Product Description: There is a foreigner called an ALT in every Japanese elementary, junior high, and high school. You may even have been taught by one. ALT’s are popular figures at schools, but they are also mysterious. Former ALT, American Chad Frisk, sheds some light (?) on these enigmas...read more

Product Description: We first met Avery in Dana Johnson's award-winning collection Break Any Woman Down. As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to suburban West Covina. Then her cousin Keith moves in and triggers a series of events that will follow Avery throughout her life: to her studies at USC, to her career as an artist, and into her relationship with a wealthy Italian in the Hollywood Hills...read more

Product Description: In Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnson explores race, identity, and alienation with unflinching honesty and vibrant language. Hip and seductive, her stories often feature women discovering their identities through sexual and emotional intimacy with the men in their lives...read more

Product Description: Collectors will be racing to the stores to get a copy of the fifth edition of Matchbox Toys®, 1947 to 2007. The easiest way to find a Matchbox model that matches yours is to find a book that lists them alphabetically. This latest edition does just that by incorporating all the Matchbox lines in alphabetical order by model description and cross references for models with multiple names...read more

Product Description: Dana Johnson Dana Johnson, author of Matchbox Toys, 1947 to 2003, Fourth Edition, The Other Matchbox Toys, and Diecast Toys & Scale Models, has produced a revised edition of his popular Toy Car Collector's Guide. Newly updated and expanded, this second edition provides an alphabetical listing by brand of nearly 1,000 brands of cast iron, tinplate, diecast, slush mold, plastic, white metal, and other toy cars from around the world and through automotive history...read more

Product Description: Dana Johnson Dana Johnson, author of Diecast Toys & Scale Models, Toy Car Collector's Guide, and Matchbox Toys, 1947 to 2003, Fourth Edition, is at it again! His first volume is the most user-friendly Matchbox guide ever produced, and his second promises to be the same...read more

Product Description: As the numbers of internationally adopted children increase in the US, so does the likelihood that these children will be seen in health care settings, schools, and the community. This volume will provide an overview of international adoption and will provide information about preparation of families for international adoption; initial assessment of internationally adopted children, including screening for infectious diseases, updating immunizations, and assessing developmental status; special medical and development issues; working with school systems and assessing traditional and alternative therapies; and a discussion of long-term challenges and outcomes for internationally adopted children...read more

Product Description: Our fourth edition promises to be the most user-friendly Matchbox collector's guide ever produced. While most publications on this subject are organized by model number or year of introduction, this book is arranged alphabetically by model name and description...read more

Presents a collection of short stories that chronicle the lives and fortunes of young black women who discover their identities and emotions through their varied relationships with men. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The revised third edition of this price guide and comprehensive resource for collectors of the popular diecast vehicles manufactured by Lesney Products and Matchbox Toys includes listings by model number to allow identification by vintage, and special models featuring Disney and Warner Brothers characters. Original.

Presents an alphabetical listing of manufacturers of diecast scale models, with the names, model numbers, and current values of each toy

Shows and lists prices for Matchbox toy cars, trucks, motorcycles, and construction equipment

Product Description: Features virtually every Matchbox toy made from 1948 to present, with over 400 detailed, full-color photographs, complete descriptions, and current values. Arranged in an easy-to-use format, chronologically by introduction year, numerically by model numbers, and alphabetically.