Mauricio Londo–o's goal for his freshman year at St. Stephen's is simple: basic survival. "I had no idea what could come of packing all those boys into one school building, how the competition would play out in relentless insults, the constant sorting-out that went on every day, all day, to determine who was okay and who was worthless." Terrified and feeling like an uninvited guest at the all-boys St. Stephen's School, Mauricio Londo–o sets his...

A generation has passed since the confluence destroyed the world. Inequality, cyberterrorism, superbugs, and overpopulation ultimately lead to the quarantine of Manhattan. A society called New America emerged, in which all people are supposedly equal but live in segregated zones based on their job type, under the powerful rule of the Bureau. When a menacing truth about the future of New America comes to light, young Drayden must endure a test called...

"Lauren has moved around enough to have the 'new girl' code down: 1. Lay low. 2. But not too low. 3. Don't ambush the in crowd. But Canterwood isn't just any school. And Lauren is about to face an initiation unlike any she's ever encountered"--Publisher.

General Boris Karpov, head of the feared Russian FSB, is dead. But Karpov has reached out from the grave with an unstoppable cyber operation he conceived before his murder, aimed at the heart of the United States--a way to steal the president's nuclear launch codes. Who has taken over the operation? Karpov trusted only one man: Jason Bourne. But can Bourne be working against his own country? The U.S. Government is convinced of his treason, and is...

"Ayumi and the others will have to act fast, be clever, and rely on unlikely alliances to survive this test. Can a fellow female Saigami recruit help Ayumi in her darkest hour? Refusing to be a damsel in distress, Ayumi's not ready to go down without a fight, and her mighty new flame powers are burning hotter than ever!"--Back cover.

There is a growing public demand to know the direction of U.S. foreign policy in war-torn Afghanistan. In this edition of the Journal, guest host Lynn Sherr sits down with Rory Stewart, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, to discuss his vision for a sustainable policy that could benefit both America and Afghanistan. Then, Sherr talks with Kavita Ramdas, of Global Fund for Women, on the potential of looking to...

Ronald Reagan announces sanctions against South Africa.

-- New York Times Is it fiction, or is it real? The world is on the brink of disaster. Iran has just conducted its first atomic weapons test. Millions of Muslims around the world are convinced their messiah—known as the Twelfth Imam—has just arrived on earth. Israeli leaders fear Tehran, under the Twelfth Imam’s spell, will soon launch a nuclear attack that could bring about a second Holocaust and the annihilation of Israel. The White House...

In the first book of a suspenseful YA duology, award-winning author Mindy McGinnis draws inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and masterfully delivers a dark, propulsive mystery in alternating points of view that unravels a friendship . . . forevermore.

Tropical diseases were defined in the 1970s as infectious ailments - like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and Ebola - that disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations in the developing world. Guided by the awareness that adequate health policies can help defeat such diseases, Columbia University's Earth Institute, headed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, has developed the Millennium Villages Project as a model for helping rural African communities...