker, a new science teacher, is a crazy inventor who blows things up, uses potatoes for power, and has A.J. and his friends wondering whether science is for nerds or is the coolest subject ever.

"Michael Crichton's Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heart--pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology. Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent...

Stanley is excited about Crazy Hair Day at his school, until he discovers that he has gotten the date wrong.

The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance - salt, the only rock humans eat - and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

Analyzes four major challenges the United States is facing--globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and excessive energy consumption--and explains why these problems needed to be corrected now in order to sustain the American dream and protect America's place as a world power in the future.

Simple text and illustrations explore the wonders of snow.

Photographs and text provide young readers with information about trains, how they look, the jobs they do, and how they operate.