Patrick Ryan

Readers are introduced to the basic geography, topography, history, people, culture, climate, and industries of the Republic of South Africa. Children hear the names of distant lands on the evening news, but what are those places really like? How do their people live? What languages do they speak? What do they do for fun? Our Welcome to the World series gives young readers a simple, informative look at countries they hear about every day. With vivid...

Readers are introduced to the basic geography, topography, history, people, culture, climate, and industries of the island country of New Zealand. Children hear the names of distant lands on the evening news, but what are those places really like? How do their people live? What languages do they speak? What do they do for fun? Our Welcome to the World series gives young readers a simple, informative look at countries they hear about every day. With...

Brief and simple overview of the country of Greece, it's flora, fauna, landscape, history, and people. Offer a child a ticket to explore a new world! Each title covers one fascinating nation and vividly portrays its key features--from rugged mountains to tropical beaches, from ancient ruins to bustling streets. Students take a private journey with full-color photo essays, plentiful maps, a native-language word list, and fascinating details about each...

Readers are introduced to the basic geography, topography, history, people, culture, climate, and industries of the People's Republic of China. Children hear the names of distant lands on the evening news, but what are those places really like? How do their people live? What languages do they speak? What do they do for fun? Our Welcome to the World series gives young readers a simple, informative look at countries they hear about every day. With vivid...

This story is about what a woman's love for her husband and the boundless measures she will take to revenge his needless death.

Readers are introduced to the basic geography, topography, history, people, culture, climate, and industries of the Republic of Indonesia. Children hear the names of distant lands on the evening news, but what are those places really like? How do their people live? What languages do they speak? What do they do for fun? Our Welcome to the World series gives young readers a simple, informative look at countries they hear about every day. With vivid...

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016" Ryan Patrick Hanley holds the Mellon Distinguished Professorship in Political Science at Marquette University. He is the author of Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue and the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The essential guide to the life, thought, and legacy of Adam Smith Adam Smith (1723–90) is perhaps best known as one of the first...

If We Were Electric's twelve stories celebrate New Orleans in all of its beautiful peculiarities: macabre and magical, muddy and exquisite, sensual and spiritual. The stunning debut collection finds its characters in moments of desire and despair, often stuck on the verge of a great metamorphosis, but burdened by some unreasonable love. These are stories about missed opportunities, about people on the outside who don't fit in, about the consequences...

"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Iowa"--

A famous pianist struggling with stage fright late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic.