Product Description: Forty-four chapters by educational and psychiatric experts examine important challenges and developments in gifted education. The book discusses a variety of curriculum and instructional models that foster academic and creative growth, including acceleration and enrichment programs...read more

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Product Description: The Oxford Minireference Thesaurus is a small, reliable guide to finding the right word and using it properly. With an easy-to-read page design for quick accss to information, this A-Z reference provides 150,000 synonyms, simple cross-references to help users find related groups of synonyms and antonyms, example phrases, and special labels highlighting synonyms which are derogatory, slang, informal or old-fashioned...read more

Product Description: In The Attic, his sequel to the classic We Have All Gone Away, Curtis Harnack returns to his rural Iowa homeplace to sift through an attic full of the trash and treasures left behind by the thirteen children in two generations who grew up in the big farmhouse...read more

At 50, Alix Shulman left a life dense with political activism, family and literary community and went to live alone on an island off the coast of Maine. Without plumbing, power, or a telephone, and foraging for wild greens and shellfish, she faced challenges that helped redefine her notions of independence and courage, confidence and creativity.

Product Description: The fourth edition of this text extends the coverage of the new approaches to the audit function from a systems and assurance services perspective. Business risk analysis and the evaluation of audit evidence is integrated throughout...read more

A self-portrait by the late master of science fiction and popular scientific thought looks back on his life and career, discussing his writings, religious beliefs, friendships and personal relationships, and innovative ideas. Reprint. NYT.

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Product Description: "A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the Beat Generation." —Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties and Going All the WayFirst published in 1978, Jack's Book gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the "King of the Beats...read more

For over forty years Saul Bellow has been writing fiction that denounces the destructive forces that have dominated the literature of this century--existential nihilism and historicist pessimism. In novel after novel--The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, Humbolt's Gift, Mr. Sammler's Planet, and others--he has tried to restore the integrity of the private life, the value of human feeling, and the primacy of social contract, while proclaiming each individual's perennial access to age-old truths.In this collection of interviews spanning the period from 1953 to 1991, Bellow elaborates further upon his fictional treatment of these ideas. Here the reader finds the wit and urbane commentary that typify this marvelous writer. He speaks with his interviewers of the changing role of fiction, the literary establishment, and the place of literature in modern life. Since no definitive biography of Bellow has yet been written, these interviews provide valuable insights into the writer that many argue to be the pre-eminent American novelist of the post-World War II era. (view table of contents)

The veteran journalist-interviewer records memorable incidents, meetings, and endeavors of his life, providing anecdotes involving his own experiences and observations, and those of people famous and unknown (view table of contents)

Product Description: Beyond Dark Hills was originally written by Jesse Stuart as a graduate school assignment at Vanderbilt University. Assigned to write an 18 page personal narrative, he turned in 322 pages about a seemingly simple farm boy and his family...read more

Product Description: Construction on Mrs. Pargeter's new country home comes to an unfortunate halt when a corpse is discovered in the wine cellar. The accused is Concrete Jacket, a mate of her late, lamented husband. Mrs. P is not about to let prison come between her and her dream home...read more

Setting off for an adventure in the stars, the unusual Alan Fain and his hacker companion, Lew Slack, face history-changing circumstances involving the Holy Grail, Atlantis, and an alien goddess on a Texas ranch. Original.

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An intimate and witty portrait of one of America's most beloved columnists and humrorist writers explores the many facets of this extraordinary woman and details Bombeck's talent for adding humor to everyday life. Reprint.

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A budget travel guide to the region offers information on attractions, language, accommodations, and restaurants

Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles

Delves beneath the surface to examine the forces that made Sontag an international icon, exploring her public persona and private passions, including the strategies behind her meteoric rise to fame and her political moves and missteps. 12,000 first printing. (view table of contents)