"Ten years after the Seventh Cavalry massacred more than two hundred Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee, J.B. Bennett, a white rancher, and Star, a young Native American woman, are murdered in a remote meadow on J.B.s land. The deaths bring together the scattered members of the Bennett family: J.B.'s cunning and hard father, Drum; his estranged wife, Dulcinea; and his teenage sons, Cullen and Hayward. As the mystery of these twin deaths...

The Heart of Yoga is the first book to present the teachings of revered yogi Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888-1989) from the unique perspective of his son and principal student. Here, T.K.V. Desikachar shows how to use Krishnamacharya's system of viniyoga to develop a personal practice that is responsive to your own needs and adaptable to your age, health, and lifestyle. Krishnamacharya based his teachings on a number of scriptural sources, but...

"In this charming bedtime read-aloud, a bathtub full of mischievous zoo animals does their best to thwart Tommy O'Tom's bedtime preparations, and leave him to explain a bathroom mess to his puzzled mother..."--Amazon.

"Each of the twenty-six authors featured in this anthology were given the same first sentence. Where they took that first sentence was completely up to them. Every story is different. No story is related. The only thing these stories have in common is their starting point."--

Vin Diesel in his feature film debut! Accepted into competition at 1997's Sundance Film Festival, STRAYS marks Vin Diesel's first feature directorial and screen writing efforts. Frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling, drug dealer Rick (Vin Diesel) is looking for meaning and intimacy in his life. Like his testosterone-tweaked buddies, Rick is a "stray" - lacking a traditional family structure and wrestling subconsciously...

With a wealth of information and an exquisite color photo on every spread, "Flowers A to Z" shares practical knowledge about every aspect of buying, growing, cutting, and displaying flowers. 443 full-color photos.In this volume, florist and garden designer Cecelia Heffernan, shares her practical knowledge of every aspect of buying, growing, cutting, and displaying flowers. In chart form, readers will find, for each flower: common names; varieties;...

An account of how director Melvin Van Peebles made his 1970s opus Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song. Determined to make a film that mattered, Melvin, dealing with Hollywood hypocrisy and a less-than-stellar crew, a strained relationship with his family, and failing health, put everything on the line to realize his cinematic dream.