Northup's account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation and slave treatment on major plantations in Louisiana.The work was published eight ...

Historical comments are dispersed throughout the text, and exercises, varying in degree of difficulty, are found at the end of each chapter.

What the heck is Facebook? Twitter? Blogging? This book answers these questions and explains how to use a variety of social networking sites to keep in touch, stay in business, and have fun.

Sakura's Cherry Blossoms captures the beauty of the healing power of friendship through Weston's Japanese poetry-inspired text and Saburi's breathtaking illustrations.

He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --

Offers a collection of true facts about such topics as animals, food, science, outer space, geography, and weather.

This last book in the six-volume series from NEXTmanga combines cutting-edge illustration with fast-paced storytelling to deliver biblical truth to an ever-changing, postmodern culture.

"300 more mind-bending facts that are almost too amazing to believe"--Page 4 of cover.

Psychobook will brighten your day and outlook.

Spanning a century, this remarkable book includes dispatches and travel writing by journalistic icons like Jan Morris, Truman Capote, Lee Miller, Lesley Blanch, and Frances FitzGerald, as well as stunning editorials from legendary ...