Lee's first love was always poetry, though he was only moderately successful as a poet. Lee's first poem appeared in The Sunday Referee in 1934. Another poem was published in Cyril Connolly's Horizon magazine in 1940 and his first volume of poems, The Sun My Monument, was launched in 1944. This was [...]
Night Life is Laurie Anderson's diary of a year of dreams. Its pages recreate each night's mental show as a work of art, employing Anderson's skill in theater, lyrics and narrative to investigate the workings of her mind in the languages of dreams, drawings and text. She describes the book thus: For[...]
Quest, Second Edition prepares students for academic success. The integrated Quest Second Edition program provides robust scaffolding to support and accelerate each student's journey from exploring general interest topics to mastering academic content.[...]
This book is appropriate for courses in First-Year Experience, College Success, and Study Skills. The focus of Foundations for Learning is on academic adjustment with personal development issues seamlessly integrated into the academic emphasis theme of 'claiming an education' and taking responsibili[...]
Pocket Rough Guide Barcelona is the ultimate insider's guide to one of Europe's most fashionable cities. This full-colour guide, with inspirational photography and detailed, reliable maps - including a full-colour, pull-out map of the city - will help you to discover the best of Barcelona, from incr[...]
Now that you've bought an amazing new DSLR, you need a book that goes beyond the camera manual to teach you how to take great shots. That's where Composition: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Second Edition, comes in, teaching you the fundamentals of composition-the creative arrangement of elements in[...]
From the producer of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH comes a powerful, kid-friendly, and engaging book that will get kids get interested in the environment Irreverent and entertaining, DOWN TO EARTH is filled with fact about global warming and its disastrous consequences, loads of photos and illustrations, a[...]
A friendly, step-by-step guide to the Microsoft Office database application Access may be the least understood and most challenging application in the Microsoft Office suite. This guide is designed to help anyone who lacks experience in creating and managing a database learn to use Access 2010 quic[...]
The Writers at Work series prepares ESL students to tackle academic essay writing. Writers at Work: From Sentence to Paragraph is the lowest level in the Writers at Work series. It uses the same five-step process approach as the higher-level books. However, the approach has been modified to accommo[...]
The dawn of 1921 finds Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes's brilliant young apprentice, about to come into a considerable inheritance. Nevertheless, she still enjoys her nighttime prowls in disguise through London's grimy streets, where one night she encounters an old friend, now a charity worker among [...]
This engaging new study analyzes cinematic treatments of the Middle Ages within a diverse range of popular and artistic films. At a time when students have more experience with watching movies than with reading and evaluating literature and history, Cinematic Illuminations harnesses the power of po[...]
As Mr. Bing's new pet "doughnut dog," Arnie couldn't be happier. When Mr. Bing joins a bowling league, Arnie gets to go along to practices and competitions. But then Mr. Bing loses his glasses and starts rolling gutter balls. Someone or something is behind the madness. Arnie must solve the mystery a[...]
BESTSELLING AUTHORS GO HOLMES--IN AN IRRESISTIBLE NEW COLLECTION edited by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
Neil Gaiman. Laura Lippman. Lee Child. These are just three of eighteen superstar authors who provide fascinating, thrilling, and utterly original perspectiv[...]
"Great Sex Naturally" reveals for the first time how you can combine modern medicine, ancient secrets and completely natural methods to dynamically recharge both your sexuality and your total health. Whether you already enjoy a healthy sex life and would like to dramatically enhance it, or you need [...]
This authoritative guide outlines everything readers need to know to create gorgeous fabrics. There's nothing like it on the market Collected within are step-by-step tutorials for designing patterns (both digitally and by hand), a comprehensive section on printing techniques--including digital prin[...]
These days, a lot of people are trying to tell teens what's best for them. Here's a look at life from artist and professional nonconformist Laurie Rosenwald, who insists that she doesn't want to tell anyone what to do. But when you are as irreverent as she is (Is the earth really worth saving?) and [...]
Two experts from the VA National Center for PTSD provide an essential resource for service members, their spouses, families, and communities, sharing what troops really experience during deployment and back home. Pinpointing the most common after-effects of war and offering strategies for troop rei[...]
Olives, trees, pickles, peas . . . What do they have in common? All of them are green In her debut picture book, Laurie Rosenwald explores the world of color through humorous poetry and dynamic collages. Pink flamingos aspire to be ballerinas, yellow taxis screech to a halt at red stop signs, and b[...]
The hilarious and touching novel from Laurie Graham - the fictional diary of the Queen's best friend in pre-war London. Laurie Graham's brilliant novel is the fictional diary of Maybell Brumby, a wealthy American widow who arrives in London in 1932 and discovers that an old school friend is in town:[...]
Filled with warmth, wit and wisdom, 'The Future Homemakers of America' takes us to the heart of female friendship. A novel fans of 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' will not be able to resist.[...]
If you have trouble putting your thoughts down on paper, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well has everything you need to know to make writing of any kind as easy as thinking or speaking. This guide gives expert advice on making your writing as clear and persuasive as possible, whether it's a t[...]
This collection of stories about love and privacy is serious, funny, tender, and alive with the elegance and spirit that characterize Laurie Colwin's work. In these stories, the reader moves among young men and women: pianists, historians, book illustrators, architects; women who are composed and in[...]