A lonely elf discovers he has a special gift and embarks upon an adventure of fun and self discovery. With a Bang Boom Bah and a Boom Bang Bing, here comes Elvin The Helpful Elf.

Revised and updated to reflect the most current science, and including 30 new species, this authoritative and comprehensive volume is the definitive guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. The new edition features 189 species of salamanders, frogs, crocodilians, turtles, lizards, and snakes, with updated color photographs, descriptions, and distribution maps for each species. It is an indispensable guide for zoologists, amateur naturalists, environmentalists, ba...

In May 1934, outside of Hugo, Oklahoma, a homeless man and his thirteen-year-old daughter are befriended by a charismatic drifter, newly released from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The drifter, Clint Palmer, lures father and daughter to Texas, where the father, Dillard Garrett, mysteriously disappears, and where his daughter, Lucile, begins a one-year ordeal as Palmer's captive on a crime spree—culminating in the notorious Greenville, Texas, "skeleton murder" trial of 19...

During these unprecedented times, glaring internal inefficiencies, communication breakdowns, and an overriding sense of cultural inertia on many campuses are too often set against a backdrop of changing consumer preferences, high sticker prices, declining demand, massive tuition discounting, aging infrastructure, technological and pedagogical alternatives, and political pressure. Strategic leadership in such a complex environment needs to be exercised in nuanced ways that differ from those...

Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books—McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould's Secret—that are still renowned for their precis...

'The master of a journalistic style long vanished - urbane, lucid, courteous... A masterpiece of observation and storytelling' Ian McEwanMitchell is the laureate of old New York. The hidden corners of the city and the people who lived there are his subject. He captured the waterfront rooming-houses , nickel-a-drink saloons, all-night restaurants, the 'visionaries, obsessives, imposters, fanatics, lost souls, the end-is-near street preachers, old Gypsy Kings and old Gypsy Queens, an...

The story of a notorious New York eccentric and the journalist who chronicled his life: "A little masterpiece of observation and storytelling" (Ian McEwan).Joseph Mitchell was a cornerstone of the New Yorker staff for decades, but his prolific career was shattered by an extraordinary case of writer's block. For the final thirty-two years of his life, Mitchell published nothing. And the key to his silence may lie in his last major work: t...

On the centennial of Joseph Mitchell's birth, here is a new edition of the classic collection containing his most celebrated pieces about New York City. Fifty years after its original publication, The Bottom of the Harbor is still considered a fundamental New York book. Every story Mitchell tells, every person he introduces, every scene he describes is illuminated by his passion for the eccentrics and eccentricities of his beloved adopted city.All of the pieces here are co...

Originally published in the mid-1940s, 'Old Mr. Flood' is Joseph Mitchells story of retired house wrecker Hugh G. Flood, a New Yorker determined to live to the age of 115 on a diet of fresh seafood, harbor air, and good Scotch. Mitchell created an unforgettable character in these stories of fish-eating, whiskey, death, and rebirth by combining aspects of several men who worked at or frequented Manhattans famed Fulton Fish Market along the East River.

Published in anticipation of Columbia's fortieth anniversary in 2007, this book showcases the history of one of the nation's leading 'new towns.' Built from the brilliant plan developed by visionary designer James Rouse, Columbia's innovative design is the foundation for a unique community that has thrived for decades and flourishes today.

All of us have spirit guides watching over us and waiting for us to ask for their help. These spirit guides are there just for you, they have been especially chosen for you, and their only purpose to be around you is to help you grow spiritually or resolve a crisis situation you are in or help you fulfill your dreams. The only issue is that if you don't ask them, they won't be able to help. While some of these guides stay with you throughout your life, others appear in your life when you a...

All of us have spirit guides watching over us and waiting for us to ask for their help. These spirit guides are there just for you, they have been especially chosen for you, and their only purpose to be around you is to help you grow spiritually or resolve a crisis situation you are in or help you fulfill your dreams. The only issue is that if you don't ask them, they won't be able to help. While some of these guides stay with you throughout your life, others appear in your life when you a...