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Merry Christmas! — $25.16
A cozy Christmas with family & friends! Merry Christmas Cookbook is filled with scrumptious recipes from breakfast through dessert like classic breakfast casserole, cheese & mushroom stuffed chicken, tangy beef brisket, Miss Polly's perfect potatoes, tuxedo brownies in a jar, cranberry-chip cookie mix, cookie dough truffles and ooey-gooey homemade caramels. It even has a chapter full of heartwarming memories and another of nothing but gift mixes, tasty treats to make & give and holly-jolly crafts...

Candy — $21.56
A love story and a novel about addiction. From the heady narcissism of the narrator's first days with his new lover, Candy, and the relative innocence of their shared habit, Candy charts their decline.

Bad Girls — $34.16
Presents an anthology of real-life stories from women writers who celebrate and meditate upon their acts of defiance. Suitable for readers who are tired of paying their bills dutifully, driving safely, eating organically and other forms of mindfulness, this book is about secret-telling, and soul-baring for the prodigal daughter in all of us.

Freedom — $49.46
Edited by leading contributors to the literature, Freedom: An Anthology is the most complete anthology on social, political and economic freedom ever compiled. This book offers a broad guide to the vast literature on social, political and economic freedom. It contains selections from the best scholarship of recent decades as well as classic writings from Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant among others. General and sectional introductions help to orient the reader. It is compiled and edited by three...

Rick Stein's Seafood — $44.96
Over the years, through his television programmes and books, Rick Stein has done much to inform us about fish and to encourage us to cook it for ourselves, however, many of us still feel nervous about cooking it at home. Rick Stein's Seafood, now available in paperback, brings together his knowledge and expertise, and includes 200 of his tried-and-tested recipes. It is divided into three separate sections: Techniques Recipes and, finally, an A to Z of Fish. The techniques section covers all the main...

Peace — $17.06
The premise of this beautiful and inspirational little book is that peace is simple - universally held as a common desire of all people regardless of nationality, ethnicity or religious beliefs. The quotes represent widely divergent political, cultural and historical perspectives. Themes include visions of peace, inner peace, proactive peace, peace and justice, disturbing the peace and peaceful solutions.

Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey — $44.96
In Seafood Odyssey, Rick Stein travels to seven of the world's main centers of seafood excellence, picking up recipe ideas and sampling new ingredients. He visits east-coast America to explore the flavors of Charleston Seafood Gumbo, while in Australia he finds innovative cooks producing masterpieces like Moreton Bay Bug and Fennel Risotto with Lemon Oil. India provides fragrant spicy treats like Rui's Turmeric Fish with Masala Dhal, and the street cooking of Thailand and the Far East offers Chargrilled...

Web of Shadows — $7.16
The Toa Hordika must fight to resist the effects of the Visorak poison that's slowly destroying and mutating them. But they cannot ignore external enemies--who inlcude one of their own number--who seek to destroy them and rule Metru Nui forever. Based on the 3rd Bionicle movie this is the ultimate showdown between the Toa Hordika and the Visorak hordes.

Butterfly Butterfly — $20.66
Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling things. But when will the radiant butterfly appear again? Petr Horacek uses his trademark saturated hues and simple shapes to create an enticing view of the world of colors -- and a peekaboo look at the slow-paced life abuzz in the backyard garden.

Cooking Kids! — $39.56
I wrote this book for my sons, Taylor and Max, in order to capture fun, easy recipes of the foods they love! This book contains yummy and creative recipes for the entire family to enjoy. Recipes range from no cooking to parent involvement. Kids can also create and write their own recipes in the cookbook. Cooking is an interactive activity that provides quality time with your children. I hope that my readers will benefit from this book the way I did from my first cookbook!

The Dark Tower — $22.49
The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland's band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth, Terrified of what may happen, Jake, Father Callahan and Oy follow. Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower, Roland's every step is shadowed...

Samurai — $31.49
The world of the samurai, the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan, has long been associated solely with military history and has remained a mystery to the general reader. In this paperback edition, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were. This book explores the samurai within the context of an all-encompassing warrior culture that was expressed through art and poetry as much as through...

The Low Fat Cookbook — $24.26
With The Low Fat Cookbook you can reduce your fat intake without sacrificing taste. The Low Fat Cookbook is a stylish presentation of over 200 recipes, including appetizers breakfasts, soups, salads, sauces, main courses, side dishes, vegetables and desserts that can be used as part of any low fat regime.

The Inquisition — $22.46
After the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of south-west France in 1208, a Spanish monk - later canonized as St Dominic - took up the cudgels by establishing a kind of secret police to ferret out heresy - thus began the infamous Inquisition. Baigent and Leigh tell the whole extraordinary story, taking it on into the nineteenth century and showing how after the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility in 1870, the Vatican attempted to establish new authorities that were an intellectual equivalent of...

Good to Great and the Social Sectors — $19.76
'We must reject the idea - well-intentioned, but dead wrong - that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become more like a business.' So begins this astonishingly blunt and timely manifesto by leading business thinker Jim Collins. Rejecting the belief, common among politicians, that all would be well in society if only the public sector operated more like the private sector, he sets out a radically new approach to creating successful hospitals, police forces, universities, charities...

Nicholas and Alexandra — $24.30
The story of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra has fired the world's imagination ever since their violent deaths during the Russian Revolution. In this biography, first published in 1967, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Massie sets out to show how the personal tragedy of the young heir's haemophilia, and the decisive influence it brought Rasputin, became fatally linked with the collapse of Imperial Russia. The book presents an account of one of history's most dramatic episodes, and a portrait...

Your Allergy-free Diet Plan for Babies and Children — $17.96
Childhood food allergies regularly cause distress to children and their parents. At one extreme, there are the severe and potentially dangerous nut-related allergies or even hyperactivity. At the other, the mild discomfort of a sensitive stomach. Some children grow out of the problem others need to discover a way of eating that they will follow for the rest of their lives. In either case, parents need sound, practical advice on how to tackle the problem, with a varied bank of recipes for all occasions...

A Year of Wine — $27.00
In A Year of Wine, award-winning educator Tyler Dr. Vino Colman, whose wine blog was hailed by Food & Wine magazine as one of the seven best, views winter, spring, summer, and fall through the glass of his favorite impact-resistant stemware, pairing each month with its perfect ports, Pinots, and bubblies -- and offering good value recommendations for them all. Throughout, Colman reminds readers to try to pair their pours with context, which is wildly underrated when it comes to enjoying your favorite...

The Fall — $45.00
Having known Fall leader Mark E. Smith since 1977, Manchester-based music writer Mick Middles is ideally placed to pen this authorised biography of this most inscrutable of bands. Written with the full co-operation of Smith, the text details some 26 years on the fringe of the Manchester punk scene, three dozen albums, endless touring, two successfully staged plays and numerous spoken-word events.

Aging, Fight it with the Blood Type Diet — $31.50
From the author of the 2 million-copy-selling Eat Right 4 (for) Your Type series, which has helped millions of people lose weight and stay healthy using the Blood Type Diet(r), come two new books to help fight the effects of aging and manage the symptoms of menopause. Having written books specifically geared toward fighting cancer, diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, allergies, and fatigue, Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo adds two new volumes to the Eat Right 4 (for) Your Type Health Library. This...

Easy Gluten-Free Cooking — $17.96
Fed up of eating bland and boring food because of a wheat intolerance? Then this is the perfect book for you. The extensive collection of recipes featured here provide hundreds of exciting and, most importantly, easy ideas for creating tasty gluten-free alternatives. Bette Hagman, the world's leading creator of delicious gluten-free food, has spent more than twenty years developing recipes using special flours for pizza, pasta, breads, pies, cakes and biscuits. With these recipes she has brought...

Where There's Smoke There's Flavor — $35.96
This comprehensive guide to smoke cooking introduces a whole new world of mouth-watering barbecued food, including traditional and imaginative approaches to preparing all kinds of meat, from beef (Garlicked Skirt Steak, Smokeburgers, Rolled Round Steak with Mushrooms and Pine Nuts, Jerky) to pork (Chili Chops, Foil Wrapped Pork Butt, Pork Pecan Roll with Maple Sauce, Hurry-Q Honey Ham) to lamb, venison and buffalo (Smoked Rack of Lamb with Dill Sauce, Venison Steak with Juniper Berries, Buffalo Roast...

Where There's Smoke, There's Flavor — $35.96
This comprehensive guide to smoke cooking gets down to basics with a dozen lip-smacking recipes for barbecued ribs, from the classic Shake'n'Smoke Ribs to Hoisin Ribs and Baby Back Ribs with Citrus. Here, too, are traditional as well as imaginative approaches to barbecuing all kinds of meats and vegetables. Recipes include Garlicked Skirt Steak, Pork Pecan Roll with Maple Sauce, Smoked Rack of Lamb with Dill Sauce, Venison Steak with Juniper Berries, Turkey Thighs with Fresh Mozzarella, Smoked Gravlax...

The British Museum Pocket Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses — $17.96
A handy reference guide to the rich pantheon of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. This pocket dictionary highlights thirty-five major gods and goddesses and shows how they function in family groupings. Readers can find deities like Atum and Ptah who feature in myths explaining the creation of the universe. They can journey across the sky with the great sun-god Ra-Horakhty and his cohorts and enter the underworld of Osiris. Powerful goddesses such as Isis, Hathor and the ferocious lioness-headed...

I Spy Fantasy: A Book of Picture Riddles — $22.49

Low Fat Barbecues — $16.45
Expert advice on lighting and cooking over the barbecue, as well as information on preparing healthy fat-free food.

Cooking Spanish — $31.46
The practical and inspirational meet in this new and lavishly produced COOKING series from Murdoch Books. The COOKING series combines hard-working content, the hallmark of an internationally successful Murdoch food series (such as the widely acclaimed Essentials and The Food of series), with contemporary recipes and food styling to fire the imagination of all cooks. With three distinct strands - ingredients, regional cuisines and cooking styles - the COOKING series has the potential to cover a diverse...

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Programming for Dummies — $40.46
This book helps you to create and modify databases and keep them secure. Get up to speed on using T SQL to store and manipulate data. SQL Server 2005 improves an already great database management system. This book shows you how to put it to work in a hurry. You'll find out how to use the SQL Server Management Studio and the SQLCMD utility to write T SQL code, retrieve data from single or multiple SQL Server tables, add data using the INSERT statement, and much more. It includes how to: create queries...

The Indian Mutiny — $24.30
The Indian Mutiny is a real page-turner, an epic story with surprising modern parallels. Fomer army officer-turned-TV scriptwriter, Julian Spilsbury is the ideal author to take us back to the desperate summer of 1857 when thousands of Indian soldiers mutinied. They murdered their officers, hunted down the women and children and burned and slaughtered their way to Delhi. The tiny British garrison at Lucknow held out against all odds the one at Cawnpore surrendered only to be betrayed and massacred...

Desserts and Drinks — $17.96
Collected recipes from ten years of groundbreaking food publishing and support for fair trade. Features easy-to-cook, vegetarian, and very tasty dishes from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Christmas Sweets — $25.16
One of the greatest pleasures of every holiday is the making of special sweets to share with family and friends. In Christmas Sweets, author Georgeanne Brennan shares some of her personal favorites in an irresistible collection of recipes for baked goods, candies, and frozen desserts. This festive volume also includes fun craft and gift ideas for using sweet treats to decorate the home and table that children and adults of all ages will enjoy. Christmas Sweets offers more than 50 recipes, from cookie...

Traditional Irish Cookery — $14.36
This is a practical book for those who love to cook in the Irish style. It is ideal for all markets and offers over 100 recipes. It contains a complete range of dishes from farmhouse breakfast with drisheen to steamed oat and honey pudding.

Gold Dust and Gunsmoke — $29.66
Now in paperback, a rollicking collection of true tales of villainy and violence during the California Gold RushPacked with never-before-told tales of the American frontier, Gold Dust and Gunsmoke sends readers galloping through the tumultuous California territory of the mid-nineteenth century, where men fought for dreams of fortune, disputes were settled with six-shooters, and the lines of justice were in perpetual flux. Armed with meticulous research, John Boessenecker displays a remarkable knack...

The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls — $25.19
Chris Morton and Ceri Thomas have journeyed all over the world meeting people who could tell them about the crystal skulls, including the indigenous peoples, psychics, archaeologists and scientists. This text reveals their acquired knowledge from the travels.

The Truth About Great White Sharks — $9.86
Take a trip to the ocean's depth to learn the truth about these infamous creatures. From the most current information on their swimming habits and ancient ancestors to details about their conveyor belt of teeth, armored skin and super senses, kids will be fascinated by these amazing creatures. Special sidebars offer extra information on what it's like to dive in a shark cage, how to measure a great white, and its different nicknames around the world. Over 50 full-color photographs including a gigantic...

Kingsford Complete Grilling Cookbook — $26.96
The definitive grilling guide from America's original charcoal brand. Firing up the grill is a rite of summer and an American tradition. Approximately 85 percent of American households grill at least once a month between May and September, and many grill year-round. Perfect to spark the interest of beginners or to get seasoned pros really fired up, this definitive cookbook features a collection of recipes and grilling tips that celebrate and enhance the distinct experience of charcoal cooking, real...

Herman Miller — $99.00
Interior installations from the early days, the designs of George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames, the textile designs of Alexander Girard, and new generations of designers are shown in over 200 color and b/w photos from the Herman Miller Archives. This visual record captures a fascinating portion of the evolution of modern interior design.

Marine Biology — $125.06
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The Competitive Advantage of Nations — $67.50
Based on research in ten leading trading nations, The Competitive Advantage of Nations offers the first theory of competitiveness based on the causes of the productivity with which companies compete. Porter shows how traditional comparative advantages such as natural resources and pools of labor have been superseded as sources of prosperity, and how broad macroeconomic accounts of competitiveness are insufficient. The book introduces Porter's diamond, a whole new way to understand the competitive...

Super Energy Detox — $14.45
This guide to detoxing reveals how to acquire the sustained, natural energy needed to get through the demands of work, sport or some weekend DIY wihout feeling exhausted on Monday morning. It takes the reader though detox programmes that are tailored to give you the energy boost you're looking for.

The Turner Book — $44.96
J.M.W. Turner was a fascinating and enigmatic figure. Both astonishingly prolific and extraordinarily innovative, he is widely seen as the greatest British landscape painter of them all, anticipating and surpassing the Impressionists in his dramatic interpretations of the effects of light and colour. The Turner Book goes beyond the usual interpretations of the artist, revealing the extraordinary self-belief and ambition that allowed him to continue steadfastly with his experimentation in the face...

The Orvis Guide to Personal Fishing Craft — $29.66
With stories of fishing from a variety of craft, The Orvis[registered] Guide To Personal Fishing Craft will keep anglers of all kinds afloat for years to come. Reaching good fishing waters can be half the battle, and in many cases, it's impossible without the right craft, be it float tube, pontoon boat, canoe, or kayak. And getting into the waters in the wrong boat can easily ruin a day of fishing. Here's a guide to choosing the perfect boat, tailored to the water anglers fish. There's advice on...

Annabel Karmel's Small Helpings — $25.16
Originally published in 1994, this cookbook to help busy parents prepare healthy meals gives guidance on feeding babies and children with recipes for all occasions and meals for the whole family. This new edition contains an extended chapter on tea parties, a step-by-step guide to introducing solids and over 100 recipes suitable for freezing.

Marketing and Buying Fine Art Online — $48.56
This comprehensive resource walks artists, galleries, and resellers through the winning strategies, marketing tools and efficient tactics the most popular art and business web sites employ to attract viewers, promote sales, and establish long-term, credible presence. This valuable volume details a diverse range of emerging sales trends and opportunities on the Internet for traditional, original, and reproduction artwork. This first comprehensive guide to show the abundant opportunities available...

Marc Chagall — $166.50
This is the first book to focus on Chagall's Jewish roots. Chagall is one of the most popular artists of the 20th Century, with work in every major museum in the world. The book includes 200 illustrations, many from the little-known Russian theatre works, that have rarely been published before. The Russian-born French painter Marc Chagall is recognized as one of the most significant painters and graphic artists of the 20th century. This new book, Marc Chagall and the Lost Jewish World, is the first...

Business Contracts — $54.00
Learn how to do your own business contracts and minimize costs while maximizing your business. Laura Plimpton empowers you to take control of contracts, minimize legal risks, and lock in profits without paying thousands in legal fees. In addition to instruction on how to draft contracts and samples, she provides a foolproof system for reviewing outside contracts to ensure maximum benefit.

Artisanal Cooking — $47.66
Terrance Brennan's passion for simple yet flavorful cuisine has fueled the success of his two acclaimed New York City restaurants, Picholine and Artisanal. In this long-awaited cookbook, Brennan shares his approach to what he calls 'artisanal cooking', reflecting a devotion to detail and reverence for the freshest ingredients, simple presentations, and an inspired blend of tradition and creativity, all of which leads to memorable meals at home. Artisanal Cooking features 150 tantalizing recipes ranging...

Landscaping for Dummies — $25.16
A beautiful landscape reflects well on your house, making it a welcome part of a neighborhood or native terrain. And it dramatically increases your home's value. Landscaping also makes your house and yard more useful and better able to complement your family's lifestyle. Trees shade your home to reduce energy use. Thorny shrubs deter prowlers. Lawns reduce dust from bare ground and give children the perfect play area. Patios and decks are great for entertaining. And a vegetable garden can yield...

The Capitalist World-economy — $67.50
In The Capitalist World-Economy Immanuel Wallerstein focuses on the two central conflicts of capitalism, bourgeois versus proletarian and core versus periphery, in an attempt to describe both the cyclical rhythms and the secular transformations of capitalism, conceived as a singular world-system. The essays include discussions of the relationship of class and ethnonational consciousness, clarification of the meaning of transition from feudalism to capitalism, the utility of the concept of the semi...

Instant Systems — $26.96
Is a guide to systems and how to introduce them into your business. It will transform your business, freeing you up so you can devote time to other things like being with your family, starting another business or really looking for investment bargains in the real estate market.

The New Art of Japanese Cooking — $71.06
Japanese cookery guru The Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto, combines European and Western cooking techniques and ingredients with Japanese roots creating mouth-watering results. Chef Morimoto's cooking has distinctive Japanese roots, yet it's actually, global cooking for the 21st century. His unique cuisine is characterized by beautiful Japanese colour and aromas, while the preparation infuses multicultural influences such as Chinese spices and Italian ingredients, presented in a refined French style...

The History of Japan — $122.36
A narrative history of Japan covering prehistoric times through to 1997. This history, provides a chronological narrative examining the political, cultural, philosophical and religious continuities in Japan's long, rich history in an exploration of why the Japanese are who they are today.

Book of Lies — $13.46
The Book of Liesis an essential guidebook to the world of mendacity. This fascinating trove of falsehoods covers areas such as how to get away with a lie, presidential lies, sex lies, lies to children, how to spot a lie and how to tell a lie. If a falsehood has been said, then it is in this book. Located among the manifold lies told in this book, there are some untenable truths. Can you tell the difference?

River Cafe Cookbook — $49.50
Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray have an unswervingly clear vision of how food should be cooked: they take immense care over the ingredients and cook them as simply as possible. But one vitally important element in the art of preparing good food is one which we have increasingly lost sight of: seasonality. If you cook food in its right season it will inevitably taste better. And that's what River Cafe Cookbook Green is all about. Divided into months, the twelve chapters look at which vegetables, herbs,...

The Boys Life of Abraham Lincoln — $53.96
Abraham Lincoln's forefathers were pioneers - men who left their homes to open up the wilderness and make the way plain for others to follow them. For one hundred and seventy years, ever since the first American Lincoln came from England to Massachusetts in 1638, they had been moving slowly westward as new settlements were made in the forest. They faced solitude, privation, and all the dangers and hardships that beset men who take up their homes where only beasts and wild men have had homes before...

Baby and Toddler Food — $26.96
Comprises 8 sections: Starting out Baby food Toddler food Simple snacks Something sweet Birthdays and other occasions Food allergy and intolerance and Basics. The recipes have been thoroughly tested to ensure that they work and cater specifically to each of the feeding developmental stages.

Cell and Molecular Biology — $26.99
A revision book in the One Stop Doc revision series which covers the key facts for the cell and molecular biology module in the form of short answer questions, (clinical cases) multiple choice questions and extended matching questions. Illustrated with simple, easily reproduced line diagrams, this book will provide all the necessary information for exam success.

Dinner in Minutes — $21.56
A James Beard Award-winning collection of elegant, healthful meals that can be ready in 45 minutes or less, with complete shopping lists for each. Now with a new jacket! There is plenty of inspiration to rescue weekday fare from the doldrums in this eclectic collection of more than 250 recipes and 80 dinner menus, each one featuring an entree and one or two simple side dishes. Though recipes like Hot and Spicy Stir-Fried Shrimp and Pickled Carrot Salad and ethnic specialties like Chinese Garlic Steak...

Betty Crocker's Quick and Easy Cookbook — $25.16
The ultimate dinner solutions cookbook is back in a new lay-flat, paperback comb-bound edition. Ready to get to work in the kitchen, this is the book that answers the question, What's for dinner tonight? To get dinner done fast and still have a meal the whole family will enjoy, here are more than 300 delicious recipes for everything from appetizers to main dishes to desserts all ready in thirty minutes or less. Readers will love innovative dinner solution ideas like Pantry Recipes and 1-Step Recipes...

Crystal Reports XI — $90.00
Part I - Designing Reports Chapter 1: Getting the Feel of Crystal Reports XI Chapter 2: Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects Chapter 3: Sorting and Grouping Chapter 4: Creating Geographic Maps Chapter 5: Using Formulas Chapter 6: Creating Custom Functions Chapter 7: The Repository Chapter 8: Analyzing.

Cooking for Friends — $44.99
TV's most popular chef, Gordon Ramsay, bridges the gap between his famous chef's table (situated in the white heat of his restaurant kitchen) and his table at home with Tana and their young family. His latest cookbook is packed with simple, seasonal, modern British recipes. Gordon lives life in the fast lane, travelling the world to foster his many hugely successful business enterprises and to film his highly acclaimed TV series. But, despite the commitments of a busy work life, he has always believed...

Milady's Standard Comprehensive Training for Estheticians — $180.86
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A History of Modern Indonesia — $43.16
Although Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world, its history is still relatively unfamiliar and understudied. Guided by the life and writings of the country's most famous author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Adrian Vickers takes the reader on a journey across the social and political landscape of twentieth-century Indonesia in this innovative and timely account. He begins by explaining the country's origins under the Dutch in the early part of that century, the subsequent anti-colonial...

The Color Book of Beaded Jewelry — $28.76
This is a simply stunning collection of original and stylish jewellery made using the vast array of colourful beads available today.The Color Book of Beaded Jewelry features 40 projects and fashionable designs - from sparkling bracelets to elegant necklaces and from glittering earrings to beautiful brooches.Each project is accompanied by simple, step-by-step directions and full-colour photographs to inspire and instruct both novice and experienced bead enthusiasts alike.Also included are special...

The False Faces — $40.46
Lanyard's hand shot swiftly out, capturing the automatic on the table. With rapid and sure gestures he extracted and pocketed the clip, drew back the breech, ejecting into his palm the one shell in the barrel, and replaced the weapon, all before the Prussian gave over his insane efforts to resurrect the dead.

Beatrix — $21.56
Beatrix Potter's childhood was characterized by a distinctly Victorian mixture of privilege and neglect. Her parents were distant and distracted, so she was left largely to her own devices. She found companionship in nature, in the small animals she met in the family's garden and in the countryside on summer visits. And she found happiness in drawing and writing stories about her animal friends, later the inspiration for "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and her twenty-two other books.

Aryans and British India — $110.66
'Aryan', a word that today evokes images of racial hatred and atrocity, was first used by Europeans to suggest bonds of kinship, as Thomas Trautmann shows in his far-reaching history of British Orientalism and the ethnology of India. When the historical relationship uniting Sanskrit with the languages of Europe was discovered, it seemed clear that Indians and Britons belonged to the same family. Thus the Indo-European or Aryan idea, based on the principle of linguistic kinship, dominated British...

Wonderfoods — $20.66
Most of us are now aware of the influence good nutrition can have on a wide range of health problems and are keen to take responsibility for our own health. In this inspiring book, Natalie Savona shows how we can use food in specific ways to boost energy (and sex life!), improve skin, build up our immune systems or relax after a difficult day. The book describes 70 wonderfoods: ingredients containing the dynamic nutrients that really do us good. The chapters cover the areas and body systems they...

Writing from the Inside Out — $25.16
An engaging and insightful book that helps writers navigate the psychological issues of creative writing Based on Dennis Palumbo's overwhelmingly popular The Writer's Life column, which appears in the journal of the Writer's Guild of America, this well-written collection sheds light on the sometimes arduous process of writing, along with the mental life of the writer. From writer's block and jealousy to finding inspiration and dealing with rejection, Palumbo covers the most common psychological issues...

Body Art — $42.26
The 1990s have seen an explosion of interest in body art, in which the artist's body is integral to the work of art. With the revoking of NEA funding for such artists as Karen Finley, Tim Miller and others, public awareness and media coverage of body-oriented performances have increased. Yet the roots of body art extend to the 1960s and before. In this book, Amelia Jones explores body art projects from the 1960s and 1970s and relates their impact to the work of body artists active today, providing...

Pig in Provence — $35.96
Each chapter is centered around a traditional Provencal food or meal, and the narrative is sprinkled in equal parts with local color, delicious recipes, and historical and cultural perspective on a region that has captivated travellers (and gourmands) for centuries.

The Little Veggie Cookbook — $20.66
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Debating the Highland Clearances — $35.96
Storm clouds always gather over the story of the Highland Clearances. The eviction of the Highlanders from the glens and straths of the Highlands and Islands of the north of Scotland still causes great historical dispute more than a century after the events. The Highland Clearances also generated a great deal of contemporary controversy and documentation. The record comes in diverse forms and with radically different provenances, offering excellent material for exercises in historical analysis and...

The Mysterious Spaniard Or The Ruins Of St Luke's Abbey — $23.36
The Mysterious Spaniard Or The Ruins Of St Luke's Abbey

The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians — $65.66
The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians provides an authoritative and readable source book for students and specialists. It includes entries on over 450 historians, dating from Herodotus to the present. Individuals have not necessarily been chosen on account of the importance of their own research but rather for their interest in, and influence on, the theory and practice of history and the role of the historian. In particular the Dictionary includes details of historians most frequently encountered...

Letters from Sea, 1882-1901 — $49.46
The Colcord children spent most of their youth on their father's ships, and the family's richly detailed journal-letters to family members ashore, their logbooks, photographs, and later correspondence give us a splendid window into the life of a seafaring family as they share their joys and concerns, curiosity and adventures.

Hitler's Japanese Confidant — $42.26
In 1940 the U.S. Army Signal Intelligence Service broke the Japanese diplomatic code, but Oshima Hiroshi, Japan's ambassador to Berlin during World War II, never discovered that the hundreds of messages he transmitted to Tokyo were being fully decoded by the Americans and whisked off to Washington. Carl Boyd resurrects Oshima's decoded communications, which had remained classified for several decades. In them Oshima reveals the thoughts and strategies of Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis...

Korean for Dummies — $34.16
Start speaking Korean the fun and easy way with Korean For Dummies, a no-nonsense guide to Korean culture and the basics of Korean language. Pick up basic phrases and commonly used words so that you can converse with Koreans in both business and personal situations. You'll learn Korean for everyday life and task-specific expressions for Korean on the go. In addition, you'll discover important and fascinating aspects of Korean culture.This handy guide won't burden you with lists of grammar rules just...

Never Eat Alone — $44.96
The son of a small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his remarkable ability to connect with others to pave the way to a scholarship at Yale, a Harvard MBA, and several top executive posts. Not yet out of his thirties, he developed a network of relationships that stretched from Washington's corridors of power to Hollywood's A-list, leading to him being named one of Crain's 40 Under 40 and selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum.

Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey — $35.06
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle (both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon), he was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian. Irving and James Fenimore Cooper were the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving is said to have encouraged authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...

Captain Bucko's Galley Slave Cookbook — $32.36
AHOY, SHIPMATES! Are You Tired Of Reading Landlubber's Cookbooks About Maude's Meatloaf, Green Bean Casseroles, & Jell-O Molds? Do You Know The Stories Behind Chowder, Salad, Real Mai Tais, Jambalaya, Hush Puppies, Key Lime Pie, & Mojitos? Would You Like To Serve Some Authentic Dishes From Worldwide Ports-Of-Call At Your Next Boarding Party? Captain Bucko's Galley Slave Cookbook should be in the sea bag of every galley slave from Finland to Fiji. It contains signature recipes from Ancient Rome, Greece...

Lloyd George and Churchill — $67.50
The two most significant British political figures of the twentieth-century, Churchill and Lloyd George were political rivals but personal friends. Between them, their ministerial careers spanned seventy years and two world wars. Although they could not have been more different temperamentally, and often disagreed violently about politics, theirs was 'the longest political friendship in the life of Great Britain' and Churchill was the only person outside his family to call Lloyd George 'David'. Richard...

German Seaman 1939-45 — $29.69
When re-armament came after World War I, the German Navy was forced to build anew, so the Reichsmarine and its successor, the Kriegsmarine, found itself in possession of some of the most modern, powerful and technically advanced vessels in the world. Germany was very selective in picking her sailors and the quality of manpower skill levels was thus very high. This volume charts the recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences of a typical World War II German sailor, focusing on...

Peter Pan: WITH Peter Pan in Scarlet — $44.96
Peter Pan is one of the best-loved stories ever written for children. For more than one hundred years this unforgettable tale has enchanted readers of all ages. Now it is complemented by its official sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet, which became an instant classic on its publication. This boxed set contains matching editions of these two timeless books, and is a gift for any reader to treasure.

Slavery in America — $55.80
The first Reader and Guide to the subject of slavery in America. It combines both an introduction to the field and a selection of core primary and secondary readings, covering the period from the early seventeenth century to the American Civil War. Divided into 12 sections, it maps on to the semester system, whereby each section can form the core of a particular week's teaching. The opening and closing sections follow a chronological structure, while the main body of the volume takes a thematic approach...

African Wisdom — $9.86
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Al Dente — $35.96
William Black is serious about Italian food, and in this title he eats whatever gets in his way - expounding the joys of everything from maggot-infested cheese to pasta with donkey sauce. William travels the length and breadth of Italy in his quest for the most delicious and authentic cooking and the very finest ingredients - eating agnolotti in Turin, chasing after rabbits in Ischia and viewing the mattanza, the annual tuna catch, off Siciliy far to the south. One minute he's scoffing eel brodetto...

Step into Mesopotamia — $15.26
This book includes 15 step-by-step projects, which enable children to recreate the past and learn through experience while having fun. The fascinating fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links between the way the people in the region of Syria and Iraq lived long ago and their life in the present day. The illustrations include cross-sections, historical maps, building constructions and a pictorial time-line. It is packed with over 250 colour photographs and 50 artworks, which add a high...

Death, Sex and Money — $31.46
What was it like being at the new desk on the evening of September 11? On the day of the Port Arthur massacre and the weekend when Princess Diana was killed in Paris? Few readers, even the dedicated ones, have any real understanding of how a newspaper functions, and its daily needs and appetites. Who is who and who prints what are all covered.

Statistics — $65.66
Representing a practical user-oriented approach to teaching statistics, this book uses the latest Australian data and offers non- maths students a clear and comprehensive guide to the subject.

101 Cakes and Muffins — $8.96
This user-friendly approach to cooking will help you produce delicious, exciting food with a minimum of effort. The recipes are designed for people who have busy lives - offering shortcuts, alternative ingredients and helpful hints to save you both time and frustration. The series has had exceptional success internationally, with the cookbooks selling over a million copies worldwide.

The Unfree French — $24.26
In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homes. Richard Vinen's new book describes the consequences of that defeat. It does so not by looking at political leaders in Vichy or Paris or London but rather at those who were caught up in daily horrors of war. It describes the fate of a French prisoner...

Betty Crocker Simply Dessert — $20.66
If you have a sweet tooth, then this book is for you. It's filled with 100 of the tastiest, most satisfying desserts ever-tantalizing treats that you can prepare with ease and are guaranteed to please. Whether you love to bake for your family, enjoy serving delectable desserts to friends or just crave something sweet for tonight, you'll find lots of terrific choices. So prepare to indulge. With recipes this delicious, everyone will be coming back for seconds - and thirds! Open the book for: 100 easy...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beading Projects — $31.46
String along with 30 fun projects Featuring step-by-step instructions and 200+ beautiful full-color photographs, here are complete projects for beginning to intermediate beaders to make for yourselves or give as gifts. Ideas include jewelry, wardrobe accessories, and decorative touches for the home, as well as wonderful beaded treasures for holidays and weddings. Each project is keyed by skill level and supplies needed, and includes several variations.

Microsoft Project 2003 for Dummies — $34.16
Check out case histories to see how Project works Explore Project Server and use Sharepoint to manage projects in multiple locations Did you know youve been managing projects ever since you tackled your first coloring book? Now both the projects and the problems are bigger, but if you manage to grab this book, youll discover easy ways to collect and track data, share resources, prepare budgets, develop reports, and make your projects successful with Project. Discover how to: Build Project plans Set...

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Insisting on the Impossible — $32.36
If a single life exemplifies the inner drive that fires a great inventor, it is the life of Edwin Land. The major innovations that he was able to achieve in photography, optics, industry, and science policy carry priceless lessons for readers today. Insisting on the Impossible is the first full-scale biography of this Magellan of modern technology. Victor McElheny reveals the startling scope and dating spirit of Lands scientific and entrepreneurial genius. Second only to Edison in the number of...

Alpha Bugs Pop Up — $15.26
The boogie-woogie Bubble Bugs, fancy flower bugs, and even the yin-yang Yo-Yo Bug introduce little ones to the alphabet in this delightful mini edition filled with all the pop-ups, pull-outs, and touch-and-feel elements from the original edition. Full color.

The New Encyclopedia of Snakes — $62.99
This comprehensive, highly illustrated guide covers the most popular aspects of snake biology. Throughout, colour photographs show the fascinating variety of snake colouration as well as illustrating their amazing capacity for camouflage. The chapters investigate main themes, using text, photography and useful diagrams. There is detailed coverage of snake classification, evolution, natural diversity, size, shape and colouration, physiology, ecology, feeding, defensive behaviour, breeding, mythology...