Everybody Present seeks to create a new kind of culture in our schools: one that counters stress and facilitates learning. It reframes the student-teacher relationship, showing teachers how to supplan
With intelligence and crystalline clarity, a chorus of female voices speaks through the poems in Her book, Eireann Lorsung's inspired second collection.From the poet who brought us Music For Landing P
Follows four friends, all devout Catholics from poor, but proud, Italian families as they advance from adolescence to manhood, fighting the problems and uncertainty of youth, while attracted to the sa
"Love Letter to the Earth is Thich Nhat Hanh's passionate appeal for ecological mindfulness and the strengthening of our relationship to the Earth. While many experts point to the enormous complexity
Tread carefully for here lie: Ozzy Osbourne, Axl Rose, Cliff Burton, Dave Mustaine, Varg Vikernes, Euronymous and Dead of Mayhem, Peter Steele, Trent Reznor, Paul Gray, Corey Taylor, Marilyn Manson, D
Underground filmmaker George Kuchar is interviewed by RE/Search founder V. Vale in San Francisco, about the history of his low-budget filmmaking. He generously gives advice, do's and don'ts, recommend
A rerelease of the award-winning author's acclaimed 1982 work explores the fallout of a reluctant but financially promising marriage involving World War II veteran Chip, his manipulative father and th
The author of Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television discusses his assertion that capitalism is an obsolete model that causes unsolvable environmental and social problems on a planet with li
Create delicious appetizers, hearty breakfasts, and exotic entrees by adding innovative ingredients to classic boxed mac ?n cheeseNothing’s quite as comforting as a box of mac ?n cheese, so imagine us
Mindsploitation lampoons the hundreds of websites throughout the globe offering to carry out the tough tasks that many Americans will not do. The silliness and significance of this dynamic is particul
Sara Peters’ visionary debut collection is a book about obsessions — about desire, violence, sex, beauty, and cruelty, about how they lace through our days, leaving us changed. In these startling poem
The seventh volume in this award-winning graphic novel series features ten mystery comics and two never-before-published short stories by former OWL magazine editor, Craig Battle.Each solve-it-yoursel
The famous mathematical cat Penrose takes us on a trip though puzzleland, while sharing fascinating and challenging puzzles in this uniquely designed mini book. Each page's puzzle is introduced by ou
"Pitch-perfect . . . In her powerful debut, Franklin-Willis expertly crafts a Southern novel that stands with genre classics like The Prince of Tides and Bastard out of Carolina. . . . A measured, slo
TWO WORLDS, ONE ENEMYEarth An overpopulated world is under the brutal, high-tech thumb of the Committee. Towering robot shepherds, pain-inducers, and reader guns maintain control over masses of zero-
Known as the City of Parks, Louisville has long valued the natural landscape and the provisioning of outdoor recreation. In 1891 Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture, w
The official line is clear: the United Kingdom does not ?participate in, solicit, encourage or condone” torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutable: when faced with potential threats to their nation
Demanding Dignity: Young Voices from the Front Lines of the Arab Revolutions brings together essays written by today’s generation of Arab youth who have directly inspired and sparked a revolutionary s
Intimate in size yet quietly breathtaking in scope, this graceful gift book will forever change how you think, and how you feel, about trees. In poetically sparse scientific observations, renowned con
Last year, Night Shade Books unleashed The Book of Cthulhu onto an unsuspecting world. Critically acclaimed as ?the ultimate Cthulhu anthology” and ?a ?must read’ for fans of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mytho
By the winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book AwardAncient civilizations relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. Nineteen
Praise for Paradise Lust "A pleasure. Wilensky-Lanford tackles her subject with an appealing mix of serious research and tongue-in-cheek humor. Neither too academic nor too whimsical, the storytelling
Everything you learn in college, taught in quick, engaging, and easy-to-remember single-page semestersCollege goes by fast. So fast that it’s virtually impossible to remember the important parts. The
DO JUICE BOXES COME IN MOJITO? Motherhood is ?memorable,” but all too often for its calamities. Fortunately, Mommy Mixology shares stories, sympathies, and some strong drinks to keep you laughing thro
"So ? for God's sake ? don't say anything to the inspector."A respectable household is shocked when a strange police inspector visits them shortly after dinner... and proceeds to unravel their prejudi
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and fin
In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That’s almost 30 percent; other statistics show 3
All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. This legend comes to life in Alain Mabanckou’s outlandish, surreal, and charmingly nonchalant M
Thirty years after global holocaust, the colony of Carthage still struggles to build its new world. While steam engines and other early industrial technology have empowered its economy, the fragile so
Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood presents a look back at four decadesof the successful spooky soap opera that made sympathetic vampire Barnabas Collins a pop culture phenomenon and prompted the big-
Garlic has been used throughout history as a nourishing food and a magical medicine, healing everything from toothaches to dysentery. For much of this past century many dismissed its medicinal qualiti
Improbable, far-fetched, real? Today's science headlines read like futuristic tales. From nanobots and neutrinos to architeuthis, the real is often stranger than the most speculative sci fi. In that v
In this groundbreaking collection, American Muslim women writers sweep aside stereotypes to share their real-life tales of flirting, dating, longing, and sex. Their stories show just how varied the se
Written by commercial-scale grower Mel Thomas, Cannabis Cultivation divulges the expertise, tips, and insight he learned at the helm of one of the world’s largest marijuana growing operations. Ideal f
HIGHLY TRAINED MARKSMEN WITH ONE GOAL ? A PERFECT SHOT, A CONFIRMED KILLElite snipers ? with their deadly aim, iron nerves, killer instincts and unwavering courage ? play a more critical role in mod
More than ever, people of all ages, backgrounds, and traditions are becoming aware of the benefits of meditation. Broad-based yet addressing the specific needs of individuals, the completely revised a
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects an estimated 50 million Americans and is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Through proper m
Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthu
The greatest "can you find it" book ever wasn't technologically possible until now. Using MagicView, a proprietary technology for hiding and revealing images in print, readers must follow the clues th
Bike culture is exploding in cities like Portland, OR, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Montreal, and Vancouver, BC. Whether people are riding folding bikes to the commuter train, slipping through tr
