From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional retreats, the[...]

Prepare for Exam 70-415 - and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of designing, deploying, and managing a Windows Server 2012 desktop infrastructure. This guide focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.[...]

This book is a delight. The colors are delicately applied, a visual feast. In short, not only is this tome exemplary of the cartoonist's art, it is similarly an exemplar of the printer's. A well-made book." -" Comics Buyer's Guide, "on "MUTTS'" first Sunday treasury, " MUTTS Sundays""MUTTS" is known[...]

Patrick McDonnell's "MUTTS" is up there with "Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat," and "Calvin and Hobbes"-cartoons that are smart and funny, brilliantly drawn and full of heart." -Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons"
Commenting on McDonnell's award-winning strip, Charles Schulz proclaimed, "To me, "M[...]

New York Times best-selling author and animal rights advocate Patrick McDonnella (TM)s Mutts a oeis up there with Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, and Calvin and Hobbesa "cartoons that are smart and funny, brilliantly drawn and full of hearta according to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.Always strik[...]

Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit and Ebenezer Scrooge come to marvelous life in Patrick Stewart's critically-acclaimed solo interpretation of A Christmas Carol. The star of "X-Men" and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart has performed his one-man stage production of this holiday classic to sell-out audienc[...]

* A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made. * Pays attention to the social and political processes which structure what decisions are taken about health policy. * Addresses issues such as politicians' eagerness to please voters, the power of the media, and the r[...]

An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been e[...]