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Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir-Fries, Soups, and More
Hsiao-Ching Chou · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Chinese soul food is classic comfort food you can't resist, and in this cookbook you'll find 80 recipes for favorites you can easily make in your own kitchen any night of the week.Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks.... |
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Shortcut Your Startup: Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches
Courtney Reum · Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the Reum brothers - former Goldman Sachs investment bankers, successful operators, and investors - comes Shortcut Your Startup, a practical playbook for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs, filled with unconventional yet accessible advice for maximizing your business venture.Courtney... |
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15 : 17 to paris
· PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood, in theaters February 2018.An ISIS terrorist planned to kill more than 500 people. He would have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear.On August 21, 2015, Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train #9364... |
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller: The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than... |
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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
DANIEL H PINK · Riverhead Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Daniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home.Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending... |
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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing: More than 200 drawing techniques, tips & lessons
Walter Foster Creative Team · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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With helpful tips and easy to follow step-by-step lessons, The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing is the perfect resource for artists looking to hone their drawing style and technique. The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing is a comprehensive guide to drawing a vast array of subjects,... |
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Understanding Exposure, Fourth Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera
Bryan Peterson · Amphoto Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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This newly revised edition of Bryan Peterson's most popular book demystifies the complex concepts of exposure in photography, allowing readers to capture the images they want. Understanding Exposure has taught generations of photographers how to shoot the images they want by demystifying... |
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UNFORGIVING MINUTE : mind, muscle, and the extraordinary science of human endurance
ALEX HUTCHINSON · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 320
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Featuring a foreword by Malcolm Gladwell"If you want to gain insight into the mind of great athletes, adventurers, and peak performers then prepare to be enthralled by Alex Hutchinson's Endure. " -- Bear GryllsWriting from both the cutting edge of scientific discovery and the front-lines... |
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
DANIEL COYLE · Bantam
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code comes a book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow's leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture. Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your... |
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Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World
ZAK DYCHTWALD · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The author, in his twenties, who is fluent in Chinese, examines the future of China through the lens of the Jiu Ling Hou -- the generation born after 1990.A close up look at the Chinese generation born after 1990 exploring through personal encounters how young Chinese feel about everything... |
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The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life
ANYA KAMENETZ · PublicAffairs
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Blending scholarly evidence and the experiences of numerous families, The Art of Screen Time is a well-researched and reassuring guide to raising kids in a world where technology is everywhere." -danah boyd, author of It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked TeensFinally... |
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Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Mark Epstein · Penguin Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Mark Epstein presents a how-to guide rooted in two traditions, Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, devoted to maximizing the human potential for living a better lifeOur ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better,... |
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World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age
Philip Parker · DK
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the events that have shaped our world, from the dawn of prehistoric civilization to the digital age, brought to life with contemporary photographs, maps, paintings, and artifacts that place each event in a wider social and historical context.With entries on more than 350 of history's... |
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Vogue® Knitting The Ultimate Knitting Book: Completely Revised & Updated
Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine · Sixth&Spring Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate knitting reference, from the world's most recognized knitting magazine, gets a thorough update - including 1,600 color images and brand-new sections with techniques and designs! First published in 1989, Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Knitting Book instantly became a beloved... |
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Architecture: A Visual History
Jonathan Glancey · DK
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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With over 500 images and 13 specially commissioned 3-D artworks identifying key structural and aesthetic features, this is a visual tour covering more than 350 of the world's greatest buildings of architectural styles.Take a spectacular tour of the world's architecture - from ancient stupas... |
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The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook
America's Test Kitchen · America's Test Kitchen
Pages: 463
Format: Paperback
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Best-Selling vegetarian cookbook destined to become a classic. Everyone knows they should eat more vegetables and grains, but that prospect can be intimidating with recipes that are often too complicated for everyday meals or lacking in fresh appeal or flavor. For the first time ever,... |
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The Beginner's Photography Guide, 2nd Edition
Chris Gatcum · DK
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The Beginner's Photography Guide, 2nd Edition is DK's bestselling manual for any novice photographer who wants to unlock the potential of their new digital camera.Assuming no prior knowledge, this guide's easy-to-follow, step-by-step layout makes it accessible as it takes you through every... |
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Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
Amy Chua · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua offers a bold new prescription for reversing our foreign policy failures and overcoming our destructive political tribalism at home Humans are tribal. We need to belong to groups. In many parts... |
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin · Bantam
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation's leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy... |
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The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life
Hal Elrod · Hal Elrod
Pages: 146
Format: Paperback
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"Hal Elrod is a genius and his book The Miracle Morning has been magical in my life. What Hal has done is taken the 'best practices' - developed over centuries of human consciousness development - and condensed the 'best of the best; into a daily morning ritual. A ritual that is now part... |
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Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans
Ben Shapiro · Threshold Editions
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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In this galvanizing and alarming New York Times bestseller, "Ben Shapiro shows once and for all that the left is the single greatest source of bullying in modern American life" (Sean Hannity) .While President Obama and the left like to pretend that they oppose bullying with... |
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Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
AMY TAN · Ecco
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMY TAN, A MEMOIR ON HER LIFE AS A WRITER, HER CHILDHOOD, AND THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FICTION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORYIn Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate... |
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The Kindness Challenge: Thirty Days to Improve Any Relationship
Shaunti Feldhahn · WaterBrook
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
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One month to a great relationship ... with anyone!Think of your toughest relationship. Think of a relationship that is good but could be great. Think of a group of people that drives you nuts. You want to show more kindness and generosity, but sometimes you're just tired, stretched, and frustrated.... |
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Eat the Apple
Matt Young · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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"The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner) --a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man. Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined... |
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Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
JOSHUA B FREEMAN · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping, global history of the rise of the factory and its effects on society.We live in a factory-made world: modern life is built on three centuries of advances in factory production, efficiency, and technology. But giant factories have also fueled our fears about the future since... |
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Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn
CHRIS HUGHES · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes makes the case that one percenters like him should pay their fortune forward in a radically simple way: a guaranteed income for working people.The first half of Chris Hughes' life played like a movie reel right out of the "American Dream." He grew... |
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Power Your Tribe: Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times
Christine Comaford-Lynch · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Is your team thriving in a world of relentless and rapid change?From the New York Times bestselling author of SmartTribes and Rules for Renegades comes a potent set of neuroscience-based tools to empower your team in uncertain times.Whether it's diminished sales, increased competition,... |
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Idiot's Guides: Drawing
David Williams · Alpha
Pages: 281
Format: Paperback
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Learning to draw can be intimidating, but all you need is a good teacher. This step-by-step, project-based approach to learning the fundamentals of drawing teaches you in the easiest way possible. This all-new guide uses color to show the progression of strokes and techniques for completing... |
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Engineers
DK Publishing · DK
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
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Now in paperback, Engineers tells the story of the brilliant minds that have constructed our man-made world, from ancient pyramids to modern spaceflight Discover the mathematical genius of Archimedes, the elegance of Leonardo da Vinci, and modern pioneers such as Ferdinand Porsche, alongside... |
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
ED YONG · Ecco
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, and vastly entertaining examination of the most significant revolution in biology since Darwin - a "microbe's-eye view" of the world that reveals... |
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
Michael Leinbach · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service,... |
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Agatha Christie: A Mysterious life
LAURA THOMPSON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the New York Times bestselling The Six now turns her formidable biographical skills to the greatest crime writer in the world, Agatha Christie. It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant... |
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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Cait Flanders · Hay House, Inc.
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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The Year of Less In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized... |
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
ELAINE F WEISS · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as... |
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