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Romance, mystery, and intrigue revolve around the Seahorse Cafe, where the beautiful Pearl Trout falls in love with Corporal Bert the Soldiercrab. But Reeftown is in danger, and soon Pearl, Bert, and Pearl's brother Finneus must journey through the ocean depths to find the source of the deadly poison that is destroying the coral reef. Full color.

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In Sartre in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Sartre 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man 's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Sartre 's writings, a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further, and chronologies that place Sartre within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.

Roadside History of Arkansas explores how the Land of Opportunity went from success to tragedy back to hope restored. This book is enhanced by historical photographs and several easy-to-read maps that help visitors and residents understand what happened where and when.

The Rings of Saturn, with its curious archive of photographs, records a walking tour of the eastern coast of England. A few of the things that cross the path and mind of its narrator (who both is and is not Sebald) are lonely eccentrics. Rembrandt's "Anatomy Lesson", the natural history of the herring, Borges, a matchstick model of the Temple of Jerusalem, Sir Thomas Browne's skull, recession-hit seaside towns, Joseph Conrad, the once-thriving...

From the bestselling author or Less Than Zero and American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction is a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England with no plans for the future--or even the present--who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle. Bret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at self-consciously bohemian Camden College and treats their sexual posturi...

This popular guide to cosmic debris introduces the fascinating world of meteorites, astroids, comets, and impact craters. With more than 50 new photographs and updated illustrations, new and expanded appendixes, and some fun cosmic humor, "Rocks from Space, 2nd Edition" journeys into the last frontier for close-up looks at the latest astronomical discoveries.

In a reflexive approach designed to help readers discover new ways of understanding themselves and the mission of the church, Howard D. Friend, Jr. explores the process of renewing the contemporary church and examines the implications for new models and fresh ideas that the church is seeking.

Edited with the assistance of over 200 distinguished contributing editors, including Andre Dubus, Joyce Carol Oates, Rita Dove, and Edward Hoagland, this volume celebrates more than 60 stories, poems, and essays from dozens of magazines and small presses.

Learn how successful professionals run a profitable portrait photography studio.

Uno ve largamente las nubes, y asi descubre infinidad de seres que nacen y se borran para convertirse en otros: una ballena gris, cabezas de gigantes, rebanos de borregos. Ellas nacen, ven todo, son como son y eso les gusta. Luego se borran para volverse otras maneras de existencia: tambien les gusta mucho. No se parecen a nosotros: son nubes. Un acercamiento poetico a una comprension mas profunda del ciclo vital. Una decidida celebracion de l...

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This pictorial overview of Hanover Township covers a nearly 70-year period from the late 1890s to 1965 and traces the development of the Village of Whippany and Cedar Knolls. It introduces us to a time when numerous paper mills employed a large contingent of the community's Irish-Catholic, Polish, and Italian populations, a time when as many as 16 local passenger and freight trains rolled through Hanover on the tracks of Morristown & Erie Rail...

Focusing on four of the smaller coastal communities in central Monmouth CountyaAllenhurst, Deal, Interlaken, and Loch ArbouraAround Deal Lake offers a unique look back at the emergence of these towns in the shadows of the large shore resorts of Long Branch and Asbury Park. Utilizing photographs and ephemera from the 1880s through the present, author Marie A. Sylvester captures the excitement of the young communities and the spirited residents ...

Early African Americans in Sumner County, both slaves and free, left a legacy not only of beautiful brick buildings and sturdy stone fences, but also a social history as rich and varied as the many tribes they represented. This exciting book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the immeasurable contributions, undeniable services, and the devotion of black Americans to the evolution of Sumner Countyas communities. Many of the sien...

Mention Savannah, and most people will think of moss-draped oaks, genteel Southern charm, excellent cooking, and beautiful scenery. Not many would associate Savannah with goggle-clad, helmetless race car drivers roaring past crowds of nattily dressed onlookers from the early 1900s. Yet, from 1908 to 1911, the wonderful landscape, architecture, and atmosphere of Savannah was home to the predecessor of the most famous race in the world, the Ind...

Our popular Charming Petites "TM" have eye-catching 4-color art and a wide array of subjects. Each has a 24K gold-plated or silver-plated charm to keep on the ribbon bookmark or to wear on a bracelet or necklace.A blow-out bestseller. 'Twas The Night Before Christmas for cat lovers.

Once upon a time men and women of sense and sensibility knew by heart dozens of poems - Shakespeare's sonnets, stirring patriotic verse, odes to churchyards and elegies for the departed, the music of Swinburne or Poe or Yeats. Poems are meant to be voiced and A Poem a Day includes 366 poems old and new - one for each day of the year - worth learning by heart. Only two criteria were demanded of each poem for inclusion in this collection - it ha...

Compact enough to slip into a flight case and comprehensive enough to ensure mastery of the daily parlance of pilots, this handy reference clarifies nearly 3, 000 essential acronyms, abbreviations, symbols, technical terms, and slang definitions used in aviation. Completely up to date and categorically alphabetized, this crucial resource covers all.

This book is for people who want to explore their spirituality more deeply. This is intended for everyone, whether Buddhist, Christian, Moslem, Jewish, male, female, black, white, Japanese, German, a mother, a dentist -- whatever! The author illustrates the way we human beings often regard the aliveness of each moment and expresses with exceptional insight the Buddhist perspective on everyday life.