Perennials play a central role in today's gardens. Choosing specific plants, however, can be daunting. Is this plant hardy in my area? How big does it get? When does it bloom? This title answers these & many other questions for more than 2, 700 species & cultivars in 250 genera. ...

The downfall of the Soviet Union was an unexpected incident, which was neither forecast by Sovietologists nor aimed at by the initiators of perestroika. This book approaches perestroika as an evolutionary process that led to unintended consequences, the breakdown of the Soviet Union. ...

Chronicles the complexities & inner struggles of living with anorexia. This title helps us to understand what it's really like to suffer from anorexia, exposing its secrets & dispelling some of the myths that shroud it. It also helps those battling with the horrors of anorexia find a way out, & those on the outside to understand more. ...

John Travolta stars as Adam Lawrence, a Rolling Stone reporter who runs into trouble while researching two separate articles. The first involves a businessman dealing in cocaine, while the second, an expose of health clubs, brings him into intimate contact with aerobics instructor Jessie (Jamie Lee Curtis). Adam & Jessie begin a romance, but she is none too happy when she discovers that he is preparing a story on her club. ...