Encyclopedias and Reference

Alphabetically arranged entries offer a feminist perspective on mythology, anthropology, sexuality, and religion and trace major figures, myths, concepts, and symbols back to their pre-patriarchal origins.

A beautifully illustrated guide to the colourful gardens that surround the Smithsonian museums along the National Mall, each unique in its design, plant materials and purpose. Many visitors are surprised to learn that the Smithsonian Institution includes extensive gardens and landscape areas.

March 1848. Mysterious knocks are heard in a little house in rural New York, throwing the community into turmoil. Are the children who live there -- Kate and Maggie Fox, sisters aged eleven and fourteen -- making the raps to trick their parents?

A remarkable tour de force by a world-renown neuroscientist explains that human beings were never born to read; this invention changed the very organization of man's brain and altered the intellectual evolution of the species.

A person who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than date for the sake of being in a couple. With unique traits and an optimistic spirit; a sensibility that transcends relationship status. Also adj. Of, relating to, or embodying quirkyalones. See also: romantic, idealist, independent.

Why you're going to love The Raw Food Detox Diet You will . . . never count calories, fat grams, or carb grams, or measure foods again; see results even without deliberate exercise; eat liberal amounts of rich, satisfying foods; and open the flood gates for improvements in every area of your life.

A new version of the classic "Book of the Way" provides a manual on the art of living, offering eighty concise chapters that offer wisdom and advice on how to achieve balance, perspective, and serenity in every aspect of one's life. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.