"Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide chock-full of colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, readers can learn how to create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even their own chat app to communicate with friends--then use what they've learned to build apps of their own imagination....

"In the face of rapidly declining bird populations, read about the vast impacts birds have on ecosystems, food systems, and our mental health and what we can do to protect them"-- Birds are nature's essential workers, crucial members of ecosystems around the world. And they are disappearing. Since 1970, nearly 30 percent of all birds in the United States and Canada have vanished, due to city lights and tall glass skyscrapers; domesticated cats prowling...

"When America makes progress toward racial equality, the systemic response is a backlash that rolls back those wins. This edition adapted from the author's White Rage especially for teens illuminates these dark moments of history." -- "This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist...

"This book will provide practical methods for learning Algebra. It will emphasize conceptual understanding that will allow students to make connections to what they learned before and what they will learn in the future. It will present Algebra as a logical and consistent system of ideas so that students can not only succeed in math but also gain a greater appreciation of it. This book will provide practical strategies for learning Algebra. The authors...

"The Asian Countries Today series provides information on nine of the most important countries in Asia and describes the history, geography, economy, culture, and relationship each country has with its neighbors"--

"Explains why the process is such a significant aspect of living life as an LGBTQ person and how to make the experience positive and right for you." -- back cover.

"Readers learn effective leadership skills in order to prepare them for future success. Topics include forming a vision and goals, earning respect, listening skills, and the traits of good leaders. Also includes sidebars with additional information"--

So. Just how queer are ducks? A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world--from albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs. In sharp and witty prose--aided by humorous comics from artist Jules Zuckerberg--Schrefer uses science, history, anthropology, and sociology...

Filled with easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects, this brilliant book will teach you how to draw anything and everything, from astronauts to zebras... from werewolves to racing cars... and from orcs to dinosaurs!

"A book for high school students about the political and economic ideologies of populists"--