The complete and user-friendly introduction to graphic design--in a new editionNow with information on Web site design, plus examples, exercises, and more!Today, anyone with a good basic computer setu
The Desktop Designer's Illustration Handbook Marcelle Lapow Toor If you want to reach--and hold--audiences who've seen everything, read this new hands-on guide to locating, selecting, and using illust
For college-bound students—and their parents—the personal essay can be one of the most stressful parts of the application process. The essay is supposed to give applicants a chance to dist
For college-bound students—and their parents—the personal essay can be one of the most stressful parts of the application process. The essay is supposed to give applicants a chance to distinguish them
As much a moving memoir as it is an amusing pet manual, Misunderstood is a unique nonfiction book for teens and tweens about domesticated rats in general and a wonderful rat named Iris in particular.
Alice Evelyn Davis, seventeen, has generally gotten all she wants from life but when her college of choice rejects her, problems with her best friend arise, and she faces an unexpected loss, her new-f
The State of Islam tells the story of the Pakistani nation-state through the lens of the Cold War, and more recently the War on Terror, in order to shed light on the domestic and international proces
The State of Islam tells the story of the Pakistani nation-state through the lens of the Cold War, and more recently the War on Terror, in order to shed light on the domestic and international process
Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making,
Funny, heartfelt, and irreverent, The Pig and I follows the hilly course of author Rachel Toor's romantic life as she falls in love with a series of pets and in and out of love with an equally eclecti
There are hundreds of books available that coach kids on writing college application essays, improving SAT scores and trying to beat the admissions system. Admissions Confidential is a definitive loo
What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of the renowned Costume Institute at Th
Inspired by Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," this 96-page book gives you the opportunity to explore all the coloring paths your mind can take. You may leave some untrodden until another day,
On New Year's Day, Alice Davis goes for a run. Her first ever. It's painful and embarrassing, but so was getting denied by the only college she cares about. Alice knows she has to stop sitting around
Weisburg and Toor present their expert advice to school librarians either new to the job, or changing positions within or between library systems. The authors have organized their text in twelve chapt
Toor, a consultant and former school librarian, and Weisburg, a retired library media specialist and library consultant, help school librarians understand their roles as leaders in today's school clim
With this guide, Toor and Weisberg, both veteran school library media specialists and now consultants, serve as mentors for school library media specialists entering the workforce. Stressing the impor
Colleges and universities across North America are facing difficult questions about automobile use and transportation. Lack of land for new parking lots and the desire to preserve air quality are but
Originally published in 1930, Posada: Monograf a is a facsimile edition of the first monograph of the great Mexican illustrator and engraver Jos Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). Reprinted to coincide wi
Solidarity?the act or expression of unity in the face of power?has been on the resurgence. How can radical progressive solidarity be secured today? How is it being expressed in struggle, and how is it
Hailed as the “age of protest,” the current moment has revitalized public dissent from racialized and marginalized groups domestically and globally. This issue’s contributors use pas
