Kate Alcott   Eager to escape life on her family’s farm, Alice Barrow moves to Lowell in 1832 and throws herself into the hard work demanded of “the mill girls.” ...

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman My Bad is filled with funny, genuine stories about life as -- and with -- a teenage boy. Taken from firsthand experience of successfully living through...

Ron Cowan The Teacher's Grammar of English is a comprehensive resource text designed to help ESL/EFL teachers understand and teach American English grammar. The Teacher's Grammar of English is a...

Colin Baker At long last, this book provides a readable introduction to questions of practical value. It is for parents and teachers who are bilinguals themselves and also for monolinguals...

Jay Mathews Chronicles the remarkable life and work of man who, himself and immigrant, coached and inspired underpriviledged Hispanic students thought to be "hopeless" to excel to unprecedented standards in...

Dr Brian Weiss When psychiatrist and past-life therapist Dr. Brian Weiss began treating two new patients, Elizabeth and Pedro, he found that although they were strangers, they described the same...

Author: Anita Diamant Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Own Jewish Wedding "There is no such thing as a generic Jewish wedding," writes Anita Diamant, "no matter what...

Gerald Schroeder In a timely fusion of science and faith, the scientist and popular writer Gerald L. Schroeder explains why cutting-edge scientific theories point to a great plan underlying the...

Yaffa Ganz In thirty-three heartwarming essays, noted author Yaffa Ganz captures the special moments and everyday events that comprise the “cinnamon and myrrh” of our lives - the sweet and...

Rabbi Shai Graucher Seven “guests” – the Ushpizin – visit us every year in our succah. Isn’t it time we understood who these Ushpizin are – and what we can...

Ina May Gaskin What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares...

David Simon From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show.The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days...