This is an introductory 2008 text for students interested in identification and analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. The emphasis is on animals whose remains inform us about the relationship between humans and their natural and social environments, especially site formation processe[...]

"Valerie has been one of Barack and my closest confidantes for decades... the world would feel a lot better if there were more people like Valerie blazing the trail for the rest of us."--Michelle Obama

"The ultimate Obama insider" (The New York Times) and longest-serving senior advisor in the[...]

An all-new storybook featuring the characters from Top Wing, Nickelodeon's high-flying animated series--includes stickers and collector cards In this full-color storybook based on Nickelodeon's animated series Top Wing, best friends and cadets-in-training Swift, Penny, Rod, and Brody learn what it [...]

Preeminent storytellers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have redefined epic fantasy. Since the publication of their "Dragonlance series, millions of readers have enjoyed their imaginative world-building, rich characterization, and intricate storylines. Now these bestsellingauthors bring their talent[...]

Daniel Burston chronicles Laing's meteoric rise to fame as one of the first media psychogurus of the century, and his spiraling decline in the late seventies and eighties. Here are the successes: Laing's emergence as a unique voice on the psychiatric scene with his first book, "The Divided Self," in[...]

The American conservative movement as we know it faces an existential crisis as the nation's demographics shift away from its core constituents-older white middle-class Christians. It is the Americanconservatism that we don't know that concerns George Hawley in this book. During its ascendancy, lea[...]

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Each chapter of this collection addresses a problem in Chinese history that is both interesting and important, as well as offering new ideas and interpretations, plus a methodological example that might inspire other scholars. There is a wide temporal span among the chapters, which take in early, me[...]

Lavishly illustrated in full color and based on the classic Chinese romance saga "Xi Xiang Ji," which has been adapted for the theatre, the opera, and the silver screen, The History of the West Wing tells of the forbidden romance between the daughter of a Chinese court official and the roaming schol[...]

David Elliott's witty verse takes flight with gorgeous illustrations in an enchanting look at fifteen avian species for birders of all ages.
Take to the sky to explore a glorious array of all things avian, from the tiny, restless hummingbird to the inscrutable horned owl to the majestic bald eag[...]