Young Harry Houdini spends his days chaining himself to train tracks and teetering on wires high above the city with his two best friends, Arthur and Billie. But when Harry's friend and magical mentor, Herbie, disappears, the three friends band together, determined to rescue the beloved magician. Wi[...]
Noted jazz scholar, biographer, and critic Stuart Nicholson has written an entertaining and enlightening consideration of the music's global past, present, and future. Jazz's emergence on the world scene coincided with America's rise as a major global power. The uniqueness of jazz's origins--America[...]
Laura is a happily married mother of two who begins to question her choices when her first love resurfaces after twenty years. She's forced to compare the passion of that relationship with the domesticity of her suburban life. What if she'd stayed with him? Would she be happier? And what is happines[...]
Whether it be castles, palaces, mansions, or museums, the finest of the finest in trophy-room designs and collectionsunequaled anywherewill be found in this book.[...]
One of the most important exponents of Situationist ideas, this treatise presents an impassioned critique of modern capitalism and serves as a cornerstone of modern radical thought. Originally published in early 1968, the book both kindled and colored the May 1968 upheavals in France that captured t[...]
""I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass.""--Marlon Brando
""I should have been dead ten times over. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around.""--Dennis Hopper
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The movie audience respects talent but revels in charisma, and is always ready to elevate a star who is as much as character off the screen as on it. Ever since he came to the attention of the American public in the 1960s, Jack Nicholson has been the whole package. But who among us really knows the [...]
Join Puckster and his teammates for two exciting new hockey adventures in Puckster's First Hockey Tournament""and Puckster's New Hockey Teammate.
Puckster is Hockey Canada's lovable mascot and this polar bear knows everything to know about hockey. His books are perfect entertainment for young ho[...]
Puckster is Hockey Canada's lovable mascot and this polar bear knows everything there is to know about hockey. His books are perfect entertainment for young hockey fans. In "Puckster's First Tryout," Puckster and his pals are trying out for a one-time select team that will play against the formidabl[...]
A love-triangle plays out against the backdrop of war.
Set during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, Reckless is a compelling novel of life in the shadow of impending nuclear war.[...]
As he turns 80, Jack Nicholson can look back on a career that has spanned over six decades. With iconic roles in Easy Rider, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining and The Departed to name but a few, he has exhibited an astonishing range in all and remains arguably our greatest living actor. T[...]
Offers a concise treatment of microeconomic principles in a useful pedagogic framework. This book shows the relevance of theory in the 'real world'. It is suitable for students specifically studying economics at an undergraduate or postgraduate level such as MBA within the UK and EU in general, and [...]
Edexcel's own publications for the Certificate in Adult Numeracy at Level 2.