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Growing up in 1950s Nashville, Tennessee, Tricia Ann faces signs everywhere saying "For Whites Only." When her grandmother allows her to go "someplace special" for the first time, 'Tricia Ann heads for the public library--where "all" are welcome. Full color.

This "glorious and frightening read" (MT Magazine) examines capitalism's place as the universal social and economic order of our time. Now truly global, twenty-first century capitalism -- aided by extraordinary advances in technology and communication and by unfettered global financial markets -- has a speed, inevitability, and force that it has not had before. In Global Capitalism, now available in paperback, leading political and economic an...

The authors are a Benedictine community in Country Limerick, Ireland. When launched in that country, this book was an instant hit. It sold out its first print run of 9, 000 copies and immediately was number one on the Irish bestsellers' list for hardback nonfiction. Cathedral Books sold out its first 600 copies immediately with hundreds more reserved on backorder. Other bookshops ahve been so inundated with requests they have taped signs at th...

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Cameron McNeish is recognized as Britain's best-known advocate for wilderness. This book takes the reader on a journey to wild places: climbing one of North America's most dangerous volcanoes, traversing the Haute Route through France and Switzerland, following the Spanish sun in the Sierra de Aitana, learning wilderness philosophy from John Muir, and exploratory trekking in the Panch Chuli region of the Indian Himalaya.

..".helps us to understand the depth and coherence of Julian's theological reflection.

Young Apache Goyahkla and his friend play games in their village that will prepare him for his role as a hunter and warrior--and the place he will hold in history as Geronimo, fighter for the rights of his people. Illustrations.

The natural world comes alive for young readers with Rookie Read-About "RM" Science! With striking, full-color photos and just the right amount of text, this series immediately involves young readers as they discover intriguing facts about the fascinating world around them.

Baku the Crocodile and Taki the Monkey are back in a tale that teaches lessons in trust, forgiveness and honesty. Illustrations.

Guide and excursion leader Gary Graham (Baja on the Fly) lays out the truth about fly fishing for snook in mangroves, off-shore marlin, calving whales from Alaska, beautiful birds, kayaking, even surfing.

Completely redesigned for today's young investigative reader, True Books are an indispensable addition to any collection. Each book guides readers through the facts that nurture their need to know.

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First Lady of Detroit is the spirited tale of an adventurous girl who grew up to commission and equip her own expedition to le Detroit, joining her husband there in the fall of 1701 -- less than a dozen weeks after Fort Pontchartrain was carved out of the Michigan wilderness.Born in 1671, Marie-Therese Guyon was educated in Quebec by Ursuline nuns. Although she was schooled to be a lady, her life was filled with excitement. She married the das...

Mark Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League. With their long winning streaks, distinctive traditions, and impressive victories, Ivy teams started a national obsession with football in the first decades of the twentieth century that remains alive today. In so doing they have helped develop our ideals about the role of athletics in college life.

Asks: are you chasing a purple squirrel? (purple squirrel is an ideal job candidate who, in reality, does not exist).

Another timeless adventure classic, "Feeding the Rat" is a brilliant profile of a climber's climber who repeatedly gets himself into life-threatening situations and then somehow finds a way to survive. 20 photos.

39 poems of humour and duress, written while attending to remnants of childhood on satellite waves.

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THE BACCHAE was not only the last and greatest of Euripides' tragedies, it was very close to the last of the great Greek tragedies. The story of the play is in part about this cultural dissolution in Athens. It's also about the theatre itself, and how a sane society needs strong, intelligent theatre to survive. THE BACCHAE makes a perfect first entry in the new Applause series of classic dramas, because it argues so passionately and beautifull...

Written with wit and insight, this collection of pocket-sized business strategy books was designed in an easy-to-navigate format similar to a travel guide. Each book gives an introductory overview of a single topic, followed by 15-20 sections describing p