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A metaphorical must for everyone looking to ensure their long-term security, illustrated with humorous drawings. Powerful and practical advice essential to enjoy life more, work less and have more money!

The fiercest battles and proudest warriors throughout Klingon history are said to reflect the honor and glory of the race's first emperor, Kahless the Unforgettable. But history is not always truthful. And for both the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets, the real truth may be too difficult to accept. In the pages of a novel disclaimed by Starfleet, an enemy offers his perspective on events that transpired during the formati...

This book is a reflection of the Ancient Egyptian culture and in many ways brings it to life, so any interest in Egyptology will find this book appealing. It explains the Egyptians passion for love and life.

Kick, who is heralded for his efforts to release suppressed information, delivers a second round of stunning information, forgotten facts, and hidden history.

Praise for Market Neutral Strategies "Elucidates the sources of potential alpha for a breadth of strategies, as well as the origins of prior miscues." --Edgar J. Sullivan, Ph.D., CFA, Managing Director, General Motors Asset Management "A comprehensive, thought-leading treatment of market neutral investing."--Thomas F. Obsitnik, CFA, Investment Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company "This excellent and highly relevant publication provides practical ...

Donald Kuspit is professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Humor and tragedy merge in this story of a family, and a culture, in crisis. At 112, Mickey McGuire is Canada's oldest citizen, but he remembers with perfect clarity the events beginning in Ottawa in 1895. That year, without investigating the cause of his daily fainting spells, school authorities decide that 12-year-old Mickey should stay home. But home is a problematic place, the site of frequent beatings of Mickey and his mother by his viole...

A Just Society represents a complete account of Boylan's original worldview theory of ethics and social philosophy. In the book Boylan sets out the foundation and application of the personal worldview imperative (for ethics) and the shared community worldview imperative (for social philosophy). These form the structure for a rights-based deontological theory. Throughout, the book employs narrative devices and contemporary examples that make a ...

The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Natures Music brings together some of the worlds experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader. The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated w...

Cinzia Padovani takes an in-depth look at Italian public service broadcasting, covering its history, its role in Italian society, its relationship to the political party system, and its influence on cultural and linguistic unification in Italy.

This volume presents some fifty photographs from Jayne Hinds Bidaut's "Animaleries" series. Accompanying the images is an essay by John Wood, who provides a critical appreciation of Bidaut's work. He establishes her connections to nineteenth-century photographers and naturalists, with whose work she shares affinities of both technique and subject matter. Wood describes why Bidaut chose to work in tintype and stereograph for her beautiful portr...

Banished NYPD cop Eddie Dunne's daughter has been kidnapped by the Russian Mob for something he's done. But the cops and the feds give him no help. Now he must find out which of his misdeeds will lead him to his daughter--or to his death.

This book brings together the most recent research on the culture history and archaeology of a region of longstanding anthropological importance, whose complex societies represent the most prominent examples of hunters and gatherers.

Covering a wide range of popular alternative medicine and health issues, User's Guides are written by leading experts and science writers and are designed to answer the consumer's basic questions about disease, conventional and alternative therapies, and individual dietary supplements.

Paper collages illustrate the descriptions of some of the most remarkable places on earth, including the hottest, coldest, windiest, snowiest, highest, and deepest.

Twelve-and-a-half-year-old Ruby Miller loves the magic time when the lights go dim and she's sitting in the dark with her popcorn waiting for the movie to start. For Ruby, movies are better than real life. And the ones she writes--why those are the best of all.

Star is in Switzerland and meets Sam, who claims she and Star went to kindergarten together before Star's family moved away. Star doesn't remember her, but loves hearing Sam's memories of Star's parents. But is Sam after something more?

This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.

A celebrated photojournalist for 40 years, Ellen Graham has photographed some of the world's most talked-about people. Through 160 images culled from her work, Graham offers the reader a unique and intimate look at the rich, the famous, and the scrutinized.

Now for the Contest tells the story of the Civil War at sea in the context of three campaigns: the blockade of the southern coast, the raiding of Union commerce, and the projection of power ashore. The Civil War at sea was profoundly influenced by innovation and asymmetry--both sides embraced innovation, but differences in their resources and their strategic objectives pushed them down different paths. At its peak the Union navy boasted over f...