Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Costa Biography Award
**"Washington Post" Best Books of 2013**
**"Economist" Best Books of 2013**
This fascinating life of Gabriele d'Annunzio--the charismatic poet, bon vivant, and virulent nationalist who prefigured Musso[...]

"Complete Japanese" is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package.
At the core of "Complete Japanese" is the Living Language Method(TM), based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you t[...]

The only hardcover omnibus of the best-selling and award-winning fantasy trilogy, in a Contemporary Classics edition.
Philip Pullman's trilogy is a masterpiece that transcends genre and appeals to readers of all ages. His heroine, Lyra, is an orphan living in a parallel universe in which scienc[...]

Draws on previously unavailable sources to provide a provocative, intimate portrait of the private life of billionaire Howard Hughes, from his affairs with Hollywood stars to his possible involvement with Nixon and Watergate to his shocking death. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. (The basis for the W[...]

Beaumont, South Carolina, has become a hotbed of problems for pediatrician Maggie Farnsworth, when her former boyfriend, an escaped convict, arrives in search of Maggie and her young daughter, with handsome FBI agent Zack Madden in hot pursuit, while the other inhabitants of the town are also enjoyi[...]

Newspaper editor Jamie Swift likes a little predictability in her life. When she suddenly finds herself minus a fiancé and with a major case of the hots for her silent partner, millionaire Maximillian Holt, any bit of predictability goes right out the window. Max is like a tornado, turning her well[...]

"Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments" fills a void in the existing literature on contemporary warfare by examining the theoretical and conceptual foundations of effective modern intelligence analysis--the type of analysis needed to support military operations in modern, compl[...]

The ponies and their pets are always there to help one another. A pet is a very special kind of friend.
A Level 1 Reader introducing the pets of all your favorite ponies[...]

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Third Edition, remains the most authoritative introduction to the field. The first edition, the original "Foley and van Dam," helped to define computer graphics and how it could be taught. The second edition became an even more comprehensive resource for p[...]

For those who have discovered his books, in particular The Meaning and End of Religion, published in 1963 but overshadowed by the furore surrounding Honest to God, which appeared in the same year, Wilfred Cantwell Smith is one of the most important and attractive figures on the contemporary theologi[...]

Praise for the first edition: "...an excellent choice for any student about to start a research project for the first time." British Journal of Educational Technology Praise for the second edition: "How to Research is best used as a reference tool to dip in and out of when required. Not only is it a[...]