A wonderful collection of intimate, personal, sentimental, and even nostalgic works by the greatly admired Victorian poet. Filled with lyric inspiration and lofty meditative characters, the selections include "The Scholar Gipsy," "Thyrsis," "The Forsaken Merman," "Memorial Verses," "Rugby Chapel," a[...]

Glittering turquoise waters lapping onto pure white sand, sea birds riding the breeze...give or take surf, the perfect beach is pretty much the same the world over. But that is certainly not true of the perfect beach hotel. On the shores of six continents, each of these Hip Hotels expresses the uniq[...]

Another perfect beach read from the "USA Today"bestselling author of "While We Were Watching Downton Abbey."
Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to each other, but they have one thing in common. They each wake up one morning to discover their life savings have vanished, along with their tru[...]

"Wendy Wax, author of "Ten Beach Road," ""returns with a novel of three women in need of a second chance . . . or is it a third?"
When unlikely friends Madeline, Avery, and Nicole arrive in Miami's South Beach neighborhood, they're hoping for a do-over. Literally. They've been hired to bring a [...]

Illus. in full color. "Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the 'tar beach' of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and h[...]

The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus on the collaborations between directors and cinematographers, a partnership that has played a crucial [...]

The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry is designed to give readers a brief but thorough introduction to the various movements, schools, and groups of American poets in the twentieth century. It will help readers to understand and analyze modern and contemporary poems. The fi[...]

Enjoy a day at the beach with Curious George! This storybook, featuring illustrations in the classic style of H.A. Rey, takes George on a sunny, seaside adventure. Everyone's favourite curious little monkey tries lifeguarding (he loves the tall chair and binoculars), feeds some seagulls, helps a fri[...]

Enter a magical world full of friendship and fun
It's the most magical time of year, and all of the fairies are at Glitter Beach to watch the kingdom's magic being restored for another year. But mean Queen Malice is also nearby.... Can Ellie, Summer, and Jasmine find and destroy her final nasty[...]

How does it feel to live and work in the world's most beautiful and luxurious tropical island resort, surrounded by white sandy beaches and aquamarine seas? And how does it feel to be in the lap of luxury when you're thousands of miles from anywhere else? This work takes you behind the scenes at a f[...]

Beach Music is about Jack McCall, an American living in Rome with his young daughter, trying to find peace after the recent trauma of his wife's suicide. But his solitude is disturbed by the appearance of his sister-in-law, who begs him to return home, and of two school friends asking for his help i[...]

Over the course of a summer on Martha's Vineyard, four very different women--Rita Blair-Rollins, a woman with a secret past; Katie, a rock star forced to choose between her own life and that of her unborn child; Hannah, a selfless housewife abandoned by her friends; and Faye, a wealthy executive who[...]

Take an eye-opening, thought provoking journey into the underbelly of this heart wrenching lifestyle. Read fascinating stories by Professor O'Connell who captures the mood, spirit, and torturing thoughts of ten random homeless people ranging from people with mental illness to the consciousness of on[...]