On a night no one will ever forget, Della Black and three of her seven children are killed in a horrific fire in their trailer. As the surviving children are caught in the middle of a custody battle b
Engineer Kamran Khosravi wants to die in a car accident. His professional life in the Iranian hinterlands is full of bureaucratic drudgery protecting dams, for example, from looters. His wife Fariba c
How to Succeed in Mexican Jail gives you all the tools you need to not only survive, but thrive, in Mexican jail. Essential reading for anybody visiting, living in, or considering visiting, or living
Seasons is an exciting look at the world around us as it changes throughout the year. From seedlings growing in spring and showing how they are planted, to the flowers and insects you might find in th
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In 1951, just days before her scheduled lobotomy after years in a mental hospital, New Zealand author Janet Frame’s first collection of short stories unexpectedly won the Hubert Church Memorial Award,
What mysterious creatures are making those noises in the darkness? In Calls of the Wild: Nighttime Animals, readers will encounter 15 fascinating nocturnal animals and listen to their authentic calls
Kids will discover the amazing ways in which our bodies work in Make and Move: Human Body. This illustrated learning guide presents basic facts about the human body in an easily accessible format, wit
In 1961, a thief broke into the National Gallery in London and committed the biggest art heist in British history. He stole the museum’s much prized painting, The Duke of Wellington by Francisco Goya.
Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her lo
Counting to 10 in 10 languages is made easy with this global snapshot of Los Angeles, California. Featuring the numbers in the 10 most common languages spoken in LAincluding English, Spanish, Chinese,
William was a happy little boy who lived with his parents in a green house with a lovely little garden, decorated with paper flowers. But one day everything changed. It was as if he’d been torn in two
The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in music history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, thought-provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, bestselling,
In this powerful book, Steffany Barton, RN, documents her decades long journey to understanding and embracing the valuable lessons offered in life after suicide. With personal passion and professional
The pop world accelerated and broke through the sound barrier in 1966. In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas slow-cooking since the late '50s reached boiling point. In the
Introducing, the wackiest of wacky nonfiction from Uncle John in one brain-expanding volume, guaranteed to keep kids reading all summer.Fact 1: Kids need to read nonfiction to make it in school.Fact 2
In 1978, a young street hustler in San Francisco stumbles into the General Hospital emergency room with lungs so congested he can barely breathe. Seen by an overworked and perplexed young intern, the
In the years following Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of movable type printing in the mid-fifteenth century, publishers provided a fast-growing readership with affordable works of literature, introduc
In Panther's Prey, the latest novel from Shamus Award winner Lachlan Smith, tragedy once again strikes near the heart for lawyer-detective Leo Maxwell.After working to free his father from prison in F
Joseph Campbell was 23, in Paris, in 1927. A scholar with a post-graduate fellowship, he encountered James Joyce’sUlysses, known for being praised and for kicking up controversy (including an obscenit
Best known as a novelist, Nicholas Christopher began publishing poems in The New Yorker in his twenties, and has published eight collections, praised over the years by poets and critics as being among
In 1979, the US government relocated more than eight hundred families from Love Canal, New York, after decades of toxic contamination. Not all of the residents left: some remained in their homes on th
In 1977, Wayne Big Chuck” Bradshaw was Jersey tough. He was a member of the outlaw Pagans bike gang, a One Percenter, and had earned his colors in a world of boozing, bloody bar fights, and high-stake
What do we stand to lose in a world without ice? A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer in residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the
Have you ever heard that little skeptical voice in your head when you are trying to think positive? It is in everyone's head and is called the mind or the ego. Chris Alexandria has discovered a techni
101 dreamy designs from the artist who brought you My Magical Oasis.Fiery dragons and ethereal unicorns, noble stags and serene white swans . . . the tangled forests ofMy Mystical Wonderland are home
In The Missing Element, author Debra Silverman describes human nature in a compassionate and succinct way. Everyone longs to be understood and the author offers ways for us to get to know ourselves in
A twelve-year-old boy, middle son in a wealthy, politically and culturally prominent San Francisco family, watches his city disappear in the earthquake and fires of 1906. His father him that nothing h
Mark Tartaglia of the London murder squad investigates a bizarre and brutal series of murders in this gripping thriller the fourth in this bestselling series by Elena Forbes. Detective Inspector Mark
From one of the brightest new stars in crime fiction comes the riveting new Ash McKenna novel. Ash has stepped away form his former life of violence, living in Portland, working as a bouncer at a vega
Clarissa Cartwright, Enigma's Model of the Year and the planet's most famous beauty, is about to take the stage wearing a fortune in jewels, and not much else. In the wings, a motley crew of bumbling
Set in New York City and Prague in 1992, Kafka’s Son follows a first-person narrator who is a documentary filmmaker. In a New York synagogue, he meets an elderly Czech Jew named Jiri, once the head of
The forty-two short tales that comprise Buddha In A Teacup are set in contemporary America, as opposed to long ago China or India. Each parable springs from the author’s meditations on fundamental asp
Market Masters is the definitive book on investing in the Canadian market, featuring exclusive and insightful conversations and first-hand advice from Canada’s top investors. These interviews delve in
A New York Times Editors' ChoiceFusing the personal and the political in high-voltage verse, Amiri Baraka"whose long illumination of the black experience in America was called incandescent in
In full-color and straightforward, jargon-free language, the sixth edition ofiPhone in Easy Steps gives you all the information you need to get up and running with your new iPhone, so you will quickly
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Today more people travel to Hungary for dental care than to any other country in Europe. The fascinating story of how Hungary became Europe's dental chair is a case study in medical tourism, which has
Sayed Kashua has been praised by the New York Times as a master of subtle nuance in dealing with both Arab and Jewish society.” An Arab-Israeli who lived in Jerusalem for most of his life, Kashua star
Word 2016 in Easy Steps shows the reader how to quickly come to grips with the new features of Microsoft’s latest version of this popular word processing application.Word 2016 in Easy Steps uses detai
