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The classic bestselling novel of a platoon of tough, young Marines enduring the tropical hell of Vietnam.

In 1910, the steamship Farallon ran aground in Cook Inlet, stranding the crew and passengers on the barren shore. Lloyd brings to life the riveting tale of these hardy seafaring men who survivde hunger and despair under brutal circumstances. A compelling photographic record of the shipwrecked party was made by the ship's mail clerk.

In Katie Estill's beautifully written and riveting first novel, the young American protagonist, Sylvia, grieving over the death of her mother, flees to Greece to begin a new life. In Athens, in a vividly described cityscape, she meets a seductive Greek couple, the painter Ari and his beautiful, though schizophrenic young wife, Althea. Sylvia and Ari eventually become lovers. For Sylvia, the affair brings one revelation after another and draws ...

When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a strong-willed 12-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.

ýKlezemr has become one of the primary languages of the musical avant-garde.O (The New Yorker) ýThe music of my childhood memories came flooding back through the decades as I read. Maybe, as Seth Rogovoy suggests, itís time for our music to awaken once more to an entirely new generation.O (Arlo Guthrie) THE ESSENTIAL KLEZMER is the definitive guide to an ancient music made new again, mesmerizing dance music that I simultaneously reverential, m...

First published in 1972, the annual series has been widely acclaimed as a concise yet far-ranging pictorial history of each year's events.In addition, many volumes have featured a foreword by a distinguished history maker, reporter, or interpreter of historic events. Providing special insight into the cartoonist's art have been the following notables: James J. Kirkpatrick, syndicated columnist Daniel Patrick Moynihan, United States senator Jer...

Another volume in Francis Warner's Oxford Theatre Texts, this play traces the friendships Rembrandt had with the great figures of the day in order to explore the interactions of art and life in the Dutch Republic during a period of political turmoil and religious intolerance. Central to this cultural milieu was the Speelhouse, essentially a highly refined brothel, whose patrons included Rembrandt and his own patrons. Such liberated mores confl...

Filled with exquisite details, bright panoramas, and golden hues that leap off a wealth of fold-out pages, this story lures readers into a magical place and time. The tale follows the four seasons of the year and is packed with visual elements of Chinese culture. Full-color illustrations.

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Gathering together radiant new stories, "Diamond Dust" travels from India to the American Northeast, deftly exploring the tensions between social obligation and personal independence, between old traditions and new.

Neither weighed down by research nor weightless with airy promises, "Ditch That Jerk" is a woman's guide to recognizing abusive men, evaluating whether or not they can change, and knowing when it's time to walk.

In this self-development guide, newly edited by Peter West, Patrick Butler has produced a program which can lead readers all the way to professional healing.

Starting with the history of decoupage in ancient China and Japan, the author moves on to step-by-step instructions as she demonstrates the effects that can be achieved. "A thorough guide to transforming ordinary objects into works of art."--"Country Living." 131 illustrations, 54 in color.

The script to "one of the most tender yet devastating plays of the Drexlerian oeuvre is the musical romance Dear. It takes place in the Eisenhower Fifties, the early years of television. There is an elegiac quality for the tragicomedy punctuated by the sentimental music of the era...The play is about Jessie Clup, a Queens housewife whose philandering husband has deserted her. Her only culpa is her fixation on Perry Como, the ex-barber, crooner...

In 12 dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, encounters a sly, clever number devil who introduces him to the wonders of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, and numbers that expand without end.

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