An image rich, passage-by-passage commentary that integrates textual and artifactual context from the ancient Near East to inform our understanding and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible-while remaining respectful to the inerrancy of Scripture.Without a deep knowledge of the ancient cultures the Old..
The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultzauthor of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Diedoes for travel, Tom Moon recomm..
This third volume by Larry Carey and Sylvia Tompkins focuses on character salt and pepper shakers. Featured in this book are popular television, movie, and cartoon characters. Also included are well-known mascots or symbols, such as the Loch Ness Monster and Smokey Bear. A large part of 1003 Salt & ..
A Newbery Honor BookTomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have ..
The new edition of 50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step by Gail E. Tompkins is a conveniently organized resource for all elementary and middle school teachers, providing research-based and classroom-tested strategies to develop literacy skills. Everything you need to know to implement each strategy ..
An alphabet book introducing the leaves from a variety of trees. Author: Parker, Tom Publisher: Orchard Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0531070808 ISBN-13: 9780531070802..
From Tom Watt, author of My Side, the best-selling autobiography of David Beckham, comes A Beautiful Game. Combining stunning photographs with the world’s greatest players sharing their personal stories of how soccer transformed their lives, this inspiring book is an intoxicating celebration of the ..
Millions have seen the movie and thousands have read the book but few have fully appreciated the mathematics developed by John Nash's beautiful mind. Today Nash's beautiful math has become a universal language for research in the social sciences and has infiltrated the realms of evolutionary biology..
Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ..
Pictures and text portray activities of children throughout the year. Author: Ichikawa, Satomi Publisher: Parents' Magazine Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0819307955 ISBN-13: 9780819307958..
A Cowboy Christmas An American Tale is a magical story that crisscrosses the expansion of the Western frontier and collides with destiny."IT'S GOOD AND IT MOVES! Tom Van Dyke tells a rousing tale of a young man learning how to cowboy and finding the girl of his dreams. I've written a good 40 western..
Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas. Author: Tom Bottomore Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited Binding: Paperb..
Sports Studies is a fast-growing academic discipline, with programs across the country. The brand new Dictionary of Sports Studies contains over 1,100 clear, concise, and authoritative entries compiled by Alan Tomlinson, a leading expert in the field. Wide-ranging coverage includes the social,politi..
The story of a handful of talented American engineers and adventurers who labored to conquer gravity in a flying machine.When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long stor..
New York Times Bestseller * Soon to be a TV series starring Dan Aykroyd“There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” -Los Angeles TimesBeer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative a..
From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history.Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becomi..
A decade ago, The Bonfire of the Vanities defined an era--and established Tom Wolfe as our prime fictional chronicler of America at its most outrageous and alive. Now the master is back with a pitch-perfect coast-to-coast portrait of our wild and wooly, no-holds-barred, multifarious country on the c..
Edmonds, W Alex, Kennedy, Thomas D Author: Tom D. Kennedy Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0558652018 ISBN-13: 9780558652012..
Six-year-old Ima Bean sets off such a "flood of mishaps" when she tries to help her grandpa that she begins to worry whether she will ever be forgiven Author: Birdseye, Tom Publisher: Holiday House Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0823413381 ISBN-13: 9780823413386..
Things go from bad to worse for Ima Bean on a day that starts with her breaking Grandpaw's fishing pole by catching a huge catfish, continues with numerous other mishaps, and finally ends with her family forgiving her. Author: Birdseye, Tom Publisher: Holiday House Binding: Hardcover Language: Engli..
A storybook from Tomi Ungerer Author: Ungerer, Tomi Publisher: F. Watts Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0531027422 ISBN-13: 9780531027424..
Over 600 full color photographs. Where to taste the best wine, olive oil, cured meat and cheese. How to choose the best produce. Traditional Tuscan recipes. Over 150 hotels and restaurants. Author: Tombesi-Walton, Sylvia Publisher: DK Eyewitness Travel Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0..
The description for this book, A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation, will be forthcoming. Author: Stommel, Henry M. Publisher: Princeton University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0691084580 ISB..
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Bible introduces you to the bestselling and most influential book ever published. The Bible is the core document of Western civilization, the pinnacle of world literature, and the backbone of three major world religions. To know the Bible is to know the world--an..
AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather straightforward conflict between t..