Drawing upon a decade of polling both sides of the border, Michael Adams reveals that Canada and the United States are not coming together, but are diverging in significant ways. Contrary to popular b
In a way that is refreshingly engaging and readable, Daniel B. Wright and Kamala London describe the most useful of these techniques and provide step-by-step instructions, using the freeware R, to an
In Naked Babies, Nick Kelsh and Anna Quindlen collaborate to produce a unique view of babies—one that owes nothing to tradition, sentimentality, or the cult of the cute. Unlike traditional b
The first English edition of the first English edition of the only eyewitness account ever published on the 1948 Israeli War of Independence. This memoir of a young Israeli soldier became an instant b
Say the words "domestic violence," and images of battered women come to mind. Yet the more accurate picture is different, and it crosses genders. According to surveys and crime statistics, a man is b
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Chr
Sustainability is now the greatest business imperative, yet how do you actually develop and implement a sustainability plan if you aren?t an expert?From the authors of the award-winning handbook The B
Young at Art is a practical guide to playbuilding for teachers working with students at an upper primary and secondary level. Focusing on an area often neglected in traditional drama text books, the b
Since the early 1970s, Marina Abramovic (b. 1946) has pioneered the use of performance as a visual art form, exploring her physical and emotional limits in some of the most iconic works in contemporar
Mathew B. Brady mobilized his own corps - a corps of photographers - at the outset of the Civil War. He was determined to record the war photographically and present it to the American public. Photog
It starts off simply enough. Jack is hired by Christy Pickering, whose 18-year-old daughter is dating sinister and shady Jerry Bethlehem, a man twice her age. Christy neither likes nor trusts B
NANNY FOR 10-YR-OLD TWINS. MAINE COAST. OWN ROOM & GENEROUS SALARY. MUST LOVE BLACK. “Must love black?” Sounds like a coffee-loving, seclusion-seeking goth girl's dream job. Philippa isn’t fazed b
Las Vegas, Nashville, Despair, the Midwest, "Bar-B-Q Heaven," and his family's Louisiana home: these are the American places that Kevin Young visits in his sixth book of poetry. Begun as a reflection
GET SHORTY MEETS THE BIG LEBOWSKI IN THIS ROLLICKING MODERN COMEDY BY A CLEVER AND HILARIOUS NEWCOMER.Meet Wally Moscowitz. His day job is top secret. As ghostwriter for Oral B, the most famous gangs
When a womanA's body washes up on the shore of CaliforniaA's Jericho Point, sheA's identified as Evan Delaney. Except that Evan is very much aliveA-apparently the victim of an identity thief whoA'd b
Larry B. Max is an unusual specialist from a little-known branch of the Internal Revenue Service, the all-powerful tax-collecting agency of the United States. Reading into tax-evasion and money-launde
Both Bob and Brian Griese have led their teams through an undefeated season. But this biography explores a more significant meaning to living in victory. Both father and son have emerged bruised and b
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Tony Morgan's new job with Sullivan Oil finds him butting heads with Essie Spreckelmeyer, who runs her father's oil company and causes him problems when she contradicts his orders, drafts him into a b
As a chronicler of the African American experience in fiction and as an incisive cultural commentator in her essays and lectures, Toni Morrison (b. 1931) is regarded as one of the nation's most distin
As a chronicler of the African American experience in fiction and as an incisive cultural commentator in her essays and lectures, Toni Morrison (b. 1931) is regarded as one of the nation's most distin
Barbara Park’s #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 60 million cop
Handcrafted art is, first and foremost, a trip through the extensive terrain that is Mexico, including its history and people, where you can delve into the wealth of its traditions, art and culture, b
Any woman who has ever wanted to be queen for a day understands the appeal of that most magnificently impractical of accessories, the tiara. Once an aristocratic status symbol, more recently worn by b
Laver (history, U. of Wisconsin) examines the economy of Japan in the seventeenth century, at a time when the country was in the sakoku or "closed country" period. Despite the limitations of contact b
In recent years, a trend toward skin analysis has emerged in the practice of several artists who make use of biology, bioarchitecture, and self-experimentation in their own work, and Jens Hauser has b
Robert B. Bruce is an Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Texas. He is the award-winning author of numerous books on military history. He is a member of the
The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. Although it has been neglected (compared to such works as the Republic and Symposium), it is beginning to receive a great deal of scholarly attention. B
Just when your backyard seems commonplace and boring, a visiting hummingbird can dart in and liven it up. These daring acrobats of the skies show off with spectacular twists, loops, and upside down, b
Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile conducted hundreds of anonymous interviews with real-world mothers while researching their best-selling, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. It didn't take long b
This volume presents a selection of drawings from the 3-volume Atlas de l'art egyptien (published serially from 1858-1877) by Prisse d'Avennes. Reproduced in b&w and color plates of high quality,
Inspired initially in 1994, after hearing a lecture by David B. Morris (author of The Culture of Pain), King (English, U. of Florida) began her exploration of issues around black bodies in pain, carr
The Anglo-Saxons first appeared on the historical scene as Germanic pagan pirates and mercenaries, moving into the declining Roman Empire in the 5th Century AD and forging a series of kingdoms which b
This book collects and introduces some of the best and most useful work in practical lexicography. It has been designed as a resource for students and scholars of lexicography and lexicology and to b
A glorious new Ottoline story packed full of surprises.Meet Ottoline and her hairy, helpful friend Mr Munroe. Ottoline is off to the Alice B Smith School for the Differently Gifted, but she is rather
There are not many books that address the boundaries of care of older people from a work-life perspective. This book, authored by contributors from various countries, looks at the boundaries of care b
Presents a collection of essays offering different views on the so-called "culture wars" in the United States, discussing such topics as the impact of the culture wars on politics and the connection b
Letters of E. B. White touches on a wide variety of subjects, including the New Yorker editor who became the author's wife; their dachshund, Fred, with his "look of fake respectability"; and White's c
In Cognitive Integration: Attacking The Bounds of Cognition Richard Menary argues that the real pay-off from extended-mind-style arguments is not a new form of externalism in the philosophy of mind, b
Published in 1886 and dedicated to the writer’s ally in idling?his pipe?this collection of entertaining essays established Jerome K. Jerome as an eminent English wit. "What readers ask nowadays in a b
