In the tiny Italian village of Pioppi, they live simple but long and healthy lives. But there is no gym, no supermarket, the food is delicious and they enjoy a glass of wine every evening....

"Remember to swim at your own pace; don't try to do too much in the water. Save that energy for later in the day. There's the first buoy. I'm a little too far to the left of it, so I'm going to angle to my right a bit and bring myself in closer. I can't believe that this day is here....

The nation state is now faced with unprecedented pressures. The flourishing polities which encourage self-determination and pluralism in the form of politicized sub-national movements, also demand, in some degree, the re-negotiation of the national bargain. This work explores these issues....

The Declining Importance of Race and Gender in the Labor Market provides historical background on employment discrimination and wage discrepancies in the United States and on government efforts to address employment discrimination....

Portable and versatile, this attractive boxed set of five lightweight stitch guides?each devoted to a different type of stitch?is perfect for knitters on the go.Altogether, these small but very thorough books cover more than 200 stitches, with individual manuals for knit and purl; cables; lace; ribbing; and specialty....

Offering information on 200 varieties of roses, this definitive illustrated guide for rose enthusiasts and gardeners encapsulates all the romance of the universally popular, long flowering plant....

Part travelogue, part adventure, part love letter to a vanishing world, this is an expedition into the heart of our past in the tradition of Coming into the Countryand Goodbye to a River In his square-sterned canoe, Alaska resident Dan O\'Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon...

Graphic Classics: H.G. Wells is a completely revised second edition of the third volume in the Graphic Classics series. It features three new comics adaptations: \"The Time Machine\" by Antonella Caputo and Seth Frail, \"The Invisible Man\" by Rod Lott and Simon Gane, and \"The Inexperienced Ghost\" by Tom Pomplun and Rich Tommaso....