787 results for '"Rakestraw, Donald A.'

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, outlining new rules of...

NOSTALGIA HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DEADLY"A crackling, shape-shifting romp with big ideas and a bigger heart . . . A delight." -- C Pam ZhangFrom the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York...

This book provides the reader with a story that has been many years in the making. It is the story of the Runa, a Quichua-speaking Indian population in Ecuador's Amazon region. It offers a window...

In this book, Carolyn A. MacDonald provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of a wide range of x-ray applications, optics, and analysis tools. Theory is applied to practical...

Suicide was regarded as a deplorable act, subject to savage punishments, in Tudor and Stuart England. In Georgian England it was de-criminalized, tolerated, and even sentimentalized. Drawing on a...

From the #1 bestselling creators of Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo comes a touching tale of adventure and friendship that proves even the smallest creatures can have a big impact. A KIRKUS...

A classic story of magic, mystery, and adventure in a fairy-tale world.Princess Irene’s great-great-grandmother has a testing task for Curdie. Curdie will not go alone though; she provides him with a...

Kick-start a Stink collection with a way-cool bind-up of his first two adventures.Get two times the Stink in one book! Featuring:Stink: The Incredible Shrinking KidShrink, shrank, shrunk! Every...

When Judy Moody sets off in pursuit of her own fame and happiness, she's funnier than ever!Judy Moody is in a jealous mood. Jealous of classmate Jessica Finch, that is, who gets her picture on the...

Thomas Jefferson occupies a special niche in the hagiology of American Founding Fathers. His name is invoked for a staggering range of causes; statists and libertarians, nationalists and States'...

A study of plays that upset the status of the world to acheive comedy from the early modern period to the Restoration.

The Rapes of Lucretia: a myth and its transformations

A-roo-ga-roo! Stink and his friends can't wait to learn wilderness survival skills. But first the pack of friends will have to survive scouting . . . and one another! Brushing your teeth with a...

How European settlers learned of the vast North American continent was often through the accounts of men who individually or in groups trekked into the wilderness. Their chief motivation was...