Dr. Montague, an occult scholar, and his team--Theodora, his assistant; Eleanor, a fragile young woman with a close acquaintance with the paranormal; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House--conduct an unusual research project in a reputedly haunted house. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.[...]
A haunting and psychologically driven collection from Shirley Jackson that includes her best-known story "The Lottery" At last, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" enters Penguin Classics, sixty-five years after it shocked America audiences and elicited the most responses of any piece in "New Yorker" hi[...]
THE MAGICIAN'S BOOK is the story of one reader's long, tumultuous relationship with C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Enchanted by its fantastic world as a child, prominent critic Laura Miller returns to the series as an adult to uncover the source of these small books' mysterious power by look[...]
An introduction to Japan's burgeoning beauty culture, which investigates a range of phenomenon - aesthetic salons, dieting products, male beauty activities, and beauty language - to find out why Japanese women and men are paying so much attention to their bodies. It aims to challenge various assumpt[...]
Draws on the children's author's unpublished autobiography, letters, and newspaper stories to complete the story begun in her autobiographical novels[...]
Free full-color, foldout map Insider advice on avoiding the crowds as you hit up the hottest spots in Miami, from the nightclubs of South Beach to the trendy restaurants in the Design District. There are also helpful tips on how to best see the state's natural beauty, from the sugar-sand beaches of[...]
Free full-color, foldout map Insider advice on all the major theme parks in Orlando, from Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventures. Our author, a longtime theme park aficionado and the mother of five, has done it all.Where[...]
You use your brain all the time. It is like a very intelligent computer inside your head. What does your brain look like? What does it do? Come on, let's exercise your brain![...]
Amy and Jack are on vacation. They are visiting Max. It is dark. They cannot sleep. Suddenly, Amy points. "Look!" she says. "What are they?" Bats, birds, butterflies, moths...? Learn about animals of the night![...]
The World Wide Web is a virtual world. We can't feel it or touch it, but it connects millions of people around the world - sharing information and communicating. Today, we can shop for just about anything, study, look at photos, watch films, send emails, play games or talk with friends online. We l[...]
Amy and Jack are on vacation. They are visiting Max. It is dark. They cannot sleep. Suddenly, Amy points. "Look!" she says. "What are they?" Bats, birds, butterflies, moths...? Learn about animals of the night![...]
You use your brain all the time. It is like a very intelligent computer inside your head. What does your brain look like? What does it do? Come on, let's exercise your brain![...]
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Yet unlike other retail industries, bookselling, many people believe, should be "above" questions of profit.[...]
This book offers a guide to interpreting available statistical data on terrorism attacks around the world. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) now includes more than 113,000 terrorist attacks, starting in 1970. By analyzing these data, researchers demonstrate how a very small number of terrorist att[...]
Elementary Algebra offers a practical approach to the study of beginning algebra concepts, consistent with the needs of today's student. The author puts special emphasis on the worked examples in each section, treating them as the primary means of instruction, since students rely so heavily on examp[...]