New compilation of Russian synonyms - essential reference for undergraduates, teachers and language professionals.[...]

With fabulous photographs, eye-catching design, and simple text--a hardcover Level 1 reader with foil on the cover
This hardcover nonfiction easy reader has simple, easy-to-read text and irresistible close-up photography of animals[...]

Provides a workbook for English-speaking students of Russian. This book is designed to be used both as a companion volume to the reference grammar, and independently. It includes exercises that range from substitution drills and multiple choice to grammatical quizzes and translation exercises, with [...]

Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two men-Gibreel Farishta, the biggest movie star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years-plummet from the sky. Was[...]

Reissued to coincide with the release of One River--a chronicle of Davis' exploration of the Amazon rain forest--The Serpent and the Rainbow presents the author's account of his venture into the heart of Haiti, on a search for a powerful sedative--a "zombie drug."[...]

Published originally in 1990 to critical acclaim, Robert Wade's "Governing the Market" quickly established itself as a standard in contemporary political economy. In it, Wade challenged claims both of those who saw the East Asian story as a vindication of free market principles and of those who attr[...]

British Army officer John Carshalton is serving in Canada when he gets into a battle with a Frenchman over the affections of a girl. The dispute ends with Carshalton killing his love rival in an illegal duel and he must flee south of the border to escape court martial. He finds himself in a small K[...]

IT'S NOT JUST SEX. IT'S NOT JUST LOVE. IT'S SOMETHING MORE.... But what could be better than sex? How about lovemaking that sweeps people into new realities, producing altered states of consciousness a thousand times more powerful than the most earth-shattering orgasm? Lovemaking so spectacular tha[...]

The intersection of race and sex in Latin America is a subject touched upon by many disciplines but this is the first book to deal solely with these issues. Interracial sexual relations are often a key mythic basis for Latin American national identities, but the importance of this has been underexp[...]

Some of our best-loved fairy tales, simply retold by top authors and illustrators.

London, 1890: A group of seven amateur criminologists based at the Septimus Club in Piccadilly set out to investigate a series of mysterious crimes committed in the capital. Including a professor, a Lord, an ex-jockey, an actress, a talented rogue, a Scotland Yard detective and a society lady, the s[...]

In this special boxed set, two authoritative illustrated volumes offer a world encyclopedia of locomotives and a fascinating tour of the most celebrated railway journeys of the world. The history of locomotive and railway development is described in detail, from the very beginnings of locomotive des[...]

Winsome and Romantic--the Perfect Summer Read
When Meg Cole's father dies unexpectedly, she becomes the majority shareholder of his oil company and the single inheritor of his fortune. Though Meg is soft-spoken and tenderhearted--more interested in art than in oil--she's forced to return home t[...]