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At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for almost two decades.

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The author of the highly successful History Channel series "The Greatest Stories Never Told" returns with new historic tales, this time focusing on amazing science stories of discovery and invention.

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Volume I: Overviews and the History Plays Volume II: The Comedies Volume III: The Tragedies Volume IV: The Romances and Poetry.

The African American struggle for freedom and equality is one of the truly heroic elements of American history. Revising and expanding a highly acclaimed, award-winning encyclopedia published in 1992, this book provides an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to understand the African American struggle for civil rights.

The idea of children's rights as codified by the UN has done much to expand our understanding of what is needed for healthy growth and development of children and youth. This book covers topics including: education, laws and legal status, play and recreation, religious life, child labor, child abuse and neglect, family, and health.

The period we know as the Middle Ages, roughly the years 400-1400, saw the formation of ideas and institutions that mark our modern societies. Developments as disparate as the foundation of Islam and the emergence of the middle class occurred during this pivotal millennium. This title explains how this period unfolded in major world regions.

The house, throughout history, in every place in the world, has been built to provide shelter from the elements. The dwellings that have resulted are as different as the people that have built them, the social norms that prevailed at the time and place in which they were built and the natural environment that they adapted to.

Using humanistic principles to strip away the jargon and narrowness inherent in much of modern-day political scholarship, this historical encyclopedia reclaims the breadth of vision, the privileging of factual evidence over theory, and the moral tenor prevalent in classical political inquiry.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Sex, Love, and Culture volumes cover the ancient world, the medieval era, the early modern period, the colonial and revolutionary age, the nineteenth century, and the modern world.

While other works cover individual ethnic literary traditions, this encyclopedia is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to the spectacularly diverse range of ethnic American writing.

Documents the achievements, current challenges, and status of women in more than 130 countries, addressing women's issues ranging from education to violence.

There is no better way for students to learn about cultural diversity than to study the folklore and folkways of different ethnic groups.

Provides access to the stories and legends that have captivated us for generations and continue to influence film, television, literature, and popular culture. This four-volume work gathers a range of popular and obscure lore from a range of American ethnic traditions and groups the folktales by region. It also includes less familiar stories.

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To be a great leader, you must be able to unite people from all backgrounds with seemingly competing agendas to come together under a common cause. Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans and current president and CEO of the National Urban League, has been such a leader and shares the lessons he learned along a legendary journey of achievement.

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"Smoothly written and liberally sprinkled with helpful illustrations and photographs. . . . A handy, thoughtful, and substantive reference tool. Highly recommended for secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and public libraries." Choice

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Back in print, this classic book, inspired by the author s time at her family house in the Hamptons, offers her ideas for entertaining, cooking, and living by the sea.

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Discover the joy and serenity of slow stitching with hand piecing and hand quilting. With one quilt made up of 21 block designs, this book provides a complete learning experience for new quilters and a stunning project for experienced stitchers.

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A student guide to Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel. It includes chapter-by-chapter analysis and instructions on how to write a literary essay.

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Presenting more than 350 ways to unlock the curative powers of foods, this book serves as a guide to physical well-being. From information on virus-fighting apricots and natural anxiety-relieving tea to stomachache-quelling honey and natural cleaning products, it explains why and how these everyday ingredients heal the mind, body, and spirit.

This three-volume set addresses how the role of spirituality and its constructive expressions in various religions-and outside of formal religion-enhances human personality and experience.