The author recounts his experiences studying to be a sorcerer among the Songhai people of Niger

In this first musicological history of rap music, Cheryl L. Keyes traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifest[...]

Offers parents practical solutions and up-to-date advice on child-rearing issues and concerns during the first three years of life, covering such topics as effective discipline, enhancing essential social skills and positive behavior models, dealing with developmental problems, and more while explai[...]

A Best Nonfiction Book of 2012: "The Boston Globe," "Entertainment Weekly
"A Best Book of the Year: NPR, "St. Louis Dispatch, Vogue"
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. [...]

Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can't pay the bills--and it can be great: you've had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar--the once-anonymous online columnist at "The Rumpus, "now revealed as [...]

Unexpected love is the result from an encounter between mismatched lovers Lady Elizabeth Harcourt, a beautiful, innocent, and lonely spinster, and rakish artist Gabriel Cristofore, a rogue well-practiced in the art of seduction. Original.[...]

PSM provides you with a way to realize the significant benefits of a software measurement program, while understanding and avoiding the risks involved with a “blind jump.” You’ll find this book a worthwhile starting point for your future software measurement initiatives, as well as a [...]

Are you relentlessly curious and creative, always willing to rock the boat in order to get things done . . . extremely energetic and focused, yet constantly switching gears . . . intensely sensitive, able to intuit subtly charged situations and decipher others' feeling? If these traits sound familia[...]

One day""in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a beautiful diamond necklace in a jewelry store window and wondered: Why are personal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few? What if we shared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, and one great leap of faith later, Jonell [...]

When Hillary and her girlfriends rent a country house for their summer vacation, it is a pleasant surprise to find that its secretive and kinky owner - Darius Harwood - seems to be the most desirable man in the locale. That is, before Hillary meets Haldane, the blonde and beautifully proportione[...]