Books with author -W. W. Norton

Lanterra is a cursed land of unbalanced magic. There is no hope for its citizens until fourteen-year-old, unproven mage, Krys Anderwood opens an ancient journal and unleashes its power. The tome depicts a great battle two hundred years before, when an evil sorcerer named Grimm murdered the reigning king, Reth, and trapped the Wizard Raven, forcing him into eternal sleep. With the king and the mighty wizard gone, the magic of Lanterra became unbalanced, slowly succumbing to evil as it ran unchecked across the fragile land. Krys finds that he faces an impossible deadline, yet concedes to the task set two centuries before. He accepts the help of his best friend, Peter Greenleaf, and Navashay Foxglove, a healer from a distant village. Together they embark on a journey Krys is ill prepared for. Plagued by insecurity and marginal abilities, he must battle hideous lizard creatures, navigate a mysterious and deadly forest, and find Ravenwood Castle to free the trapped wizard and break the curse. All before Grimm can stop him.

How do you convince someone to believe in something that is beyond anything you have ever imagined?The fate of a small Florida beach town known as Parrish Pointe is about to be determined as a powerful Fallen angel forms his alliance in preparation for the ultimate revenge of destroying the town and its people. Freshly grieving the loss of her older brother, 16-year-old Sara Simms already thought she had a lot on her plate dealing with her parents' separation and facing her judgmental peers as she starts a new year of high school. That is until she encounters a real-life angel, is visited by the spirit of her deceased brother and discovers the blood running through her veins is actually an ancient half-human, half-angel Amedun bloodline. Before she can even get through her first day back at school, Sara's life is completely turned upside down and inside out.With the help of her new high school guidance counselor, the loyalty of her faithful dog Zeke, and the companionship of her Jersey-born cousin, will Sara be able to put aside her rebellious teenage differences and learn how to accept her destiny of being the key to saving her hometown?

Contents: 1. Science and community : Iñupiat contributors to the laboratory's effectiveness. Introduction to Alaska's original naturalists / Max C. Brewer and John F. Schindler. Peter Sovalik, an original Arctic naturalist / Robert E. Henshaw and Max C. Brewer. Research on the Colville River Delta : lab and local support / H. Jesse Walker. Historical perspectives on Iñupiat contributions to Arctic science at NARL / Karen N. Brewster -- [pt.] 2. Before North Slope oilfields : the laboratory's formative years. Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 and the beginnings of the Arctic Research Laboratory (ARL) / John F. Schindler. A year at NARL : experiences of a young biologist in the laboratory's early days / Howard M. Feder. Fifty years of monitoring geophysical data at Barrow, Alaska / Jack Townshend. The role of the Office of Naval Research and the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) in the growth of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory / Maxwell E. Britton. Monitoring of worldwide fallout-related radiation in North Slope people and animals / Wayne C. Hanson -- [pt.] 3. Community and lab as sources for themes in Arctic research. Cold adaptations and fossil atmospheres : polar legacies of Irving and Scholander / Robert Elsner. An overview of early research on small mammals in Arctic Alaska / Robert L. Rausch. Early polar bear studies at NARL / Jack W. Lentfer. Overview of early research on large mammals in Arctic Alaska / G. Edgar Folk Jr. Large mammal energetics at NARL / Robert E. Henshaw. Anthropological research supported by the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory / Richard E. Reanier and Glenn W. Sheehan. Explorations of the North Slope's ecological diversity / John J. Koranda. Coastal processes and their influences on the people of Alaska's North Slope / H. Jesse Walker. Studies of fresh waters on the North Slope / John E. Hobbie ... [et al.]. The oriented thaw lakes : a retrospective / Chas. E. Carson. Higher fungi and slime molds from Arctic coastal and....