Invincible by Amy Lawrence: A gripping insider's account of how Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira and Pires became the first team in 100 years to go the entire season undefeated. "Unbeatable insight. The inside story of one of English football's greatest teams". (Henry Winter, Daily Telegraph). In 2003-04, a [...]

Amy Shuman examines the social relations embedded in stories and the complex ethical and social tensions that surround their telling. Drawing on innovative research and contemporary theory, she describes what happens when one person's story becomes another person's source of inspiration, or when ent[...]

Engineering education in the United States was long regarded as masculine territory. For decades, women who studied or worked in engineering were popularly perceived as oddities, outcasts, unfeminine (or inappropriately feminine in a male world). In Girls Coming to Tech!, Amy Bix tells the story of [...]

High-flying surgeon meets a real-life Mary Poppins!Italian surgeon Alessandro Lombardi had it all--distinguished career, newborn heir, beautiful wife. But that life is gone forever now, and he and his little boy have come to Australia to start over.Things start looking up when bubbly nanny and E.R. [...]

In this remarkable volume, a multinational team of scientists catalogs the stressors and benefits for combat-trained soldiers deployed on missions where they are told to hold their fire and assume the role of peacekeeper. Theory and direct research with peacekeepers is incorporated. Missions covered[...]

In the five years since her young husband's death, Celia Cassill has retreated from view. She has moved from one New York neighbourhood to another but she has not moved on. The owner of a small apartment building, she has chosen tenants who will not intrude upon her grief. Privacy is the byword; sel[...]

Combining the best of Scandinavian design with a plentiful indigenous supply of trees, the Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colourful, quality wooden items. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 100 years of Swedish toys,[...]

Author Amy Karol, whose Angry Chicken is one of the best-loved craft blogs on the Web, brings stitchers everywhere a down-to-earth introduction to sewing, including thirty projects so adorable and cool they'll inspire anyone to pick up a needle and thread. Written with Amy's characteristic warmth an[...]

There are only a few things a teddy bear truly needs to be happy, not the least of which is a warm and cozy sweater. It's a small to thing to ask for, considering all they do for us. Now knitters of all levels can bring a little style and happiness to their Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) bears, Vermont Te[...]

This title features an array of fun and fabulous projects that all crafters will enjoy. This book covers it all - from making T-shirts and gifts to creating products to sell. It is also a guide to seeing old clothes in a new light, which is currently a very popular topic. In "Bend the Rules with Fab[...]

Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg's skilled storytelling and rigorous [...]

From the critically acclaimed author of "Bloodroot, " a gripping, wondrously evocative novel of a family in turmoil, set against the backdrop of real-life historical event--the story of three days in the summer of 1936, as a government-built dam is about to flood an Appalachian town, and a little gi[...]

Learn the Basics with Just One Page of Activities Each Day
Sylvan Learning's "First Grade Page Per Day: Math Skills" uses engaging games and activities to help children become familiar with real-world math concepts, including:
- Numbers & Operations to 20
- Adding Sums & Subtracting Diff[...]