When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, climbs a tree, and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down, not even by pelting him with
Lately second grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life can be lonely when you're the middle kid in the family who feels like "the peanut butter part of a sandwich," squeezed betwee
This book introduces you to the complex rules governing modern payment methods. Using a hypothetical transaction, the book illustrates the applicable laws governing the various methods of making paym
For more than four decades, Robert Aitken Roshi has taught thousands of people the Buddhist practice of Zen meditation, and has led hundreds through their practice of the study of traditional koans.
For more than four decades, Robert Aitken Roshi has taught thousands of people the Buddhist practice of Zen meditation, and has led hundreds through their practice of the study of traditional koans.
John Piper's biography of William Wilberforce takes readers beyond Wilberforce's battle against slavery and explores the beliefs and motivations of this influential evangelical politician.
A penetrating study of a woman who, in the wake of her domineering husband's death, must embrace her newfound freedom and redefine herself.Set in rural Denmark in the early 20th century, A Change of T
A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This
The first book in English by an acclaimed Danish writer: “beautiful, faceted, haunting stories . . . [from] a rising star” (Junot Diaz)Karate Chop, Dorthe Nors’s acclaimed story collection, is the deb
JRGEN LETH is one of Denmarks foremost modern poets and a leading international filmmaker. Poems and films: two sides of his extensive ouevre, intricately interwoven. Films like The Perfect Human, pla
Susan Svendsen has an unusual talent. She is an expert in finding out secrets. People feel compelled to confide in her and unwittingly confess their innermost thoughts. Her whole life, she has exploit
This modern-day Lord of the Flies is a haunting existential novel, both award-winning and and provocative. Now in paperback as part of the Atheneum Collection!“Nothing matters.” “From the moment you a
In the lawless killing fields of the Eastern Front, SS Oberleutnant Hoffmann is on a mission to find a murderer Belorussia, July 1943. As the Battle of Kursk rages to the east and the tide turns
A new edition of the classic Approaches text for students, organised in three sections, which overviews and explains the history and philosophy of Human Geographies in all its applications by those wh
Dorte is twenty and adrift, pretending to study literature at Copenhagen University. In reality she is riding the trains and clocking up random encounters in her new home by the railway tracks. She re
From the swarming streets of Copenhagen to the frozen villages of Greenland, The Prophets of Eternal Fjord is a grand, magisterial story of epic proportion. Earning rave reviews and scores of readers
A mother and son move to a village in northern Norway, each ensconced in their own world. Their distance has fatal consequences.Love is the story of Vibeke and Jon, a mother and son who have just move
In a bold effort to redefine the public exhibition space, the Hirshhorn Museum has commissioned Doug Aitken's most ambitious work to date. "Song 1" is an unprecedented 360-degree moving-image work, re
