In October of 2002, a series of sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington Beltway, turning normally placid gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, and school grounds into chaotic killing fields. After the spree, ten people were dead and several others wounded. The perpetrators were forty-one-year-old[...]

Two eminent historians, Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher, present the American West as both frontier and region, real and imagined, old and new, and they show how men and women of all ethnic groups were affected when different cultures met and clashed. Their concise and engaging survey of front[...]

No biographer could ask for a more colorful or difficult subject than the painter and revolutionary Gustave Courbet. One of the fathers of Realism, a style he created with his huge canvases of his birthplace in Ornans (After Dinner at Ornans, 1949; Funeral at Ornans, 1850, and The Stonebreakers, 185[...]

This high-flying package of fun . . . will have children clapping along in no time, says School Library Journal, and Parenting magazine has named this title Book of the Year. Now this hilarious, classic children's chant is available in a sturdy board book format. Miss Mary Mack and the flying elep[...]

Cheesie and Georgie are back, and this time they're off to the greatest summer camp in Maine. As the oldest of the Little Guy campers, they'll get to make the campfires and choose the sports teams. It's sure to be their best summer yet
Then disaster strikes. Cheesie and Georgie are put in a cab[...]

Attention, diary fiction readers Have you met Cheesie Mack? You'll love Cheesie's wacky lists, drawings, and made-up words as he tells the hilarious story of a Halloween prank that sort of freaked him out.
Cheesie and his best friend, Georgie, are too old for trick-or-treating. Besides, all tha[...]

Six slurpy stories, two comical combatants, and one laugh-out-loud picture book
Frog and Fly are constant companions. There is only one problem . . . Frog thinks Fly is delicious This leads to a never-ending battle of wits with laugh-out- loud consequences. Told in six short comic stripstyle c[...]

A most vile villain, a master detective, a few ingenious assistants, and a mystery that spans Europe -- the Baker Street Irregulars are off on a brand-new case
The Baker Street Irregulars are back on the case as master detective Sherlock Holmes sets an elaborate trap to capture the wicked Profe[...]

"e;This is the book that you'll want to read about podcasting--the technology that everyday people, in addition to the big-name radio networks, are using to broadcast to the world."e;-- Robert Scoble, Vice President Media Development, Podtech.netCreate and market successful podcasts from you[...]

21 distinctive full-page floral patterns -- perfect for carved wood boxes, decorative wall plaques, chair backs and more -- featuring subjects from roses and violets to tropical waterlilies and birds of paradise. Suggestions on carving, selecting woods, applying finishes, more.[...]