The New Personality Self -portrait is the only guide to personality types based on the American Psychiatric Association's just-published official diagnostic system -- the DSM -IV -- and written by one of today's leading personality researchers. A long-time backlist bestseller in its previous e[...]
A short and easy guide to courtly love represented in Shakespearean drama. Courtly love had its roots in Italian literature and is essentially love that seeks acceptance of the exalted beloved. Art in color by Laura Sweeney. Thanks to Carmen Villa for trademark design. Adult level reader.[...]
The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his era, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the wr[...]
"Women in Love" begins one blossoming spring day in England and ends with a terrible catastrophe in the snow of the Alps. Ursula and Gudrun are very different sisters who become entangled with two friends, Rupert and Gerald, who live in their hometown. The bonds between the couples quickly become in[...]
The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the [...]
Dr. Campbell gives parents the tools to communicate unconditional love to their teens as they go through the process of maturing.[...]
Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking. Ursula was stitching a piece of brightly-colored embroidery, and Gudrun was drawing upon a board which she held on her knee. They were mostly silent, talking as their thoughts stray[...]
Sales Handle: Love and romance is always a perennial seller for Chronicle's gift line, and this set of fifteen charming love-themed postcards is sure to hit the same sweet spot as The Little Box of I Love You (over 17K gross) and You Owe Me TLC (36K gross). --Proven success: The cover image for thi[...]
This is a fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status by many almost as soon as it was released. LD Beghtol's book is chatty, incestuous, funny, dark, digressive, sexy, maddening, and delightful in equal meas[...]
Rivers and streams supply our water and capture our imaginations. We seek the more pristine ones to fish or paddle, to hike along or simply sit and watch. But what is it we are seeing? What is essential about streams and rivers for us as humans?
In "For the Love of Rivers, " stream ecologist Ku[...]
This is a memoir intended to describe the awakening into life that occurred for Susan after her horrific childhood experience. Born in Chicago in 1964, the author lived on the north-west side and attended local schools. She was sexually abused just two months shy of her third birthday by a sixteen-y[...]
"Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."
2 Corinthians 5:20 In this collection of biblical expositions, seven prominent Bible teachers lay the biblical foundation for missions based on the apostle Paul'[...]
David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his generation, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace's tormented, anguished, and often triumphant b[...]