An inspirational and insightful guide for those who want to get it all by doing lessFor women, a glass ceiling at work is not the only barrier to success - it's also the increasing number of obligations they face once they leave the office. Women have become accustomed to delegating, advocating and [...]
Waiting at the Paris airport, two immigrants from Djibouti reveal parallel stories of war, child soldiers, arms trafficking, drugs, and hunger. Bashir is recently discharged from the army and wounded, finding himself inside the French Embassy. Harbi, whose wife, Alice, has been killed by the police,[...]
Twelve days of Christmas, two Regency love affairs, one scandalous house party!
George Ball---undersecretary of state, diplomat, and respected "wise man"---wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than four decades. In this eloquent biography, James A. Bill tells the story of a man whose experiences, ideas, and courageous opposition within the political sy[...]
A collection of novels by the Russian-born author of Suite Franaise, who died in Auschwitz in 1942, features David Golder, a parable about greed and loneliness, as well as three tales available in English for the first time--The Ball, Snow in Autumn, and The Courilof Affair. 25,000 first printing.[...]
William and Molly lead a life of small pleasures, riddles at the kitchen table, and games of string and orange peels. All around them a city rages with war. When the uprising began, William's wife was taken, leaving him alone with their young daughter. They keep their heads down and try to remain un[...]
From the celebrated author of "The Curfew" ("A spare masterwork of dystopian fiction" "--The New York Times Book Review"), Jesse Ball's "Silence Once Begun" is an astonishing novel of unjust conviction, lost love, and a journalist's obsession.
Over the course of several months, eight people vani[...]
Expanded Coverage: New hotel and restaurant reviews in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, plus farther-flung cities and towns. Australia 21st edition has 65 newly updated maps and 260 color photos.
Illustrated Features: Look for richly illustrated guides of the best dive sites in the Barrier Reef, un[...]
The Books That Drive Kids CRAZY! series capitalizes on the trend of interactive picture books--it's all about giving parents, teachers, and storytellers a script for fun reading time together. Book 2, This Is a Ball, is a boldly absurd spin-off of concept books, and an audaciously contrarian invitat[...]
Book and accompanying DVD with over six hours of video training--all geared to teach you everything about shooting video with your DSLR With the arrival of high-definition video-enabled DSLR cameras, photographers are faced with an opportunity for creativity and a competitive edge in their field un[...]
Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination is a comprehensive textbook of physical examination, history-taking, and health assessment with a unique emphasis on differential diagnosis and variations across the lifespan. The book conveys a uniquely compassionate, patient-centered approach to physical exam[...]
You can take charge of your learning with this comprehensive lab manual and student workbook. Activities and resources include learning objectives, chapter reviews, multiple-choice questions, terminology reviews, application activities, case studies, and critical thinking questions. Answers at the b[...]
In math, like any subject, real learning takes place when students can connect what they already know to new ideas. In Connecting Mathematical Ideas, Jo Boaler and Cathy Humphreys offer a comprehensive way to improve your ability to help adolescents build connections between different mathematical i[...]
Subjects the reforms in UK education to a rigorous critical interrogation. This book takes as its main concerns the introduction of market forces, managerialism and the National Curriculum into the organization of schools and the work of teachers.[...]
Ball shows how much can be understood of human behavior when we cease to predict and analyze the behavior of individuals and instead look to the impact of individual decisions--whether in circumstances of cooperation or conflict--on our laws, institutions and customs.[...]
Los Angeles. In no other city do sex, celebrity, money, and crime exert such an irresistible magnetic field. And no writer has mapped that field with greater savagery and savvy than James Ellroy. With this fever-hot collection of reportage and short fiction, he returns to his native habitat and p[...]
Nickelodeon's Bubble Guppies are ready to play ball Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will jump into this full-color sports-themed storybook featuring baseball, basketball, and a Bubble Guppies favorite--fishketball Also includes sports cards and over 30 stickers.[...]
Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang members are in fact often as emotionally closed off and dangerous as their male counterparts. Carrying razor blades in their mouths and guns in their jackets for defense, they initiate drive-by shootings, carry out car j[...]
Raised in the foster system, Sticky has an attitude that is unwelcoming to all who approach, yet determined to make his way in the world, Sticky heads to the basketball court where he learns that his skills as a player and his will to succeed in life is all he really needs to find his own way in the[...]