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Uses case studies from America, broadly conceived, to ask trenchant theoretical questions that are of interest to scholars and students within and beyond the subfield of American religious history.Book InformationISBN 9780817361839Author Michael J...

One special cottage brings together two fixer-uppers in this delightfully sweet small-town romance-perfect for readers of Michelle Major, Carolyn Brown, and Debbie Mason. Book InformationISBN 9781538737507Author Heather McGovernFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Despite being 1,500 years old, chess has never been more relevant than it is today. The Chess Revolution explores chess as a cultural phenomenon from its biggest stars and most dramatic moments to the impact of the internet and AIChess, as it turns out,...

December, 1653, England. The Puritan parliament has outlawed the celebration of Christmas and while shops must stay open every day, the theatres have been forced to close their doors. The Hawthorne family have been allowed to return to their ancestral...

The first hundred years of the American Mafia's existence would come to be seen as a golden age. From small-town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas, the mob had carefully expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect...

Triangle is a breathtaking, suspenseful story about a woman determined to stay true to her principles, from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel.As she approaches the milestone birthday of forty, delicate beauty Amanda Delanoe finds joy in...

A landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities Tamara de Lempicka (1894–1980), the “Baroness with a Brush,” is often cast as one of Art Deco’s most celebrated artists, though her work transcends categorization,...

On the outside, Amanda Riverswood has it all: a fun career in interior design, a lakeside cottage in her Michigan hometown, and a close-knit group of friends. But she's thirty-two-years old and-despite her seemingly outgoing persona-has never had a...

The treatment of light and shadow is one of the building blocks of drawing. From techniques such as reserves, and highlights to material selection and the creation of translucent tracing paper, to the use of light as a medium for viewing artworks,...

Founded in 1933 near Asheville, North Carolina, Black Mountain College fostered experimentation and interdisciplinary learning, placing the arts, including poetry, at the heart of its curriculum. As such, the college was home to and served as inspiration...

This book gives detailed information about how soil, water and wastes can be managed to overcome the various global issues via possible nexus thinking. The emphasis is on the environmental resource perspective of global climate change-related issues. It...

Drawing from author Tim Palmer's twenty-seven years of experience working as a cinematographer for award-winning drama series including Killing Eve and Line of Duty, this book is the go-to guide on how to light just about any scene a cinematographer may...

A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.Northanger Abbey tells the...

The 2008 financial crisis prompted the most significant social protests since 1968 in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. These protests generated not only social reform but also collaborative and affective affiliations, often seen through...

The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist. Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding...

With Rick Steves, Copenhagen is yours to discover! This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves Scandinavia includes:- Rick's firsthand, up-to-date advice on Copenhagen and Denmark's best sights, restaurants, hotels, and more, plus tips to beat the crowds,...

This book provides four key insights, beginning with how photographic stillness, depth, and motion emerged en masse, departing from the gradualist narratives familiar in histories of photography and film. Secondly, the book addresses the role of...

Put your nature knowledge to the test and learn more about the botanical world with this unique puzzle book from Kew Gardens. Packed with fun facts and a fascinating range of puzzles, this is a delightful entertainment for all the family. You'll learn to...

This fascinating book presents the experiences and pooled knowledge of two very different conservation scientists; Pei Shengji from Sichuan, China and Alan Hamilton from London, UK. They have been drawn together over many years through working on some of...

Global Popular Music: A Research and Information Guide, offers an essential annotated bibliography of scholarship on popular music around the world in a two-volume set. Featuring a broad range of subjects, people, cultures, and geographic areas, and...

Presents new perspectives on queer visual culture in the Southwest Asia North Africa region from queer artists as well as scholars who work on queer themes. With contributions from both scholars and artists, this volume demonstrates that queer visual...

Tras perderse la fiesta de disfraces de su clase, una niña decide que no necesita una excusa para disfrazarse en esta tierna historia en la que muchos niños se verán reflejados Cuando una niña se pierde el día de disfraces en el colegio, decide que no...

K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion...'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESLondon, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again.Daniel...

Let Secret York guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating York guide book. Let our local expert, Isobel Akerman show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this beautiful city. Featuring...

A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.With psychological insight...

Do you ever feel like a second-class citizen in this world? Do you wonder how God could possibly use you to change lives?  For women in Bible times, these weren't even questions they thought about. Being overlooked, marginalized, having your...

In recent years the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah has figured prominently in the long and ongoing struggle over the meaning and value of America’s public lands. In 1996 President Bill Clinton used the Antiquities Act to...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rarely out of the news and the public’s imagination. Images of red-eyed Terminators illustrate press accounts of incremental advances in medical diagnosis, facial recognition, natural language processing, and robotics...

From the co-authors of the New York Times-bestselling Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow-up, The Genius of Israel, breaking down the defining factors behind Israel's successful trajectory of...

"The Old Testament stories of David come to vibrant life in Brave. . . . Wonderful!"--Angela Hunt, Christy Award-winning author of The Emissaries In the tumultuous world of ancient Israel, Ahinoam--a dagger-wielding Kenite woman--flees her family farm...

With Rick Steves, Norway is yours to discover! This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves Scandinavia includes:- Rick's firsthand, up-to-date advice on Norway's best sights, restaurants, hotels, and more, plus tips to beat the crowds, skip the lines, and...

Despite Hollywood’s recent efforts to appeal to more racially diverse audiences, mainstream movies routinely present a limited view of nonwhites generally, and Black women specifically, in stark contrast to the broadly developed spectrum of white...

Apparently from Virginia, Birt Acres appeared out of nowhere in Britain aged 35, without a trace of his former life. Yet immediately he became a prominent figure in the late Victorian photographic world. He soon teamed up with Robert Paul to make a...

Despite Hollywood’s recent efforts to appeal to more racially diverse audiences, mainstream movies routinely present a limited view of nonwhites generally, and Black women specifically, in stark contrast to the broadly developed spectrum of white...

This bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing the Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty of the Chinese original. Composed of eighty-one...

Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa, find out WHY Rhino has a horn!Once upon a time, Rhino didn't have a horn until his lies got out of control and his horn grew longer ... and longer... and longer!A vibrant animal adventure perfect for...

After her husband’s death, Molly Peacock realized she was not living the received idea of a widow’s mauve existence but instead was experiencing life in all colors. These gorgeous poems—joyful, furious, mournful, bewildered, sexy, devastated, whimsical...

Rush. In their own words, ‘The World’s Biggest Cult Band’, started from humble beginnings: three suburban teenagers. Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and John Rutsey formed a Led Zeppelin-influenced trio, eventually scratching a living playing the bars and clubs...

The director of classic films such as Sylvia Scarlett, The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, Adam’s Rib, A Star Is Born, and My Fair Lady, George Cukor is widely admired but often misunderstood. Reductively stereotyped in his time as a “woman’s director”—a...

The first and only book on Times Square's iconic Midnight Moment series, the world's largest and longest-running digital public art program Presented nightly to millions of viewers each year, Midnight Moment showcases the work of contemporary artists on...