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Reducere. Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It's the key to...

Reducere. Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman spins a cinematic tale of pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure. Co-written with Daniel Lenihan, one of A...

DescriptionTeaching Chess in the 21st Century is a designed to incorporate chess into a math curriculum for elementary school students. It includes...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jack Meng-Tat (Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies, Assistant Professor of Histor...

Reducere. In tough economic times and with rising unemployment, people are looking to take the bull by the horns and start their own home-based businesses......

Reducere. The year is 1796 and the soil of Piedmont and Tuscany runs with blood, another battle takes shape on the mysterious Adriatic Sea. Alan Lewrie and h...

Saul Alinsky, according to Time Magazine in 1970, was a "prophet of power to the people, " someone who "has possibly antagonized more people . . . ...

Reducere. With The Glass Globe, celebrated poet Margaret Gibson completes a trilogy distinguished by its meditative focus on the author's experience of her l...

Reducere. The decade ahead will test the nation's nearly 4 million nurses in new and complex ways. Nurses live and work at the intersection of health, educat...

Written and illustrated by master wood engraver Barry Moser, this primer on the art of wood engraving is filled with valuable knowledge including h...

BACK IN PRINT WITH A REVISED PREFACEMicrocosmos brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneeri...

Reducere. Over 60 brilliant stories, poems and essays from ?dozens of small presses, ?as selected from 900 presses worldwide by ?more than ?200 distinguished...

Reducere. Chess Workbook for Children is a fun, comprehensive workbook and instruction book for children (and adults) who are new to chess or who are in the ...

A practical book considering the historical context of portrait painting and its contemporary practice Written by a professional portrait painter, ...

DescriptionThrough conversations held with fifteen of the most accomplished contemporary cinematographers, the authors explore the working world of...

Reducere. In 1941, Greer Garson earned an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Fort Worth's Edna Gladney in Blossoms in the Dust." All eyes turned t...

Reducere. DescriptionWritten over three seasons in a Vermont cabin, these poems act as a reflecting pool, casting back mortality, consciousness, and time in ...

DescriptionThe heated national conversation about gender equality and women in the workforce is something that women in academia have been concerne...

Reducere. One of the most essential artists produced by the twentieth century. Pinter s work gets under our skin more than that of any living playwright. "Ne...

Reducere. Drinking Dry Clouds is Gretel Ehrlich's storytelling in full swing. This inspired collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys,...

Reducere. Julius John Lankes was born in Buffalo, New York in 1884, and became a prolific woodcut print artist, as well as an author and professor. As a chil...

This collection of exercises, compiled for talented high school students, encourages creativity and a deeper understanding of ideas when solving ph...

Reducere. Courage and Fear is a study of a multicultural city in times when all norms collapse. Ola Hnatiuk presents a meticulously documented portrait of Lv...

Reducere. This visual guide details 60 years of NASA's history through the patches astronauts wore on their space missions Celebrate 60 years of the U.S. spa...

Reducere. Cities are so common today that we cannot imagine a world without them. More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and that proporti...

Reducere. Gives you an inside look at the teachings and performance tools used by one of the best sources in the industry. From Olympic teams, MLB teams and ...

Reducere. Gives you an inside look at the teachings and performance tools used by one of the best sources in the industry. From Olympic teams, MLB teams and ...

A NATION-AL JEW-ISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTA Recommended Book From: The New York Times * Good Morning America * Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literat...

Reducere. Foreword by Actress Kim ColesThe U.S. boasts the highest divorce rate of any country in the world. Yet, despite the endless amounts of advice and e...

Reducere. "Read Kuralt's words and discover America with him."UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONALHe has entertained and informed us about ourselves on television for ...

Robin Dreeke is a 28-year veteran of federal service, including the United States Naval Academy, United States Marine Corps. He served most recentl...

Reducere. Originally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's ability ...

Reducere. DescriptionRespect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel. With unmatched suspense and her sign...

Alda Merini is one of Italy's most important, and most beloved, living poets. She has won many of the major national literary prizes and has twice ...

Reducere. In 1855, Asher B. Durand, a founder of the National Academy of Design and a leading member of the Hudson River School, wrote a series of articles f...

Reducere. Bobby "Blue" Bland's silky-smooth vocal style and captivating live performances helped propel the blues out of Delta juke joints and into urban clu...