The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes showcases Richard Mack's ability to tell a compelling visual story through his lens, while offering readers a breathtaking glimpse into a unique chapter in American history

A timeless classic, this workbook-style text celebrates holidays—and the ESL learner! Each of the 20 chapters targets a holiday via an informative three-page reading. Key vocabulary is bolded and recycled. For example, the Valentine’s Day unit embraces the words romance, affection, sweetheart, companion, feelings and others that are then reviewed in matching exercises, sentence completions, and Internet tasks. Black and white photos further add to the celebration. Special appendices extend learning with relevant holiday “documents” (The Pledge of Allegiance, MLK’s I Have a Dream speech, etc.), gift-giving customs, and traditional songs. An answer key is in the back. Holidays included aside from the most common: President’s Day, St. Patrick’s, Easter, Memorial Day, The 4th of July, Election Day, Veterans Day, Cinco de Mayo, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, and Yom Kippur

For solvers looking for puzzles they can enjoy throughout the weekend, here`s a fun, accessible collection of end-of-the-week New York Times crosswords in a spiral-bound format for easy solving, from legendary crossword editor Will Shortz

Elegant and accessible, this interactive handbook teaches crafters of all ages how to create kinetic paper art. The projects are complete with examples, formulas, and the essential instruction that allows them to be constructed directly from the book with simple materials on hand: paper, scissors, and glue. Pop-ups are grouped by type—box or triangle—and as the chapters progress, the techniques are combined and layered for more dramatic effects. With its thorough explanations and inspiring ideas, this book will bring color and motion to crafters’ cards, scrapbooks, and invitations

This memoir and autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn is a great story and was completed before his death in 2007. He was one of the last great explorers and adventureers of the twentieth century. Drawing from decades of memories, journals, and an exquisite photographic collection, Washburn completes the self-portrait of a man drawn to altitude, from his first great climb of Mount Washington at age eleven, through numerous first ascents of peaks all over the world

There are 150 Sunday crosswords from The New York Times. It helps us to enlarge and develop our outlook

Explores the history, architecture, and symbolism of the White House, which serves as a museum, office, ceremonial site, and a home to presidents and their families

This book is a forum series publication of the US Infromation Agency. The volume contains twenty three original essays by major American scholars, as well as an introductory essay by professor Luedtke. The book covers virtually every aspect of American life and culture - ethnicity, urbanization, the arts, philosophy, religion, politics, etc

The book introduces the splendid bronze culture of ancient China with clear and vivid description

China has long been a "country of jade" that shines in world civilization history. The Chinese nation has respected, honored, revered, loved and cherished jade for a history of over 8,000 years