Traditional Chinese musical instruments take center stage in this encyclopedia that uses accessible poetry and magnificent artwork to educate and entertain. The children in these brilliantly detailed illustrations play mostly unfamiliar... Read More

The most magnificent invention in the world can only take shape with balanced doses of creativity, hard work, and patience. With the help of her canine assistant, this daring perfectionist sets to work, tinkering and fiddling, measuring... Read More

A mother shows her daughter the world, from season to season, from night into day, in the sweet, collage artwork that accompanies the poem “[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in],” by E. E. Cummings. Mellow colors and images... Read More

Six married women (they could easily be your own best girlfriends), married anywhere from nine to forty-one years, talk about the things most wives keep to themselves, in this book designed to uplift, inform, and entertain. Get ready for... Read More

Gregory Short, who founded two revolutionary market research companies, offers readers a “behind the curtain” look at the importance of data in a company. The book’s unusual title is derived from the notion that even a simple... Read More

Certain regions do comfort food better than others. Just ask fans of home cooking from Mexico, Italy, and the American South—Rib Eye Steak and Mushroom Pot Pie with Sweet Potato Biscuit Crust. That’s what we’re talking about! An... Read More

"Juba Good", by Vicki Delany, is a murder mystery that explores the complexity of culture, in a simple narrative. Ray Robertson, a police officer with the United Nations in Juba, South Sudan, is part of an effort to move the fledgling... Read More

"The Boom Room", by Rick Blechta, is a fast-paced murder mystery that follows Detective Mervin Pratt, first introduced in Blechta’s Orchestrated Murder. There’s been a murder in a nightclub, the Boom Room. While Pratt’s rival... Read More