From its earliest days, heavy metal has been defined by its screamingly loud, distorted guitars, so it’s no wonder that the genre is rife with fabulous players. This large format, well-illustra
Hidden on the Internet, scattered among billions of Web pages, are the clues to an incredible secret. For those who know the secret, the result is untold wealth. Each month, a small group of people -
Was there once a civilization more advanced than ours, more technologically sophisticated, and more spiritually aware than our own? For anyone intrigued by these questions, this is the first definitiv
Viewing the rise of China from Japan's perspective, the author elucidates Japanese policy responses and their implications for regional institution building. It fills a gap in knowledge about the deve
Joel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in the history of US chess. At thirteen years of age he broke Bobby Fischer’s record as the youngest ever national master, and this was followed by cou
Wheeler is a high-flying comprehensive kid destined for university, while football-mad Fitz is struggling to cope with his dysfunctional father and his schoolwork. They live down the road from Walber
Poetry. "There is in these poems a discomfited lyricism, a longing for the borders between body and body, father and son, wilderness and flesh, dead and not yet, to be permeable, a longing for an idio
Focusing on actual publications by Whitman rather than those about him, Joel Myerson’s painstakingly compiled supplement to his 1993 Walt Whitman: A Descriptive Bibliography (Oak Knoll, ISBN 0-82293-7
Corporations have found a new resource to be mined for profit: our children. In this shocking and indelible behind-the-scenes journey, Joel Bakan, acclaimed author and award-winning maker of the renow
A colorful pictorial look at the top 1,000 hits of the past 50 years! Each and every hit of the rock era is shown in this beautiful book, in full color with complete Billboard chart data. Each entry
If only people could be more like books. In that they would give the information we want to know without the information that will make us feel bad. There are so many perfect places to start that ther
In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creat
Based on the #1 New York Times Bestseller Every Day a Friday, the DAILY READINGS FROM EVERY DAY A FRIDAY is designed to help readers see every day of the week as a gift from God, and to live each d