In this groundbraking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, the combative man and American iron who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to creat modern capitalism

This book will be a valuable tool for teachers at any level who work with students learning english as a second language. The exercises in this book offer useable guides to learn, practice, and master a variety of essential language-based reading and spelling skills

This book is useful and interesting for both teachers and students. It helps to develop your conversational skills. How to answer questions correctly. This book consist quotations which you can use in your conversation

A woman is a victim of suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies nameless in a hospital morgue. She had apparently worked as a cleaning woman at a bakery, but there is no record of her employment

The Hours is the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan, who one New York morning goes about planning a party in honor of a beloved friend; Laura Brown, who in a 1950s Los Angeles suburb slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home; and Virginia Woolf, recuperating with her husband in a London suburb, and beginning to write Mrs.Dalloway

It is a visual guide to global issues

One winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident. His older sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when Mark emerges from a coma, he beleives that this woman - who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister - is really an imposter

Combining over 100 lavish maps with more than 1000 vibrant illustrations and photographs, along with fun, easy-to-read text, The Children`s World Atlas offers young readers a distinctly unique view of their world. Detailed thematic pages give us a complete overview of our place in space, Earth`s habitats, and the human story

This revised and expanded adition is updated with solutions to the tantalizing problems that plague writers in the new century

Follow a chinook over the Rocky Mountains. Trace the course of Mississipi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Discover where gold is mined and fish are farmed in the United States. Explorer our fascinating nation from Alabama to Wyoming, and find answers to all your questions about US geograthy