Filmatized in 2013 and the official recipient of three Oscars, Solomon Northup's powerful slave narrative 'Twelve Years a Slave' depicts Nortup's life as he is sold into slavery after having spent 32 years of his life living as a free man ...

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.

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

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.

This interactive book featuring 10 sounds is perfect for fans of the hit CBeebies series, Bing.

No System is Vinca Petersen's photographic document of her life as a modern nomad.

This book describes the recent contributions reported by laser scanning technology in different areas around the world.