Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to ...
High-priced security consultant Gavin De Becker advises movie stars and government agencies on "the prediction and management of violence." Here he provides his own experience-derived guide to the telltale signs of serious threat. Arguing that our own intuitive power to sense danger is diminished by the human propensity for denial, De Becker's ...
Preparations are underway in New York for an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful Blue Bloods. But it is an after-party masquerade where true danger lurks, and a young vampire's destiny is changed.
Alain de Botton's first work of nonfiction is a tribute to Marcel Proust, in the guise of a somewhat unusual self-help book. Consisting of Proust's opinions on subjects ranging from vacations to sex, it is, in the end, an illuminating portrait of Proust by de Botton. Listed by Salon as one of the Ten Best Books of 1997.
Visionary theologian and evolutionary theorist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect, and his great spiritual faith to building a philosophy that would reconcile religion with the scientific theory of evolution. In this timeless book, which contains the quintessence of his thought, Teilhard argues that just as ...
Watson-Guptill's all-time best-selling drawing book. A best-seller for 35 years! This is a timeless classic that has taught generations of artists - and will teach generations more. When it was originally published in 1970, "How to Draw What You See" zoomed to the top of Watson-Guptill's best-seller list - and it has remained there ever since. "I ...
Schuyler Van Alen begins to wonder if the legends of vampires are really true. When she turns 15, she starts to crave raw food and is having flashbacks to ancient times. After a classmate is found dead--and bloodless--Schuyler doesn't know what to think. Hyperion Books for Children
"It is fun to figure out the puzzle of how children go about making sense of mathematics and then how to help teachers help kids." John A. Van de Walle, Late of Virginia Commonwealth University This is the philosophy behind Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally. John A. Van de Walle wrote this book to help students ...
The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written.
Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: Is the young woman in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by the Silver Bloods, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side.
Part fable, part fairy tale, part philosophy of life, THE LITTLE PRINCE tells the story of a pilot who crashes his airplane in the Sahara Desert, where he meets the Little Prince, a visitor from another planet. The Little Prince tells the pilot he has been traveling to many distant asteroids to get advice on how to care for his rose, the only ...
This new edition reports on major world events of geographic significance, concentrating on the 21st century. Updated features include a new numbering system, and a website featuring "Virtual Field Trips". Concepts, ideas, and terms, that appear in the text, have been numbered at the beginning of each chapter to provide students and instructors ...
Mixing Christian spirituality, Buddhist parables, Islamic sayings, Hindu breathing exercises, and psychological insight, spiritualist and Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello challenges readers to identify our most submerged, darkest feeling, accept them, not let them rule us, and allow this new awareness of ourselves to change us.
Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this bestselling and critically acclaimed work is at once a family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with ...
Down-and-out Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's ship finally comes in when he's hired to defend a local man accused of the triple murder that has the East Hampton world in an uproar. This #1 "New York Times" bestseller is now available in an oversized Premium Edition.
Dr. Gottman's famed "love lab" can predict with more than 90 percent accuracy whether a married couple will stay together or eventually divorce. This guide puts tools into readers' hands to build back the sense of affection and romance lost through years of negative communication.
From the bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life" comes a dazzling inquiry into our desire to travel and into the ways in which this experience is altered by both anticipation and memory. Illustrations.
A kind and generous woman spends her days making beautiful quilts which she then gives away to the poor. When a rich and greedy king learns about this talented seamstress he orders her to make him a special quilt. However, the quiltmaker won't make him a quilt unless he agrees to share some of his riches with the poor of his kingdom. Will the king ...
Filled with gorgeous photos, many in color, this debut cookbook comes from a major new star--the Cordon Bleu-trained host of "Everyday Italian" on Food Network. Includes 125 simple and delicious Italian recipes.
In the groundbreaking follow-up to his bestselling "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, " renowned relationship expert Gottman reveals a practical program for fixing troubled relationships, explaining "emotional bids" and demonstrating that the health of relationships depends on how they are made and received.
Part fable, part fairy tale, part philosophy of life, THE LITTLE PRINCE tells the story of a pilot who crashes his airplane in the Sahara Desert, where he meets the Little Prince, a visitor from another planet. The Little Prince tells the pilot he has been traveling to many distant asteroids to get advice on how to care for his rose, the only ...
Using case studies and real-life examples of his "six thinking hats", de Bono shows how each of us can become a better thinker through deliberate role-playing.
In her "New York Times" bestseller, "Everyday Italian," Giada De Laurentiis introduced readers to the simple, fresh flavors of her native Italian cuisine. Now, America's favorite Italian cook is back with a new batch of 100 simple, delicious recipes geared toward family meals--Italian style. Photos.
Gottman draws on his studies of more than 120 families to zero in on the parenting techniques that ensure a child's emotional health. He then translates his methods into an easy, five-step "emotional coaching" program designed to help parents enrich the bond between themselves and their children.
Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private ...
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