Encyclopedias and Reference

Charlotte Whitney's Win-Win Negotiations for Couples is the first book to apply the successful "win-win" principle from business management to interpersonal relationships. The first chapter includes methods for setting up a personal negotiation session, rules of conduct, and tools for effective communication. Remaining chapters are organized around subjects which are common sources of conflict.

Using methods developed by ancient Astrologers, Lee Lehman works to strengthen techniques used by Astrologers today. The task of Classical Astrology today is twofold: to recover these techniques and to evaluate and understand them within a modern context.

Precise, comprehensive, and richly detailed, The Astrologer's Handbook moves far beyond the common 11 sun signs" to the important planetary aspects -- trines, squares, oppositions, conjunctions, and sextiles -- discussing their impact on the human personality and exploring their subtle but firm influence on all our lives.

Where did the unicorn come from and how was it accepted for so long as a part of the animal kingdom?

A beautifully illustrated guide to the colourful gardens that surround the Smithsonian museums along the National Mall, each unique in its design, plant materials and purpose. Many visitors are surprised to learn that the Smithsonian Institution includes extensive gardens and landscape areas.

March 1848. Mysterious knocks are heard in a little house in rural New York, throwing the community into turmoil. Are the children who live there -- Kate and Maggie Fox, sisters aged eleven and fourteen -- making the raps to trick their parents?