This book is a complete and versatile first-year Spanish program designed to offer a balanced approach to language and culture. The book contains 14 lessons, topically organized and designed to encourage communication and to offer insight into the language and culture of over 300 million people. Aut..
B is for Burglar, from Sue Grafton's #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet mystery seriesBeverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a n..
You haven't read a thriller until you read #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's novels with her unforgettable P.I. Kinsey Millhone…"C" is for CorpseHe was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scar..
This 180-page glossy hardcover shares coveted recipes on baking breads for everyday and special occasions! Read how Sister, with humble beginnings and as a single mother of two, began in her kitchen to build the thriving business which she was able to sell less than ten years later. Also included ar..
Looking out a second-story window of her family's quarters at the Pearl Harbor naval base on December 7, 1941, eleven-year-old Jackie Smith could see not only the Rising Sun insignias on the wings of attacking Japanese bombers, but the faces of the pilots inside. Most American children on thehome fr..
No one writes a thriller like #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton. In E is for Evidence, PI Kinsey Millhone becomes the victim of a nasty frame-up…E IS FOR EXIt was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on a fire claim. Someth..
In April 1861, Dick and Tally Simpson, sons of South Carolina Congressman Richard F. Simpson, enlisted in Company A of the Third South Carolina Volunteers of the Confederate army. Their letters home--published here for the first time--read like a historical novel, complete with plot, romance, charac..
A group of silly mice live happily in a cozy closet, until one day they spot a menacing orange glow through their keyhole. It must be . . . fire! What will they do "Water! Water!" says Mrs. Votter. "Break down the door!" says Mrs. Orr. But is all the fuss really necessary Bill Martin Jr's classic t..
Corners bumped with damage to the DJ, two small torn spots on back edges of DJ, Owners name stamp inside, No other damage. Adventures of a Montana Cowboy famous as a big game hunter. No International or Priority. Author: Keith, Elmer Publisher: Petersen Pub Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English IS..
Recounts the professional career of hockey player Bobby Orr, who was signed by the Boston Bruins at age fourteen. Author: Jackson, Robert B Publisher: H. Z. Walck Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0809820803 ISBN-13: 9780809820801..
In 1877, Chief Standing Bear’s Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe’s own Trail of Tears. “I Am a Man” chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-..
Not all racial incidents are racist incidents, Lawrence Blum says. "We need a more varied and nuanced moral vocabulary for talking about the arena of race. We should not be faced with a choice of 'racism' or nothing." Use of the word "racism" is pervasive: An article about the NAACP's criticism of t..
Looks at famous casting changes, actor's missed opportunities, and famous roles that were offered to other actors first Author: Base, Ron Publisher: Contemporary Books Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0809235285 ISBN-13: 9780809235285..
A biography of the first woman astronaut and history of the Russian manned space program. Author: Sharpe, Mitchell R Publisher: Crowell Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0690006462 ISBN-13: 9780690006469..
"Johnny's such a bright boy, what a shame he's retarded" Author: Long, Kate Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395253462 ISBN-13: 9780395253465..
Review"A valuable piece of work that is long overdue. All levels." -- ChoiceProduct DescriptionShared racial and cultural experiences and the collective memory of those experiences play important roles in determining the responses of African Americans to issues of crime and violence. By examining Am..
Product DescriptionOriginally published in 1974. In her study of primary materials in England and the United States, Schwoerer traces the origin, development, and articulation in both Parliament and in the popular press of the attitude opposing standing armies in seventeenth-century England and the ..
An historical account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 emphasizes the needs and demands of the people, and the pressures produced by shifting social and economic factors Author: Vail, John J. Publisher: Facts on File Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0816028184 ISBN-13: 9780816028184..
Slowly, slowly, slowly . . . that's how the sloth lives. He hangs upside-down from the branch of a tree, night and day, in the sun and in the rain, while the other animals of the rain forest rush past him. "Why are you so slow Why are you so quiet Why are you so lazy " the others ask the sloth. An..
Dust jacket notes: "...Black soldiers (called 'Smoked Yankees' by the Spaniards) hoped to ease Negro oppression in the United States by serving in the regular and volunteer armies during the Spanish-American War and fighting for the white man in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Selected from ..
Book by Walker, Wyatt Tee Author: Walker, Wyatt Tee Publisher: Judson Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0817008497 ISBN-13: 9780817008499..
Recounts the tragic events that followed the arrest of Fred Coe, a conservative, clean-cut young man, for a series of rapes committed in the city of Spokane and led to revenge and murder Author: Olsen, Jack Publisher: Atheneum Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0689114087 ISBN-13: 9780689..
About the AuthorAlexander Bloom is Professor of History and American Studies at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is the author of Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals and Their World (Oxford, 1986) and co-editor of "Takin' It to the Streets": A Sixties Reader (Oxford, 1995).Product Descript..