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The latest volume in Black Dog’s successful book-and-CD series combines the mesmerizing stories of the world’s great ballets with fun facts, dancing how-tos, history, profiles— all accompanied by char

Listen to birds sing as you've never listened before, as the world-renowned birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma takes you on personal journeys of discovery and intrigue.Read stories of wrens and robins, t

The Book That Every Citizen and Journalist Should Read“What this book does better than any single book on media history, ethics, or practice is weave . . . [together] why media audiences have fled and

From the authority on baseballresearch and statistics comes a vastand fascinating compendium of uniquebaseball lists and records.The SABR Baseball List & Record Book is an expansive collection of pit

Signage and Wayfinding Design is a comprehensive and accessible resource that enables readers to apply a standard, proven design process to large and small projects in an efficient and systematic mann

After twenty years of burrowing into the corner of the family couch, eating junk food, and reading science fiction, Indiana mother Delonda Jarvis did something that shocked her family: she went to co

Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog. From one of America’s most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child’s education In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by

Describes some of the different kinds of shoes that workers wear.

Text and illustrations reveal what can be learned about some animals by looking at their shadows.

The fresh, clean taste of New York's water is legendary. Less well known is the fascinating story of the massive program of exploration and construction that was required to achieve such purity. The s

We find ourselves engaged in various kinds of negotiations every day, from trying to land a new account or win a promotion at work, to buying a house or a car, or bargaining down a cell phone bill, or

An authoritative, step-by-step guide to first aid care for infants and children prepares parents to handle emergencies, including life-threatening conditions, quickly and calmly, with a specially desi

In the wake of a bitter presidential campaign and in the face of numerous divisive policy questions, many Americans wonder if their country has split in two. People are passionately choosing sides on

To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary computer. Then, attempting to break a Nazi code during World War II, he successfully designed and built on

Three stories star Wilbur and Orville, the Riot brothers, as they capture a thief, find a hidden treasure, and overthrow the Snowball King during a snow day.

Learn English Through Classic Literature: The Short Stories and Essays of Mark Twain, Second Edition, features:Over 600 vocabulary words and idioms with definitions, helpful for TOEFL students wo

On July 14, 1853, the four warships of America's East Asia Squadron made for Kurihama, 30 miles south of the Japanese capital, then called Edo. It had come to pry open Japan after her two and a half c

During the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126), new ground was broken in aesthetic thought, particularly in the fields of art collecting, poetry criticism, connoisseurship of flowers, and the song lyric.

Vintage T-Shirts is a phenomenal celebration of the ever-popular t-shirt, which brings together old favorites from the 1970s and 1980s. With more than 500 uncommon examples, this book documents hist

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are g

Her wings burdened by an oil slick, a seagull struggles to the nearest port to lay her final egg. Exhausted, she lands on a balcony where Zorba the cat is sunning himself. She extracts three extraor

In the annals of sports, no individual rivalry matches the intensity, longevity, and emotional resonance of the one between two extraordinary women: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Over sixteen y

Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process.Indeed, “writing is yoga,” d

Invite children to sing along and learn how to follow directions, a key to success in school! This full-color, illustrated book with audio CD includes lively original songs that encourage active liste

This book had its provenance in the late 1920s, when Erle Loran, then a young artist who wanted to fathom the mysteries of Cezanne's structural form, took up residence in the master's studio in Aix-en

Written by the founder and executive director of the Quality Assurance Institute, which sponsors the most widely accepted certification program for software testingSoftware testing is a weak spot for

How do literacy and the development of literary culture promote the development of a national identity? This book examines the development of both a literary tradition and institutions aimed at promot

4 heavy duty full color die cut masks on a wooden handle with a reproducible script for a student play.

With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we still might not know some of the most significant fa

Cambridge Grammar for PET provides complete coverage of the grammar needed for the Cambridge PET exam, and develops listening skills at the same time. It includes the full range of PET exam tasks from

What’s the secret to becoming a millionaire?For years people have asked David Bach, the national bestselling author of Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, and The Finish Rich Workbook,

Sales based on trust are uniquely powerful. Learn from Charles Green, co-author of the bestseller The Trusted Advisor how to deserve and, therefore, earn a buyer’s trust. Buyers prefer to buy from pe

Does patriotic pride inevitably develop into nationalistic aggression? Is this exacerbated by the global outreach of the media? And what is the relationship between mainstream politics and increasingl

Since 9/11 politicians, preachers, conservatives and the media are all speaking about evil. In the past the dicourse about evil in our religious, philosophic and literary traditions has provoked think

This lavish guide to France’s most respected estates and sought-after wines will delight any lover of French wine. Internationally recognized wine expert Clive Coates begins by profiling over forty of

These eight essays originate in an eponymous project begun by editor Nepo at the Fetzer Institute, which seeks to "sow the seeds of a national and international conversation about the inner life of de

A leading British chef shares the secrets of fine baking with a selection of more than 220 delectable recipes for cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, breads, and cookies. Reprint. 50,000 first

The full range of Lee Miller's outstanding photographs from World War II, accompanied by her brilliant dispatches.Lee Miller's work for Vogue from 1941 to 1945 sets her apart as a photographer and writer of extraordinary ability. Her words combine immediacy with acute observation, and deep personal involvement with professional detachment. Complementing her writing here are two hundred remarkable photographs from the Lee Miller Archives. They show war-ravaged cities, buildings, and landscapes; but above all they portray war-resilient peoplesoldiers, leaders, medics, evacuees, prisoners of war, the wounded, the villains, and the heroes.There is the raw edge of combat portrayed at the siege of St. Malo and in the bitterly fought Alsace campaign, and the disbelief and outrage Miller describes on witnessing the victims of Dachau. The war's horror is relieved by the spirit of postliberation Paris, where she indulged in frivolous fashions and recorded memorable conversations with Picasso, Co

Association for Humanist Sociology 2007 Book Award co-winnerJulian Steward Award 2006 Runner-Up!Over the past two decades, environmental racism has become the rallying cry for many communities as they

The second commandment of the Old Testament forbids the making of idols to represent God. However, since human beings have always needed a direct and personal connection to the divine, a way is provid