"The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, b
Cul de Canard (Duck’s Rump), Farefelue (The Crazy One), Plantureuse (Buxom Gal), Peute (The Ugly One)—the names are deliciously French but one would make a terrible mistake to think that only French-b
This 10.5x9.5" book on the Anglo-Boer War features a wealth of b&w historical and contemporary photos of artifacts, sites, key figures, and maps. Changuion (history, U. of the North, South Africa)
In the tradition of E. B. White’s bestselling Here Is New York, Chicago is a tribute to the ?Second City”?part history, part memoir, and 100% Studs Terkel?infused with anecdotes, memories, and reflect
The British artist Tony Cragg (b. 1949), winner of the 1988 Turner Prize, is one of today's most celebrated and popular sculptors. Before studying art, he worked as a laboratory technician, and his co
(Book). Hearts of Darkness is the story of a generation's coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Cat Stevens could never have b
Known by hundreds of expectant fans as the malevolent "Diablo," Lou is a professional wrestler at the pinnacle of his career. Every Thursday he battles his enemy Savior—the golden-locked "good guy." B
Hot on the heels of his smash 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, Garry Trudeau is back with an annual collection of this iconic comic strip.Readers and critics were wowed by G. B. Trudeau's epic masterpi
After establishing his reputation as a literary author by means of his French and Latin verse, Gower came to recognize the possibilities which English held for serious poetry only in the 1380s. This b
Longing, book three in the Bailey Flanigan Series, picks up where Learning ended. After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, B
This holiday season, join two of today?s most popular paranormal authors for a special look into their worlds, where creatures are always stirring and no one sleeps through the night. . . . The Bite B
Unscrupulous bankers, abandoned homes, and a cold-blooded killer on the loose: Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, digg up the dirt in the second scintillating novel in New York Times b
Pearl’s older sister Lexie is in eighth grade and has a boyfriend. Pearl’s only boyfriend is the family’s crabby cat, Bitey. Lexie is popular. Pearl is not, mostly because of the embarrassing Three B
We take a secular approach to history for granted today, but in fact, it arose deliberately, in the age of humanism. Somos traces an important strand of this transformation in his substantial study (b
Bedford Lemere & Co was a British architectural photography firm in the late 1800s through the mid-1930s. The 250 high-quality b&w photos presented here are from the Bedford Lemere Collection
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University received as a donation an enormous collection of unofficial art made in the Soviet Union between 1956 and 1986--assembled by Norton T. and Nancy B. Dodge.
Special Agent Barrett "Bear" Raines of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has his Little League game interrupted when a returning GI uses Bear and the local sheriff to commit suicide-by-cop. B
This volume, the first in Brill’s Japanese Visual Culture series, vividly describes the efforts of the Japanese monk Shunjobo Chogen (1121–1206) to restore major buildings and works of art lost in a b
Dealer banks--that is, large banks that deal in securities and derivatives, such as J. P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs--are of a size and complexity that sharply distinguish them from typical commercial b
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Charter schools have emerged as one of the central policy debates in U.S. education--and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute team has been a key participant in this debate since day one, both nationally
This book takes a riveting look at how the law responds to that distinctly American dream of immortality. While American law provides virtually no protections for the interests we hold most dear—our b
From the award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk comes a timely and absorbing story of the harmony and discord of family life.Since quitting work to look after his eight-year-old daughter, Alexa, Thomas B
This guide for teen writers features a lively layout with b&w photos and cartoons, decorated boxes, and movie notes about films based on books, along with book synopses, writing exercises, and aut
This is one of the few books that argues for a feasible compromise solution to the political conflict across the Taiwan Strait that still troubles greater China. The author elaborates on the factors b
Sherman Alexie (b. 1966) gained national attention upon release of The Business of Fancydancing, his first collection of poems, in 1992, when a critic for the New York Times Book Review called him "on
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Aisling Juanjuan Shen was born to illiterate peasants in a tiny rice-farming hamlet in China's Yangtze Delta in 1974. Pronounced useless by her parents because she wasn't good at planting rice, she b
For almost 300 years, the dominant trend in New Testament interpretation has been to read the Acts of the Apostles as a document that argues for the political possibility of harmonious co-existence b
A Readily Applicable Framework for Novel Drug DesignIt is only 20 years since the reach of genetic knowledge has allowed for the development of protein biotherapeutics, but in that time the pace has b
The Lectionary Story Bible Set, Year A, B, and C, by Ralph Milton, covering all three years of the Revised Common Lectionary, is the largest collection of Bible stories ever published. Finally, one co
A page-turning memoir from the chef of The Waverly Inn, New York City's vaunted celebrity gathering spot The Hunger is an insider's romp through the crazy life of the restaurant business, told b
The European eel Anguilla anguilla is a common fish species in West European countries supporting several thousands of small-scale fisheries. In June 2007, it has been listed in Annex B of CITES afte
When will I get There? How will I know? A little girl ponders what the future holds, steadfast in her determination to find out for herself. Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick's gorgeous landscapes and the b
The author of the successful The Pocket Stylist follows up with a book that addresses the specific fashion needs of the over-forty crowd Even though women in their forties, fifties, sixties, and 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
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
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
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
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
