Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge's satirical Small World. It is a world of glamorous travel and high excitement, where stuffy lecture rooms are swapped for lush corner[...]

David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced America's decision [...]

Utilizing a unique data set, Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch provide a rich empirical analysis of the increased importance of small firms in generating technological innovations and their growing contribution to the U.S. economy. They identify the contributions made by both small and large firms to t[...]

When she comes to the city to stay with her Uncle Jim, a curmudgeonly baker, Lydia Grace Finch brings along a suitcase full of seeds that she uses to create a wonderful, secret rooftop garden that she hopes will transform Uncle Jim's life. A Caldecott Honor Book. Reissue.[...]

By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling "The Library"
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing [...]

Book-lover Elizabeth Brown, whose constant reading keeps her from playing with dolls or doing just about anything else, finds her house so full of books that she has to start her own public library. BOMC Feat Alt.[...]

One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute. A vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot, the fourteen-year-old boy had not been told that he had cancer and was expected to die. In S[...]

Complete with full-color illustrations, a revised edition of a Caldecott-winning book provides young readers with colorful profiles on many of the most popular presidents--now including "dubya"--along with humorous tales, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and more.[...]

Commercial Real Estate Investing 1O1 Trump University books are practical, straightforward primers on the basics of doing business the Trump way--successfully. Each book is written by a leading expert in the field and includes an inspiring Foreword by Trump himself.[...]

An introduction to the study of small group communication. It integrates theory, research, and practice, guiding readers to apply concepts and principles to the process of communication when working as members of a team.[...]

'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. Throughout its short existence, it has been attacked, invaded, occupied or interfer[...]