Most people think hotel employees are effortlessly cheerful, naturally helpful, and genuinely like their work. Most people are wrong. Find out what really goes on in the wo
Get the comprehensive information you need to ace USMLE Step 1 and match into the residency of your choice.* Up-to-date: Updated annually by Kaplan’s all-star faculty* Integrated: Packed with clinical
Get the comprehensive information you need to ace USMLE Step 1 and match into the residency of your choice.* Up-to-date: Updated annually by Kaplan’s all-star faculty* Integrated: Packed with clinical
It’s high time you gave yourself a healthy dose of self-love. The fact is, you deserve it. You are a magnificent, radiant being. You are divine. And you are awesome. The sooner you start embracing tha
From the renowned translators: a new translation--certain to become the definitive version--of the first great prison memoir, a fictionalized account of the writer's life-changing penal servitude in S
An informal history of the movies told through some of cinema's best-loved scenes, from the early days of Hollywood to the present day Pithy put-downs, hard-boiled snarlings, words of love and regret—
"It's no secret that men often behave in mystifying ways, but in recent years we've witnessed so many spectacular public displays of male excess--indecent politicians, sleazy academics, philandering s
Experiments in innovation, design, and democracy that search not for a killer app but for a collaboratively created sustainable future. Innovation and design need not be about the search for a kille
"Cancer has given Garth Callaghan a new purpose: to inspire parents to connect more with their children even in small ways, as he has done before and since his diagnosis by tucking a napkin note into
Experience the real New York through the artistic expression of one who calls it home. From Brooklyn’s own street artist AV ONE comes Street-Art New York, a set of three small soft-covered journals fi
Experience the real New York through the artistic expression of one who calls it home. From Brooklyn’s own street artist AV ONE comes Street-Art New York, a boxed set of notecards featuring images of
"When the Internet suddenly stops working, society reels from the loss of flowing data, instant messages, and streaming entertainment. Addicts wander the streets, talking to themselves in 140 characte
A charming, hilarious, and practical book about one woman’s stumbling, painful efforts to start running and how becoming a runner ultimately transformed her relationships, her body, and her life. In h
This new anthology, including many previously unpublished articles, brings together Che Guevara's writings on philosophy and politics, revealing him as one of the great intellectuals and thinkers of t
In this remarkable and unique work, award-winning poet Sarah Arvio gives us a memoir about coming to terms with a life in crisis through the study of dreams. As a young woman, threatened by disturbing
A unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which has fascinated musicia
From a bestselling Italian author comes a sharply observed new mystery set in the seedy underworld of 1970s MilanGiorgio Faletti’s first thriller, I Kill, took Europe by storm, selling over five milli
Life-saving letters from a glittering wishlist of top authors.If you received a letter from your older self, what do you think it would say? What do you wish it would say?That the boy you were crushin
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleMore than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost to myth and lore. In the widely acclaimed, bestselli
Elsie Wyatt is a born French horn player, just like her father and her grandfather before her. In order to qualify for the prestigious summer music camp of her dreams, she must expand her musical hori
Declan loves death metal--particularly from Finland. And video games--violent ones. And internet porn--any kind, really. He goes to school with Neilly Foster and spends most of his classroom time w
Add to the aesthetic pleasure of your gift with William Morris Evening Lily gift cards from Galison! London's Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive collection of Arts and Crafts patterns was the sour
Marilyn Monroe’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious
Situated beautifully at the intersection of Michael Pollan, Ruth Reichl, and Barbara Kingsolver, Heirloom is an inspiring, elegiac, and gorgeously written memoir about rediscovering an older and still
Winner, 2009 Career Book of the Year Award in ForeWord magazine (Gold Medal)Finalist, 2009 BOYTA Awards from Foreword Book ReviewsFinalist, 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in career categoryNai
Moving from raw material to finished product, this book demonstrates how to solve the main process-related problems that crop up in chemical engineering practice. It demonstrates the steps required to
With a new afterword by the authorThe underground has always played a prominent role in human imaginings, both as a place of refuge and as a source of fear. The late nineteenth century saw a new fasc
Trevor Griffiths is a name synonymous with beautiful old roses. Fascinated by plants and flowers from a very young age, a career in horticulture was inevitable for Trevor, and a drift towards cultivat
"The war arrived in our village on the 18th of January. Obviously there were other wars going on, but they didn’t have anything to do with us. There were wars for blacks. Wars for Arabs. Wars f
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Now a Major Motion Picture Schoolteacher Barbara Covett has led a solitary life until Sheba Hart, the new art teacher at St. George's, befriends her. But even as t
Robinson (English, U. of Colorado-Boulder) perambulates through commentaries on walking and on the literary history of walking. Among the perspectives he encounters are walking and the self, the walki
"Comprehension and memorization at a glance" is the goal of this project. Annotated charts, as a framework, are supplemented with icons and text in this book. Throught vivid illustrations, refined wor
Chronicle Books is pleased to present a stationery line featuring Swedish artist Lotta Jansdotter's stunning patterns. Drawing inspiration from the shapes and colors she finds in both natural and urba
Lectures on operations research and its use of probability theory. A collection of lectures from a special summer program at MIT's Operations Research Center treats topics in operations research for
