There's no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects Medical Terminology Demystified covers all the basic terms of disease and injury, abnormal anatomy and physiology, surgical techniques, drugs, and other therapies--in the context of real, practical health issues. This ... more »

Embrace the Roman muse! As a learner of Latin, you want to experience the Roman world by reading its writers in their original language. But you may be unsure where to begin in the classical canon or you may worry that your Latin skills are insufficient to tackle authentic texts. Requiring only a grounding ... more »

* One * MANHATTAN On this day the light had disguised itself as the first ordinary orange rays of a September sunrise over the East River. It easily eclipsed the big red neon Tower Records sign and silhouetted all the sheets of newspaper scurrying over Broadway's empty sidewalks. It ricocheted off the ... more »

There's no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects McGraw-Hill's Demystified titles are the most efficient, interestingly written, brush-ups you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end ... more »

Manhattan in the 1950s. Expelled from boarding school, Gabriel Gibbs joins his older brother Spencer's world of white-gloved Park Avenue, weekend house parties filled with tennis and cocktails, and literary Greenwich Village -- where Gabriel first glimpses the elusive Lillian Dawes, who will also captivate ... more »

Learn Latin verbs with ease Most Latin verb books offer little more than charts of conjugations and a few mechanical exercises that do little to help you understand when and why a particular verb tense should be used. Practice Makes Perfect: Latin Verb Tenses , by contrast, provides hundreds of verbs ... more »

A comprehensive guide to baseball fundamentals that helps players and coaches build winning teams together Watching major-league baseball today, many fans wonder what happened to the fundamentals of the game when they see a highly paid outfielder miss the cutoff man or a multimillion-dollar pitcher fail ... more »

The bestselling author of The Object of My Affection and True Enough delivers his most compelling and richly observed novel to date with this portrait of one man's search for the holy trinity of modern life -- true love, good sex, and great real estate. Stephen McCauley's new novel is a moving and hilarious ... more »

From the first, original idea you have for your novel, through writing your manuscript, to the book on the shelf in the bookstore and making a career out of writing novels, the Fiction Writer's Toolkit takes the reader on the entire creative journey in a very practical manner. This book was written over ... more »

Packed with e-book extras, including the original classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , by L. Frank Baum, and the Reader's Group Guide. When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious ... more »

After traveling the country and listening to women's most common health problems, Dr. Marianne Legato, one of the nation's leading advocates for women's health, answers these common questions and more in WHAT WOMEN NEED TO KNOW. This revolutionary book teaches women how to ask their doctors the right ... more »

We may as well begin with the ride home. It is Christmas night, 1998. The ending of a day that was not unseasonable, except in its failure to fulfill the sentimental wish for spur-of-the moment snow. The sky: gray; the air: cold, with a high of 33 degrees Fahrenheit. Palpable winter but not winter at ... more »