Following a chance encounter with a truck driver one night, Rei Hayakawa, a troubled young journalist, embarks on a journey through the snowy wastelands of northern Japan. Together the unlikely pair explore their sexuality and their demons, and the memories that compel them to keep moving.[...]
From days on the stoop, playing hopscotch and watching fireworks from the rooftops, to school field trips into the city, where zoos and museums await, the beauty and excitement of things to do in Brooklyn, New York, are shown through a child's eyes. Full color.[...]
In the tradition of "Persepolis "and "American Born Chinese," a wise and funny high school heroine comes of age.
Tina M., sophomore, is a wry observer of the cliques and mores of Yarborough Academy, and of the foibles of her Southern California intellectual Indian family. She's on a first-name b[...]
With Sigmund Freud flummoxed about what women want, any encounter between psychoanalysis and feminism would seem to promise a standoff. Yet, Mari Jo Buhle argues that the 20th-century's two great theories of liberation actually had a great deal to tell each other. Starting with Freud's 1909 speech t[...]
Open a book and let the celebration begin! Treat your kids to fun in learning with this festive series on holidays and celebrations. Each book teaches diversity and culture by discussing the holiday's origin, rituals, customs, foods, decorations, and more. With simple writing supported by vivid, ful[...]
Open a book and let the celebration begin! Treat your kids to fun in learning with this festive series on holidays and celebrations. Each book teaches diversity and culture by discussing the holiday's origin, rituals, customs, foods, decorations, and more. With simple writing supported by vivid, ful[...]
Simple text and pictures describe the history of Halloween and how it is celebrated.
An exercise routine embraced by professional dancers for over fifty years, Pilates is now the hottest and most talked about fitness trend since the running shoe. The perfect blend of Yoga and Nautilus, Pilates concentrates on building strength and flexibility, improving coordination, balance, and p[...]
A wonderful conditioning exercise for women of all shapes and sizes, Pilates is now recognized as one of the best overall exercises for the pregnant body as well. A low-impact and relaxing exercise regimen, Pilates doesn't divert blood flow from the growing fetus. As important, Pilates strengthens t[...]
The newest title in Barron's " Pocket Art Guides " series demonstrates various ways to render different forms and shapes when working with color media, including oils, watercolors, acrylics, inks, pastels, and colored pencils. Exercises offer students practice in rendering basic geometric shapes, su[...]
A Cheyenne Indian youth dreams of catching and taming wild mustangs but comes to realize he must earn the privilege of doing as he chooses[...]
"Mari Sandoz's tiny book is beautiful...This reminiscence is a vivid reminder to us...of how eagerly grasped, how deeply treasured, were the bits of culture that did make their way to the frontier." - "Western Folklore". "There have been many nostalgic accounts of Christmas remembrances, but none qu[...]
First published in 1935, "Old Jules" is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of "the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunt[...]
Words, like sticks and stones, can assault; they can injure; they can exclude. In this important book, four prominent legal scholars from the tradition of critical race theory draw on the experience of injury from racist hate speech to develop a first amendment interpretation that recognizes such in[...]
A man is pushed from a cliff; a woman is missing after a bike ride; an elderly man is washed ashore. The friends are closer than most - too close, some might say. Every year they leave their cosy suburban neighbourhood to go on holiday together to a remote Swedish island. But this year, their holida[...]
When you discover that the person you loved and trusted most in the world is hiding a secret life as a sex addict, the result can be devastating. Facing that heartbreak is what this book is all about. The healing process will take time regardless of whether you decide to stay in the relationship or [...]
A top social media guru shares the secrets to expanding your business through relationshipsPeople have always done business with people they know, like, and trust. That's the essence of "relationship marketing." Today, the popularity of online social networking has caused a paradigm shift in relatio[...]