Posts tagged Hardcover
The Human Body Book (Book & DVD) (Hardcover)
Mar 31st
Review
“. . . combines jaw-dropping illustrations with meaty captions and commentary to give “Eyewitness” graduates a mesmerizing tour of the body’s parts and common diseases.” — School Library Journal, July 2007For kids interested in bodies and how they work–and More >
First Human Body Encyclopedia (Dk First Reference Series) (Hardcover)
Mar 21st
Showing what’s inside the human body and how things fit and work together, the Human Body Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating facts and spectacular close-up photographs that make the subject accessible and fun. Covering every part of the bodyfrom major body systems to individual cellsin language accessible to young children, this book is More >
Glencoe Health, Student Edition [Student Edition] (Hardcover)
Mar 17th
CORRELATED TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS, THIS IS THE PROGRAM YOU CAN TRUST! This research-based program gives your students the skills they need to stand up to peer pressure, avoid risky behaviors, and develop the resilience they need to handle the changes they’ll face during their school years…and throughout More >
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (Hardcover)
Feb 15th
Review
“A fascinating account. . . . Heilemann and Halperin serve up a spicy smorgasbord of observations, revelations, and allegations. . . . Game Change leaves the reader with a vivid, visceral sense of the campaign and a keen understanding of the paradoxes and contingencies of history.” (Michiko More >
Where To Go When (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Hardcover)
Feb 12th
Review
Thirty destinations are presented for each month, with 11 covered in depth. Tuscany, Italy, is recommended for October, when the grape and olive harvests take place, and when porcini mushrooms, prized truffles and other specialties appear on regional menus. The listing includes a six-day itinerary on the More >
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
Feb 12th
Amazon.com Review
This is the classic cookbook, in its entirety—all 524 recipes. “Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for more than forty years, has been teaching Americans how. Mastering More >
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
Feb 8th
Amazon.com Review
A classic tome of gastronomic science and lore, On Food and Cooking delivers an erudite discussion of table ingredients and their interactions with our bodies. Following the historical, literary, scientific and practical treatment of foodstuffs from dairy to meat to vegetables, McGee More >
Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips (Hardcover)
Feb 7th
No one knows the world like National Geographicand in this lavish volume, we reveal our picks for the world’s most fabulous journeys, along with helpful information for readers who want to try them out. Compiled from the favorite trips of National Geographic’s travel writers, Journeys of a Lifetime spans the globe to highlight More >
The Professional Chef (Hardcover)
Feb 6th
From Booklist
This eighth edition of the standard textbook for professional chefs in the U.S. expands previous editions’ coverage of both the science and the art of cooking. The nation’s most prestigious training school for food careerists concentrates the essence of its course work within a comprehensive volume More >
Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition – 2006 (Hardcover)
Feb 2nd
Amazon.com Review
The much anticipated 75th anniversary edition of Irma Rombauer’s kitchen classic Joy of Cooking promises to be as indispensable as past editions of this generational favorite. In addition to hundreds of brand-new recipes, this Joy is filled with many recipes from all More >
Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Hardcover)
Feb 2nd
From Publishers Weekly
In this critical but optimistic overview, academics Palfrey (of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society) and Gasser (of the Swiss U. of St. Gallen) share their concern about the legal and social ramifications of the Internet with regard to the generation of “Digital Natives” More >
Cooking (Hardcover)
Jan 31st
Amazon.com Review
Put simply, Cooking is a revelation. No other cookbook so deftly illustrates as broad a scope of classic culinary methods and flavors as you’ll find here. As a veteran chef and award-winning cookbook author, James Peterson is uniquely qualified to take food More >
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World (Hardcover)
Jan 27th
SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST The Net Generation Has Arrived. Are you ready for it? Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and More >
Life (Hardcover)
Jan 24th
One of photographys watershed moments occurred in 1965, when the cover of Life magazine featured Lennart Nilssons photograph of a living human embryothe first time life at such an early stage had been captured on film. His classic bestseller A Child Is Born featured stunning photographs of life in the womb More >
Life: The Platinum Anniversary Collection: 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography (Hardcover)
Jan 24th
From Publishers Weekly
The brainchild of Henry Luce, owner of Time and Fortune, Life magazine was formed in 1936 and quickly became one of the most influential publications of the 20th century. Its original mandate, in the words of Luce, was “to see life; to see the world; More >
Life: The Science of Biology (Hardcover)
Jan 24th
THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFEVisit the Life, 9e preview site at www.whfreeman.com/life9epreview The science of biology evolves. The science classroom and lab evolve. In this edition, as always, Life: The Science of Biology evolves with them, in innovative, authoritative, and captivating ways.From the first edition to the present, Life More >
The Seven Pillars of Health (Hardcover)
Jan 21st
What you can do for yourself concerning your health, god will not do. Its up to you to do it now. Most diseases are caused by unhealthy lifestyles, poor diet, lack of exercise, stress, and inadequate sleep. This book, based on best-selling author Dr. Don Colberts life message, reveals seven fundamental principles that More >