The Sign of Four (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes) by Christopher Roden $13.95
When a woman who has received mysterious pearls in the mail is asked to meet her correspondent, Holmes and Watson are called in on the case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and along the River Thames in this spellbinding mystery.
On the Origin of Species (Csa Word Classic) by Csa Word Ltd $35.00
In 2009, "On The Origin of Species" celebrates 150 years since first publication in 1859. A non-fiction phenomenon, the book, which appears to question the fundamentals of religion and belief through its scientific reasoning, is still controversial in the present day. Introducing concepts such as the Theory of Evolution and Survival of the Fittest, Darwin's book has become like a sacred text...
The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords Three Men in a Boat by Diane Mowat $6.50
'I like work. I find it interesting ...I can sit and look at it for hours.' With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a cold, wet morning. This...
The Devil's Dictionary by Roy Morris Jr. $74.00
These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a...
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Random House Trade Paperbacks $16.00
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human...
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life by Richard A. Houser $9.48
A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guide) by Lee Allen Peterson $19.00
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.
The Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords Washington Square by Kieran McGovern $6.50
When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her...
THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE (non illustrated) by $0.99
"The Voyage of the Beagle" is Charles Darwin's journal of his experieces as a naturalist on a scientific data gathering expedition that began in December of 1831 and ended in October of 1836. He taveled around South America and into the Pacific to Australia, Tahiti and New Zealand. Throughout the journey he made very careful observations of the flora and fauna, and collected a multitude of...
Montessori: The Science behind the Genius by An Vu $35.00
Traditional American schooling is in constant crisis because it is based on two poor models for children's learning: the school as a factory and the child as a blank slate. School reforms repeatedly fail by not learning from the shortcomings of these models. One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based...