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Los malditos
Cronica negra desde Puente Grande
Written by J. Jesus Lemus
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.00
"En estos textos, hilvanados poco a poco tras amargos amaneceres detrás de los barrotes, se describen hechos cotidianos simples de un hombre simple, llevado al extremo de su condición humana."
En 2008, cuando Jesús Lemus dirigía el periódico El Tiempo de La Piedad, Michoacán, publicó diversas notas que irritaron a las autoridades... Read more >
Cronica negra desde Puente Grande
Written by J. Jesus Lemus
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.00
"En estos textos, hilvanados poco a poco tras amargos amaneceres detrás de los barrotes, se describen hechos cotidianos simples de un hombre simple, llevado al extremo de su condición humana."
En 2008, cuando Jesús Lemus dirigía el periódico El Tiempo de La Piedad, Michoacán, publicó diversas notas que irritaron a las autoridades... Read more >
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Anna's Icy Adventure (Disney Frozen)
Written by RH Disney
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 80 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a young dreamer, must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, and his reindeer on the grandest of journeys to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa... Read more >
Written by RH Disney
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 80 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a young dreamer, must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, and his reindeer on the grandest of journeys to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa... Read more >
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Big Snowman, Little Snowman (Disney Frozen)
Written by Tish Rabe
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen.When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a young dreamer, must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, and his reindeer on the grandest of journeys to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and... Read more >
Written by Tish Rabe
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen.When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a young dreamer, must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, and his reindeer on the grandest of journeys to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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A Tale of Two Sisters (Disney Frozen)
Written by Melissa Lagonegro
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen.When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a young dreamer, must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, and his reindeer on the grandest of journeys to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and... Read more >
Written by Melissa Lagonegro
Illustrated by RH Disney
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.99
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen.When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a young dreamer, must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, and his reindeer on the grandest of journeys to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Las jefas del narco
El ascenso de las mujeres en el crimen organizado
Written by Arturo Santamaria
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.00
Una obra impactante donde se documenta la actividad de mujeres encumbradas que participan activamente en el tráfico de drogas.
En medio del fuego cruzado de la guerra contra el crimen declarada por Felipe Calderón se ha hecho visible una nutrida generación de mujeres que han relevado a sus esposos, hermanos y padres... Read more >
El ascenso de las mujeres en el crimen organizado
Written by Arturo Santamaria
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.00
Una obra impactante donde se documenta la actividad de mujeres encumbradas que participan activamente en el tráfico de drogas.
En medio del fuego cruzado de la guerra contra el crimen declarada por Felipe Calderón se ha hecho visible una nutrida generación de mujeres que han relevado a sus esposos, hermanos y padres... Read more >
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Ya no quiero ir a la escuela
Todo sobre el Bullying o acoso escolar
Written by Trixia Valle
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $7.00
Hoy en día el 65% de los niños en México sufren acoso escolar. ¡Basta ya!
Trixia Valle, la experta en bullying, nos invita a cada uno de nosotros, niños, jóvenes, maestros y padres de familia, a frenar de una vez este doloroso problema que existe en nuestras escuelas.
¡Ya no quiero ir a... Read more >
Todo sobre el Bullying o acoso escolar
Written by Trixia Valle
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $7.00
Hoy en día el 65% de los niños en México sufren acoso escolar. ¡Basta ya!
Trixia Valle, la experta en bullying, nos invita a cada uno de nosotros, niños, jóvenes, maestros y padres de familia, a frenar de una vez este doloroso problema que existe en nuestras escuelas.
¡Ya no quiero ir a... Read more >
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101 Mission Statements from Top Companies
Plus Guidelines for Writing Your Own Mission Statement
Written by Jeffrey Abrahams
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $11.99
Ben & Jerry'¬?s has one. So do Tiffany'¬?s and Smucker'¬?s and Microsoft. It doesn'¬?t matter whether you'¬?re a small start-up or one of the biggest players in corporate America. A clear statement of intent not only inspires a sense of overall purpose for a business or nonprofit, it serves as a... Read more >
Plus Guidelines for Writing Your Own Mission Statement
Written by Jeffrey Abrahams
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $11.99
Ben & Jerry'¬?s has one. So do Tiffany'¬?s and Smucker'¬?s and Microsoft. It doesn'¬?t matter whether you'¬?re a small start-up or one of the biggest players in corporate America. A clear statement of intent not only inspires a sense of overall purpose for a business or nonprofit, it serves as a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Tom Chatfield
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
We are in the throes of a revolution, yet most of us are so disorientated by the rapid pace of technological and cultural change that we find it difficult to understand what’s going on. 50 Digital Ideas you Really Need to Know aims to provide a clear path through the confusion... Read more >
Written by Tom Chatfield
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
We are in the throes of a revolution, yet most of us are so disorientated by the rapid pace of technological and cultural change that we find it difficult to understand what’s going on. 50 Digital Ideas you Really Need to Know aims to provide a clear path through the confusion... Read more >
50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Mark Henderson
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
In recent years knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as cloning and designer babies.
In 50 Genetics... Read more >
Written by Mark Henderson
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
In recent years knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as cloning and designer babies.
In 50 Genetics... Read more >
50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Edward Russell-Walling
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
The fourth title in the Quercus Ideas You Really Need to Know series demystifies the management concepts that any budding entrepreneur would want to grasp. The 50 bite-sized topics expound the wisdom of the well-known business gurus (from Peters and Porter to Welch and Gates), explain helpful theories and tools (Ansoff's... Read more >
Written by Edward Russell-Walling
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
The fourth title in the Quercus Ideas You Really Need to Know series demystifies the management concepts that any budding entrepreneur would want to grasp. The 50 bite-sized topics expound the wisdom of the well-known business gurus (from Peters and Porter to Welch and Gates), explain helpful theories and tools (Ansoff's... Read more >
50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Tony Crilly
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
Just the mention of mathematics is enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, yet without it, the human race couldn’t be where it is today. By exploring the subject through its 50 key insights—from the simple (the number one) and the subtle (the invention of zero) to the sophisticated... Read more >
Written by Tony Crilly
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
Just the mention of mathematics is enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, yet without it, the human race couldn’t be where it is today. By exploring the subject through its 50 key insights—from the simple (the number one) and the subtle (the invention of zero) to the sophisticated... Read more >
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Ben Dupre
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
Have you ever laid awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master? If so, you are not alone—and what’s more, you are in exalted company... Read more >
Written by Ben Dupre
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
Have you ever laid awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master? If so, you are not alone—and what’s more, you are in exalted company... Read more >
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Joanne Baker
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership.
From Hubble’s law to the Pauli exclusion principle, and from Schrödinger’s cat to Heisenberg’s uncertainty... Read more >
Written by Joanne Baker
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership.
From Hubble’s law to the Pauli exclusion principle, and from Schrödinger’s cat to Heisenberg’s uncertainty... Read more >
50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Ben Dupre
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
At a time of corrosive popular cynicism and profound international unease, the need for clarity over the fundamental concepts of politics has never been greater: the forces of Terrorism and Fundamentalism endanger our Security, while government responses to it pose a basic threat to Liberty, Democracy and Human rights. Corruption, Spin... Read more >
Written by Ben Dupre
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
At a time of corrosive popular cynicism and profound international unease, the need for clarity over the fundamental concepts of politics has never been greater: the forces of Terrorism and Fundamentalism endanger our Security, while government responses to it pose a basic threat to Liberty, Democracy and Human rights. Corruption, Spin... Read more >
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know
Written by Adrian Furnham
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
How different are men and women’s brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires?
If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, or tried your hand as an amateur psychologist, 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know could be... Read more >
Written by Adrian Furnham
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
How different are men and women’s brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires?
If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, or tried your hand as an amateur psychologist, 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know could be... Read more >
88 Natural Remedies
Ancient Healing Traditions for Modern Times
Contribution by TIERAONA LOW DOG, Dan Buettner, Steven Foster and Barton Seaver
Format: eBook, 39 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $3.99
This National Geographic health book provides portable answers to treating common ailments using proven natural therapies.
Runny nose, watery eyes, sinus headache? Don't reach for the Claritin. Instead, learn how to treat seasonal allergies with nasal lavage, a time-honored practice. Upset stomach? Forget chalky antacids; instead wear an acupressure wrist... Read more >
Ancient Healing Traditions for Modern Times
Contribution by TIERAONA LOW DOG, Dan Buettner, Steven Foster and Barton Seaver
Format: eBook, 39 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $3.99
This National Geographic health book provides portable answers to treating common ailments using proven natural therapies.
Runny nose, watery eyes, sinus headache? Don't reach for the Claritin. Instead, learn how to treat seasonal allergies with nasal lavage, a time-honored practice. Upset stomach? Forget chalky antacids; instead wear an acupressure wrist... Read more >
The Age of Chivalry
Written by Hywel Williams
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
The five hundred years that separate the mid-tenth century from the mid-15th century constitute a critical and formative period in the history of Europe.
This was the age of the system of legal and military obligation known as "feudalism", and of the birth and consolidation of powerful kingdoms in England, France and... Read more >
Written by Hywel Williams
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
The five hundred years that separate the mid-tenth century from the mid-15th century constitute a critical and formative period in the history of Europe.
This was the age of the system of legal and military obligation known as "feudalism", and of the birth and consolidation of powerful kingdoms in England, France and... Read more >
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AN AMERICAN PROCESSION
Written by Alfred Kazin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $13.99
An American Procession is a study, on the largest scale, of the major American writers at work during the historically and literarily crucial century that began in the early 1830s, when Ralph Waldo Emerson founded a national literature on the basis of a metaphysical revolution, and ended on the eve of... Read more >
Written by Alfred Kazin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $13.99
An American Procession is a study, on the largest scale, of the major American writers at work during the historically and literarily crucial century that began in the early 1830s, when Ralph Waldo Emerson founded a national literature on the basis of a metaphysical revolution, and ended on the eve of... Read more >
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The Annotated Northanger Abbey
Written by Jane Austen and David M. Shapard
Format: eBook, 500 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $9.99
From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 1,200 annotations on facing pages, including:
-Explanations of... Read more >
Written by Jane Austen and David M. Shapard
Format: eBook, 500 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $9.99
From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 1,200 annotations on facing pages, including:
-Explanations of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Armistice
Written by Nick Stafford
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
Philomena Bligh’s fiancé, Dan, has been shot. The First World War claimed many lives and so his death is not, in its own way, surprising. But Dan was shot in the minutes after the Armistice. The war was over.
She cannot understand how this could have happened, or why they were still... Read more >
Written by Nick Stafford
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
Philomena Bligh’s fiancé, Dan, has been shot. The First World War claimed many lives and so his death is not, in its own way, surprising. But Dan was shot in the minutes after the Armistice. The war was over.
She cannot understand how this could have happened, or why they were still... Read more >
The Avengers
A Jewish War Story
Written by Rich Cohen
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $11.99
In 1944, a band of Jewish guerrillas emerged from the Baltic forest to join the Russian army in its attack on Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. The band, called the Avengers, was led by Abba Kovner, a charismatic young poet. In the ghetto, Abba had built bombs, sneaking out through the... Read more >
A Jewish War Story
Written by Rich Cohen
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $11.99
In 1944, a band of Jewish guerrillas emerged from the Baltic forest to join the Russian army in its attack on Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. The band, called the Avengers, was led by Abba Kovner, a charismatic young poet. In the ghetto, Abba had built bombs, sneaking out through the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Back to the Family
How to Encourage Traditional Values in Complicated Times
Written by Dr. Ray Guarendi
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $11.99
Back to the Family presents the results of a three-year, national search for strong families. It reveals those characteristics most common to strong families as well as the struggles and difficulties most families face. The results will reinforce some traditional ideas about family life while offering some reassuring surprises. Read more >
How to Encourage Traditional Values in Complicated Times
Written by Dr. Ray Guarendi
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $11.99
Back to the Family presents the results of a three-year, national search for strong families. It reveals those characteristics most common to strong families as well as the struggles and difficulties most families face. The results will reinforce some traditional ideas about family life while offering some reassuring surprises. Read more >
The Beast of the Camargue
Written by Xavier-Marie Bonnot
Translated by Ian Monk
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $16.95
For centuries the ceremonial order of the Knights of the Tarasque have met to bear the effigy of a mythical beast through the Provencal town of Taracson. But one summer’s night the ceremony is broken by a gruesome discovery: a mutilated body found at the feet of the effigy, apparently torn... Read more >
Written by Xavier-Marie Bonnot
Translated by Ian Monk
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $16.95
For centuries the ceremonial order of the Knights of the Tarasque have met to bear the effigy of a mythical beast through the Provencal town of Taracson. But one summer’s night the ceremony is broken by a gruesome discovery: a mutilated body found at the feet of the effigy, apparently torn... Read more >
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The Big New Yorker Book of Cats
Written by The New Yorker Magazine
Contribution by Haruki Murakami, Calvin Trillin and M.F.K. Fisher
Foreword by Anthony Lane
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.99
Look what The New Yorker dragged in! It’s the purr-fect gathering of talent celebrating our feline companions. This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine’s archives. Among the contributors are Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Roald Dahl... Read more >
Written by The New Yorker Magazine
Contribution by Haruki Murakami, Calvin Trillin and M.F.K. Fisher
Foreword by Anthony Lane
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.99
Look what The New Yorker dragged in! It’s the purr-fect gathering of talent celebrating our feline companions. This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine’s archives. Among the contributors are Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Roald Dahl... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Big Questions: The Universe
Written by Stuart Clark
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Big Questions series enables renowned experts to tackle the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, providing answers from history’s great thinkers. This ambitious project is a... Read more >
Written by Stuart Clark
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Big Questions series enables renowned experts to tackle the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, providing answers from history’s great thinkers. This ambitious project is a... Read more >
