Epstein: 378 books
by Andrew Jacobson, Adam Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Prepare for the unfamiliar
When every bit of human magic disappears suddenly from Vastia, it falls on the familiars—Aldwyn the telekinetic cat, Skylar the know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert the gullible tree frog—to find the Crown of the Snow Leopard, an ancient relic that can reverse the...
by Andrew Jacobson, Adam Jay Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
The familiars Aldwyn the cat, Skyler the blue jay, and Gilbert the tree frog are off on an all-new adventure in the series that Michael Buckley, bestselling author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series, says "combines the magic of Harry Potter and the adventure of Warriors." With inventive...
by David Borgenicht, Ben Winters, Robin Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Homework, hormones, heartache...middle school has no shortage of perils. Never fear, the authors of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series return with a survival guide for those who are facing—or just about to face—this big transitional time in school and life. The handbook is packed with...
Multicultural Partnerships
Involve All Families
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path...
Build a Smokehouse
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-81
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1981
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Big Hair and Plastic Grass
A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade
The Major Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the ‘70s than in any other era. The American popular culture and counterculture collided head-on...
Sex in Old New Orleans
Three Book Set
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
*** EBOOK EXCLUSIVE ***
BOOK 1: Spectacular Wickedness
From 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans's longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted...
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Investing in Mutual Funds
Build Wealth with a Diversified Investment Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Smart readers will invest in this no-nonsense guide.
Investing in today's markets can be complicated and risky for the average person. With so many avenues-and supposed "financial advisors"-to choose from, it's nearly impossible to know what to do. Here is everything the aspiring...
Changing Planet, Changing Health
How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Climate change is now doing far more harm than marooning polar bears on melting chunks of ice—it is damaging the health of people around the world. Brilliantly connecting stories of real people with cutting-edge scientific and medical information, Changing Planet, Changing Health brings us to places...
The Beatles: Paperback Writer
40 Years of Classic Writing
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The Beatles: Paperback Writer is a unique volume containing over 40 years of interviews, articles, reviews and essays, on subjects ranging from the Fab Four's Liverpudlian origins, to their influence on the counterculture of the late 1960s, and beyond to the post-Beatle paths followed by John Lennon,...
Change Philanthropy
Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
A how-to guide for creating and funding social justice program grants
This groundbreaking book shows how to increase funding for social justice philanthropy. Social justice philanthropy provides direct services to alleviate suffering and works to transform the systems and institutions that...
Through a Catholic Lens
Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Movies are often examined for subtext and dramatizations of social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Studies of well-known Catholic directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, have made the search for Catholic themes a reputable field of examination. Through a Catholic...
Russian Postmodernism
New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Recent decades have been decisive for Russia not only politically but culturally as well. The end of the Cold War has enabled Russia to take part in the global rise and crystallization of postmodernism. This volume investigates the manifestations of this crucial trend in Russian fiction, poetry, art,...
by Nico Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Susan Sontag’s 1997 text, On Photography, brought photographic theory into the university classroom with its staunch defence of the medium as art and inspired a new wave of Marxist Criticism in the field. Sontag explains the way in which we are addicted to images and depend on them for knowledge...