These poems are about gardens, particularly the seventeenth-century French baroque gardens designed by the father of the form, Andre Le Notre. While the poems focus on such examples as Versailles, which Le Notre created for Louis XIV, they also explore the garden as metaphor. Using the imagery of th[...]

"Ghosts appear in place of whatever a given people will not face" (p. 65) The poems in Gravesend explore ghosts as instances of collective grief and guilt, as cultural constructs evolved to elide or to absorb a given society's actions, as well as, at times, to fill the gaps between such actions and [...]

The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is idea[...]

The text prepares students for further courses in mathematics through its excellent, time-tested problem sets.[...]

What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller.
The United States, China, and Russia eye each other across a twenty-first century version of the Cold War, which suddenly heats up at sea, on land, in the air, in outer space, and in cyberspace. Th[...]

The bestselling science series ever is now available on audio
Format: Paperback book & CD
Narrator: Cassandra Morris, Polly Adams, and a cast of children.
When Ms. Frizzle drives the Magic School Bus full speed ahead into the ocean, the class takes a submarine expedition that's anything [...]

Masters of Spinjitzu: a new force to save the world
The next chapter book in the Ninjago series
Cole is the leader of the team. As the Earth Ninja, he is (perhaps unsurprisingly) the most grounded of the four. And the strongest. There is no physical challenge Cole cannot overcome. Now is h[...]

A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story.
When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave
hiding in the barn, she is at once
startled and frightened.
But the stranger's fearful eyes
weigh upon her conscience,
and she must make a difficult choice.
Will she [...]

Trust the bestselling science series of all time to get down to the facts on global warming, so kids can understand the crisis --and how they can help solve it.
Like it or not, global warming is a hot topic that will affect the younger generation more than anyone. So why not turn to the teacher [...]

The Porsche 911 Engine Assembly Guide is a unique handbook with 140 PLUS! FULL COLOR, high resolution photographs and assembly tips from one of the leading engine experts. The photographs are possibly the best examples in any 911 engine book to date, in a very easy to use format with space for notes[...]

When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. And yet he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast, - the feast of the drowne[...]

Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlf[...]