This fascinating work provides a truly stunning visual guide to the beautiful world of gemstones. It brings together a wealth of information in clearly worded text accompanied by a dazzling collection of color photographs showing gems in their natural and cut states.From subjects as diverse as ident[...]

(Signature Licks Guitar). A step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles of Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Mick Taylor and Ron Wood. 17 songs are explored, including: Beast of Burden * It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) * Not Fade Away * Start Me Up * Tumbling Dice * and more.[...]

Aminatta Forna, whose moving and gorgeously written memoir garnered international attention, has seamlessly turned her hand to fiction in "Ancestor Stones" a powerful, sensuous novel that beautifully captures Africa's past century and her present, and the legacy that her daughters take with them whe[...]

Three interwoven, spine-tingling historical thrillers from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Incarceron."
Suspense, mysticism, and history encircle three separate but related narratives in this fantasy novel. Today, Sulis, a teenage girl with a mysterious past, arrives in Bath with a [...]

A panoramic narrative history that will give readers a new understanding of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated lens of the Vanity Fair contributor?and co-creator of HBO's Vinyl?who was along for the ride as a young reporter on the road with the band in the 1990s Rich [...]

Therapeutic meditations that show how human weakness can be changed by grace, prayer, insight and choice into stepping stones on the road to God.[...]

With their intense lyricism, Meena Alexander's poems convey the fragmented experience of the traveler, for whom home is both nowhere and everywhere. The landscapes she evokes, whether reading Bash? in the Himalayas, or walking a city street, hold echoes of otherness. Place becomes a palimpsest, comp[...]

A compelling array of photographs, many never before published, accompanied by detailed, informative captions, follows the Rolling Stones from their early days in the 1960s to the present day, chronicling the history of the iconic band both on and off the stage and documenting their great performanc[...]

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Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as paren[...]

Bringing together scholars and activists, With Stones in Our Hands confronts the rampant anti-Muslim racism and imperialism across the globe today After September 11, 2001, the global War on Terror has made clear that Islam and Muslims are central to an imperial system of racism. Prior to 9/11, whit[...]

Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically acclaimedand much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000 copies have been sold!"Passionate, obsessive, and smart." --Nylon..".an inspired new series of short books about beloved works of vinyl." --DetailsDescriptionTracing [...]