Michael Cavallaro

With today s demands and hectic pace, stress has become more common on a daily basis. Oftentimes, there are not enough hours in the day, and our to do lists grow longer and longer. It is no surprise that, according to a recent report by HiFX, the United States is the second most stress-ridden country in the world. With looming outside forces such as the depressed job market and the 9.4 percent unemployment rate, you need make a calm mind your priority....

Every year, more than 1. 6 million new patents are filed worldwide and millions of new ideas sit on the desktops of basement inventors waiting to be turned into the life altering product that they have dreamed of creating since childhood. Turning those ideas into marketable products though can be an incredibly lengthy, complex process, especially for the independent inventor with limited resources. With the help of this comprehensive guide you will...

When Eowulf, the pint-sized descendant of monster slayer Beowulf, decides to slay Cerberus, young Nico, Lula the sphinx, and Buck the unicorn must stop her or face the zombie apocalypse.

"Got a problem? The seasoned staff at Vulcan's Celestial Supply Shop--a kid named Nico Bravo, a sphinx named Lula, and a unicorn named Buck--have got just the thing for you in their inventory of magical merchandise. Nico's enemy is finally revealed: Ahriman, God of Evil! Ahriman is fed up with Nico thwarting all his heinous plans and sends a shapeshifter named Orcus to Vulcan's Celestial Supply Shop on a covert mission to take Nico and his crew down....

A quirky, fast-paced urban fantasy by esteemed author Jane Yolen. Aliera Carstairs just doesn't fit in. She's always front and center at the fencing studio, but at school she's invisible. And she's fine iwth that ... utnil Avery Castle walks into her first period biology class. Avery may seem perfect now, but will he end up becoming her Prince Charming or just a toad? --

Follows New York City high school fencer Aliera Carstair's continuing adventures as the defender of the Seelie realm.

A girl who thinks the rapid-fire, hyperkinetic culture of the country is counter-productive, is recruited into a resistance movement where the mode of survival is taking things ... slow. Herein lies a dark, breath-taking new vision of an all-too-possible future for America.

Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked to the magical land of Oz where they meet the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. This manga-influenced graphic novel transforms L. Frank Baum's classic tale.