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An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle -- his devastating exposé of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of...

The Interior Castle is considered St. Teresa of Avila's masterpiece. She wrote this last work in just a few months in 1577, five years before her death. At this point in her life she had been granted the highest mystical graces; this book is...

One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise - and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us as the world's leading superpower. For more than forty years, the United States has played an...

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CBS ORIGINAL SERIES TRACKER "The master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People) returns with a devilishly good thriller, and reward seeker Colter Shaw's most personal case to date. Just hours after the harrowing events of The Never Game and The Goodbye Man,...

From anemones to zooplankton--500 awesome ocean facts for kids ages 8 to 12Do you know a kid who's captivated by what goes on beneath the ocean's surface? This sea animal book for kids is packed with hundreds of incredible facts for hours of underwater...

Discover just how easy it is to learn Brazilian Portuguese with this updated edition of The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book with new online audio so you can quickly access the pronunciation guide and exercises while you're reading. The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book,...

Enjoy hours of entertainment with this collection of fun and engaging crosswords, word searches, sudoku, and logic games for any puzzler looking for some large-print variety! The Everything(R) Large-Print Games & Puzzles Book is packed with hours of puzzling fun. More than 150 games...

Does your knowledge of the Old Testament feel like a grab bag of people, books, events and ideas? Sandra Richter gives an overview of the Old Testament, organizing our disorderly knowledge of the Old Testament people, facts and stories into a memorable and manageable...

A vibrant translation of Tolstoy's most important short fiction by the award-winning translators of War and Peace. Here are eleven masterful stories from the mature author, some autobiographical, others moral parables, and all told with the evocative power that was Tolstoy's alone. They include...

It's not the date you were born, or the date you died that really matters. It's "the dash" between those years and what you do with it that counts.This beautiful book stems from Linda Ellis's profound poem "The Dash." Uplifting photography, poetry, and inspirational...

The fifteen tractates of the Corpus Hermeticum, along with the Perfect Sermon or Asclepius, are the foundation documents of the Hermetic tradition. Written by unknown authors in Egypt sometime before the end of the third century C.E., they were part of a once substantial...

This fall will see the release of the first in an annual series of two-volume boxed sets (1950-1952 and 1953-1954) at a reduced price.Author: Charles M. SchulzPublisher: Fantagraphics BooksPublished: 11/02/2014Pages: 640Binding Type: Boxed SetWeight: 3.50lbsSize: 8.40h x 6.90w x 2.20dISBN: 9781606997932Audience: Young AdultAbout the...

Enjoy the ease, speed, and money-saving convenience of your bread machine as you make breads that have the taste, texture, and aroma of the handcrafted breads from a neighborhood bakery. In this newly revised edition of the best-selling and most comprehensive bread-machine book ever...

A brilliant journey through the nature of memory, helping us understand how what is lost--and what is remembered--shapes who we are. In this revelatory and intimate exploration of the way memory works, Mark Rowlands, author of The Philosopher and the Wolf, reveals how memories...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket The Book of Jubilees recounts biblical history from Creation to Moses, presenting familiar stories through the lens of angelic revelations. Organized by jubilees, or fifty-year cycles, it includes new details on events such as Adam and Eve's lives,...

This book is a compilation of step-by-step instructions for how to build nine different types of catapults and trebuchets, including plans for: A PVC Pipe Trebuchet, A Tabletop Trebuchet, The World Famous Floating Arm Trebuchet, The Historical WarWolf Trebuchet, A Rat-Trap Catapult, The Mangonel...

American Girl's BIGGEST baking book yet! Packed with more than 100 delicious recipes for cookies, cakes, brownies and more that kids love to bake, eat, and share! Featuring the very best recipes from American Girl's best-selling cookbooks, The Big Book of Baking For Kids...

"Give me a year, and I'll give you the Bible." --Skip HeitzigEnjoy the magnificent panorama of Scripture like never before! Pastor Skip Heitzig shares a FLIGHT plan for all 66 books of the Bible to help you better understand the context and significance of...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNERMEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMANThe New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein--a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of...

The AIFD Guide to Floral Design is the floral designer's ultimate reference guide. Everything from plant physiology to design elements to cut flower care and handling is covered in this meticulously compiled compendium. Don't expect a lot of pretty pictures, do expect the most...