commercial graphics, 22 in full color, from the 20s and 30s, selected from the work of 108 artists and studios.

Now available in a well-priced paperback edition, this award-winning study explores the life and work of Susan Rothenberg, a major talent (Robert Hughes, Time) who is one of the best artists of her generation (Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times) and our best painter's painter (Peter Plagens, Newsweek).Illustrated with original documentary pho...

A forgetful boy gets himself into trouble when he repeats what each person hemeets on the road says to him.

Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Brave Little Tailor...These and all the rest of the world's best-known and most cherished stories of enchantment for children are collected here in one marvelous volume. Inside, 100 black-and-white illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers, Walter Crane, and a host of Vic...

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Taleb delivers a groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected in life and history, and a fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do--and what to do about it. # Hardcover: 400 pages # Publisher: Random House (April 17, 2007) # Language: English # ISBN-10...

This book proposes a rational approach to establishing yourself as a scientist. It offers sound advice on selecting a thesis or postdoctoral adviser, choosing among research jobs in academia, government laboratories, and industry, preparing for an employment interview, and defining a research program. This book will help you make hour oral prese...

Chung Ju Yung rose from poverty to build Hyundai, one of the world's largest and most successful business empires. This book tells his fascinating story and reveals his winning business strategies. 32 photos.

From the Publisher In 99 full-color maps spread over 175 pages, the Barrington Atlas recreates the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and deep into North Africa. It spans the territory of more than 75 modern countries. Its large format (13 1/4 x 18 1/4) has been custom-designed by the leading...

Jeffery Gitomers Little Green Book of Persuasion: How to Speak, Write, Present, Influence, and Sell Your Point of View Following in the bestselling footsteps of Little Red Book of Selling, Little Red Book of Sales Answers, Little Black Book of Connections, and The Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude, Jeffrey Gitomer's The Little Green Book of G...

Based on Ferriss's controversial lectures at Princeton University, this resource shows how members of a new subculture use simple loopholes and tactics to escape the 9-5 workday, live anywhere, and join the RNew Rich, S with complete freedom of time and place.

This oversized volume collects six of Disney's most popular stories together: Aladdin, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Each story has full-color illustrations.

Fully illustrated, this comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use--to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. 150 photos. 207 diagrams.

Upstarts like Davy Crockett, giants like Paul Bunyan, and gentle souls like Johnny Appleseed are among the nine tall heroes featured in this exuberant, wildly exaggerated, and witty collection of traditional American folk tales. Full-color illustrations.

From Christopher Columbus to Charles Darwin, this atlas follows the journeys of great explorers throughout history and around the world. The book features timelines and maps in each section; major inserts on famous explorers, their routes of march and the people they met; and detailed illustrations of the various machines they used. 130 color il...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Deluxe Edition) The Deluxe Edition includes an exclusive insert featuring near-scale reproductions of Mary GrandPre's interior art, as well as never-before-seen full-color frontispiece art on special paper. The custom-designed slipcase is foil-stamped and contains a full-cloth case book that has been blin...

These energetic retellings of three traditional tales--Jack and the Beanstalk, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and Tom Thumb--follow a young lad, a brave soldier and a tiny traveller on fabulous journeys. Perfect for bedtime or anytime.

A great book on the people and development ofHawaii. Includes pictures of old and new Hawaiiand tables of various statistics showing Hawaii'sdevelopment over the years.

Stacey Schuett's stunning debut is a book that is perfect for sparking an interest in geography, emphasizing the amazing concept that at the same moment we are getting ready to sleep, other people are starting a new day. --School Library Journal. Full color. 40 pp. Ages 4-8. Pub: 11/97.

On the day she was born, Sally Ann proudly announces she can out-talk, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Soon she's off to the frontier, where she defeats a grizzly bear and makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes. When Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her skunk perfume can't stop him from proposing m...