"A variety of Chinese writings-medical texts, religious treatises, fiction, and anecdotes-from the Song period (960-1279) depict women who were considered peculiar because their sexual bodies did not belong to men. These were women who refused to marry, were considered unmarriag…
"Federico Manuel Peralta Ramos nació rubio y de ojos celestes, jugó al polo, actuó en cine y en TV, trabajó en radio y en gráfica, fue casi arquitecto, pintó, hizo escultura, performance, happening y se exhibió a sí mismo como obra de arte, fundó la religión gánica, refundó una …
Lively accounts of political intrigue and other lore from early China.
With his historic win at the 2014 Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi cemented his legacy as one of the great champions of long-distance running. Runners everywhere wanted to know how someone two weeks away from his 39th birthday, who had only the 15th best time going into the race,…
:An ornate Victorian manor sat in picturesque the River Thames in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. Perhaps not the first place to spring to mind when considering the top-secret photographic interpretation that helped secure an Allied victory in the Second World War, but this was the …
by Recorded Books, Inc, Swerling, Lisa, Lazar, Ralph
From the creative duo behind the bestselling Me Without You and Happiness Is ... 'omes How to Be a Cat, a lighthearted illustrated guide to living life as a feline. Distinctive artwork and quirky captions confirm what we already know: cats actually rule the household. Ranging fr…
The only thing that's more eager to please you than your dog ... is this Bathroom Reader about dogs! It's a very good book! Oh, yes it is! Good book! So cuddle up with your canine companion and lap up ... Movie mutts Doggie heroes The scoop on poop Decoding your dog's behavior F…
As dictated to his mortal amanuensis, 11-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, David Javerbaum, God looks back with unprecedented candor on his time in the public sector. He takes us behind the scenes.
In this wickedly funny and irreverent memoir, Chelsea Lately writer and comedian Sarah Colonna opens up about love, life, and pursuing her dreams ... and then screwing it all up. Sarah believes we all struggle to grow up. Sometimes we want to have fun, not take things too seriou…
This book is an updated and revised edition of The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, edited by Clifton Fadiman. This collection of more than 4,000 anecdotes features more than 2,000 people past and present from around the world, in all fields of endeavour. Ranging from the humoro…
