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Every year millions of sportsmen and women take to America's fields and forests equipped with some type of shotgun. Millions of others participate annually in shotgun sports such as skeet, trap and sporting clays.

If you could tell the world anything, what would it be? The idea for this book stemmed from the author's inspirational thesis titled "Words of Wisdom, ” which comprised of interviews conducted with older adults. By asking them about their purpose in life, success, happiness, and any advice they wanted to share, we gain insight into moving and beautiful responses.Now, the topic is taken to the next level by opening it up to the rest of the worl...

From the bestselling author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad", the No.1 personal finance book of all time, Kiyosaki challenges and teaches the reader what financial education really is.

From the unique perspective of a psychologist's office, develop tools for healthy connections and create personal, professional, and social change.

Der indische Prinz Siddhartha wird zum Erwachten, den die Welt später als Buddha kennen wird. Buddhas Lebensgeschichte als Roman, der auch als Einführung in den Buddhismus, zur Achtsamkeit, Meditation und Stille verstanden werden kann.

Milton Glaser's first children's book--a book about language, play, and the relationship between words and images--is back in print for the first time in 40 years. Language and thought come to life as counterfactuals and possibilities are conjured and proposed. Full color.

Bestselling author Leonie Morgan is back with another wonderful crochet book, showcasing her vibrant color and stitch variations. Featuring both block and stitch patterns, there is plenty here to please both granny-square lovers and row-by-row enthusiasts! Each of the 40 afghan designs comes with a clear written pattern, an easy-to-follow chart, a skill-level indicator, and a full-color photograph. Instructions and yardage are given, too, for ...

A beautifully written novel based on the true-life story of Varian Fry, called "the artists' Schindler, " who rescued thousands of Europe's finest creative minds from certain death in WWII.In 2000, Sophie Cass, an ambitious journalist, may have finally found her big break. Convinced a celebrated painter in the Hamptons is hiding a dark secret, she sets off to unravel the truth about his past. Her research takes her back decades to 1940, as an ...

It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect.Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging ...

Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills, has become a very special prisoner of war camp on Benito Mussolini's personal order. Within are some of the most senior officers of the Allied army, guarded by almost two hundred Italian soldiers and a vicious fascist commando who answers directly to "Il Duce" Mussolini himself. Their unbelievable escape, told by Mark Felton in Castle of the Eagles, is a little...

In The White Mirror, the follow-up to Elsa Hart's critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer inspection reveals that the monk is dead, appar...

The propulsive second novel in a new contemporary trilogy about unforgettable love, scorching desire, and dangerous secrets.When Abigail Rhodes bought that old house she fell in love with in Blink, Texas, she got more than she bargained for. After being told by the local psychic that it is filled with a passionate energy from the previous owners, who died years ago, Abby decides to fix up her beloved house and reluctantly moves in. But ever si...

The most peculiar comic book experience returns in an all-new volume--Beanworld Volume 4: Hoka Hoka Burb'l Burb'l! The Boom'r Band coaxes a new healing power out of Chow, leading to a visit from Dreamishness's relatives--the Windy Songsterinos--who bring their gift of rain. The storm causes great changes to Mr. Spook, Beanish and the Pod'l'pool Cuties. Marder's deceptively simple artwork illustrates a self-contained ecological fantasy realm wi...

FINALIST FOR THE OREGON BOOK AWARDS-KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION "Intimate, vibrant, and richly colored."-Portland Monthly "[An] extraordinary feat of storytelling . . . A spellbinding novel as tough as it is beautiful." - Helen Simonson, author of The Summer Before the War "A beautifully spun tale . . . An astonishing alchemy of history, romance, and fable." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review Maris was born knowing things: his very lar...

During the 1918 influenza epidemic, new girl at school Annie is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and joins them in teasing Elsie. Elsie dies from influenza, but then she returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and punish all the girls who bullied her.

With black and white drawings throughout, this is a memoir of life with a less than perfectly behaved dog, from an award-winning artist.

The first appearance of Alice Goodman's two internationally-renowned and controversial libretti, alongside one of her masterful translations.An NYRB Classics Original Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer played a crucial role in bringing opera back to life as a contemporary art form, and they have been popular-and, in the case of Klinghoffer, highly controversial-ever since they were first staged by the director Peter Sellars in the eig...

In a land far, far away, a small group of animal lovers work to keep magical creatures safe from the grasp of the evil Sir Fitzroy in this third book in the brand-new Secret Rescuers chapter book series!Talia lives in a tropical rainforest that is home to a flock of magical firebirds. One day she meets a baby firebird and they become best friends. But the firebirds are in terrible danger. Can Talia and her friend Lucas protect the firebirds, a...

In the third book of this chapter book series, Talia lives in a tropical rainforest that is home to a flock of magical firebirds. One day she meets a baby firebird and they become best friends. But the firebirds are in terrible danger. Can Talia and her friend Lucas protect the firebirds and save their home from destruction? Illustrations.

The eighth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it "time travel"—these historians "investigate major historical events in contemporary time." And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either, a more accur...