Following Isms: Understanding Art and Isms: Understanding Architecture comes a handy visual guide that offers synopses of the religions of the world and highlights their artistic and architectural manifestations. This one-stop resource to understanding human spiritual belief is organized into famili..
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through 2003. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work seminal to the understanding and appreciation of ..
The ultimate compendium of a half century of the best music, now revised and updated. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through today. Carefully selected by a team of international critics..
A worthy addition to any history buff’s shelf, this visually arresting volume has a commanding grasp of more than 4,500 years of military history. On the eve of the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War comes this latest addition to the 1001 series. It includes the seminal details..
The world’s best beers-from Europe’s classics to the latest new-wave microbrew sensations. Finally, a book that treats beer as seriously as wine! This latest volume in the acclaimed 1001 series supplies the connoisseurs’ scoop on ferreting out the best among an ever-increasing array of available bre..
For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.Th..
A newly revised and updated guide to the world’s best literature-all at your fingertips. For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature ..
This book is a one-stop guide to the world’s greatest architectural achievements. Comprehensive and concise, it contains reviews of the most influential structures ever built worldwide. Covering a diverse array of architectural traditions and construction styles-from the bold and brash to the spirit..
This latest addition to the best-selling 1001 series offers more than ever- the world’s biggest and best playlist, referencing over 10,000 must-download songs. This book offers more than any previous book in the series. While each main entry profiles and illustrates 1,001 primary songs, it places th..
Straight forward, insightful, essential, and an easy-read. Every Warrior needs to get this book in their hands before going off to BCT. This is the real deal.-First Sergeant David Bobenmoyer, Company B 1SG,Recruit Sustainment Battalion, Camp Grayling, Michigan"Specialist Herbert makes it 'Too-Easy' ..
Why do we think matter is made of atoms and the Earth goes around the Sun How big is the universe Did it have a beginning or is it eternal Is heat a fluid or just the random motion of molecules Is light made of particles or is it a fluid or maybe something else This book answers these questions..
A Deliberate Life is the inspiring and oftentimes humorous story of Pamela Haskin and her life in the Alaskan Bush. She says, "I'm not trying to escape society as so many do who come to the Bush. I'm choosing a lifestyle! I want a life with adventure and purpose." Life on the homestead was certainly..
A Handbook for the Humanistic Astrologer is one of the most influential and widely read books on serious astrology published during the 20th century. It was an immediate success when first published in 1974, and since 1987 it has been regarded as the most highly prized and sought after out-of-print ..
Renowned New Yorker cover illustrater Jean-Jacques Sempé illustrates the quirky charm of France's capital and it's residents with his signature style and gentle sense of humor and irony. His drawings are famed for their striking use of pen and ink, their inimitable style, and most of all for their s..
An action packed thriller about nuclear terrorism during the Cold war. Follow Delta Force members Dave Ames, Matt Jensen, and Rebecca Brown as they try to track down a terrorist nuclear device with the potential to change the history of the world. From guerrilla camps in Nicaragua to the halls of Co..
In the best-selling tradition of This is New York and My New York, this delightful book-length poem spreads the wonder and joy that is New York, as told through the words of its children. As part of an unprecedented series of workshops, New York City public school students were challenged to write a..
A System at Risk is a comprehensive analysis of the transportation dilemma in the United States that continues to affect the economic competitiveness and quality of life in America. Written for the layman and the professional alike, it describes an impending crisis in the surface transportation syst..
About the Author Maggi Hall taught school in South Carolina for over two decades. She is the recipient of numerous environmental awards and the author of four books. Hall owns a real estate firm in DeLand, Florida, that has been instrumental in rehabilitating a blighted downtown residential neighbor..
A "Best Hits" compilation of self-help statements from African Americans including the revered elders, athletes, rap artists, and twelve-year-old Myesha A concise survey of American history in the poignant voices of people who lived and shaped it, from Sojourner Truth to President Obama An inspiring..
This is a two-fold rendition of history and traditions relating to Hispanic/Latinos with a Sephardic Jewish heritage. It tracks the family of a famous Sephardic Jew, Don Luis de Carvajal and his extended family across Spain and Portugal into Mexico and the Southwest of the USA. It reveals the ugline..
Presents the story of Peter Paker's relationship with his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson and the adventures of Peter Parker's alter-ego, Spider-Man. Author: Wilson, G. Willow Publisher: Marvel Universe Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0785138951 ISBN-13: 9780785138952..
American Empress is a sweeping history of the dramatic life of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, daughter of breakfast-cereal magnate C. W. Post. As a young girl growing up in the Midwest, Marjorie Post helped glue cereal boxes in her father's barn, later became a board member of his company, wed ..
From the rocky shoreline of Maine’s Acadia to the barren crater and lush rainforest of Hawaii’s Haleakala, America’s natural beauty is celebrated and preserved in its national parks. This beautiful volume will encourage readers to experience our national treasures with a greater awareness of their h..
At least 30,000 people kill themselves in the United States alone, most leaving behind shocked siblings. Yet, too often, the grief and bewilderment of surviving siblings is simply ignored, leaving the bereaved siblings feeling even more abandoned. The accounts of siblings' experiences in this book a..
An Operators Manual for Combat PTSD has been written to give the combat veteran a sense of hope and to develop an inner voice to assist in coping with everyday life. We live in two worlds: The physical world around us; The world we can see, hear, touch, and feel, and the world within ourselves. Thes..