This insightful and beautifully illustrated book offers the first feminist analysis of the phenomenon of women art collectors in America. Dianne Sachko Macleod brings a surprising paradox to light, showing that collecting, which provided wealthy women with a private sense of solace, also liberated t[...]

The year is 1867, and seventeen-year-old Verity Boone is excited to return from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, the hometown she left when she was just a baby. Now she will finally meet the fiance she knows only through letters Soon, however, she discovers two strangely caged [...]

Whether you've just bought your first pressure cooker, or you have left your old one languishing at the back of the cupboard for a while, Dianne Page will help you get the most out of this most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Pressure cooking cuts conventional cooking times to a third. Soups can [...]

The success of Julie & Julia highlights the newest trend in food writing: blogging. Noted journalist and food-writing instructor Dianne Jacob has revised her award-winning book to include a chapter covering all the how-tos of food blogging as well as updated resources and new information on working[...]

"ESL Beginner "Makes English Easy
If you need to learn the basics of English grammar, this is the book for you
Written by experienced ESL teachers specifically for ESL learners, this easy-to-use handbook is perfect for anyone who is just learning the language.
"ESL Beginner" introduces[...]

Analyses of contemporary tourism planning and policymaking practice at local to global scales is lacking and there is an urgent need for research that informs theory and practice. Illustrated with a set of cohesive, theoretically-informed, international case studies constructed through storytelling,[...]

If you've been struggling with your weight, you know how hard it can be to lose those extra pounds and keep them off. In the groundbreaking "Think Thin, Be Thin, nationally prominent psychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering and award-winning health writer Dianne Hales assert that the true key to a healt[...]

Justin Fisher has a lovely wife, a young son, and a successful career as a manager of a luxury hotel, but he's troubled by the hole in his life left by his absent family. Hardly sure anymore why they became estranged in the first place, Justin gathers the courage to reconnect, only to find that his [...]

What special skills and knowledge base do nurses and health care professionals need to work in nursing homes? This volume explores such relevant issues as working with nursing home residents and their families, managing selected special populations, and the organizational and policy contexts that sh[...]

Explore the rich family life of the people from the Lost Continent of Lemuria, who have been living in Telos, a Subterranean City beneath Mt. Shasta in California, USA, for the past 12,000 years; and who, due to their isolation from the surface population have experienced great leaps in consciousnes[...]