"An angel and devil walk into a bar-- so begins the Shadowpact's newest adventure into the strange and mystical underbelly of the DC Universe. Right after Blue Devil quits, his replacement-- the angel
Our lives would be very different without oil, gas, and coal. These fossil fuels help heat our homes, turn on our lights, and power our cars and trucks. But they also damage our environment—and they w
Takemoto lives in a run-down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Along with his crazy cast of friends,
This series uses state-of-the-art 3D illustrations that seem to rise before you with every turn of the page, to bring factual subjects of life, stimulating minds and imaginations.
"No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared 2001 author Arthur C. Clarke of this masterpiece of science fiction. An imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's
Gyo Fujikawa creates magic with this enchanting collection of fairy tales and fables. These are the stories that all children should experience, that will nourish their young minds and imaginations: L
This eleventh collection by Mark Strand is a toast to life’s transience and abiding beauty. He begins with a group of light but haunting fables, populated by figures like the King, a tiny creature in
A first of its kind, the At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD featur
Broke and burned-out from grad school, Shay Dixon does the unthinkable after receiving a "vision" from her de facto spiritual adviser, blues singer Nina Simone. She phones Nona, the mother she had al
Looks at the ways that the sun affects conditions on the earth, including the way that it causes day and night, causes the seasons, produces light, and serves as the ultimate source of energy for all
Cooking and eating together are great for encouraging kids to eat healthily! Annabel Karmel shows how you can create all kinds of lip-smacking finger food with your child that’s good for them, too.Ste
Four classic sea-related tales by Joseph Conrad, two set on a ship and two in a coastal town, present, as critic Paul Kirschner has observed, "a chiaroscuro of sea and land life in an alternating rhyt
This stunning collection spans the full spectrum of Iranian art, from prehistoric pottery painting to 20th-century calligraphy. Drawn from rare collections around the world, 271 black-and-white motifs
From the pages of rare books come these 281 black-and-white illustrations of armor, weapons, and the men who lived and died with them. A sweeping range of extraordinary, authentic images includes swor
There's panic among the beavers. A pelican, fiendishly sick with a cold, makes an emergency landing among them. Not only does this undesirable guest keep all the neighbourhood awake with his monstrous
Simon Meagor is a lonely middle-aged man. With a broken marriage behind him, his life centers solely on his antiquarian bookshop. Still haunted by the memory of a suicide he feels responsible for, Si
Aprende ingles a medida que descubres la riqueza de la cultura estadounidenseConstruye un efectivo vocabulario en ingles sin la carga de aburridas repeticiones o tediosas memorizaciones con Read &
In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - to say nothing of his retinue of demons, from a loudmouthed, gun-toting tomcat, to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev - is very much alive. As death and de
Although his mother said he was not allowed to have any other pets, when a duckling follows Franklin home from the pond, he decides to keep it as a secret pet, but it doesn't work out as he plans.
Nobles, knights, serfs, and beggars ? people from all walks of life populate the pages of this excellent archive. Derived from paintings, woodcuts, engravings, and other sources, these 283 black-and-w
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