The first two novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton.In "A" is for Alibi, tough-talking private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective ag
Introduce your toddler to 26 national parks found in the United States with this colorful alphabet primer, from the creators of BabyLit.An engaging collection of illustrations showing amazing features
A New York Times Book Review’s Editors’ Choice "Ismail Kadare's readers are astonished every year when the Nobel committee overlooks him. . . . A Girl in Exile, published in Albanian in 2009, may rek
In 2005, Frank Blair built a 63-foot wooden schooner in Nova Scotia and set off with friends on her two-year maiden voyage around the world. This book is about a great success: breakdowns with recover
Winner of an English PEN award, Kadare's depiction of the reach of the authoritarian state is executed with an elegant combination of horror, other-worldliness, absurdity, and indignation
Jumpstart your child’s reading success with comics! Kids will love these laugh-out-loud books with very easy text in speech balloons. They’ll also adore the zany cast of characters: monsters, owls, pi
There are shapes all around us—shapes that look like the letters of the alphabet. Spellbound is 120 pages of unique typographic illustration known as "Letter Art." This introduction to typographic des
What if the Islamic State captured the most valuable hostage in history?“The president of the United States . . . is missing.” With these words, New York Times journalist J. B. Collins, report-ing fro
“A love letter to the book as a physical object, a source of intellectual ardor, and a form of emotional salvation” (Salon)—and a nod toU and I, Nicholson Baker’s classic memoir about John Updike—from
A funny, frisky, often outrageous book about love, literature, and modern life—and a wink of the eye to U and I, Nicholson Baker’s classic book about John Updike—by an award-winning author called “won
This book prepares students and teachers for the requirements of the 2015 AQA A Level English Literature B specification. Structured and written to develop the skills on which students will be assesse
“The Platform” which was pioneered independently by Amazon and Apple over the last decade is creating a highly disruptive environment, introducing a discontinuity at all levels: economic, financial, p
There is no better time in life to begin developing literacy and linguistic skills than as a toddler. Authors Pascal and Vickie Soman put this wisdom into practice in their new children's book, "ABC f
In the joint American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure.
These fourteen stories show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail. Every reader will have their own f
Folklorist, writer, editor, regionalist, cultural activist—Benjamin Albert Botkin (1901–1975) was an American intellectual who made a mark on the twentieth century, even though most people may be unaw
This best-selling sentence-level worktext by John Langan continues to help students master the essential grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and usage skills needed for clear, thoughtful writing. The eig
Explores the fascinating state of Maryland--a place filled with diverse cultures and traditions--that is home to the largest estuary in the United States, the U.S. Naval Academy, and Muddy Creek Falls
W. B. Yeats is widely regarded as the greatest English-language poet of the twentieth century. This new critical biography seeks to tell the story of his life as it unfolded in the various contexts in
A forty-year-old Brazilian journalist reduced to living in a dilapidated building inhabited by a bizarre human fauna—fortune-tellers, transvestites, tango-loving Argentinean hustlers—is called upon to