 | The Second World War
Release Date: June 5, 2012Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the Second World War. In this searing narrative that takes us from Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 to V-J day on August 14th, 1945 and the war's aftermath, Beevor describes the conflict and its global reach--one that i...
 |  | Sleeping Beauty Trilogy Box Set
Release Date: August 22, 2012| Series: Sleeping Beauty Trilogy In 1983, Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure, beganthe first installment of the trilogy that is now considered a forerunner of eroticliterature. This trilogy, containing the books The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty’s Punishment,and Beauty’s Release is a testament to Anne Rice’s irresistible talent. Now in a repackagededition, Rice’s charged eroticism and magical style is back, connecting old andnew readers alike. ...
|  | Gabriel's Rapture
Release Date: September 4, 2012| Series: Gabriel National bestselling author Sylvain Reynard continues the story of Gabriel and Julia, two lovers bound together by their darkest desires. But those very desires may destroy them . . .Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell. Sequestered on a romantic holiday in Italy, he tutors her in the sensual delights of the body and the raptures of sex. But when they return, their happiness is threatened by conspiring students, academic politics, and a jealous ex-lover. When Ga...
|  | Essentials of Sociology (Third Edition)
Publication Date: September 15, 2010| ISBN-10: 0393932370 | ISBN-13: 978-0393932379| Edition: Third Edition The essential textbook for teaching students how issues in our global society connect to their own lives.Essentials of Sociology is organized around two themes: globalization and everyday life and the connections between micro- and macrosociology. The authors have updated the Third Edition with new “Do It Yourself” features that show students how these specific themes and sociology more generally relate to their lives. In addition, the new design—including new ...
|  | In the Shadow of the Banyan: A Novel
Release Date: August 7, 2012You are about to read an extraordinary story. It will take you to the very depths of despair and show you unspeakable horrors. It will reveal a gorgeously rich culture struggling to survive through a furtive bow, a hidden ankle bracelet, fragments of remembered poetry. It will ensure that the world never forgets the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, when an estimated two million people lost their lives. It will give you hope, and it will confirm the power of storytelling to lift us up and help us not only survive but...
|  | College Algebra (9th Edition)
Publication Date: January 4, 2011| ISBN-10: 0321716817 | ISBN-13: 978-0321716811| Edition: 9Mike Sullivan’s time-tested approach focuses students on the fundamental skills they need for the course: preparing for class, practicing with homework, and reviewing the concepts. In the Ninth Edition, College Algebra has evolved to meet today’s course needs, building on these hallmarks by integrating projects and other interactive learning tools for use in the classroom or online. ...
|  | Molecular Cell Biology
Publication Date: May 2, 2012| ISBN-10: 142923413X | ISBN-13: 978-1429234139| Edition: Seventh Edition Molecular Cell Biology presents the key concepts in cell biology and their experimental underpinnings. The authors, all world-class researchers and teachers, incorporate medically relevant examples where appropriate to help illustrate the connections between cell biology and health and human disease. As always, a hallmark of MCB is the use of experiments to engage students in the history of cell biology and the research that has contributed to the field. ...
|  | Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
Release Date: July 3, 2012Anxiety once paralyzed Daniel Smith over a roast beef sandwich, convincing him that a choice between ketchup and barbeque sauce was as dire as that between life and death. It has caused him to chew his cuticles until they bled, wear sweat pads in his armpits, and confess his sexual problems to his psychotherapist mother. It has dogged his days, threatened his sanity, and ruined his relationships. In Monkey Mind, Smith articulates what it is like to live with anxiety, defanging the disease with humor, traveling through its demonic layers, and evocatively expressing i...
|  | The Explicit Gospel (Re: Lit)
Publication Date: March 20, 2012| Series: Re: Lit Even if you go to church, it doesn’t mean that you are being exposed (or exposing others) to the gospel explicitly. Sure, most people talk about Jesus, and about being good and avoiding bad, but the gospel message simply isn’t there—at least not in its specificity and its fullness. Inspired by the needs of both the overchurched and the unchurched, and bolstered by the common neglect of the explicit gospel within Christianity, popular pastor Matt Chandler writes this punchy treatise to remind us what is of first and utmost im...
|  | Exploring Lifespan Development (2nd Edition)
Publication Date: February 22, 2010| ISBN-10: 0205748597 | ISBN-13: 978-0205748594| Edition: 2This shorter, essentials version of Berk’s best-selling Development Through the Lifespan, 5/e, covers the same topics and contains the same number of chapters, but presents only the essential information with an exceptionally strong emphasis on applications. Exploring Lifespan Development includes all the features Berk’s texts are known for: Engaging writing style, exceptional cross-cultural focus, rich examples, the most up-to-date research, and practical applications th...
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