In 1742, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, wrote, There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. Two hundred forty-three years later, in 1985, Dorothy Rabinowitz, a syndicated columnist and television commentator, encountered ... more »

No one blends humor and heartbreak like Rita Ciresi, whose award-winning novels are lauded as much for their generous wit as for their unflinching honesty. Ciresi's crowd-pleasing novel Pink Slip captivated readers and critics alike, introducing two utterly unforgettable characters and a love story both ... more »

Turn on your TV! This helpful resource helps you select the best TiVo service based on your needs, then shows you how to set up your TiVo, watch live television with your TiVo, record programs, hook TiVo up to your home network, remotely schedule programs to be recorded over the Internet, use multiple ... more »

Over 1,000 entries This invaluable work includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides the fascinating history behind our proverbs. Discover the story behind 'Never say never', 'It takes one to know one', 'The devil is ... more »

Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows , Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds ... more »

For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity, Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths, and the age of chivalry have been known. The forerunner of such interpreters as Edith Hamilton and ... more »

eView™ is a simple and user-friendly application for viewing images and graphics with your eBookMan® device. Whenever you go, you precious pictures will be always with you. - You can store as many as 100 graphic files, with each picture's size as large as 500 Kb. - eView™ allows you to view pictures ... more »

We were talking last evening - as the blue moon-mist poured in through the old-fashioned grated window, and mingled with our yellow lamplight at table - we were talking of a certain castle whose heir is initiated (as folk tell) on his twenty-first birthday to the knowledge of a secret so terrible as ... more »

Look, I've been in scads of weddings, my own (leading to a dismal marriage and an even more dismal divorce) and approximately twenty-seven others. Which means that I've propped up hysterical brides, sobered up inebriated grooms, changed dirty diapers on flower girls, and worn bridesmaid dresses that ... more »

Tired of hearing (and believing) the lies that the media and your own sister friends keep feeding you: that good black love is an impossibility, that all the best men are either married, gay, or sell out on their own kind? If so, it's time to get stripped. Welcome to the best and most practical relationship ... more »

This powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have if you want top grades and thorough understanding of programming with Java, the computing language being taught as a basic at more and more colleges. This student-friendly study guide leads you step-by-step through the entire beginning computer ... more »

This comprehensive and up-to-date collection of data on the Asian construction sector presents a unique guide to construction economics in the following countries: Australia, China Mainland, China Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore Sri Lanka, Vietnam. The state ... more »