A legend on both the clarinet and the soprano saxophone, one of the most brilliant exponents of New Orleans jazz, Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) played with such fellow jazz legends as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Jelly Roll Morton. Here is his vivid story written in his own words. Expressive, frank, and hilarious, this classic in jazz literature re-creates a man, a music, and an era. (view table of contents)

Product Description: From the back cover: This newly expanded edition has been divided into two major parts. Part One discusses the curricular cases, curricular changes, needed changes in instructional delivery, and the visible and invisible dropout. The suggested reforms will have an immediate salutary effect on both schools and community...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A retelling of twenty-five authentic folk tales from North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky.

Die-cut holes to look through and pictures of favorite dinosaurs teach facts about these prehistoric creatures

Provides a practical understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate and discusses such issues as time management, how to overcome the difficulties of communicating with supervisors, and the particular problems faced by women, part-time,and overseas students.

The Executioner launches a city-by-city strike against Julio DiBiase, a New York mafia don with a ruthless scheme to rejuvenate the mob, ending in a deadly showdown in Barbados, where DiBiase tries to consolidate his powers. Original.

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Features over 10,000 travel bargains on accommodations, restaurants, shopping, and attractions in eight countries, including Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia (view table of contents)

Product Description: Jerry Baker puts his expert reputation on the line, and on your lawn, to give you the kind of yard you've always dreamed of. Here is a complete step-by-step guide that will save you time, money, and effort, and give you a thicker, healthier lawn...read more

The dazzling new novel from Ruth Rendell. When the bones of two severed hands are discovered in a box, an investigation into a long buried crime of passion begins. And a group of friends, who played together as children, begin to question their past.     'For Woody, anger was cold. Cold and slow. But once it had started it mounted gradually and he could think of nothing else. He knew he couldn't stay alive while those two were alive. Instead of sleeping, he lay awake in the dark and saw those hands. Anita's narrow white hand with the long nails painted pastel pink, the man's brown hand equally shapely, the fingers slightly splayed.'     Before the advent of the Second World War, beneath the green meadows of Loughton, Essex, a dark network of tunnels has been dug. A group of children discover them. They play there. It becomes their secret place.Seventy years on, the world has changed. Developers have altered the rural landscape. Friends from a half-remembered world have married, died, grown sick, moved on or disappeared.     Work on a new house called Warlock uncovers a grisly secret, buried a lifetime ago, and a weary detective, more preoccupied with current crimes, must investigate a possible case of murder.     In all her novels, Ruth Rendell digs deep beneath the surface to investigate the secrets of the human psyche. The interconnecting tunnels of Loughton in THE GIRL NEXT DOOR lead to no single destination. But the relationships formed there, the incidents that occurred, exert a profound influence - not only on the survivors but in unearthing the true nature of the mysterious past.

Product Description: A lyrical novel set in America and Ireland from the Story Prize–winning author of The Hill RoadAs he did so masterfully in the connected novellas of The Hill Road, Patrick O’Keeffe’s first novel moves back and forth in time and place to weave the story of two Irish families forever linked by love, secrets, and their heritage...read more