From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a deeply personal reflection on how books are jacketed—and what book jackets mean to both readers and writers. How do we judge a book cover? Are book covers lik
Join guardian angel-in-training Ella Brown and her friends as they experience magical adventures up in the clouds with this glittering paperback bind-up that includes the first three Angel Wings books
Come along for legendary action with the first twelve books in the Heroes in Training series, now available in a collectible boxed set!The terrible Titans are merciless giants who rule the earth and a
Get your dork on with the ultimate Dork Diaries boxed set! This complete collection contains books one through ten (including three-and-a-half) in the wildly popular New York Times and USA TODAY bests
No Dork Diaries collection is complete without this boxed set of Dork Diaries #7, #8, and #9!Books seven, eight, and nine in the wildly popular New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestsel
This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them.The large clear script, the careful choice of words, th
Join all of your favourite In the Night Garden characters in this gorgeous big box of little books. The sturdy box fits perfectly around a set of nine chunky little board books. Featuring all the best
For much of the 20th century, books for children encouraged girls to be weak, submissive, and fearful. This book discusses such traits, both blatantly and subtly reinforced, in many of the most popula
Jews have long embraced their identity as “the people of the book.” But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary tradition remains little known. The People and the Books shows how central que
From Bankimchandra Chatterjee to G.V. Desani to Vikram Seth, Indian writing in English has come a long way over the last hundred years. And Nilanjana Roy - voracious eater of books and sharpest of cr
This volume offers a critical analysis of one the most ambitious editorial projects of late Victorian Britain: the edition of the fifty substantial volumes of theSacred Books of the East (1879-1910).
This sweet boxed set is the perfect gift for the nursery starter library. The keepsake box holds four sturdy board books just right for little hands. Each book features a different Mother Goose rhyme—
This authoritative handbook gives you the information you need to defend challenged books with an informed response and ensure free access to young book lovers. With a profile of each book that includ
In Bad Little Children’s Books, illustrator Arthur C. Gackley creates hysterical parodies of children’s book covers from more innocent times. Many of these original books focus on life’s lessons, joys
The historical books, from Joshua to Ezra and Nehemiah, form the narrative backbone of the Old Testament. Without them the Pentateuch would stop cold and the Prophets would hang in suspension. Even th
This whimsical, rhyming tale whirls readers through all the fantastic things that can be found between the pages of a book. From a pirate adventure to a fairy fete, Books Do Not Have Wings explores al
After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei , in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life a
This fun box set is filled with four fun, educational sticker books that support children's early learning. Topics are: Animals, Letters and Counting, Things that Go, and Colors and Shapes. The wipe-c
AN IRRESISTIBLE LITERARY FEAST Stories and recipes inspired by the world's great books As a young bookworm reading in her grandfather's butcher shop, Cara Nicoletti saw how books and food bring people
An underutilized source for storytime programs, quality nonfiction books can help bridge the reading gap between preschool boys and girls; boys enjoy facts and “true stuff,” and including these books
Thousands of business books are published every year— Here are the best of the bestAfter years of reading, evaluating, and selling business books, Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten are among the most re
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Gilles Deleuze's two Cinema books create a myriad of philosophical concepts to explore films. This cineosis is like a Russian doll or a Chinese box - proliferating levels of regimes, domains, images a
Gilles Deleuze's two Cinema books create a myriad of philosophical concepts to explore films. This cineosis is like a Russian doll or a Chinese box - proliferating levels of regimes, domains, images a
This Thomas & Friends Step into Reading phonics set will give boys and girls ages 4 to 6 the tools they need to begin reading on their own. Each of the 12 books features a specific phonics concept
This innovative approach to bookbinding explains an array of creative techniques that elevate handmade books into extraordinary works of art. Easy-to-follow, well-illustrated directions explain how to
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Great Books of China invites readers to discoveror rediscoversome of the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. The literature of China remains largely unknown in the West, yet it off
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Stephen Parlato's picture book of colorful, intricate collages is now available in paperback! The hardcover edition ofThe World That Loved Books was a finalist for the ForeWord Magazine 2008 Book of t
Jewish Books and their Readers asks what constituted a ‘Jewish’ book in early modern Europe: how it was presented, disseminated, and understood within Jewish and Christian environments, and what effec
Nowadays almost all creatives work with type - actually everyone uses type - so knowledge of typography is essential. This book presents the reader with one hundred valuable and influential books on t
A spectacular and informative guide to how weather works, DK Eyewitness Books: Weather will teach kids how storms and climate affect the environment around us. From whirling tornadoes to freezing bliz
Unlock the secret of money and explore the different types of currencies from ancient times to the present day with DK Eyewitness Books: Money. Become an eyewitness to the history of cash and coin and
A delightful set of miniature Mog books, to introduce younger readers to everyone's favourite forgetful family pet! Mog the Forgetful Cat has been everyone's favourite family pet since her first book
"The two Books of Homilies, along with the Book of Common Prayer and the Ordinal, have long been basic documents of the Church of England, and are valuable in showing how Anglican doctrine shifte
The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary polymath and bibliophile who amassed a vast collection of socialist literature and Jewish history. For more than 50
First published in 1983, this books aims to guide Wordsworth students through his difficult masterpiece by reading it in continuous sequence and making its sense emerge. The special value of this comm
