Review

“…well-researched, extremely readable….valuable even for the childless.” — John F. Makowski, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Loyola University of Chicago, Department of Classical Studies”A delightful guide ingenious diversions for kids.” — Brian M. Lavelle, Professor, Department of Classical Studies, Loyola University of Chicago”J.M. Pasquesi has crafted a lovely and comprehensive book.” — Dr. Riccardo Strano, Director (more…)

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Jack thinks he could better experience his dreams if he were awake when he had them. One night he pretends to go to sleep, and when everyone else has gone to bed, he takes a sack to put his dream in and crawls down to the “deep, delightful Dreamtime” in search of the center, “the very bellybutton of all dreams everywhere.” On his search, Jack encounters small white snail dogs, mice with wooden hair, telephones with beards, and othe (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

A young Indian bride flees her marriage after overhearing her husband and mother-in-law plot her murder in Bantwal’s middling debut. Angry that, a year after the arranged marriage, Megha’s father has not paid the dowry and Megha has not yet become pregnant, Amma, her husband’s mother, wants her dead. Megha bolts and turns to Kiran, her husband’s cousin, whom she remembers as being kind. While Amma searches for Megha, Megha and Kiran feel a forbidden spark. (more…)

Completely updated every year, Frommer’s Cruises & Ports of Call features photos of all the major ship classes that sail out of North American homeports. You’ll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of all the lines servicing North America and the Caribbean, as well as in-depth ship coverage so you can choose the ship that’s best for you. Our authors, longtime cruisers, hit all the major ports of call on the North American and Caribbean cruise routes, from Oahu and (more…)phoenix web design

DREAMACIOUS Media introduces a DREAMING BOOK Volume Special – the DREAMCUE Events Notebook – the Mega Annual Album! Contains titles, locations, and think space for the complete yearlong roster of exclusive DREAMCUE sponsored activities – including DREAM PREMIERE – the DREAMIEST EVENT of the year! Events officially authorized by the WORLD EVENT LEAGUE organization, presented by FANTASY UNIVERSE NETWORK broadcasting, produced by FUN UNIVERSAL productions, distributed by WONDEROU (more…)

Review

“Dr. Amit Goswami as usual has the most brilliant insights into how consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes biology. As we move into the new millennium, Dr. Goswami’s The Quantum Doctor will serve as guiding post to a consciousness-based medicine that will see healing as biological creativity and completely change the way we view health and disease.” —Deepak Chopra, author, Quantum Healing and Book of Secrets

For Amit Goswami, Ph.D., a (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Any talk of The Namesake–Jhumpa Lahiri’s follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, Interpreter of Maladies–must begin with a name: Gogol Ganguli. Born to an Indian academic and his wife, Gogol is afflicted from birth with a name that is neither Indian nor American nor even really a first name at all. He is given the name by his father who, before he came to America to study at MIT, was almost killed in a train wreck in India. Rescuers caught sight o (more…)

Having escaped an unhappy arranged marriage, Zarleena Shankar is picking up the pieces of her life. With her successful Indian bridal wear shop, Bindis & Brides, she’s proving herself an astute businesswoman. Someone who can stand on her own feet, and survive without a man. So when she meets Joel Winters in her local supermarket, Zarleena remains immune to the handsome playboy’s charms. She doesn’t need another man to wreck her life. And with his penchant for blue-eyed blondes, (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

The age-old intergenerational struggle between mothers and daughters gets a curried twist in Pradhan’s debut, in which the subcontinent meets the modern West. As children, first-generation Americans Kiran Deshpande, Preity Chawla Lindstrom and Rani McGuiness Tomashot gently mocked their Indian mothers, collectively nicknamed “The Hindi-Bindi Club” for their Old World leanings. Though the three are now successful adults, they aren’t necessarily seen as such (more…)