A "Los Angeles Times" Best of Summer pick An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mystery, Thriller & Suspense) A "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Summer: "The best literary puzzle of the summer." Three years have passed since Gustavo, a renowned psycholinguist, last spoke to his closest friend, Danie[...]

If a creature has huge, hairy feet, it's probably a monster. If it has a tail that goes on for yards and yards, it's probably a monster. If under its eyebrows it has yellow eyes, it's probably a monster. And if it has a nose that looks like a giant eggplant . . . surely it's a monster Teaching youn[...]

This is the only book that combines conceptual and practical instruction on creating polished and eloquent images for film and video with the technical know-how to achieve them. Loaded with hundreds of full-color examples, "The Filmmaker's Eye" is a focused, easy-to-reference guide that shows you h[...]

Half a century after viewers first watched a father and son walking to the local fishing hole, whistling a simple, yet unforgettable, tune, The Andy Griffith Show remains one of the most popular sitcoms in the history of American television. Tens of millions of viewers have seen the show either in i[...]

This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. This powerful, compassionate and radical book attracted criticism for daring to mix politics and religion in so daring a manner.[...]

Presenting the state of the art of biocatalysis and its interdisciplinary nature, this book covers the full range of topics in the field, from basic principles to forefront research, and from laboratory-scale procedures to chemical manufacturing at industrial-scale.[...]

South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. "Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica" illustrates and describes all the known species--more th[...]

This volume covers the years between the guerillas' first attack in Peru in 1980 and President Fernando Belaunde's decision to send in the military to contain the growing rebellion in late 1982. It covers the strategy, actions, successes, and setbacks of both government and rebels.[...]

"The secret of Pope Francis is found in this book." --Bishop Martinez CaminoMuch is being said and written about him. To understand Pope Francis more deeply, read what he himself has published--now in English for the first time."These deeply spiritual reflections on how we follow Jesus make the perf[...]