I don’t want words to sever me from reality.I don’t want to need them. I want nothingto reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,or the s
Grandpa Eldo asks Elmer and Wilbur to help a young elephant find her way back to her herd - and they get a shock when they see she is pink! No wonder she is called Rose. But there is an even greater s
A lesser-known strip by the creator of the "Plastic Man" cartoons is a lighthearted domestic farce surrounding a middle-class urban couple and their smart-aleck genius son, in a collection that reflec
Pasta and pizza are inextricably connected to Italian identity. In this book, Franco La Cecla tells the story of how a food born in the south of Italy during the Arab conquest became a foundation for
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is part of the Barnes & Noble Shakespeare series. This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Grea
Presents an introduction to mixing and separating, describing how materials can change into something else by separating the pieces of one material or mixing two materials together; and includes simpl
To Grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about
In its marvelously perceptive portrayal of two young women in love, Sense and Sensibility is the answer to those critics and readers who believe that Jane Austen’s novels, despite their perfection of
Three more George and Martha stories just right for early readers.Story Number One: The Tub Martha teaches George a little lesson about privacy.Story Number Two: The Mirror Martha’s bad habit is getti
On his sixteenth birthday, Thorn Jack steals a curious crystal from the Treasury of a neighbouring settlement in his coming of age rite-of-passage. Returning home, he finds that his younger sister has
A touching and sensitive look at coping with grief and loss tells of Kate and her beloved dog Murphy, who grow up together, and poignantly evokes Kate's sadness at Murphy's death, reminding youngsters
A lively porcupine and chipmunk make a fun-loving duo — and a vibrant addition to the Brand New Readers series.Things get a bit prickly when Larry the porcupine dances with Rita the chipmunk — or when
(package back) PVC FREE This safe, wipe-clean bath book for the very young is full of bright, bold pictures. Includes 4 detachable sea creatures to play with at bathtime. Not suitable for chi
With stitch basics, what equipment is needed, and advice on applying beads, sequins and glueing, this book includes the know-how needed to create gorgeous designs.
An astonishing novel of legal and moral suspense from Paul Goldstein, a stunning new legal literary talent.Meet Michael Seeley, a take-no-prisoners intellectual property litigator–and a man on the bri
Explores the difference between mixtures and compounds, explains what makes a solution, and demonstrates how some mixtures can be filtered into their basic parts.
Often humorous, sometimes chilling, always intriguing, these true stories describe the exploits of such notorious maritime marauders as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Captain Kidd, and other
Michael O'Brien's Sleeping and Waking moves between states of consciousness and the phenomenal world, finding reciprocities among sleep, dreams, weather, and urban signs. His curiosity gets drawn to t
Oxford Basics are short, easy-to-use books based on communicative methodology. They provide ideas for teachers and guidance on how to handle everyday classroom situations.
The first in the new Sissy Sawyer series When Fidelio Valdes, a disaffected young Puerto Rican, and Robert Touche, a drunk and aggressive businessman who has lost his job and his wife, meet, they begi
The first of Dostoevsky's masterworks, Crime and Punishment presents the powerful story of Raskolnikov, who reasons that intellectually "superior" men like himself can and must transcend conventional
Sweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, And She Was begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into
Breaking and Entering marks Anthony Minghella's change of direction from the celebrated adaptation of the last decade back to the period of original writings such as Truly Madly Deeply. It also marks
Marcus and Eddie are best friends who found the strength to break through the racial barrier. Marcus is black; Eddie is white. Stars of their school basketball team, they are true leaders who look pas
At the end of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, The Scarlet Letter, we know that Pearl, the elf-child daughter of Hester Prynne, is somewhere in Europe, comfortable, well set, a mother herself now.
Götz and Meyer, two noncommissioned SS officers, are entrusted with an assignment, “not a big one,” but one that “requires efficiency.” Their task is to transport prisone
