\"The impressive collection of writers here have contributed essays that celebrate knitting and knitters. They share their knitting triumphs and disasters as well as their life triumphs and disasters...These essays will break your heart. They will have you laughing out loud.\" --Ann Hood, from the introductionWhy does knitting occupy a place in the hearts of so many writers? What\'s so magical and

This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. William H. Truswell, is devoted to Day-to-day Challenges in Facial Plastic Surgery. This issue is one of four selected each year by the series Consulting Editor, Dr. J. Regan Thomas. Articles in this issue include: Guiding the Patient on Their Journey through Facial Rejuvenation Surgery; Incorporating Nonsurgical Options and Aesthetic

Whether you want to stroll the atmospheric streets of Old San Juan, lounge on the island\'s beautiful beaches, or escape to Vieques or Culebra, the local Fodor\'s travel experts in Puerto Rico are here to help! Fodor\'s Puerto Rico guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This

Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics outlines the technical approaches undertaken by leaders in the community, the challenges they have faced, and the resulting advances in the field. This book serves as a one-stop reference for compound semiconductor device researchers tasked with solving this engineering challenge for future material systems based on ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors.

In honor of 60 years of Spider-Man, the web-slinger\'s second solo series gets the Omnibus treatment! SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN not only increased the opportunities for Spidey action, it provided a platform to expand upon and explore the world of Peter Parker and his incomparable cast: J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson and the gang! Of course, there was no shortage of villains - including

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this thrilling novel from Danielle Steel, a small community is tested when their children go missing while exploring a dangerous local peak, forcing them to band together during the crisis. Fishtail, Montana, is home to Anne and Pitt Pollock, local royalty, high school sweethearts, and owners of the successful Pollock ranch. The sprawling foothills of the Beartooth Mountains

Bring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop strong reading and writing skills with a single Student\'s Book that contains a rich bank of stimulus texts and progressive activities for all ability

Shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award and the 2012 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation

Ealing is best known as the \'Queen of the Suburbs\', but there is far more to its rich history than that. In the Middle Ages Ealing\'s market gardens supplied much of London\'s produce, and in later centuries it has played an often colourful part in history, being home to the royal mistresses of Edward III, George IV and Queen Victoria\'s father, the Duke of Kent; and of Spencer Perceval, the only

Security is too important to be left in the hands of just one department or employee--it\'s a concern of an entire enterprise. Enterprise Security Architecture shows that having a comprehensive plan requires more than the purchase of security software--it requires a framework for developing and maintaining a system that is proactive. The book is based around the SABSA layered framework. It provides

Test your powers of logic and mental agility with this mixed collection of 500 number and logic puzzles from the MindGames section of the Times. Puzzles include the favorites Suko, Brain Trainer, Cell Blocks, Futoshiki, Kakuro, Set Square, and KenKen. The perfect gift for all number and logic puzzle

The Royal Marines are renowned for their military skill and also for having one of the finest military bands in the world. These highly trained and talented musicians are equally at home parading at Buckingham Palace, playing at the Royal Albert Hall, or on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in a foreign port.Why then when the Argentines invaded the Falklands in April 1982 did these superb musicians

The essential Somali language resource!Somali is an Afroasiatic language with approximately 15 million speakers worldwide. It is spoken primarily in Somalia, but also in Somaliland, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya and by a significant Somali-speaking diaspora. Somali is written with the Latin alphabet.This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Somalia and neighboring regions with the tools

\'What he did for the Victorian novel in The Crimson Petal and the White Faber now does for the bestselling books du jour.\'

An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica\'s most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades--celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world. In Brooklyn: The Once and Future City, Thomas J. Campanella unearths

Joni and Ken is a true love story of one of the most adored, respected couples on the planet---Ken and Joni Eareckson Tada---who, through depression, pain, and cancer, faced the kind of testing and trials few could even conceive, all while displaying the love of Jesus in their relationship ... for almost thirty years. Includes an eight-page photo

In 1991, Dana Gioia\'s provocative essay \"Can Poetry Matter?\" was published in the Atlantic Monthly, and received more public response than any other piece in the magazine\'s history. In his book, Gioia more fully addressed the question: Is there a place for poetry to be part of modern American mainstream culture? Ten years later, the debate is as lively and heated as ever. Graywolf is pleased to