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A whimsical illustrated compendium of historical facts, trivia, and folklore about the amazing creatures that are part of a fascinating world right beneath your feet: a guided tour of the intriguing garden species that make every backyard garden a natural wonder. Two-color throughout.

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onstage persona, have inspired many throughout North America and Europe. She has also turned her talents to literature, having published her first novel, "I Can Hear Me Fine", in 1993. Her long-awaited second novel attempts to find the razor's edge between order and chaos in a complicated, male-dominated world. Impressionistic sound-bytes combine with colorful, hyper-aware riffs in which Claudine, the narrator, invites the reader to participat...

The first comprehensive overview of anarchist theory and practice in Canada from 1976 to the present.

A dead man is discovered in his apartment, surrounded by notes, books, and other assorted fragments of his life. A distant acquaintance is called in to clean up the mess, clear out the space, and try to make sense of the suicide, which leads to his own world being turned upside down. As he sifts through the evidence of his friend's life and death, the things he once thought of as certain cannot now be taken for granted, subsumed by the anonymo...

The Living Oceans Society presents a cookbook that not only includes recipes, but information and advice on declining fish stocks and how to purchase and prepare sustainably caught seafood. Color photos and illustrations.

Christopher McPherson is a carpenter by trade and a deft writer who demonstrates a dazzling versatility with these stories, many of which deal with polar constructs: desire and loss, tragedy and comedy, truth and fiction."Maudie" is a tragicomedy in which a zoo trainer grieving over the death of the zoo's hippo must deal with an amorous co-worker and the return of a past lover.In "Richard's Secret", a dead man leaves behind troubling messages ...

Animal-free recipes made simple, as well as the reasons for choosing the vegan life.

Based on interviews with teen suicide survivors, parents, and professionals, a sensitive exploration of teen suicide.

Written by an adoptive parent for both teenagers and adults, this book is a frank discussion of the issues surrounding adoption, with advice to adoptive and birth parents on how to handle teens' desires to explore their past. Cross-cultural and racial adoptions are also discussed.

This unusual, stylish book takes on the pretense of being Death's personal notebook, which has been unearthed and published as is. It is an alphabetized, visually dazzling collection of Death's musings, doodles, and pronouncements, as well as trivia, quotations and statistics on the subject that Death him/herself has collected (in recurring sections called "Death Notices").What does Death have to say about art and artifacts, cannibals and cons...

The controversial story of how Vancouver became North America's third largest center for film and television production.

A new collection of hip-hop-inspired poetry that fuses history and contemporary black politics, includes a CD of a turntable performance.

In this treasury of Gotham's secrets--some dark, some light, and some just plain weird--there are tales of underground sex clubs, a secret tunnel in Grand Central Station, an electrocuted elephant at Coney Island, and little-known bars, cafes, hangouts, and other places to frolic.