Offers a lighthearted look at Christmas. This title shows you what truly strange goings-on go on behind closed doors in homes, towns, and nations around the world during the 12 days of Christmas.

Addresses families who plan for economic change as well as those who are forced into a new income bracket. This book offers families advice they can tailor to their personal situation, including how to: budget for essentials costs; sell, rent, or take out a loan on your house; commute and get around town affordably; and, secure health insurance.

Contains fifty stories written by people who attended the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. This book documents the event itself, and provides a portrait of America. It is suitable for Baby Boomers, their offspring, and those who wonder what it was really like - and what became of all those 'happies'.

Children often have trouble telling their father how much they love him. This collection of stories about the everyday heroics of fathers, and father figures, can show dad how much he means to his children. It lets dads know that they don't need to be daring to be heroic - that it can be the little things that mean the most to his kids.

This wide-ranging text focuses on the collective values and activities of lay society over several centuries, from trade guilds and manor courts to the development of parliaments and the rule of feudal monarchs. It offers a fresh approach to the history of medieval Europe.

Fiefs and Vassals has revolutionized thinking of the Middle Ages. It offers a fundamental challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism and overturns centuries of misconceptions about the nature of medieval social relations.

When was the last time you told your mother how you really feel about her? This collection of stories intends to honour the primary woman in your life - your mother. It helps you to show Mum that you see her as heroic and that you are grateful for her acts of kindness, gentle guidance, solid wisdom, or willingness to always put the family first.

Great teachers are the unsung heroes of our lives. More than mere educators, they don't just dictate facts and check spelling. They demand the best from their students. This work introduces readers to 50 teachers who have made all the difference in their students' lives.