Books

Mexicans in Alaska analyzes the mobility and experience of place of three generations of migrants who have been moving between Acuitzio del Canje, Michoacán, Mexico, and Anchorage, Alaska, since the 1950s. Based on Sara V. Komarnisky's twelve months of ethnographic research at both sites...

Every person has stories in their hearts, wanting to be expressed, seen through eyes and letting others know what life is. Maybe through those stories the person reading will be released from their bonds and are free inside to let their own stories come...

Gold fever Free land A chance to start a new life In the 1800s, many Americans heard the call of the West. But how did the mass movement start? And how would it change the United States? This nonfiction children's book is perfect for...

Plato's "Republic" is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation...

Preparing for Practice is a fresh approach to the first semester of the 1L legal writing and research course, designed to guide students through their development of the essential skills needed to pass the bar and practice law. The coursebook combines practice-oriented case files...

In response to the growing scope and popularity of wedding-related offerings and the media attention given to celebrity and royal weddings, The Bride Factory critically examines various bridal media outlets, artifacts, and the messages they convey about women today. The book departs from conventional...

Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, "Measure for Measure" is William Shakespeare's play which was likely written sometime in 1603 or 1604. The play begins with Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna, who leaves the government in charge of the authoritarian justice, Angelo,...

A New York Times bestseller, Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it's also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling. The Night...

Offers school leaders guidance for designing and implementing a sustainable professional growth process, demonstrates how participants can develop individual action plans, and helps redefine school improvement efforts.Author: Jodi PeinePublisher: Corwin PublishersPublished: 07/26/2007Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 10.99h x 8.42w x 0.63dISBN: 9781412949323Audience: Baby-PreschoolAbout the...

Find the pet that would be perfect for YOU! If you could pick a pet, which pet would you choose? A big pet or a tiny pet? A fluffy pet or a sleek and smooth pet? A bouncy, energetic pet, or a slow and...

The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 years ago. This period has witnessed a shift from environmental changes determined by natural forces...

A collection of mandalas to colour in order to destress from life's difficulties and achieve mindfulness.Author: Danielle VarnhamPublisher: BlurbPublished: 08/05/2017Pages: 34Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.07dISBN: 9781389765247

Sociologist and director of the National Marriage Project Dr. Bradford Wilcox reveals the social transformations and political posturing threatening the tradition American family and offers a way forward to protect and nurture it.The American family is in crisis. Marriage and fertility rates are cratering....

Liberals smirk at Trump's narcissism, but, as renowned theorist Anselm Jappe explains, contemporary capitalism has turned everyone into a narcissist.The Greek myth of Erysichthon describes the fate of a king whose hunger drove him to eat until the only thing left to devour was...

An eye-witness account of the Russian/European conflict at the heart of WWII, relevant today as war rages again along similar battle lines in Ukraine, Crimea and the Caucasus.In a corner of 20th-century history almost unknown to the English-speaking public, anti-Stalinist Georgians and anti-Hitlerite Germans...

Planet facts meet puzzle fun! Little ones ages 3-6 can learn all about Earth while solving age-appropriate puzzle challenges in this 80-page sticker puzzle book. It's packed with habitat-themed puzzles, wildlife stickers and other fun activities perfect for pint-sized puzzlers. All About the Planet...

A haunting, magical novel about joy, grief, courage, and transformation from the international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. "On the afternoon that Esther Wilding drove homeward along the coast, a year after her sister had walked into the sea and...

A college professor debunks the false liberal narratives which define much of America's school curricula. In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism, Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from...

Home after Fascism draws on a rich array of memoirs, interviews, correspondence, and archival research to tell the stories of Italian and German Jews who returned to their home countries after the Holocaust. The book reveals Jews' complex and often changing feelings toward their...

From one of the greatest living writers on film, a magisterial look at a century of battle depicted on screen, and a meditation on the twisted relationship between war and the movies."Thomson's own genius is his ability to remain one of the leading authorities...