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"It is hard to think of a more astute and sympathetic companion for a journey around the island and into Sri Lanka&rsquo;s episodic bouts of madness. . . . He writes beautifully, all freshness and verve. And he is also very funny. . . .&#160;Mr. Gimlette is as astute as ever, and lyrical." --The Wall Street Journal"Gimlette brings a brisk barrister-like inquisition to proceedings, allied with amiable good humour and a searching interest in the history of peoples and places. . . .&#160;Gimlette has assembled a splendidly eclectic cast of characters to illuminate this complicated nation . . .&#160;Rich in humour, full of insight and humanity,&#160;Elephant Complex&#160;is a very fine tribute to this enigmatic island nation." --The Spectator (UK)"An intrepid journey to the famously reclusive island unearths a paradise amid trauma and obfuscation.&#160;. . .&#160;An exuberant, eye-opening travel quest." --Kirkus"Gorgeous evocations of landscapes, sharp-eyed thumbnails of characters and eccentrics, and an endless font of amusing anecdotes drawn from [Gimlette's] own picaresque adventures and from the follies of royals and imperialists. . . .&#160;Gimlette&rsquo;s blend of dry wit, entertaining reportage, and perceptive insights makes for another tour de force of travel writing and history, lushly green but edged in darkness." --Publishers Weekly

Travels in Sri Lanka

Elephant Complex

A Prize Essay In Reply To Dr. Chalmers On Church Establishments (1839)

The Voluntary System

"The Official Book of the National Cherry Blossom Festival&hellip;share[s] some blossom history &mdash; both the fascinating and the nutty.&rdquo; &ndash;The Washington Post

The Official Book of the National Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossoms

Praise for The Law of Enclosures &#160;&ldquo;An astonishing work of emotional wisdom . . . Peck has galvanized his reputation as one of the most eloquent voices of his generation.&rdquo;&mdash;The&#160;New York Times &ldquo;With his first novel, 1993&rsquo;s Martin and John, Dale Peck drew critical hosannas for his uncannily authoritative grasp of style, which would have done credit to any veteran and was especially impressive given his youth . . . The book put some readers off, though, with its self-consciously complex stories-within-a-story structure, Peck&rsquo;s newest effort, The Law of Enclosures, is if anything more pretentious in its concept, and if possible more virtuosic in its execution.&rdquo; &mdash;Washington Post Book World&ldquo;The prose is so unobtrusively graceful that it may take you a while to notice how beautiful it is . . . Peck is as piercing on old age as on youth, as comfortable writing about women&rsquo;s bodies as about men&rsquo;s.&rdquo;&mdash;The&#160;New Yorker&ldquo;Few writers have Dale Peck&rsquo;s nerve. He writes without secrets, packing his novels with the&#160;intimacies of his life, his family, his sexuality . . . There is an extraordinary sense of the risk and&#160;adventure of writing in every page of this novel.&rdquo;&mdash;The Nation&ldquo;Shatteringly honest, disturbing and provocative . . . A masterful confrontation with truth in the guise of a brilliantly conceived and executed work of fiction.&rdquo;&mdash;San Francisco&#160;Chronicle of Books &#160; &ldquo;Peck&rsquo;s no-holds-barred writing&mdash;which throw in everything, even titling a chapter after the kitchen sink&mdash;is what makes this familiar domestic plot worthwhile. He careens through catalogs of mundane items to reveal meaning . . . Beatrice and Henry may save themselves finally by refusing to turn their lives into a story, but we&rsquo;re richer for the fact that Peck told one anyway.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Globe &#160;&ldquo;Remarkable . . . This curious, hump-backed book, with its mixture of private rage and accomplished world-making, and its absolute reality, is a very rate, original, and cherishable achievement. There is nothing else like it.&rdquo;&mdash;Guardian

The Law of Enclosures

The Lone Star Ranger

&#8220;The Island of Dr. Moreau takes us into an abyss of human nature. This book is a superb piece of storytelling.&#8221;&#8212;V. S. Pritchett

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Handbook for America's Sustainable Future

Green Town USA

"Get ready for a revolutionary way to use colored pencils!"&mdash;Sally Robertson, editor in chief of Colored Pencil Magazine"This is a must have book for all colored pencil artists--not just those interested in portraiture but those looking to really understand and master the art of colored pencils."&mdash;Ivor Harrison, The Art Gear Guide"Colored Pencil Painting Portraits is a wealth of information and instruction, and it is a joy to watch how Alyona brings her rich, beautiful portraits to life."&mdash;Australia Colored Pencil Association&#160;

Master a Revolutionary Method for Rendering Depth and Imitating Life

Colored Pencil Painting Portraits

"Stylish Brooklyn-based sisters Hollister and Porter Hovey sound like they might be characters in a J.D. Salinger novel, and the rooms they admire and create are straight out of those pages too, layered with stories and antiques, personality and flea market finds, family heirlooms, and collections. Together, Hollister and Porter have created a book...that would make a minimalist shudder but inspires a way of living that is truly personal and utterly unique." ~New York Observer&ldquo;Heirloom Modern hits the right tone of mixing the old with the new, honoring and savoring the past while living in the present. This book&hellip;is sure to inspire anyone whose tastes run to the traditional, lived in and well-loved.&rdquo; ~Surroundings.com&#160;&ldquo;The sisters create interior designs that combine pieces of personal history with thrift-store finds and a smattering of modern electronics.&rdquo; ~The Wall Street Journal"Nostalgia, adventure, and history are some of the components this book emphasizes to include more zip and zing into your home." ~The Society Diaries"This book is a must read for those with a penchant for design and an eye for collecting and decorating your home. You will absolutely be smitten by this book!" ~Hamptons Hostess&ldquo;History. Autobiography. Nostalgia. Along with photographer sister Porter, Hovey has created a glorious book that&rsquo;s a love letter to the memorabilia, antiques, thrift-store finds and keepsakes that jostle next to each other and make up a new, surprisingly modern aesthetic.&rdquo; ~R Home&#160;&ldquo;Heirloom Modern hits the right tone of mixing the old with the new, honoring and savoring the past&hellip;&rdquo; ~Surroundings.com

Homes filled with objects bought, bequeathed, beloved, and worth handing down

Heirloom Modern

Subculture, Style and the Fashion Image in London 1980-1990

The Rise of the Stylist

&ldquo;When Faith Catches Fire is both an exploration and a celebration of the &lsquo;salsafication&rsquo; of the church&mdash;God&rsquo;s work among Latinos and Hispanics in the United States and worldwide. This topic is prophetic and indispensable.&rdquo; &mdash;John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Church and author of All the Places to Go&ldquo;The growing Latino presence is widely recognized as a critical theme in the contemporary United States. But as Rodriguez and Crosby show so powerfully, that presence has a powerful and transformative religious dimension. When Faith Catches Fire is a timely and inspiring survey of the vibrant world of Latin faith. An exciting book!&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Philip Jenkins, distinguished professor of history, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University&ldquo;When Faith Catches Fire is the prophetic and unapologetic response to the passionate wave of change that is on the cusp of exploding from the church to the corridors of Washington. Rodriguez and Crosby have unearthed the undeniable sound of the forthcoming Latino era. It&rsquo;s the dawn of a new day, and Latinos are leading the way.&rdquo; &mdash;Sergio De La Mora, founding lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Diego and author of The Heart Revolution&ldquo;In When Faith Catches Fire, Samuel and Robert bring us up close to this incredible growing movement of Latino Christians. Read it, and you will find your own faith enriched and reignited.&rdquo; &mdash;Roma Downey, producer, actress, and president and chief content officer of Lightworkers Media&ldquo;The Hispanic and Latino church is on fire! I recommend the reading of this book if you are looking to serve and serve well in the midst of our twenty-first century multicultural society.&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Samuel Pagan, dean for Hispanic programs, Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies&ldquo;This carefully researched, balanced, and highly readable book provides a superb overview of one of the most important developments in the religion and culture of our times. The section on what a vigorous Argentine pope means for Latin American protestants is a jewel of clarity. The volume will be indispensable for leaders and laity alike in all denominations.&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Harvey Cox, Hollis professor of divinity emeritus, Harvard University, and author of The Market as God&ldquo;Samuel Rodriguez and Robert Crosby provide a much-needed perspective on the global church.&hellip; Readers will be inspired to live out a more passionate and joy-filled faith, focused less on the rules of religion and more on cultivating a soulful relationship with their Creator and those in their community.&rdquo; &mdash;Bobby Gruenewald, founder of YouVersion, the Bible App&ldquo;For many, the Latino Reformation is unknown, unrecognized, and unimportant&mdash;three good reasons why every white and black Christian needs to read When Faith Catches Fire.&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Scot McKnight, Julius R. Mantey professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary&ldquo;When Faith Catches Fire is a faithfully documented work which reflects the growing influence of the Latino people in the United States and the positive effects it has had upon this nation.&rdquo; &mdash;Rev. Alberto M. Delgado, MA, ThD, president of South Florida Hispanic Ministers Association&ldquo;The passionate fire from the heart of this book will serve as a rallying cry to all Latinos and beyond. Now is the time we must unify in the gospel of Jesus Christ and reach this world for Christ.&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church and past president of the Southern Baptist Convention&ldquo;Samuel Rodriguez and Robert Crosby masterfully submerge us into the enthusiasm, passion, and hope of the Latino church.&rdquo; &mdash;Guillermo Aguayo, co-founder of Salvemos a la Familia (&ldquo;Save the Family&rdquo;), Lima, Peru&ldquo;Truly, God is at work today and the Hispanic and Latino church has caught fire. Rodriguez and Crosby have captured this divine work in a remarkable way in When Faith Catches Fire. These younger leaders and scholars have encapsulated the genuine key to living, uniting, and changing the world&hellip;with passion!&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Robert E. Cooley, president emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary&ldquo;When Faith Catches Fire shines an informed light on Latinos among us, a multiethnic population of Christian faith shaping the future of the American church.&rdquo; &mdash;Dr. Mark DeYmaz, pastor of Mosaic Church in central Arkansas and president of Mosaix Global Network&ldquo;In When Faith Catches Fire, the authors educate the reader on the flourishing Latino church in America and give us imagination for what&rsquo;s possible when the church is less segregated, more multicultural, and embraces the beauty of different cultures.&rdquo; &mdash;Gabe Lyons, founder of Q-Ideas and author of Good Faith, unChristian, and The Next Christians

Embracing the Spiritual Passion of the Latino Reformation

When Faith Catches Fire

Debates and Proceedings of the Maryland Reform Convention to Revise the State Constitution À Vol. 1

Reproducible Mini-Passages with Key Questions to Boost Reading Comprehension Skills

100 Task Cards: Figurative Language

&ldquo;If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won&rsquo;t have any money to leave behind. I won&rsquo;t have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. . . . Yes, Jesus, I want to be on your right or your left side, not for any selfish reason. I want to be on your right or your left side, not in terms of some political kingdom or ambition. But I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.&rdquo;&mdash;From &ldquo;The Drum Major Instinct&rdquo;&#160;&ldquo;But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.&rdquo;&mdash;From &ldquo;Loving Your Enemies&rdquo;

Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings

A Gift of Love

Psychologie des Unbewussten

"This is a well-illustrated and clearly historically situated volume which poses a possibility for a reconciliation and articulation of styles, languages and interpretations of landscape design." – Landscape Research, Joshua Nash, University of Adelaide, Australia

Emergence in Landscape Architecture

Praise for Island of Vice: "Impeccably researched, excitingly told." &mdash;E. L. Doctorow, award-winning author of Ragtime&#160;"An engagingly vivid picture of the rise of Roosevelt, the birth of the reform movement, and the creation of 20th century America. Roosevelt comes alive with all of his blustery and belligerent passion, and so does New York City." &mdash;Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs&#160;&ldquo;A fascinating narrative history of Theodore Roosevelt's doomed struggle to put a lid on crime. . . . Penetrates beneath the bluster into the psychology of this strange, restless man.&rdquo; &mdash;NPR&#160;&ldquo;As thrilling as the low dives and wanton women it describes. This is the real-life story of an American icon. . . . Zacks does a superb job as both a historian and a storyteller.&rdquo; &mdash;Kevin Baker, bestselling author of Paradise Alley &ldquo;Excellent . . . A fish-out-of-water comedy, in that it tells the story of what&#160;happens when one of the virtuous clubmen&mdash;a square, incorruptible, &lsquo;law-and-order Republican&rsquo;&mdash;is placed in charge of the New York Police Department.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;The Wall Street Journal &ldquo;A cinematic saga about one of the reformer&rsquo;s early battles: trying to clean up the city that definitely never sleeps. Zacks&hellip; tells a clear-eyed immorality tale with cameos by Stephen Crane, Lincoln Steffens, exotic dancer Little Egypt, plus a cast of locals who&rsquo;d have pleased&#160;Damon Runyon.&rdquo;&mdash;Newsday &#160;&ldquo;Part of the pleasure of Richard Zacks&rsquo; Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt&rsquo;s Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York&#160;is in knowing how the story ends&mdash;that the stubborn, imperious young city official trying to reform Tammany-era New York would achieve greatness throughout his larger-than-life career.&rdquo;&mdash;Christian Science Monitor &#160;&ldquo;From the opening pages of his rousing new book, Island of Vice, Richard Zacks plunges readers into the filth, debauchery and corruption of 1890s New York. When an ambitious young Theodore Roosevelt strides in to clean up the mess, the story, already brimming with incredible characters and jaw-dropping details, only gets better.&rdquo; &mdash;Candice Millard, bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic&#160;&ldquo;An irresistible force&mdash;young Theodore Roosevelt, the police commissioner, determined to wipe out vice&mdash;meets an immoveable object&mdash;the corrupt, pleasure-loving city of New York in the 1890s. And the result is: a whole lot of fun. What a marvelous time Richard Zacks must have had researching this story. The information is fascinating, the amazing tale moves with a headlong pace. I&rsquo;m sure Island of Vice will be a best-seller, and it deserves to be.&rdquo; &mdash;Edward Rutherfurd, bestselling author of New York: The Novel&#160; &#160;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been said that New York City politics were invented to scare young children. True, according to Richard Zacks whose riveting account lays bare the depravity and corruption of the Gilded Age&mdash;and the failed crusade of Police&#160;Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to stop it. A must-read for any student of Gotham.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Teresa Carpenter, author of New York Diaries, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing&#160;&ldquo;Zacks probes this period of Roosevelt&rsquo;s life with exhaustive details, drama, and intrigue. The 40 pages of bibliographic notes indicate the five years of research that went into this remarkable re-creation of fin-de-si&egrave;cle New York. Writing with a prismatic, poetic slant, Zacks unveils a colorful portrait of a volcanic Roosevelt towering over the soul of the city.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly&#160;&ldquo;Set in gas-lit 1890s Manhattan, Zacks&rsquo; depiction of virtue versus vice pits Theodore Roosevelt against a gallery of antagonists. . . . A fascinating story that Zacks relays with zest. His pungent vignettes of sinful establishments and the police who &lsquo;protected&rsquo; them hang on the main plot of Roosevelt&rsquo;s campaigns to dismiss bad cops and enforce long-dormant alcohol and prostitution laws, which often resulted in proceedings showcasing Roosevelt at his most combatively indignant. His research artfully attired in active prose, Zacks writes a winner for Roosevelt and NYC buffs.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist&#160;&ldquo;Zacks returns with a sharply focused look at Theodore Roosevelt&rsquo;s brief tenure as a New York City police commissioner. . . . The author takes us inside fin-de-si&egrave;cle brothels and bars, Tammany Hall and courtrooms, contentious commissioners&rsquo; meetings and cops&rsquo; barracks. A nuanced, comprehensive portrait of a unique man and the surrounding period, culture and political system.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews

Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York

Island of Vice

"...his book is well written and contains a great deal of information that is of value...." (The Technical Analyst, May/June 2007)

Applying the Scientific Method and Statistical Inference to Trading Signals

Evidence-Based Technical Analysis

The letters of Bronislaw Malinowski and Elsie Masson. Vol II 1920-35

The Story of a Marriage

Modern Chess Brilliancies: A Collection Of 75 Of The Most Brilliant Chess Masterpieces On Record, Selected From Prize Games In European And Ameri

General Index to the Colonial Records in 16 Volumes, and to the Pennsylvania Archives

Reflections on Five Decades of Hematology/Oncology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Discovery and Healing

Dance of Shadows

Environmental Chemistry in the Lab

Centering Student and Community Voices in Language Learning and Cultural Revitalization

Art as a Way of Listening

Drive Performance with a People-focused approach to Employees

Human Experience at Work

Jansenism and the Struggle for Catholic Reform

The Synod of Pistoia and Vatican II

New Edith Wharton Studies

&ldquo;Written more than a century ago for a prince in eastern Tibet, Mipham's great didactic poem on the principles of royal ethics, The Just King, is stunningly relevant to our own era. Jos&eacute; Cabez&oacute;n's typically lucid and learned translation is a pleasure to read and brings Mipham's insights alive for the modern reader. If every president, CEO, or indeed anyone in a position of authority, took seriously the sage counsel of The Just King, the world would be a far better place for it: more just, more peaceful, more harmonious.&rdquo; &mdash;Roger Jackson, Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and Religion, Carleton College &#160; &ldquo;Ju Mipham Rinpoche&rsquo;s treatise of The Just King remains a profound inspiration for our world today. The book highlights the mutual bonds of affectionate respect that must exist between people in positions of power and the general population in order for the word &ldquo;civilization&rdquo; to have any deeper meaning. In what was to be our final conversation, Khenpo Dazer Rinpoche, whom I am fortunate to count among my kind philosophy teachers, impressed upon me his wish to see Mipham Rinpoche&rsquo;s treatise translated into English. I am grateful and delighted to know that Professor Cabez&oacute;n has devoted his scholarly erudition to this project and has translated this work so masterfully. Tossing flowers of praise, I rejoice and offer prayers for a wise and compassionate world.&rdquo; &mdash;Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche &#160; &#160;&ldquo;This is a wonderful book that&#160;draws out a common&#160;ground of&#160;ethics for&#160;Buddhists, politicians, and Dharma kings.&#160;Professor Cabez&oacute;n delivers a readable and accurate translation of this unique treatise in Jamg&ouml;n&#160;Mipham&rsquo;s vast corpus.&#160;His introduction draws the reader into this remarkable text by situating the work within the distinctive social and historical contexts of this genre in Tibet and India, while highlighting the complex and tenacious relationships between politics and religion, as well as spiritual and secular power.&rdquo; &mdash;Douglas Duckworth, author of Jamg&ouml;n Mipam: His Life and Teachings

The Tibetan Buddhist Classic on Leading an Ethical Life

The Just King

&ldquo;I wish that EVERY child could share this book and all its hidden magic and discoveries with a caring grown-up. If I had only one book to give as a gift to a new parent, this would be the book.&rdquo; &mdash;Sharon Lovejoy, author and illustrator of Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden and Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children

Creative Literacy

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