This is a top editor's take on the State of Journalism Today - and his Prescient Forecast of Its Future. "This is a personal and insightful book about one of the most important questions of our time: how will journalism make the transition to the digital age? Steve Shepard made that leap bravely whe[...]
For Taoists everywhere, the "New York Times "bestseller from the author of "The Te of Piglet
"The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh ? In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other than that ef[...]
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A Latin reader based on the story of Christopher Robin and the bear, Winnie-the-Pooh.[...]
Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, and the rest of their friends from the Hun-dred Acre Wood make their yearly appearance in this beloved page-a-day calendar. Each page of Winnie-the-Pooh's 2002 Day-by-Day Calendar features a different excerpt, poem, or hum from A. A. Milne's cherished classics, along wi[...]
Winnie-the-Pooh, the Best Bear in All the World, has long been adored by readers young and old. In this beautiful full-color gift edition of The House at Pooh Corner, Ernest H. Shepard's classic illustrations have been painstakingly hand-colored. An exquisite volume and the perfect gift for any oc[...]
A.A. Milne's writing reaches the hearts of readers of all ages. His poems weave together the worlds of reality and enchanting make-believe. And they are paired perfectly with Ernest H. Shepard's whimsical illustrations. When We Were Young has remained a favorite for more than sixty years - esp[...]
More entertaining verses and delightful pictures in the style of "When We Were Very Young." "Gay verses about all manner of things, which with their original rhythm dance their way into memory."--"Four to Fourteen, " 1927[...]
For nearly seventy years, readers have been delighted by the adventures of Christopher Robin and his lovable friends. Paired with the perfectly suited drawings of Ernest H. Shepard, A.A. Milne's classic story continues to captivate children of all ages.[...]
A rediscovered masterpiece: an unblinking view of the Holocaust through a child's eyes
Told from the perspective of a child slowly awakening to the atrocities surrounding him, "Childhood "is a searing story of the Holocaust that no reader will soon forget. As five-year-old Jona waits with his m[...]
By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the upcoming movie "Saving Mr. Banks." From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed.
It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks [...]
The wind brings two English children a new nanny who slides up the bannister and introduces them to some delightful people and experiences.[...]
More adventures of Mary Poppins, Michael, Jane, the twins, and baby Annabel
By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the upcoming movie "Saving Mr. Banks." From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed.
It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks [...]
More magnificent adventures with Mary Poppins and the Banks children.
Who can slide "up" banisters, banish naughtiness with a swift "Spit-spot," and turn a make-believe sidewalk drawing into a lovely day in the park? Mary Poppins, of course This omnibus edition combines the two Mary Poppins classics, "Mary Poppins" and "Mary Poppins Comes Back," that inspired both th[...]
Get a unique glimpse at the famous Poppins cast as the spit-spot English nanny and the Banks children take over the kitchen for a week. With the help of familiar visitors like the Bird Woman, Admiral Boom, and Mr. and Mrs. Turvy, Mary Poppins teaches her irrepressible young charges the basics of coo[...]
In this pathbreaking volume, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates the religious lives of early Christian, Jewish, and pagan women, with many fascinating examples: Greek women's devotion to goddesses, rites of [...]
This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth centur[...]
This path-breaking study explores the diverse and varied meanings of manhood in early modern England and their complex, and often contested, relationship with patriarchal principles. Using social, political and medical commentary, alongside evidence of social practice derived from court records, Dr [...]
Accounting for Oneself is a major new study of the social order in early modern England, as viewed and articulated from the bottom up. Engaging with how people from across the social spectrum placed themselves within the social order, it pieces together the language of self-description deployed by[...]
Our cities are "smart" and getting smarter as information processing capability is embedded throughout more and more of our urban infrastructure. Few of us object to traffic light control systems that respond to the ebbs and flows of city traffic; but we might be taken aback when discount coupons fo[...]