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The world encourages you to love yourself, believe in yourself and tell yourself that you are intelligent, capable, beautiful, wonderful. But deep down, what do you most want to know? What does God think of you? What is your true worth? As Jack Kuhatschek...

The Super Sons are back! Superboy and Robin, otherwise known as Jon Kent and Damian Wayne, continue their epic adventures in the Super Sons Omnibus Super Duper Edition! The greatest superheroes of today's world, Superman and Batman, are the picture of greatness! Their sons,...

High adventure, dastardly deeds, and newly uncovered loreFeatures such famous characters as Joseph Wheland, Capt. William Kidd, Capt. Richard Ingle, and William Claiborne Recounts stories of the Patuxent and Potomac Blockades, the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, and the Battle of BladensburgAuthor: Mark P. Donnelly, Daniel...

The idea of universal rights is often understood as the product of Europe, but as Laurent Dubois demonstrates, it was profoundly shaped by the struggle over slavery and citizenship in the French Caribbean. Dubois examines this Caribbean revolution by focusing on Guadeloupe, where, in...

"A powerful celebration of poets...Lit lovers will be dazzled." --Publishers Weekly Examines firsthand the lives of legendary Black writers who made a way out of no way to illuminate a road map for budding creators desiring to follow in their footsteps Acclaimed Cave Canem...

One of the leading artifacts of modern technology, the automobile has shaped our physical, economic, social, and cultural environment. The history of the automobile demonstrates how the decisions of governments, entrepreneurs, and the general public influence technological evolution. A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars...

THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8 x 8 story book tells the story of the three goats as they outwit the evil troll lurking under the bridge CLASSIC STORIES: This classic tale, retold in English and...

Nestled between the Siskiyou and Cascade mountain ranges, Ashland, Oregon, is surrounded by an endless majestic landscape. The essence of this small town and its environment, home to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Southern Oregon University, is captured here by 33 local photographers. By...

This laugh-out-loud guide will introduce readers to the offbeat people, places, and events of the Old Line State.Author: Allison BlakePublisher: Globe Pequot PressPublished: 05/01/2009Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9780762741304About the AuthorAllison Blake is the author of The Chesapeake Bay...

This revolutionary method combines solid pedagogy with a focus on real-world guitar skills such as strumming and fingerpicking, pivotal rock and blues riffs, improvising, reading music, and music theory. The included MP3 recordings demonstrate every example and song in the book, and specialized instructional...

In this stunning novel, Andrew W.M. Beierle brings to life characters at once unthinkably foreign and utterly real. Frank and fearless, sexy and witty, First Person Plural is a masterfully rendered, powerfully imaginative work, as complex and as extraordinary as the bonds of love....

Little Ann was born in Nelson's Holler during a thunderstorm on the same day her grandmother died. She was also born with the gift. Follow Ann's story as she grows up learning the folkways, connects with her natural cunning, and eventually becomes her town's...

When Ronald Reagan invoked "a shining city on a hill" or George H. W. Bush "a thousand points of light," their words were engraved on the public's consciousness as signatures to their personal beliefs and a catalysts for political action. Such iconic phrases in...

An essential introduction to the philosophy of biology This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage...

The book is a pictorial history of Rhode Island's thirty-one lighthouses and two lightships stations. There are over 200 photographs in the book, including rare views of Gould Island Lighthouse, Nayatt Point Lighthouse and Point Judith Lighthouse. There are plans for Nayatt Point Lighthouse...

The debut short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, hailed as "Britain's female Stephen King" (Daily Mail), featuring eleven bone-chilling and mind-bending tales"All hail the queen of scream. A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her spine-tingling, nightmare-inducing best....

Through astrology, palmistry, chakras, and more, Dream Your Reality shows how to harness a person's untapped abilities and learn the different facets of dream manifestation. Whether you are seeking love, a successful career, a fulfilling relationship, improved health, or spiritual guidance, inborn skills can...

A captivating story about a friendship lost and found between a cat named Squash and her constant companion Maggie. Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their...

Beginning with the early masters of the sonnet form, Dante and Petrarch, the Companion examines the reinvention of the sonnet across times and cultures, from Europe to America. In doing so, it considers sonnets as diverse as those by William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, George...

The question of national identity has long been a vexing one in Russia, and is particularly pertinent in the post-Soviet period. Designed for students of Russian literature, culture and history, this collection of essays explores aspects of national identity in Russian culture from medieval...