New Arrivals · All Nonfiction

Web site with information about the center's activities and resources for educators, students, Holocaust survivors, and liberators. Originally a program of the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, the Center has become an independent, non-profit organization currently located on the campus of Rockwern Academy.

Contains articles and reprints regarding inland waterways development and commerce for 1926.

Immortalizing the people and moments that have defined the past 60 years--from Robert F. Kennedy to Princess Diana--Benson's accomplishments as a photojournalist is nothing short of remarkable. "The Harry Benson Book" is a visual celebration of his incomparable career.

Cutrone, mentor on MTV's hit series "The Hills" and soon to be star of her own Bravo reality TV show, offers her unique brand of life lessons for today's young woman on the rise.

During the Ming Dynasty numerous new animal themes were created to convey political and ethical messages current at court. As the result a sophisticated language of Chinese animal painting was developed, employing both the animals symbolic associations and homonymic puns. Hou-mei Sung s exciting rediscovery of some of these lost meanings has led to a full-scale investigation of the evolving history of Chinese animal painting. nbsp; Distinct symbolic meanings were associated with individual motifs, but all animals were assigned a place in the universe according to the Chinese concept of nature. From the very early yin/yang cosmology to later developments of Daoist and Confucian philosophies and ethics, Chinese animals gained new meanings related to their historical contexts. This book explores these new findings, using the colorful animal images and their rich and evolving symbolic meanings to gain insight into unique aspects of Chinese art, as well as Chinese culture and history.nbsp; nbsp;

"This is the first revised edition of this book since it was first published. This revision offers far more information than the first printing. Quite a few new names appear as a result of updating and this book now contains complete dates of birth and death where those dates are known. Some of the dates have been obtained from sources other than the grave markers. Funeral notices have been used as well as funeral home records and information from family members."--Prelim. p.

Two of the comics industry's top creative talents, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind Jla: Earth 2, reunite to redefine Superman based on the timeless, iconic elements of the Man of Steel. In this first volume, the World's Greatest Super-Hero rescues a doomed group of astronauts on the surface of the sun when he's exposed to massive amounts of solar radiation. No one could have anticipated how he'll be affected--except Lex Luthor!

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Scrapbook. Langstroth traveled to New Orleans in 1964 to visit the sites mentioned in the writings of Lafcadio Hearn. The text includes excerpts from Hearn, and Langstroth's summary of his trip. Illustrated with postcards, Langstroth's photographs, and various other papers collected on the trip. Mounted inside back cover is a copy of Hearn's Gombo zhèbes : little dictionary of Creole proverbs, published by de Brun ca. 1961. Mounted on the front is the cover from an old photograph album from about the time Hearn lived there, inlaid with mother of pearl flowers (cf. prelims).

Overcoming a 17-year addiction of drugs and alcohol, James faced other struggles in his life when he entered the workplace and tried to climb the corporate ladder. Determined to make life better for all workers, he filed a discrimination lawsuit against his employer and won. He is a Deacon in his church.

"To Hell on a Fast Horse" re-creates the thrilling manhunt for the Wild West's most iconic outlaw. It is also the first dual biography of the Kid and Garrett, each a larger-than-life figure who would not have become legendary without the other.

Visionary social thinker Kotkin looks ahead to America in 2050, revealing how the addition of 100 million Americans by midcentury will transform American families, towns, and industries. It is upon the success or failure of these communities that the American future rests.

"Kick-start kitchen prep with the help of convenient mixes and package goods. A follow-up to the best-selling Fast Fixes with Mixes, More Fast Fixes with Mixes is packed with hundreds of additional shortcut recipes for family-pleasing entrees, soups and even sensational desserts and treats..."--P.[4] of cover.

Northside Greenspace Inc. is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization founded to identify, preserve, and restore natural areas in Northside and surrounding Cincinnati, Ohio, communities. Through workshops and projects, lectures, field trips, and advocacy efforts, they seek to provide information and opportunities concerning the issues and processes influencing greenspaces in local neighborhoods.

The Land Conservancy of Hamilton County, Ohio (LCHC) is a member-supported, nonprofit land trust founded in 1999 to promote the protection of natural heritage and quality of life of all citizens through voluntary land conservation. To preserve the natural lands and farmlands of Hamilton County, with initial emphasis on the lands located in western Hamilton County, LCHC accepts donations of conservation easements from landowners, accepts gifts of land, and purchases land.

Squeezed between a vast ocean and the longest mountain range on earth, Chile is 2,600 miles long and never more than 110 miles wide--not a country that lends itself to maps, as Sara Wheeler discovered when she traveled alone from the top to the bottom, from the driest desert in the world to the sepulchral wastes of Antarctica. Eloquent, astute, nimble with history and deftly amusing, Travels in a Thin Country established Sara Wheeler as one of the very best travel writers in the world.

Houbein offers a charming and practical work that explains how to turn one square yard of soil into a nourishing, inexpensive, and Earth-friendly source of produce right at home. Illustrations throughout.

Enter the fantastic imagination of artist Jacob Glaser as you learn how to draw everything from an alien lord and a werewolf to a jester and a black knight. In this 144-page book, you'll learn how to draw fantasy characters that you didn't even know existed--except in the far-reaching corners of your mind. After being introduced to the basic tools and techniques of pencil drawing, you'll discover 60 easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations, including a robot attack pod, Frankenstein, a vampire bat, an evil sorcerer, a barbarian warrior, and a damsel in distress. Many projects include a digitally colored final and color palettes so you can see just one of the many ways you can bring your characters to live in vivid color.

Offers an introduction to Fair Isle knitting, explaining how to read a color chart and use different techniques, along with instructions for projects and patterns of different skill levels.

Lee presents a true-crime page-turner on five notorious cases, including the Phil Spector shooting case, the brutal murder of a nun in Toledo, and genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

An in-depth resource that separates fact from myth about the lives of saintsSaints For Dummies offers information on famous saints (both men and women) from the Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic traditions. With a historical biography on each saint including information on what they are known for, what they did in life to achieve sainthood, and how readers can pray to them in time of need. This easy-to-understand guide reveals that most saints were very common, ordinary, and imperfect human beings with faults and foibles who overcame their shortcomings to become figures of great spiritual and historical significance. You get a unique glimpse into the lives and the character traits of these righteous men and women, as well as future pending saints. Explains which saints are invoked for specific situations Rev. John Trigilio and Rev. Kenneth Brighenti are the coauthors of Catholicism For Dummies, Women in the Bible For Dummies and John Paul II For DummiesWhether you′re a scholar or just curious about the topic, Saints For Dummies will have you intrigued and informed from the first page.

Original, affordable, timesaving projects in the popular countdown format that brides on a deadline love. This hip, budget-friendly wedding planner takes the mystery out of creating wedding keepsakes with 40 fabulous projects with full-color, step-by-step illustrations.

"A riveting, artfully written memoir of a lawyer's life as he races to prevent death row inmates from being executed"--Provided by the publisher.

Frederick presents the gripping true story of The Black Hearts platoon and the widespread breakdown of discipline that results in depression, drinking, and horrific brutality that culminates with the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her family.

Now that the US is not the world's biggest banker, its future as a superpower is looking shaky.