Sports are a multibillion-dollar global business that will continue to grow by leaps and bounds into the foreseeable future. The bad news is: It's never been harder to attract, engage, and retain the sports fan. Today's sports fans are bombarded by choices. Traditional sports, such as baseball, foot[...]

A biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling and architect of the dome of St Peter's; it is set in renaissance Italy, a time of poisoning princes, warring popes and the all-powerful de'Medici family and tells of Michelangelo's loves and art.[...]

Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's abi[...]

The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle in the Kaatskill Mountains; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the spectre bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial; and, the pride of an English village and the come-uppance of the over-zealous Mo[...]

In 1925 Flanner began her New Yorker "Letter from Paris," from which most of the pieces in this collection are drawn. They give an incomparable view of French life before World War II. Edited by Irving Drutman; Index.
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A systematic and comparative analysis of youth gangs and the youth gang problem in the United States, this book deals with hands-on issues of policy and programs, describing the strategies and techniques for dealing with gangs employed by criminal justice organizations, social agencies, schools, emp[...]

From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas," Irving Berlin's songs have long accompanied Americans as they fall in love, go to war, and come home for the holidays. Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater is the first book to fully consider this songwriter's immeasurable influenc[...]

Written by Teachit contributors and OCR examiners, GCSE English for OCR is the most comprehensive and accessible endorsed support package for the 2010 OCR GCSE English curriculum. This student book covers foundation and higher levels, delivering the controlled assessment and exam requirements in a w[...]

In the $750 billion dollar sports industry, is winning on-the-field the only driver that matters for off-the-field business success?
Today's high-performance sports business is more complex than ever before and presents new challenges to the industry at all levels. Sports organizations are fight[...]

This book combines in one volume Irving Kaplansky's lecture notes on the theory of fields, ring theory, and homological dimensions of rings and modules.[...]

This is an accessible and highly informative guide to the life and work of Wolfgang Mozart, arguably the greatest composer of all time - from his beginnings as a child prodigy to his fame and fortune as a young man in Vienna to his decline in health and popularity that led to destitution and a tragi[...]

This is a comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present.