This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a Cuban point of view, unearthing surprising, provocative connections and making the case that Cuba was fundamental to the evolution of music in the New World. The ways in which the music of black slaves transformed 16th-century Europe, how the ...

Helping children who have toileting problems. Many parents have problems with children being afraid to go to a public toilet, or a toilet other than that which they have at home. This simple to read book is designed to assist children relax and think about the possibility of going to another toilet.

In 1938, two rival expeditions descend on an ancient temple recently discovered in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a huge Hollywood production on location there, the other to disassemble the temple and ship it back to New York. A seemingly endless stalemate ensues. Twenty years later, a rogue CIA agent sets out to exploit the temple for his own ends, unaware that it is a locus of conspiracies far grander than anyone could ever have guessed.Shot through with intrigue...

The long-awaited update of the classic guide to outperforming the competition using Herrmann International's trademark Whole Brain MethodologyPacked with new research, updated examples, and more actionable content, The Whole Brain Business Book outlines four basic thinking styles--administrator, talker, problem-solver, dreamer--corresponding to the four quadrants of the brain and explains that many are dominated by only one quadrant. By getting ou...

A wide-ranging, powerful, alternative vision of the history of the United States and how the slave-breeding industry shaped itThe American Slave Coast tells the horrific story of how the slavery business in the United States made the reproductive labor of "breeding women" essential to the expansion of the nation. The book shows how slaves' children, and their children's children, were human savings accounts that were the basis of money and credit. This was...

Get your child excited about math with some maze fun. This second book combines the study of math with the fun of games. Select a multiplication problem and solve it, then check your answer with the math maze. Explore the maze to arrive at the answer.Easily navigate the links to the math maze and answer. Then return to the practice problems to select another. Twenty problems in all, each with an answer maze. Most appropriate for 3rd and 4th grade students.

Practice adding and subtracting decimal numbers with this second book. Select one of twenty math problems with complete solutions that educate the student in decimal numbers. The book also includes four bonus word problems with complete explanations and answers. Easily navigate the links from the problem list to view the solution with answer, and then return to the practice problems to select another. Problems start with low difficulty and gradually increase to challenging. Most appropriat...

Edward "Ned" Kelly (1854 – 1880) was an Australian bushranger, and, to some, a folk hero for his defiance of the colonial authorities. Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish convict father, and as a young man he clashed with the police. Following an incident at his home in 1878, police parties searched for him in the bush. After he murdered three policemen, the colony proclaimed Kelly and his gang wanted outlaws. A final violent confrontation with police took place at Gl...

Get your child excited about math with some maze fun. This book combines the study of math with the fun of games. Select a multiplication problem and solve it, then check your answer with the math maze. Explore the maze to arrive at the answer.Easily navigate the links to the math maze and answer. Then return to the practice problems to select another. Twenty problems in all, each with an answer maze. Most appropriate for 3rd and 4th grade students.

From the "effervescent" (Washington Post) author of Madness is Better than Defeat and The Teleportation Accident, a rollicking novel about fascism, boxing, entomology, eugenics, and desire.Kevin "Fishy" Broom has his nickname for a reason: he has a rare genetic condition that makes him smell markedly like rotting fish. Consequently, he rarely ventures out of the London apartment where he deals online in Nazi memorabilia. But when Fishy st...

Practice and hone important multiplication skills. Find inside twenty multiplication problems with complete solutions that instruct the student in the multiplication process. The book also includes four bonus word problems with complete explanations and answers. Easily navigate the links from the problem list to view the solution, and then return to the practice problems to select another. Problems start with low difficulty and gradually increase to challenging. Most appropriate for 4th an...

The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Nat...