"The Marriage-Go-Round" illuminates the shifting nature of America's most cherished social institution and explains its striking differences from marriage in other Western countries.
Andrew J. Cherlin's three decades of study have shown him that marriage in America is a social and political batt[...]
Join Martha Stewart for a celebration of handcrafted holidays all year-round
New Year's - Valentine's Day - Easter - Mother's Day - Father's Day - Fourth of July - Halloween - Thanksgiving - Hanukkah - Christmas
Let Martha inspire your creativity with the most beautiful crafts. The 225 hand[...]
Have you ever made a drunken bet? Worse, still, have you eveer tried to win one? In attempting to hitchhike round Ireland wich a fridge, Tony Hawks did both, and his foolhardiness led him to one of the best experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty traveling companion-cum-domestic appliance, he [...]
The village of Tos is like no other village in the world, for in this village the women live in round houses and the men live in square ones. The story of how this came to be is told from the point of view of a young girl who grew up there.
Ann Grifalconi's bold, dynamic art and rhythmic storyte[...]
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It was the dream of a euphoric young traveler awed by the crystalline silence of Afghanistan?s Hindu Kush: ?Someday, when I am rich, I am going to invite someone from my travels to visit me in America.? Twenty-five years later, Brad Newsham set out from his home in San Francisco to make good on his [...]
In the 1890s, Mark Twain came back from the dead. The famous author's career was collapsing, his masterpieces were at risk of falling into oblivion, and he was even mistakenly reported dead. But Twain orchestrated an amazing late-in-life comeback from bankruptcy, bad reviews, and family disaster by [...]
Six rousing legends of King Arthur and his knights.
"The grade three reading level and large print puts these time-honored adventures within reach of children long before they can manage Malory's edition. The simple vocabulary retains the spirit of the courtly heroics and [...]
Hilarious, candid, and full of shenanigans: actress and comedian Mamrie Hart--the New York Times bestselling author of You Deserve a Drink--is back with more adventures.
When Mamrie simultaneously enters her thirties and finds herself single for the first time since college, the world is [...]
Hilarious, candid, and full of shenanigans: actress and comedian Mamrie Hartthe New York Times bestselling author of You Deserve a Drinkis back with more adventures. When Mamrie simultaneously enters her 30s and finds herself single for the first time since college, the world is suddenly full of p[...]
Challenges the accepted notion that the transition from the command economy to market based systems is complete across the post-Soviet space. Based on research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 - 2007, this book states that the economies that operate across post-Soviet spaces are far fro[...]
With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, the bestselling I Spy series is being relaunched with a new design and a foil jacket. This bestselling book features a collection of favorite I Spy riddles that send readers searching though 12 photographs and 12 months of the year in search of hidden objec[...]
Understanding the function of skeletal muscle requires knowledge of its structure from the level of gross anatomy down to that of molecular organization. This book is mainly concerned with skeletal muscle physiology sand biochemistry, and covers from embryonic development, muscle organization, energ[...]
One morning legendary wit Dorothy Parker discovers someone under Manhattan's famed Algonquin Round Table. A little early for a passed out drunk, isn't it? But he's not dead drunk, just dead. When a charming writer from Mississippi named Billy Faulkner becomes a suspect in the murder, Dorothy decides[...]
When second-rate illustrator Ernie MacGuffin's artistic works triple in value following his apparent suicide off the Brooklyn Bridge, Dorothy Parker smells something fishy. Enlisting the help of magician and skeptic Harry Houdini, she goes to a seance held by MacGuffin's mistress, where Ernie's ghos[...]
From the incredible wizadry of Merlin to the passion of Sir Lancelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles with out own humanity.
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THE BATTLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP AS IT HAS NEVER BEFORE SEEN-THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT THERE "Here is the real story of the epic fight for Little Round Top, shorn of the mythology long obscuring this pivotal Gettysburg moment. A vivid and eloquent book." --Stephen W. Sears, author of[...]