When his friend Jose has his adoption day party, Max brings him a special present.

A child plans an elaborate birthday party and eagerly counts the months, days, hours, and minutes before the celebration.

On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

A humorous and spooky story with a twist ending that makes creepy creatures fun They're Coming! From dark, dusty tombs to deep, forgotten forests, strange creatures, spooky creeps, and frightful fiends that haunt your nightmares are coming! But why? Tension builds and builds through 16 eerie illustrations, mounting until a surprising fun reveal at the end of the book. Created in a wonderfully creepy style, using silhouetted characters against misty,...

While trying to spare Erica's feelings so she could go to Brittany's birthday party, Allie disobeys one of her own rules and lies.

Tracing the transition of a democracy as it moves in between electoral systems, this book details the current and past public opinion surrounding New Zealand's 1999 election. As a result of the second election under the Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system, New Zealand elected a change in government, a minority center-left coalition of the Labor and Alliance parties. As an independent survey that objectively studies the country's political environment,...

The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains more than 50 recipes for all-natural homemade treats for our canine companions. Although not everyone makes, or even buys, high-end food for their dogs, everyone loves to spoil their dogs with treats. But, The Good Treats Cookbook for Dogs contains far more than simple dog-bone shaped peanut butter treats; it provides instructions for making over-the-top human-grade baked goods. Unlike other pet books on...

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Mama Mia!Lucky Karen. She is going to be the queen of Pizza Express for one whole month. That means wearing a crown, and having her picture taken, and being on TV. Karen thinks she is so great. The kids at school think Karen is a pest. So Karen is going to make up with everyone. She is going to throw the biggest pizza party ever....

Within southern Africa, there has been a steady increase in the number of dominant party systems - systems where one party dominates over a prolonged period in an ostensibly democratic system with regular elections and multiple parties participating. This party system has replaced the one-party system that dominated Africa's political landscape after the first wave of liberations in the 1950s and 1960s. Friend or foe? Dominant party systems in southern...

Considered the definitive film version of one of Eugene O'Neill's greatest plays, this simple tale of a birthday celebration at a saloon takes a devastating look at disillusionment and dashed hopes.