Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime...
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The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary, Revised Edition
Written by John Traupman
Format: Paperback, 720 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $5.99
With unique features for maximum clarity and convenience, this newly expanded edition of a respected classic offers students, teachers, and scholars alike an updated reference to the Latin language—both written and oral—that is unsurpassed in affordability, dependability, and ease of use.
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First Grade Reading Skill Builders (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
First Grade Reading Skill Builders will give your child practice and strengthen the ability to recognize and understand a variety of words and text. Each lively and engaging activity inside the...
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Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish
Written by Margarita Madrigal
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1989
Price: $12.95
Anyone can read, write, and speak Spanish in only a few short weeks with this unique and proven method, which completely eliminates rote memorization and boring drills.
Original B & W illustrations.
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Kindergarten Reading Readiness (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
Sylvan’s
Kindergarten Reading Readiness workbook will help your child learn the basic skills needed to read in a fun and engaging way. It is full of curriculum-based activities that strengthen an emerging reader’s ability to recognize and...
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Written by Daniel L. Everett
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $16.00
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil.
Daniel Everett arrived among the Pirahã with his wife and three young children hoping to convert the tribe to Christianity. Everett quickly became...
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Poemcrazy
Freeing Your Life with Words
Written by Susan G. Wooldridge
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1997
Price: $13.95
Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge is a poet and teacher who conducts workshops privately, as well as in the California Poets in the Schools program. Her exuberant, critically acclaimed teaching guide takes instructors, writers, and general readers into the very heart and intensity of life and the craft of expressing what one feels...
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