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Succinct, with a brace of original documents following each chapter, Christopher J. Olsen's "The American Civil War "is the ideal introduction to American history's most famous, and infamous, chapter. Covering events from 1850 and the mounting political pressures to split the Union into opposing sections, through the four years of bloodshed and waning Confederate fortunes, to Lincoln's assassination and the advent of Reconstruction, "The" "Ame...

In this charming blend of storytelling and math, four siblings use their fraction skills to get their dearest wish. Full color.

In this heart-pounding thriller full of dark passion, an ambitious investigative reporter faces off with a mysterious serial killer who might just turn out to be his own lover.Gabriel Kaine is working furiously to revive his stalled reporting career. Years ago, he got his first big break by investigating murders committed by a killer known as the Messiah. But when the Messiah vanished from the public six months ago, Gabriel's success hit a dow...

From bestselling author Hobbs comes the sassy, savvy tale of a woman consumed by a secret sex life, wealth, and indulgence--obsessions she will go to any length to fulfill.

Come on in and stay a spell! Aunt Nancy outwits four unwelcome guests in these trickster tales from a masterful storyteller.It would take a real pesky visitor to make himself unwelcome to Aunt Nancy. But just her luck - not one but FOUR bothersome folks come knocking at her door! From Cousin Lazybones to Old Man Trouble, from doleful Old Woeful to sly, slick Mister Death, Aunt Nancy's visitors nearly try her patience. But Aunt Nancy's head isn...

The global is an instituted perspective, not just an empirical process. Adopted initially by the British in order to make sense of their polyglot territorial empire, the global perspective served to make heterogeneous spaces and nonwhite subjects "legible, " and in effect produced the regions it sought merely to describe. The global was the dominant perspective from which the world was produced for representation and control. It also set the t...

Shermer, a creationist-turned-scientist, argues that Intelligent Design proponents are invoking a combination of bad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology. He decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not "just a theory" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life through the bottom-up process of natural selection.

When this book was published in Chinese in 1997, the government accused Ma Jian of "harming the fraternal solidarity of the national minorities, " and a blanket ban was placed on his future work. With its publication in English, including a new Afterword by the author that sets the book in its personal and political context, readers get a rare glimpse of Tibet through Chinese eyes.

Hooray for Tuesdays!For many crossword fans, The New York Times Tuesday puzzles are just right: not too easy and not too tricky. So sit back and enjoy an entire book dedicated to your favorite puzzle of the week!- 75 fun Tuesday crosswords from The New York Times - Convenient size is perfect for carrying anywhere- Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz

Effective guide to building muscle strength, size and power using this inexpensive exercise method. 200 b/w photos.

Nothing In America Is More Exciting Than College Sports! Each weekend, stadiums and gymnasiums across America are fi lled with the sound of the band, the smell of nachos and hot dogs, and the roar of the fans. Sports have become an integral part of American life, and college fans are among the loudest and most faithful. These fans lead the cheers, speak the language, and know the history. They attend as many games as possible and want to know ...

Essence" bestselling author KWan brings his signature style to 50 Cents G-Unit books in this gritty tale of life on the streets.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports."-Ebony From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find th...

When Victorine Laurent joins the chorus of the grand Paris Opera ballet, she expects to become the mistress of a wealthy man, this is how young women without family survive in the decadent City of Light. Yet when the artist Degas introduces her to Edouard Manet, her life changes dramatically. She agrees to pose for him, and the result is a painting that shocks Paris. Overnight, Victorine becomes the city's most sought after courtesan. When she...

World-renowned historian Stern brings to life the five Germanys he has experienced: Weimar, the Third Reich, postwar West and East Germanys, and the unified country after 1990. He shows that the tumultuous history of Germany--alternately the strength and the scourge of Europe--offers political lessons for citizens everywhere.

Regarded as the last frontier for the global investor, Africa represents the investment goldmine of the future with its abundance of natural and human resources. Nowhere else on the continent are innovative political and economic reform jump-starting the forthcoming economic revolution like the oil-rich nation of Nigeria, where the local stock market is creating wealth for millions of investors. Using a hands-own approach, Broad $treet shows i...

An eminent theologian explains the relationship between theology and evolution

A comic, meditative literary novel about Aaron, an Abba-obsessed, repressed Head of Music and his cantankerous (and increasingly incontinent) Father. Estranged for decades, when their respective wives take their leave of them they reunite for a quixotic road-trip in search of Aaron's mythical ex-lover...

Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Winner of the Newbery Medal.Maidens, monks, and millers' sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar, sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels, and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever l...

This book examines literature by African, Native, and Jewish American novelists at the beginning of the twentieth century, a period of radical dislocation from homelands for these three ethnic groups as well as the period when such voices established themselves as central figures in the American literary canon.