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Twelve years ago, Los Angeles photographer Danica Perez set out to chronicle the miracle of birth with her camera. The result is THE GLOW, a collection of unforgettable pictures of mothers, babies, and birthing that features prominent proud parents including Nicole and Eddie Murphy, Vanna White, Shawn and Larry King, Kelly Preston-Travolta, Bernadette and Sugar Ray Leonard, Heather Thomas, and Daphne and Keenan Ivory Wayans. A mother herself, Perez brings a sense of maternal awe to celebrity subjects and regular ladies alike that makes THE GLOW a source of annual inspiration at Mother''s Day-a timeless tribute to the essence of life.

Elegantly designed and packaged in a mix of full color and black and white comics, this trio of graphic novels includes Chandler's classic final Marlowe adventure, "The Pencil," adapted from the Raymond Chandler story by award-winning mystery novelist Jerome Charyn and Marvel/DC comics illustrator David Lloyd; "Goldfish," adapted by top British designer Ryan Hughes and "Trouble is My Business" illustrated by Lee Moyer, Alfredo Alcala in a style reminiscent of 30s illustrator J.C. Leyendecker. None of this work has ever been published before and represents the first adaptations of these Chandler stories into comics.In this series of stories, we not only present Chandler's characters to a new generation, but to a new medium as well. There have been several portrayals of Marlowe in films over the years: Bogart, Powell, Mitchum, and others. And now we'll see some new interpretations of him. Each stylistically different, but all unmistakably Marlowe.

Summertime feels the same everywhere, and its simple joys hot sun, long days, bare feet, cool pools, creamy ice cream, steamy beaches, and the blessed relief of grassy shade have a special affinity for children. Feel the Summer mirrors the sights and sensations of the sunniest season. Sarah L. Thomson's lyrical text has the rhythmic qualities of waves lapping the shore, and Kana Yamada's stunning, impressionistic illustrations reflect the sun-drenched summer landscape. A perfect read-aloud story, this delightful picture book reminds youngsters and parents that it's always summer somewhere."

VALERIAN is a saga that every fan of Star Wars and Star Trek will identify with and love. Valerian and his beautiful, sharp-witted and sharp-tongued partner, Laureline, live adventures set against visually stunning backgrounds: complex architectural inventions, futuristic machines, otherworldly landscapes, and odd-looking aliens that are staples of artist Mezieres's seemingly boundless visual inventiveness. The stories are gripping and of epic proportion, sweeping along in trilling, hyper-space speed.

Originaly published in 1958 by Random House, Remember the Alamo! is a children¿s book intended for ages 9 and up. Written just three years following the acclaimed Disney miniseries, Davy Crockett at the Alamo staring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen, the book is right out of the 1950s before ¿politically correct¿ entered our mindsets.Remember the Alamo! is the acclaimed classic accounts of one of the most thrilling moments in the history of the United States frontier. The battle for the Alamo was an epic event in the fight for Texas independence from Mexico. Davy Crockett, Colonel Jim Bowie and Colonel Travis are just three of the legendary and colorful heroes whose courageous and doomed defense of the Alamo against an overwhelming Mexican army led by General Santa Anna earned them immortality. Their valiastand and death inspired the rallying cry, ¿Remember the Alamo!¿ that inspired Texans to continue their struggle and ultimate win their independence from Mexico.Robert Penn Warren was a poet, critic, novelist, and teacher. He taught at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, Southwestern College, Memphis, Tennessee, University of Minnesota, Yale University, and Louisiana State University. While at LSU he founded and edited, along with Cleanth Brooks and Charles W. Pipkin, the literary quarterly, The Southern Review. As a poet, he was appointed the nation's first Poet Laureate, February 26, 1986. He published sixteen volumes of poetry and two---Promises: Poems, 1954-1956 and Now and Then: Poems, 1976-1978---won Pulitzer Prizes. Warren published ten novels. One novel, All the King's Men, won a Pulitzer Prize. Two novels, All the King's Men and Band of Angels were made into movies. In addition he published a book of short stories, two selections of critical essays, a biography, three historical essays, a study of Melville, a critical book on Dreiser, a study of Whittier, and two studies of race relations in America. As of this writing, he is the only author to have won the Pulitzer for both fiction and poetry.

Laura Masterson been fascinated by the Spanish Flu epidemic that killed over fifty million people. Recovering a specimen of the virus could lead to a vaccine that might cure or prevent all infections. The dry climate of Paradox, NM could have preserved specimens of the virus in buried bodies. With construction beginning on a new dam, the corpses must be moved, giving Laura an opportunity to study the remains. Laura recovers a sample, but the mobile lab containing the virus is driven away by her bodyguard. Jack Stoner, the archaeologist in charge of moving the cemetery, explains to Laura that he''s actually an undercover agent tracking a pharmaceutical company suspected of planning to resurrect the Spanish Flu, find a cure, patent it, then release the deadly disease and reap billions of dollars from a panicking world.

Robert loves his messy playroom-it's his special place where he can play games, eat snacks, and do arts and crafts. But when he has to clean it up before his grandparents arrive, he needs help! Luckily his brother Michael and dog Schultzie come to his aid. B.K. Taylor's madcap artwork illustrates this wonderful story of cooperation and creativity.