Food and poetry: in so many ways, a natural pairing, from prayers over bread to street vendor songs. Poetry is said to feed the soul, each poem a delicious morsel. When read aloud, the best poems provide a particular joy for the mouth. Poems about food make these satisfactions explicit and complete.[...]

Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importanc[...]

Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money-- as well as how to dress, tal[...]

From a team of luminaries comes this collection of truly delightful verse for the littlest listeners.
Translated from the original works of beloved Danish poet Halfdan Rasmussen, this delightful collection of poems for young children will enthrall little ones with captivating rhyme, rhythm, humo[...]

In these stories from YOUNG JUSTICE #0-6, the team takes on The Joker, meets Snapper Carr and trades campfire tales of past battles alongside their crimefighter mentors.[...]

"America urgently needs a new direction. But who will provide it?"

The time has come to move the country forward with a clear agenda based on common sense for the common good.

THERE IS A BETTER WAY.

Make no mistake: Congressmen Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy ar[...]

'If Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street is about the finance industry's greediest adults, Kevin Roose's Young Money is a look at those wolves as cubs' Amazon.com 'Best Book of the Month' Every year, thousands of eager graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taug[...]

Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "h[...]

*Finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism**A "Publishers Weekly" Top 10 Literary Criticism and Essays Pick for Spring 2012*"The Grey Album, the first work of prose by the brilliant poet Kevin Young, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize"Taking its title from Dan[...]

With contributions from Homi Bhabha, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Will Hutton, Jurgen Habermas and Amartya Sen, among others, this dazzling compendium of some of the world's most prominent and diverse thinkers examines the question, 'What is the future of culture in the age of globalization?'. These essays[...]

Updated to match the new 2012 specifications for Principles of Applied Science & Application of Science, this bright and engaging student book presents science in real contexts at a suitable level for BTEC to support new assessments and progression from Pass to Merit and Distinction.[...]