Julia Child entered the lives of millions of Americans with her bestselling cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"; her popular and long-running cooking show, The French Chef; and her beloved memoir, "My Life in France." In this intimate and revealing biography, based on exclusive interview[...]

Did you know that interest in UFO research increased during the 1960s as a result of the Kennedy assassination? Or that America experienced a Satanic Panic in the 1980s that culminated with the longest, most expensive court trial in American history? This book reviews the history, economy, and commu[...]

Anais Nin was the ultimate femme fatale, a passionate and mysterious woman, world famous for her extravagant sexual exploits, most notably her simultaneous affairs with Henry and June Miller and her bicoastal bigamous marriages. In the mid-1920s, eager to break the confines of American Victorianism [...]

Noel Riley Fitch has written a perfect book, full to the brim with literary history, correct and whole-hearted both in statement and in implication. She makes me feel and remember a good many things that happened before and after my time. I'm glad to have lived long enough to read it. --Glenway Wesc[...]

Brings together the most important insights from the vast amount of literature on the origin of language.[...]

Provides definitions of terms related to such areas of banking as electronic commerce, legal regulations, finance and money management, and debt.[...]

"What [Trecartin] has unleashed is larger than himself, which is why both his sudden appearance and continuing evolution are such cause for hope."--Roberta Smith, "New York Times
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"The most consequential artist to have emerged since the nineteen-eighties, he is being hailed as the magus of th[...]

Covering the latest VMware vSphere software, an essential book aimed for solving vSphere performance problems VMware vSphere is the industry's most widely deployed virtualization solution. However, performance problems are inevitable and require an in-depth understanding of the interaction and relat[...]

On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brand-new, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. The rest either drowned or froze to death in the icy-c[...]

Julian, still angry about his parents' divorce when he was a baby, realizes he should allow his mother to find happiness and discovers that love comes in many forms.[...]

"A great read about an incredible man." - Carroll ShelbyTHE DRAMATIC LIFE OF JOHN FITCH: Won more than 20 sports car races, Friend of JFK and Rose Kennedy, Boyfriend of Kathleen Kennedy, Won first race held in Buenos Aires, Kissed by Race-Queen Evita Peron, Shot down German Jet in his P-51, First SC[...]

A "body-movement multisensory inventive language poem" intended for young children, "Singily Skipping Along" is playful and imaginative, asking the reader to pretend to be a tree, a whale, a spider, a cloud, and to find the many delightful ways they can move their bodies.
The text uses some pre[...]

Robert Fitch argues that, within a generation, New York City has been transformed from the richest city in the world to one of the poorest in North America. The pillars of its economy - Macy's, The Daily News, Citibank, Olympia and York, the Trump organization - have cracked or collapsed. Today, the[...]