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In this Curious George classic tale, everyone's favorite monkey gets a new bike and mischief and adventure ensue. George can do all kinds of tricks on his new bicycle--even popping a wheelie! When...

Pictures of 140 common trees, identifying their leaves, fruit, form, range, and uses.

First published in 1845. Struwwelpeter (variously translated as "slovenly" or "shock-headed" Peter) has become widely recognized as one of the most popular and influential...

Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller’s Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank...

Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or...

The second edition of The Crusades has been extensively rewritten to take account of the latest research and new interpretations.

Learn the basics to bridge in this fun, easy-to-understand guide!The Fun Way To Serious Bridge is for anyone who wants to learn and understand the fundamentals of the mind-stimulating and challenging...

“Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times“No one can lay claim to so much influence on the shaping of...

With A Place of Greater Safety Hilary Mantel makes her American debut in a dazzling and magisterial novel about one of the most crucial - and shattering - events in modern history, the French...

A classic, comic easy reader about getting a pet!In this beloved Beginner Book, a young boy hilariously learns the consequences of not following instructions when he feeds too much to his...

English novelist, historian and science writer Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) abandoned teaching and launched his literary career with a series of highly successful science-fiction novels. 'The...

Excursions presents texts of nine essays, including some of Henry D. Thoreau's most engaging and popular works, newly edited and based on the most authoritative versions of each. These essays...

An historical account of the political and intellectual atmosphere of the USA in the early 20th century, which contends that the old order was being challenged and altered long before World War I...

Winner of the Somerset Maugham AwardOne of Granta’s Best Young British NovelistsFrom the acclaimed author of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Gingerbread, and PeacesThere’s something strange about the...

One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, Henri Lefebvre first published Marxist Thought and the City in French in 1972, marking a pivotal point in his evolution as a...

Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose...

Now updated with a fresh new look! With more than 50,000 entries, the Webster’s New World® Hebrew Dictionary is a bilingual dictionary requiring no prior knowledge of Hebrew. Hebrew entry words in...

This is the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of the West Indies to appear in more than fifty years. It covers all 564 bird species known to occur in the region (including migrants and...

This volume offers an abundant and representative selection of the verse of Ben Jonson and the Cavalier poets. Jonson is represented by a wide selection from the Epigrams, including the mock epic "On...

“Who is the real father of modern philosophy? Who put an end to the main thrust of mediæval philosophy? The answer suggested by this book is: the fourteenth-century British Franciscan, William of...