This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. No other artist is more associated with the term Modern Art than Pablo Picasso. He created thousands of paintings, prints, sculptures and ceramics during a time span of about 75 years. For many Picasso is the greatest art genius of the twentieth century. For others he is a gifted charlatan. Undisputed is the fact that he influenced and dominated the art of the twentieth century like no other modern artist. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Rikiya "Riki" Asai showed an innate passion for painting when he was between four and five years of age. The Honolulu resident's award-winning abstract and floral works have been exhibited throughout Japan and California and featured in a series of books. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Hideyo Noguchi was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who first discovered Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, in the brains of persons suffering from paresis. He traveled extensively in Central America and South America to do research for a vaccine for yellow fever, and to research Oroya fever, poliomyelitis and trachoma. While in Ecuador, he received a commission as a colonel in the Ecuador Army. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

This new line of Edu-Manga* features Astro Boy, one of Japan's most popular icons among children who journeys alongside the reader. He provides for kids not only a history lesson but also a richer understanding of the life lessons these historical figures share with us. Jean Henri Fabre was a popular teacher, physicist, and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. *Note: Edu-Manga is a term coined in Japan which means Educational Manga.

IN NAME ONLY When Jake Molloy asked Martha Simmons to pose as his bride on a trip to the Caribbean island of St. Matthews, she knew it was strictly business. After all, they'd worked together for five years, and there had never been anything between them. Jake had to find out who was behind some problems wit the company's latest project, and he needed a cover, that was all. Why worry that a temporary marriage could change things? But as soon as Jake and Martha faced each other across a king-size bed in the honeymoon suite, St. Matthew's magic captured them. And they soon discovered that previously dormant passion burned more intensely in the tropical sun.

from fictiondb: Swept away... EAST MEETS WEST Lord Ali Ben Hari disapproved of strong-willed public-relations executive Genevieve Jordan, who had been assigned to help organize his country's economic conference. She was everything he detested in a woman, yet the thought of possessing the golden-haired beauty sent excitement racing through his body, and Ali vowed to make her his.... Caught up in a dangerous world centuries removed from her own, Genevieve knew it would be wise to leave. Ali's stone-age opinions continually infuriated her, but the smolderingly handsome desert lord was unlike any man she'd ever met. The power of his touch set her on fire, and soon, the burning sands of Kashkiri began to feel like home.

Seven years ago Amanda Carson watched her affluent, well-respected family lose both face and fortune. Then her childhood crush—ice-cold cowboy Jace Whitehall—made her an offer she had to refuse. Now Amanda has returned to Casa Verde, Jace's luxurious home. And Jace isn't about to let her forget who she is or what she's lost. Yet beneath their heated words, something simmers, waiting. For what once drove Amanda from this land may be the one thing that can make her stay.