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A guide to healing the emotional scars that result from a break in a close relationship

In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. The official death toll was thirty-four; property

"No biographer could ask for a more colorful or difficult subject than the painter and revolutionary Gustave Courbet. One of the fathers of Realism, a style he created with his huge canvases of his bir"

Maryland and Delaware troops sacrificed themselves to cover Washington's retreat from Long Island in one of the most desperate battles in American history.

"Joseph T. Wilson was not only a historian of the fighting black spirit in the Civil War, but was one of its soldiers. His fellow veterans recruited him to write a complete and accurate record of the g"

"Herman Melville (1819-1891) stopped writing fiction after the publication of The Confidence Man: His Masquerade ] in 1857; as he entered his forties, he turned to poetry as his literary avocation. Hi"

"America's victory came as a surprise to many people. How did untrained American generals, essentially military amateurs at the outbreak of war, and their ragged, half-starved troops manage to defeat B"

A comprehensive survey of German World War II fortifications

A complete handbook for building leadership skills within any type of volunteer organization.

History will remember Roy Wilkins (1901--1981) as one of the great leaders of the twentieth century for his contributions to the advancement of civil rights in America. For nearly half a century--first

More than 50 interactive, innovative play ideas for parents to use with children from 0 to 3 years old that foster early learning, from an education expert

Designer Dana Buchman's chronicle of her daughter's struggle with learning disabilities and of her own journey to become the mother Charlotte needs her to be

Adding to the successful series of Raising titles, a developmental psychologist gives parents tips for keeping children of all ages away from drugs and alcohol

An instructive work that shows how posture has a great effect on our psychological and physical well-being, with a complete program on how to put the body back in natural alignment, increase energy, reduce muscle strain, and prevent repetitive strain injuries.

When should futile medical treatment be stopped? When and how can death be hastened? How can each of us keep control of these decisions?

A vivid narrative of the twenty-five hellish days (June 15-July 9, 1944) when American and Japanese forces fought what was described at the time as the most decisive battle in the Pacific theater, culminating in the largest Japanese suicidal (banzai) attack of World War II

A rite of passage, a defining event, a catalyst of musical and personal epiphanies-a concert is an experience unlike any other

A comprehensive medical reference to a silent and deadly disease.

"Once the king of the blues-derived "stride" school of jazz piano, Fats Waller earned his reputation as the most perfect of all jazz pianists with impeccable time keeping, instrumental mastery, the int"

First time in paperback: The acclaimed biography of Chopin focusing on his 18 years in Paris at the center of a dazzling circle that included Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Delacroix, List, Berlioz, and George Sand.

"Between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the end of World War I in 1918, African Americans experienced their nadir. The Betrayal of the Negro (originally published as The Negro in American Life a"

A fresh look at General Grant's military career in light of his conflicted personality and drinking habits

From a leading child psychiatrist, a comprehensive parents' guide to understanding--and managing--pediatric bipolar disorder

Art Talk is a stimulating collection of interviews conducted by noted art critics of the most influential and innovative artists of the early 1980s. These interviews explore central themes of contemp

A detailed account of the biggest battle in the Civil War up to that point, and the sudden fame of Ulysses S. Grant.

The incredible battle waged against Nazi troops by half a million Allied men in the mountains of Italy after VE Day.

"In their long, continuing struggle for equality, American women have had to rely primarily on their own resources, which have been considerable. Yet many men have helped advance their cause. Perhaps f"

The critically acclaimed first-ever biography of New Orleans rock 'n' roll legend Fats Domino by a writer who obtained exclusive access to the reclusive singer