Feathers are an Integral Part of birds' lives. They cover and protect a bird; signal a bird's sex, age, and breeding status; and enable it to fly. But feathers don't last forever, and they need to be
From nineteenth-century newspaper publishers to the protesters in the ?Battle of Seattle” and the recent Greek uprising, anarchists have long been incited to action by the ideal of a ?free society of
TJ's friend Jamie is the heart and soul of the Parkview football team, but although he's a great tackler his passes are dangerously random - and he can't resist the stodgy food that his mum and the sc
Dr. Seuss's much-loved classic, Green Eggs and Ham, is now available for the first time in picture book format.When Sam-I-am persists in pestering a grumpy grouch to eat a plate of green eggs and ham,
An ingenious, witty, behind-the-scenes novel about eight hours in the life of an author.A literary celebrity is in Tel Aviv on a stifling hot night to give a reading from his new book.While the obliga
From the bronze age to the present day, man has found numerous uses for tin and its alloys, and has gone to great lengths to extract it from the ground. This book explains why tin minerals are found o
A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of Suite FrancaiseWritten between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Nemirovsky's bestselling novel Suite
Rose Macaulay’s powerfully felt pacifist novel of World War I?records the suffering and passion of Alix Sandomir’s rebellion against the foolishness of her fellow noncombatants. The year is 1915, and
The Baron's cruel nephew Bang-Bang is trying to take over Wise-as-an-Owl's fresh water spring. To stop him, Tashi and his friends use clay and magic to make a golem who will give Bang-Bang a good scar
"Why do we even burn with love...when we all become pitiful and sad in the end?"Baek-On has learned a thing or two on his travels dispatching spirits throughout the land: Love is a powerful emotion-e
Aaron Corbet isn’t a bad kid—he’s just a little different. And starting on the eve of his eighteenth birthday, Aaron begins to discover supernatural talents. Then he learns the truth about his destiny
Between Panic and Desire, named after two towns in Pennsylvania, finds Moore at the top of his astutely funny form. A book that could be named after one of its chapters, “A Post-Nixon, Post-pan
When 18 year old David Levi is arrested together with his father and friends and deported from their home in Palenstine by the Turks, none of them knows what the future holds. But their spirits soar
When Jack climbs up an enormous beanstalk, he discovers a giant's castle high up in the clouds. But the giant likes to eat little boys...How ever will Jack escape? My First Fairytales are a magical in
The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order in disa
As George W. Bush's Iraq mission unraveled, U.S. policy elites revived counterinsurgency doctrines - known in an earlier incarnation as pacification. The new edition of the Counterinsurgency Field Ma
"A grudge is a sentiment that is chained down and cannot move. That fixed sentiment becomes sadness, and when that sadness remains chained with no escape...it becomes hostile..."Baek-On and Ho-Yeon a
Human beings are embedded in a set of social relations. A social network is one way of conceiving that set of relations in terms of a number of persons connected to one another by varying degrees of r
Now a major motion picture from acclaimed director Richard Linklater, starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, and Ben Chaplin. An irresistible romantic farce that reads like a Who's Who of the classic Ameri
When it comes to a man in a uniform, these four ladies show their insatiable lovers exactly who's the boss...in the bedroom.ARIANNA HARTConvince MeSocialite Sareena Wilton invites irresistible police
When a deep-seated memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Driven to investigate, Elizabeth discovers a thirty
