Author: Riordan Roett
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: brazil, new
Number of Pages: 178
Published: 2010-08-02
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0815704232
ISBN-13: 9780815704232

The New Brazil tells the story of that nation’s evolution from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected spokesman for the developing world, and an increasingly important partner for the United States and the European Union. For much of the twentieth century, Brazil seemed mired in perpetual economic crisis. Today prudent fiscal and monetary policies have yielded high levels of foreign direct investment and an investment-grade rating for its debt. Brazil is also emerging as an energy powerhouse, and policymakers are increasingly confronting the challenge of reducing

Author: Riordan Roett
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: brazil
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1999-10-30
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 0275959007
ISBN-13: 9780275959005

Brazil, occupying nearly 50 percent of the South American continent, has the largest economy and is a major political power in Latin America. In this updated and expanded fifth edition of his text, Roett provides a thorough introduction to the dynamics shaping Brazilian politics, economics, and society, the difficult transition from military to civilian government in the 1980s, and the social issues facing Brazilian leaders as the country enters the 21st century.

Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Keywords: bones, maze, book, clues
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2008-09-09
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0545060397
ISBN-13: 9780545060394

Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue." Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world’s most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family’s secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and young Amy and Dan must decide what’s important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to thei

Author: James Riordan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Keywords: cello
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2003-03-06
List price: $14.45
ISBN-10: 0192719130
ISBN-13: 9780192719133

Tom feels out of place. He’s attracted to boys, not girls, and he’s a promising cellist, which the school bullies see as a reason to pick on him. The story follows him through his adolescence, as he becomes more aware of his sexuality, and more committed to his music. This is set against the background of a rising tide of hysteria on Tom’s estate and a witchhunt against suspected paedophiles. Through it all, Tom moves towards a satisfying resolution.

Author: Pauline Riordan
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Keywords: extremes, weather, world
Published: 1985-12
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0788115375
ISBN-13: 9780788115370

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library’s large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of other

Author: James Riordan
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Keywords: fleece, golden, jason
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2005-04-10
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1845070615
ISBN-13: 9781845070618

Award-winning children’s author James Riordan boldly retells this story from Greek mythology, introducing readers to the first great European hero to undertake a grand journey. Accompanied by some of ancient Greece’s bravest heroes, Jason leads an expedition to retrieve the Golden Fleece, the property of a king in a far-off land. Traveling by sea, they encounter trial after trial along their route — reeking Harpies, deadly clashing rocks, and fierce Amazon warrior women — and yet more challenges await them at their destination. For before he will give up the fleece, the king de

Author: James Riordan
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Keywords: sniper
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-05-26
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 1845078853
ISBN-13: 9781845078850

Stalingrad snipers were legends in their time. Their patience, keen eyes, and ruthlessness helped win the Battle of Stalingrad and turn the tide of the Second World War. James Riordan visited Stalingrad in 1959 and several times later. In 2006 he met Tania Chernova, whose story was so fascinating that Riordan made her the heroine of this compelling novel. The year is 1942. Legendary sniper Vasily Zaitsev, who killed a record 242 Nazis, recruits Tania to seek out and shoot German officers. At first, she finds it almost impossible to kill. But when she discovers that her beloved grandparents, al