Covering 600 music festivals worldwide, this guide offers lively descriptions of festivals of all manner, size, and form. A resource for the committed festival attendee, it offers dates, locations, sc
From the basics of programming in the Qshell on iSeries to complete coverage of previously undocumented topics, programmers will not only learn the Qshell more easily than they can with the Qshell man
In the depths of Reliant Stadium in Houston, in the hours before Super Bowl XXXVIII, coach Bill Belichick told his team this simple truth: "We're the champions and the trophy is coming back where it b
Set in the Bronx during the 1950s, when postwar immigrant children were placed in their first American classrooms, this delightful story tells of the riotous linguistic misunderstandings of Josephine’
When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king’s wedding mass as payment for the baker’s generosity. The baker writes ?One Mass
Next to the Bible, The Imitation of Christ is the best-selling book of all time. What most people don’t know is that the book's author, Thomas A Kempis, wrote other brilliant works, including Consolat
In this volume, Russell’s classic adaptations of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal from the legend of the Holy Grail, Ariane & Bluebeard by Maeterlinck and Dukas, ?The Clowns” taken from I Pagliacci by Le
The next volume in the prize-winning and greatly acclaimed complete adaptations of Wilde’s tales presents “The Devoted Friend” on what constitutes real friendship, and “The Nightingale and the Rose” a
The eight stories in Old People Are A Problem explore the lessons to be learned in the new millenium in a coming together of the young and the aged. Asylum-seeking, cultural and political nationalism,
"This perceptive survey of the two faces of prolific and award-winning author Edith Pargeter explores both her life and her work. Pargeter is best known as Ellis Peters, the author of the Chronicles o
Easy to use horse whispering techniques and principles that can help you develop better bonds with horses. Chapters include understanding and speaking the horse’s language, human body postures, gettin
The complete short fiction of Morley Callaghan appears as he comes into full recognition as one of the singular storytellers of our time. In four volumes, several stories are collected for the first t
Chock full of the behind-the-scenes stories about how the fantastic movie was made, this book details how Mike Myers created the role he was born to play, how costume designer Rita Ryack spent months
Do You Have a Thyroid Disorder? If your doctor has told you that you have a thyroid disorder, perhaps you feel some relief in having pinpointed the source of your troublesome symptoms. As you may know
A portrait of Hall of Fame coach John Chaney offers an inside look at what it is like to play for a college coaching legend, as seen through the eyes of two of his finest players, and provides a look
He came to California with the great Gold Rush, but instead of riches, Isaiah W. Lees discovered his great talent for solving crimes and catching criminals. He captured stage robbers in Missouri, trac
In this newly revised edition, Brett Hull tells his own story and shares his troubles and triumphs. Through all the pressure and controversy that comes with being an NHL great, he strives to stay on t
This collection of the best cartoons from Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Jeff MacNelly have been vividly colored for golf fans everywhere. This fresh collection offers the zaniest spoofs of the sport
Building on the passion that he first kindled in A Faith That Makes Sense, in Why We Look Up Father Bob shows how we can make sense of the essential faith and practice of Catholicism. This book presum
An officially sanctioned reference guide to the National Hockey League traces its history from its origins in 1917 to the present day, discussing the various teams, players, record breakers, statistic
"Vivaldi, born in 1678, was one of the most influential composers and violinists of his age. This book evokes the Venice of Vivaldi’s time, an essentially musical city that lived for hedonism. In Ven
A chronicle of the fascinating early years of Horatio Nelson and Emma Lyon. Both determined to rise from obscurity, they set about making their ways through the world with corresponding recklessness a
Twelve all-new stories of the fantastic, the imaginative, and the weird are collected in this book of daring and imaginative tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. Montreal’s estab
Love Heals will awaken & strengthen the healer within you. Walk inside the heart and mind of a genuine spiritual healer and experience the love that heals. Peck gives clear instruction on how to h
Written for novice programmers who need to learn Eclipse, the new integrated, open-source development environment, this book covers three areas that are of crucial interest—Eclipse, IBM’s Software Wid
A fascinating history of the National Football League chronicles more than eighty seasons on the field in a collection of first-person anecdotes, vignettes, stories, and recollections--by George Halas
"Admitting that stress is unavoidable and part of life, this book offers essential skills to help harness the power of stress to perform at peak levels. Presented are 10 simple skills to identify and
"This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchez’s struggle to create a “normal” life outside the Latin Kings, one of the nation's most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his pa
These sharp and hilarious science fiction stories with comic-style illustrations encourage reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike to read the pictures as part of an ongoing narrative to build visual
Part travelogue, part spiritual memoir, Candolini tells the story of packing his family into their car and heading out for a four-month tour of Europe's rich and diverse labyrinths. This book is the f
After the Napoleonic Wars, Adam Bolitho is rewarded with command of his own ship and sets sail for the Caribbean, where he finds adventure aplenty amid these lawless islands.
It's 1943, and the seas are haunted by Hitler's deadly U-boats and cruisers. After the mysterious death of the Reliant's last captain, Guy Sherbrooke is given command of the legendary battlecruiser. A
These rich and rigorous poems delight in and disrupt the framing structures of language, memory, and history, so as to inhabit new fluencies of possibility. Encompassing a wide range of subject matter
In this "rousing mystery" (Booklist), Gentleman Detective Carolus Deene, the schoolmaster created by Bruce and featured in so many of his other books, has his work cut out for him . A respectable soli
Labeled illustrations depict the meaning of Italian words alongside their English counterparts, organized by subjects such as colors, fruits, animals, vegetables, furniture, school supplies, and music
The life (1912?1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of
This is the sequel to My Messy Bedroom: Love and Sex in the 90s. From foreplay to afterplay, “Josey Vogels” satisfies our hunger for information about sex and relationships. Her column, “My Messy Bedr
Forty years after first chewing on sugar cane in New Guinea, the home of sugar, the author underwent some complex dental work as a direct result of his sweet tooth. This led him to explore sugar cane'
The explosive and controversial film version of El crimen del Padro Amaro moves the action of the original novel from nineteenth-century Portugal to modern Mexico. Both worlds share a rigid provincial
"There are more than 200 negative words associated with the word black and more than 100 positive meanings or synonyms attributed to the word white. This analysis of semantics and semiotics illustrate
