The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack[...]
Francesca Stubbs has a very full life. A highly regarded expert on housing for the elderly who is herself getting on in age, she drives "restlessly round England." Amid the professional conferences she attends, she fits in visits to old friends, brings home-cooked dinners to her ex-husband, texts he[...]
Here is the "deeply scary" ("BBC Focus") new novel from a national bestselling and critically acclaimed author. Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they make a vow to always watch out for one another. But they [...]
"Sherwin Bitsui's new poetry collection, "Flood Song--"a sprawling, panoramic journey through landscape, time, and cultures--is well worth the ride."--"Poets & Writers""""Bitsui's poetry is elegant, probative, and original. His vision connects worlds."--"New Mexico Magazine""His images can tilt on t[...]
22 Step-by-Step Demonstrations in Colored PencilCreating beautiful pet portraits is simple with Anne deMille Flood. She'll help you master easy techniques for drawing realistic animal portraits that capture your pet's unique personality.Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil provides clear guidan[...]
Living with Japanese Gardens shows how to capture and integrate an authentic Japanese aesthetic into any landscape plan. Japanese gardens affirm our connection with the natural world through the integration of the garden with the home, enriching the total living space. From the artistry with which t[...]
Over 250,000 copies sold. This anniversary edition celebrates 50 years of Whitcomb and Morris's biblically-based system of creationism and catastrophism that unifies and correlates scientific data from early earth history a modern creationist classic.[...]
Hip young knitters know the Internet is the freshest source for knitting information, inspiration, and materials. Many follow knitting's creative bloggers obsessively. In "Brave New Knits", "Interweave" magazine contributor Julie Turjoman has gathered a talented group of the most popular bloggers, e[...]
Ensure safe and effective perioperative patient management with Stoelting's Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice. This best-selling clinical reference provides comprehensive, current, clinically oriented, authoritative information on all aspects of pharmacology and physiology that are [...]
Complementing Confederate Tide Rising, Taken at the Flood is a detailed account of the Maryland military campaign itself. This volume focuses on military policy and strategy and the circumstances under which the two commanders, Lee and McClellan, labored. Joseph Harsh advocates rethinking the Maryla[...]
On November 4, 1966, the Arno River in Florence, Italy, flooded its banks, breaching the basements and first floors of museums, libraries, and private residences and burying centuries of books, manuscripts, and works of art in muck and muddy water. Flood in Florence, 1966documents a symposium held t[...]
As the result of shady corporate experiments, John Flood no longer needs to sleep. A side effect of his supernatural insomnia allows him to see patterns and make connections no one else can. This ability serves Flood well in his new "career" as a makeshift private investigator, and he's recruited an[...]
Ned Sublette traces an arc of his own experience, from the white supremacy of segregated 1950s Louisiana through the funky year of 2004 2005. By turns irreverent, joyous, darkly comic, passionate, and polemical, he juxtaposes the city s crowded calendar of parties, festivals, and parades with the mu[...]
Lloyd M. Graham is out to show that the Bible, both the Oldand New Testaments as we know them, are not holy nor arethey the word of God revealed. The stories of the Bible were setdown by power-seeking priests eager to inspire awe and to gatherflocks who would take part in their rites and rituals, an[...]
Finally available as a deluxe hardcover, this special edition of "Flood A Novel in Pictures "features an "After the Flood" section that includes thirty-two pages of bonus artwork and an in-depth interview with the author. An American Book Award winner and an Editor's Choice pick by "The New York Ti[...]
When your family, neighborhood, city, or area of the country is affected by a natural disaster, it's normal and necessary to feel grief and the traumatic experience of actually witnessing and surviving the event may be consuming you. This book will help you understand and embrace your difficult thou[...]