Describes the experience of an American looking to find a home in Greece. Part memoir and part travelogue, with the inclusion of recipes. In the tradition of }Driving Over Lemons{ and }The Olive...
"China's Peril and Promise is an advanced Chinese reader in two volumes, prepared for students who would like to enhance their understanding of modern China in general and modern Chinese...
1498. Sebastian Cabot, age fifteen, can only wait and wonder. His famous father has abandoned him at home in Bristol, England, but has taken his brothers, Ludovico and Sancio, on his second voyage...
From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of...
Draws on extensive, previously unavailable Russian documents to reveal surprising details about Mao Zedong's rise to power and leadership in China, providing coverage of such topics as his...
In this timely and essential book that offers a fresh take on the qualms of modern day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our minds to freely roam, without...
Amy Curry's year sucks. And it's not getting any better. Her mother has decided to move, so somehow Amy has to get their car from California to the East Coast. There's just one problem:...
Here is one of the most enjoyable and illuminating books ever published for the music lover, a feast of delightful anecdotes that reveal the all-too-human side of the great composers and...
Since its original publication, Expert Political Judgment aby New York Times bestselling author Philip Tetlock has established itself as a contemporary classic in the literature on evaluating...
Eternal youth is a wonderful thing for the few who have it, but for Miriam Blaylock, it is a curse -- an existence marred żeby death and sorrow. Because for the everlasting Miriam, everyone she...
How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy--and what can be done about itConspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new--conspiracy...
"Robert Wilson's Barnum, the first full-dress biography in twenty years, eschews clich s for a more nuanced story...It is a life for our times, and the biography Barnum deserves." --The...
Ranulph Fiennes has entered the public imagination as the intrepid explorer par excellance. Taunted żeby his wife over the challenge of the never-before attempted circumpolar navigation of the...
Zen and Japanese Culture is a classic that has influenced generations of readers and played a major role in shaping conceptions of Zen's influence on Japanese traditional arts. In simple and...
Zielniveau A1Zielgruppe: Für Anfänger, die spielerisch die wichtigsten deutschen Verben trainieren möchten.Die Sprachmemos folgen dem Prinzip des bekannten Spiels Memory. Das Sprachmemo enthält 54...
Helps readers live fuller, richer lives. Will appeal to teachers, community leaders and business people, for themselves and their children. Has sold 80,000 copies.
Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism" compelling....
Tadd Mann's 25 years' experience as an astrologer led him to a startling realization: rather than your birthdate, your horoscope during your nine months' gestation is crucial to...
Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which...
In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, athletes, students, and business people - both seasoned and new - that the...
Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series - now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide!OMG, Nikki Maxwell is getting her own TV show! Nikki and...