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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
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Discovering Words
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $13.95
For 1500 years English has built new words or taken them from other languages and changed their form and often their meaning to make them the words we use today. When we explore the journeys, arrivals and changes of these words, they present us with some extraordinary stories. School for example... Read more >
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $13.95
For 1500 years English has built new words or taken them from other languages and changed their form and often their meaning to make them the words we use today. When we explore the journeys, arrivals and changes of these words, they present us with some extraordinary stories. School for example... Read more >
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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: eBook, 336 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... Read more >
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: eBook, 336 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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Poemcrazy
Freeing Your Life with Words
Written by Susan G. Wooldridge
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $13.95
Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems... Read more >
Freeing Your Life with Words
Written by Susan G. Wooldridge
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $13.95
Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Page Fright
Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers
Written by Harry Bruce
Format: Hardcover, 360 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.95
A witty round-up of writers' habits that includes all the big names, such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Hemingway
At public events readers always ask writers how they write. The process fascinates them. Now they have a very witty book that ranges around the world and throughout history to answer their questions. All... Read more >
Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers
Written by Harry Bruce
Format: Hardcover, 360 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.95
A witty round-up of writers' habits that includes all the big names, such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Hemingway
At public events readers always ask writers how they write. The process fascinates them. Now they have a very witty book that ranges around the world and throughout history to answer their questions. All... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Page Fright
Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers
Written by Harry Bruce
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.95
A witty round-up of writers' habits that includes all the big names, such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Hemingway
At public events readers always ask writers how they write. The process fascinates them. Now they have a very witty book that ranges around the world and throughout history to answer their questions. All... Read more >
Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers
Written by Harry Bruce
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.95
A witty round-up of writers' habits that includes all the big names, such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Hemingway
At public events readers always ask writers how they write. The process fascinates them. Now they have a very witty book that ranges around the world and throughout history to answer their questions. All... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Religious Signing
A Comprehensive Guide For All Faiths
Written by Elaine Costello, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $20.00
Since the fourth century, when Spanish monks first started signing to communicate during their vows of silence, sign language has been used in religious communities of all faiths. Present-day American Sign Language (ASL) carries on that tradition. Like any living language, it continues to grow and change to meet the communication... Read more >
A Comprehensive Guide For All Faiths
Written by Elaine Costello, Ph.D.
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $20.00
Since the fourth century, when Spanish monks first started signing to communicate during their vows of silence, sign language has been used in religious communities of all faiths. Present-day American Sign Language (ASL) carries on that tradition. Like any living language, it continues to grow and change to meet the communication... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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First Grade Language Arts Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child's Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
First Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section within First Grade Language Arts Success... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child's Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
First Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section within First Grade Language Arts Success... Read more >
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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
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First Grade Spelling Games & Activities (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!
First Grade Spelling Games & Activities helps children learn and practice the basic skills needed to become a great reader. It is packed with curriculum-based activities that strengthen the ability to read and spell various grade-appropriate words... Read more >
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!
First Grade Spelling Games & Activities helps children learn and practice the basic skills needed to become a great reader. It is packed with curriculum-based activities that strengthen the ability to read and spell various grade-appropriate words... Read more >
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First Grade Vocabulary Puzzles (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
Sylvan’s First Grade Vocabulary Puzzles will give your child vocabulary-expanding practice exercises that are both fun and effective. Vocabulary is a crucial component of any language arts curriculum, and... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
Sylvan’s First Grade Vocabulary Puzzles will give your child vocabulary-expanding practice exercises that are both fun and effective. Vocabulary is a crucial component of any language arts curriculum, and... Read more >
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Second Grade Language Arts Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
Second Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook uses... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
Second Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook uses... Read more >
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Second Grade Reading Skill Builders (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
Sylvan’s Second Grade Reading Skill Builders will help your child practice and strengthen the ability to recognize and understand a variety of words and text. Each lively and engaging... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
Sylvan’s Second Grade Reading Skill Builders will help your child practice and strengthen the ability to recognize and understand a variety of words and text. Each lively and engaging... Read more >
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Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Includes a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center!
Sylvan’s Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities includes entertaining, grade-appropriate exercises that will help your child improve his or her spelling skills. Rather than using rote memorization as a way to teach spelling, the games and... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Includes a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center!
Sylvan’s Second Grade Spelling Games & Activities includes entertaining, grade-appropriate exercises that will help your child improve his or her spelling skills. Rather than using rote memorization as a way to teach spelling, the games and... Read more >
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Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles!
Sylvan’s Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles will help your child practice and expand his or her vocabulary. Each fun, age- and grade-appropriate puzzle in the workbook focuses on a... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles!
Sylvan’s Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles will help your child practice and expand his or her vocabulary. Each fun, age- and grade-appropriate puzzle in the workbook focuses on a... Read more >
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Kindergarten Alphabet Activities (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!
Is your child ready to master the letters of the alphabet? Sylvan’s Kindergarten Alphabet Activities workbook will help teach your child the alphabet letters and sounds. It is full of curriculum-based... Read more >
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!
Is your child ready to master the letters of the alphabet? Sylvan’s Kindergarten Alphabet Activities workbook will help teach your child the alphabet letters and sounds. It is full of curriculum-based... Read more >
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Kindergarten Beginning Word Games (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
Sylvan’s Kindergarten Beginning Word Games workbook will help your child learn and practice the basic skills needed to become a great reader. It is full of curriculum-based activities that... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99
Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!
Sylvan’s Kindergarten Beginning Word Games workbook will help your child learn and practice the basic skills needed to become a great reader. It is full of curriculum-based activities that... Read more >
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Kindergarten Language Arts Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
Kindergarten Language Arts Success is filled with exercises and activities that will introduce your child to letters, words and reading in a lively and effective manner. The... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
Kindergarten Language Arts Success is filled with exercises and activities that will introduce your child to letters, words and reading in a lively and effective manner. The... Read more >
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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... Read more >
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... Read more >
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The Complete Guide to Book Marketing
Written by David Cole
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $19.95
With an intense focus on strategy that won’t be found in any other guide, this invaluable resource will be of immediate help to publishers, authors, and most anyone who wants to succeed in the publishing industry.Completely updated and expanded with an enhanced focus on selling outside traditional channels, The Complete Guide... Read more >
Written by David Cole
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $19.95
With an intense focus on strategy that won’t be found in any other guide, this invaluable resource will be of immediate help to publishers, authors, and most anyone who wants to succeed in the publishing industry.Completely updated and expanded with an enhanced focus on selling outside traditional channels, The Complete Guide... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Fifth Grade Reading Success: Complete Learning Kit
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $79.99
This Sylvan Learning kit includes an incredible bonus coupon for $75 off your child’s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center!
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 5th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the workbooks... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $79.99
This Sylvan Learning kit includes an incredible bonus coupon for $75 off your child’s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center!
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 5th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the workbooks... Read more >
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In the Land of Invented Languages
Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language
Written by Arika Okrent
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television show’s attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race... Read more >
Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language
Written by Arika Okrent
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television show’s attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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In the Land of Invented Languages
Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language
Written by Arika Okrent
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television show’s attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race... Read more >
Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language
Written by Arika Okrent
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television show’s attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Origins of the Specious
Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language
Written by Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $22.00
Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and,” or says “octopuses” instead of “octopi”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? Would you bet the bank that “jeep”... Read more >
Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language
Written by Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $22.00
Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and,” or says “octopuses” instead of “octopi”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? Would you bet the bank that “jeep”... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
