Books with author Richard Benjamin,

Jack North, AKA the Flag, was the world’s foremost superhero, a symbol of hope and stability for a world tottering dangerously on the brink of a third World War. When he dies unexpectedly, his legacy falls to his son Marcus–including the Eye of Horus, an ancient artifact long believed to be the source of the Flag’s tremendous power. Marcus soon finds that everyone, from his fellow heroes to the Pentagon, want to control the Eye for their own reasons. But there are other forces at work in the universe, forces as old as the Eye itself. Caught up in a cosmic power struggle, Marcus embarks on a mythic odyssey that takes him to the lost city of Heraklion and beyond. But what does the enigmatic John Law want with the Eye of Horus? Can the lovely Princess Ana of Heraklion be trusted? And will Marcus forge his own path, or is his fate inexorably entwined with The Eye of Horus?

This book takes big, complex ideas (how ecological pressures shape the evolutionary processes of adaptation and natural selection) and anchors them in a setting kids will love learning about -- the Galapagos Islands. The hands-on activities, games, and investigations in Ecology and Evolution will guide your students to explore integrated topics from biology and Earth science. Each lesson has a section on the Standards, assessment rubrics, and suggestions."

Wesley “Tennessee” Beauregard hunts the deadliest game: metahumans identified as threats by the government of the United States. But when a confrontation with a dangerous metahuman known as the Crocodile causes Tennessee to question everything he thought he knew about the dangerous world of espionage and realpolitik, he sets out a search for answers which will prove more dangerous than he can imagine. Aided by his metahuman partner, Marion Merlot, Tennessee begins to unravel a web of danger and deceit. But all may not be as it seems, and sometimes asking a question can be just as dangerous as the answer.This standalone short story is set in the Grapple Gun Universe—a brave new world where history has taken a different path. What if splitting the atom is less important than splicing the genome, and union riots led not only to labor reform, but to masked crusaders? From the Tower of Babel to the War on Terror, Grapple Gun Publishing brings you a world populated by an ensemble of original characters and legacies.

Big, complex ideas--how ecological pressures shape the evolutionary processes of adaptation and natural selection--are examined in a setting kids will love learning about: the Galapagos Islands. The hands-on activities, games, and investigations in Ecology and Evolution will guide your students to explore integrated topics from biology and Earth science. Each lesson has a section on the Standards, assessment rubrics, and suggestions.

The defunct 10th Street Titans Gang is revived and begins to cause trouble for every other gang in East Jim Thorpe. They attempt to sink the South Street Gang’s raft on the Lehigh River, and in fact do just that. The South Street Gang calls a truce with their ancient enemies, the Center Street Scorpions, to battle the 10th Street toughs. But suddenly it is time to head to summer camp, where things will be relaxed and peaceful. Not quite. With members of various gangs sprinkled around camp, tensions build, until one night, the camp is treated to an attack from the 10th Street Gang at the same time the fabled Felix, the One-Arm Ghost decides to appear.

When the 10th Street Titans re-emerge as a force in East Jim Thorpe, it triggers what seemed an impossibility: a truce between the South Street Gang and the Center Street Scorpions in defense against a common enemy. When the 10th Street Titans sink the South Street Gang's river raft, the battle escalates. It seems as if there will be a pause in the hostilities as summer camp looms, but throwing various gang members together in a wooded area at the end of Germantown Road can only make matters worse, especially when the camp is threatened by a hurricane and then by a legendary ghost who was responsible for the death of a number of miners. Oh yeah, and the 10th Street Titans hatched that plan to attack the camp right after the prisoners escape from the Oxbow Prison.

When Bob Capek’s mother is killed in a hit-and-run accident in 1956, his father moves the family from Virginia back to his hometown of Mauch Chunk, a small town in the middle of the eastern Pennsylvania anthracite coal region. From the moment Bob boards the northbound train, the life he knew before comes to an end—and another, more harrowing one begins. Soon after arriving in Mauch Chunk, Bob is threatened by a notorious cross-town gang, the Center Street Scorpions. As if that’s not enough, Bob also initiates a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the cruelest, most diabolical man in town, the Cyclops—a greedy mine owner who will stop at nothing, including murder, to own every coal mine in the county. But Bob is determined to put a stop to the Cyclops’s sinister schemes—and the results are explosive. From the author of Jim Thorpe Never Slept Here and Leap of Faith, The South Street Gang vs. the Coalcracker Cyclops is an exciting tale that brings the powers of good and evil to the streets of small-town America.

Do you know there is a pattern to music and the instruments we use to make music? Tapping and clapping are movements that can make a pattern. Can you find a pattern with your favorite instrument? With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn patterns and build their STEM skills.

The students in this book are preparing for a craft sale. Each class will make a different item to sell. They'll use beads, ribbons, and buttons to create crafts with a pattern. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn patterns and build their STEM skills.

Mount Vesuvius is ready to erupt, threatening to destroy the city of Pompeii and everyone who lives there. Will new friends Thalia and Felix be able to escape, or are they destined to be buried under rock and ash? Thalia is excited to visit the bustling city of Pompeii, while Felix longs to leave it. As Thalia prepares to perform with her traveling troupe of actors, Felix is searching for a life of adventure away from his strict, politician father. Despite living such different lives, when their paths cross, they quickly become friends. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Mount Vesuvius, a lethal fire is brewing. In its shadow, Pompeii awaits total destruction. The ground shakes, and the mountain rumbles. But when the volcano roars and clouds of ash rain down upon the city, will Thalia and Felix manage to escape one of the deadliest natural disasters in history?