Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance is a memoir by President of the United States Barack Obama. It was first published in 1995 after Obama was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, but before his political career began. The book was re-released in 2004 following Obama’s keynote [...]

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1 edition (September 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385516401
ISBN-13: 978-0385516402

From Publishers Weekly
It’s not laws or constitutional theory that rule the High Court, argues this absorbing group profile, but quirky men and women guided by political intuition. New Yorker legal writer Toobin (The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson) surveys the [...]

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam

Paperback: 408 pages
Publisher: Alpha; 1st edition (October 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0028642333
ISBN-13: 978-0028642338

Product Description
Islam may be the most misunderstood faith in history. Most of us learn little or nothing about Islam in school; in fact, our knowledge of Muslims may be restricted to news reports on the Middle East and Louis Farrakhan. Surprise–the vast majority of Muslims [...]

Goldfish: Your Happy Healthy Pet

Goldfish: Your Happy Healthy Pet
The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs—now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly!

Every Dog’s Legal Guide: A Must-Have Book For Your Owner

Every Dog’s Legal Guide is a newly revised, up-to-date practical guide to the legal issues that affect dogs, their owners and their neighbors every day.

English For International Tourism

English for International Tourism provides a multi-level series for students who need professional communication within the hotel and tourism industries. Explores top tourist destinations using material taken from Dorling Kindersleys Eyewitness Travel Guides. Brings the world of work into the classroom. Provides effective communication strategies for workplace situations. Develops language awareness through an integrated syllabus.

The Philosophy Of Film Noir

When Nietzsche declared “God is dead,” little did he know he was helping to launch a new cinematic genre characterized by shady characters and seamy plotlines involving fallen women, murder and betrayal. But noir is inevitably more than just stylish filmmaking or the marriage between American hard-boiled fiction and German expressionism, according to the philosophers, [...]

Encyclopedia Of Ancient Egypt

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt is the first single-volume reference guide to the remarkable culture that flourished on the banks of the Nile from the predynastic period, 3200 B.C., to the fall of the New Kingdom in 1070 B.C. Illustrated with more than 175 line drawings, maps, and time charts, over 1,500 entries span all [...]

Complete Idiot’s Guide To Get Good Night Sleep

You’re no idiot, of course. You know that getting a good night’s sleep is essential to your mental and physical health. But sometimes you try everything–from over-the-counter pills to counting sheep–and you still can’t fall asleep. Don’t call for Mr. Sandman yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting a Good Night’s Sleep shows you how [...]

How Digital Photography Works

How Digital Photography Works is a digital camera and photography book that actually tells you how it all works. Full-color, large illustrations take the guesswork out of understanding all of the cool things your digital camera and software can do, from capturing images to fixing mistakes.