Tom Lacalamita Pressure cookers have changed a lot since your grandmother's day. They were once noisy, risky, and ineffective, but today's new machines are safe and sleek, and make cooking...

edited by Helen ByattIn this examination of the whole of Selden's works and thought, Reid Barbour brings a new perspective to Selden studies by stressing Selden's strong commitment to a...

Peter Hoeg Madelene's behavioral scientist husband brings home a three-hundred-pound ape named Erasmus, and she comes out of her drunken lethargy to become the ape's champion, determined to save him...

Stephen Sturgess The word "yoga" means integration and wholeness. Ashtanga Yoga refers to the eight "limbs" of yoga, such as posture, breathing, and specific disciplines, outlined more than 1,500 years...

Arthur Herzberg A classic since its initial publication in 1959, The Zionist Idea is an anthology of writings by the leading thinkers of the Zionist movement, including Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-Am, Martin...

Jean Craighead George It's people versus owls in this laugh-out-loud story about one family's love for a special little owl, from bestselling nature writer and Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead...

MT Anderson In a tale of adventure and suspense, Chris, just wanting to be a normal kid, discovers that he is turning into a vampire and struggles to find a...

Gene I Rochlin Voice mail. E-mail. Bar codes. Desktops. Laptops. Networks. The Web. In this exciting book, Gene Rochlin takes a closer look at how these familiar and pervasive productions...

James Follett Forced to confront the possibility of a contamination of the brilliant Kronos superchip technology, Beverley Laine begins to suspect a plot to ruin her company, Nano Systems. With...

Dora Liscia Bemporad Jewish culture has flourished in Tuscany since the beginning of the middle Ages. It peaked during the Renaissance and remains to this day an essential ingredient in...

Flora Fraser "There are two types of British queens," says Columbia University historian David Cannadine."Those who hold the position strictly as wife of the king, and those (few) who have...

Alan Shapiro The New York Times Book Review praised Alan Shapiro's The Last Happy Occasion as a "touching and intelligent, emotionally satisfying and elegant testimony to the power of poetry...