A day at the beach turns into something extra special for Paloma, the charming little girl at the center of this imaginative book. When her mother and father take her to the beach, Paloma sees the other children playing with their... Read More

From the memorable songs of Oklahoma! to the recent phenomenal success of The Producers, musicals are a particularly American form of theatre. The author, who teaches music at Arcadia University in Nova Scotia, provides a helpful... Read More

The publisher’s "Inside The Minds" series compiles essays from chairman-level executives of major companies to explain to the general reader the current conditions and long-range prospects of a specific industry. This compilation deals... Read More

“Two years ago, I wrote a three-hundred-and-fifty-page doctoral dissertation,” said Daniel Gottlieb. “How can I be proud of turning a page?” A psychologist with a spinal cord injury, Gottlieb found that praise for his progress in... Read More

An immoderate life, indeed! It would be inconceivable for readers to expect anything else from the author, who was accused in 1994-and then cleared-of single-handedly defrauding a General Electric subsidiary, Kidder Peabody, of more than... Read More

“Perch was old and wise, and she knew it was time to tell her friend what happens to every tadpole. Polliwog, one day you will change and leave the pond.” Stubborn and unwilling to accept change, Polliwog disagrees. She is happy with... Read More

“Some damages are never wholly corrected,? writes the author. Her memoir depicts a chasm within her character as a youth-an uncontrolled urge for sex-which plunged her into the abyss of misbegotten relationships, especially with a... Read More

What is it like to live in a wheelchair, without sensation and movement in the body? According to the author, “The answer is found in the experiences of those in that position, but in fact there is no single answer, for each person has... Read More